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Died. Dan Blocker, 43, Hoss Cartwright on TV's Bonanza series for 14 years; of a blood clot in the lung following surgery; in Inglewood, Calif. A former high school teacher, Blocker spent two knockabout years in Hollywood before getting a regular job as the Cartwright family's oversized middle son. The show became one of TV's most successful horse operas (400 million viewers in 84 countries) and made Blocker a millionaire...
...adopts a low-keyed, tutorial tone with his players. "When he explains something," says Quarterback James Street, "it's like getting a lecture from a professor." Royal also likes to bring his charges down to earth with such occasional homespun homilies as: "There ain't a hoss alive that can't be rode, and there ain't a man alive who can't be throw...
Shaw and Spengler will probably both double in the mile, but may have a tough battle with B.U.'s Peter Hoss for laurels in that event...
...collegiate 1000 of the season several weeks ago, will by-pass the GBC's to run his specialty in an open meet in New York. His roommates Royce Shaw and Erik Roth will substitute in the 1000 with Shaw aiming to double-up in the mile. B.U.'s Pete Hoss and Northeastern's Larry Joseph will also be shooting for the mile record of 4:15.4, posted by Shaw in last year's meet...
...other good individual performances came from Tim McLoone, who won the two-mile in 9:15.6, and Jon Enscoe, who was barely beaten out at the finish of the mile by B.U.'s captain, Pete Hoss. Hoss broke the tape at 4:10.5 and Enscoe was less than a second behind...