They Said It

? Archie Moore, on his latest victim, Argentine heavyweight Alejandro Lavorante, whom the old Mongoose had scouted for a round during Lavorante's quick tuneup knockout of Von Clay: "It doesn't take me more than 30 seconds to size up a fighter. In this case I was afforded almost two minutes to contemplate other matters."

?TV Sports Announcer Chris Schenkel, who carried out what may have been the most fateful experiment in the history of telecasting by saying not one word during the entire Patterson-McNeely fight: "I just decided I would shut up and, you know, there wasn't one complaint."

? Don Perkins, Dallas Cowboys' halfback, on the lethal secondary pursuit in pro football: "You get past the line of scrimmage, run 10 yards and suddenly it's like being back at the line of scrimmage again."

?Ex- Brooklyn Dodger catcher Rube Walker, who signaled for the famous pennant-winning home-run pitch to Bobby Thomson in 1951: "If Thomson knew what was coming, he'd never have been in the batter's box. I signaled for a knockdown pitch."

?British Walker Cupper Major David Arthur Blair, on the return of plus fours to British golf courses: "I don't think you Yanks will ever follow suit. You wouldn't stand for the high stockings. They itch."