Word: pete
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Best of the bunch is Pete Rose, 26, a brassy, bristle-topped Irishman, whose flip tongue and frenetic brand of baseball have injected fresh breath into an increasingly stale game. His zest once branded him a showoff. "In the minors, they called me 'Hot Dog' and 'Hollywood,' " he snorts, "but they don't holler at me in the majors." They certainly don't. Spraying hits from either side of the plate, Rightfielder Rose has batted better than .300 in each of the past three seasons. This year, with a .327 average, he is fighting...
...Louis Gas House Gang. "I once saw a Reds-Cards game," he says, "where Enos Slaughter drew a walk and ran hard to first base. I decided right then that that was what I was going to do as long as I played ball." A more immediate propellant was Pete Sr., a semipro football player with the old Cincinnati Bengals, who taught his son to switch...
...times are changing. Many of those present at Newport were too young to have grown up with an appreciation, understanding and respect for Pete Seeger; and some who once had these have forgotten...
Predictably, there's no business quite as far out as show business. In Los Angeles, TV Producer Larry Gottlieb wears a goatee and Nehru jacket on the job, while Dot Records' offices abound with love beads and sandals. Insists Dot Promotion Man Pete Garris...
...three students, Pete Tigner, of Rome, Ga.; Joe Scott of Roosevelt, N.Y.; and Gary Keel, Indianapolis, Ind. are now out of jail on bond until their case comes up Monday...