Ladies and gentlemen, our national anthem.
Good evening! Welcome to tonight's game:
The Tulsa Torpedoes and the Kansas City Ramblers!
Ten young ladies on the track for the first jam of the evening.
And there they go!
Setting a whip out on the jam is 11, K.C. Carr, the Bomber herself!
And K.C. draws an opponent, number 42, and that's Sally Vega.
There are 10 girls on the track for the first jam of the evening.
They get 60 seconds to score points. Everybody wearing a helmet is a jammer.
The method of scoring is the jammers lap the pack.
And for each opponent they pass, they pick up one point.
Down goes Sally Vega!
And the fans are ready as K.C. Carr gets out.
She went back and took out her opposing jammer back there, who was Sally Vega.
Sally blocks, sends her up the rail, and K.C. keeps coming.
Moving up, the big number 28.
Vega misses the block! K.C. scores one, two, three, four!
Jennifer Richards goes back to assist big number 28, Big Bertha Bogliani!
But K.C. needs one more for the full five points and that grand slam!
K.C., with 18 seconds remaining, gets out after number 41. That's Honey Sanchez!
Coming up to Honey Sanchez, moving in fast.
Big Bertha and K.C. haven't been getting along.
Look at that! Big Bertha pushes Carr to the rail!
Now it's Carr all alone, with 11 seconds remaining.
She comes to Honey Sanchez, still trying to assist Big Bertha.
She sidesteps, and now she's up to Big Bertha.
That's it. Out of the way. She knocks Big Bertha down!
Five points to K.C. Carr of the Kansas City Ramblers!
Boy, oh, boy, K.C. Carr and Big Bertha Bogliani.
There's unhappiness there.
They just haven't been getting along. Here comes Big Bertha.
Pawing and shoving around, but Carr wants nothing to do with this big gal.
She just moves away.
Moves away and just says, "I'll have no part of you!"
"Peace, mama, peace," she says.
Big Bertha unhappy. The fans want no part of her.
We're coming up to interview time, so stay right with us.
Interview time with K.C. and Buddy Taylor. Is it true that somebody has started...
...a rumor that K.C. Carr is to be traded just to start dissension on the Ramblers?
That's absolutely right, Len.
Somebody started a rumor to cause dissension on the Kansas City Ramblers.
There's no truth in it, and K.C. knows she'll not be traded.
- How about it, K.C.? - Right, right.
- Any idea who started this rumor? - We know who it is!
It's a certain big, fat, ugly, stupid...
- Wait... - I don't wanna say her name.
Yeah, but her initials are B.B.B.!
What do you mean, B.B.B.?
That's her.
Look out, here it comes. Wait a minute... Wait!
I been listening to your lies, Buddy! None of it's true! Not a word!
If I wasn't such a lady, I'd punch you!
- Hey, listen, you big, fat bigmouth! - Don't talk to me like that!
Hey, listen, you're a big, fat tub of lard, and you can't skate any better than you look!
I challenge you to a match race, right here, Saturday night!
Baby, you got it!
Let's make it interesting!
- You name it. - Give me that microphone!
Kansas City isn't big enough for the both of us!
- Loser has to leave Kansas City forever. - No! Absolutely not!
- You can't do that! - I'm not afraid to skate that bigmouth!
It's against the rules of the commission.
Come here, ref. Let's take a look.
Well, there it is, rule 87B:
"A challenge made and accepted, the match race must be held. "
- Well, there you've got it. - I won't let you do that!
You got the race!
Ladies and gentlemen, Saturday night, right here in this arena, the Civic Arena...
...a match race, five laps, anything goes, Big Bertha and K.C. Carr. And this is it!
The loser must leave Kansas City forever!
When I get through with you, pack your bags, because it's bye-bye.
When I get through with you, they're gonna have to take you out in a basket!
Now, hold it! Hold on, here!
Come on! Settle down!
Mom, what I'm trying to say is that the team tours through Fresno.
And I should be able to get, you know, a couple of days there pretty soon.
Are the kids around?
Well, could you call them?
I wanna say hello.
Mom, I can't get into that with you right now. I'm in somebody's office.
There's somebody here.
Oh, God.
Yeah, I know.
Mom, I work six...!
Okay, okay.
Yeah, I understand.
I gotta go now.
I'll write to you, Mom. Bye-bye.
I'm sorry. That was long-distance. I can get the charges.
Well, I'm sure they can afford it.
I'm from out of town. I was watching your interview.
What are you gonna do in case you lose that match race?
Every time you're traded, they say it's a good deal.
I don't like moving around too much.
Well, maybe this time there'll be a brighter side.
- Yeah. - Good luck.
You never know. Thanks.
You skate beautifully.
Thanks.
Get your hot dog here! Hot dog! Get them while they're hot!
Go on!
Come on!
Remember, this is five laps, anything and everything goes.
Here comes K.C. Carr. Yessiree!
She's coming out for her warm-up laps.
Remember, the loser of this match race must leave Kansas City forever.
And that's a long, long time.
Everybody remember, this is everything goes. Everything.
And I mean, they can maul and paw and do anything they like.
Ladies and gentlemen, the chips are down.
The moment is coming. They move to the starting line.
K.C. Carr and Big Bertha Bogliani!
At the starting line, the referees move up to inform them that this is five laps.
Anything, everything goes.
They'll call the laps as they go.
The whistle ready? Are you ready? The ladies are ready.
And there they go!
K.C. breaks first, gets out the lethal weapon.
Starts mauling and hammering.
With a left to the body, holding the head.
Reversing, one lap down.
K.C., hanging in and shot up to the rail, hard. Coming on again.
This is for five laps. Anything goes.
There goes K.C. with a kick where it does the most good!
Reverses, hammering right to the body!
To the body and head, hammering away at the big one.
They look like two big, mad buffaloes mauling and pawing each other.
Big Bertha turns and drops her and goes on.
K.C. looks up and says this has gotta be!
She's gotta hurry, because everything is on this race!
She comes back to Big Bertha and wallops her!
Big Bertha's down. Look at that slam! She nailed her.
That ought to do it! K.C.'s on her feet.
- She's got to make this one. - Two to go.
This one is the one that counts.
If K.C. doesn't get this one, this is the end of everything!
Back again, hammering away at each other...
Again and again!
Bertha skates away. This must be the end.
