The San Francisco 49ers had their glory days under Joe Montana and may be making a comeback under Alex Smith.

Among them was Teleview Racing Patrol, which he built into the leading source of closed-circuit broadcasts of horse racing to off-track betting and intertrack wagering sites in the country.

He's forgotten Sheila, in fact, and if he's thinking about friends, it's only a vague underfeeling that he would be really impressive if allied with Virginia Novello.

There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed.