Conference 7.286::sports_91

    I really enjoyed listening to the Ax taking it all with a grain of
    salt.  I found him to be humorous and he seemed to fit in perfectly
    with Chris Berman.
    
    I will miss him.
    
    John "D Cowboys" R.

    I found myself wondering, all season, what disease Pete was battling.
    In a truly classy move by ESPN, nothing was ever said on the air.
    He just kept wasting away.  Truly, I'm sorry to hear this - he provided
    a sense of humor about making picks that I'll miss.
    
    A&W 

    
    Anybody hear "old friend" Jimmy Breslin on ESPN yesterday morning 
    angrily ranting and raving about how a great writer in Axthelm had 
    wasted his life on television, football with its 12 minutes-of-action-
    per-game, and cheap Manhattans?  I think Dick Schaap was mortified and 
    finally blurted out, "Well, you will miss him, right, Jimmy?", to which
    the response was, "Yeah, that's why I'm so angry."  Hell of a eulogy,
    and something you don't see on TV too often...
    
    glenn
     
    

	Ax was also a writer of some note - Yale grad. Worked out of NY
for awhile, then did a stint with SI and then with Newsweek.

	Great Basketball book - "The City Game"
	Great book on Steve Cauthen - "The Kid"

	He will be missed. He brought a touch of the literary to his
commentary, not quite a Jack Whitaker, but that's OK.

	He will be missed by many.

	Jim M

    Jimmy Breslin was truely classless...then again, I never fault a guy
    for speaking what's on his mind rather than being artificial about
    things.  Dick Schapp did a great job at overcoming speechlessness to
    pat Breslin on the hand and try to squirm out of it.
    
    	--dan'l

    Nancy Klup died from Jaw cancer yesterday...
    She played Jane Hathaway, Melborn Drysdale Sec. on the Beverly
    Hillbillies.....
    
    
            REK

       I liked Ax because he didn't take himself seriously like a lot of
    the 'sports journalists' we get today.
                                   Denny

    >><<< Note 96.6 by FDCV07::KING "When all else fails,HIT the teddybear" >>>

    >>Nancy Klup died from Jaw cancer yesterday...
    >>She played Jane Hathaway, Melborn Drysdale Sec. on the Beverly
    >>Hillbillies.....
    
    Silly me, and all these years I thought she was DON DRYSDALE'S
    secretary.  Sheez, ya learn something new every day.
    
    JaKe
    

    Hey Jake, please stay away from trivia contest and game shows...
    
    YOU don't have a clueeeeee....
    
    REK

      Nah, you both have it wrong. Nancy was the secretary for Cliff
    Drysdale the former tennis player, now tennis announcer for ESPN
    
    Bull~
    

    I was wondering if Axthelm was ill, what with the sudden weight
    loss and gaunt look he suddenly came up with a year or two ago.
    I'll give him credit, he knew he was dying but hung on to do his
    last Super Bowl before croaking.  He seemed to have really loosened
    up on camera of late, no doubt in the "enjoy it while it lasts" mode
    that so characterizes doomed men.  
    
    May he rest in peace.
    
    MrT

    I enjoyed AX's edge on Thoroughbred Digest.  AX was a your typical 
    horse player at heart, someone that every horse player can identify 
    with.  He WILL be missed.
    
    -Dave-

    Danny Thomas passed away.  He was 79.

    Don Shula's wife Dorothy died yesterday.  She had been battling cancer
    for many years.
    
    

    Indirectly, someone from sports was killed.  A member of the very
    talented "Wild Geese" soccer team was on the Geese play in a DEC league
    in Worcester MA.  It is made up mostly of Irish and Scot's, some of who
    work in my group.  Unfortunately one of last years members was on a
    business trip from Ireland to CX.
    
    RTG

                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

                                        Date:     04-Mar-1991 09:09am EST
                                        From:     TRACY GALVIN @NRO
                                                  GALVIN.TRACY
                                        Dept:     ESG - Purchasing
                                        Tel No:   234-5026

TO: See Below

Subject: RIP - Mike Kavanaugh


                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

                                        Date:     04-Mar-1991 07:13am EST
                                        From:     FERRIE
                                                  FERRIE@MRGATE@GAOV08@GAO
                                        Dept:      
                                        Tel No:    

TO: See Below

Subject: The Irish Emigrant - Issue No.213

     =================================================================
     
     March 4, 1991            THE IRISH EMIGRANT          Issue No.213
     _________________________________________________________________
     Editor: Liam Ferrie                              Circulation: 895
     =================================================================
     
