Conference 7.286::sports_91

    1/7/80
       The Minn. No. Stars defeat Phil. 7-1 to stop the Flyers' NHL record
    streak of 35 games without a loss. Phil won 25 games and tied 10,
    beginning Oct 14.

    Need some material for January 6?
    
    1/6/58: Mark Lefebvre wuz dropped on dis here planet.
    
    

    1/8/89
       Yankee owner George Steinbrenner pays unemployed gambler Howard
    Spira $40,000. A scandal will occur in 1990 when Spira declares that he
    received the money to dig up dirt on Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield.
    
       What I wanna know is what's an 'unemployed gambler'? Does this mean
    he caint get a job making bets? 
                                          Denny

    1/9/42
       In Madison Sq. Garden Joe Louis defends his heavyweight title for
    the 20th time, against Buddy Baer (Jethro Bodine's daddy I think). The
    KO was in the 1st round. Louis donated his purse to the Naval Relief
    Fund.
                                            Denny

    Not quite Denny. You are thinking about Max Bear, whose son, Max Bear
    Jr was "Jethro".
    
    FWIW, Louis KO'ed him too ? I think they were brothers.
    
    Doc

    1/10/20
       In what became the highest scoring game in NHL history, the
    Montreal Canadiens clobber the Toronto St Patricks 14-7. Edomonton and
    Chicago will equal the 21 goal game in 1985.
                                             Denny

    	RE: 230.15
    
    	His name was Max Baer, I believe.
    
    	Scott

    Yes, Max Baer and Buddy Baer were brothers.  The third one was Yogi.
    
    lEe

    1/13/85
       Swiss born Otto Bucher gets a hole-in-one on the 130-yd 12th hole at
    the LaManga course in Spain. At 99 years and 244 days, he is the oldest
    golfer ever to ace a hole.
                                           Denny

    
    
    What club was he using?
    

    	At his age, it was probably a driver.
    
    	Scott

    1/14/89
       Indiana coach Bobby Knight, who previously coached Army, posts his
    500th career victory as the Hoosiers defeat Northwestern 92-76. Less
    than a week ago, Knight became the all-time most successful coach in
    the Big10, with 214 wins in conference play.
                                        Denny

    I'm really disappointed in MrT.  Any self respecting fan would
    come out and admit defeat and move on.  Where the hell are ya T???
    
    Big Game Junta

    1/17/62
       The Lakers' Jerry West hits 22 of 36 FGs and 19 of 22 FTs before
    just 2,766 fans at the LA Sports Arena. His career high 63 points is an
    NBA record for guards that will last intil Pete Maravich scores 68 in
    1977. Both players accomplished the record vs the Knicks.
                                         Denny

    1/22/38
       One night after knocking out Frankie Castillo in 2 rounds in
    Phoenix, featherweight champion Henry Armstrong knocks out Tommy Brown
    in 2 rounds in Tucson, again in a non-title bout. Within 7 months, 
    Armstrong will also win the welterweight and lightweight crowns, to
    become the only fighter in history to hold 3 titles simultaneously.
    

    1/28/22
       George Halas, tough end for and shrewd part owner of the Decatur
    (Ill.) Staleys of the newly christened NFL (a name he suggested)
    transfers the team to Chicago. He'll soon rename them the Chicago
    Bears. 'Papa Bear' will retire as a player in 1929, but will coach the
    team to 320 victories and 6 NFL titles before retiring in 1967.
                                   Denny

    1/30/92
       Curtis Rowe's 28 points leads UCLA to a 74-61 victory over Cal-Santa
    Barbara. The John Wooden coached Bruins, on the way to their 5th of 7
    straight NCAA basketball titles, will win their next 87 games to set an
    all-time NCAA record. The 88-game win streak, 28 more than San
    Francisco accumulated in the mid-1950s, will be halted by ND 71-70 on
    January 19,1974.
                                           Denny

    Denny,
    Ah, the memories Jan 19. 1974, ND 71 UCLA 70. Was in attendance
    fer that one, right near the UCLAns bench. Seems like yesterday.
    
    Shumate,Dantley,Brokaw,Clay, Novak fer ND
    Walton,Meyers,Wilkes,Curtis,Trgovich fer UCLA
    
    BTW, what did your calendar have for 1/19 anyhoo?
    
    MikeL
    

       Don't remember what the 19th was Mike. If I don't put it in here
    it's because they didn't put anything, only a quote or something, or it
    was something real recent. I'm trying to put in stuff from more ancient
    history. This is onea those 'tear and trash' calendars, one page for
    each day.
                                           Denny

    1/31/45
       Less than 2 months after playing in his final NFL game for the NY
    Giants, "the Human Howitzer" Al Blovis is killed by German machine-gun
    fire while searching for a missing patrol during a blizzard in the
    Vosges Mtns. of France. It is the Lt's first combat mission.
                                   Denny

    1/31/19
    
    Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Alabama.

    ...and Ernie (Mr Cub) Banks was born in 1931.
                            

    
    AL Blazis was an all-pro tackle for the Giants out of Georgetown.  He
    was their #3 round pick in the 1942 draft.
    
    JD

    2/3/38
       Lou Boudreau 20, is suspended from the Univ. of Ill. baseball team
    for accepting monthly checks from the Cleveland Indians who consider
    him a top baseball prospect. Boudreau will join Cleveland this year,
    for just 1 game. He'll star for the Indians at SS for the next 12 years
    earning election to the Hall of Fame in 1970.
                                      
    Birfdays:
    Emile Griffith 1938
    Fran Tarkenton 1940
    Carol Mann 1941
                                        Denny

    1905- James Blackstone of Seattle bowls a 299�.  In the 10th frame,
    a pin breaks, but remains standing.

    for tomorrow...
    
    1972 - This NBA center gets 20 rebounds in the all-star game, matching
    Wilt, Jabbar and Lanier... 

    Wills Reed
    
    REK

    Nope, no right answers yet...

    re .41
    
    Dave Cowens (ugh) ?
    Jerry Lucas ?
    Tom Boerwinkle ? :-)

    First guess was right, must be a closet fan...

    THAT STORY ABOUT THE BOWLING SCORE IS BS,  AINT IT

    It was on my calendar, I don't know... ask the Seattle boys...
    

I dunno...It was a little before my time.


Metz

    2/5/87
       Manute Bol the NBA's tallest player at 7'6", blocks 12 shots to help
    Wash. beat Cleve. 94-85. But the crowd is more impressed by his assist
    to Moses Malone-it's his first assist in 662 minutes over 45 games this
    year.
                                         Denny

    Day late, but had to add this one!
    
    2/9/90
       In sworn testimony before the NJ Senate, officials of the World
    Wrestling Federation, including president Vince McMahon, admit matches
    are entertainment, wrestlers don't hurt each other, wrestlers play
    characters and winners are predetermined. The WWF wants wrestling to be
    ruled a nonsport and deregulated so that wrestlers won't have to be
    examined by doctors prior to matches and ambulances need not be on
    hand.
                                      Denny

LIES ! LIES ! nothing but damn LIES !



Actually, it just goes to show that Vince will do anything to keep
the cash rolling in.

Vince gives pro wrestling a bad name.

Chap

Did anyone else see The Main Event on Saturday night?

I think the WWF is slipping -- Main Event used to be
an hour long.  

Sid Justice did the mandatory double-cross of Hulk
Hogan, and Macho-Man kicked butt on Jake the Snake.

Miss Elizabeth was looking FINE.


Where oh where is the Ultimate Warrior?


'Saw

       Is there anyone out there who didn't KNOW Justice was gonna pull
    something? You could tell by the look he gave Hogan in the pre-match
    interview. Main Event used to be 1 1/2 hours, same as SNL.
                                       Denny

Yeah, I hear ya...


They have all these new guys now.  I know that Honkey Tonk went to the NWF
or whatever that other "federation" is on Saturday mornings...


Still wondering where the Ultimate Warrior is.


And I like Rowdy Roddy Piper....


What's the story wif Brutus and his face... I must've missed that...


'SAw

    All I know is that the HULKSTER RULES!  He man-handled Flair and The
    Undertaker while Sid Justice got pummeled by them while he was in
    there.
    
    I can see it now.  The Hulkster beats Flair at Wrestlemania, then takes
    on Justice.
    
    Why doesn't Jake the Snake carry the snake to the ring anymore???
    
    WILDCAT

 Animal Activist I think on the Jake thing...

 UW's supposedly retired. Him and Vinny went at it over his steroid use and
 smacked Vinny upside the head a few times. Can't hit the boss and get away
 with it..

 Supposedly though he was smart and invested his money wisely and won't miss
 it too badly...

 and he doesn't have the beachbum's ego so....

 Wildcat, Hogan's a bum a faux paus champ if ever there was one....

Supposedly UW is a chiropractor also.

He must've really been using the juice heavily.  He
already had the horse-teeth. I couldn't tell about the
hairline, but the other tell-tale sign was his nipples.

No zits though.....  I thought there were ALWAYS lots of
zits on the back and arms....


Hmmmm.....


'Saw

    It depends on the Amount and type of juice that someone is using to get
    the zits. (I guess it reacts differently for each person).
    
    My Bro has been in the Gym (never there when I'm there though) and
    saids this guy has canned hams for calfs. HE IS HUGER IN REAL LIFE!
    
