Word: southpaw
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McEnroe, it seems, drilled one of his booming southpaw serves past a flatfooted Connors. The T.V. cameras clearly showed that the ball landed well within the prescribed box, but, inexplicably, the serve was termed a fault. Young McEnroe (who but two years ago was Young Upstart McEnroe) struck the hallowed Centre Court grass with his racket and stormed to the sidelines, unwilling to continue lest the rest of his future efforts meet with similar results. At first, the man in the high chair tried reason; "Mr. McEnroe will resume play," he intoned. When that failed, he turned to humiliation. "This...
...what many accredited members of baseball's cognoscenti call the best World Series ever, the Red Sox are edged in seven games by the Red Stockings of Cincinnati in a hosiery hoedown. Tony Perez (now with the Red Sox) wrecks Boston with a towering blast of southpaw and genius Bill Lee (now with the Expos), undoing the sixth-game heroics of Cartlon Fisk and the grace of centerfielder Fred Lynn...
Harvard starter Jim (brother of B.C.'s John Curtin) had departed long before. When the lanky southpaw walked three Eagles in the first two frames, Nahigian called one of his aces, Bill Larson, in from the bullpen. Larson loaded the bases in the third, allowed the solo marker in the fifth and nothing more until his teammates had put the contest out of reach...
...minute rain delay halted proceedings after seven frames, and when play resumed Tom Burgmeier had replaced Eckersley. The southpaw held the Bengals scoreless the rest of the way and recorded the save...
...Senior southpaw Larry Brown, coming off a disappointing final season at Harvard which ended with a loss to Cornell that knocked the Crimson out of the playoff picture, was drafted in the 14th round yesterday by the Houston Astros...