     
     *****************************************************************
     *								     *
     *  It is with the greatest sadness that I have to tell you      *
     *  that our colleague Mike Kavanagh was killed in yesterday's   *
     *  plane crash in Colorado Springs.  Mike was here in the 	     *
     *  plant on Friday and left Shannon over the weekend to visit   *
     *  Colorado on business.  Many readers in New England will	     *
     *  have known Mike personally, as he spent some time in the     *
     *  Salem (NH) and Marlboro (Mass) plants.  His death will be    *
     *  particularly regretted by his former colleagues in the Wild  *
     *  Geese soccer team in Massachusetts.  Mike was from Dublin    *
     *  and joined the company in January 1985.  The entire plant    *
     *  here is in a state of shock and our sympathy goes out to     *
     *  his wife, Una, and their two children Niamh and Linda.	     *
     *								     *
     *****************************************************************
     


Distribution:
 
TO:  MARY ENNIS @NRO                      ( ENNIS.MARY )
TO:  SHAUN ESKOLA @NRO                    ( ESKOLA.SHAUN A )
TO:  SUSAN E. OCONNOR @NRO                ( OCONNOR.SUSAN E )
TO:  STEVEN J RIZZO @NRO                  ( RIZZO.STEVEN J )
TO:  MARY TRUDEAU @NRO                    ( TRUDEAU.MARY )
TO:  JERRY VAILLANCOURT @NRO              ( VAILLANCOURT.JERRY )
 
    

    Left out a couple of words.  He was on the plane.  We in ESG and in
    Ireland are at a loss.

    I had the pleasure of knowing Mike through work. A few years back, when 
    I was still in Tewksbury, Mike and I worked together on the Argonaut and
    Aquarius programs.
    
    Mike leaves a wife and 2 children and will be sorely missed.  My heart
    goes out to his family and his GAO associates.
    
    Mark.

    Chris O'Brien, wife of BC basketball coach Jim O'Brien, died Sunday of
    heart failure.  She'd had surgery a year ago to have a pacemaker
    implanted.  She leaves two teenage daughters who play basketball at
    Westwood HS.  Her funeral is Thursday.
    
    John

From:	HYEND::WEDOIT::TOOMEY        4-MAR-1991 17:12:29.87
To:	HYEND::HOBBS,@HRSTAFF,BTOVT::WEAVER
CC:	TOOMEY
Subj:	Mike Kavanagh

It is with the greatest sadness that I have to tell you that our colleague 
Mike Kavanagh was killed in yesterday's plane crash in Colorado Springs.
Mike was well known in the New England area as he worked here as a test
engineer on Galway's behalf in Salem (NIO) and Marlboro (MRO) plants. He
had regular contact with test engineers in ACO and BTO also.

Mike was from Dublin and joined Digital in January 1985. He recently
relocated back to Galway with his wife Una and their 2 children Linda
and Niamh. He was visiting Colorado on DEC business.

His colleagues and friends here are deeply shocked by his death. We have 
organized a service in his memory. The details are in the attached note. 
Please help me to notify all that knew him and worked with him so that they 
may have the opportunity to attend.

Regards,
Paul

From:	IXION::WEDOIT::MCDERMOTT    "John McDermott, GAO Test Eng. 285-2422"  4-MAR-1991 16:23:29.59
To:	IXION::PTOOMEY
CC:	MCDERMOTT
Subj:	Mass for Mike Kavanagh

Dear Friends,

A memorial Mass will be held in St. Mary's, Queen of Peace, church in Salem,
NH, on Wednesday (6th) at 12pm lunchtime (see directions attached) for our 
dear friend and colleague, Mike Kavanagh. 

Please circulate this message to anyone who may be interested in attending.  

Regards,




Directions to St. Mary's Church :

Take 93 North to Exit 1 in NH. Continue to major intersection (Route 28) and
bear RIGHT at traffic lights. At next lights take a LEFT onto Cluff Rd.
Continue until Stop sign and take a RIGHT. Stay on this road until you come to 
another Stop sign, keeping RIGHT. Church is about 200 yards on RIGHT after this 
sign.

     

    I received the following eulogy from one of my workmates here in
    European Support.  Philip O'Keeffe, an Irish DEC employee, currently
    working in Northboro, wrote the following.  Philip is one of the more
    outspoken members of the "Wild Geese", and has a talent for putting pen
    to paper.
    
    The other tragedy Philip speaks of, is the sudden death of Mike and
    Unas child this January past.
    
    Regards,
    
    Tracy
    
                    The Rare Ould Times.
                    ===================

For Kav: To Una, Niamh and Linda. 

          
We have lost a dear, dear friend. Since news of his tragic death, we 
his friends from the Wild Geese soccer team have struggled to accept.
God often appears to deliver injustice upon the good for reasons only 
He understands, redoubling losses and agonies upon the innocent for 
inexplicable reasons. The Kav as we called him, The Kav with his 
infectious Dublin humour, his Northside/Southside jokes, and others, 
so many others that would have your sides sore from laughing.

