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...Grandstand Play. At this stage of the dispute, President Kerr assembled the university in its huge open-air Greek Theater to announce that the administration would stand firm. Most students applauded, but to Savio, Kerr's position was "totally inacceptable," and the university was set up for a perfect grandstand play...
...that his time was up. In the question-and-answer period, Murphy was inexcusably rude. The moderator quite fairly had to remind him of this. When Murphy made the generous gesture of offering Salinger time-as he said he "had taken some of [Salinger's]"-it was a grandstand play and left me untouched. P. C. ANTHONY San Diego...
...dirt was too hard, the wind too strong, the fences too short, and the outfield grass looked as though it had been mowed with mortar shells. In the second inning, Rightfielder Mickey Mantle proved that his throwing arm was good as ever-by firing the ball clear into the grandstand on a play at the plate. Leftfielder Tommy Tresh misplayed an easy liner into a triple, Catcher Elston Howard was charged with two passed balls, and Third Baseman Clete Boyer watched a grounder trickle right between his legs-prompting a friendly note from Brother Ken: "No. 6, watch...
...Then each would fly three 85-mile heats against varied opposition, winning points for his standing in each heat. So far, so good. But there was one catch: Promoter Bill Stead, 40, insisted that the pilots take off and land on a dirt runway located in front of the grandstand and the TV cameras. The pilots rebelled, insisted on using the paved runways at Reno Airport instead; the dirt, they said, was unsafe. Oh yeah? growled Stead, whereupon he qualified his own Bearcat at 350 m.p.h. and threatened to take the $5,000 prize himself. That did it: the pilots...
Unfinished Business. In the grandstand, mutuel clerks watched incredulously while bettors tore up losing tickets on Gun Bow and hugged each other with delight. Allaire du Pont dashed around the winner's circle, kissing everybody in reach. And what was Kelso doing? Trotting calmly off to the barn to catch up on his sleep. After all, there was still some unfinished business to attend to-a small matter of $38,737. With $1,711,132 already in the bank (including his day's pay of $70,005), that was all that stood between the sturdy old champion...