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...drinking is confined to an occasional glass of beer. Stan Smith's most colorful expression is "Aw, shoot." Rod Laver does not even smoke. The tennis world has, in fact, sorely lacked an outstanding male player with personality to match since the heyday of dashing, temperamental Pancho Gonzales. Now there is a promising candidate for Pancho's old role. He is Breezy-Mannered Bachelor Bob Lutz, who last week became the first American in ten years to win the U.S. Professional Tennis Championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lots of Lutz | 8/21/1972 | See Source »

Pennsylvania has 34 lettermen back from last year, but an examination of last year's 4-5 Quakers indicates that this is a dubious asset. Pancho Micir, the Quakers' good roll-out quarterback, has graduated, but despite reports that Penn had no one to replace him, the fans at Franklin Field saw a 28 point offense sparked by sophomore quarterback Tom Pinto last Saturday. Admittedly, the victim was Lehigh, which has lost to Penn for the last 52 years in a row. Despite the promising offense and considerable depth on defense, the Quakers will be vying for the cellar again...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Crimson Ivy League Football Preview | 10/1/1971 | See Source »

...singles player, Smith needed to speed up his ability to cover the court. "I was a high jumper in high school, not a runner," he says. Nonetheless, after putting himself through a daily regimen of exercises and wind sprints, he says, "I'm now nearly as fast as Pancho Gonzales, who's still the fastest big man playing tennis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Man Named Smith | 9/27/1971 | See Source »

PENN-Lehigh--The Quakers return lettermen at every position which means that they can successfully defend their ranking in the bottom ten. Penn has lost its ethnic flare and offensive spark in quarterback Pancho Micir, but Lehigh once scored a total of 25 point in 21 games with Penn. Rumors had it that Dick Harter was going to double as basketball and football coach this year, but Dick insisted that none of his players would wear sissy pads. Penn will prevail...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: A Touch of Garlic | 9/22/1971 | See Source »

PENN-Lehigh--The Quakers return lettermen at every position which means that they can successfully defend their ranking in the bottom ten. Penn has lost its ethnic: flare and offensive spark in quarterback Pancho Micir, but Lehigh once scored a total of 25 points in 21 games with Penn. Rumors had it that Dick Harter was going to double as basketball and football coach this year, but Dick insisted that none of his players would wear sissy pads. Penn will prevail...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: A Touch of Garlic | 9/20/1971 | See Source »

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