The Kav, the dedicated professional who was a guardian and foster 
parent to new people in his work for the company, and a recognised 
achiever in his field. The Kav with his love and talent for music. I 
will always remember him for the night of his going away party last year 
from the U.S. In the small hours he brought out his guitar and started on 
his Dublin songs, songs sung and played from the heart, "ring a ring a 
rosie'........"I remember Dublin City in the Rare Ould Times". Our 
rare ould times with Mike were far too rare.

Among our group of emigrants there are those who knew Mike very 
closely, and those who knew him less well. All of us remember him with 
nothing but overwhelming fondness and exceptional warmth. All of us 
are deeply at a loss. This sense of loss and sorrow, despite its 
intensity, cannot even compare with that which Una, Niamh and Linda 
must be feeling. Most of us never met you, his cherished family. We 
knew of your other recent heartache. Our hearts and tears are with you 
in this terrible time. Believe me, we have all shed those tears in the 
past few days. I hope our shared grief helps in some small way as you 
grieve. Our words are too weak to express our sorrow for you and the 
loss of our dearest departed friend.

God Bless you Kav, Una, Niamh and Linda.

From all of your friends in the Wild Geese.
 

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    Again I have to report very sad news.  We in SPORTS all knew and liked
    Al, the king of the one lined responses.  Al worked in my group, and
    was a very well liked guy.  He left Digital last year to persue other
    interests.  We will all miss him.  The following are the details
    
    RTG                                                      
    
                         
It is my terribly sad duty to inform you of the sudden and tragic 
death of a friend and former workmate, Al Cote. Al died at home 
over the weekend of a perforated ulcer. It is truely shattering news. 
Al, just a young man with a full life ahead of him, was a very responsible 
and well liked member of the ESG I.S department for several years.  

I'm sure you all have memories of Al, and it might be a nice gesture to
take a few moments and reflect on the time Al was a member of ESG.


Al is being waked Thursday March 21 from 2-4, and 7-9pm at,

                Lincoln Funeral Home
                1501 Lonsdale Ave.
                Lincoln RI

 
A Funeral Mass is being said Friday morning 10am at,

                St. Edwards Church
                Weeden Street
                Pawtucket RI     



 I have arranged for flowers to be sent to the funeral home from ESG.

dave.....

  
    
    

Say it ain't so!

Wow, it always hits home hard when it's someone from SPORTS.


	The time you won your town the race
	We chaired you through the market-place;
	Man and boy stood cheering by,
	And home we brought you shoulder high.

	To-day the road all runners come,
	Shoulder-high we bring you home,
	And set you at your threshold down,
	Townsman of a stiller town.



frank

    
    oh, man....  the cheese lover...the one liners....the HAHAHAHAHA(tm)...
    
    he was missed when he left this file....he'll be missed by many i'm
    sure....
    
    rest in peace, AL
    
    -Dick
    

    jesus, tragic news, I met  Al  in northboro, a nice guy..
    
    Rest  in peace, al...  
    
    
    dinz
    

    Dam.. I worked 100 feet from AL and we talked everyday... I was in 4
    Rost. leagues with him... Dam... he loved the Paw Sox's... Dam...He
    loved the Prov. Friars.... Dam... He loved sports.... dam...

    I'm really sorry to hear that ... when I first starting ragging the
    Celts, he was one fo the first noters to write me off-line, telling me
    that "hey I enjoy it, I'm a C's fan, but keep the fun coming !".... it
    meant a lot ...
    
    He seemed like a nice guy, and a good man ....RIP Al. :-(

    Paul Brown died this morning.  They think it was a heart attack.
    
    The man changed the game as we know it today.  He will be missed.
    
    	--dan'l

 And, as the p-name says, former Phillies' left hander Chris Short
 died late last week.   Short was the Phillies' ace lefty in the
 1960's and along with righty Jim Bunning formed a strong front half
 of an otherwise weak starting rotation.
 
 In 1964, the Phils rode the arms of Bunning and Short to a 6� game
 lead with a little over 10 games left to play.   They lost a few in a
 row and then manager Gene Mauch went with a two man rotation of just
 Bunning and Short each pitching on a day or two of rest.    The Phils
 ended up losing 10 straight and finished in 3rd place behind St.
 Louis and Cincinnati.    It was one of the worst collapses of all
 time and the Phils were ruined for the rest of the decade and then
 some.
 
 1964 was the year I saw my first baseball game.   Phillies against
 the Houston Colt .45's in Connie Mack Stadium in August.   Johnny
 Callison hit a home run and Phils' rookie 3rd baseman Richie Allen
 also had a big night.   And Chris Short was the winning pitcher.
 
