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Show Vi f fiT '! ""arar;y.t.. min" 1fforiffrlfr ijlitfrtinpli iMfc ' Hgy! Tr! W w 'Mg' 1 'ngy m 'I Gary lkeb Chicago Tribune Writer Three weeks ago. Curt Gowdy treated millions ol basketball fans to what may have been the worst performance by a announcer in the history of network television. Now, with the vr3 rr r And yet it's difficult Here's ti.000 Expected For Mr. Gowdy at participation has the names of virtually every Kansas player. Darnell Valentine be Darrell Valencame tine. Clint Johnson was Clint Jones. Donnie Von Moore was Van Moore. Wilmore Fowler became "Wilmer. Scott Anderson was Kim Anderson." He constantly butchered the name of Ken Koenigs. And Gowdy topped it off by continual- monotone voice perfected a technique that made the most sensational achievements always sound like tin- dullest routine. On the other hand, whenever he tried to act excited, he to Ik1 reciting his sentences off a Teleprompter. a Kn-her- play-by-pla- y of a "talking head" who introduces various sports programs. The $:!0fl,n00-a-yea- r sportscaster, who was dumped from baseball after nearly falling asleep at the 1975 World Series, is about to lose his status as NBCs No. 1 football announcer. In addition, hell no longer be the leading voice of play-by-pla- perhaps interview s. f ,, y , - nr flooded Gar-giol- a in a Norman Chesler walk chairman for the National Foundation March of Dimes, said most persons on the trek will have espe- Kansas, NBC with com- sponsors or persons plaints The network ordered Gowdy to apologize on the air the following week. Naturally, he even blew that assignment. (Curt said he was sorry tor mispronounc- ' ake Tribune, Saturday, April It 3 1, 1978 N V c v I ' - r 5 ' Poster child Stacey Adams is shown by Norm Carlisle, left. Jack Terry, type of pledging money for each mile a participant walks. It is anticipated, he added, about 8,000 people will walk, many 25 miles or more. Safety patrols will be supplied by law enforcement officers in Salt Lake City, South Sale Lake, Murray and Salt Lake County. between Kentucky basketball game and Duke hit the air, game Saturday, March NBC had had enough. 11, that his future goose g Dumping a got thoroughly cooked. tradition, the network As usual, Curt had only used Gowdy only as the liimself to blame. host of the telecast. UCLA-Kansa- s 4 ' A traffic assistance available for March Dimes Sunshine Walk next Saturday. of ON TV... WATCH The Utah National Guard will be serving about 8,000 hot dogs, as well as soft drinks, apples and cookies. Upon return to Liberty Park, weary walkers will receive ice cream bars and certificates. One of the walk participants will win a 1978 Toyota Corolla. The car will be just part of $10,000 worth of prizes donated by local merchants. Sponsor sheets for the 1978 March of Dimes Super Sunshine Walk are play-bv-pia- nobody at will confirm Gowdy 's demotion ''IV? " 1 Walk-a-tho- the Jayhawkers." Irate sports fans, cially those The Salt to the g offi- cially, the details of his cutback already have been worked out. - Next For instance: fall, for the first time in 15 years, Gowdy wont be top banana on the Sunday afternoon pro football telecasts. Since the Curt invariably has described NBC's No. game each Sunday. Beginning in September, that coveted task will be handled by Dick Enberg, probably in tandem with color man John Brodie. on-a- ir available at Stores, Wendys and PRESENTED BY SbqpsnfftSi f f o J 1 See the fun of woodworking and the beautiful creations that can be made so easily with wood. ? FEATURING NORV WEHRHEIM, National Woodworking Champion. SUN. KTVX 12 NOON After you see our program, stop by tor a demonstration of the Shopsmith Woodworking System at: Skippers throughout the valley. jhioaploce Plans Evaluation WSC mid-19tj0- s, 6200 South State Aprl9 1 Olympic Anchorman ' From now on , NBC's principal voice for college basketball will be not just during Enberg tile regular season, but at til o NCAA championships as welt. Gowdy previously had first call at the NCAA tourney. Even though the .HiKO Moscow Olympics are more than two years away. NBC recently de- - . 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Burton, assistant vice president for academic affairs, said the faculty during school year the 1976-7- 7 undertook a faculty-clas- s evaluation which cost $2,000 and used materials prepared by a Midwestern specialist. jit mmmrni Trust Plon er Branch, 231 W. South. See story on Page who shot a cashier during Friday holdup 972-177- Hi of Walker Bank & Viewing Todays Iah'hI Television KSL-T- ' Officials say that the March of Dimes Super Sunshine Walk April 8 from Lilx'rt.v Fark to about 64th South in Murray and back, mostly along 5th F.ast, should raise $150,000 to fight birth defects. The events was previously known as the March of Dimes two or three years ago, ing names.) into went star Gowdys By the time last Monrapid decline. NevertheNCAA title less, it wasnt until the day nights Putting Gowdy out to pasture is a terribly unpleasant chore for NBC. Basically Finished' The parade has passed Curt by. a NBC official declared. He'll still be seen on a lot of our programs, but his days y as a man are basically finished. NBC ,. r - - ,- 1978 2 Vi coach or player, and then hand things over to Enberg. basketball Jayhawks as After losing his baseball job to Joe referring ly - Having disappeared from the microphone for baseball, football and basketball, Gowdy will surface mainly in a hosts role. He'll open NBC's telecast of various sports events, tourney. And while airTiTif' Walk game mispronouncing a guv who spent dowdys flat, nasal, minimum. Again, the man who benefits from Curts removal is F.arly plans call for F.nberg to be NBC's Olympic anchorman a la Jim McKav. learned that NBC Sports soon will strip Gowdy of all major assignments. His new NCAA Gowdy went through the entire Perfects Technique to keep Gowdy 's cided In an amazing virtuoso performance, chloroforming millions of us, frequently miscalling plays, and immortalizing such cliches as: He is a fine athlete with most of his future ahead of him." For this, he never was paid less than $?no,Ono a year. championships that to the last decade fading into the memory bonk, the man who calls himself the Wyoming cowboy is about to suffer the nasty consequences. column - conjure any sympathy for him. play-by-pla- y the 'ifght jjiilfrf' 8i r By role will be inr"iKjiifW" 5- NBC Boots Wyoming Cowboy? This igpr itiigii ! TV Fi tr NCAA hir n'lfijrrr' m I iwijyrtiiVtrt 11:30 p.m. Weekend Midnight 4 World Championship Tennis 2 limid cowboy Bob Hope is backud up by sharpshooter Jane Russell in Presidents and General Authoi ities (2 Conferences per vol this delightful 1948 Western comedy, which features the song. Buttons and Bows." S3 95 for each volume desired. 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