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Those who play the game in this coun¬ sports, the r
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their All-America will rank in impor¬ the time. It m
tance with the many manufactured for prototype for
college football. But should such popu¬ agreements.
larity come, there is no doubt which The reserv
schools would dominate the selections. one team unti
The Bridgeports, Hartwicks and Cort¬ he is bound by
land States would live only as fond the ABA sug
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HIGH OLD CAMP player from a
Walter Camp did more than review the that owned t
football season and choose All-America through draft
teams. He was a physical education buff the right to m
who swore by exercise. His Daily Doz¬ ing to Mike S
en, a phrase that lives on in the Amer¬ at the time o
ican idiom, had a profound effect on a was to retain
generation brought up in the ample shad¬ the movemen
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Brady. In fact, just this New Year's one "players wou
of Camp's disciples was named a knight stead of the v
on Queen Elizabeth's list of honors. He they came ou
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ton must have known it was going to be
one of those days. He went to the air ear¬
ly and stayed there, not that it did him
much good. Rolling to his right to evade
the Pittsburgh defenders who kept
swarming after him, he threw 27 times
and completed just II for only 102 yards.
Dwight White
Three of his passes were intercepted, four
were deflected and many were hurried.
With defense like this, it was inevita¬ fourth-and-one
ble that the game would have a lot of in¬ decided to gam
sane turnaround plays, and it did. How Fran bent over
about a safety, which made the score 2-0 citing either th
Pittsburgh at halftime?Tarkenton, on his Weeks went by
own 10-yard line, faked a quick pitch- ended up in an
out and tried to hand the ball to Dave all. It was still
Osborn on a dive. But the ball either hit Vikings decide
Chuck Foreman's hip or Foreman's hip do now but pu
hit the ball, and the next thing anybody Then there
knew Tarkenton was scrambling—after threw two pass
the ball, which was scooting toward the was another o
end zone—and being pursued by every ludes where Fra
Steeler but Art Rooney. Fran prevented limb, looking
a Pittsburgh touchdown by recovering Gilliam downfi
the ball and sliding across the goal line terfered with—
with it for the safety. Minnesota's be
Tarkenton was in several other unnat¬ might add, its
ural poses throughout the day because threw the ball.
of the Pittsburgh defense. There was the Greenwood ri
aforementioned occasion when, with who threw ano
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still with the ball under his arm, way time, seemed
down the field, running toward the Vi¬
king goal. The officials had blown the
play dead, and the half was over, but the
confident Bradshaw had extended it with
a flourish.
Overall, the Steelers' attitude was best
reflected by Russell, who had known the
dreary days years ago in Pittsburgh.
“This team has been loose and casual all
year and all this week," he said, "but just
before we went out on the field there was
a period of quiet. Somebody said, ‘Hey,
what the hell’s all this?’ And we started
yucking it up again.”
But despite the Steelers’ determination
not to change their team personality, the
Super Bowl is more than just a football
game, of course. And when you put it in
a city like New Orleans it becomes some¬
thing like the social equivalent of a Mid¬
dle East war. In a sense, the week was a
party-off. The NFL threw one for an in¬
timate gathering of about 5,000 in a place
called the Rivergate. The food was so far
away from the entrance that John Gil¬
liam would have had to sit dow n and pant
after jogging there. CBS had a room in
the Royal Sonesta that showed film loops
of such things as the 1958 Colts-Giants
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with a band and seafood event in a court-
8 YEAROLD
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they don't understand ou
says Louisiana Wild Life a
Assistant Director Dick Ya
ago we informed the marsh
fur trappers we'd reopen th
alligators as soon as we cou
tor population built back u
southwestern Louisiana is s
alligators, and the rest of
got more than it needs. Th
drainage going on in the ma
owners put in levees and p
water, and it's disastrous f
they could harvest some o
tors and sell them for mo
be an incentive to maintain
instead of pumping them o
Alligators feed real heavily
muskrats, which are a prime
pers and landowners. So n
are viewed as a liability.
when a landowner sees a
takes it off, law or no law.
