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...Avenelli, the Bears' quarterback, throw a long pass, which they call a missile, to one of the left-fielders, who crossed the finish line for a home run. But before they could even put the five points on the scorecard, the umpire blew a whistle and called a penalty stroke because one of the Bears' infielders had done an illegal block, what they call goaltending...
...night (actually, it was often difficult to see) knows that he provided one of the great thrills in sports anywhere, only to be obscured nationally by the small amount of attention the Astros received. It is a sobering throught that an athlete so talented can be stricken by a stroke at such an early age, and the fact that his earned run average for the season will wind up under 2.00 provides little consolation for baseball purists and casual fans...
...Little Rock, Ark., Ralph LaForge, 70, a former University of Arkansas football star, collapsed and died of a heart attack and a heat stroke after playing nine holes in 102° weather. His best friend and golfing companion, Edward Taldo, 66, died half an hour later of the same causes while on his way to notify LaForge's widow...
After visiting relatives down South, Lula Fields, 43, was driving home to Michigan with her husband when she appeared to doze off near Jackson, Tenn. He stopped their car to rouse her, but failed: she had died, soundlessly, of a heat stroke caused by the 100° F weather. In Atlanta, Willie Jones, 52, was discovered prostrate on the floor of his hot, airless apartment; half an hour after doctors packed him in ice, he was still unconscious, with an almost unheard-of body temperature of 116°. In Webster Groves, Mo., Jeneva Goins found her sister Maggie Turner...
...example, some doctors still speak of lumbago and sciatica. But these are notoriously imprecise terms for generalized pain in the lower back or neighboring areas that may be the consequence of various difficulties. Says Murray Goldstein, deputy director of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke: "All treatments are controversial, and the reason is an almost complete lack of controlled clinical trials. Treatments have been based on the bias of the particular physician...