    He is unreal to see, and he pushes the weight like a madman. I don't
    have weight specifics but he's no slouch.
    
    
    He also worked out with Virgil one night and said he ways hilarious !
    (Plus He was Huge Also).
    
    Ahh the Juice sure does rule in the WWF !
    
     

    30 years ago (not exactly)
    
    "Classy" Freddy Blassi coldcocks current WWF champ Buddy Rogers
    from behind and is new champeen. Killer Kowalski  is not amused.
    Freddy launches his burgeoning TV career with an appearance on
    the "Dick van Dycke Show"
    
    
    MikeL
    

    2/11/69
       Diana Crump becomes the 1st female to ride against male jockeys in
    the U.S., finishing 5th aboard Bridle 'n' Bill in the 4th race at
    Hialeah. On Mar 1, on the same horse in the 8th race at Fla. Downs she
    will have her first victory.
                                         Denny

    Saw,  Brutus was in a sailboarding accident in Florida 2 years ago. 
    Some women hit him with a speed boat,  and fractured his skull to the
    point to where he has a plate in his head!  If he wrassles again,  he
    will most likely suffer more "permanent" damage....
    
      This is true!
    
    	Tim

    Who is Mark Messier?

re .65:

Oh.  I didn't know that.  I really did think it was a story line.  Sometimes
the WWF does some unbelievable things.

I guess I've been away from watching it for longer than I thought....


'Saw


re .66:

Messier is the author of "The Messianic Verses"

hth,

'Saw

    2/13/90
       In Houston, the Boston Celtics beat the Rockets 107-94, while former
    Rocket star Calvin Murphy watches from the stands to see if Boston's
    Larry Bird will break his 1980-81 record of 78 consecutive free throws.
    Bird misses for the first time since Dec 19, ending his streak at
    71-the second most in NBA history. Murphy breathes a sigh of relief.
                                      Denny

I saw that game. 

The camera kept showing Murphy in the stands, and he really did
look nervous.


I obviously don't hold any kind of a record for anything, but
in watching Murphy during the broadcast, I could almost feel
like what it must be like to see someone approach and possibly
break your record....

'Saw

    On a semi-related note...
    
    There's been talk of adding a free throw contest to the All-Star game.
    It appears it would take to long though.  Magic hit 85 in a row during
    practice on All-Star weekend.
    
    I hit 20 in a row once and thought I was doing great!
    
    Mike

    re Denny
    
    Bird CHOKED !!!!
    
    GAGGED !
    
    END OF STORY !
    
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA !!!!!
    
    Doc
    
    p.s. I understand Calvin brought a voodoo doll, noise-makers etc.
    
    It was nice to see that kind of honesty for a change, but Calvin always
    was a cool guy, and one of the best players (not just little men) to
    ever play the game.
    
    p.p.s. In college I was in a intermural contest and hit 44 out of 50 -
    and still came in 3rd ...

    George,
    	but how many went IN the basket, and how far was the basket away
    from you??? 8*)
    
    Jimbo

    funny, *I* thought he was talking about tossin bricks into da
    ocean!!!!!!
    
    ;^)
    
    Kev
    

    re: Magic hitting 85 free throws in a row in practice.
    
    BFD.  My 11 year old daughter hit 17 of 25 to win yet another free
    throw contest (3rd one in the last month).  A 12 year old boy, the same
    day, hit 22 of 25...
    

    While in college I must have hit on about 100 but never made
    one!!!!!!!!
    
    8*(
    
    Kev_for_JaKe
    

    Made one what Kev?  Remember the guidelines...
    
    From yesterday's note... Buster Douglas defeats Mike Tyson to win
    the heavyweight crown this week in 1990...

    Walt,
    
    You are a "P - I - G", pig!!!!   Naturally I was referring to shooting
    fouls!  ;^)
    
    I'm sorry if you misunderstood me (which is why I let JaKe into my
    account!)
    
    I remain,
    crossed!
    Kev
    

    re .72
    
    Jim, I said I hit 44 ...I never said I MADE 44 ... only that I had just
    six airballs out of 50 !!!! ;-) :-) ;-)
    
    Doc

>    Jim, I said I hit 44 ...I never said I MADE 44 ... only that I had just
    
    Rim jobs don't count.

    re .75
    
    Slusher, Wilt hold the record for making 28 foul shots in a game (out
    of 32 attempts), including 15 in a row at one point.
    
    So there.
    
    Doc

Yeah, that was quite a feat for Wilt, getting all his career free throws in
just one game.

Didn't Joe Dumars make a valiant run at Calvin Murphy's record this year? 
Missed by one or something?

j.

    re: Wilt
    
    I am pretty sure that was in his 100 point game against the Knicks. 
    
    The Crazy Met
    

    Ricky Pierce is the one that made a run at Calvin this season.  Closest
    he got was 71.

    Ah, Wilt learned his lesson too late, self-admittedly. Champeenships
    are not won in the boudoir.  8^)
    
    MikeL
    

    George,
    	C'mon now it hasn't been that long.  I usually stick to
    to college hoop and football.  I thought that yesterday's
    note was the right time to jump in. 8*)
    
    Jimbo

    Jim Brown (still the best) b.1936
    
    Michael Jordan (could be the best) b. 1963
    
    Neil Lomax (nowhere near the best) b. 1959
                                           Denny

    2/18/90
       Dale Earnhardt leads the Daytona 500 for 499 miles, then blows a tire
    with just 2 turns to go. Derrike Cope, winless in 66 Winston Cup races, 
    whizzes by and crosses the finish line first, pulling off the biggest
    upset in NASCAR history. Earnhardt finished 5th.
                                       Denny

    2/21/53
       In Albany, N.Y., Niagara, with a 12-5 run, defeats Siena 88-81 in 6
    OTs, the longest college basketball game to date. Ed Fleming of Niagara
    plays all 70 minutes, and team star Larry Costello lasts 69 minutes 40
    seconds before fouling out.
                                     Denny

       No trivia for 2/23 jist a quote:
    Tug McGraw, flaky former Mets and Phillies relief pitcher, on receiving
    a raise:
      
    "90% I'll spend on good times, women, and Irish whiskey, the other 10%
    I'll probably waste."
                                      Denny

    2/25/71
       The Boston Bruins set an NHL record with three goals in just 20 seconds
    against the Vancouver Canucks. Left-wing John Bucyk, center Ed Westfall
    and defenseman Ted Green perform the seemingly impossible.
                                        Denny 

    2/26/33
       The Associated Press reports that NFL club owners have decided to
    move the goalposts from the back of the end zone to the goal line. The
    owners will risk having receivers and defenders running into the
    goalposts in an effort to encourage field goal attempts and reduce
    ties. IT will be 41 years before the decision is reversed in order to
    cut down on field goals.
                                      Denny

    2/27/80
       Kelly Tripucka scores 28 points and Orlando Woolridge converts 2
    free throws with 19 sec remaining as perennial 'giant killer' Notre
    Dame defeats DePaul 76-74 in 2 OTs. The No. 1-ranked Blue Demons had
    won 26 straight games.
    
    Raymond Berry b. 1933
    James Worthy  b. 1961
                                           Denny  

    Thanks Denny,
    But that era ND team ( 78-81) had to be Digger's most underachieving
    team in the tournament. High expectations, low results. Enjoy the
    upsets tho.
    
    MikeL
    

       My favorite memory of those teams was Danny Ainge cutting through
    them like they were butter to knock 'em outta the NCAAs!
                                               Denny 8^)

    Catching up...
    
    Feb 20, 1985.  Sol Chitalada (nice name) stepped out of the ring a
    happy man.  He beat Charlie Magri to retain his WBC flyweight crown.
    His joy was shortlived.  A check for $104,000, his share of the purse
    was stolen by a ringside pickpocket.
    
    

    2/28/60
       It's almost anti-climactic after beating the heavily favored Russians 
    for the first time ever yesterday in Olympic hockey competition at
    Squaw Valley, but in an 8 AM game the US plays Czech. in the final
    round. Trailing after 2 periods the US explodes for 6 unanswered goals
    to win 9-4. It's the first time a US hockey team has won an Olympic
    gold medal.
    
    Mario Andretti  b.1940
    Bubba Smith     b.1945
    Adrian Dantley  b.1956
                                          Denny

    
    Early entry
    
    March 2 - Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points against the NY Knicks in a
    game played in Hershey, PA. Wilt had not slept the night before. He was
    entertaining a couple of "fans"  all night.
    
    Dennis
    

    re .98:
    
    Reminds me of the story of when Babe Ruth arrived at the park for a day
    game, without having slept the night before.  One of his teammates told
    him he looked like crap, and Ruth said "Bet you $100 I hit one out."
    The teammate almost accepted Ruth's bet instantly, but then said "This
    is an easy park".  Ruth replied, "Allright, I'll give you 2 to 1 odds",
    and then the bet was on...the Babe went 4 for 4 that day with 2 HRs and
    a triple after a night of partying!
    
    
    py

    	Yeah but Paul, baseball ain't really a *sport*.  It's sorta
    like cricket.  8^)
    
    				/Don

    re: .99
    
    Similar to a story by Jim Bouton in Ball 4 about Mantle. Mantle had
    been out the whole night before a day game and was nursing a hangover
    during the game. He kept saying he had doublevision. Mantle hit a HR
    during the game. When his teammates asked how he did it  he said he
    swung at the second ball.
    
