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...Auld Mug was unbolted from its pedestal at the New York Yacht Club's Manhattan mansion and taken to Newport by armored truck. Next day, at Marble House, former summer home ("cottage," in local parlance) of Harold Vanderbilt, himself an America's Cup legend, the unlovely pitcher was presented to its new owners and started the 11,620-mile trip to Perth. But first Liberty Syndicate Head Edward du Moulin gave Skipper Bertrand Liberty's dark blue burgee. Then N.Y.Y.C. Commodore Robert Stone presented Bond with "the bolt that's kept the Cup in place...
...Phillies hadn't scored a run against the Dodgers all year for pitcher Steve Carlton. So when Mike Schmidt golfed a low Jerry Reuss slider over the center field fence in the first inning to give the Phillies a 1-0 lead, Carlton was prepared to defend...
...vetoed the Kentucky legislature's recession of its ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment--an issue whose legality had to be decided in the courts. This year's gubernatorial election involves the current Democratic Lt. Gov. Martha Layne Collins; Jim Bunning, a Republican state legislator and former baseball pitcher; and "Doc" Stumbo, a Democrat who is running as an independent. Current polls show Collins preferred by 60 per cent of those queried...
...error-prone infields-than to predict which one eventually will do so. "Pitching's going to win it," claims Expos Manager Bill Virdon, intoning a baseball verity. If so, perennial bridesmaid Montreal should have a slight advantage on the mound. Still, Ace Hurler Steve Rogers, the first pitcher in the N.L. to record 17 wins this season, has lost three of his last five games. Top Reliever Jeff Reardon has muffed eight critical saves, causing such consternation among Montreal fans that they even booed his wife Phebe when she recently appeared on the field at Olympic Stadium...
...time Cy Young Award winner will step down after 21 seasons in the major leagues. A present member of the Kansas City Royals, Perry is the only pitcher to win the Cy Young in both leagues...