The Endangered Specie
cember 1973 gave the Dep
terior at least temporary a
endangered wildlife, both m
resident. Until then, the st
diction over their own res
which is how Louisiana c
asci, who has made a living for 51 years then decided he
diving in its waters for lost golf balls. more. I've been
Fenasci's technique is to go out early in were bitten tryin
the morning with an associate as a had to pry the
“catcher” and plunge into the dirty wa¬ tire tool. A ma
ter of the lagoon to grope with his hands pond there, and
and toes for golf balls. On an ordinary leg. A man wor
day Fenasci finds about 400 balls, of hyacinths in a p
which about one-third are discarded as the boat by a f
useless. The rest are sold back to the City he had disturbe
Park golf shop for from lOp to 25c each. the 'gator on t
Dutch has raised eight children on his In one subdivis
earnings from lost golf balls, and he has low area, and n
two color TV sets in his apartment be¬ 'gators in amon
hind the Golden Filly Beauty Salon a few Many people
blocks from City Park. As one might gators should
imagine, Dutch has encountered a great wipe out the u
number of alligators, not to mention wa¬ for all? The fa
ter moccasins, face to face. He has seen mendous amou
the alligator population of City Park wax life. As deer m
and wane and wax again, and he has woods, alligato
watched golfers flee from mere seven- swamps, conne
footers ambling across the fairways, but so that other cr
Dutch has never been bitten and has nev¬ cape from drou
er even felt seriously menaced. under the water
"A 'gator won't disturb a human be¬ fish, snakes and
ing unless it's a mama 'gator or one that's that furnish dri
been hurt," Dutch says. "Of course, you other animals.
better stay away from 'em in mating sea¬ and coons that
son, and you shouldn't step on one. birds. An alliga
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But as strange as it may seem, the less you
workout it needs—the more care it needs.
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costly repairs. But if you follow these sug
money in the long run.
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liam the Conqueror’s family not long after the Battle of tumn
Hastings; one helped finance the Mayflower, the first ar¬ ly acc
ica. One branch went to Canada, and the name is well ad¬ den w
York, produced Samuel Tilden, who won the popular vote move
Bill Tilden came from the southern branch, which resided, begun
George’s, Del. but after his father’s death moved to Phil¬ into t
■name Hey because she had been raised by Aunt Betsy, but nerves.
actually Selena was the daughter of another sister’s failed Whe
the same Feb. 10 birthdate, and so he called her “Twin," ing his
” which she adored—and not only because it was consider¬ his fath
kids called her. Twin was unattractive, like the aunt she ing bad
lived with, and to suddenly have this lively young man, who was tra
took three stairs at a bound, dropping into her life, was a unders
salvation. Twin and Aunt Betsy soon were spoiling Junior ly frien
'tvas to keep his bedroom there for the next quarter of a 1915,
century. All the time he moved with kings and movie stars brough
and ruled the world of tennis, he would come back to 519 he had
Hansberry, place his latest trophy beside the rubber plant July 29
with the porcelain birds balanced on the branches, and en¬ died, a
tertain Twin and Aunt Betsy with tales of the world while er and
they served him a succession of steak dinners, with ice cream. Hill.
Back in 1908, however, when Tilden first lived with Her
the Heys, he still spent much lime at Ovcrleigh, walking gered
over every evening to be with his mother. He graduated Late th
from Germantown in 1910, thin but not gawky, and still May,
ing as a pro. Painfully, as politely as she could. Twin w
him that his homosexuality was becoming more appa
that he must be more guarded. Furious, Tilden shot
feet, glared at Twin, and stormed out of the house, ne
say another word to her as long as she lived.
But, on his own terms, he was at last beginning to
in a few corners for some understanding of his hom
uality. "Women are a lot of bitches,” he told Gloria
ler, a young friend he had known for years. "When s
one is a genius, when they have a great task in life,
cannot afford to be depleted by a woman. Women
down a man. They have no right to make a man of g
share their petty demands."
Another time, riding on a train with a young pro, T
suddenly felt compelled to bring up the subject, an
most stridently, delivered this message: “Those of us
have my way of thinking, well, we look upon ourselv
the chosen few. I think it’s my responsibility to co
young boys. We are the exceptional ones that God
smiled upon.”