No, wait a minute!
Bertha's going back! She goes back and picks up K.C. again!
Takes her right hand and throws her down again.
K.C.'s down again! She's trying to stop her.
Big Bertha just skates away! She's skating away!
The final lap, and K.C. is down! Big Bertha skating...
Wait a minute! Big Bertha...
Tell these idiots what I'm gonna do:
Stomp her with my skates and mark up that face!
She won't be the prettiest girl in roller derby anymore! Now, you tell them!
Now, you tell them!
Wait a minute! Here comes a fan from the audience down on the track.
He tries to get at Bertha.
The officers have him, they'll get rid of him. Get him out of there!
There she goes. Big Bertha going back to stomp the pretty face of K.C. Carr.
She holds her, drives with the right hand to the body, strikes her in the face.
K.C. is down. Look out, here comes the skate!
K.C. trips her! And Big Bertha is down!
K.C. puts the skates to her.
Into the side and again where it does good.
Stomps to the middle and skates away.
Going down to the finish!
K.C. Carr, that's the Bomber herself, going down to the finish.
Wait a minute! Joanie Joyce reached out and tripped her.
And here comes Bertha again, steps to the back, knocks her down.
She crosses the finish line and wins it.
Wins the match race, and K.C. Carr must leave Kansas City forever.
Oh, is she boiling mad! Sick of the whole thing!
Well, congratulations, Burt. You're getting quite a skater in that girl.
In six months, you're gonna wish you traded me your right arm rather than K.C. Carr.
- We'll see you. - Hot peanuts. Peanuts here.
Go! Go!
There she goes. There she goes. Just like the Bomber!
And she's breaking away.
Okay, and she's down the line!
Okay, go now. There she is.
Get her! Get her!
Rita, please be careful!
Diane, please!
She's pretty good. She beat me.
All right. Sit down here and catch your breath.
Hey, K.C., I need some new skates. See, these are all worn.
- You haven't had those a month. - Yeah, sure.
- All she's gotta do is ask you. - They're pretty worn.
Concrete's rough on skates, eh?
Hey...
...how's my boy?
- Well, thank God he hates skating. - Hey, K. C...
Now, I told you not to call your mother K.C.
Hey, Mom...
...when you fall down on the track or bump yourself or something, does it hurt?
- Yeah, sometimes. - But you don't care.
Well, it's part of the game.
- See, stupid! I told you she didn't care! - Hey!
Walt, honey, come on in the house, help me fix supper.
Hey, Mom, white ones?
- What? - White skates.
Oh, yeah, sure.
White ones.
Walt?
Won't you even talk to me?
Look...
Walt, don't worry about Mom.
I won't get hurt, honest.
I promise you. Walt, please.
Please.
No! No!
If I had the money, I've spent on roller games, I think I'd be rich.
But I wouldn't trade it for nothing. I just love it and keep coming back.
- Evening, fellas. - Evening, Mr. Henry.
- Mr. Henry, how are you? - Hey, how are you?
- Hi, Mr. Henry. - Hey.
- How're you doing? - Burt, how are you?
Hey, Dick.
- Hi, Mr. Henry. - How are you?
- Mr. Henry, I wanted to talk to you. - Hank?
Listen, Hank, another time. Color. Color. That's the word.
Get going! Come on!
When you gonna get me some new wheels?
Say, I appreciate your coming in, but I don't want you skating for a couple more days.
All right. Which wise guy rigged these drawers?
Oh, just back-talking.
How are you, girls?
Sorry to bother you, girls.
But I wanted to welcome the latest addition to the Portland Loggers.
I'm Burt Henry. I own the Loggers.
Did Vivien get you all straightened away, Diane?
Yes, sir. Thank you.
Bit of a problem.
The Renegades claim they had first option on your contract.
I'll have it straightened out by next Monday.
Until then, it might cause a little less trouble if you skated with the Renegades. Okay?
- Yes, sir. - Thanks.
Okay.
Now, we have a decent house. Not a great one, but you know the way I play it.
If there's one fan out there, we give that one fan everything.
- We make it right for them. Okay? - Right on.
- Right. - Yes, sir.
Where's Jackie?
- Vivien! - Yes.
Well, she hasn't come in yet, Mr. Henry.
Hey!
Hey, did the boss call you Diane?
- Yeah. - Well, I thought it was K.C.
Either way.
Kid doesn't waste any time.
- Hi there. I'm Lovey Sanford. - Hi.
I'm sorry about the contract. I thought you were supposed to skate with us.
Yeah. So did I, till just now.
- Look, do you have a place to stay yet? - I just got here. I haven't had time to look.
Well, I've got an idea. Why don't you stay with me, the price is right.
- Well, okay. - Well, then it's a deal?
- Yeah. - Well, great.
Thanks a lot.
- I'll meet you after the game, I guess. - Alrighty.
Jackie, where have you been?! Mr. Henry's been looking for you.
He looked everywhere but where I was.
K.C., come here a minute.
K.C. Carr, Jackie Burdette. You two haven't met.
Hi there.
A dollar fine, Burdette. All right, come on.
Sadie, get your hair combed, or I'm gonna shave your head. Come on, move!
Then stay off. I skated back in...
It looks like number 7, Jackie Burdette, the girls' captain of the Portland Loggers.
Also out with her, that's number 30, Judy Sowinski of the Renegades.
She's the captain of the Renegades. It's a one-and-one jam.
The two captains out there. Look at those elbows fly.
Burdette, now coming up, up to Sowinski.
Look out! Down goes Sowinski with that leg block.
- Burdette going for the score. - Go, Jackie!
Here she comes now! That's K.C. Carr back there doing blocking.
K.C. Carr, the newcomer from Kansas City, skating for the Renegades her very first time.
Jackie Burdette can't seem to get by her yet.
Miss K.C. Carr doing a real good job.
Look at her throw those elbows...
...and Jackie Burdette doesn't know what's hit her.
Jackie Burdette laying back now, she's looking for a chance.
Here she comes with that hammer block. And look out! Down goes K.C., hard.
Burdette coming up to defense, breaks through!
Now she's going on for some more. She wants to pick them all up.
A whip from Polly Durell. Time's running out. She's got four...
Maybe just about five to get the point by Sowinski.
Can she do it? Here she goes.
She gets by! I don't know if it was counted.
