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Over the desk in his office at the Horace Mann School in Bronx, N.Y., Coach Chet Slaybaugh has a picture of the finest basketball player in the school's history, Phil Brown...
...synonymous with big league success. But over the years, an archaic ballpark, a deteriorating neighborhood, and a roster of mediocre players have considerably dulled the sparkle of the New York Yankees. Last week the team's owners, the Columbia Broadcasting System, cut their losses by selling the Bronx Bombers for the modest sum of $10 million cash to a syndicate headed by Yankee President and CBS Executive Michael Burke...
...purchase-are confident that their team's fortunes can only improve. They have a $24 million commitment from New York City to renovate Yankee Stadium, and they are counting on recent major trades to bring a pennant back to the Bombers and the fans back to The Bronx...
PROBABLY THE MAIN contenders for the "second toughest job in America" are Bronx Congressman Mario Biaggi and Comptroller Abe Beame. The Democratic organization in the city would like to recycle Beame, who lost narrowly to Lindsay in 1965, but there are real questions whether the diminutive 5'2" Beame can hold the Jewish vote. As Bronx Democratic leader Pat Cunningham told a Harvard professor last week. "Let's face it. Beame's big problem is that he's mediocre...
...strongest law and order candidate around is Biaggi. A former cop, Biaggi was wounded ten times in the course of duty, and is the most decorated policeman in the city's history. The Bronx congressman has a moderately liberal voting record, but because of his police background, he has been branded an arch-conservative similar to Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo. In his campaign, Biaggi will have to present a set of clearly thought-out positions on issues to convince reluctant Jewish moderates that he is not a racist or far rightist...