    The Crazy Met
    

    Of course, the football story along those lines is the Max MaGee story. 
    He wasn't a starter for the Packers, and went out partying the night
    before the Super Bowl.  Ended up playing more than usual, and catching
    acouple oof TD's...
    
    JD

    Of course, the OURGNG story along these lines is da Ninj'.  He
    isn't on the starting Loonie_Team for the ""LDUC's" and he went out
    partyin' all night long and then went to a Red Sox-Tiggermania where
    he played more than usual and alos wound up winning the Bafroom
    Olympics....
    
    I remain,
    yer_twisted_historian,
    Kev
    

    Then there is the story about the noter/organizer who lost 36 Red Sox
    get-together tickets, only to wake up from the sweaty nightmare to find
    the tickets safe and sound, on the kitchen counter with all of the
    other mail....
    

Yes, that's ranked right up there with these other tall tales:


		- Dean Smif wins NCAA Championship by adapting the
		  system to come from behind in a game where he is
		  heavily favored.

		- The same year, the Whalers win Lord Stanley's Cup
		  first by sweeping the Bruins (allowing them only
		  5 goals in the four game series) then dismantling
		  the Canadiens in five games.   The series against
		  the Rangers is bloody, but the Whalers score in OT
		  in the 6th game to take the Conference.  Finally,
		  they annihilate Gretzky and the Kings with physical
		  play, and take the Cup in 4 straight.


		- The Red Sox win the World Series, betting the Cardinals
		  in 5 games.  In an even more amazing related story,
		  Mike Greenwell and Mo Vaughn get along so well they
		  become business partners running an aligator farm in
	          Florida.  Roger Clemens decides he's making too much
	  	  money and give most of it to charity, and Frank Viola
		  stays healthy the entire season, winning 22 games.

		- The Chainsaw receives a certified letter in the mail
		  from Mary Stuart Masterson, in which she professes her
		  undying love and her willingness to bear his children....


'Saw

    Skwak,
    
    *I* told ya that's where they'd be!!!!
    
    Haruumph!!!!
    
    I remain,
    Kev_the_finder!
    

    
    >>		- The Red Sox win the World Series, betting the Cardinals
                                                    ^^^^^^^
    
    Now now, Pete Rose got suspended for this!!!!
    
    JaKe
    

�    Then there is the story about the noter/organizer who lost 36 Red Sox
�    get-together tickets, only to wake up from the sweaty nightmare to find
�    the tickets safe and sound, on the kitchen counter with all of the
�    other mail....
    
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Well, I couldn't pinch you over the tube.

j.

    3/3/81
       Ricardo Hoffmann begins what will become the longest continuous swim
    on record. He will travel 299 miles down the River Parana from
    Corrientes to Santa Elena, Argentina. He will emerge from the water on
    March 6, after 84 hours and 37 minutes.
                                     Denny

I'll bet he was aided by RiverEffects(tm).

       I was thinking just that. He prob'ly rode the current most of the
    time. Now if he went UP river, well, that's another thing! quite a feat
    though none the less.
                                          Denny

Probably had a WICKED BAD case of PruneFinger(tm) and his
schwantz must've been all shrunk up too 8^)

'Saw

    Swimmin' ain't a sport.  It's somethin' ya do so's ya don't drown.

�< Note 230.113 by AXIS::ROBICHAUD "The ProdiROGERgal Son Returns!" >


�    Swimmin' ain't a sport.  It's somethin' ya do so's ya don't drown.

	

It is the way Dan'l swims...

    'Saw,
    
    Would you say "schwantz" in a corporate meeting?????
    
    I don't think so!!!!!!   :^)
    
    
    Nelly

Sure I would Nelly....

It's a word I've heard for years and years.  My grandmother on my mom's
side had some friends who used a lot of Yiddish expressions, and it
has made its way into our vocabulary, along with a lot of Polish expression
(both my Uncle's wives have been Polish) and other German expressions.


I'm currently trying to come up with a literal translation of "verklempt"
as used by Linda Richan on SNL's "Coffee Talk".....


So I use Schwantz around here, along with tokus and other nifty expressions.
In fact, I'm a veritable plethora of I18N expressions 8^)


cheers,
'Saw

    3/4/90
       Seconds after making a dunk against Portland State in a West Coast
    Conference tournament game in LA, Loyola-Marymount star Hank Gathers,
    last year's NCAA scoring and rebounding champion suffers a heart
    seizure and collapses. His family rushes onto the court , but 101
    minutes later he is pronounced dead. Gathers had been prescribed heart
    medication since collapsing in a game on Dec. 9, but apparently stopped
    taking it to prevent sluggishness.
    
    Knute Rockne  b. 1888
                                             Denny

    3/5/92
       Boston Celtics center Bill Russell is best known for his rebounding
    and intimidating defense but today he scores a career high 37 points as
    the defending champions defeat the Wilt Chamberlain led Phil. Warriors
    146-127.
                                         Denny

    3/8/58
       Silky Sullivan, a big red horse with an unimpressive lineage, lives
    up to his reputation for thrilling stretch victories by coming from 41
    lengths behind to win the Santa Anita Derby. His legions of fans,
    betting from their hearts, will make him c0-favorite in the Kentucky
    Derby, but his charge from 35 lengths off the pace will get him only
    12th place.
                                    Denny

    3/10/1888
       "Boston Strong Boy" John L. Sullivan fights Englishman Charlie
    Mitchell in a rain muddied Stable on Baron Rothchild's estate in
    Chantilly, Fr. Sullivan had soundly beaten Mitchell in 3 rounds 1n
    1883, when both wore gloves in N.Y., but this bare-knuckle fight is
    much different. After 39 rounds in ankle-deep mud, the bout is declared
    a draw, though supporters of both badly damaged fighters insist their
    fighter won.
                                      Denny

    Denny, did I read that right ?
    
    **41** lengths back !!!???

       Yup, that's what it said. Amazing eh? each length is approx.1/5 of a
     second, so it's a little ways to make up. 
       I was at Belmont when Secretariat won by 31, he did that after being
    neck and neck with Sham with half the race (3/4 mile left) to go. But,
    Silky musta been something else that day!
                                              Denny

    Obviously, there were no urine tests for horses back then ... :-)

    3/13/82
       Eleven-year old John Jaszkowski of Milwaukee, WI., is the youngest
    bowler to roll a perfect game.
                                  Denny

    3/16/89
       Unstoppable Charles Barkley scored 43 points to lead the Phil. 76ers
    past New York 121-112, ending the Knicks' 26-game home winning streak,
    a team record.
                                     Denny
    

    3/17/61
       Manhattan D.A. Frank Hogan arrests professional gamblers Aaron
    Wagman and Joseph Hacken for having paid players at the Univ. of Conn.
    and Seton Hall, including Art Hicks and Henry Gunter, to shave points
    in past basketball games. By late May, 17 players from 11 schools will
    be implicated in the point-fixing scandal.
                                            Denny

    3/18/45
       Montreal's MAurice "The Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHL player
    to score 50 goals in a season, converting in a 4-2 win over the Boston
    Bruins, the Canadiens' 50th and final game of the season. Bernie "Boom
    Boom" Geoffrion will match Richard's record in a 70-game season in
    1960-61. After matching the record in 1961-62 Chicago's Bobby Hull will
    break the record in 1966 scoring his 51st of an eventual 54 goals in
    the Black Hawks' 61st (and his own 56th) game.
                                  Denny

    3/19/70
       Nursing an ankle injury, 'Pistol Pete' Maravich scores just 20
    points in his last college game in which his LSU Tigers lose to
    Marquette 101-79 in the NIT semifinals in NY. This season he had 1381
    points, 522 FGs, and a 44.5 scoring average, all NCAA records. HE also
    has set NCAA lifetime records in these 3 categories.
                                     Denny

RE:     <<< Note 230.129 by SCHOOL::RIEU "Support DCU Petition Candidates" >>>


Wow.  Those records still stand?

       Doesn't say if they still stand, but I wouldn't be surprised if they
    do.
                                 Denny

       No tidbit today, just a quote:
    Sean Landetta, New York Giants punter upon hearing the rumor that
    long-missing Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa was buried in the
    west end of Giants Satdium"
       "I guess it gives new meaning to kicking into the coffin corner."
    
    Pat Riley b. 1945
    Bobby Orr b. 1948
                                           Denny

    3/31/85
       In Durham,NC, Harry Lee Welch Jr. sets a record by doing 100
    consecutive one-finger push-ups.
                                          Denny

>       In Durham,NC, Harry Lee Welch Jr. sets a record by doing 100
>    consecutive one-finger push-ups.
    
    He's got nothing on Jack Palance.
    

    
    >       In Durham,NC, Harry Lee Welch Jr. sets a record by doing 100
    >       consecutive one-finger push-ups.
    
    Now what good is a well-chiselled muscle-bound digit, unless
    touch-tone dialing and Joe Walton impressions become Olympic
    events?
    
    Dickstah
    

    4/1/90
       ESPN Sportscenter includes a feature in which Canseco,McGwire,
    Stewart, Glenn Davis and other players say how their game will be
    affected this season because wooden bats are to be replaced by the more
    durable aluminum bats used in college baseball. Panicky purists are
    releived to learn the feature is an April Fools' Day joke.
                                     Denny
    

    VH1 spent the morning showing Christmas videos.... It's a Wonderful
    Life is on now...
    
