Resurrecting The Champ Page #3

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- No, it's the mango.

Sorry. I'm sorry.

Give me an example.

I mean, there's- I have so many.

But sometimes I feel blocked.

- I'm not very good at this.

- No, no, no. Just anything. Just give me an example.

Um, crossroads. Uh, Elway.

You know, what does he do now

at this point in his life?

- Maybe he runs for governor.

- I get that one proposed and rejected twice a week.

People don't want to hear

about their heroes aging.

Okay, okay.

Well, then what about Coors Field?

- The worst place to pitch-

- The worst place to pitch in America.

Uh, strikin' out.

Um-

Well, there's this boxer.

An ex-heavyweight contender.

He's, uh, living on the streets of Denver.

- He's living in the trash.

- Yeah?

Yeah. And, you know, he kind of patrols the

neighborhood. He calls himself the Champ.

He's a- He's a lovely guy.

And the story, it's beautiful.

It's touching.

But I tell Metz about it,

and he says, "Forget about it.

It's a dry hole.

Go cover theJermaine fight. "

What's his name, the, uh- the boxer?

Satterfield.

Bob Satterfield?

- Yeah. Bob.

- Wow.

Are you sure? My dad used to idolize

that guy. I thought he was dead.

- He- No, he's dead.

- That's what everybody thinks.

And that's why I think that this story

is such a great story.

I want to call it

"Resurrecting the Champ. "

- And he's here in Denver?

- Yeah.

- Bob Satterfield?

- I saw him yesterday.

What are your plans for this?

Well, I thought maybe

I'd take my time.

You know, really work well on it,

work hard. Think quality.

And see if I can get Metz

to come around.

Well, if, uh-

If you can't bring him around,

I'd be glad to take a look at it.

Well, that'd be great.

That'd be terrific.

When he won in California,

it was already too late.

Mondale had already

had enough delegates.

Um, no, I think so.

Uh, November 30

- I don't have an exact date. I can find one.

- Hey.

- One second. Okay.

No, I'll get it for you and I'Il-

Okay. Bye.

- Hey.

- Hey. How's it goin'?

- Great.

- Can you keep a secret, Molly?

- Can you?

- Sure.

- Can you?

- Sure.

My name's not Molly.

Yes, that's true.

'Cause it's Millie, right?

- Polly.

- Polly.

Close. Yeah.

What can I do for you?

Uh, well, I'm doing

a story on a heavyweight fighter...

from the 1950s named Bob Satterfield.

But, um, nobody can know about it.

You're moonlighting.

It's none of Metz's business.

- You got it.

- Yeah.

What do you need?

Well, um, there wasn't much on him

on the Internet.

So I guess you're gonna have to

go old school on this one.

I kind of need everything

you can find on him.

From our library, New York Times,

L.A. Times, Ring magazine, of course.

If you can find out if there's

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