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> Overwhelming their competition at the Commonwealth Games, Australia's smooth-stroking swimmers were as hot as the searing sun that sent the temperature soaring to 103DEG in Perth's Perry Lakes Stadium. In two days the Aussies smashed three world records: Dawn Fraser lowered her own women's 110-yd. freestyle mark to 59.6 sec., and anchored Australia's 440-yd. relay team to a record 4 min. 11.1 sec. clocking; Murray Rose paced the men to a record 8 min. 13.5 sec. for the 880-yd. relay.

>In both major leagues, balloting for Most Valuable Player narrowed down to a contest between a slugging centerfielder and a peppery infielder. In the American League, the slugger won: the New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle, who shrugged off a succession of injuries to bat .321 and hit 30 homers, edged his teammate, Second Baseman Bobby Richardson. The M.V.P. award was Mantle's third; Roger Maris, who won it in 1960 and 1961, did not get a single vote this year. The National League's most valuable: Dodger Shortstop Maury Wills, who set a major-league record by stealing 106 bases--and won by a scant seven votes over Giant Centerfielder Willie Mays.

> Slowed down this season by a leg injury and a virus infection, Kelso--Mrs. Richard C. du Font's five-year-old gelding--won only five races in eleven starts, but still swept the voting for Horse of the Year for an unprecedented third straight year. A great-grandson of Man o' War, Kelso needs only $30,000 more to become the fifth millionaire (others: Round Table, Nashua, Citation, Carry Back) in U.S. racing history.

> Outgained and outscored for three quarters by the tough Minnesota Gophers, Wisconsin's No. 3-ranked Badgers capitalized on two 15-yd. penalties in the closing minutes, marched 80 yds. for a touchdown that gave them a hard-earned 14-9 victory and the Big Ten title. Dartmouth's Ivy League champions closed out an unbeaten season--their first since 1925 --with a woolly 38-27 triumph over Princeton, resurgent Oklahoma wrapped up the Big Eight title by crushing Nebraska 34-6, and No. 1-ranked Southern California beat crosstown rival U.C.L.A. 14-3, to keep its unblemished record intact. The probable post-season bowl game lineup: Rose Bowl, Southern Cal (9-0) v. Wisconsin (9-1); Cotton Bowl, Louisiana State (8-1-1) -v. Texas (9-0-1); Orange Bowl, Oklahoma (7-2) v. Alabama (8-1); Sugar Bowl, Mississippi (8-0) v. Arkansas (9-1).

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