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August 9, 1971
Mr. George McClelland, Sports Editor
The Virginian Pilot
Dear George:
As you know...during my speech at the Norfolk Sports Club...I described to the members there how I had PK'd 13 pro football teams, to take effect this season...the Jets among the 13...and I stated to all assembled that Namath would be removed from the field of action before even half the season had progressed.
Last night the Jets played the Lions...and I picked it up on my powerful shortwave radio...and threw my strange mental force at Namath...efore the first half had even ended, he was injured in a freak accident...and will not be able to play for a year. Thus, the heading of your article "If Owens Speaks, Listen) was only too true. Namath should have paid attention to it, for I sent a copy of it to the Jets...and in the article you even printed that "the seer that makes things happen...stated Namath wouldn't last half the season. Perhaps now...he is more of a believer...and next time, will listen when Owens speaks.
It is a strange coincidence that I knocked Namath out of action in the first exhibition game of the season...exactly as I knocked Norm Snead of the Eagles out with a broken leg several years ago...in the first play of the first exhibition game of the season in Philadelphia. In both cases I used my mental attack in the same way. And with Snead...there was no doubt about the mysteriousness of it. Not one soul, no one, was near him when he went down as if poleaxed...and with a broken leg. Stan Hochman, Phila. Daily News reporter, told me he was there on the sidelines...taking pictures of Snead when it happened...and he, Stan, couldn't believe his eyes at the time because no one approached or hit Snead. (I was in the stands at the time, using my mind on Snead.)
So, anyway...the first prediction has come true...of the list you printed in your article in your newspaper on July 20, 1971.
Best regards to you...
Ted Cwens (PK Man)
Box 8184 CHS
Norfolk, Virginia 23514
New address:
Box 48
Cape Charles
Va. 23310
Ph: 331-1208
Owens
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PK MAN ... STRIKES AGAIN!
8/19/71 Virginian-Pilot
Namath Given Hope After Operation
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Namath, the New York Jets' star quarterback, underwent surgery on his left knee Sunday morning to remove torn cartilage and repair torn tendons.
Dr. James Nicholas, the Jets' team physician, performed the operation at Lenox Hill Hospital, where the 25-year-old Namath is expected to be in the hospital for two to three weeks.
Speaking at the hospital Sunday afternoon, Dr. Nicholas said Namath would be able to play by the middle of November, at the earliest.
Namath injured his knee late in the second quarter of the Jets' exhibition opener, New York was leading 14-0 at the time, but Detroit came back to win, 38-24. He had completed seven of 13 passes for 116 yards and one touchdown prior to the injury.
This is Namath's fourth knee injury, the second to his left knee. His right knee required surgery on Jan. 25, 1965 and Dec. 28, 1966. His left knee was operated on to repair tendon damage on March 20, 1968.
Namath is expected to be out for six weeks, running after 10 or 12, said a doctor.
"I think he'll be able to play again," the doctor added, "though it was a serious injury."
Namath tried to tackle him but missed, and Detroit linebacker Paul Lucci scored on top of him. The first quarter touchdown on the play. The Lions' first touchdown under his own power.
Bob Davis, a journeyman who was injured last year, and others seen action with the Houston Oilers and New York Giants, shared the quarterbacking the rest of the way.
"And he was throwing the ball so great," Lucci added. "I didn't know he'd been hurt until we came out for the second half and somebody said something."
"He was showing the ball well, according to all accounts," Lucci said. "He was advocating his enthusiasm for the 1971 season."
"I guess he's crazier than I am for revealing his enthusiasm," Lucci said about the injury.
"I guess it shows I'm not a defensive back."
"It was a shame," said Naum Tennessee, a veteran from off the five-year veteran to hurt him. "I saw him coming. He was sort of out back around like the play," trying to back into the field.
Why did Namath expose him-
NFL Exhibitions
Minnesota 17, St. Louis 10
San Francisco 38, Cleveland 24
Cincinnati 27, Washington 10
Kansas City 28, New England 24
Detroit 38, New York 24
San Diego 19, Baltimore 10
New York Giants 41, Houston 10
Philadelphia 19, Oakland 10
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George
McClelland
Sports Editor
The Virginian-Pilot
Just Notes: 8/12/71
Teddy Martinez states the case for the baseball player shuffled between minor and major league levels . . . "You never know where you stand," Teddy points out, "so you wind up paying for places to live in two cities. They want you to bear down and concentrate, but it's hard when you aren't settled." . . . A player in this situation never knows whether the organization gets down on him or whether he's a convenient pawn for roster shuffling. . . . In Martinez' case he was batting a very respectable .279 and had fielded well at second, short and third for the Mets when he was told to return to Tidewater for two weeks.
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Don DeVoe, the Virginia Tech basketball coach, says he looks forward to playing in Tidewater, particularly in the Kiwanis-Old Dominion Classic next year . . . "That's a fine tournament and its field this year (Brigham Young, Indiana, Rice and ODU) is one of the best in the country," DeVoe said. . . . Fortunately the new man in Blacksburg comes in without the small college prejudice. Old Dominion, an NCAA College Division finalist, stands on its own feet as a team of quality.
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In professional football, 1971 may be remembered as the Year Without the Quarterback . . . Bart Starr and John Unitas, elder statesmen in that fraternity, are recovering from operations. Joe Namath is out for the PK man, said about Namath that he If Namath plays at all for the Jets it will be the second half. . . . The empty seats at Memorial Stadium Saturday night for the Colt-Kansas City Chief exhibition suggest the knowledgeable Baltimore fan decided to wait for the real thing. Early exhibition games are little more than scrimmages to test rookies and players with doubtful arms and legs.
