A Cooke’s Tour of the Area Shows Landover Missing

Jack Kent Cooke is not only planning to build a new stadium for his Washington Redskins in Maryland, he is changing the map in the area.

The site for the team, according to Cooke’s map, is Raljon, Md. The area where the stadium is going has long been known as Landover in Prince George’s County.

The name Raljon is a combination of his sons’ names, Ralph and John, and was the name he gave a 16,000-acre ranch in California that he once owned. Ralph died last year.

Reaction from Stan Fetter, a Prince George’s County official: “Every time I’ve seen the most obstinate and obtuse and self-centered thing that Jack Kent Cooke can do, he comes up with something else.”

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Trivia time: Which team holds the record for most points in the fourth quarter of an NBA playoff game?

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Odds and ends: Among the items thrown onto the ice at Winnipeg after the Jets’ last game were a can of blue paint and a hubcap.

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The right touch: Some tips from Craig Stadler on throwing a golf club in his book, “I Am the Walrus,” with John Andrisani:

--”Use good etiquette. Check to make sure no one else in your foursome is within 20 feet of your target area.

--”The club should fly high and soft, end over end, and with plenty of backspin. Practice this shot frequently and you’ll soon be putting it within 10 feet of your bag every time.”

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Looking back: On this day in 1959, the largest crowd in baseball history, 93,103, attended the Coliseum for “Roy Campanella Night,” an exhibition game between the New York Yankees and Dodgers. The Yankees won, 6-2.

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The Kiner file: When Pittsburgh Pirate relief pitcher Dan Plesac came in to finish a 10-6 game against the New York Mets last week, he was not in a save situation, which Met broadcaster Ralph Kiner explained in his classic fashion:

“Plesac is trying to pick up his first save of the year--and he can’t do that.”

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Heavy load: From the Good Doctor in Inside Sports magazine:

“Question: Of all the female weightlifters in America, which one’s best?

“Answer: Howard Stern co-host Robin Quivers. She’s been carrying a dumbbell for years.”

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FYI: Deacon Jones, an NFL Hall of Fame member of the Rams’ famed Fearsome Foursome of the 1960s, has written a book. The title is, appropriately, “Head Slap,” the move he developed to harass offensive linemen and is now illegal.

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Trivia answer: The Lakers, with 51 against Detroit on March 31, 1962.

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And finally: Charles Barkley of the Phoenix Suns had little to say about San Antonio before his team’s losing playoff series.

“The only Alamo I know rents cars,” he said.