at that time mr. autry had cataracts, couldn't see so he had a television on the third tier. and of course as a guest of the owner president nixon had to sit next to him and autry's watching the game on the tv. that didn't affect me i sought in the first all cheered. >> after the move to new york, you made a good move by sitting in the front row because david eisenhower and i went to yankee stadium at the invitation of mr. steinbrenner, i believe. you were there as well. i stat behind them, and then everyone comes to the box to pay their respects. steinbrenner and they stand up the whole time, and they don't see a damn thing. what about the move to new york and the planning of it? i think that is the key move. how did it come about? >> you know, he told me that he is going back to new york to be near the kids. one was in pennsylvania. one was no new york city. the grandkids were starting to come. julie's firstborn was born in san clemente. now he is going to have grandchildren. he said mrs. nixon wanted to go back to new york. he really wanted to get back in the action also. h

mr. autry had cataracts and couldn't see. he had a television on the third tier. as a guest of the owner, president nixon had to sit next to him. i sat in the first row. the first time we went, nolan ryan was pitching. a foul ball came up and i did one of these. i caught it one-handed and the crowd cheered. jack caught a foul ball. the political instinct came out and president nixon got up and walked down to the front row and signed the ball. you could hear them murmuring in the audience. they all cheered again. he got feeling good. we would go to ball games quite often. almost any sports celebrity i could bring in, he would love it . athlete, himself. we spent a lot of time doing that. they would come in and tell him how wonderful he was and he would know this statistic and all of that. >> after the move to new york , you made a good move by sitting in the front row. i sat behind them and everyone comes to the box to pay their respects and steinbrenner and the president stand up the whole game. we don't see a dang thing. what about the move to new york and the pl