Scorecard

SOME 500-TO-1 SHOTS

As he has been doing for the past several years, Jimmy (The Greek) Snyder has forwarded to us from his Las Vegas office his winter-book line on the major league baseball pennant races. It is based on man-to-man wagering and does not represent what would be offered by a Las Vegas sports book. Here it is.

National League: Los Angeles 3 to 1; Philadelphia 7 to 2; St. Louis 4 to 1; San Francisco 4 to 1; Cincinnati 5 to 1; Milwaukee 30 to 1; Pittsburgh 30 to 1; Chicago 100 to 1; Houston 500 to 1; New York 500 to 1.

American League: New York 2 to 1; Baltimore 5 to 2; Chicago 4 to 1; Minnesota 8 to 1; Detroit 15 to 1; Cleveland 25 to 1; Los Angeles 25 to 1; Boston 35 to 1; Washington 300 to 1; Kansas City 500 to 1.

BOAST
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. proudly reports in a publicity release that " J.J. Jones, the jailer of Knox County, Tennessee, found that out of 10,000 inmates less than 2% had owned fishing or hunting licenses."

SPORTSMAN OF THE CENTURY

Sir Winston Churchill's favorite sport was horse racing. One day he went to watch one of his horses run at a London track. After a long struggle in the stretch, it finished third, beaten by less than a length. The crowd was disappointed, but Sir Winston, his cheeks pink with excitement, turned to a companion and said, "We ran a grand race, didn't we?"

Yes, we did. To the very end.

THE UNQUIET MAN

The most exciting moments in football, it would seem, are not made so by touchdowns. Punts, punt returns, passes and long runs surpass them by far, according to experiments conducted at the University of Nebraska on the subject of "excitement tachycardia."