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...shot upstart. Who, after all, had ever heard of a Chicano champion?a Chicano, moreover, who had learned the game by gambling with easy marks on a Texas pitch-and-putt course? Who could believe a pro golf titlist who looked like a hacker and talked like a hustler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lee Trevino: Cantinflas of the Country Clubs | 7/19/1971 | See Source »

Junior midfielder Dave Crawford won the "Hustler" award...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stickmen Elect DiSesa, Green | 6/7/1971 | See Source »

...pills, the women, the hard life has gotten to Boston Joey and he just cannot play like he used to. Joe Dimaggio, the pool hustler from New Jersey, was talking about him the other day- "I seem him in Indianapolis and he couldn't make a ball. It's a shame cause he used to be one hell of a pool player...

Author: By Lester Conklin, | Title: Pool Hustler on the Road Again | 6/4/1971 | See Source »

...been the case throughout history, the destinies of white and black Southerners are inextricably interwoven. Slave and master, cracker and freedman, suburban executive and street-wise ghetto hustler have all been disfigured by racism. The emerging South is now facing that ancient whirlwind in its schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: New Day A'Coming in the South | 5/31/1971 | See Source »

...Horse, was not speaking of Cañonero IIs stunning victory in the Preakness, the second jewel in racing's Triple Crown. He was talking about the $1,151,686 that New Yorkers wagered on the race through O.T.B. "Once more," said Samuels, sounding more like Howie the Hustler, "it's been proved that this city can truly be Fun City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Game in Town | 5/31/1971 | See Source »

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