[News Script: Sports segment, January 14, 1969] Page: 7 of 12
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BOXING....
VTR CONING....
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2aNEW YORK JETS QUARTERBACK JOE NAMATH IS REPORTEDLY WANTING A FOURTH
OPERATION FOR AN INFLAMED TENDON ON HIS BAD LEFT KNEE. HOWEVER,
THE TEAM PHYSICIAN SAYS HE DOESN'T NEED THE OPERATION: AT LEAST <i
RIGHT NOW. FOLLOWING SUNDAY'S A.F.L. ALL-STAR GAME, THE DOCTOR SAYS
NAMATH SHOULD GIVE THE KNEE A LONG BEST.VTR (1: 6 : IN BOXING, LIGHT-NHEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION BOB FOSTER IS GOING THROUGH
(Backgrnd
sBund) WORKOUTS FOR NEXT WEEK'S TITLE DEFENSE WGEHNST FRA E DEPAULA IN
NEW YORK'S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. AT 6-3; FOSTER IS THE TALLEST
MAN EVER TO HOLD THE TITLE. HE WAS THE NO. 1 CONTENDER FOR A COUPLE
OF YEARS BEFORE HE FINALLY GOT A SHOT AT THE CROWN WORN BY DICK
TIGER. FOSTER HAS WON 33 OF 37 FIGHTS AND HAS 27 KNOCKOUTS. THE
BOUT WITH DEPAULA IS SCHEDULED TO GO 15 ROUNDS BUT NO ONE EXPECTS
IT TO LAST TOO LONG AFTER THE OPENING BELL. FOSTER IS TRAINING
AT THE CAMELOT COUNTRY CLUB IN SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK, AND FOLLOWING
THIS PARCFICULAR WORKOUT, HE WAS INTERVIEWED BY DAN GRABEL.
UP SOT TO CONCLUSION......
END CUE: "...NOT GOING TO BE ME."BACK TO MOC....
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Sports segment, January 14, 1969], script, January 14, 1969, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1141481/m1/7/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.