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...That? That the talent-laden Dodgers sat atop the National League astonished no one. But the Angels were the shock of the year. They did not even exist until last season, when Cowboy-Singer Gene Autry (himself a Dodger fan) forked over $2,150,000 for a franchise and a crew of ballplayers unloaded by other American League clubs. Last year the Angels were lucky to win 70 games and finish eighth in the ten-team league. Most sportswriters picked them for eighth this season-and on paper, the estimate still looks generous...
...integrity, pay-as-you-go, schools, jobs, housing, equal opportunity. When in the midst of crowds, he winks, grins, furrows his brow in endless contortions, seeming to say to perfect strangers: "I'm with you. I understand. You've gotten through to me." Recently, he donned a cowboy hat and climbed on a stagecoach to drive it a few miles, sheared a sheep, picked up some worms and handed them to giggling girls after breaking ground for a factory...
...Nevada in a covered wagon, grew up in the Arizona Territory. His father was a rancher, but Henry himself had dreams of greater glory. In his blue-backed speller, when he was ten, he wrote: "Henry Fountain Ashurst, U.S. Senator from Arizona." To develop his voice, the young cowboy rode into the hills to address the landscape. He exhorted the boulders to rise against the iron heel of oppression. He demanded of the mountains that they nominate Grant for a third term. While other cowpunchers twanged The Old Chisholm Trail, Ashurst (who knew countless stanzas, both clean and dirty...
...believe that anything standing that gentle would buck enough to impress the judges." Then the gate swung open, and Reynolds learned better. Hoofs pounding, the old bull charged wildly into the arena, spun dizzily to his left, then suddenly reversed himself and spun to his right-and Cowboy Reynolds hit the dirt with a thump. "I looked up," recalls Reynolds, "and one of the clowns was snapping a lead rope on him. Another clown got on his back, and they led him out of the arena. It was downright degrading. But it was sort of comical...
...Hereford-probably qualifies as the orneriest critter in captivity. Starting his 13th year on the rodeo circuit, he has been saddled with 482 riders-only six have managed to stay on his back for the required eight seconds. "Those six times, he must've been colicky." says one cowboy. The roster of Aught's conquests is the Who's Who of rodeo: Harry Tompkins (five-time world champion bull rider), Billy Hand, Gid Garstead, Pete Crump, Tex Martin, Larry Condon. Recalls Tompkins : "He was really spinning, and all of a sudden, after seven seconds, he sort...