    Walt (nursing a sprained ankle and on his way to get it checked out
    at the doctor....)

    4/5/87
       Former pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee, as always a funny, outspoken
    freethinker, announces that he's a candidate in the 1988 presidential
    election running for the Rhinoceros Party. The slogan of the party,
    which was founded in Quebec in 1962 is "No guns. No butter. Both can
    kill you."
                                         Denny

    4/13/86
       Brazil's Ayrton Senna edges Great Britian's Nigel Mansell by a mere
    .014 sec. in the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez de la Frontera. It is the
    closest finish ever in a world championship car race.
                                       Denny

    4/14/90
       Nets teammates cover their eyes as center Chris Duddley converts
    just one of 18 free throws in a 124-113 loss to Indiana. Shots hit the
    front of the rim, back of the rim, and sides of the rim, and sometimes
    miss the rim entirely. It is the worst exhibition in free-throw
    shooting since Wilt Chamberlain missed all 10 of his shots in a 1960
    game. However, Duddley surpasses Chamberlain by missing his last 13
    attempts. 
                                           Denny

    4/16/35
       Thirty-five year-old BAbe Ruth makes his National Legue debut for
    the Boston Braves against NY Giants ace Carl Hubbell. Ruth singles and
    hits his 709th career HR as the Braves win 4-2. He'll hit 5 more homers
    before retiring this season.
    
    Paul Waner b 1903
    Dick "Night Train Lane b 1928
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar b 1947
                                    Denny

>    Ruth singles and
>    hits his 709th career HR as the Braves win 4-2. He'll hit 5 more homers
>    before retiring this season.
    
    That would mean that he only hit one more home run between this game
    and his final game at Forbes Field where he tagged three dingers.
    
    	--dan'l

    Yep ... Ruth sipped Merrimack River water his lasted year in the bigs
    (.190 BA I think) ...

       When did he retire though? I don't think he played out that entire
    season did he?
                                         Denny

    Ruth must have been around 40 in 1935, since he was a Red Sox rookie in
    1915. He only played a couple of months at the most for the Braves
    before hanging them up. After that, he was a coach with the Dodgers, and 
    was bucking for the managers job. He got into a fistfight with a
    veteran shortstop who was also viewed as potential managerial material,
    some skinny guy from Springfield named Leo Durocher. 
    
    Tom  

Speaking of which, the movie critic on the Today show (the dude with the 
mega-moustache and outrageous 'do) found a rather gaping clitch with the new 
movie The Babe.  It has to do with a rather basic baseball rule, I'll put it 
behind a <FF> in case ya want to figure it out for yourself...



It seems that in Babe's last game when hit hit three dingers, the movie has a 
pinch runner run the bases for him after each of his first two.  As Mr. 
Reviewer pointed out, everyone over the age of 9 who has ever played baseball 
knows that you are out of the game once someone runs for you.  The gaffe was a 
major point of contention in the movie for Mr. Reviewer.

    
    Gee, that last reply was like deja vu all over again.
    
    

    I can remember a game where Ruth, with bases loaded, two outs and the
    tying run at third took four straight pitches to walk in the tying
    run!!!  What a selfish bastard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    
    HTH,
    
    Nelly

    Nelly, you must be almost as old as lEe!
    

Well, I for one can't understand why ANYONE would go see a movie about a 
candy bar.  From what I've heard, they didn't use real nuget in the movie.
ALthough Goodman would make a fine candy bar, methinks that anyone wasting
their time and money to see the trials and tribulations of a sugar bomb is
really lacking in the grey matter department.

I did hear that at the end of the movie, they have a scene where an almond
joy bar (played by Carol Wayne) replaces the Babe - cause the Babe has been
eaten by some kid who just got out of the hospital.  A little later, however,
they have the *same* Babe Ruth bar - and we all know that you can't eat the
Babe but once!

JD

    JD - That is a *B-A-B-Y* Ruth bar.

    
    JD's been eatin' those Mushroom Joy bars again.
    

    Anybody remember the old Sat. Night Live skit where John Belushi,
    playing Babe Ruth, promises the little black kid in the
    hospital(Garrett Morris) that he'll hit a homer for him, then fails to
    come thru. 
    
    
    Turns out the name of the little kid Morris was portraying was 
    
    Hank Aaron, and, at the end of the skit, he vowed to get even with the 
    Babe .
    
    Was hilarious.
    
    JaKe
    

    Too funny !

    4/21/90
       While broadcasting a game between NY and Montreal, CBS announcer
    JAck Buck half-jokingly offers $1000 to any cameraperson who can catch
    the usually reserved Mets outfielder Kevin McReynolds smiling. Deena
    Sheldon, operating a camera next to the Mets dugout catches McReynolds
    grinning on the bench. True to his word, Buck writes out a check to
    Sheldon on the air. Later, he won't let her return it.
                                              Denny

    4/23/39
       In Fenway Park, Boston rookie Ted Williams goes 4 for 5 and hits his
    1st major league home run, but the Red Sox lose to the Phil. Athletics
    12-8. Williams will hit 31 of his eventual 521 homers in his rookie
    season while batting .327, amazing for a first year player but lower
    than the .344 average he'll compile in his 19-year HOF career.
                                    Denny

 Dream on Wade..... Dream on.....

 mike

    Too funny Mike, because Williams heard criticism very simular to Boggs'
    for a big chunk of his career - too stubborn, too selective, etc ...

�                       -< Caint please a BoSox fan ... >-
�
�    Too funny Mike, 
    
    C'mon, Doc, pay attention.  Mike has never been a BoSox fan.  We're not
    really sure which team he is a fan of, but we think he's an Indian fan.

    You mean Mike is gulity of some serious T-pocricy (or is it CHILDish
    behavior ?) when it comes the charges of wagon-jumping is quick to
    level ?
    
    Hmmm ....

�    You mean Mike is gulity of some serious T-pocricy (or is it CHILDish
�    behavior ?) when it comes the charges of wagon-jumping is quick to
�    level ?
    
    Not at all.  Mike just doesn't have any strong baseball team
    allegiances.  You of all people should know that he is a one man team
    in basketball (Celtics) and a diehard Giants fan in football.

    And I don't think an Indians Fan has EVER been accused of bandwagon
    jumping!

    	And anyone who is a Roger Clemens fan (Mike Childs) is okay
    in my book.
    
    				/Don

  Yeah but Williams hit for power he didn't go up there to dink one off
  the wall. That's why he's a real main's main. That's why he's the greatest
  hitter to ever live and Boggs is faux-paux batting champ.

  baseball is of such little interest to me that I generally root for the
  underdog. I believe I'm on record as an Indians and Mets fans...

  mike

I think one of the big nits with The Splendid Splinter is that he
wasn't really outgoing with the fans.

I can only say that's what I've heard, because I wasn't born yet 8^)


'SAw

       The Splinter sure took a liking to 'Stuttering John' a Howie Stern
    fame!
                                    Denny

    4/25/50
       The Boston Celtics break the NBA color barrier when they draft
    Duquesne's All-American forward Chuck Cooper. Two other blacks will
    play in the league this season: Earl Lloyd who is drafted later by the
    Washington Capitols, and Nat "Sweetwater" Cliffton, who's contract will
    be purchased from the HArlam Globetrotters by the NY Knicks. Major
    League BAseball and the NFL were both intergated in 1947.
                                  Denny

    4/27/90
       At Madison Square Garden, the Wash. Caps win their first Patrick
    Div. title over the NY Rangers when John Druce's OT goal gives them a
    2-1 victory in the fifth game. Druce, sent to the minors early this
    season after scoring only 8 goals in 2 full NHL seasons, has 12 goals
    in 11 playoff games. For the Rangers, it is the 50th straight year they
    won't win the Stanley Cup, though they won their first conference title
    in 48 years.
                                     Denny
    
       I have a question. How did they win the conference title if they
    couldn't get out of their own division?
     

    re: .168
    
    Conference title is incorrect. The Rangers won the division in the
    regular season. It was the first time in 48 years they won the
    division title. They were very close in 1972 until Ratelle broke his
    ankle and another team (Bruins??) overtook them at the end of the
    season.
    
    The Crazy Met
    

    Give it up, TCM.
    The Rangers lost in '72, no' mo' excuses. 8^)
    
    MikeL
    

    Yo MikeL,
    
    The Red Sox lost in 1946, 1975, 1986 yet we keep on hearing excuses :-)
    They also lost in 1967 but did not manage to really hurt themselves
    that year.
    
    The Crazy Met

       Where do you hear excuses about the Red Sox from all those years?
                                   Denny

    4/30/76
       Muhammad Ali struggles against defensive Jimmy Young in Landover,Md,
    but wins a unanimous 15-round decision-his 6th successful defense since
    regaining the heavyweight title on Oct 30, 1974 from George Foreman.
    He'll win 4 more title bouts before temporarily losing his crown to
    Leon Spinks on Feb 15,1978.
    
