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With a man as unbridled as Ruth and a legacy as clouded as the sensationalistic scribes of the day could make it, documentation becomes as important as imaginative writing. Creamer has compiled every scrap of information available, from the early Baltimore days to the Babe Ruth Days held for him as his retirement, dispelling a slew of misconceptions as he goes along. He has gotten comment from many of Ruth's mates from the bush leagues up through the majors and there are times when you think he had the whole 1927 Yankee team wired for sound...
Shero offers no apologies. Of Dupont, Kelly and Shultz, he says, "I've been blessed with their abrasive natures. They make other teams wary and cautious." As for the Flyers' penchant for penalties, he explains, "we get more because we scrap more. We get into more fights because we check closer and make more contact." Indeed, hard contact is the heart of Shero's tactical philosophy: "I don't have any use for a player who only looks for the puck in open space. He has to be willing to make contact, to use his stick...
...absent receptionist, an old woman of papier mache sits at her door-side table. The woman stares catatonically out of pale blue eyeballs and you can sidle right up and stare back without feeling embarrassed. Her card says simply that "she was taken to Boston Commons," a scrap of information of dubious significance, but you can think on it while you look. A shrewd glance reveals the wrinkles pleated into a brown paper sack which might have given harried passersby the chance to mutter "the old bag" as they bustled through the park...
Pitt's Thanksgiving scrap with Perm State will be televised nationally on ABC, which will pay each school $244,000 for the privilege. The exposure only help national program, and if the Panthers manage to maul the Nittany Lions, their chances for future TV loot increase...
...about oil-company price hikes and casting a suspicious eye at price rises in such industries as steel, copper, lead and drugs, which are dominated by a relatively few giant corporations. Legal as well as illegal price fixing has become a target. Last week Saxbe called on Congress to scrap the federal legislation that enables states to enforce "fair trade" laws, which prohibit retailers from selling many products at prices below those set by the manufacturer-a move that should have been made long...