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...ended two games later) and raising his batting average to .381. In Pittsburgh, Pirate Leftfielder Willie Stargell, who twice this season has hit three home runs in one game, clouted his eleventh homer to set a new record for the month of April. And in a 25-hit slugfest in Atlanta, the Braves' 25-year-old Ralph Garr and the San Francisco Giants' aging (40) Willie Mays collected four hits apiece. The barrage boosted Garr's average to a league-leading .434, and gave added testimony to Mays' contention that "there's a little life...
Given the extraordinary interest in what Ali grandiloquently called "the biggest sporting event in the history of the whole planet earth," anything short of a slugfest would have been anticlimactic. The two heavyweights delivered-and so did the fans. TV hookups, which beamed the bout to 300 million viewers in 46 countries, pushed the total gate to a possible $20 million. According to Las Vegas bookies, the fight generated an estimated $1 billion in bets. On the big night, Madison Square Garden scalpers were demanding-and getting-$850 for a $150 ringside seat...
Runi Pauliubus of Stoughton, also a winner by TKO Monday, will meet Tom Mesereau of Grays in the unlimited freshman heavyweight division. This match could turn into a wild slugfest...
...tournament's most crowd-pleasing bout was a slugfest between Tibbets and Winthrop's Woody Weiss in the 175-pound class. Tibbets, who mauled his way to the 175 title last year, looked like he might repeat for a while in the second round, as he pinioned Weiss on the ropes and flailed away...
...game that coach Steve Novich called a "slugfest," the teams combined for a total of 22 hits and seven errors. Only one of the hits went for extra bases--an Exeter double in the third inning...