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...more adventurous design their own around Volkswagen engines or the sturdy, simple Model A Ford motor. In a pinch, almost any old engine will do. One latter-day Orville Wright powered his homemade biplane with a pair of chain-saw motors...
Unfortunately Julian Javier, batting seventh in the line-up witha 281 average, has no appreciation of history. When Lonborg hung a slider in front of him, he promptly slashed it into the left field corner for a double. Unrattled, Lonborg threw down pinch-hitter Bob Tolan to retire the side...
...this was the last hometown cheer. Gibson cruised along serenely, yielding only a double to George Scott and three scattered singles after Santiago's homer. In the ninth, with two gone--including the King on a fly to deep left--Scott drew Gibson's only base on balls. But pinch hitter Mike Andrews skied to the old Yankee Roger Maris for the final...
...Lonborg kicked high and fired at Twin's pinch-hitter Rich Rollins, who popped up to shortstop. As the ball disappeared into the glove of Rico Petrocelli, Lonborg disappeared in a swarm of Red Sox fans. Boston had beaten Minnesota, 5-3, for its first first-place finish in 21 years, and the Fenway crowd tore the score from the left-field scoreboard...
...Prinz 4, a little bug below Volkswagen price and power level, have a mere 3.2% share of the domestic market and 6.4% of German exports. In the first seven months of 1967, NSU car sales dropped 27% from the same period last year. Volkswagen too was feeling the pinch: in July both Opel (G.M.) and Taunus (Ford) outsold the Beetle in Germany. That NSU has survived the crush of the giants at all is a triumph. Its sales grew from $10 million in 1958 to $120 million last year, and almost all profits were poured back into the company...