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Baldwin, who had left the game earlier to receive stitches for a cut above his eye, came back to score the game's only try on a "trick" play. Scott Abel picked the ball out of the scrum, threw it to Baldwin, and he lowered his head and smashed straight ahead for the necessary yardage...
...cross between Las Vegas and the Y.M.C.A. On a recent Sunday afternoon it bustled with several thousand boisterous Australians. On the first floor, at least 1,000 members were gathered around 200 slot machines, or sitting in the beer garden or discussing football at the men-only "scrum bar." Upstairs, 600 men and women were drinking beer at long tables while they listened to a stand-up comic; near by, a self-service restaurant was turning out $2.25 dinners of shrimp, steak and pie. Members who were not exhausted from a day at the beach or sports could swim...
...backs will include scrum half Gary Latz, fly half Greg Sandomirsky, centers Hal Clark and Jamie Plunkett, wings Dick Barrett and Ken Otto and fullback Tim Finn...
Near the end of the first half, a 65-yard play involving seven passes among the scrum put Paul Reppun in control at the two-yard line. Lee Sheehy then stepped the ball...
...primarily by onetime American college stars who couldn't cut it in their homeland. The British Commonwealth and certain nations associated with its cultural tradition indulge in a footballish sport called rugby, which seems to consist in considerable part of beefy mesomorphs huddling in a heap called a "scrum" and jostling each other for possession of the ball. Throughout most of the non-American world, football means soccer. It is finally beginning to catch on in the U.S., which may be a good thing, but to unsensitive unenthusiasts it is still a low-scoring charade involving men in short...