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...Celtics' final victory was as complete as it was effortless: the old pros beat the young pretenders at their own game. A fast-breaking team that depends heavily on the accurate shooting of its "hot hands," Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, the Lakers were both outrun and outshot. Baylor scored 28 points and West accounted for 22, but Boston's Havlicek dropped in 40 and Howell hit for 30. The Celtics opened up a 70-50 half-time lead, and after that the Lakers never really came close. One big reason: 6-ft. 10-in. Center Russell...
...much for amateurs. That is what the experts figured when the overlords of international tennis gave their blessing to open competition between amateurs and pros. No amateur, they said, could hope to beat the older, more experienced pros. Last week, in the British Hard Court Championships at Bournemouth, England-the world's first open tournament-an obscure British amateur proved that the talent gap may not be so big after all. On successive afternoons, Mark Cox, 24, who was not even considered good enough to play singles for the British Davis Cup team, upset two of the game...
...took Australia's Rod Laver, 29, currently the world's No. 1 professional, to repair the damage. In the semifinals, Laver beat Cox easily 6-4, 6-1, 6-0. Nevertheless, Giant Killer Cox had served fair warning: tennis' pros had better tend to business if they want to stay on top of the game...
...with the Athletics (after Ty Cobb was suspended for hitting a fan three days before), Travers, then a student at Philadelphia's St. Joseph's College, was one of a group of sandlotters recruited to face the A's. The fans were mightily amused, but the pros showed no mercy, bombing Travers for 24 runs on 25 hits...
...rest. Parrot and Gonzales took command at the number one spot and rallied to win 12-10. Terrell and Rick Sterne coasted to a 12-6 triumph at number two. Barnaby inserted Eric Wise and Ted Wheeler, two untested sophomores, at the third position. The newcomers responded like pros and banged out an easy...