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...Memphis, some 900 concerned adults have volunteered to help with probation by befriending and advising problem youths. "The role model is a tremendous factor in youth crime," declares Judge Gelber. "The potential for great change is there. If a pimp can get to a kid, so can Walt Frazier...
...fisted management of M. Donald Grant was shortchanging the team out of any possibility of pennant contention. The fracas that ensued among the local hacks was almost as intense as the dissension within the team. The Post called for the board of directors to dump Grant and manager Joe Frazier; Dick Young in the News said Grant should get rid of Tom Seaver, Jon Matlack, Dave Kingman and the rest of the "crybabies." Venerable Red Smith of the Times thought this indictment of Seaver, a three-time Cy Young award winner, a bit harsh; Young responded by referring to Smith...
Ashe urged parents to "instill a desire for learning alongside the desire to be Walt Frazier," and called on young blacks to spend two hours in the library for every hour on the athletic field. "We have been on the same roads-sports and entertainment-too long," he continued. "We need to pull over, fill up at the library and speed away to Congress and the Supreme Court, the unions and the business world." Then, in a humorous tone but still expressing what many blacks feel is true-and what whites are coming to acknowledge-he predicted...
...know. But everybody's going to be betting for Rocky. Believe me. Bobick couldn't beat Norton if he was getting blood transfusions from Joe Frazier...
Long John gets on the telephone and calls Harpo. He tells Harpo about Bobick and Frazier and Wepner and Rocky. Then he tells him about Norton. Long John is cautious. He knows some of Harpo's friends call him up to find out who Harpo thinks is a sure bet. Then they bet the other way. That's called the Harpo System. (In the back of his mind, Long John's hoping Harpo will scare some people into betting for Bobick.) Because Harpo smells a sure winner...