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...screaming throng of more than 53,000 was soon silenced as the Phillies' superior defense shut out the Dodgers after that, setting the stage for Philadelphia's two-run ninth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Phillies Outslug Dodgers, 7-5; Schmidt Delivers Game Winner | 10/5/1977 | See Source »

...Tigers netted a team aggregate of 300 strokes while Temple and the University of West Virginia were tied for second, one stroke back. Dartmouth went around in 306 as a team while the Crimson was in the midst of a throng of contenders...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Linksmen Trail Tigers at Yale; Vik Shoots Pacesetting 74 | 9/24/1977 | See Source »

Stage-door groupies do not throng after Frost. He is sallow-skinned, pouchy-eyed. His suits are rumpled; the thin brown hair barely conceals a balding pate. He gulps pills to avert the double vision he gets from migraines. He gnaws his fingernails. His voice is flat and distinctly non-U. He wears blue suede shoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: David Can Be a Goliath | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

...event was definitely the thing. At one point the throng of 100 began to chant, "Orb, Orb, Orb!" building to a thunderous crescendo as their man, Dave Sherman '77, entered clad in a yellow bathrobe which served as his warmup suit. He slowly removed it, acknowledged his fans, flexed his muscles and went down to defeat in quick order. But no matter, the Mighty Orb headed for an early shower via the beer...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: It's All in the Wrist | 4/27/1977 | See Source »

...tournament last fall as a representative of Norway. In 1958, the event was held at St. Andrews, the course which Jones most cherished. He was honored by being made a freeman of the burgh of St. Andrews. At the end of the ceremony, Bobby made his way through the throng of wellwishers in an electric trolley that his crippling illness forced him to use to the refrain of "Will ye no' come back again...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Bobby Jones And The Ghost of Masters Past | 4/13/1977 | See Source »

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