    Don Schollander b 1946
    Isiah Thomas b 1961
    Al Tonn b 1963
    Don Rochibaud b 1952
    
       Interesting Slasher shares his b'day witha couple of his favorite
    athaletes!
                                           Denny

    Heard on the news this morning, Joe Namoth had both knees replaced
    yesterday. Ouch!
    
    -TH

 Don, you going to call Isiah up, so you guys can blow kisses to one another
 over the phone?

 Schollander what a swimmer. He was like one of the first big olympic heros
 I witnessed and remeber.....

 mike

Guess Joe Namath is gonna be needing a lot of Flexol 454....


Lucky for Joe medical technology has gotten to the point where they
can do those operations.....


Happy Birthday Slasher....

Don Schollander was a major hero of one of the Olympics - 64 in Tokyo, I
think. I remember rooting for him way back when. Another at the same time
was Roy Saari, who also won a medal or 2. Dan'l you might be interested
to know that in addition to be a world class swimmer Saari was a world
class water polo player.

Back to Schollander, I think he had the most medals total for a_american
until the next Olympics - 68 - when Spitz won a bunch.

TTom

 Don won 4, Spitz won 7. What I can't remember is how many were individual
 for Schollander. I believe Spitz was 4 individual and 3 team golds...

 Happy Birthday Slasher

    Slasher and Zeke have the same b'day?  There is justice...

I don't think Spitz won 7 golds. I know he won at least 1 silver and 1
bronze. I seem to think that Eric Heiden tied him for the most golds, 5.
Spitz does have the record for most medals. Some of the gold medals for
both Spitz and Schollander were team - relay - events.

TTom

    	Shaddup!  Me and Isiah are going out for a few Shirley Temples
    after work.
                                                             
    				/Don

    Mark Spitz did indeed win 7 Gold medals.  I don't remember the
    breakdown as to individual vs. team, but I know the total was 7.
    
    noD\, yadhtriB yppaH!  The big 40, huh?
    
    lEe

    Mark Spitz won 7 golds in 1972. He also won other medals in 
    1968 but I'm not sure of the colours.
    
    Don Schollander won 5 golds, the same as Johnny Weissmuller, 
    although Weissmuller acheived this feat over two Olympics as
    opposed to Schollander's haul in the one Olympics.
    
    Derek.

    Not only did he win 7 golds, but I believe all 7 were world records at
    the time.
    
    Chris

    5/1/92
       In it's inaugural game. NY of the National League, soon to be called
    the Giants, defeats Phil. 7-5 at the 1st Polo Grounds at 110th St.
    between 5th and 6th Aves. Future HAll of Famer Mickey Welch is the
    winner, yielding 5 unearned runs. Former president and military hero
    U.S. Grant is in the crowd.
                                                 Denny

>    5/1/92
>       In it's inaugural game. NY of the National League, soon to be called
>    the Giants, defeats Phil. 7-5 at the 1st Polo Grounds at 110th St.
>    between 5th and 6th Aves. Future HAll of Famer Mickey Welch is the
>    winner, yielding 5 unearned runs. Former president and military hero
>    U.S. Grant is in the crowd.


Wow, 100 years ago today!

Perhaps this question has been answered in here before, I don't know.

Why was the Polo Grounds named that?  Did Polo used to be played there
are some point in time?


'Saw

    I think polo was actually played at the original Polo Grounds. Later
    when the other one was built at 155th st & 8th Avenue (1906?), they kept 
    the name, even though polo was never played there. 
    
    There were a few changes to the PG over the years. There were a couple
    of fires, and eventually it was rebuilt in concrete and steel, with
    wooden bleachers going the length of the oval-shaped field. Eventually
    it was double decked all the way around, except for deepest CF where
    the clubhouse was, about 500 feet from the plate. The last game there
    was at the end of the Mets 1963 season.
    
    Tom

    Madison Square Garden used to be in Madison Square.  The last two
    Gardens were not in Madison Square, but they kept the name anyway. 
    Same principle as with the Polo Grounds.
    
    John

    5/5/92
       Rookie Bo Belinsky, in only his 5th game, pitched the 1st major
    league no-hitter on th West Coast as the LA Angels beat Baltimore 2-0.
    This gem and his early 5-0 record will make the brash left-hander a
    major Hollywood celebrity, romantically linked to actress MAmie Van
    Doren and many starlets. His constant partying will take its toll
    (he'll end the season at 10-11 and with only 18 more games in his
    career) but he'll remain one of baseball's most remembered cult
    figures.
                                    Denny

    
    Mamie Van Doren:  One of the great buxom blonde bimbo's from the
    Marilyn Monroe/ Jane Mansfield mold.  Whatever happened to Mamie
    anyway?  Brigitte Bardot, in her prime, was one of the sexiest women
    that ever trod this planet, IMO.
    
    Dickstah
    

    Dickstah...  How True, How True..  Brigitte was a classy women.
    
    Big Game

    5/7/17
       The Boston Red Sox nip the Washington Senators 1-0 as lefty ace Babe
    Ruth outduels Walter Johnson and drives in the game's only run with a
    sacrifice fly. Ruth will win 24 games in 1917, but next year he'll cut
    his pitching appearances in half and play the outfield for the first
    time so the Sox will have his potent bat in the lineup every day. As a
    result, he'll win the first of 12 AL homer itiles.
    
    Juhnny Unitas b. 1933
                                       Denny

    
    Today is Willard Scott's Birthday.  I wonder if all the centenarians in
    this country chipped in to buy him a card?
    
    Dickstah
    

Picture on the front of Today's New Haven REgister:

	An 108 year old nursing home patient cuts her birthday
	cake.  She's the oldest woman in Connecticut.

Headline above the picture from an un-related article:

	Ancient Fossils found by Yale Professor



only in America,
'Saw

    5/11/55
       Cubs SS Ernie Banks hits a grand-slam homer as Chicago stops
    Brooklyn's 11-game winning streak 10-8. Banks will hit 4 more
    bases-loaded HRs during the season to set a major league record. He'll
    continue to hold the NL record, but Baltimore's Jim Gentile will equal
    his feat in 1961 and the YAnkee's Don Mattingly will pass them both
    with 6 GSs in 1987.
                                      Denny 

    How could I miss this one!!
    
    5/8/88
       Prior to game 4 of the NHL playoff series between the NJ Devils and
    the Boston Bruins, referee Dave Newell and linesmen Gord Broseker and
    Jim Scapinello walk out because Devils coach Jim Schoenfeld is behind
    his team's bench. After an hour amateur officials are recruited from
    the stands to officiate the Devils' 3-1 win.Scoenfeld had angrily
    confronted referee Don Koharski in the locker room passageway after the
    Bruins won game 3 and was suspended without appeal, but a restraining
    order permitted today's appearance.
                                            Denny

Have another donut, you fat pig.


truer words were never spoken 8^)


'Saw

    5/12/86
       DuPont announces that yesterday, at California's Big Sand Flat
    bicyclist Fred Markham broke the 65mph speed barrier. He pedaled a 31
    pound recumbent 65.484 mph over a distance of 218.72 yards. The $18,000
    DuPont award for exceeding 65 mph is shared by Markham and the bike's
    designer, Gardner Martin.
    
    Yogi Berra  b. 1925
    Pat McCormick b.1930
    Lou Whitaker b.1957
                                        Denny 

    5/13/67
       Mickey Mantle crushes Stu Miller's 7th-inning full-count change-up
    to become the 6th player to hit 500 career HRs, giving the Yankees a
    6-5 win over Baltimore on Mother's Day. He'll play one more season and
    finish his career with 536 round-trippers, behind only Babe Ruth and
    Willie Mays.
     
    Joe Louis b.1914
    Dennis Rodman b.1961
                                       Denny

    Ahem...wouldn't a certain Mr. Aaron fit in there somewhere?
    
    Mark.

 Not at that time.   Bad Henry was still crushing dingers by the bucketful
 in '67 and hadn't yet made his run at Ruth.
 
 Bob Hunt

    Yeah, but Aaron couldn't have been far behind Mays Bob ... didn't he
    pass him in '67 or so ? 

    If Aaron has passed Mays in 1967, it would then have taken him 7 more
    years to pass Ruth.  He would have need 178 homers to do so.  That was
    a 25 homerun/year pace and I think he hit more than that.
    
    I cain look it up tonight.
    
    John
    

    Aaron was given a shot to break Ruth's record but the feeling wes that
    he may not have the one or 2 big years left that he needed. He hit 40+
    in the late 1960's then did it again in 1972 when the Braves had 3
    players with 40+ HR on their team. Aaron probably passed Mays c. 1971
    or 1972.
    
    The Crazy Met
    

    Through 1967, Mays had hit 564 of his 660 homers, Mantle had 518 of his
    536 and Aaron had 481 of his 755.  Over the lasted years of his career,
    Aaron hit 274 homers or almost 40/year for 8 years.
    
    John

    Unreal .... 274 HR's after the age of 34 (?) ... who else has come
    close to hitting that many ?

    re: .206
    
    Actually about 35HR/year for 8 years. But still incredible.
    
    Mets in '92
    The Crazy (blah) Met
    

    Aaron's accomplishment is amazing taking in the consistency he
    maintained in his thirties. I doff me cap.
    
    MikeL
    

    Yep ... Hank's biggest year was 47 I believe, after that there was a
    few in the low 40's, but for the most part, 35, 38 a year ...

