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a kidnapped in ordpr to traat a critically iyrij Mb and an- nouncM MM Viator*' plant to tab* owr Lot Aiig«l». (40 mm.) O Vav Can »• o Star 1/18/85 6 0 0 P M 0 0 1 Billy Packer calls a IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE •rNa»ew*wwpi a Knacli of picking out tlw pertinent detail* In the big picture. During the second half of Georgetown's recent 77-S7 rout of DePaul. substitute Hoya center Ralph Oalton was momentarily checked by Blue Demon guard Kenny Patterson. "Mismatch. Mismatch in the paint," Packer warned. And sure enough. Georgetown went to Dalton in the high post. But before he could dribble Inside. Patterson had slashed by him, stealing the bat) and triggering a fast- break. What happened to the mismatch? "That wouid've been a George­ town mismatch if Kenny had let Dalton get inside." Packer explained, as the DePaul layup dropped through. "Outside, it was a mismatch for DePaul." Unlike many of his net­ work counterparts. Packer never gets hysterical. Instead, he offers a coherent, fluid explanation of why things happen on the wood floor the way they do. He doesn't haphazardly interject his 2 cents so much as superimpose his opinions on the developing patterns. He employs the court sense that helped him attain ail-ACC guard hon­ ors from 1960-62 while at Wake Forest. In 1971. Packer became the color commentator for ACC basketball TV broad­ casts. He then brought his expertise to NBC for six pears, where tofti ,1978*1 tffiari '1 " ~ kA""* "-5 If •did i Har quelle McGuire, with cir . now. shea* a show, but never an opinion. And though he's worked the last 12 NCAA finals. Packer has always consid­ ered broadcasting hoops more hobby than vocation. "It makes a super situation to get paid to do something you love to do anyway." says Packer, also an owner of a hotel-motet supply business. In addition to his' broad­ casting chores. Packer serves as a matchmaker for CBS. This Sunday'vSouth- ern Methodist-University of North Carolina intersection- al affair is a Packer sugges­ tion. "You've got an SMU team that doesn't have, a national reputation, but still has five returning starters." Packer the salesman pitches. "They're well coached, and their coach (Dave Bliss) believes his program is capable of com­ peting against the type of program North Carolina represents. Playing on national TV allows them to demonstrate whether they deserve some public recog­ nition. "And because we're pushing towards the tournament." Packer concludes, "we want peo­ ple to understand the rela­ tive strength of an ACC team versus an SWC team, of both the coaches and of the players in the confer­ ences." © By Marc Minnow He boasted a cultured voice and gentle i -- no ooe remember* this from Boris Karioff's more than 69 fHmt. Instead, the British-born character actor b best remembered lor one role: the horrific man- made monster In the 1931 Universal horror Mm "Frankenstein." ̂ Frankenstein's Monster was made from bits and pieces of disintered bodies. His heart and brain came from one corpse; his legs, arms and eyes from others. His creator, played by Colin Give, gave the Monster his greatest gift: the surge of electricity that Infused life in the living cadaver. Everyone -- everyone who didn't dose his or her eyes, that is -- will always remember the Monster's first movement on the labo­ ratory table. And though "Frankenstein" was not the first Him attempt at exploring the man-made monster theme, the Karloff Mm was -- and remains -- the most successhd. It also gave life to countless sequels, tip- offs and imitations, including "The Bride of Franken­ stein (1935), "Abbott and CosteUo Meet Franken­ stein" (1949) and the camp classic "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" (1957). Question: What was Frankenstein's Monster death­ ly afraid oft ©ttWCom***, „ •ajy :i»MSuy McHenry PLAINDEALER-HERALD (815)335-0170 tc. Woodstock SENTINEL-HERALD (815)338-1300