 Short suffered an aneurysm in a blood vessel in his brain three years
 ago and was in a coma in a nursing home in Delaware ever since.  The
 Phillies and the local community had been running some charity
 benefits for him because he had exhausted his medical insurance
 shortly after his stroke.
 
 Short was 53.    And, all of a sudden, I feel a *lot* older.
 
 Bob Hunt

    
    "Schottsie", the Cincinatti Reds mascot, was euthenized after a bout
    with bone cancer.  According to the news, he was buried wearing a Reds
    cap.
    
    Dickstah
    

 I'm sorry, I love animals and all that, but "Schottzie" was one of
 the most over-hyped and over-exposed dogs that have *ever* lived.
 
 It was pretty tiresome to try and watch a ballgame involving the Reds
 and have to put up with Marge's thing with the big St. Bernard.   And
 I think Eric Davis is right ... the dog did get treated better.
 
 I used to feel the same way about "Millie", the Designated Wimp's
 White House dog, but I changed my mind after it became known that the
 former Queen Bitch, Nancy Reagan, was mega-pissed that Millie's book
 was ranked higher on the booksellers' lists than her own ridiculous
 and bitter publication.
 
 Bob Hunt

    
    Do you think Underdog could've taken Schottzie in a pit fight?
    

    Just read a sad story out of Baltimore in the BASEBALL notesfile.  One
    of the men who serves as the Orioles' mascot was killed in a car crash
    last Thursday night.  This man (don't know his name, he was only 23)
    was coming back from a hospital where he went, in full bird costume,
    to visit a terminally ill child...he lost control of his car and was
    killed instantly.  
                                  
    
    py

    
    See, dying is a lot like rugby...
    

>    See, dying is a lot like rugby...


I'M PISSWARD IN MY PAINTS.... I'M ROLLING...

AND BELIEVE ME, DID I ****NEED**** A LAUGH....    

>          -< Hello?? Helloooo?  M.A.B. R U out there? Seen This????? >-


Kev:

	Rugby:  That which doesn't kill us, makes us stronger.


hth,
'Saw
    

    Im here just very, very, very, very busy...AFter 3.5 days off its
    even worse...Ill catch up with december notes by january or feb...
    
    							M.A.B

    
     I am very sorry to have to announce that Hoot's brother passed 
    away last week and will be missed by all those who knew him.
    Dan Gibson was a temporary employee with DEC for approx 1 yr
    and did participate in ::SPORTS on and off during that time. Dan
    contracted a viris a few years ago which attacked his heart muscle
    and reduced it's function to less than half of normal.  Dan managed 
    to live a full life the past few years,  playing golf, watching the
    Raiders and trying to keep his hopes up for a transplant.  I have
    not yet been able to contact Hoot to convey my saddness about Dans 
    passing.  I will pass on any from you folks if you would like when
    I do.  For those of us here at CXO who knew Dan and Dave there will
    be a memorial service some time this weekend.  When I have the details
    I will pass them on.  
    
    Heres to one of the Raiders biggest fans,
    
    R.I.P.  Dan and god bless 
    
    ;^(
    
    Big Game

      I heard about that Jack.  I didn't know Dan,  so I didn't know if it
    was appropriate for me to put anything in here.   Give HOOT the best...
    
        Tim

Big Game, please send Hoot the Chainsaw's condolences....8^(


'Saw

    This is scary. 
    
    I wuz talking to an aerobic's istructor at the gym who is back after
    spending the last 8 weeks in the hospital with the very same thing. 
    The virus literally destroyed a heart valve and they had to do open
    heart surgery.
    
    She's only 23 years old.
    
    When I met Hoot out at The Dublin House, he talked a lot about his
    brother and how they traveled out to Ohio together to visit friends and
    relatives.  If you see Hoot, give 'em my best.
    
    Mark.

    Mark,  
    
     From what I understand this is very rare...  I can't imagin how I'd
    deal with something like that happening to me.  To Dan Gibsons credit
    he never let it get him down and he enjoyed the rest of his life to 
    the best of his ability.  He was a great guy and will be rememberd by
    all who knew him.  I will pass on your best to Uncle Hootsie !
    
    BG

    	That's to bad Big Game, give my condolences to HOOT.

    Same here...

Big Game,

You should extract the portions of our note here, where we all give
condolences and take it to Hoot!


'Saw

    I'll do that Friday and bring it to the memorial service for
    Dan...
    
    BG

    
    	Send him mine too Jack.......
    
    	Claybone

       Yeah, me too. Sorry HOOT, the best to you and your family.
                                       Denny

    BG,
    
        Please extend my deepest sympathies to HOOT for his loss.
    
    John "D Cowboys" R.

    
    And please be sure to extend my condolonces to Hoot and his family.
    
