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...Philadelphia -- while the television audience started out curiously strong (just three or four rating points off the normal 14) but dwindled as the afternoon bore on and the novelty wore out. In 17 years, only one Monday- night program ever summoned less interest than the sans San Francisco 49ers versus the new New York Giants, though the show contained one exquisite moment. Beginning the second half, 49ers Coach Bill Walsh inserted a running quarterback and abruptly switched to a college-style "wishbone" offense. Across the field, New York's Bill Parcells took a double look and exploded in laughter...
...Kemp relaxes in his book-lined den with football trophies and framed family photographs crowding the mantle. A giant black satellite dish ! connected to his 20-inch RCA television allows him to watch most of the games of his eldest son Jeff, a backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. He hates the campaign travel, hates being separated from his family...
Whether or not Milorganite is to blame, Bob Waters is convinced that the 49ers' cluster is not a coincidence. He has launched a personal crusade to find the cause. Over the past two months, with help from Dr. Appel, Waters has written and mailed questionnaires to 114 former 49ers inquiring about their physical condition, medications they have taken over the years and any unusual environmental exposures they had while on the team. Waters himself remembers taking anabolic steroids, to add muscle bulk, and other drugs...
Waters has been frustrated in his quest by what he perceives to be the 49ers management's lack of cooperation in providing addresses and his own medical records. "They have been reluctant to help and unfeeling of the situation," he charges. He is particularly bitter because, he says, he received the addresses too late to get the questionnaires to Hazeltine and Lewis, who might have provided some valuable clues before they died. As his physical condition deteriorates -- he has dropped 20 lbs. and has lost the use of both arms -- his search becomes more urgent. "If we can trace back...
...Gehrig' s disease strikes three former San Francisco 49ers. One suspected cause: a fertilizer used on their practice field...