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...second year in a row, beating the Detroit Red Wings four games to one to win pro ice hockey's biggest prize. A mixture of callow youths and creaking veterans, the Leafs confounded experts by finishing the regular season on top, brushing past the Montreal Canadiens in the play-off semifinals. Then, led by well-mannered (one penalty all season) Center Dave Keon, 23, who scored four goals and chipped in two assists, they skated rings around the Red Wings for the Stanley Cup and $2,000 per man. - > Belgium's Aurele Vandendriessche: the 26-mile...
...hand, absence of a time limit creates dramatic situations unapproachable in any other sport. Bobby Thomson's home run in the 1951 National League play-off game is one example of how baseball produces truly memorable moments because of its deliberate pace...
...highly favored, but uninspired, varsity hockey team came within a minute and forty seconds of losing to lowly Northeastern and bowing out in the opening round of the Bean Pot Tourney last night. The Crimson needed a last minute desperation goal by Ike Ikauniks and a sudden-death play-off tally by Bruce Thomas to top the Huskies 4-3 at the Boston Garden...
...spectators who watched earlier Mercury flights. Newsmen on the spot neither applauded nor cheered, as before, as the rocket lifted easily into a clear blue sky. Even after Sigma 7 went into orbit, many Americans preferred to watch the Giants and the Dodgers slug it out in their final play-off game...
...MOUND--Had the Giants not just played a three game play-off, pitching superiority would automatically be ceded to them. Jack Sanford (22-7), Juan Marichal (13-10), Billy O'Dell (19-14), and Billy Pierce (13-6) give them a great foursome of starters, and Stu Miller, Don Larsen, and Mike McCormick are more than adequate in relief. Against this lineup put Whitey Ford (17-8), Ralph Terry (23-12), Bill Stafford (14-9) and Bud Daley (5-3). Pretty obvious who's better. Marshall Bridges (3.17 ERA) is one of the best reliefers in the business...