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...sparred three bloody rounds (his blood) with Archie Moore, then light heavyweight champion of the world. He has pitched to major league baseball stars in Yankee Stadium; he has shanked and hooked his way over golf links in competition with the world's top moneymakers, and lost to Pancho Gonzales on the tennis court. He has fumbled hand-offs as a training-camp quarterback for the Detroit Lions and missed baskets while working out as a forward for the Boston Celtics...
...undertake the military maneuvers required of a major nation. For its part, Congress did not assert authority over such actions as Theodore Roosevelt's military move into Panama in 1903 and Woodrow Wilson's willingness to do what Taft would not−send troops to chase Pancho Villa's raiders in Mexico...
...allowed to compete on the national teams. What's more, said he, if an open cup tournament is not approved this year, the U.S.L.T.A. may promote a "super tennis series" that would bring the cup champions up against such top contract pros as Rod Laver, Tony Roche and Pancho Gonzalez...
...serve, and the first to win a predetermined number of points by a margin of two, won the set. Under the old system, the competitors struggled on and on until one of them won by two games. Thus it took 5 hrs. 20 min. at Wimbledon last year for Pancho Gonzalez to defeat Chuck Pasarell 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9-a situation that proved exhausting for players and spectators alike, and utterly impossible for network TV coverage...
...heart as art. He has made concessions. He uses a lighter aluminum racket. He cuts the pockets out of his tennis shorts lest they get soggy with sweat and weigh him down. And he has taken to rigorous training, practicing three hours daily and jogging around his eight-acre Pancho Gonzalez Tennis Ranch in Malibu, Calif. As for court tactics, he likens himself to an aging boxer who can no longer rely on a quick knockout but must pick out a weak spot and "keep punching until the muscles give." His victory over Laver was a case in point...