That was a rare, inexplicable revelation. Most o
though, he studiously avoided the subject in tennis
pany. How incredibly difficult it must have been for h
lifetime in the midst of the most completely secure he
sexual community. There are relatively few homosexu
big-time male sports. And, more than most, athlete
antipathetic to homosexuality, seeming to both desp
and fear it with a vengeance that must have placed T
on trial with himself almost every day of his life. Even
he came to some grips with his own status, he seem
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on anything of his. A couple of trophies are on display at den
Marrion Anderson's, a couple more at her son's house, but hom
most are hidden away in a warehouse. Marrion Anderson cuou
has a steamer trunk full of Tilden’s trophies that she never boy’
has opened. wash
When the war ended, Tilden was instrumental in orga¬ who
nizing the Professional Tennis Players Association, and inca
although he was 53 by then, he regularly got as far as the he ap
quarterfinals in pro tournaments and once nearly beat Bob¬ some
by Riggs, then the world champion. He still went first class, one
with the best suite and a ball boy, and he still drew a lion’s Bu
share of the attention. Once settled in his suite, he would gant
call up the press—"Big Bill is here"—and they came to see was
him. Even then, open tennis seemed just around the corner it, he
and, anyway, the prize money for Tildcn’s pros in 1947 was thing
certain to be doubled. dox
Then, shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, 1946, him
Beverly Hills police officers saw a 1942 Packard Clipper goin
being driven erratically on Sunset Boulevard. When they didn
flagged the car down at the intersection of Rexford, a 14- At
year-old boy got out of the driver's scat. Bill Tilden, sitting have
next to him. had just taken the boy to see The Jolson Story pitifu
at the Pantages Theatre. At the station house, Big Bill read¬ prov
ily admitted indiscretions with the boy on this evening and who
one previous. mixe
Richard Maddox. 36. who had represented a lot of pic¬ ious
ture people, took the case, reluctantly. "The toughest cases just
I've ever had," he says, "are where a dog or a child are the en an
victims." Nor was his defense helped by the fact that Til¬ in at
den took a negligent, even condescending, attitude toward caug
sent to the Castaic Honor Farm, a few miles north of L
Angeles, where he was a storekeeper and trusty until Jud
Scott relented and granted him an early release after 7
months. But his probation became a purgatory; since
could not be alone with minors, Tilden lost much of w
little coaching work he could obtain. He moved to smal
cheaper apartments and became even more careless in
personal habits.
Some of his Hollywood benefactors abandoned Tild
but the Cottens remained loyal, as did Chaplin. So did
Andersons, his family. "I want you to know, Marrion, t
you're the one who must decide whether I ever see you a
Art again," he told her after his arrest, but they did
desert him. In fact, Arthur was with Tilden, alone in
apartment, in complete violation of his probation, w
the police showed up on Jan. 28, 1949, with another w
rant for Big Bill’s arrest.
He had been identified as the man in a 1942 Pack
Clipper who had picked up a teen-age hitchhiker a
a.m. that day on Wilshire Boulevard and immediately
gan making improper advances. By now, pathetica
Tilden was reduced to cruising, trolling the areas arou
high schools and Y's. "I can't help myself,” he told Sc
and he begged the judge not to make him live in the t
light of probation; give him his sentence and let him squ
the account inside so that he could teach his young frie
again.
By this time, the public had lost interest and the ju
was lenient. On Feb. 10, Tilden’s 56th birthday, Scott
turned him to Castaic, but only for violation of probati
for being alone with Arthur. The grave new charge, wh
of Marlboro.
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One more place was closed to him. He went back up into thur d
the hills, to Chaplin’s court. Chaplin had left the country let hi
and had been barred reentry, but Tilden still had use of the his ba
court, although he also had fewer and fewer students. In Cham
May he wrote Richards: "Vinnie, could you please send “J
them I could get some lessons to give. I need the money nothi
Lakewood Park. He was 60 now, and the two jail stretches smal
had not been good for his health. He couldn't shake a cold. 1893-
with coughs that he would have to lean against the canvas anyw
for support. But Big Bill Tilden was getting ready for the who
U.S. Pro Championships, and there was no time or money On
Cham
for a doctor.
A few days before he was to leave for Cleveland, Tilden of re
players named Don Fontana and Bob Bedard. Tilden in¬ the r
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by most highway departments. Now
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A PERSONAL
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I n 13 dramatic episodes, the late Dr.
Jacob Bronowski guides you on a jour¬
and personal. As Dr. Bron
“These programs present p
ney through 27 countries and 2 million than history, and a philo
years. En route, you will explore with him rather than of science."
the scientific discoveries that have shaped Critical acclaim for THE
man’s history.