    Dick
    

    Add me to the list and send my condolences to Hoot & Family, also
    please.
    
    JaKe
    

    Likewise for me ....
    
    Doc

    
    Also would like to wish Hoot and his family my condolences on the loss
    of his brother... I've been there...
    
    glenn
    

Hoot,

Condolences to you and your family. Like someone said, I've been there.

Drop us a line and keep in touch.

TTom

    My respects to you and yours, HOOT.
    
    JD

    
    Sorry to hear of your loss HOOT.  I'll say a prayer for him and
    your family.
    
    Kev
    

 Hang in there Hoot, Time heals all wounds...

 my condolences to you and yours...

 mike

 Hoot,
 
 My best wishes as well.   Take comfort in knowing that your brother is
 probably partying hearty with the 'Tooz ...
 
 Bob Hunt

    Geez, I was on vacation last week, so I guess this is too late for Big
    Game to take to Hoot.
    
    But, I want to add my condolensces to Hoot and his family for their
    loss.
    
    Lee

    
    
    	Blues legend Willie Dixon died of a heart attack yesterday at the
    age of 76. 
    
    Cadzilla 
     

Dick York of "twinkle twinkle twink" fame died of Emphysema age 63

    
    I thought he died a long time ago.
    

    Was it Dick York or Dick Sargent?  And if it's Sargent, I wonder
    if it was really emphasema or not...

    It was Dick York, of "Bewitched" fame.
    
    Made me wonder what he'd been doing since he left the show.
    
    A&W

    
    	He was 1st Darrin (Dick York) wasn't he?
    
    	Claybroon

    
    	Doesn't Sargent have the Magic stick?
    
    B.A.

    Dick York had been ill for some time, according to an article I read.
    
    However, he was quite active for charitable orgs via the phone.  Too
    bad, he did a great job on that show.
    
    Lee

    On Dick Sargent...he's definately alive, last time I heard his name
    mention was on "coming out day". Seem's the guy is a tad bit gay and
    he decided to let the world in on his lifestyle. 

    re-.1
    
    Saw him on some show(Geraldo/Oprah/SJR etc) and he was speaking out on
    AIDS cause he IS dying from it.
    
    JaKe
    

    Don Heinrich, College Hall of Famer, and backup QB on the Giants 1956
    Champeenship team, died Sunday after a_illness.   Heinrich was a grad
    of the University of Washington, and has been a coach, and announcer,
    and also the man behind Heinrich's College and Pro Football magazines.
    
    JD

    
    The punter from Penn State's 1987 championship team, John Bruno, died
    of cancer Monday.  He was 27.  
    

Heard on the radio this morning that Benny Hill died.  He was 67.

Although they reported that the cause of death was unknown, wasn't
he recently in the hospital?


I always loved Benny Hill.  Some of my friends thought it was stupid,
but it was comedy at its most primitive, full of sight gags and
innuendo....


'Saw

    
    Benny Hill was the cause of many a side splitting bout of 
    laughter for this fellow. He will be missed. I loved his
    spoofs, Ironside etc.. Great show.
    
    
    
    Steve

A favorite Benny Hill poem:


	And then there was Betty Mavery, 
	she had her own aviary
	and the biggest parakeets you've ever seen....



'Saw

       Unreal! We were talking about Monty Python and Benny after we left
    the Pub lasted night!
                                      Denny

    Nuts.... A great one dies.... I loved his skits on dogs....
    And one of my favs was the Ballroom dancing skit...
    CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    REK

    I too loved the Benny Hill Show.  It was at the height of its US
    popularity while I was in high school and early years of college.  
    Chanel 53 in Pittsburgh showed it and I used to make sure my homework
    was done by 11:00 so that I could watch it.
    
    Trivia: What 60's hit childrens movie did Benny Hill have a supporting
    role in?
    
    	--dan'l

      I heard Benny had heart problems as of recent..
    
     Tim

    Obviously, Benny had a taste for women with, in his own words, "grossen
    titsen".  No complaint here!
    
    Hawk
    

>    Trivia: What 60's hit childrens movie did Benny Hill have a supporting
>    role in?

Oliver Twist?

�< Note 96.82 by SHALOT::MEDVID "another who has maddening views" >
    
�    Trivia: What 60's hit childrens movie did Benny Hill have a supporting
�    role in?
    
		
Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang

Chap

       Debbie does the Muppets?
                                       Denny

    Yep, Benny Hill played the toy maker in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.  He's
    the one who helped Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howe (whom I had a major
    crush on when I was a young, innocent dude to be) trick the king into
    thinking they were toy gifts from the toy maker.  Great scene.
    
    	--dan'l

    Loved did Benny line.
    
    " Hi, I'm Ivor."
    