I don't know if she got those five points.
What do the referees say? They say five!
- That was not five points! It was four! - It was five points! That's five!
We all know it. Time ran out. The referee disagrees, and the referee's decision is final.
Yep, five big points for the Loggers, scored by Jackie Burdette...
...girls' captain of the Logger team, and the fans love her.
That's the end of the girls' period of play.
And it's time for the men to take the track. Lots of excitement tonight. Big rivalry...
Things are looking up.
How would you like to get laid tonight?
- Who'd you have in mind? - I was thinking of me and you, baby.
Logger yearbook in the lobby. Only $ 1.
And it gives you the facts and figures about your favorite skaters.
Well, here's the change as the men take the track for the second period.
Let's see who will be first to get out for this period.
Looks like the Renegade getting some head.
Looks like they're setting up two.
They've got two jammers out.
That's Leon Jackson and George Adams.
- Loggers have one man out... - Feel so sorry.
Two-on-one jam.
Richard's gonna try off guard to get by, but let's see what happens.
Coming up against that double block. Can he get by?
Here he comes. Let's see. He's up!
That one was hard.
He's getting back up. Maybe a second try.
A 10-point scoring possibility for the Renegades, with Adams and Jackson.
Randy Rogers tries to set up a defense. He sends Bob Corbin back to block.
Look at this Corbin work!
He's hitting the post, number 37, along with the two Renegade jammers.
They can't go anywhere.
Look at this Corbin work, will you?
And he sends Rains right up to Ralphie Valladarez, number 3, now taken care of.
Look out! Rains, over the rail.
Little Richard Brown scoots by the inside for the Loggers and picks up 3.
Three big points for the Loggers.
Out of nowhere comes Little Richard Brown to tie.
Twenty, now, for the Loggers. Twenty for the Renegades.
On this jam, it's Leon Jackson again.
And he's up against that big man, Horrible Hank, Horrible Hog Hank Hopkins.
And Horrible Hank's letting him have it.
This Jackson's got trouble on his hands with Horrible Hank back there.
This Hank can be vicious. And look at that! Talk about a vicious block!
He's coming back to give him some more. Leon Jackson taking it hard.
Look at this man work! The Horrible Hog is doing a job on him.
Coming back, he's got him up, kicks him everywhere.
Look out! Slugging, beating.
What's this? K.C. Carr, the newcomer from Kansas City, got a mop.
She's going after Horrible Hank. Jackie Burdette looking on.
She's going after him with that mop, says, "Don't do that to my teammate. "
Gives him the mop. Now Hank's got the mop!
Look out, K.C., Hank's got that mop, and you are in trouble!
K.C. is on. Look out! There's Jackie Burdette.
She comes in, knocks K.C. down, and they mop up the floor with K.C. Carr.
She gets the mop. Jackie and Horrible Hank get the applause!
Without me, she'll pull anything. K.C., K.C.!
What in the hell do you think you were doing out there?!
- That mop didn't hurt me. - I'm gonna tell you something!
There's not gonna be showboating unless I tell you...
...or you're gonna find that ass warming a bench a full season!
Mr. Henry wants to see you in his office now.
Jackie, haul your ass in there too!
All right, everybody, get your jerseys off.
Laundry tonight.
Just want you to know there's no hard feelings, you dumping me out there.
- Just something I suppose you had to do. - That's right.
No, increase in attendance is at 12 percent.
Figures are right here.
And concessions up proportionately.
Right.
No, I'd say more than that.
More.
Anytime.
Anytime at all.
Good match tonight. Real good.
People loved it.
That business with Horrible Hank and the mop, just real good.
Jackie, that block you threw, excellent.
Thank you, Mr. Henry.
How'd you come out of it? No bruises?
- Just fine. Thank you, sir. - Good, good.
We might continue this when you're wearing the same uniforms.
Two pretty girls. Customers will love it.
I just wanted you to know that color of that sort is appreciated by me and the fans.
K.C.? Would you stay behind?
Thank you, Jackie.
Sit down again, K.C.
I've been watching you for months.
I've had a complete report on you, your background.
Does that surprise you?
Flattering, I guess.
Diane, what I'm gonna say I don't want general knowledge.
But when I was scouting you, I was looking for someone.
Someone I can build into a key personality.
That sounds vague. Forgive me.
I won't know much more until after my next Chicago trip.
I want you to know you weren't brought to Portland to be another figure on the payroll.
We'll talk again.
Okay.
Yes, sir.
Guess we're gonna be at each other's throats for a while.
I suppose.
On the track, I mean.
Most of them are going to the Kenton Club. It's a beer joint. Wanna go there?
- I don't know. - Or you can just get settled in my place.
- Yeah. Your place sounds good. - Good.
- I'm really tired. - I'm folding.
Hey, I saw you skating tonight. You guys are like a couple of bullets.
Hey, what about some autographs, huh?
Yeah, okay.
Hey, we're just out for some fun.
- And I gotta tell you, you were really good. - Thanks.
How about you joining us, huh?
- Well, we got plans for tonight. - That's a shame.
- Here you go. - Thank you.
- You going anywhere? - Yeah.
- Why don't you just let me walk you. - What are you...?
- What are you doing? - Get in the car.
This it, now?
Yeah. Here we are, at last.
Well, there it is.
What do you think?
- Yeah. Nice. - Yeah?
Well, just take your coat off and make yourself at home.
I'll get some beers, okay?
Here we are.
- Here you go. - Thanks.
Cheers.
Oh, no, wait, wait. We need a better toast than that.
Let's see...
To K.C. Carr, the future queen of the Portland Loggers.
Okay.
It's a good thing Jackie's not here. She'd never drink to that.
Yeah, she's really a little...
What's her problem?
Well, you figure to be the top skater, right?
Now, wait a minute. I just got here.
You'll be the top skater.
Well, Jackie's been the top skater for the last six years.
Yeah.
I'm beginning to get the picture.
Getting out on this jam, it's K.C. Carr and Lovey Sanford!
K.C. Carr, number 11. Lovey Sanford, for the Loggers, number 3.
Look at Lovey work on K.C., pulling the hair.
It turned out to be a play. Down goes Lovey.
K.C. Carr now for the Renegades!
She's the only jammer. The only one that can pick up points.
Dropping back to block is number 7, Jackie Burdette, girls' captain of the Loggers.
