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McGuane is rhapsodic in his meticulous, almost poetic description of the inspiration the ocean offers Skelton--seascapes of rocky bottom and tide-waved weeds; schools of fish gliding instinctively past each other without colliding; the expert crafting from scratch of Tom's skiff; the art of guiding that provides a framework within which Skelton makes his last ditch attempt to integrate his psyche with the natural world. Guiding is a one-man job, but Hemingway style requires full exertion of Skelton's intellect, intuition and physical strength in mastering fishing equipment and tides, navigating channels and neighboring keys, and sniffing...
PENN-YALE--The Quakers are smarting from last week's slap in the face by Harvard. Yale, of course, did not take kindly to a 24-13 thrashing by Dartmouth. Both teams have been filing their incisors for this one. They've got to kick, scratch and bite to stay alive in the Ivy title picture. The Quakers have sharper files. Penn 23, Yale...
...Mets even made the lame and the halt rise from their pallets to perform. Willie Mays, 42, sidelined with cracked ribs and due to retire at the end of the season, was sent in as a pinch hitter during the final game and scratch singled in a run. Willie was replacing Veteran Ed Kranepool, the last of the original Mets, who in turn was substituting for Rusty Staub. Staub, on a home-run jag, could not play in the fifth game because he slammed into an outfield wall making a crucial catch in game four. Kranepool performed...
...Harrelson doubled to open the Mets' 12th and went to third on McGraw's scratch single. After loser and reliever Rollie Fingers got the next two batters, Willie Mays stepped into...
...Kranepool, one of the original Mets, stroked an opposite-field two-run single and veteran Willie Mays got a one-run Baltimore chopper scratch hit to highlight the Met offense...