    And, for the most part, Hank didn't get the press that the others got.
    Playing in Milwaukee wasn't the way to grab headlines, unlike NY and
    Boston and Chi and LA.  
    
    I often wonder about how he felt about that.  Since I was sort of a
    Braves fan just before they moved from Boston, I kept track of them
    somewhat, and a good friend of mine was a rabid Braves fan, so I heard
    a lot about them.  I knew he was a heck of a ballplayer, but there was
    Eddie Mathews and of course Spahn and Burdette, so the glory got spread
    around a bit.  Hank never, ever seemed to be the loudmouth type of guy,
    and I only remember some controversy around him later in his career.
    
    If I were to pick an all-time team, he and Ernie Banks would be two of
    my starters.  They came to play, and they performed.  What more can you
    ask of a player?  Always loved Banks statement, "Let's play two!" 
    Reminds me of how I thought of baseball when I was a kid.  Play from
    sunup to sundown, and then wonder why the day was so short!  :*)
    
    Lee

    Lee, pick up the book "I Had A Hammer - The Hank Aaron Story" ... it's
    a pretty good book. He also is pretty honest about his chase for Ruth's
    mark, and the abuse and support he received.

    Well Aaron was the first player to get $200,000/year
    
    The Crazy Met
    

    Playing his entire career in Milwaukee and Atlanta certainly did not
    help Aaron gain the spotlight he so richly deserved. Had he been a
    Yankee or Dodger or Cub, he certainly would have gained more attention.
    
    As far as the pressure he encountered while closing in on Ruth's
    record, it must have been terrible for him. Yet, Roger Maris
    experienced an awful hate capaign the year he broke Ruth's "60" mark.
    Oddly, Mantle, who was running neck and neck with Roger into September,
    was not the object of such hatred. 
    
    Not to diminish the feats of Aaron or Mantle, but every time I hear of
    these records, it makes me appreciate, even more, the incredible feats
    of the Babe. 
    
    Rich
    

    Maris/Aaron
    
    Roger M. got a lot of hate for these reasons :
    
    1) He hit .269 - Rogers Hornsby wondered aloud how could a .269 hitter
    be worthy of breaking Ruth's mark.
    
    2) Maris had only been in NY 2 or 3 years. Mantle didn't become
    'beloved' by the fans until Maris showed up as an object of venting.
    Irony isn't it ? Mantle was the NY whipping boy for years ... wonder
    how many fans and press will admit to it now ?
    
    3) Ford Frick's "asterick ruling" didn't help matters much.
    
    4) Of course, the Babe Ruth Jihad ...
    
    With all of that, I don't think that Maris got death threats the way
    Aaron later did (he needed 24-hour protection), but in both cases, I
    can admire what they went through, and shake my head at how a lot of
    so-called fans can taint what should have been the greatest moment in
    the lives of these men.

    re Maris
    
    Doc, I know many of the death threats Aaron received were race related
    and that makes his situation even more distressful. But, I used to
    spend summers with my grandfather in Jamaica, NY. Maris had an
    apartment 5 blocks away in '60. I used to meander up there and watch
    the crowds of NY media jammed around that place. They hounded that guy
    from mid July til the end of the season. 
    
    Maris was a quiet guy, sort of like Jim Rice. Had he been outgoing like
    Pete Rose, perhaps the pressure would not have been as much. I recall
    seeing Maris seceral times that summer scurrying in and out of the
    apartment building, jerk reporters chasing him. Really sad.
    
    As far as Mantle being a whipping boy, it was more of a "Hail Mick When
    We Win, Blame Mick When We Lose" situation. And since the Yankees won
    most of the time, he was mostly adored and loved in NY. 
    
    When I think back to those summers and I was in the midst of Mays,
    Snider and Mantle playing in the same city, it is amazing. My
    grandfather read the Daily News which favored the Yankees and Dodgers.
    My friends father liked the Post or Daily Mirror - any way, that paper
    favored the Giants. The Times favored polo matches out in the Hamptons.
    
    Rich
    

    What blew me away about Maris was that his hair started coming out
    because of the pressure.
    
    Hell, I'd say keep the record ...
    
    
    Nah. I'd hit my 61, then call Sy Sperlin, pick up a cool 1/2 million,
    do the banquets ... :-)

    Apparently Maris, unlike Mantle, didn't have one of the most gracious 
    and open of personalities, and unfortunately that spurred a lot of the 
    resentment.  A while back I was reading an opinion piece from an old 
    issue of SI (normally a pretty even-handed publication) from right
    around the time Maris was traded to the Cardinals, and uncharacteristically
    they really let him have it for his perceived boorish behavior while in 
    New York.  For some reason, if some elements of the media find a 
    personality they don't like, instead of just letting it go and 
    relegating their commentary to the player's performance (hey, the media 
    can do a guy favors, too, but if he doesn't want them, then that's also 
    his decision) they feel they have the right to make it a public issue, 
    when the guy isn't paid for his social graces...
    
    Worst of all is the hypocrisy, though.  After his death Maris was 
    magically transformed into this poor misunderstood country boy who
    sought only to avoid the limelight.  Hey, I figure that if you thought
    and wrote that the guy was a cur while he was alive, it's pretty 
    cowardly to back away from that after he's met misfortune...
    
    glenn
     

    I personally didn't like Maris, but then I didn't like Mantle, either.
    It didn't have anything to do with their personalities, they were
    Yankees, so I hated them in regards to their ballplaying abilities.
    
    But, even though I didn't want the Babe's record broken by anyone, I
    was very angry at the way Maris was treated, particularly by the Babe's
    widow.  She was outrageous in her comments, and the media give it play.
    
    What I often wonder about is how Ruth would have fared in today's
    baseball.  Travel is much better, as are the training methods and the
    medical assistance.  But, night games are supposedly more difficult
    than day games.  The way the media treated players was very different
    than what one sees today, which adds a lot of pressure when compared to
    the days when stars were revered and their private lives were not
    publicized in detail.
    
    Makes you wonder, no?
    
    lEe

    Maris was a brooding introvert ala Jim Rice. He was cast into the
    microscope of the nations most inquisitive media and was chasing the
    record held by one of America's folk heros. Imagine if, say, Jack Clark
    was closing in on Lou Gherig's consecutive game mark. Given Jack's
    "pinache", the public would be screaming bloody murder. 
    
    Maris was no Jack Clark (thankfully) yet he could not handle the
    attention. Didn't like or want it. 
    
    Yeah, Doc, Jamaica. Spent many a summer on 144th St between Hillside
    Ave and Parsons Blvd. Maris' apartment was just off the Grand Central
    Parkway near Parsons Blvd. 
    
    And Lee is correct about what the media can do for a person in a
    positive way. I just have to look at Larry Bird for this. Here's a guy
    who has the wit of a slug, the vocabulary of a C student in the 7th
    grade and the looks of years of inbreeding. Yet, he gave his monotone
    interviews, dutifully, which pleased the scribes. He cooperated with
    them so they, in turn, made him a legend. Had Larry treated the press
    differently, I wonder how he would have been recorded throughout the
    years.  Just ask Jim Rice, Bill Russell, Ted Williams or other outspoken or
    introverted Boston athletes how "kind" the Boston media can be.....
    
    Or Jim Plunkett, for that matter.
    
    Rich
    

    
>>    I just have to look at Larry Bird for this. Here's a guy
>>    who has the wit of a slug, the vocabulary of a C student in the 7th
>>    grade and the looks of years of inbreeding. 
    
    Damn, I wish I had said this ! Then again, the Jihad would have given
    me the Salmon Rushdie treatment. :-)
    
    Good note.
    
    Doc

    If anyone remembers the Red Sox-Yankees game where Lou Piniella and
    Carlton Fisk went at it following a close play at the plate, and a
    second fight then ensued between Greg Nettles and Bill Lee (resulting
    in Lee injuring his left shoulder), that was on this day in 1976.
    
    
    py

>>    I just have to look at Larry Bird for this. Here's a guy
>>    who has the wit of a slug, the vocabulary of a C student in the 7th
>>    grade and the looks of years of inbreeding. 
    
>    Damn, I wish I had said this ! Then again, the Jihad would have given
>    me the Salmon Rushdie treatment. :-)
    
    C'mon, now.  In his earlier years, this might have been true, but the
    "mature Bird" can now drop a quip with the best of them (the best of
    athletes, not professional comedians or something...)
    
    As for you Doc, it's funny how these character assassinations only
    become dignifiable where the Celtics are concerned... ;-)
    
    glenn
    

    >> As for you Doc, it's funny how these character assassinations only
    >> become dignifiable where the Celtics are concerned... ;-)
    
    
    Glenn,
    
    I am NOT try to assissinate the character of Larry Bird. If you or
    anyone else interpretted my note that way, you or they are mistaken as
    to my intention. 
    
    What I was attempting to convey was an extention of Lee's premise that
    the media could help as well as hinder an athlete's image. Case in
    point for the "help" side is Larry.
    
    I agree that he has gotten better in his use of words as the years have
    gone by but he is by no means as artistic and well spoken as Havlicek
    or Erving. But he was always willing to drop a few lines to the press
    after every game. Even though they always seemed the same ("Weplayeda
    toughgametonightwithalottaintensity. CoachcalledmyplayandIwasluckythe
    ballwentin") the press got their quotes for the next day's paper or
    that evenings sports' cast. Contrast that with Williams' relations with
    the press or how Rice was never willing to talk, on a regular basis,
    with reporters. Media venom ensued.
    
