Word: shea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...prospects and keep them out of the clutches of A.F.L. recruiters. An N.F.L. scout named Dick Pollard tagged along incognito when Indiana Fullback Tom Nowatzke flew to New York and talked contract with the A.F.L.'s New York Jets. The unwitting Jets gave Pollard a chatty tour of Shea Stadium ("Nice," said the spy) and allowed him to sit in on salary negotiations, thinking he was the boy's financial adviser -only to learn the bitter truth after Nowatzke signed with the Detroit Lions instead...
...ENTERTAINERS (CBS, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). A new revue series starring Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart and Caterina Valente, with occasional appearances by Art Buchwald, Tessie O'Shea and others. Premi...
...Boom!-the story exploded on the sports pages of every New York paper. Rumors seethed through the National League that Giants Owner Horace Stoneham was about to fire Dark for being a racist. Before the first Mets game, 35 newsmen crowded into the visitors' dressing room in Shea Stadium to hear Dark explain himself. "I was definitely misquoted on some things," he said, "and other statements were deformed. If you are going to make such statements, you are either stupid or ready to quit baseball." Newsday's Isaacs stood by his story: "I don't retract anything...
...Shriner invasion. The nobles had spent freely on liquor, nightclubs and souvenirs, but had remained the orderly, decent citizens they are back home. In between the public displays of high jinks, the Shriners found time to entertain children in hospitals, mounted an eight-hour display-cum-parade at Shea Stadium, where some 30,000 spectators shelled out $2 to watch wheeling formations of huge men driving miniature cars and a motorized ferris wheel that dunked its four riders in an oversize tub of soapy water every twelve seconds. More somberly, they jammed into Radio City Music Hall for prayer services...
...trips to Stevens Point in a week. The Angels flew Rick to Palm Springs in Owner Gene Autry's private plane, gave him a tour of Hollywood, brunch in Bel Air, and dinner in Studio City. The New York Mets offered him everything but the seats in Shea Stadium, and the Yankees retaliated with a reported...