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ESPN, ABC: Did Bobby Riggs throw his legendary match against Billy Jean King?
Hotair ^ | 08/27/2013 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 08/27/2013 6:47:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 08/27/2013 6:47:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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It was a FRAUD even if Bobby Riggs didn’t “let the girl win”.

He was a out of his prime tennis player vs a oppenort that was just reaching hers.....

“Rigged” from the start....


2 posted on 08/27/2013 6:50:47 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: SeekAndFind; GeronL; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
ESPN and ABC report that Riggs may have thrown the match in cahoots with the Mafia:

You mean that the Mafia was behind the homosexual agenda (Stonewall was a mob run speakeasy), the feminist movment (Billy Jean King victory), and organizized labor goons????

Why, that would mean that the Democrats' core constituents are all crooks!

3 posted on 08/27/2013 6:50:50 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: SeekAndFind

No, not thrown, and I watched it.


4 posted on 08/27/2013 6:50:59 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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Hal Shaw, friend of Bobby Riggs, told ESPN that it was all a setup.

According to Shaw, who was an assistant golf pro 40 years ago at the Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club in Tampa, Fla., where Riggs also was working, he was toiling late one night fixing golf clubs when he saw mob lawyer Frank Ragano, Florida mob boss Santo Trafficante Jr. and New Orleans crime boss Carlos Marcello enter the clubhouse.

Ragano told the men Riggs was going to “set up two matches . . . against the two best women players,” Shaw told ESPN’s “Outside the Lines.”

For those who don’t know, Billy Jean King was ranked number 2 in the world then. Margaret Court of Australia was ranked number 1.

Months before losing to King, the 55 year old, long retired, Riggs crushed then-No. 1 women’s player Margaret Court.

Riggs was one of his era’s greats, winning Wimbledon and the US Open in 1939. He won the US Open at Forest Hills again in 1941 at age 23.


5 posted on 08/27/2013 6:52:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Hal Shaw, friend of Bobby Riggs, told ESPN that it was all a setup.

According to Shaw, who was an assistant golf pro 40 years ago at the Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club in Tampa, Fla., where Riggs also was working, he was toiling late one night fixing golf clubs when he saw mob lawyer Frank Ragano, Florida mob boss Santo Trafficante Jr. and New Orleans crime boss Carlos Marcello enter the clubhouse.

Ragano told the men Riggs was going to “set up two matches . . . against the two best women players,” Shaw told ESPN’s “Outside the Lines.”

For those who don’t know, Billy Jean King was ranked number 2 in the world then. Margaret Court of Australia was ranked number 1.

Months before losing to King, the 55 year old, long retired, Riggs crushed then-No. 1 women’s player Margaret Court.

Riggs was one of his era’s greats, winning Wimbledon and the US Open in 1939. He won the US Open at Forest Hills again in 1941 at age 23.


6 posted on 08/27/2013 6:53:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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I watched it. She kicked his butt. Of course a young player is going to beat a 55 year old. But still it was a hoot.


7 posted on 08/27/2013 6:55:59 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What difference, at this point, does it make?


8 posted on 08/27/2013 6:58:21 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Months before losing to King, the 55 year old, long retired, Riggs crushed then-No. 1 women’s player Margaret Court.

I don't remember that, but then I was just in my early teens when the "Battle of the Sexes" happened.

If so then why the big friggin deal about the Riggs-King match?

Just pondering....
9 posted on 08/27/2013 6:58:39 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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The first match was between Riggs and the number one woman player in the world. Riggs beat her very easily just basically toying with her.

Then surprise surprise. Billy Jean King challenges him to another match. Since Riggs had made a monkey out of Court all the betting money was on Riggs, especially since Court was ranked higher than King.

I thought to myself: Why is Billy Jean King, a big feminist setting herself up to get beat even worse than Court? The answer: She knew she was going to win.

I read a book by Rod Laver and he just comes right out and say it. “Riggs put big money on King using pawns and threw the match” Riggs didn’t suddenly go from easily beating top ranked Margaret Court to easily losing to King.


10 posted on 08/27/2013 7:03:04 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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What difference, at this point, does it make?

Hillary!!! Is that you???

/sarc
11 posted on 08/27/2013 7:03:25 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: SeekAndFind

I thought it was always well known that he tanked that match.


12 posted on 08/27/2013 7:04:43 PM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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I saw both the Court-Smith match and the King match. Riggs didn’t play anything against King like he played against Court-Smith. He basically hit lollipops to King. A male pro tennis player, even at 55, can hit the ball very hard. Riggs looked like he wasn’t even trying against King.


13 posted on 08/27/2013 7:13:08 PM PDT by driftless2
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Was there a grassy knoll nearby? Just sayin.


14 posted on 08/27/2013 7:13:29 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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Yup. That’s what happened. Riggs was good enough to make it look flawless.


15 posted on 08/27/2013 7:15:45 PM PDT by SC_Pete
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The guy was a known con-man.

Sure he threw it.


16 posted on 08/27/2013 7:15:55 PM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s over and King won? Dang, I was gonna watch that.


17 posted on 08/27/2013 7:18:36 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Don't blame me for McCain.)
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So how about a rematch.

Serena Williams ranked number 1 female player in the world
Fastest serve = 116mph
Average 1st Serve = 99mph
Average 2nd Serve = 82mph

VS.

Novak Djokovic ranked number 1 male player in the world
Fastest serve = 128mph
Average 1st Serve = 111mph
Average 2nd Serve = 92mph

Put in on PPV. I wouldn't buy it personally but then I know what would happen.

18 posted on 08/27/2013 7:25:22 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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Riggs was a hustler and did not play tennis like a man to begin with. He was what you call a touch player, he wasn’t known for any power game.

I have been playing tennis for many decades myself and I am aware of the styles, people involved and men versus women.

Then most college guys could wipe the floor with all the women except the top two or three. Male pros would destroy their female versions. That is why the William sisters IMO never took John McEnroe up on his challenge. He would wipe the floor even with these great women players.

I was a 6.0 and did play a few off the women pros to help prepare them for other women at times and I could beat them 6-0 at will.
They can’t move like men, they don’t have the power and are slow compared with males.

Riggs made a ton of money just by saying SUGAR DADDY on TV. He got $5000 every time he said that on that national TV.


19 posted on 08/27/2013 7:27:39 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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He lived on vitamins and moved like an 80 year old.


20 posted on 08/27/2013 7:28:39 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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