"Swami" & son's unusual situation, from the October 1969 Door County Advocate & Sports Illustrated
Swami Says
Swami only missed on Sturgeon Bay and Southern Door last week and if Sturgeon Bay's game had ended 17 seconds sooner he'd have had only one wrong. So now he's 28-9 for the season going into this week's games:
Gibraltar 30, Sevastopol 8. If the Vikings could do it to Mishicot they'll do it to Sevastopol.
Southern Door 34, Manitowoc Lutheran 12. Sevastopol Coach Gene Waterstreet says Al Breitlow can name the score but Swami forgot to ask Breitlow what it will be.
Mishicot 16, Luxemburg-Casco 14. The difference is Mishicot Quarterback Don Holmes.
DePere 20, Sturgeon Bay 14. Swami thinks the Redbirds are ready to fly.
Oconto Falls 28, Bonduel 14. Two touchdowns difference.
Oconto 20, Seymour 14: But maybe Oconto will wish it had a few of those 58 points scored against Algoma last week.
Pulaski 26, Bay Port 14. Pulaski has lost only to Kewaunee, Bay Port has yet to win.
Kewaunee 20, West DePere 8. Kewaunee doesn't seem to win big, but it wins.
Algoma 22, Ashwaubenon 14. Algoma's at full strength again.
Minnesota 24, Green Bay 17. Swami thinks the Vikings are more like the old Packers than the new Packers are.
Swami & Son plea not guilty
Despite evidence of a 'fix'
Advocate Swami Jim Robertson quoted Sevastopol Coach Gene Waterstreet last Thursday when he said Southern Door Coach Al Breitlow could name his own score against Manitowoc Lutheran Saturday.
Now Swami and son Kurt are trying to convince people they didn't name the score.
Swami called it 34-12. There was a minute to play when Southern Door scored its fifth and final touchdown, making the score 34-12.
Then Breitlow called a two point conversion pass from Eagle Quarterback Don Stoeger to Reserve End Kurt Robertson. Kurt was open, Stoeger's pass was on target—end he dropped the ball. The score stayed 34-12, just what Swami had predicted.
Nobody realized it until the bus got back to Southern Door. Then Kurt got the business about a fix, despite his plea that he had committed the unpardonable sin of an end. He had taken his eye off the ball to watch a teammate's arm that went up in front of him.
Swami had another good weekend with nine right and one wrong. He said Gibraltar would beat Sevastopol 30-8 and although the score was wrong the point spread was right as the Vikings won 22-0. He said Mishicot would beat Luxemburg-Casco 16-14 and it was
16-10. And he also picked the Vikings of Minnesota, saying they looked more like the old Packers.
But for the second time this season the Sturgeon Bay Clippers wrecked a perfect weekend for Swami. He picked DePere to win 20-14 and the Clippers won 28-6. So Clipper fans can take hope for this homecoming weekend. Swami's afraid he's going to have to go with Kewaunee.
Courtesy of the Door County Newspaper Archive
This made it into Sports Illustrated, titled "GREATER LOVE"