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...problem is that the Dodgers don't want to trade him. The two teams have agreed on the basics: Steve Howe, Joe Beckwith and something else for Lynn. The Sox want that something else to be Hatcher, but the Dodgers have countered with an offer of speedster Rudy Law, and one of two pitchers, Ted Power and Dave "Smoke" Stewart...
...however, would be to get Hatcher. The guy can play, and the rap that he is slow is unwarranted. He's no speedster, but his time from first base to third base compares favorably with, say, Dave Stapleton. His bat is better...
...freshmen exhibited particularly sparkling play, indicating that the aquamen have a bright future ahead of them. Speedster Courtney Roberts, described by coach Stephen Pike as having played "a really great game," led Harvard with a team-record eight goals, including a penalty shot and a half-court lob into an open net in the fourth quarter. Roberts also tallied four assists...
...Royals managed only six hits against southpaw Rudy May but put four of those together to score all the runs that Leonard needed. With one out, Darrell Porter lined a single to left and moved to second on Frank White's Single to right. Then, speedster Willie Wilson smashed a ground triple down the right field line to knock in two runs...
Beth Heiden's skates may be bronze, but her ten-speed is golden. At least that is the way it looked after the 20-year-old blade and bike speedster finished first in the women's world cycling championships in Sallanches, France. Beth, who placed third in the women's 3,000-meter speed-skating competition at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics, began bicycle racing only three summers ago, along with her quintuple-gold-medalist brother Eric, 22, as a way of keeping in condition for skating. Now she enjoys the sport as an end in itself...