Word: leaguered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Boston Bruins, who haven't done too much trading lately, prepared for the stretch drive to the Stanley Cup yesterday by dealing defenseman Rick Smith, right wing Reggie Leach and a minor League throw-in to California for all-star defenseman Carol Vadnais and another minor-leaguer. The Bruins defensive corps now have the oddly reminiscent first names of Bob, Carol, Ted, and Dallas. Who knows, maybe the quartet will go into the movie biz after they're through getting their teeth knocked out by Rod Gilbert slap shots...
...Marinaro were piling up his yardage in the Big Ten, he would be a shoo-in for this year's Heisman Trophy. As it is, the patsy image of the Ivy League makes him at best only a slight favorite to take the trophy. Though no Ivy Leaguer has won the Heisman since Princeton's Dick Kazmaier copped the honor in 1951, Yale's Calvin Hill lent the league some luster when he joined the Dallas Cowboys three years ago and ran off with the N.F.L.'s Rookie of the Year award. Surveying Marinaro...
...LITTLE LEAGUER whose game had been rained out took shelter under the open walled shelter of the Fairbanks picnic area one evening, waiting out the shower before riding his bike home. His great-grandfather had been one of the early Alaskan bush-pilots; his father is a carpenter, and his mother is an Eskimo (or Alaskan Native, as all Alaskan Indians and Eskimos are called) from a large Eskimo village to the North. He was a bright and talkative kid who enjoyed telling stories about the winter hunting and trapping trips he makes with his father; flying their small plane...
...Most Valuable Player. This season he hit .276 and led the Orioles in hits with 168. Asked how much of his ability with the glove is acquired, the softspoken, balding Robinson says: "Not a whole lot, really. I mean, what can I or anybody else tell a major leaguer about picking up a ground ball? You either...
COLUMBIA-RUTGERS: New York football observers were shocked this morning when Mayor Lindsay, an Ivy Leaguer and a New Yorker, endorsed the Rutgers football team. Lindsay said he could keep silent no longer. So now a prediction is tougher than ever. But on the other hand, this one's as easy to guess as the rest. The Lion...