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They're called the South African Open Championships. In fact, they are shut tight to a black man, as U.S. Tennis Ace Arthur Ashe discovered when he applied for a visa and a chance to vie for the title. The government allowed, however, that Ashe would be permitted to enter the country as a member of a U.S. Davis Cup team. Maybe. By blackballing Ashe, South Africa could be disqualified for Davis Cup competition...
Yardling Dave Elliott, fresh from a remarkably fast win in his last 1000, will vie for honors in the Bill Bingham 880. "Elliott has been doing some sensational things lately, and I rate him as a favorite in the half," said McCurdy...
...past few seasons, it seems as if the Crimson football team has had a natural propensity for turning out a steady number of superb halfbacks. When Bobby Leo was a senior in 1966, a sophomore named Vie Gatto was beginning to break into the varsity lineup. Ray Hornblower was to follow him, and this year the Crimson has unveiled a possible successor to these standouts-Steve Harrison...
WESTCHESTER GOLF CLASSIC (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). Top pros vie for $250,000 at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, N.Y. (Finals Sunday from...
...satisfy every line so far as possible. After ten years of investigations, reviews, reversals and reappraisals, the CAB last week brought the hotly contentious Hawaii-route case to a characteristically unsatisfactory close. Where only Pan American, Northwest and United Airlines have competed in the past, eight carriers will now vie for a share of the market. As a result, profits on the Hawaii run are likely to be marginal at best. In anticipation of the award, Western Airlines alone added 35 planes to its fleet, and it blames the delay in the CAB ruling for 31% of the line...