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...committed two booboos in his first game for the Yanks. The Baltimore Orioles shipped Pitcher Steve Barber, a 20-game winner in 1963, back to the minors; the New York Mets astonished practically everybody by farming out veteran Centerfielder Johnny Lewis, their No. 1 hitter (at .387) during the Grapefruit League season, replacing him with Rookie Don Bosch-who batted .147 this spring...
...until 1958 did Procacci get final authorization and money to tear down the Badia's 17th century east wall. The first chisel strokes opened a hole in the inner wall no bigger than a grapefruit, just large enough for Procacci to put his hand through. The inner surface was smooth, which meant it had been frescoed. "When I saw that there was a lit tle color," he recalls, "my heart skipped a beat...
...flower. Vanessa Redgrave, who plays the ex-wife and won the Best Actress award at Cannes for the performance, is, incidentally, transfixing in her own right. She is puckish and bitter-sweet in everything she does. Kissing her would probably be like taking a swallow of ice-cold grapefruit juice. If you don't want to bother with the symbolism, you can watch Miss Redgrave and have a fine time...
Detroit Defenseman Bill Gadsby was sporting a bruise on his arm the size of a grapefruit. Goalie Roger Crozier had a twisted ankle and a sprained knee. Forward Norm Ullman, the team's top scorer (with 31 goals) during the regular season, was nursing a bruised back. Still, the Red Wings were ahead -and Montreal's Coach Blake was baffled. "We played like amateurs," he moaned. "I just can't understand...
...rule of thumb that dictates regular-season disaster for the team that burns up the Florida Grapefruit Circuit squished the Harvard baseball team last week. After winning five of six games against Rollins, Florida Southern, and Stetson Colleges, the Crimson nine was upset in its Eastern Baseball League opener at Penn...