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...although we may feel twangs of animosity towards the players, we nevertheless long for them to perform. Americans revere gridiron heros more than they do the boys of summer. Does the country stay at home to watch baseball doubleheaders like it does Monday night football? Do Distraught women write Reader's Digest complaining that bug-eyed husbands watch baseball too much? The truth is at least half the top-rated shows have been Superbowls, and while most football teams are financial successes, some baseball teams never break even...
...thrill was almost not enough for the home-town boy. Henderson wanted to play football instead. The All-City running back at Oakland Tech gained 1,100 yds. in his senior year (after batting .716 the previous spring), but turned down a dozen gridiron scholarships because his strong-willed mother, Bobbie, thought that he would have a longer career in baseball. Says Henderson: "My mother's only advice about trying for the record was 'Stay healthy.' " Success has not gone to his head...
...President Richard Nixon warned Dole that "it's getting to be scapegoat time and you're going to be blamed." Dole admits that the defeat depressed and soured him for a time. By early 1978, however, he was able to joke about the episode at a Washington Gridiron Club dinner. "I'll never forget the Dole-Mondale debate," he said. "Three empty chairs got up and walked out. I was supposed to go for the jugular...
...audience was dressed to the hilt-formal wear was mandatory for the occasion, the 97th Annual Gridiron dinner thrown by the Washington press corps. But that did not prevent members from poking fun at Honored Guest Nancy Reagan, 60, and her reputation for the name-wear of haute couture. They produced a barbed, post-dinner skit, to the tune of Second Hand Rose, that featured such lines as "Secondhand dress/ Goodbye, you old worn-out mess/ I never wear a frock more than once/ Calvin Klein, Adolfo, Ralph Lauren and Bill Blass/ Ronald Reagan's mamma's going...
Although Wentzell's team may not post scores worthy of the gridiron, his starting lineup is still one of the best in the area. Third baseman Pat Horne brings otherwordly stats--a .627 batting average, five home runs, 31 runs scored and 31 RBIs--to the cleanup spot, and players like catcher Gill Raney and centerfielder Jakoyic should take advantage of the recent exodus...