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...rich of Texas to bail out the new poor of New England's finest. Hap Sharp, a Texas sportsman who once raced the Chaparral car for General Motors came to the rescue. In hopes of raising money, the club had sent appeals to various alumni and polo players. Sharp responded with a gift of six ponies. Vince Mulford, another Texan, donated a seventh...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Polo Is Reborn With Myopia Club's Aid | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...AMERICAN SPORTSMAN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Theater, Cinema, Books: Jan. 24, 1969 | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

Jack Daly, president of the Gridiron Club said, "Vie was far more than a great player. He was rated highly for his work with disadvantaged children last summer, and players on opposing teams had only the highest praise for him as a sportsman as well as a great halfback...

Author: By Ben Beach, | Title: Vic Gatto Named 'Best Sportsman' | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

Henry started his reign in 1509 as a handsome, strapping 17-year-old, seemingly the perfect embodiment of the chivalric tradition. A superb sportsman and a gifted musician, he also could hold his own intellectually in company with those lights of Renaissance humanism, Erasmus and Thomas More. Yet he grew into a gross, willful creature not so far removed from the modern layman's view of him, which seems to be based mainly on Charles Laughton's famous roaring, slobbering portrayal in the 1933 film The Private Life of Henry VIII. He gorged himself at seven-hour banquets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heroics Without a Hero | 8/2/1968 | See Source »

...Association campaign to eliminate all traffic laws, because they do not stop people from speeding and driving through red lights. And then I'd like to see some interested group work to eliminate laws against rape. There are always some killjoys in society trying to restrain the American sportsman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 28, 1968 | 6/28/1968 | See Source »

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