K.C. coming up, runs into that big elbow of Jackie Burdette.
Jackie working over her.
Doing a job on K.C.
K.C.'s gonna try it one more time.
Jackie's ready.
And down she goes. K.C.'s picked up one. And now, yes, it's Lovey Sanford again.
She's doing the defense. Looks like she's got K.C. in that armlock.
She's got her head, working on the face!
Look at those bops.
- She's little, but she's scrappy. - Hit her!
K.C. still trying to get by!
Over the rail goes Lovey Stanford, and looks like K.C. Carr has two points.
She's going, she wants to pick up the rest of them.
Coming up to the pack. Looks like she's gonna get the whip from Sowinski.
She pulls it off! And she picks up five big Renegade points.
Five points for the Renegades by K.C. Carr.
The Renegades have two jammers out.
Number 32, Georgie Adams, and number 33, Leon Jackson.
Look at Rains work in that pack. Down goes Horrible Hank.
Loggers going everywhere.
Rains kicking everybody, slugging everybody.
He goes to Dick Wicks and kicks him! Look at Rains go!
He's going crazy. And Rogers, number 7, into the infield!
Look at this Rains.
He is an absolute madman. He's denying it, he's saying, "I didn't do a thing. "
Richard Brown gets a swat.
All right. Now, knock it off.
- I didn't do anything. I'm innocent. - Knock it off, right now.
You. Get off.
Better watch your... Mind your own business. Back away!
told you to get off the track!
Absolutely crazy. And here it goes now, out on this jam.
With him is number 8, Ralphie Valladarez for the Loggers! It's a one-and-one jam.
Anybody can collect points on this one.
So far, nobody can...
Down he goes.
Fell completely off the track.
Ralphie's scoring some points. Ralphie Valladarez.
Rains! Hopping down on his own man. And here comes Valladarez.
Now down goes Rains!
Valladarez is mad at Rains! And rightfully so.
This Rains is a total crazy maniac.
Look at him now on Valladarez.
- "How dare you rack up points?" - Knock it off.
Referee gets between them, says, "Knock that off. "
- Take a play. Get out of the game. - Go home.
Hey! Hey, go!
Now look! He's got benches. He's trying to stop Richard Brown, the jammer!
Richard Brown over everything. He's got chairs, tables! He's got the medical table!
Richard Brown coming up! He's over the medical table.
He's picking up points! Nothing can stop him!
The bucket goes. It knocks out one of the Renegades!
Richard Brown picking up points! Here comes the tool box!
That misses Richard Brown! He scores another point!
Rains is out of the game! The referee says, "We've had it with you!"
Now he's working over Little Richard Brown again.
Richard throws him into the penalty box, and down he goes!
A punch in the groin for Mr. Rains.
- Out! - Out of the game!
That's the last... The bucket on the head!
And Little Richard Brown lets him have a goodbye slam!
Hank? Hi.
Hey, K.C.!
Come on over and have a seat.
Hi, roomie. How are you?
- Here. Sit down! - How are you?
Honey, let me have another glass, will you?
What about Hank? He needs a drink too.
They don't serve beer in troughs.
- He heard you. - So what?
Nothing penetrates.
Hey, Hog!
Tell us how your old man used to call you in from that potato patch.
- Yeah, come on, Hank! - Come on.
- Come on. Come on! - Come on. Come on, Hank.
- Come on, Hank. - Come on.
Come on.
Hey, K.C.?
What, don't you think that's funny?
No, I don't think that's funny.
But you think we're pretty funny, huh?
- What's that supposed to mean? - Come on. Let's take it easy.
Oh, Christ.
Why don't you all shut up.
Right?
I mean, we're tops.
Why, hell, we're the best in the West, ain't that right?
Randy, I don't date skaters.
A skater?
I ain't no skater, I am a goddamn star!
Now, look, K. C...
...just give me a try, okay?
If it don't work, there ain't no hard feelings.
Hey!
Cut that out, or I'll give you something you can feel.
- Diane Carr here? - That's me.
- Telephone! - Just a minute.
Hello?
I'm busy, Mr. Henry.
Well, I just came down here to relax a little.
I've gotta get home and do some stuff.
Fine. Fine.
Well.
Getting back to more important business...
...we've got some things to talk about.
Look, Randy, I just don't date skaters. I have to work with them every night.
So...
...why don't you just buzz off, okay?
Sure.
Hey, Randy. Score again?
You bunch of female jock-strappers.
Hey, I'm telling you what.
- Don't talk about me while I'm gone. - We wouldn't think of it.
Did you hear what happened to Randy? Nothing! That's what happened to Randy.
Jackie?
Hey.
Jackie, are you okay?
She wants to know if I'm okay.
What did you say?
I said, I'm okay when I'm okay...
...and I'm okay when I'm not okay.
Okay?
Okay, does that answer...
...your unnecessary...
...question?
Hey...
...where do you come from?
- Where the hell did you come from? - Let's go for a walk. Come on.
- Let's go for a walk. - Hey, hey, hey!
Come on.
Well, that's terrific. Come on, Vinnie, let's...
Let's get you cleaned up, okay?
Jackie Burdette out on this jam for the Loggers.
She's picking up a few points. She gets an assist...
...from Yoko Suzaki. Scores another point.
Still trying to go on. She wants those remaining points.
Jackie Burdette, she's got four, five. She's got plenty of time.
Looks like she's gonna go for more! The whip from Lovey Stanford, too hard.
Down she goes!
That ends the jam.
Getting helped up from Vivien Cartwright, their general manager.
Jackie Burdette is a little upset at Lovey.
Said, "What did you do that for? What kind of a whip is that?"
Lovey says, "It's not my fault. I didn't mean to do it, you know!"
Jackie Burdette, coming through the rear...
...and that's Judy Sowinski on the defense.
Burdette pawing all over, but she can't get by.
Sowinski holding her back, but what's this?
Whip into the rail, down goes Sowinski. Burdette's got one.
- She's going on. Here's K.C. Carr. - Flip her over!
Carr is doing the blocking.
- Burdette can't go anywhere against Carr! - Come on!
Burdette's scooting by. She's by, and she's gotta come up against Carr.
K.C. Carr misses that block.
And it's another five big points for Jackie Burdette of the Portland Loggers.
K.C. Carr disgusted with herself after missing that block!
