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•Abe Lemons, University of Texas basketball coach, explaining how he missed winning an automobile during a golf tournament by just two strokes: "It was a hole-in-one contest and I had a three."

MIKE RUETHERPRAIRIE VILLAGE, KANS.Mike, a 6'4", 245-pound senior wrestler at Bishop Miege High, pinned 28 opponents on the way to a 3l-0 season and his second state heavyweight title. He will attend the University of...

•Abe Lemons, University of Texas basketball coach, after punishing his players by telling them they couldn't return to their hotel in Abilene until 10 p.m.: "It was Sunday night and everything was shut down. I'd be...

•Fred Akers, University of Texas football coach: "Football doesn't take me away from my family life. We've always watched films together."

•Marvin Davis, Denver oilman, after purchasing the Oakland A's for a figure rumored to be more than $12 million: "As men get older, the toys get more expensive."