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By Geoff Goodwin
It was man against bear Thursday night at the
Royal Grove as Victor the Rasslin' Bear carae to
Lincoln. 1
Gorgeous George Allen, Victor's manager said Vic
tor has never been defeated in 18 years of competi
tion. "He's been rolled over a dozen different times,"
Allen says. "It's real hard to pin him though because
he's got round shoulders," Allen added. Allen, who
was a professional wrestler for 20 years, said he
wrestled another bear in Bosjon which gave him the
idea to manage Victor. "The fellow who had that;
bear had a cub," Allen said. "That's where I got the
idea. I worked with him about eight months before I.
took him on the road." Victor, who b 22 years old has
been on the road since 1 966, Allen said. In that time
he has played before thousands of people in every
thing from nightclubs to car shows. Victor even
toured with the Harlem Globetrotters ten years ago.
Allen said the bears opponents are limited to
eight men per night. Victor has been declawed and
neutered and also wears a muzzle during his
matches. All of Victor's opponents must be at least
18 years old and must sign a release before they get
in the ring. Allen said that nobody has ever been
hurt by the eight foot three, 650 pound lug of a bear.
Tom Szymanski, one of those scheduled to wrestle
the bear Thursday night said he hopes it stays that
way. "My ultimate goal is to avoid being in traction at
Bryan Memorial Hospital. I want to see the sun rise
tomorrow," Szymanski said. Szymanski outlined his
strategy in an exclusive interview with the Daily
Nebraskan. "I plan to go low on him because he's got
alot of upper body strength, he said. "I want to get
his legs, flip him on his back and go for a quick pin. I
just hope he doesn't fall on top of me and I hope I
don't get him mad."
Szymanski was the last one scheduled to wrestle
Victor. As the Daily Nebraskan went to press results
of the match were not available. Stay tuned for
further details.
Cards
& Letters
Chris Burbach has impressed me as someone mad
at the world and looking for a scapegoat. Besides
being one-sided, Burbach's critique of ABC's Olym
pic coverage was ill-conceived, with airs of spon
taneous ignition, speech before reason, etc.
Had he realized, or even taken the time to con
sider the organization of such an affair, perhaps he
would be less intolerant of the man "near the fore
front of thei..malaise. What malaise? McKay's job
was a difficult one. Perhaps Burbach, with his predi
lection for instantaneous reaction, could do better,
on live television, assimilating and disseminating
various and crucial facts and figures, images, tech
nical cues, etc. Perhaps his own imperfect English
could be used to improve upon the coverage. This
man cannot consider himself a journalist; meaning
less sentences like "one too many Olympics'' coupled
with comma splices like "After alL.accomplish some
thing, we were just watching" make his remarks
about McKay's English seem hypocritical indeed. His
capricious use of words like "nadir" and the incor
rect conjugation of "sate" give the piece an air of
something created entirely in the manner of a high
school paper, written by someone a touch too ena
mored of his theosaurus.
Burbach gives an even more rapid impression of
himself when he likens the "Up Close and Personal"
sections to soap operas, labelling them as too Amer ican.
I think he sees what he wants to see. Half of
those segments were about foreign athletes; they
were all about the best athletes anyway why
shouldn't some emotion be in order?
And to address the allegation that "viewers saw
almost exclusively Americans" my response is a
question: What viewers? America saw Americans,
China the Chinese, and so on and so forth. Perhaps
this procedure is arguable but the best journalism is
developed largely from experiment anyway. His
"opinion" although almost a comedy of errors as well
as a paradox of contradiction (if he hated it so
much, why did he watch it?) is not without merit.
Cathy, Rigby-McCoy's idea of journalism is hardly
unbiased.
Burbach's perceptive attack on ABC for expecting
the athletes to perform as television personalities as
well as competitors has good basis in fact this
procedure should be ended. r '
Still, if Burbach expects anyone to take him
seriously, he should clean up his own writing and do
something about his -unnaturally vexed and cur
iously affected attitude. Something anarchistic or
neurotic is showing through here. .