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August 9, 1971
Mr. George McClelland, Sports Editor
The Virginian Pilot
Dear George:
As you know...during my speech at the Norfolk Sports Club...I described to the members there how I had PK'd 13 pro football teams, to take effect this season...the Jets among the 13...and I stated to all assembled that Namath would be removed from the field of action before even half the season had progressed.
Last night the Jets played the Lions...and I picked it up on my powerful shortwave radio...and threw my strange mental force at Namath...efore the first half had even ended, he was injured in a freak accident...and will not be able to play for a year. Thus, the heading of your article "If Owens Speaks, Listen) was only too true. Namath should have paid attention to it, for I sent a copy of it to the Jets...and in the article you even printed that "the seer that makes things happen...stated Namath wouldn't last half the season. Perhaps now...he is more of a believer...and next time, will listen when Owens speaks.
It is a strange coincidence that I knocked Namath out of action in the first exhibition game of the season...exactly as I knocked Norm Snead of the Eagles out with a broken leg several years ago...in the first play of the first exhibition game of the season in Philadelphia. In both cases I used my mental attack in the same way. And with Snead...there was no doubt about the mysteriousness of it. Not one soul, no one, was near him when he went down as if poleaxed...and with a broken leg. Stan Hochman, Phila. Daily News reporter, told me he was there on the sidelines...taking pictures of Snead when it happened...and he, Stan, couldn't believe his eyes at the time because no one approached or hit Snead. (I was in the stands at the time, using my mind on Snead.)
So, anyway...the first prediction has come true...of the list you printed in your article in your newspaper on July 20, 1971.
Best regards to you...
Ted Cwens (PK Man)
Box 8184 CHS
Norfolk, Virginia 23514
New address:
Box 48
Cape Charles
Va. 23310
Ph: 331-1208
Owens
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PK MAN ... STRIKES AGAIN!
8/19/71 Virginian-Pilot
Namath Given Hope After Operation
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Namath, the New York Jets' star quarterback, underwent surgery on his left knee Sunday morning to remove torn cartilage and repair torn tendons.
Dr. James Nicholas, the Jets' team physician, performed the operation at Lenox Hill Hospital, where the 25-year-old Namath is expected to be in the hospital for two to three weeks.
Speaking at the hospital Sunday afternoon, Dr. Nicholas said Namath would be able to play by the middle of November, at the earliest.
Namath injured his knee late in the second quarter of the Jets' exhibition opener, New York was leading 14-0 at the time, but Detroit came back to win, 38-24. He had completed seven of 13 passes for 116 yards and one touchdown prior to the injury.
This is Namath's fourth knee injury, the second to his left knee. His right knee required surgery on Jan. 25, 1965 and Dec. 28, 1966. His left knee was operated on to repair tendon damage on March 20, 1968.
Namath is expected to be out for six weeks, running after 10 or 12, said a doctor.
"I think he'll be able to play again," the doctor added, "though it was a serious injury."
Namath tried to tackle him but missed, and Detroit linebacker Paul Lucci scored on top of him. The first quarter touchdown on the play. The Lions' first touchdown under his own power.
Bob Davis, a journeyman who was injured last year, and others seen action with the Houston Oilers and New York Giants, shared the quarterbacking the rest of the way.
"And he was throwing the ball so great," Lucci added. "I didn't know he'd been hurt until we came out for the second half and somebody said something."
"He was showing the ball well, according to all accounts," Lucci said. "He was advocating his enthusiasm for the 1971 season."
"I guess he's crazier than I am for revealing his enthusiasm," Lucci said about the injury.
"I guess it shows I'm not a defensive back."
"It was a shame," said Naum Tennessee, a veteran from off the five-year veteran to hurt him. "I saw him coming. He was sort of out back around like the play," trying to back into the field.
Why did Namath expose him-
NFL Exhibitions
Minnesota 17, St. Louis 10
San Francisco 38, Cleveland 24
Cincinnati 27, Washington 10
Kansas City 28, New England 24
Detroit 38, New York 24
San Diego 19, Baltimore 10
New York Giants 41, Houston 10
Philadelphia 19, Oakland 10
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George
McClelland
Sports Editor
The Virginian-Pilot
Just Notes: 8/12/71
Teddy Martinez states the case for the baseball player shuffled between minor and major league levels . . . "You never know where you stand," Teddy points out, "so you wind up paying for places to live in two cities. They want you to bear down and concentrate, but it's hard when you aren't settled." . . . A player in this situation never knows whether the organization gets down on him or whether he's a convenient pawn for roster shuffling. . . . In Martinez' case he was batting a very respectable .279 and had fielded well at second, short and third for the Mets when he was told to return to Tidewater for two weeks.
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Don DeVoe, the Virginia Tech basketball coach, says he looks forward to playing in Tidewater, particularly in the Kiwanis-Old Dominion Classic next year . . . "That's a fine tournament and its field this year (Brigham Young, Indiana, Rice and ODU) is one of the best in the country," DeVoe said. . . . Fortunately the new man in Blacksburg comes in without the small college prejudice. Old Dominion, an NCAA College Division finalist, stands on its own feet as a team of quality.
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In professional football, 1971 may be remembered as the Year Without the Quarterback . . . Bart Starr and John Unitas, elder statesmen in that fraternity, are recovering from operations. Joe Namath is out for the PK man, said about Namath that he If Namath plays at all for the Jets it will be the second half. . . . The empty seats at Memorial Stadium Saturday night for the Colt-Kansas City Chief exhibition suggest the knowledgeable Baltimore fan decided to wait for the real thing. Early exhibition games are little more than scrimmages to test rookies and players with doubtful arms and legs.
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