Fans going wild.
Oh, look at this action. The 7-11 combination, Burdette and Carr.
A lot of heat between these two girls. They don't like one another.
That's the end of the seventh period...
...and the men take the track now. This will be the last game here for a while.
I don't need any help out there, not from you!
I wasn't helping, I missed the block!
- the roller game of the week every Sunday night at 4 p. m...
...right here in Portland, Oregon.
K.C., Mr. Henry wants to see you in his office.
- Can't I even shower first? - Hey, listen, I'll see you later, okay?
Here, Lovey.
- You looked very good out there tonight. - Thanks.
Come in.
You'll be skating with the Loggers starting tomorrow.
- Great! - Sit down.
That fighting is really messing up my social life.
I heard about Jackie's trouble.
I had the impression you were giving her a little help.
- No, I just missed a block, that's all. - That's quite all right. It's all right.
I like that kind of loyalty from my skaters.
Yeah, I know you do.
So how are you?
- Fine. - You ready?
- For what? - Tonight.
Sunday night. I have a dinner date. I'm picking you up for dinner at 8:00.
- Okay. - Where you living?
I live with Lovey Sanford. She has a houseboat.
Oh, yeah, that's right.
Do you mind if I pick you up at the gangway, 8:00? It'll save time.
Yeah, sure.
This is really a nice place.
You know what I really like about you?
It's the way you enjoy everything. Your steak, for example.
As a kid, I always felt guilty unless I cleaned my plate. So I guess...
Who was that, your father?
Always my mom.
As far as I'm concerned, you can't do wrong.
I don't see how your husband ever... How'd he let you get away?
- You're not still involved with him, are you? - No, that was a long time ago.
Don't see him anymore?
He's married again. We don't see him anymore.
We?
Yeah, my kids and I.
Hey, you didn't finish your steak.
If you don't mind, I mean, if after I'm finished...
Just so it won't go to waste.
Well, of course.
Anything you desire.
This is fantastic!
I hope you don't think I intended for this to happen.
- Didn't you? - Yes.
Hi!
- Hello, Lovey. - I guess I'll see you all later.
Bye.
Why are you living with her?
I just haven't had time to find my own place.
She's not such a bad kid.
You should have a place of your own.
Hello?
Oh, yeah. Hi, Vivien.
He what?
You gotta be... He can't...
Yeah.
Lovey?
Lovey, what's the matter?
I've been traded.
I've been traded to Denver.
I've gotta be there day after tomorrow, ready to skate.
- What? - Burt Henry traded me.
Just a minute. I'll talk to him.
Well, maybe you already talked to him.
Lovey?
Hello?
K.C. for Burt Henry.
What?
Where?
No. No, that's okay.
Never mind.
Want some licorice?
No, thanks.
You know, I'm sure sorry about Lovey getting traded.
She was a good friend.
She always talked to me.
Sure hope I never do get traded.
Get traded, you have to start over making friends.
That's a hard thing to do.
Well, you got more friends than you think you do.
No. I can always tell who my friends are.
Now, Mr. Henry is my friend.
He told me that I gotta...
Well, what he told me was that I gotta have more color, you know?
I mean, like when people holler "pig" at me, well, then I gotta do something...
...to make everybody mad.
I don't wanna make them too mad, though.
No, I wouldn't do a thing like that, Hank.
Hey, you remember when you chased me with that mop...
...and I took it away from you?
Yeah.
That was fun.
K.C.?
Would you like to go to the movie with me after the game tonight?
Well, I don't know.
We'll see.
The second half of the game for the girls under way.
Coming out for the Loggers, Jack Burdette, captain...
...and number 11, K.C. Carr.
Two-on-one jam situation. Texas Roadrunner down.
Now it's K.C. Carr and Jack Burdette, 11 and 7 for the Loggers!
A 10-point score potential. Wait. They're going at each other.
Burdette's got Carr. I've never seen anything like this.
Burdette on Carr! Carr and Burdette going back and forth!
Neither one able to gain any advantage!
Now Carr has got Burdette! Again they go!
Burdette's got Carr by the head, and a leg block sends Carr down!
Jackie Burdette and K.C. Carr! They're going at it again!
Burdette, the only jammer that can score points now!
K.C. Carr, trying to assist her!
Jackie Burdette... Jack Burdette knocks down K.C.
What are these two girls up to?
Burdette trying to score it alone.
She's got one point, two, three, four, five, for a full grand slam!
It's halftime. Don't forget, all you Bakersfield fans.
Three weeks from tonight, the Loggers will be back...
...skating against Denver. Your favorite stars will be here:
Jackie Burdette, Horrible Hank Hopkins and K.C. Carr.
Tickets are on sale right now, out at the ticket office.
Don't forget your copy of the Roller Game Roundup.
We'll be calling four lucky numbers. If you hold one of those lucky-number gazettes...
...you'll win two free tickets to the next game right here in...
There's Horrible Hank. Five points, but the crowd doesn't like that!
He doesn't like that at all.
He puts his hands over his ears. But the crowd keeps yelling:
Boy, he hates that! Horrible Hank! Horrible Hank! He throws his helmet down!
He doesn't like that at all! Listen to that:
Loggers picking up five more points...
...making the score 75, Loggers, 63 for the Roadrunners!
Fresno seems lucky for these Loggers!
Out on the jam is number 11, K.C. Carr, and 7...
...Burdette, the captain. Carr and Burdette on the jam.
Now, Burdette... And that sends Burdette over the rail.
K.C. Carr is now the only jammer! She's at the back of the pack!
Trying to get by. She goes under the leg! She's coming up to the back of the pack!
She goes on the bottom! Four points! She's trying to make it a full grand slam!
Gets a whip, up to Gomez, now with 15 seconds remaining!
She's trying to get by! She's up to Gomez!
She sidesteps Gomez and goes through! K.C. Carr picking up five more points!
K.C. looks tired. Look out, here comes Burdette!
Mad at Carr for sending her over the rail.
Here comes Cartwright, Vivien Cartwright.
All right, cut it out.
Get on up there. I don't know what you're doing either.
Now, get over there. Hurry up.
- doesn't know what's going on. Vivien can't do a thing with these girls.
- I mean, is he always that way? - Yes. Always.
- You never told me about it. - What?
- I've been telling you. - I've been calling.