Another in a series of BBC-Time-Life
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ritish critics were
praise of THE ASC
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CIVILISATION and Alistair Cooke's
as were those American r
tended the Smithson
AMERICA. THE ASCENT OF MAN screenings in Washing
is an expansive survey of an important winter. The RBC has a
part of man’s history as >een through the the series in England thre
eyes of one of its keenest observers. uary marks the first teleca
A step-by-step progression of discoveries the U.S.
T he individual episodes trace man's
discoveries in such areas as anatomy,
Programs in the series.
Episode 1: Lower Than th
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chemistry and atomic energy. And like Episode 3. The Grain in t
every human act. discovery is Kith unusual Epistyle 4; The Hidden S
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dianapolis Star carried (he banner headline: Wise 13 assists. Guard Bill Coo
MCDONALD'S DESERVES A BREAK TODAY. 30 points against La Salle, ha
Earlier Indiana disposed of Michigan 90-76. phis State beat Southern Mis
Those wins, coupled with Ohio State's 76-67 With the Tigers leading by on
upset of Minnesota, left Indiana the Big half, Yates told his players t
Ten's only unbeaten team. With 10 black their feet instead of their hand
players back from a one-day suspension, on personal fouls. Playing foo
M ichigan State zonked Ohio State 88-84 and the Tigers did not give the G
Michigan 86-78. The suspended players said the chance to shoot a foul
they had been upset by some of Coach Gus half.
Ganakas' strategy, by drafts in their field Miami of Ohio shocked
house and because team pictures had not Conference favorite Bowling
been hung in the lobby.
After vanquishing Tennessee 82-78 and 1. LOUISVILLE (11-0) 2. KA
Mississippi State 86-71, Alabama was the
lone undefeated team in the Southeastern Clcmson’s hopes
Conference with a 3-0 record. Switching to Atlantic Coast C
a 2-3 zone after 19 minutes enabled the Tide set over North Carolina were
to halt the Volunteers. The shift hampered acupunctured 74-72. After ge
Ernie Grunfcld and Bernard King, who com¬ ture treatments for his injure
bined for 36 points in the first half but had Kupchak of the Tar Heels stu
only 22 thereafter. Charles (Boonie) Russell gers with 18 points and 20 r
led Alabama scorers with 48 points in the ther deflating Clcmson, whi
two games. Tennessee came back to drub points at one time in the firs
Mississippi 102-82 as Grunfeld went 17 for missed foul shots in 32 tries. F
28 from the field and had 36 points. ever, helped Maryland down
Trailing Manhattan by seven points with The Terps, harried througho
10:15 left, Marquette Coach Al McGuire in¬ Devils' zone defense, sank si
serted starting Forward Earl Tatum at guard. throws in the last 63 seconds.
With Tatum pumping in eight quick points stopped Wake Forest 89-73 as
the Warriors overhauled the Jaspers 66-62. offense ignited an 18-0 scorin
second half. Those guards,
1. INDIANA (14-0) 2. ALABAMA (9-1) Brad Davis and John Luc
ameter, at 5,8
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The time to begin is when you’re young. In school. Ed
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Because a regular program of physical education ch
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days at school. More likely to perform up to their
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Physical fitness can change insecure, uncertain
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That's why we urge you to support the Physical
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A marvelous jumble of delights. We meet manic
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rookies We get an intimate look at the pain that
inescapable part of the game, the camaraderies
dressing room..." —Jonathan Yardley, Mia
Illustrated with
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000 for operating expenses this season. ed 49er Quarte
“If we keep winning like this," said was headed by
Coach Marshall Johnston after the game tender Barry van
in St. Louis, “maybe the other clubs will ly, the original
stop paying our bills." Campbell confes
The real question, though, is this: Can to a schoolboy w
hockey survive in Oakland? Or must the wore a Princeton
NHL move the franchise across the Bay er management
to San Francisco? Or back across the wouldn’t still be
Rockies to Denver? Or to the insolvency today.”