    This same thing happened with Maris. Too many members of the media have
    this self-rightous image of themselves whereby they believe ONLY they
    hold the key to a players' potential stardom. Face it, the local media
    could have hyped the "Hick from French Lick" theme if Larry shut them
    off and he would have been gone after one or 2 years. In towns like New
    York and Boston they have that power. 
    
    I am not totally up on how the Philly press reacted to Carlton, but if
    they respected his decision, they are a rare breed. And, as far as I
    know, the fans continued to support him.
    
    Rich
    

I know one thing.

I sure as hell wouldn't like some dude sticking a microphone in my
face every night as I walk out of the office.

	R:	So Frank, you did a magnificent job with that function
		today, using a For instead of a Do-While.  What made
		you decide to do that.

	F:	Well, I'll tell ya, I was feeling pretty good, and I
		had a good rhythm going, and the code was just falling
		for me.   Of course, we'll just take it one routine
		at a time.  After all, I just want to contribute to the
		team.

	R:	I've heard you're training for the Object Oriented style
		of play, any truth to that?

	F:	Well, I can't comment on that right now, but keep your
		eyes open.


If I had to deal with stuff like that everyday I think I'd start making
stuff up to tell them....


8^)

'Saw

June 1, 1992:	First NHL game played in June.

TTom

    Next year when Tampa and Ottawa are added
    

    6/11/92
       Riding 13 mounts at Caliente, Cal., 17-year-old Herbert S. Jones is
    the first jockey to win 8 races on one card. 5 of his wins have photo
    finishes.
    
    Joe Montana b.1956
                                  Denny

    6/23/87
       Sweden's Stefan Edberg beats Stefan Eriksson6-0,6-0,6-0, in the
    first round of Wimbledon. It's the first Wimbledon shutout since
    Sweden's Torsten Johansson beat Belgium's P. Geelhand 40 years ago.
    Despite his great start, Edberg will have to wait until 1988 to win his
    first Wimbledon title-this year Australia's Pat Cash will beat Ivan
    Lendl in the finals.
    
    Wilma Rudolph  b.1940
    Filbert Bayi   b.1953
                                      Denny  

    
    Need I ask who the hell Filbert Bayi is?
    

    > Need I ask who the hell Filbert Bayi is?
    
    Dickstah, he's the guy who invented the jock strap.  
    
    HTH.
    
    Hawk
    

       Aktuily I think he's one a those Kenyan runners.
                                      Denny

    Nah, his mother, Mrs Filbert, invented butter.
    
    Rich
    

    That's nuts...
    

    6/24/86
       The Oakland As announce that DH Dave Kingmain has been fined $3,500
    for sending a small live rat with a tag reading "My name is Sue" to the
    box of Sacramento Bee sports columnist Susan Fornoff during a game
    against the Royals. Kingman, who has never gotten along with female
    reporters, previously had harassed Fornoff for being in the clubhouse
    covering the team.
    
    Jack Dempsey	b.1895
    Billy Casper	b.1931
    Sam Jones		b.1933
                                      Denny

    How much did Johnny Caish git him fer copyright infringement?
    

    6/25/84
       In USFL actionm Jim Kelly throws a professional record 44th TD pass
    of the season as Houston beats Memphis 37-7. When the USFL goes under,
    Kelly will star with the NFL Buffalo Bills and, in 1990, temporarily
    become the game's highest paid player.
    
    Sandy Saddler	b.1926
    Willis Reed		B.1942
                                     Denny

       No tidbit today, only a quote: "Japan rebuilt faster than the NY
    Rangers".
                   -Mike Lupica on the NHL team that hasn't been champion
    since 1940.
    
    Wilbert Robinson	b.1863
    Harmon Killebrew	b.1936
    Pedro Guerrero	b.1956
                                     Denny

    6/30/51
       In Sydney.merciless England kicks Australia into submission, 17-0,
    the highest margin of victory in an international soccer match.
    
    Roy Green	b.1957
    Mike Tyson	b.1966
                                    Denny

    7/17/1900
       A 19-year-old rookie pitcher debuts for the New York Giants in the
    5th inning. HE promptly walks 2 batters and hits 3 others. He'll go 0-3
    for the season. However, Christy Mathewson will go on to become one of
    the greatest pitchers of all time, winning 373 games (3rd best in
    history), including 80 shutouts (3rd best), and recording a miniscule
    213 ERA (5th best). in his 17 year HOF career.
    
    Daryle Lamonica	b.1941
    Connie Hawkins	b.1942
    Bobby Thigpen	b.1963
                                    Denny

>       A 19-year-old rookie pitcher debuts for the New York Giants in the
>    5th inning. HE promptly walks 2 batters and hits 3 others. He'll go 0-3
>    for the season. However, Christy Mathewson will go on to become one of
>    the greatest pitchers of all time, winning 373 games (3rd best in
>    history), including 80 shutouts (3rd best), and recording a miniscule
>    213 ERA (5th best). in his 17 year HOF career.
    
 
 Boy, Roger sure has a long way to go......

 mike

    Yea, Mike.  Glavine sure showed that AL lineup a thing or two, didn't
    he?
    
    Mark.

    ...right Mark, he showed 'em a lotta meatballs!
                                     Denny

 oh please will ya it's friday you should know high fast one
 when you see one....

 ;^)

 funny you failed to address the issue of his "Highness"....

 mike

    What's there to address?  No runs, 2 hits, no damage.
    
    Mark.

 his supposed injury after another slump....when will the
 excuses end?????

 

� funny you failed to address the issue of his "Highness"....
    
    Why should we post Roger's career stats yet again?  You know, the ones
    that show he's well on his way to posting top 10 career numbers in a
    lot of those categories, or at the very least, that he's already ahead
    of Glavine.
    
    Speaking of the All Star game, McCarver took a Childesque shot at the
    Rocket by mentioning that Roger had been "ineffective" in his last 6
    starts.  I'm surprised McDonough didn't correct him, but then again
    maybe Sean didn't want to come across as a homer.

 but he's been injuried so many times he'll be washed up
 in a couple of years....

 

    7/27/88
       Frank Zamboni, creator of the ice-resurfacing machine, dies of a
    heart attack at the age of 87. Strangely a cult had formed around the
    inventor and his machine, a racehorse had been named after him, and a
    Zamboni fan club had been formed at Michigan Tech.
    
     Joe Tinker	b.1880
     Leo Durocher b.1905	
     Peggy Fleming b.1948
                                              Denny                            

    7/29/74
       Jimmy Connors becomes the number 1 ranked tennis player. He'll
    remain top-ranked on the ATP computer for a record 159 weeks, until Aug
    16, 1977. In 1974, Connors will win Wimbledon, the US Open and the
    Australian Open, and lose only 4 matches.
    
    Don Carter b.1926
                                        Denny

    8/3/36
       In Berlin, track star Jesse Owens wins the 100-meter final in Olympic
    record-tying time, 10.3 seconds, edging another black American, Ralph
    Metcalfe, whose time is 10.4 seconds. Owens will win 3 more gold
    medals, making a mockery of host Adolf Hitler;s clain of white
    supremacy,
    
    Marcel Dionne	b.1951
    Todd Christenson	b.1956
    Mike Giminski	b.1959
                                       Denny

    
    On this day in history, in Camembert France, the Beatles played to a
    sellout audience of 60,000+ fans at a concert held in conjunction with
    the nearby Nationale Festivale de Fromage.  
    
    As the Festivale itself drew a mere 16,000 attendants, John Lennon was
    prompted to comment, "We're more popular than cheeses."
    
    A hard-of-hearing journalist, Pierre de Latrine of LE MONDE, misquoted
    John, setting off a world-wide furor.
    
    Dickstah
    

    Hahahahaha, Dickstah you are a pisser!!!111   Ha ha ha.
    
    Lee

    	Thanks Dickstah, boy am I glad I didn't burn my Beatle albums.

Aint that "Pissah"?

TTom

    8/27/21
       The American Professional Football Assoc., which will change its
    name to the NFL in 1922, grants J.W. Clair of the ACME Packing Co. a
    franchise in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 1922 league boss Joe Carr will
    boot the Packers out of the APFL for using players with college
    eligibility, but Curly Lambeau, star Qb and coach, will pay the leage
    $50 for the team. A public nonprofit organization wil operate the
    franchise.
                                   Denny

    8/28/26
       Dutch Levsen of Cleveland becomes the last pitcher to win both games
    of a doubleheader with complete games, beating the Boston Red Sox 6-1
    and 5-1. This year, his 1 significant season, he'll pitch 18 complete
    games and win 16 times. He'll end his career in 1928, having won just
    21 games and gone the distance only 23 times.
                                           Denny
                      

    On this day in 1984, the Detroit Tigers clinched the AL East with a 3-0
    shutout against the Milwaukee Brewers.
    
    
    py

>    On this day in 1984, the Detroit Tigers clinched the AL East with a 3-0
>    shutout against the Milwaukee Brewers.
    

If memory serves me correctly, they got off to a phenomenal start
that season, didn't they.  They were mega games up before the weather
even got warm.....