    Little Jackie Wright "Ivor whom?"
     Benny " Ivor Bigun from Mill Hill."
    
    Loved his comedy, but heard he had a problem with young lads. Pretty
    sad, but his comedy will live on.
    
    MikeL
    

    
    Captain Scuttle Roooooolz!!

    Sheez,
    
    Used to watch his shows whence I were stationed in England, then again
    once I came back to the States.
    
    The man was one of my sources of inspiration for some of my inane
    humor.
    
    JaKe
    

>    The man was one of my sources of inspiration for some of my inane
>    humor.
    
And your haids match too.....8^)


'Saw    

    Hardy Freakin' Har, Sawmain!!!
    
    (8^)*
    
    JaKe
    

    
    William M. Gaines, Editor, MAD magazine.  Founder of a part of
    Americana, the creator of Alfred E. Newman, Presidential candidate.
    Innovative and funny in it's day, now considered tame, but never
    off the deep end into the sleazeoid zone.  Parodied T.V., movies,
    songs.  Gave us Don Martin, Mort Drucker, Spy Vs. Spy, Sergio Arigones,
    Arthur.  Made fun of ads, but never accepted advertising in its pages.
    25 cents (cheap).
    

    MAD - tha magazine that parents went on search and destroy missions
    before their kids graduated to Playboy.
    
    The Crazy Met
    

    MAD, what a mag!
    Used to love their spoofs. The spoof on the Poisondown adventure was
    a side-splitter. Ya know in the end, they git rescued by the Titanic.
    
    Think it spawned the Lampoon, didn't it? My fav in the Lampoon was
    Tony Redendenzo, the Make-out artist. Always preached never to date
    girls who had to be home by 10 PM, cuz you couldn't git thangs going,
    ahem, dat early. Recommended dating the girls that didn't have to be
    home till midnight. Asked to relate some success stories, Tony said,
    "Cain't, have to be home by 10:30 myself!"
    
    Ah, school daze
    MikeL
    

    Dickstah, it makes sense that you were a MAD mag freak...  :-)
    
    Hawk
    

    MAD magazine.  Used to LUV it.
    
    Loved Sergio(somebody or other) and his "various places around the
    magazine."
    
    Also was a BIG Don Martin freak.
    
    Had a neighbor who had EVERY issue from the magazine's start thru 1981,
    and used to borrow them all the time and laugh my ass off.
    
    JaKe
    

    Richard Seitz, creator of the APBA baseball board game and founder of
    the APBA Game Company, died of a heart attack last Saturday in
    Lancaster, PA; he was 76.
    
    
    py

This is as good a place as any:

	Chuck Connors passed away yesterday at the age of 71 from
	lung cancer.

	Chuck played baseball for the Dodgers and the Cubs, and hoops
	with the Celtics.

	He was, of course, TV's "Rifleman" and starred in "Branded"


	I always liked Chuck, and Rifleman was a favorite when I
	was a kid...


	RIP Chuck!


'Saw

    folklore has it that he was the first to break a backboard too!
    
    At least that's what I thought I heard....
    
    Kev
    

Yup Chuck sure did break the first backboard on opening night at 
the Boston Arena.

For what it's worth, Chuck should've stuck to acting since it was 
this type of backboard breaking, duel-sport playin, future 
rifleman toting play that has made the NBA the sham it is today.
You can blame Chuck for just about everything that's wrong with 
the NBA and for that matter, MLB and the NHL.

Oh, and network television too..


:-)

daryll

    He sure meant business with that 30-30.
    
    BoB

    Yaknow darryl those were my thoughts exactly!!!!!

Didn't Chuck COnners also have a tryout or something wif the Dodgers.

JD

       Yeah, he was a 2-sporter. It's 'cause a guys like him that we have
    Deion today!
                                           Denny

    
    dd=jd-in-training (cept he needs work on conspiracy theories)

Chuck played for the Dodgers and Cubs.  Not many games, but he did play.

I couldn't find his hoops stats, but I have his baseball stats at home.


And yes, I agree, Daryll "Camptown Ladies Sing that Song" Doda is a
JD in training.


It would have been vintage JD if Daryll could have worked in the following:

	- mob ties to Chuck Connors.

	- Chuck Connors as The Rifleman was really and undercover
	  hit man for the mob.

	- Chuck Connors was really "Branded" for having an affair
	  with Iris Chacon.

	- Chuck Connors was really the one beating Johnny Crawford,
	  not Joan.


hth,
'Saw

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      A good article in the local rag (Burlington Free Pree) this 
    morning talked about the backboard breaking incident.  A short
    section from the article (reprinted without permission):
    
    	It was Nov 5, 1946.  Fans arrived at the Celtics' home
    	opener straight from the polling booth, where they had
    	just elected John F Kennedy to Congress for the first
    	time.
    
