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...longhorn of big-time basketball reached into Harvard's back yard, and its imposing possessors, the university of Texas, extracted a 85-73 victory last night before 3000 at the Boston Garden...
...Longhorn freshman guard George Turner, number double zero, inflicted the most damage. He scored 25 points, and led several successful fast breaks, especially in the second half when the fatigued Harvard team couldn't keep...
...three Harvard guards will not give away much height to the Texas forwards, but they will face UT's two most experienced players--seniors Ron Baxter (6-ft. 4-in.) and John Danks (6-ft. 6-in.). Baxter, the only returning starter from last year's Longhorn squad, should lead the way, though Danks pumped in 27 points (11-14 from the field) to power UT to an 83-76 win over Northwestern Louisiana in the team's season opener last week...
...HORSE THIEF'S new wife, Miss Julia Tate (Mary Steenburgen), is not exactly your average female protagonist in a Western. Ambitious and pennywise, Julia lives on a farm outside Longhorn, which lies near an abandoned gold mine bequeathed by her late father. In need of a man to help her strike it rich and return to her beloved Philadelphia, Julia settles for the grungy Moone, despite his atrocious table manners and ravenous sexual appetite...
Perhaps the most unfortunate feature of Goin' South is its unfulfilled potential. Nicholson cast John Belushi in a minor role as a Mexican deputy sheriff of Longhorn, and the possibilities of this team could have been endless. Instead, Belushi pops up in only a few scenes where he can show off his Mexican accent and look sleazy. Expanding the part, or casting Belushi in a more prominent role, might well have saved the movie from becoming a low-budget exercise in the training of Jack Nicholson, director. But that's just how it wound up: filming more of the familiar...