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...Braves, of course, did not acquire all this talent by accident. General Manager Eddie Donovan is one of the shrewdest traders and drafters in pro basketball. Before corning to Buffalo. Donovan built the Knicks into a championship team by drafting the likes of Bill Bradley, Walt Frazier and Willis Reed, and trading for Dave De Busschere and Dick Barnett. In Buffalo. Donovan found in Owner Paul Snyder a man who was eager to underwrite similar maneuvering with a philosophy that "good players deserve high salaries...
...Walt Frazier took it easy against the Bullets last year, but he'll have his hands full with Phil Chenier, who has been averaging over 20 points per game. And Dave DeBusschere will have a headache trying to cover either Elvin Hayes or Wes Unseld who is back after a series of injuries...
...winter. That old horse-trader Gene Mauch will probably wish he never picked up the phone during the off-season. The Montreal skipper dealt away his whole franchise (with the exception of super-star Ken Singleton) when he sent Mike Marshall to the Dodgers for Willie Davis. While Walt Alston is busy smacking his lips, Mauch will have to depend on a staff that makes even Atlanta's hurlers look good, and that's bad news for die-hard Expo fans...
...Wizard of Oz made a hit at Harvard was in October of 1939 when the movie version played for the first time at the University Theatre (now the Harvard Square). The Crimson movie reviewer took it quite seriously and decided that in spite of "a strong aroma of Walt Disney," it was "a good show...
...Florida, where 80% of all tourists arrive by car, hotel bookings are down 15%. Attendance at Walt Disney World near Orlando is off 6%, and the amusement park has had to lay off about 750 workers. Florida tourism officials bought space in out-of-state newspapers last month to boast that there was plenty of gasoline available in the state. Some visitors to the gas-short Miami area, which started rationing last week, have found no such plenitude. Jim Komer arrived in Miami from Kitchener, Ont., with his wife and another couple, but could not buy more than $2 worth...