    	The game at the Boston Arena against the Chicago Stags
    	was set for 8:30 that evening, and 4,329 fans had paid
    	up to $2.75 a ticket to see the first game of the new
    	National Basketball Association in Boston.
    
    	But the game was delayed for more than an hour when
    	Connors, a 6-foot-7 player from Seton Hall, took a shot
    	that bounced off the front of the rim.
    	
    	"During the warmups, I took a set shot, a harmless 15 to
    	20 foot set shot, and CRASH, the glass backboard shatter-
    	ed," Connors recalled in a 1986 interview with George
    	Sullivan, who wrote "The Picture History of the Boston
    	Celtics."
    
    	It was the first year for glass backboards.  A worker had
    	forgotten to install a piece of rubber that was supposed
    	to go between the rim and the glass.
    
    
      Other facts from the article:
    
    	Connors was the starting center for the first Boston Celtics
    	team.
    
    	Connors averaged 4.6 points a game in the 1946-47 season.  He
    	was dropped by the Celtics after 4 games of the next season.
    
    -Ron-
    

I think Conners was also known as "Kevin" in those days.  His given name was 
Kevin Charles, and when he became an actor, it became Chuck.

    
    Carl Barger, President of the Florida Marlins, and formerly the
    President of the Pittsburgh Pirates, collapsed at the Baseball meetings
    and died a short time later in surgery.  Barger suffered an anurism,
    and a ruptured aorta.
    
    JaKe
    

1992, as with every year, saw the passing of quite a number of sports
figures.   Here's a listing of some of those that passed away:

Lyle Alzado, 43
Sandy Amaro, 62
Eric Andolsek, 25
Red Barber, 84
Carl Barger, 62
Jerome Brown, 27
Buck Buchanan, 51
Joe Burke
Bob Kane, 81
Eddie Lopat, 73
Sal "the Barber" Maglie, 75
Jim Nance, 49
Pete Pavia, 53
Mike Plant, 42
Helen Candaele St. Austin, 63
Rod Scurry 36
Jean Yawkey, 83
Bret Hanover, 30 (okay, so Bret was a horse - but he sired 1200 winning 
horses !)

JD

Add one to that list:Sal Maglie died this week

The Crazy Met

    
    He's in there, Craze. 
    
    

    TCM... wake up.  (-:  Sal's already on the list.

Hey folks this is still sleep time for me!:-)

The Crazy Met

    RIP, Pete Pavia.  Only wish your curtain call hadn't been so spiteful.
    
    
    - ACC Chris

Wow what class! A wish that Pete RIP even though he 
commited the heinous crime of ejecting Dean-man :-)

The Crazy Met

Its attitude like those expressed in .121 that have lead to the moral degradation
of our society.

JD

�Its attitude like those expressed in .121 that have lead to the moral degradation
�of our society.

I thought it was henious acts like ejecting Dean Smith from tournament games
that have lead to the moral degradation of our society...

    An addition:
    
    	
    	The Bird - Magic Era.

    I believe the hoss' name wuz Hanover Bret.

    
    In Springfield, Mass. where once stood the inspiration to a Dr. Seuss
    story, "I saw it on (mubmlefratz) Street", some character, without a
    demolition permit tore down the house that was the inspiration for this
    story.
    
    City, civic and historical leaders are greatly berieved - this was
    after all, a famous designated-landmark.
    
    Rest in Peace, house.....

    > Rest in Peace, house ...
    
    I must have a sick sense of humor, but I'm still laughin' over that
    line!
    
    Haw haw haw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
    
    
    - ACC Chris

    The house was on Mulberry street Kevin... Has your memory gotten this
    bad when you can't remember what you read yesterday?
    
    REK

    Yesterday, Johnny Most, the "Voice of The Celtics", passed away.
    
    He was 69 years-old, and had been in poor health for some time.  He
    suffered a heart attack early Sunday, and died in the afternoon.
    
    I fondly remember some of his more memorable lines, such as "Havlicek
    stole the ball", and "Siggy is in his shirt".  There are many more.
    
    He was, without a doubt, a Celtic fan, and I doubt that any announcer
    was more closely identified with the team he covered.  
    
    R.I.P., John.
    
    Lee

re the last few:

	The House on Mulberry Street did indeed get torn down.
	The city's historical commission is up in arms over the
	demolition, and is actually insisting that the house
	(a vacant lot now) be restored to original condition.

	There is also talk of levying a $1000/day fine on the
	guy who had the demolition done....


re Johnny Most:

	You either loved him or hated him, and he was a Homer
	of the First Degree, but he certainly had style.
	
	I loved the way he got all over Jake O'Donnell....

