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...Minus 36 Handicap...
...second handicap is the confused state of the Administration's energy-policymaking apparatus. Indeed, the behind-the-scenes story, as pieced together by TIME Correspondent Sam Iker, sounds like a bureaucratic free-for-all in seven rounds. As the battle raged, the President apparently remained on the sidelines...
...team that has had great difficulty putting the ball in the net thus far this season (only three goals in three games), an early one-goal deficit, while not necessarily fatal, was a severe handicap...
...days before the match, Riggs skylarked around Houston, trying to build up the gate and have some laughs. He beat Dr. Denton Cooley, the noted heart surgeon (the purse: $100 and a free medical checkup, in which Riggs got high marks). He played one of his handicap farces with a Memphis shoe salesman, picking up a fast $100, and then took $300 in a swift one set match from Larry King, Billie Jean's husband. Billie Jean, meanwhile, was training hard by lifting weights to strengthen her ailing knee and by playing tournament tennis against the best women players...
...sandwiches in a brown paper bag, he took his first train ride and joined the Indianapolis Clowns, a barnstorming black team. He played shortstop for $200 a month. Looking Aaron over one month later, Braves Scout Dewey Griggs was startled to find that he was batting cross-handed, a handicap that every schoolboy learns to avoid. The scout advised Aaron to switch to the standard grip, then watched as Henry collected seven hits, including two home runs, in nine times...