'Saw

You know, for all the accolades that Sparky Anderson gets for 
being a great manager, he hasn't done squat. 

One title in what 15? 18? years.

With the talent he had in Cincy, he shown his true skills in DET.

Just MHO,
daryll

    In 1984 the Tigers started 35-5. One team was only 6 or 7 games back at
    that point. In the 5 games the Tigers lost they had at least the tying
    run on base in the 9th inning - incredible. Tigers finished season with
    a 104-58 record, 69-53 after that start. 69-53 is stil a .565 winning
    percentage, or 91 wins for a season. Not a bad year at all.
    
    The Crazy Met
    

    Anderson won the WS with the Reds in 1975 and 1976. He won the pennant
    in 1970 and 1972, division in 1971, 1973.
    
    He won the WS with Detroit in 1984, the division in 1987(ok Blue Jays
    blew it that year).
    
    The Crazy Met
    

I knew Sparky won more than one W.S.

He was the manager when the Reds swept the Yanks (I was there for Game 4 !!) 
and when they beat the Sox in 7.

JD

I meant his record in Detriot(tm). I'm aware of his record in 
Cincy. I'm also aware of the talent he had there.

daryll

    He hasn't been in Detroit for 18 years, has he?  He hasn't had the
    talent there other teams have had because the farm system was been
    squat.  This year was a disappointment.  Last year with little/no
    pitching, they wound up second.   They haven't had a solid pitching
    staff since 87 or so (the last time they won the pennant).  
    
    Give Sparky Viola and Clemens, and you have a contending ball club.
    I mean, where would the sox be if their ace was Bill Gullickson?
    With Walt Terrell and Frank Tanana?  Sparky can't do everything.

    9/21/89
       Valiant Break, the all-time loser in harness racing with no wins in
    86 races (musta been a regular at Hinsdale!) faces a challenger he has
    a chance of beating: Beasley Reece, former NY Giants defensive back.
    The 110-yard man-vs-horse race takes place at Yonkers Raceway. Reece
    gets off to a quick start and holds on for a half-length victory.
                                   Denny

    re .268:
    
    What I'd like to know is why a horse that went 0 for 86 got sent to the
    post 86 times.  You'd think it would have been evident long before the
    86th start that Valiant Break was more suited for the glue factory than
    the half-mile oval...
    
    
    py                        

    
    I'm curious about the victory.  In this main vs. horse, what is
    half-a-length?
    
    hep me!
    
    Kev
    

       There's a picture of the 'photo finish' on the calendar. It's a half
    a horse length.
                                Denny

    9/22/89
       In Southampton England, Tony Wilson is being pummeled by local
    favorite Steve McCarthy in a light-heavyweight bout. Suddenly Tony's
    mother, Minna, charges into the ring to rescue her son and starts
    hitting McCarthy with her spiked heel. When McCarthy leaves the ring in
    disgust, Wilson is awarded a decision. When Wilson leaves the ring the
    crowd tries to beat him up. Later the bout will be declared a
    no-decision. Wilson will ban his mother from his future bouts.
                                              Denny

That sounds like something outta the World Wrestling Federation.


Chap

    I'm pretty sure this Sunday, Sept. 27th, marks the 35th anniversary of
    the last Dodger game played in Ebbets Field.
    
    
    Joe

    
    Today is the day John Bonham of Led Zep choked on his own vomit and
    died after drinking 41 shots of vodka.
    
    

    9/25/54
        In the 8th inning of the 1st game of the World Series, the Giants'
    Willie Mays makes a great back-to-the Plate catch of Vic Wertz's long fly to
    preserve a 2-2 tie with the favored Indians. In the bottom of the 10th,
    unlikely hero Dusty Rhodes hits a 3-run pinch homer off Bob Lemon to
    give the Giants a 5-2 win, the first pinch homer to win a WS game.
    Rhodes will hit a 2-run pinch single and homer in the Giants' 3-1 win
    in game 2 and a 2-run pinch single to key a 6-2 victory in game 3.
    He'll drive in 7 runs in 6 at-bats, as the Giants sweep the Series.
                                           Denny

    10/1/33
       The New York Giants don't allow any first downs as they stymie the
    visiting Green Bay Packers, 10-7. The Giants' vaunted defense will shut
    out four opponents and hold five others to 7 points or less, and coach
    Steve Owens' team will win the NFL Eastern Division with an 11-3
    record.
    
    Rod Carew, b. 1945
    Mark McGwire, b. 1963
    Roberto Kelly, b.1964
                                   Denny

    -1
    WHAT!!??
    F$#^ the 1933 Jints.
    On October 1, 1967 the Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins
    5-2 to capture the American League Pennant. Firsted flag in 21 years.
    Da Impossible Dream.
    
    MikeL
    

A day late:

Yesterday was the date for completely moving US of A to the metric
system. Congress somehow came up with Sep. 30, 92 to have us all
litering, metering, kilograming.

About the only I notice any effect is when I go to the ABC store and get
750 ml of Absolut, prefering the 100 very non-metrical proof.

So unless something came up late lasted night, I think the we missed the
deadline. And certainly, sports didn't change.

TTom

       Does this mean all NFL fields will be 100 meters this weekend?
                                    Denny

    10/6/89
       Twenty-six-year-old Tim Kides, a substitute teacher in North Bergen,
    NJ, breaks his own world sit-ups record by 1, with 12,501 in a 3 1/2
    day marathon to help raise money for United Cerebral Palsy of Hudson
    County.
    

    10/14/90
       Jerry Rice, unstoppable All-pro receiver and Qb Joe Montana's
    favorite target, ties an NFL record with 5 TD catches to lead the 49ers
    past the Falcons, 45-35.
    
    Charlie Joyner	b. 1947
    Sheila Young	b. 1950
    Beth Daniel		b. 1956
                                      Denny

    10/16/76
       In a victory over Baylor, placekicker Tony Franklin of Texas A&M
    converts field goals of 65 and 64 yards, becoming the first player on
    any level to kick 2 60+-yard field goals in the same game.
    
    Dave DeBusschere	b.1940
    Tim (wet) McCarver	b.1941
    Kevin McReynolds	b.1959
    
    ...and you thought Pirate fans have it bad:
    
    10/16/1793
    Queen Marie Antoinette of France is beheaded
    
     Suzanne (Thigh Mistress) Summers   b.1946
                                Denny

    11/1/24
       The Boston Bruins become the 1st US team to enter the NHL which had
    consisted of teams solely from Canada. They join the Montreal
    Canadiens, Ottowa Senators, Montreal Maroons, Hamilton Tigers and
    Toronto and Toronto St. Patricks, and pave the way for expansion to New
    York and other American cities. They will win their 1st Stanley Cup 1n
    1928-29, a year after the New York Rangers win their first title.
    
    Vic Power	b.1931
    GAry Player	b.1935
    Fernando Valenzuela	b.1960
                                Denny

    	On November 13th Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from
    his place of residence.  That request came from his wife.

leave it to Slasher to start the day off right....

 hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

    I thought it was on November the 8th....

Article: 26836
From: [email protected] (Patrick L Dunn)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Sad Anniversary this Saturday
Date: 12 Nov 92 22:51:52 GMT
 
 
This Saturday, November 14, marks the 22nd anniversary of the worst 
sports-related disaster in American history.  On this date in 1970, a Southern 
Airways DC-10 carrying the Marshall University football team, coaching staff, 
and most of the booster club home from a game at East Carolina University 
crashed short of the runway in Huntington, WV, killing all 75 people aboard--
including the entire coaching staff and all but three varsity players.
 
In the year prior to the crash, Marshall had been placed on probation for
recruiting violations and had been banished from the Mid-American conference.
The program had not had a winning season since 1964, and did not have another
until 1984.  In fact they were, statistically speaking, the losingest Division
I football program in the decade of the seventies.
 
Marshall is currently ranked 10th in division I-AA and was runner up in the
division last season.  The Marshall story is truly remarkable, and is a real
lesson in determination.

	re: .290
>This Saturday, November 14, marks the 22nd anniversary of the worst 
>sports-related disaster in American history.  On this date in 1970, a Southern 
>Airways DC-10 carrying the Marshall University football team, coaching staff, 
>and most of the booster club home from a game at East Carolina University 
>crashed short of the runway in Huntington, WV, killing all 75 people aboard--
>                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>including the entire coaching staff and all but three varsity players.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


Just curious, did everyone die or did 3 varsity palyers survive or were the 3
varsity players not on board?

Kevin

The 3 survivors didn't make the trip. Can't remember why but all the
passengers on board were killed.

The plane went down into the woods in Eastern Kentucky and it was very
difficult to even get to the wreckage.

All in all, a real tragedy.

TTom

    Wasn't ther a plane crash back in the 50's that killed
    most of the US figure skating team?
    
    BoB

    Ther was another chrash in the 70's that killes the Evanville's
    basketball team...
    
    REK

    Joe DiMaggio turns 78 today.
    
    Surprised Hal didn't beat me to this next one -- Bernie Kosar turns 29
    today.
    
    
    py

    
    	Hey, what do ya expect.....he sent me my birthday card about two 
    weeks late last year.....
    
    

   > Surprised Hal didn't beat me to this next one -- Bernie Kosar turns 29
   > today.
   > py
    
       Even more surprised nobody noticed that Kelly Bundy turned 21 today!
                                       Denny