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...Moccasin has ever come to losing. In the Alcibiades itself, Moccasin was such a commanding favorite (1-10 in the early line) that the Keeneland management converted the race into a betless exhibition. Moccasin won by 15 lengths. The same thing happened two weeks ago at Maryland's Laurel Race Course. Only four fillies showed up to challenge Moccasin in the $93,620 Selima Stakes, so track officials canceled all betting on the 1 1/16-mi. race. Moccasin won by five lengths, leading every step...
...northward toward the Danube as the Kaiser heard the fateful words. No Paris street names recall Macedonian victories, no heroes' welcome awaited the returning veterans. Vainly did the Times of London plead that "justice be done to those men who have had the dust and toil, without the laurel of victory." In this masterful and highly readable book, British Historian Alan Palmer sets out to do justice to this unsung campaign. From the first landings of the French and British at Salonika in 1915, the Macedonian theater was treated as an unwanted stepchild of the Allied high command...
...17th hole at Ligonier's Laurel Valley Golf Club last week, Dave was clinging shakily to a two-stroke lead when Nicklaus sank an 18-ft. chip shot from off the green. "That made me hot," Marr said later. "I decided I wasn't going to let him win. To hell with him." Dave promptly canned his putt. On the 18th he dropped his approach 3 ft. from the pin and got the shakes all over again. "I told myself, 'C'mon, make it, finish like a champion is supposed to finish. Don't putt...
...went home to Latrobe, Pa., to get ready for the P.G.A., last of the Big Four tournaments and the only one he has never won. The experts gave him a chance. After all, this year's tournament was being played on Palmer's home course at the Laurel Valley Golf Club. Poor Arnie. Between assisting the tournament committee and signing autographs, he hardly knew what he was doing. In the very first round, he let a couple of helpful fellows tear down a wooden bridge railing that was blocking his shot to the 1st green. That cost...
P.G.A. CHAMPIONSHIP (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). Third round of the golf classic from the Laurel Valley Country Club in Ligonier...