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Appropriately, the keynote speaker was Schlesinger (TIME cover, April 4), the cerebral administrator par excellence, to whom Carter entrusted the assignment of formulating a comprehensive plan for submission to Congress within 100 days of the Inauguration...
Back in his office, he talked trade with two executives and checked out the new scorecard. On page 5, Veeck informs White Sox fans, "If your beer is flat, call Millie Johnson, if the washrooms aren't up to par, call David Schaffer. If you'd like a tryout, give C.V. Davis a call. We don't have a complaint department, but we do have people...
...started out on his trail-blazing round by clipping his ball with a sand wedge as cleanly as a dandelion head and then sinking a tap-in for par. On the third hole he had "an unreal par," punching a shot from overarching tree limbs while down on his knees...
...began gobbling up long putts in earnest on the back side, holding out for birdies on 12, 14, 16, and 17. On the 389-yard 12th, he needed only a sand wedge into the green after catching his drive flush. On the par-three 16th, Fitzgibbons sent his tee shot skittering just past the flagstick on the pocket handkerchief of a green and proceeded to roll in the comeback putt...
...most spectacular par came on number 17. His second shot beckoned for a 7-iron, but Spencer had somehow lost the club in transit. Instead, he laced an 8-iron onto the green and then stared down a 35-putt into...