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...tale to gladden the hearts of all who fossick through local art fairs looking for forgotten gems, a work that Boston businessman Edward Puhl bought more than 30 years ago turned out to be Little Regatta, by Paul Klee. The bad news was that it had been stolen. Puhl, who discovered both facts while estate planning, returned it to its owner, the Phillips Collection...
...Toronto Maple Leafs a blessing. "I think Canadians understand baseball a lot better than Americans understand hockey," says Bob Bourne, an expert witness. Before ever playing left wing for the New York Islanders, Bourne was a minor league infielder in the Houston Astros' system. (The Astros outfielder Terry Puhl and the Chicago Cubs pitcher Ferguson Jenkins are the most eminent of the few Canadian-born major leaguers.) "I learned to play baseball on the farm, against the wall at the back of the barn," says Bourne, who comes from the sweet-sounding town of Netherhill...
...Terry Puhl looped a single to right and took second on a walk. Left fielder Tony Scott lifted a Texas leaguer to right center. Davey Lopes dashed back for it while Kenny Landreaux hurried in from center field. Neither one could reach the ball in time, and Puhl scored easily from second...
...Philadelphia, Jose Cruz singled home Terry Puhl in the tenth to put the Astros ahead, 4-3. Shortly after, alert pinch-runner Rafael Landestoy scored the eventual winning run from third on a Cesar Cedeno chopper to short. With Cruz on second, and Cedeno on first, Dave Bergman tripled home two more insurance runs...
Things looked bad for the Dodgers from the start when catcher Joe Ferguson dropped the first pitch of the game and second baseman Davey Lopes booted a ground ball from Houston's leadoff hitter Terry Puhl. But things got worse...