	I'll never forget his call of the fight between 
	Samson and Sichting....


'Saw

    
    REK,
    YUP!
    
    Lack o' nicotene does strange thangs to brain cells.
    
    I remain,
    somewhere around 3 weeks of cold turkey
    Kev
    

    I remember "Johnny Most" day at the Bounty Lounge in Nashua.  They had
    the Johnny Most sound alike contest with Most acting as the judge...
    
    He was an ugly guy, but seemed to know how to have fun.  He musta
    smoked twenty butts that night...
    
    Chip_GSH_Bach

    
     Remember Bob "Denver/Dallas/Johnny Most" Crews...  He must be
    Devistated by this new...  He kissed the ground Johnny walked on.
    I wonder how old Bob is anyHOOT !!
    
    BG

    Hey, I used to work with JimBob Dallas/Denver/Chicago/Washington almost
    If he's still around I'll have to ask how Sue Ellen's doing.  Also,
    if he's gone back to any of the bowling alley's where the "bad element"
    hangs out.
    
    Didn't he say he drove a caddy with a big hood ornament?
    
    
    Spud

    
     AHhh... an oldtimer...  Ole Jim Bob Crews was a master noter from way
    back.  He even got me elected NOTY one year by buying votes.  I kept
    in touch with him for a long time but we drifted and I haven't seen
    hide nor hair of him in 2+years.  Ifn you find the Bum let me know
    where he is and I'll hassel him... Should be fun !!
    
    BG

    He told me yesterday he'd make an appearance.  I don't think he'd mind
    hearing from a few of the oldtimers.  He's at XCUSME::CREWS
    
    You're welcome, JimBob.  :*)
    
    
    Spud

    
    JimBob and I were like brothers.  I was really surprised that he didn't
    pop back in here now that the 'pokes are decent.
    
    Brews, whose got a new pc and a new editor, and no idea what this note
    will look like.poo'pokes are pop back in here, now that the C
    

    
    HE LIVES !!!!   Great,  I think I'll send hime a quick note...
    
    BG

    another great story about Bob...  Along long long time ago in a land
    far far away Crews send HOOT an autographed (signed Bob Crews)Picture 
    of Johnny Most claiming it as himself.  HOOT not knowing Johnny Most 
    from Madonna by face hangs it on his office wall believing in good 
    faith that it is Crews.  Well it hangs ther for about a month before
    Hervy Church (A Least Coaster) comes by and says to HOOT, WTF are you
    doing with a picture of Johnny Most in your office (HOOT hate the Celts
    and lets everyone know...  Hervy was a fan)  HOOT was blown away !
    Thats how the Johnny Most part of the nick name came about.
    
    BG

    Rudolph Nureyev, ballerina, and Dizzy Gillespie, band leader went to
    the big stage in the sky today.
    
    JaKe
    

 �   Rudolph Nureyev, ballerina, and Dizzy Gillespie, band leader went to
 
Wow, Nureyev?  I'm shocked - how old was he?  He was a great, classic ballet 
dancer, right down to the image.  While ballet is not a sport, he was a great
athlete.

    Don't know his age, but he was visited by the Grim Reaper whilst in
    France.
    
    JaKe
    

    54 or 55 or so...
    

    Nureyev was 54.  It was reported that he died of Aids related
    complications while in France.
    
     - Bob Roper

    Hey Needle,
    
    You're only about 9 hours late with the news, see .143, which reported
    Gillespie and Nureyev.
    
    JaKe
    

The Diz was 75 and died of pancreatic cancer....

Gonna miss him.  I remember when I was a kid taking trumpet lessons, the
teachers always said "Don't puff out your cheeks, you can't play that
way", and then we discovered Dizzy Gillespie......


Dizzy and Miles Davis were always favorites, and in my mind, occupy
places of prominence in the Pantheon.  Both are gone now....8^(


'Saw

   About 10 years ago I told myself that I'd have to see as many
  of the legends of jazz and blues as possible before they passed
  on. One of those legends was Dizzie Gillespie and I got to see
  him at Jonathan Swift's about eight years ago. He was an old cat
  and he didn't have the fire that he'd once had, but when he launched
  into "Salt Peanuts" for a little while he was transformed. I'm 
  glad I got to see him.
    

I never got to see him in person, unfortunately.

I did get a chance to see Buddy Rich, and a couple of years later actually
road a shuttle with him and several band members (just me and them) out
to a DC-10 at the Munich airport.   Very nice guy.


'Saw

Gillespie lived around the Columbia U. area. There is a local bar there
that used to be called the West End and is now he West End Gate - owned by
the sme guy who owns the Village Gate. The West End has a room where they
always had Jazz bands. Every so often Gillespie would either be scheduled
there or would just show up.

The Crazy Met