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Intimate Lighting is another exquisite Czech comedy by one of the scenarists of Loves of a Blonde, 33-year-old Director Ivan Passer. Slight but abrim with self-assurance, the film simply jogs along delightfully from moment to moment, following a young middle-aged musician, Peter, who takes his cello and his mistress to the country for a day or so, intending to play a concert with his former classmate, Bambas...
...holdout who really rattled the rafters was Quarterback John Brodie of the San Francisco 49ers, No. 1 passer in the N.F.L. last year. Before the merger, Brodie had accepted a threeyear, $750,000 contract to play for the A.F.L.'s Houston Oilers. His deal was abrogated by the merger. Brodie took a trip to Hawaii, hired San Francisco Attorney John Elliott Cook to represent him, and threatened a court action against the merger unless somebody coughed up the $750,000 he had been promised-plus damages...
Scores to Settle. The Chargers ranked No. 1 in the league both in total offense and total defense. They had the A.F.L. 's top passer in Quarterback John Hadl, the top rusher (1,121 yds.) in Halfback Paul Lowe, the best pass receiver in Flanker Lance Alworth, and a monstrous (276 Ibs. per man) defensive line anchored by the biggest man in football: 6-ft. 9-in., 315-lb. Ernie Ladd. What's more, they had already clobbered the Bills once this season, 34-3. The odds makers made San Diego a 6½-point favorite. "According...
Unitas of the Future. If the A.F.L. has one glaring weakness, it is at quarterback-mostly because, as one A.F.L. coach admits, "it takes time to develop a topnotch passer." Nine National League quarterbacks have completed better than 50% of their passes this season-against only three for the American League. But what does it matter how well a man can throw a ball if he can't get out of bed? Last week no fewer than five of the N.F.L.'s first-string quarterbacks were nursing injuries, and Baltimore's Johnny Unitas, who damaged a knee...
What makes the A.F.L. really mad is criticism of its defenses-and it gets plenty. "They don't rush the passer," says one National League coach. "Their quarterbacks have all day to get the ball away." American League coaches, on the other hand, charge that such "sophisticated" maneuvers as the safety blitz are actually pirated A.F.L. inventions. And When it comes to sheer size and strength on defense, the A.F.L. refuses to take a back seat to anybody. The defensive line of the champion Buffalo Bills averages 275 Ibs. per man-18 Ibs. per man more than the N.F.L...