European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Michael Dresser us e cruising reportedly started. To. In Detroit it s Woodward Avenue near he Athwood shopping Center in Dallas it s Forest a in St. Louis Lindbergh Boulevard and on Lea Island in new York City it s Hyland Avenue. The place when Many enthusiasts say it started the than 30 Yean ago. Is Van Guys Boulevard in Saa Fernando Valley area of los Angeles. Show starts about 8 . On wednesdays and for of the next four hours the six Lane Boulevard is a a of lacquer and acrylic enamel shiny Chrome a exhaust fumes headlights resonating mufflers i music blaring out of open windows and Young and women flirting with one another. Triple file in both directions souped up Street a " and borrowed family cars move slowly along he Rard in a kind of mating game Lis Lea and catcalls Echo across the Street usually 1 car full of boys showing their appreciation of a 111 of girls. Sometimes the advances Are ignored its a conversation is struck up Between occupants o cars rolling Down the Boulevard. Although it i always happen that Way it seems that the boys in the brightest and Best sounding Street a do better with the girls than do the boys in the a wednesday nights according to the Poi be of Talent More than 40,000 Young people have fad onto the Boulevard in cars or As spectators. Bonding to complaints from local merchants the Merit has recently been attempting to end the in by prohibiting Alt traffic wednesday nights on fetch of Van Nuj Boulevard favored by the Cruis Many have simply moved to nearby streets. F Fucai the soaring Cost of gasoline doomed the i but it is changing things say participants of the Judd to go cruising someplace every night said it Walker an electrician whose Black 57 Chevy truck has huge flared fenders oversized tires lets aerodynamic spoilers on the trunk and front 300-cubic-Inch Cadillac engine and fiery Silver fainted on the Hood. M cd has gotten so expensive watch it now i of or two Nighta a week la a. Any m place is u Good As Van Guys on Gednn it t think cruising will Ever said an 18-year l school student who had borrowed a Small Japa for recently purchased by his Mother. But he act de thing Are different. With three friends he i my now doing his cruising by car Pool each to body else drives. Ifert is 19$0 Phil Rizzuto Yankees broadcaster announcing game from stadium in Baltimore. Broadcaster Rizzuto Iam,, a Yankee rooter by Carrie Seidman new York times Hil Rizzuto. The new York Yankees radio and television broadcaster was scrambling. His glasses had tumbled off his nose and onto the counter of the broadcast Booth in Baltimore his leg was tangled in the transmission wires beneath his feet and the upper part of his Headset was resting just Over his eyebrows like a Sun visor. Ruppert Jones inc Yankee outfielder has jus nude a spectacular catch leaping High and reaching Over inc Center Field Wall and somehow scooping in a sailing shot by Eddie Murray and robbing the Ori Oles first baseman of a Home run. "1 Don t believe this screeched Rizzuto to his partner in the Booth. Bill while. Holy cow he reaches Over the Fence to bring that Back in. Holy cow of that s one of the finest moves i be seen in Many a Moon seconds later. Pix to ran a tape of the play by which time the Farmer Yankee shortstop had recovered his glasses and Headset if not Complete composure. Watch this he cried jumping up and Down excitedly like a Small child. Unbelievable this is Ballet in ," while agreed Placid by comparison. I d have to say that was a five Star five exclaimed Rizzuto who actually does Rale plays with Liny stars on the running score he keeps throughout the game. I gave him a six four for stopping the Home run and two for the catch. In my entire career that s the most i be Ever Given anybody for a defensive Rizzuto mentioned the play five More limes during the broadcast and when Baltimore manager Earl Weaver threw a Tantrum and was ejected later in the game he called it an Academy award winning performance and rated it seven stars. This u Vintage Rizzuto and if you Boum listen in on even the dullest Yankee game i commentary will be sprinkled with Ai Leut a half dozen holy cows three or four Good natured Cratis against the opposition and a couple of irreverent remark tossed in for Good measure. He is an unabashed Yankee rooter and if you ask him about the claim of dodger manager Tommy Lasorda that he bleeds dodger Blue he will counter by adding that if Cut he Rizzuto would bleed pinstripes. The Baltimore new York series being so important to the Pennant race had been Tough on the Yankee players. But it had been even More of a trial for the diminutive but distinguished looking Rizzuto. With disarming Hon esty he makes no claims to being unbiased. I am. No. 1, a Yankee rooter and no. 2, a broadcaster he said. When Terry Crowley hits a Homer i m one one Hundredth As excited As when Eric soderholm histone. I Don t Call myself a journalist. I just can t do a game there s a word impartial that s been very much misused. You Tell me one announcer including the Guy that do the gome of the week on National to that does t have favourites. My whole life has been the Yan Kees 24 years As a broadcaster 16 As a Piyer and four mor in their farm system beyond that what else could you expect Rizzuto has been criticized for us rooting but one of nil partner in the Booth for Ibe last that years fran Italy thinks re Auto s style can be condoned Becent Rizzuto la to upfront about what be Doe. People have criticized him for being a Homer said xcely. A former Catcher with Kansas cily and new York. But he s so honest about it. He s human. 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