Word: lutz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Until last week, vultures followed Bob Lutz around the World Championship Tennis circuit. Whenever the professional tour set up housekeeping at one of its preordained oasis, they checked into town shortly thereafter, grim and faintly expectant of Lutz's imminent demise...
That is the way it is, when you're an unseeded tennis player. Every week Lutz, Brian Fairlie, Jeff Borowiak, Haroon Rahim and a group of other newcomers, once weres and aren't-yets get thrown to the wolves on the first day of the tournament. The only way to become a seeded player is to win a few matches, and how good are the chances of winning when they hit you with John Newcombe, last year's Wimbledon champion, as soon as you've laced up your Adidas...
...expected any drastic reversal of form this time, either, when Lutz trudged onto the Uniturf center court at Longwood to face the first man in a long gauntlet. Newcombe, a seasoned, exquisite stud, had Lutz against the wall, double match point within the first hour, and the vultures had barely unpacked their bags. Actually, they never got to. Lutz escaped elimination the next day against Brian Fairlie, and the next, when they threw five-time champion Rod Laver...
Yale coach Ken MacKenzie, the only pitcher among the original New York Mets to leave the Polo Grounds with a winning record, has had to live with a line-up that would have made even Casey Stengel cry. First baseman Karl Lutz leads the EIBL in hitting with a .444 average and is .316 overall, but after that only shortstop Charley Thorne approaches respectability. As a team, the Elis are batting...
...final event of the weekend, the Tennessee 400-yd, free relay team of Knox, Lutz, Edgar, and Trembley broke the American record with a time of 3:01.18. Both Edgar and Trembley split well under 45 seconds...