- You could have said something. - You never listen to anything I say.
They want their mother back.
- You can understand that, can't you? - Yeah. I realize that, Mom.
Duties of a mother come first.
- I don't expect to be a skater all my life. - They need you here!
Don't you think I know that?
Don't you think I wanna be with them?
Well, you can.
I ran into Mr. Mallory the other day.
You know what he said? "She can have her job back at the store any time she wants it. "
That's just great, Mom. A cuspidor in every room.
- For chrissake! What do you expect...? - Don't use that language in this house.
How many ways do you keep having to say it?
You never used to talk like that.
- It's easy to see where you picked it up. - I was dying here.
We all were. You know that.
Okay, so how much better are you doing? Traipsing all over the country!
It won't be forever.
Why don't you come back here? Come on back.
Mr. Mallory wants to marry you.
There's a dozen girls in this town that'd jump at the chance to get him.
Oh, you're choosy!
- Damn right! - Well, you're in no position to be!
Dreams are over. You gotta pay your way. Don't you understand?
I think it's all a bunch of riddles. I don't know what you're talking about.
You don't listen. It's not riddles. I want a little piece of the action...
...so I don't have to apologize every time I turn around. That's all.
Come on. Come on!
I just think you ought to take a good look at what's right under your nose.
At what's really important. See?
Mama.
I love you and the kids.
Yeah.
I don't know what that's got to do with the price of tea.
You ought to have your head examined!
Thanks.
Could you wait a minute right here for me? I have to pick something up.
Diane!
- Where did you come from? - Just flew in.
Come on, I wanna talk to you.
How come you're in Fresno? I didn't think I'd see you.
- I've been a hard man to find. - You didn't call or anything.
Well, there's an explanation.
Where have you been? I've been waiting for you half the afternoon.
- I went to see my kids. - How are they?
Fine. Everybody's fine.
Do you realize how great you look today?
Burt, I wanted to talk to you about something.
What?
It's about Lovey.
Why did you trade Lovey?
Lovey? Oh, that was business.
Strictly business. She was needed in Denver.
She's doing very well there.
And that's all it was? Just business?
Okay. Maybe I was jealous of having to share you with anyone.
- Is that so terrible? - No.
It's just the way you did it. You know, so sudden. No warning, nothing.
Well, you know, that's part of a skater's life. Those things happen.
That's all in the past. I wanna tell you something really great.
You know the project I've been working on?
I mentioned it to you.
The thing that's been taking me out of town so often? Well, I'm leaving Portland.
- You're leaving? - Yeah. Going to Chicago.
I've set up the biggest franchise skating has ever seen.
I've closed a network-television deal.
It is going to be fantastic!
Fantastic!
Yes.
Fantastic for both of us.
Both of us?
- I'm taking you with me, Diane. - Well, I can't. My kids are here.
You are going to be the biggest star on the biggest team in skating.
I'm gonna make that happen.
I made up my mind I was gonna make this happen the first time I ever saw you.
If I don't spend time with my kids, they'll forget they've got a mother.
We'll bring them along. That's a promise.
- Oh, I'm so lonely. - Me too.
Me too.
We won't be lonely any longer.
- What's happening? - Oh, nothing much.
Look a little tired.
Oh, it ain't that. It's just that...
...I keep getting hit harder, it seems.
But I'm not tired.
Why don't you ask Mr. Henry to give you a rest.
No, K.C. I can't do that. He might think that I couldn't take it no more.
I couldn't do that.
Here, you need to get some sleep.
There you go.
Hey, if you want, I'll rub your neck.
- Hey! Vivien! - What?
- How long? - However long it takes...
...that's how long!
- Hey! - Jackie?
- Something the matter? - Not with me.
Hey!
Want some?
No, thanks.
Are the two of you coming with us?
Hey, the bus is fixed. Vivien was saying that...
The hell with the bus. The hell with the broken bus.
The hell with everybody on it. And screw you.
Hey!
Wait a minute, Vivien!
Get your asses on this bus!
Jackie, please. Come on, we gotta go back to the bus.
Shut up!
Both of you got five seconds to get on the bus!
Stop following me, will you? Just leave me alone.
You make me nervous. I don't know when I'll turn around and find myself not there.
All right, what is it, then?
I'm not gonna pussyfoot around!
I'm talking about you pussyfooting, if you follow me. That's very talented.
Especially when you lace your skates off and go pussyfooting where it really pays off.
That's some talent.
And you have a way of making people disappear, like Lovey.
And who else have you got in mind?
What's the matter, don't you wanna talk about your talent?
Yeah, I'll talk about it. When you're sober.
I am sober.
Six years.
For six years, I was...
I was something.
We're back to the Renegade jammers. There's Judy Sowinski...
...and Tonette Kadramas.
And along with them for the Portland Loggers, there she is, K.C. Carr, number 11.
Two-on-one jam now!
About anybody can pick up points, and they're fighting for position.
Look at those elbows fly!
K.C. Carr working in and out, trying to get around them!
Who will be the one that picks up points? Boy, they're working over K.C. now.
It's a sit-down in the pack. The jammers are all down!
They're getting back up, trying to scramble over.
All three are now over, fighting for position.
And they take out K.C. Carr! Down she goes.
Two Renegade girls waiting for her. She runs into a brick wall.
K.C. getting up, and the Renegades are right there!
Sowinski and Kadramas working her over good!
Look at this! Look at this! Horrible Hank coming out now...
He takes care of those two Renegade girls. The Renegade men are up in arms!
They say, "That's not fair!"
Hank now giving an assist to K.C., saying, "Don't worry about it, honey.
You just picked up three points for our team. "
There she is, the real winner, K.C. Carr!
And there is Horrible Hank Hopkins, and look at that.
Five, four, three, two, one.
And the period ends...
...with the score 99 for the Renegades, 86 for the Loggers.
Men take the track for the eighth and final skating period of play tonight.
Look at this. Horrible Hank demanding that jamming helmet.
He wants to go out and do some jamming, show the Renegades how it's done.
He's got it now. Let's see what happens. The big man out on the jam.
Getting out now. He's got two Renegade jammers to contend with.
They're setting up a double block against him.
Hank breaks right through with those powerful arms.
Sends the Renegades sprawling, and now it's Hank all alone.
He's the only one that can pick up points, number 10, the Horrible Hog.
