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Confusion, though, followed the Dodgers. Partly as a gesture to jolt New York State taxpayers into helping them to build a new stadium, they crossed the Hudson to Jersey City for a second "opening game," the first of seven regular-season "home" games they will play there this year. Somebody gave Jersey City Mayor Bernard J. Berry a ball to throw out. Came time for the historic throw. "Mr. Mayor, the ball," an aide prompted. "The ball?" echoed His Honor with surprise. "I gave it to some kid." The game itself, complicated by the poor playing surface in Roosevelt Stadium...
...Polish flyer who escaped to Denmark in a Soviet-built MIG, to live in the U.S. ¶Added, in the Senate Finance Committee, some $50 million in excise tax cuts to the $912 million reduction already called for in a House-passed bill. Included was a move to exempt regular-season college athletic contests and some 70% of movies from the admissions...
Myles Huntington's freshman hockey team continued its unbeaten string Saturday at Andover when it easily knocked off a strong Exeter sextet, 5 to 1. This defeat marked only the second regular-season loss for the prep-schoolers...
...State picked itself up and scored two quick touchdowns. The payoff play: a 27-yd. scoring pass by Sophomore Halfback Tom Yewcic. Other notable results: Tennessee, with a touchdown in every quarter, over unbeaten Duke, 26-0; Texas A. & M. over Oklahoma, 14-7, to cut the Sooners' regular-season streak at 29 straight victories; Princeton over Navy, 24-20, giving the Tigers the longest major unbeaten streak (15) in the nation; Northwestern, with a touchdown in the last two minutes of play, over Army, 20-14; Holy Cross over Fordham...
...other actions last week the N.C.A.A: ¶ Dropped from the agenda all charges against last year's code violators. ¶ Passed a resolution against the "live" (i.e., while the game is being played) telecasting of regular-season college football next fall, left it up to member schools to comply or not, as they thought best. ¶ Agreed that member schools should not play in post-season bowl games unless the price is right, i.e., teams must be guaranteed 75% of the gross receipts...