league? In truth, the Bay Area has tra¬ Chaos set in ea
ditionally been a disaster spot for the passed from the
NHL. In their 7l/i seasons the Seals have group of Harlem
had five owners, seven coaches, three then reverted t
names (California Seals, Oakland Seals, friends. They pl
California Golden Seals) and three col¬ chise to Vancou
or schemes for their uniforms, including an NHL team at
the present Pacific blue and California did not approve
gold, a combination that makes the play¬ sued by van Ge
ers look like a bunch of extras in an Andy glomerate called
Warhol flick. Not surprisingly, the Seals munications the
have made the playofis only twice. Seals but enco
Three years ago the Seals had some of problems and
the best young players in hockey, but business. The c
Finley underestimated the threat of the franchise were F
World Hockey Association and conse¬ Promoter Jerry
quently lost the nucleus of his squad to Seltzer approa
the new league's checkbook raiders. Now nors with a deta
once again the Seals control some of keting and pro
hockey’s best young players, but the Seals. Then Fin
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so much due to the war." He sipped a le pads over le
cup of tea. “I haven't been down the run brogans with
in 10 years now and I’ll never go again, "rakes” bolted
never.” their clothing
When asked why. Lord Brabazon jump suits, ol
looked gently astonished that anyone pants, Levi’s,
would consider such a question neces¬ patched knicke
sary. “Because it frightens me terribly.” raffish hint of t
He looked searchingly through his heavy appearance, a
spectacles, as if to be certain that he was torcycle stuntm
understood. Then he spoke slowly, rowdy, even w
choosing his words with care: “When the appearance is d
exhilaration is worth the fright, then you Cresta are, if
must do it, you must ride the Cresta. But spectability. M
when the exhilaration is not worth the educated: some
fright, then you must give it up. That is An alarm be
merely sensible, isn’t it?” from his bench
strides outside.
Robert C. Ennis of West Roxbury, Mass, morning. Behi
is 44 years old, a foreign-car dealer. He looms in the br
is the best, currently, of the half a dozen another spire r
or so American businessmen who regu¬ Moritz. And di
larly run the Cresta and has won two tro¬ ta Run.
phies there. “Americans seem to stay The course is
away from the Cresta,” he says. "They after the night’
think it’s silly. Also frightening. I’m is spoken over
afraid, too, but I like to use my intellect Cresta Clubhou
to overcome my instincts, and finishing has come. He l
a fast Cresta run is just the grandest feel¬ over his tobogg
ing in the world—you wind up grinning takes a deep b
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noble institution like the SMTC to hold Moritz in 1884
a contested election. Though low-key in petts. It was pu
both demeanor and delivery, Roger ilar toboggan s
Gibbs speaks with candor and enthusi¬ Davos, which
66
ple of democracy and Nino Bibbia is the you must admit that goin
classic example of how well it works, you with a name like that is no
see. He's Nino to me. and I'm Derek to for anyone, now is it?’ Yes,
him. I buy my Biindnerfleisch at Bibbia's that the English certainly
market, yet he is one of the only people to run a proper club perha
in the world I kiss on both checks when anyone."
we meet. Now, there is a slight social el¬
ement involved in being elected to mem¬ It was Lord Brabazon’
bership in the Cresta. I don't mean from coined the oft-repeated
a class point of view, of course not. But The Cresta keeps its secret
we must maintain certain standards. For is an aura of mystery to th
example, there is an awkward situation who have ridden it for yea
now a bloke who is a bloody fine run¬ to explain its strange ways
ner, but who is cordially disliked by many Harry Hays Morgan, 75
members. He is known to be involved in diplomat who has lived
a somewhat shady business. We don't decades, is one of the mos
want him and, despite his obvious skill Cresta riders. Morgan b
as a rider, we are putting off his mem¬ runs in 1924, was SMTC
bership. But if a man’s technical quali¬ six years in the '30s and
fications as a rider are equal and no one “the only living founding
says he’s a bloody bore or another kind Shuttlecock Club." That d
of bounder, if he’s a good drinker and a numbers several hundred
good bloke, then he’ll be in, won't he? have one single thing in c
There is room for all kinds—wc need oc¬ all have flipped off the cou
casional clowns, you know, to keep it all torious Shuttlecock curve
alive, all going, and one fellow who is donated the Morgan Cup,
not a very good rider but in a very loud been considered one of Crc
way is good fun will be elected quite with¬ awards.
out trouble.” "There is no understan
Lord Brabazon could become intense la," Morgan says. "You ju
stuck my arm ou
the wagon as I c
sors. This mayb
dredth of a secon
cisely that marg
important race w
and he didn’t.”