Look at the Renegades! The whole team's there to do the defensive work on Hank.
He comes! He crashes into them!
He doesn't go anywhere!
The Renegades holding him back.
Dick Wicks goes by, calls it off. He gets three points.
Referees in to try and break up this mess.
Hank getting beaten up by the Renegades!
Look at this!
A cruel revenge for that action committed last period with the girls.
The fans don't like Hank either.
They're using him for target practice, throwing everything that isn't glued down.
Hank couldn't wait to get off that last play, three points.
And look at him, he's furious.
Don't laugh at me!
Stop throwing at me! Stop throwing at me!
Sons of bitches.
It's time to get out of there. That's no place for him.
And there's K.C. Carr on the infield with a towel...
...and a little sympathy for Horrible Hank Hopkins.
- Get him! - Wiping his face now.
You okay? Come on.
Look out! He gets K.C. Carr right in the face.
K.C. doesn't go for that.
He goes after Frank Martinez, Martinez shoves her over the table.
And here comes Hank Hopkins. Hank is after Frank Martinez.
Frank, if he catches you, you're a dead man.
He's after Frank, now he's choking him on that rail.
Here comes George Adams... Over into the crowd!
Georgie is hurt. Look out!
Hank got hold of Frank Martinez and throws him into the penalty box...
...splintering it into pieces.
Hank isn't gonna give up. He drags Frank Martinez to his feet again.
He's got Frank...
- Do something! - You sit on the bench.
He slugs him! Look at that, vicious blows. He just won't let up.
Nobody will get in his way.
Look at him. He's got him again. Boom, he hits him again.
Just hitting Martinez. I've never seen anything like this.
He's merciless. Look at him. He's getting him up again.
Look at those powerful arms. Dragging him up again.
Beating him senseless.
Oh, now this has gone just a little too far. Come on, now, Hank.
He's getting up. Frank is down, and it looks like he's down for good.
And he's bringing him up one more time. Right through that rail, and down he goes!
And he is hurt. He is hurt bad. Here comes the Renegade team now!
They're on top of him. They're whipping him on the floor.
Hank takes a terrible beating by the Renegades.
Finally, Hank's teammates come to his rescue.
Trying to drag those Renegades off who are on top of him.
Hank took it that time!
Well, Hank did go just a bit overboard, and I can't blame those Renegades!
Hank?
It was merciless, what he did to Frank Martinez...
...and when he put George Adams over the rail, he hurt him quite seriously also.
I guess they got their money's worth tonight, didn't they, K.C.?
K.C. can skate by herself, because there won't be anybody left on this team, right?
- She could care less about that. - Hey, K.C.?
Yeah?
Hank wants your autograph.
Go to hell.
- Forget her. It's not worth it. - Don't bother with her.
- She don't bother with us. - Listen, goddamn it.
- I had nothing to do with that! - Who you trying to kid, K.C.?
- What's going on in the track? - What's going on here?
What's going on? You're not skating with us.
- Something's going on here. - Go ask Burt. I just work here.
I'm sick and tired of this runaround from you.
If you've got a problem, then let's have it out!
- Come on! - All right! We'll have it out right now!
You've never been a part of this team. You've never tried, and I could care less.
Except ever since you've gotten here, this team has gone to hell.
- And that's my fault? - Oh, baby, nothing else has changed.
- Then screw you, sister. - I wouldn't give you the pleasure.
- It's not like that, Vivien. - Well, then you tell that to Lovey.
For chrissake, people get traded all the time!
- Explain that to Hank. - Hank?
What about Hank?
Burt just fired Hank.
- K.C., you did it again. - Sure did.
Miss Hot Dog.
No argument from me, Frank.
I...
- I personally... - I need to talk to you, Burt.
Sorry, Frank. I personally guarantee you'll have a full...
Burt, I have to talk to you now!
You'll have a full roster on the 15th, everyone to your liking.
Right. Right.
Yeah, all seasoned. Yeah, you bet.
Thank you, Frank. I appreciate that.
Right. I'll see you then.
- Burt, you just can't do this to him! - Close that door.
What the hell is the matter with that boob?
I'm one inch away from signing a contract with that man...
...and he heard what happened tonight. One inch away!
He wants to know how many more idiots are in this franchise I'm selling.
- It's a damn good question. - Well, it's not Hank's fault.
- He was helping me! Trying to please you! - He'll have to help somebody else now.
- What'll he do now that you fired him? - I made him a free agent.
Why? For months now, you've been telling him more color.
I didn't tell him to commit mayhem! Three Renegades are on the injured list.
I'll be damn lucky if somebody doesn't sue me.
All right, all right.
You can't throw Hank on the heap after you used him.
What the hell are you talking about? We're all used. You, me, anybody on two legs!
That's what it's all about. That's your American pie for you.
You ought to know that by now.
You haven't heard a word I said.
What the hell is he doing?
Color, Mr. Henry!
You want color, Mr. Henry?
That's what you said, give color!
But you're mad!
- Give color! Color, Mr. Henry! - What the hell do you think you're doing?
Color!
You said, "Give them color," Mr. Henry!
- All right. - Give them color!
- Burt! - Keep back! Boys, give me a hand.
- Go on, get him off the track. - Give color, Mr. Henry.
All right, easy now.
- The hell's the matter with you?! - Please don't take me out.
- Burt, please!
- Burt, please! Don't! - Would you let me handle this?! Security!
- Mr. Henry, please. - Security!
- The hell is the matter with you?! - Don't let them take me out.
Don't fire me, Mr. Henry!
- Mr. Henry, please. - Security!
All I ever done was what you asked me to do, Mr. Henry.
Please. I ain't no pig!
Please. Oh, please.
I never wanted to be no different than all the others. I ain't no pig.
I ain't no pig.
K.C.!
K.C.! It's true what they said about you and him, ain't it?
I never wanted to believe it, but it's true!
Ain't it?
I don't love you no more!
- Get him out of here. Fast! - It's true!
I don't love you no more!
I don't love you.
Get him out of here!
What do you want now? You want me to give him a raise?
Diane?
Where the hell have you been?
Walking.
He'll find a month's pay in his envelope tomorrow.
A big guy like that, he'll have no trouble getting a muscle job of some sort.
K.C.?
Diane, I have to take off. I won't get back before Saturday.
I want you to know about Saturday.
