All right, fans, it's halftime here at beautiful Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, and before the Dallas Chaparrals and the Denver Rockets come back on court we have that special basketball game you all—well, half of you, anyway—came out to see. You know, the Chaparrals drew just 2,000 people last week. Tonight we've got more than 4,000 here!
Now...preeesenting...from Las Vegas, Nevada, and wearing, well, nothing much to speak of...the Desert Inn Pzazzers! Shirley, Rusty, Margi...give 'em a hand, folks, and let's have a cheer for their coach, Quarterback Craig Morton of the Dallas Cowboys. ...Well, Craig, they say only the great ones get booed.
Opposing these finely trained young athletes...representing Frontier Airlines...the lithe and talented Frontier Jets! Here they come, fans...Jill, Jackie, Honey. Folks, wouldn't you love to be served coffee, tea or milk by one of them? Let's hear it for the Jets.
Ladies and gentlemen, what you are about to see is the second annual Glamour Cup Dribble. Will we have a high-scoring game? Hard to say—our Jets won the 1969 battle 3-2. Oh, yes—there are some special rules. No hair-pulling for one. O.K., girls, we're ready. Play!
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March 30, 1970
Booktalk
Yesterday/Blood Brother
Scouted by a drinker of lemon extract and signed as a shortstop by the Indians of Fort Qu'Appelle, this part-time mink rancher starred briefly as a pitcher until a thunderstorm struck him out
Mystique
That special aura of success surrounding UCLA basketball—the achievement of John Wooden—surely did not hinder the Bruins at College Park, but the champions earned their glory and their title
While UCLA was psyching out the NCAA and Marquette was sewing up the NIT, a game between Las Vegas show girls and some airline stewardollies gave basketball a new shape—and a lot bigger gate
Pistol Pete
Showtime with Pete Maravich came to Madison Square Garden and New Yorkers loved it, but Marquette brought in a star performer of its own—a local boy at that—and easily won the NIT tournament
Gooey Sickness
In the wake of a blazing well, spilling oil menaces the Louisiana coast; only the north wind has saved the land
People
Motor Sports
Leadfoot Mario Andretti hopped from a failing Ferrari into a live one and beat the Porsche of brokenfoot Steve McQueen by mere seconds
Baseball
With superior players, a quietly capable manager and a new color scheme, the Athletics this year hope to draw some spectators for a change
Boating
One of the world's worst cases of sailing fever has made Stuart Walker, M.D. a small-boat skipper of wide renown. Walker is a man of such tenacity that he has been known to keep racing even when dismasted
Hap i nes
Oh, there were a few sleepless hours from the bawling sea lions and screaming gulls, and the plumbing was awry, but there were plenty of big fish and only one tarantula
For The Record
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
Departments
How about that, folks? We did have a high scoring game, even though our Jets lost it 5-2. Let me review the action—Shirley Allen! Unbelievable! Two field goals—two!—for the Pzazzers. A regular Pete Maravich (page 22)! Not to downgrade our Super Jet, Letha Luster. She got a field goal, too!
You know, folks, I suspect the press agents for the Inn and the airline set up this game, but do you know who really scored? The Dallas Chaparrals, that's who! Two thousand extra paid admissions, and, boy, do we need 'em!