Friday, August 17, 1984
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LIVE BANDS
Bill's Saloon, 1020 P St. Nobas, tonight and
Saturday, no cover charge.
Chesterfield, Bottomsley and Potts, 245 N. 13th
St. The Frenetics, tonight and Saturday, no cover
charge.
Drumstick, 547 N. 48th St. Boys With Toys,
tonight and Saturday, $3 cover charge.
Green Frog, 1 0 1 0 P St. Why Not?, tonight and
Saturday, no cover charge.
Judges, 2630 Cornhusker Highway Sneak Pre
view, tonight and Saturday, $2 cover charge.
The Mountains, 311 S. 11th St., Alfa Street,
tonight and Saturday, $1 cover charge.
Riveras, 1920 W. O St. Live Wire, tonight and
Saturday, no cover charge.
Royal Grove, 340 W. Cornhusker Highway
Tight-it, tonight and Saturday, no cover charge.
Tucker Inn, 3235 S. 13th St. Free Ride, tonight
and Saturday, $2 cover charge.
Zoo Bar, 135 1$. 14th St. The Morells, tonight
and Saturday, $4 cover charge.
MOVIES
' Cinema 1 & 2 - "Purple Rain" 1:20, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30
and 9:30 p.m., 'Tight Rope" 1, 3:05, 5:10, 7:20 and
9:30 p.m.
Cooper - "The Woman in Red" 2, 3:55, 5:50, 7:45
and 9:40 p.m.
Douglas 3 - "Red Dawn" 1:20, 3, 4, 7:20 and 9:20
p.m., "Karate Kid" 1 : 1 0, 3: 1 0, 5: 1 0, 7: 1 0 and 9: 1 0 p.m.,
"Dreamscape" 1:25, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35 and 9:35 p.m.
East Park 3 "Dreamscape" 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30
and 9:30 p.m., "Tight Rope" 1:15, 3:15, 5:20, 7:35 and
9:45 p.m., "Sheena" 1, 3:05, 5:10, 7:20 and 9:30 p.m.
Plaza 4 "Last Starfighter" 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15
and 9:30 p.m., "Best Defense" 5:15, 7:30 and 9:45
p.m., "Bachelor Party" 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45 and 10 p.m.,
"Grandview USA" 1 , 3, 5, 7 and 9 p.m.
State "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"
12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:15 and 9:40 p.m.
Stuart "Ghostbusters" 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and
9:45 p.m.
84th and O "Red Dawn"
Guy and Wells: Explosive blues
By Mark Hendricks
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells played to a full
house Tuesday evening at the Zoo bar. The duo
which has performed together intermittently
over a span of 27 years, deserve their reputation
as an outstanding and explosive blues force. At
eight bucks a stand they were among the highest
caliber musicians to play the Zoo Bar in years.
You could say the same about their back-up band.
Coming from the same musical vein as B. B.
King, Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker and Johnny
Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy puts a cutting edge on his
blues. The wailing and ripping guitar solos are
definitely in the blues jnode, but intensely electri
fied and showing more lead-oriented virtuosity
than Muddy Waters. Although the term "psyche
delic" was first used years after Buddy Guy's style
had matured, it is the best word to describe his
style of playing lead guitar. Listening to this "Guy"
play is a history lesson in the fusion and trans
formation of blues into rock and his influence is
apparent.
The other half of the duo, Junior Wells, is a
small, charismatic harp player who does not
s weat, not even in a black tux under hot stage
lights. He controls ..the band and the audience
with simple gestures and expressions which steer
the band and audience dynamically from nearly
inaudible rhythm guitar riffs that you can whisper
above to a piercing scream you can hear six
blocks up the street. When asked how he liked the
Zoo Bar he clasped his hands together and said,
"It's like this you're right there with the people,
it's real nice."
To experience two great showmen working
together like this, integrating audience, music
and hot back-up band you want to know if it's
going to happen again. As Buddy Guy said, "We're
gonna try... we're gonna try."
Daily Nebraskan
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