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MOST POPULAR GIRL
Lady jockeys per se are no longer news, but a 16-year-old blonde named Paula Herber seems worthy of mention. Paula, who rode this summer at Ellis Park, a small track on the Ohio River near Henderson, Ky., came up one day with a triple, a fine day's work for any jock. Moreover, her mounts paid $17.20, $13.20 and $20.40, prices to savor. The first two comprised the daily double and paid $60 (a startling low price in view of the winning odds in each race). Paula's glittering racing career has been interrupted for the time being, since she is only a senior in high school and has had to go back to the classroom.

JUNIOR LEAGUE

Everybody knows about the Wishbone-T formation of Texas' Darrell Royal, don't they? Sure. That's the offense Royal introduced in 1968 in which the fullback lines up one step closer to the trench than the other two deep backs. It's also the offense that a lot of other collegiate teams might be using this season—the Wishbone coupled with the Triple Option, the attack that won the national championship for Texas last year. Now we hear that Royal didn't invent the formation, not that he ever claimed he did. The coach who does claim he did is Charles (Spud) Cason of Monnig Junior High in Fort Worth, who has a play-book to prove it—The Original High School Wishbone. It seems Cason's teams at Monnig Junior High have been using the Wishbone for 18 years and doing very well with it, too. They have not been defeated in their last 42 games, and they have had 10 undefeated seasons in the past 16.

"I'd be foolish to suggest that Darrell got the idea from me," says Cason, "I think it's just interesting that one of the greats came up with something we'd been doing for a long time."

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Municipal Stadium in Kansas City has long had a reputation for having the best playing field in major league baseball. When the Royals were on national TV on Labor Day, the surface received flattering compliments over the air, with the result that the stadium switchboard got 10 calls from interested people around the country asking what sort of artificial turf was used in the Kansas City park. Several of the callers said they wanted to know in order to settle wagers. Was it AstroTurf? Was it Tartan? Was it some new Third Force? All seemed surprised and maybe even a little disappointed when they were told the field is covered with grass, old-fashioned grass, patiently nurtured by Head Groundkeeper George Toma.