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lOTHEM'JW HERALD i-3 great Italian adventure First-class treatment swayed star Invited Danny's college roommate to make the trip Before the tour was over Ferry and company visited Venice Rome and Monte Carlo "It must have cost them $70000 to entertain says Bob Ferry all went over and back on the Concorde and that in itself wa3 around $30000 But apart from that they impressed us in a lot of ways Suffice to say if it an all-around fantastic deal he be A government major at Duke who also took some courses in finance Danny will continue between practice sessions in Rome to study at Henry Cabot Lodge University and has volunteered to work part-time for the US Embassy By JOHN STEADMAN ne 6a-more Evening Sun It's appropriate to view Danny Ferry as something of a Christopher Columbus in sneakers off to conquer I the "old world" yes but at the same time the "new world" of basketball that he no doubt will prove is truly round America should feel elat- Ol ed about having him without pen' portfolio or pretense as one of its unofficial goodwill ambassadors to Italy Ferry stunned the NBA and the Los Angeles Clippers when after being the second player chosen in the college draft he rebuffed offers and headed off on his overseas mission The Clippers reeling from the setback of losing Ferry the celebrated Duke All-American have reacted by offering his draft nghts to other teams in trade attempts It was naturally assumed that Ferry would follow his father Bob the Washington Bullets' general manager into the NBA but something happened before he even entered into negotiations with the Clippers or headed for the bank The night of the draft while walking down a New York street a man came up to Ferry a representative of the Messaggero basketball team one Enzo deChiaro who wanted to know if Danny-boy might like to dribble off to Italy It was a strange way to establish a professional contact to be sure but Danny referred him to his father And the next day when Ferry got the call from the Italian representative he informed deChiaro "We have anything like this in mind' Then the overseas agent started to explain and what he had to say and sell was intriguing Money obviously was no concern because Gruppo Ferruzzi who owns the team is one of the wealthiest men Ferruzzi wanted Danny and his parents to come to Italy They also TOM HIGGINS CHARLOTTE OBSERVER zfD yi AMERICA'S REPLACEMENT BATTERY Sears 45 month 97 Wlttl trade-in Every Oayl 350 cold cranking amps 60 minutes reserve capacity Equal in power to many original equipment batteries varrMtfy Sec store lor details Motorcraft 60 Vj Regular price CM with trade flt less double Ibe mee $5 rebale oiler lii Your cost alter Mir rebale OTHER BATTERIES AT SEARS: sHard OieHard car battery with trade-in 59 97 Sears 60 battery with trade-in 3997 96492 OieHard MARINE battery with trade-in 54 97 Sears has batteries lor most any need! 98300 GUARDSMAN RoadHandler RoadHandler RoadHandler Under SI0 for a gas shock! 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