Bischofberger
season. Mostly h
the clubhouse in a
wolfskin coat. He
and the pain was
Cresta. “There a
ries caused by ac
“Cracked ribs are
painful. You can
and every cough
agony for many
falls at Shuttlecoc
One season I we
us sufier from C
caused by the stro
jiggling on your e
run. Broken coll
dislocated should
everyone has bro
time or another.
mistake of puttin
wagon runner an
toboggan. Everyo
68
the bar. At last someone called for ”a
firework in honor of the winners." and a
ruddy-faced chap named Johnny O'Brien
rose and said. "Everyone on your feet
now, we want a tremendous firework."
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Then he proceeded to lead the cheer: missions paid on stud
"BOOM! Ssssssssss BOOOOM! scriptions. And we do
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Aaaaaaaaah."
Lord Brabazon leaned over and ex¬
plained, "You see, it's just like a real
bloody firework display. First an explo¬
sion. Then the whistle as another fire¬ Help
work is launched. Then another explo¬
sion. Then the crowd sounds its appre¬ Hemo
ciation . . .aaaaaahhhh."
When Paul Felder rose to take the Inflammat
champagne-filled cup from the table,
t here were cries a round t he ba r of “Cuck -
Gives promp
oo! Cuckoo!" Lord Brabazon explained hemorrhoidal
that this referred to Felder being in the
There’s an exclusiv
clock business. Felder hefted the huge
which actually helps
champagne-filled trophy and drank. The
ful swelling of hemo
grand silver vat was passed among the
caused by infection.
top-ranked finishers in the race and each the first application
look great gulps. Someone said the cup temporary relief fr
held the contents of 28 bottles of cham¬ pain in hemorrhoida
pagne and that the winner had to pay The sufferer firs
for all of it. There was much laughter, from such painful d
many jokes and more cries of “Cuckoo!" this medication help
as champion Paul Felder moved from duce swelling of he
sues. Tests conducte
continued
hundreds of patient
69 City, Washington,
is claimed, made a special trip to Swit¬ Mont., a vice-pre
zerland for the sole purpose of proving Internationale d
the genuineness of his manhood by mas¬ couple of years a
tering the run. Never has there been more over his finger a
snickering done at the expense of a sin¬ he flew out of the
gle ego. Flynn arrived to make the run his spill there all
from the Junction one morning around (for S5) a spec
1950 (nobody recalls the exact year; which he wears
Ronnie Rae figures it was “soon after
Flynn conquered Burma singlchanded”). I rode the Crest
It is said that the actor turned ashen when Cooke, Si’s dir
he saw the pitch of the run and realized Cooke made a st
that he would have to lie on his belly and cisely 141.16 sec
careen down it. My own expe
There is only one way for a man to both disappointi
keep himself from zinging down the first impression
Cresta out of control: by the simple but proximity of the
strenuous method of pressing his toe inches or so aw
rakes ever harder against the ice. If a man the toboggan. T
has enormously strong legs, he can press ate realization a
hard enough to bring the wagon to a full move from its d
stop on the course. tion that this th
Errol Flynn, it turned out, was blessed down and virtu
with precisely such strong legs. Those once it begins. T
who were there said that he began by lessness—plus a
barely moving down the chute, then dug is unknown, tha
in his rakes until he went even slower. had before is of
At Shuttlecock, instead of risking a mad will happen or
and dramatic flying tumble out of the Cresta is unique
course, he came to a complete stop. It secrets were abs
was at this point—the stories vary a bit— far as I was con
70
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I have a few comments on Mark Mulvoy's
article Applesauce's Recipe (Jan. 6). As a THESE MEN
longtime hockey fan and season-ticket hold¬
er of the New York Rangers, I've noticed inside every b
that the quality of officiating in the NHL has
sharply declined over the past few years.
Referee Andy Van Hallcmond is quoted as
In the heat o
saying that the game should be interrupted expanding int
only when an infraction has direct bearing
on the play but, in the meantime, too many barrel. Come
players are the recipients of vicious cross
checks, slashes and high sticks while the of¬ And inching
ficials stand by and allow the games to gel
out of control. So far this season there have Over the agin
been two outright brawls during NHL
games, one between Philadelphia and the going on con
Seals, the other between St. Louis and the
Rangers. The league officials should take Of course, it
note of the resurgence of violence and in¬
struct their referees to keep the game under of experience
belter control.
Robert Barrer
barrelmen to
Scarsdale, N.Y.
such subtle ac
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