Plight of the Hunter
Reich Goeth Before the Wiesenthal
Or
Rock On
The Boys from Brazil can come out from under the bed, Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal has died at the age of 96. Wiesenthal lost 89 relatives in concentration camps and was bounced between several camps before his rescue by American soldiers in Austria. Following the war, Wiesenthal dedicated his life to bringing, by his account, more than 1,000 Nazi war criminals to justice, and perhaps more importantly, ensuring that the world would not sweep the Holocaust into history books. Among those he helped capture was the Vienna policeman who had arrested Anne Frank, detective work that countered Holocaust deniers who claimed the diary had been fabricated In more recent years, as trails and ex-Nazis grew cold, the Simon Wiesenthal Center focused its efforts on fighting anti-Semitism.
Shawn and I were prepared to sit shiva and take 10 points apiece. My Youth in Asia move into 6th and Shawn’s Team One takes 10th.
Elsewhere on the ethereal plane….
Bowled Over
Chris Schenkel, ABC’s all-purpose broadcaster for six decades, has died at the age of 82. Schenkel came from the era of broadcasters who put the game ahead of their own egos, so there are no “Boo-yas,” “You are looking lives,” or “Slama-lama Ding Dongs” to put on his tombstone, just a portfolio that includes broadcasting arguably the single greatest games in the history of pro football, the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants and Nebraska’s 35-31 win over Oklahoma in 1971. He was the man in the booth for the first televised Masters Tournament, was the first to serve as live sports anchor from the Olympics, in Mexico City in 1968. He frequently fronted the Indianapolis 500, and during the 1971 race was in the pace car that crashed into a set of bleachers. And to calm down from all the jet-setting, he also was the longtime voice of the Professional Bowlers Assn., entertaining a generation of viewers with his Saturday afternoon broadcasts. Schenkel’s greatest gift was his versatility, as he was inducted into 16 halls of fame, including the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters and College and Pro Football halls, and he won an Emmy for lifetime achievement in 1993.
On the Fritsch
A name you’re going to be hearing in about 4 months, Toni Fritsch, has died at the age of 60. Fritsch played soccer in Austria for 14 years before he rode the soccer-style kicker wave to the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys. A member of the 1971 Super Bowl Champion team, Fritsch set the NFL record with field goals in 13 consecutive playoff games. Patriots placekicker Adam Vinatieri is currently on a 12-game streak.
The Day the Director Lay Still
Or
The Sound of Silence
Robert Wise, four-time Oscar winning director and producer, better hope somebody up there likes him, after dying at the age of 91. Best known for the 40 years of pain (and counting) he inflicted with his dancing away from the Nazis’ crap-o-rama The Sound of Music, Wise started as the editor of Orson Welles’ classic. Wise had previously mined Oscar gold with singing and dancing Puerto Rican gang members in West Side Story. Other highlights included the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still, Executive Suite, The Curse of the Cat People, Somebody Up There Likes Me and Run Silent, Run Deep. He also sensitively handled the love triangle between the stultifyingly dull Steven Collins, the equally wooden Persis Khambatta and the Voyager spacecraft in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Rocket Man
Joe Bauman, the only man to hit 70 homers in a season without the benefit of steroids, has died at the age of 83. Bauman developed pneumonia after breaking his pelvis at a ceremony renaming the scene of his triumph in his honor. As an outfielder with the Roswell Rockets of the Class C Longhorn League, in 1954 Bauman hit 72 homers, with 224 RBIs while hitting .400. In his 9-year minor league career, he hit 337 homers, but never got a sniff of the majors. He did however, get a lot of ham, as a local packing plant gave him a cured ham for each homer. He actually refused a promotion, which would have resulted in a pay cut, as in the low minors at the time, fans would pass money to players through the grandstand netting after home runs. Bauman earned as much as $250 a game, more than most players earned in a month.
No Moore
Constance Moore, the original Wilma Deering to the serial’s Buck Rodgers, has died at the age of 84.
The Corpse McMullen
John McMullen, former owner of the Houston Astros and the man who brought the Devils to New Jersey, has died. McMullen also was one of the partners who bought the New York Yankees from CBS in 1974, though he observed that there is nothing so limiting as being a limited partner of George Steinbrenner.
Clendone-in
Donn Clendenon, a journeyman outfielder who captured lightning in a bottle for one week in 1969, has died at the age of 70. Clendenon hit 3 homers in the 1969 World Series, winning the MVP and helping to carry the Miracle Mets to a 5-game victory over the vaunted Baltimore Orioles.
Gang-Related
Tommy Bond, a child actor of the 1930s, has died in a Gang-related incident. Bond served as the antagonist Butch on The Little Rascals and Our Gang, in competing with Alfalfa for Darla’s affections. Bond also was the original screen Jimmy Olsen in the first Superman movies of the late 1940s.
