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Show St. Louis . . . Gateway to the West his own end zone and throwing a 93 yard scoring strike to Ike Harris. Along with 46,000 partisan St. Louis fans, we cheered while Frank Gifford and Howard Cosel called the game for the national t.v. audience. RENDEZVOUS After the game, the two groups rendezvoued under the ' 600 foot high stainless steel arch known as "THE GATEWAY TO THE WEST." Built on several acres that slope into the Mississippi River, the Jefferson National Memorial is a must on any sightseers list. A museum dedicated to the great American Westward Movement is located underground un-derground beneath the arch. There you can see historic displays commemerating the West and for a small fee, ride to the top of the arch where on a clear day you can see thirty miles into Illinois and if you look West, thirty miles into Missiouri. Next week: We get lost. A SERIES OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE AUTHORS TRIP TO THE NATIONAL CLASS A INVITATIONAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT by Jack Hill Six Flags over Mid America is an amusement park 20 miles West of St. Louis and boasts the "longest, fastest 1 and highest roller coaster in i the world," THE 1 SCREAMING EAGLE. Our visit coincided with the opening of school in Missouri ans so we had the place "almost" to ourselves. After several rides on the Eagle, plus winning some stuffed animals throwing darts and footballs ( these games are rigged to take advantage of the beer and coffee drinkers, they didn't expect a group of non-drinking Softball players) half the group drove back to St.Louis to see a pro-football game while half stayed at Six Flags. Guess which group I went with? BUSCH STADIUM Nestled four blocks from the Great Arch is Busch Stadium. It's one of the magnificient new sports stadiums built during the last decade. A complete bowl, the architecturally ar-chitecturally beautiful stadium seats 55,000 plus and quickly changes from baseball to football . by a system of moveable bleachers that roll on a railroad type track. The Cards (football version) were hosting former cross town rivals, the Chicago Bears. Two great running backs, Terry Metcalf and Walter Payton, on the same field turned tur-ned the crowd on. Card q.b. Jim Hart, iced the game by calmly droping into |