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Blake showed just how far he was from that level during Open qualifying. In the first round he valiantly battled No. 144 Wolfgang Schranz to a 6-7, 7-6, 7-5 victory despite cramping in the third set. Blake required intravenous fluids after the match. The next day, he cruised to an impressive 6-3, 7-5 victory over No. 343 Luis Vosloo setting up a final match with former top-15 player David Wheaton...
Austrian Karl Schranz, the last great all-around skier before Zurbriggen, never won Olympic gold. Schranz was booted from the 1972 Games for the way he permitted "use of his name and pictures in commercial advertisements." He made a reported $30,000 that year. Others had similar contracts, but Olympics Chieftain Avery (known sardonically as "Slavery") Brundage wanted to use him as an example to fight growing commercialism in skiing. It didn't work. Skiers today are the most heavily sponsored of all Winter Olympians. Zurbriggen, a sporting-goods store on skis, wears seven of his products in action, from...
...dozen years ago, the late Olympic blunderbuss Avery Brundage took such umbrage at the profit motives of skiers like Austrian Karl Schranz that he contemplated downgrading the Games' skiing events to mere world championships...
...action started on the tennis court, where Cincinnati Reds Leftfielder Pete Rose stole the show if not the prize. He overcame his lack of experience -only four months on the court-to beat Austrian Skier Karl Schranz. "This game's like badminton," Rose declared happily after taking one game from Schranz by diving across the court to make an impossible forehand return...
...Superstars. Twelve athletes (including) John Havlicek, Bob Seagren, Reggie Jackson and Karl Schranz) compete against each other in seven of ten events (golf, tennis, 100-yard dash, 100-meter swimming, etc.) for $3000 per event and a $25,000 bonus. Kyle Rote Jr. wins handly. Ch.5, 2 p.m. 2 hours...