Or
Rock On
The Boys from Brazil can come out from under the bed, Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal has died at the age of 96. Wiesenthal lost 89 relatives in concentration camps and was bounced between several camps before his rescue by American soldiers in Austria. Following the war, Wiesenthal dedicated his life to bringing, by his account, more than 1,000 Nazi war criminals to justice, and perhaps more importantly, ensuring that the world would not sweep the Holocaust into history books. Among those he helped capture was the Vienna policeman who had arrested Anne Frank, detective work that countered Holocaust deniers who claimed the diary had been fabricated In more recent years, as trails and ex-Nazis grew cold, the Simon Wiesenthal Center focused its efforts on fighting anti-Semitism.
Shawn and I were prepared to sit shiva and take 10 points apiece. My Youth in Asia move into 6th and Shawn’s Team One takes 10th.
Elsewhere on the ethereal plane….
Bowled Over
Chris Schenkel, ABC’s all-purpose broadcaster for six decades, has died at the age of 82. Schenkel came from the era of broadcasters who put the game ahead of their own egos, so there are no “Boo-yas,” “You are looking lives,” or “Slama-lama Ding Dongs” to put on his tombstone, just a portfolio that includes broadcasting arguably the single greatest games in the history of pro football, the 1958 NFL Championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants and Nebraska’s 35-31 win over Oklahoma in 1971. He was the man in the booth for the first televised Masters Tournament, was the first to serve as live sports anchor from the Olympics, in Mexico City in 1968. He frequently fronted the Indianapolis 500, and during the 1971 race was in the pace car that crashed into a set of bleachers. And to calm down from all the jet-setting, he also was the longtime voice of the Professional Bowlers Assn., entertaining a generation of viewers with his Saturday afternoon broadcasts. Schenkel’s greatest gift was his versatility, as he was inducted into 16 halls of fame, including the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters and College and Pro Football halls, and he won an Emmy for lifetime achievement in 1993.
On the Fritsch
A name you’re going to be hearing in about 4 months, Toni Fritsch, has died at the age of 60. Fritsch played soccer in Austria for 14 years before he rode the soccer-style kicker wave to the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys. A member of the 1971 Super Bowl Champion team, Fritsch set the NFL record with field goals in 13 consecutive playoff games. Patriots placekicker Adam Vinatieri is currently on a 12-game streak.
The Day the Director Lay Still
Or
The Sound of Silence
Robert Wise, four-time Oscar winning director and producer, better hope somebody up there likes him, after dying at the age of 91. Best known for the 40 years of pain (and counting) he inflicted with his dancing away from the Nazis’ crap-o-rama The Sound of Music, Wise started as the editor of Orson Welles’ classic. Wise had previously mined Oscar gold with singing and dancing Puerto Rican gang members in West Side Story. Other highlights included the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still, Executive Suite, The Curse of the Cat People, Somebody Up There Likes Me and Run Silent, Run Deep. He also sensitively handled the love triangle between the stultifyingly dull Steven Collins, the equally wooden Persis Khambatta and the Voyager spacecraft in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Rocket Man
Joe Bauman, the only man to hit 70 homers in a season without the benefit of steroids, has died at the age of 83. Bauman developed pneumonia after breaking his pelvis at a ceremony renaming the scene of his triumph in his honor. As an outfielder with the Roswell Rockets of the Class C Longhorn League, in 1954 Bauman hit 72 homers, with 224 RBIs while hitting .400. In his 9-year minor league career, he hit 337 homers, but never got a sniff of the majors. He did however, get a lot of ham, as a local packing plant gave him a cured ham for each homer. He actually refused a promotion, which would have resulted in a pay cut, as in the low minors at the time, fans would pass money to players through the grandstand netting after home runs. Bauman earned as much as $250 a game, more than most players earned in a month.
No Moore
Constance Moore, the original Wilma Deering to the serial’s Buck Rodgers, has died at the age of 84.
The Corpse McMullen
John McMullen, former owner of the Houston Astros and the man who brought the Devils to New Jersey, has died. McMullen also was one of the partners who bought the New York Yankees from CBS in 1974, though he observed that there is nothing so limiting as being a limited partner of George Steinbrenner.
Clendone-in
Donn Clendenon, a journeyman outfielder who captured lightning in a bottle for one week in 1969, has died at the age of 70. Clendenon hit 3 homers in the 1969 World Series, winning the MVP and helping to carry the Miracle Mets to a 5-game victory over the vaunted Baltimore Orioles.
Gang-Related
Tommy Bond, a child actor of the 1930s, has died in a Gang-related incident. Bond served as the antagonist Butch on The Little Rascals and Our Gang, in competing with Alfalfa for Darla’s affections. Bond also was the original screen Jimmy Olsen in the first Superman movies of the late 1940s.
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