We're finishing Saturday. I wanna do it big and right.
Planning a match race between you and Jackie.
They'll announce it at halftime. Make it spontaneous.
Okay?
Now, when Jackie crosses the finish line...
...I'm gonna have the announcer state that the loser...
Because of courage shown and all that, the loser, you...
...is gonna become captain of the new Chicago franchise.
Yeah, fine.
Jackie gets what she wants.
You get what you want.
The fans get a battle.
Does Jackie know who's supposed to win this race?
I told her there was only room for one of you on the Portland team...
...and I didn't care which one. So she'll be out there hammering away.
You're pro enough to take that.
You can hit the infield anytime you want.
You all right?
Yeah, fine.
Been walking all night?
Yeah, just about.
Something bothering you besides Hank?
You.
And me.
Now, you're upset. You're just upset, that's all.
So am I. Both of us are. It was a lousy night.
Both of us just need a little rest.
Okay?
One more thing, before I forget, about the Chicago trip...
...don't bring the kids along for a couple of weeks or a month.
The publicity campaign we've got planned for you, two kids just don't fit in.
It's only temporary, until it doesn't matter.
Okay?
Yeah, sure.
You're a terrific kid.
I love you.
Or...
...the closest thing I'll ever come to it.
How do you feel about it?
The same.
Closest thing I'll ever come to it, I guess.
- See you Saturday? - Right.
Getting out is Ralphie Valladarez, number 8, for the Loggers.
There's George Adams for the Renegades!
Down goes George Adams, and that leaves Ralphie Valladarez all by himself.
We've got quite an argument between Jackie Burdette and K.C. Carr.
Vivien trying to get in the middle of that.
- Knock it off, K.C., I mean it! - Come on!
They wanna pick up some points. Here comes Richard, straight through.
Ralphie's got four! He's going up the back end!
He can't catch up to him, yet he wants that fifth point! Here he comes.
He's up abreast of him! He knocks him up to the rail and...
Bastard yourself!
I better get down there and see what's happening.
And I mean it!
Get off the track, you're gonna hurt someone. Cut it out!
You're on the same team!
This is a washed-up old bitch who can't skate anymore. She trips over her own feet!
Well, I'm sick and tired of you being a glory hustler.
If K.C. Carr thinks she's so cute, I wonder how cute she'd be in a match race.
Listen to her! A match race? You must be joking! A match race means nothing!
I could beat you hands down, but if that's what you want, you can have it!
Cut it out!
We'll just have a match race right here, and we'll find out who'll leave Portland forever!
Any time, any place. I can tell you now, K.C. Carr can start packing all her bras!
- Come on! - At least I got bras and not A cups!
- Your boyfriend complaining? - Come on. You're both...
- No holds barred. - Boy, you're a bigmouth!
- How about right now?! - Sure, come on.
K.C., cut it out!
- One more time, let's see you do it again! - Sure, baby.
- Cut it out! - All right, do you wanna fight?
- Yeah! - All right!
I've been telling you that.
You've seen the feud between these two develop in these past few weeks...
...ever since K.C. Carr was traded to the Logger team.
Now it's erupted into this:
A five-lap anything-goes match race next Saturday night, right here.
And the loser must leave Portland forever. And forever is a long, long time.
Who will it be? Will it be Jackie Burdette leaving, or will it be K.C. Carr?
Come on!
I know I'm not gonna miss it.
Okay, that's three, four, five.
Twenty-five.
Yes, ma'am?
- it looks like he's picking up points. Look at him. He's gone wild.
He's got one, two...
Man from Japan really did it! Look at the fans go crazy! They love...
Quite a game tonight, as the score goes back...
out over there! He's coming at them.
We've got a pileup. He's trying to get over on top.
Good luck to him!
As we near halftime now, the Renegades...
They're really going wild out there tonight! Look at them!
Oh, boy! Look at him score those points all around, up and down. Look at him score.
He's got four. He's got the whole fistful. Five big points for the Loggers!
Man, let's skate this thing for real.
Just straight out, you and me.
Why not? The result's gonna be the same anyway.
I wouldn't be too sure.
That's a hell of a team you've built.
It's all yours now.
And here they are, ladies and gentlemen. First, that's number 11, K.C. Carr!
Right behind her, her opponent in this match race, number 7, Jackie Burdette.
This is it, the match race we've all been waiting for. Five laps, anything goes.
And the loser must leave Portland forever. This is the big one!
There's excitement growing in this crowd. And look at these two girls...
...warming up, coming now to that starting line...
...the referee lining them up.
There it is, the whistle, and we've got the match race going!
Starts out...
So far, neither girl able to get that advantage.
Four to go! Four to go!
Four laps now to go. Four laps to go in this match race.
One down. Both of these girls flying hard!
Three to go! Three to go!
Here comes Jackie on top of K.C.
- She goes down hard! - Goddamn!
Both are back up again. A couple of pros out here...
...and nothing's gonna stop them. Look out!
Look out, K.C. She gets a whip!
Down she goes.
Kicks K.C.
That's looking pretty rough out there. Here comes K.C. back with some more.
She's after Jackie. Over the back rail she goes!
She's going after Jackie. She's gonna go after Jackie now...
Jackie's the one getting the beating now.
K.C. now trying to get up, going on. She wants to win this one.
Look at that to the eye!
Jackie, now getting back up. Looks like she's gonna take the advantage now.
And now they're both up again.
Both down again now. Both down again now.
Slugs her hard, down she goes...
There's two laps to go. There's two laps!
Here they come now. Jackie's coming on, she's got ahold of K.C. by the hair...
...and slams her head into that rail.
And K.C. looks like she's in trouble. K.C. in trouble now...
...as Jackie Burdette, captain of this Logger team for six years, is working her over.
Pushes to the side of K.C., and Jackie's going...
- Here comes K.C. - One to go, this is it!
There's one lap left. This is the final one.
What's this? A whip into the rail for K.C.!
Jackie looks like she might be going on to win it.
K.C.'s getting even scrappier, though. She'd better stop Jackie! Jackie's over the rail!
K.C.'s going back to pick up that halfpipe.
She stumps Jackie just in time, and she may win it now.
Look at these girls go. This is just...
Here comes K.C. Looks like she's gonna...
K.C. Carr is the first one.
K.C.! K.C.! K.C.!