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(SPQRTS PRQBE) The slow-motion fastball One of baseball's most ordinary occurences is also one of sports' most extraordinary phenomena. During the season, it hap­ pens thousands of times a day and is witnessed by millions of fans. Yet virtually no one has really seen exactly what It is and how it worits. It is called the pitch. For the first time, TV viewers will have the oppor­ tunity to see for themselves what even the most talent­ ed major-league hitters fre­ quently miss: A Nolan Ryan fastball that has been pho­ tographed at an incredible 4,000 frames per second by a super slow-motion camera. on the ad-hoc SI network. The other topics highlight the pressures confronting a Brooklyn high school bask­ etball star besieged by more than 50 college recruiters, and the U.S. Women's National Volley­ ball team's dedication to winnino the 1984 Olvmoics. The baseball segment is fascinating, revealing every revolution of the ball as it hurtles toward the plate. In addition to capturing the fastball of Ryan, the Hous­ ton' Astros' firebalter, the cameras track St. Louis Cardinal hurler Bruce Sutter's elusive "split- finger" fastball from the moment of its release to its target in the catcher's mitt. PAGC33 Vidc-O "• By James Smethurst "Take the Money and Run," the funniest ot Woody Allen's early movies, will be the WTB8 "Thursday Night Movie" on May 27. In this 1969 comedy. Aden plays a young, would-be bank robber from New Jersey who can't stay out of jail long enough to turn a profit. There really isn't much of h plot, just one skit after anoth­ er: A bank teller can't read Allen's holdup note and refuses to give him the money; Aden meets his wife while trying to snatch her purse; His parents wear Grocho Marx masks when talking to report­ ers about their son; and on and on. If you don't kke a par­ ticular joke, wait a minute and you're bound to hear two or three that you think are hilari­ ous. Gordon Parks' autobio­ graphical film. "The Learning Tree." win be the feature pro­ gram May 26 on the Black Entertainment Network The film, starring Kyle Johnson. EsteHe Evans and Alex Clark, portrays Parks' journey from poverty to fame as a staff pho­ tographer for Lite magazine and film director In Tony Bills ("Breaking Away") "My Bodyguard.' which will appear May 23 on The Movie Channel. Chris Makepeace plays a half-pint student in a tough school Makepeace runs into trouble almost immediately when the class bullies demand that he pay them protection money Makepeace's solution is to ask the biggest buUy of them aM to be his bodyguard "Sports Illustrated; A Series for Television," will feature segments focusing on Astros fastball ace Nolan Ryan (upper left), the pressures facing a heavily recruited high school basketball star (upper right) and the dedlcetion of the U.S. National Volleyball team (lower right). ® 1SS2Com|Mlofl "Clay Crsaturee," a program about the entertaining end speciaMxed act of clay animation, aire May 23 on Nick­ elodeon. „ The segment, "The Pitch" is one of three spe­ cial topics featured on the premiere of "Sports Illus­ trated: A Series for Televi­ sion," a one-hour special airing Wednesday, May 26 Also shown is Phillie reliever Tug McGraw's classic screwball and Phil Niekro of the Atlanta Braves' baffling knuckle- bali. On May 23. Nickelodeon will air "Clay Creatures." a tribute lo the neglected art of clay animation The program wiH consist of a series of short film animations dealing with dinosaurs, worms and various strange, imaginary beings "Clay Creatures" is designed to stimulate kids to make their own creatures out of some­ thing good and sqmshy For those ,following CM Ceble'a "Napoleon end Love." here ate some hints about the May 23 episode Certain that Josephine cannot have a child Napoleon consid­ ers divorcmn her .and remarry­ ing Josephine fights back by spreading the rumor that Napoleon is impotent But then Mane Walewska becomes pregnant. The |ubilant Napo­ leon divorces Josephine and demands the hand ot the Emperor of Austria's daughter. Mane-l uisa. to strengthen his dynasty. ©IMS Compute* The May 26 edition of SPN'e Picture, of Health" will feature reports about treadmill tests, togging, high blood pressure and non-foods Barry Kaye and his students will give a Tai chi ch'uan demonstration