IT WAS 11/15/ 05 I WAS ON ROUTE TO I BELIEVE KNOXVILLE TENN, FOR A KRYSTAL QUALIFIER IT WAS MY LAST HO RAH TO GET INTO THE FINALS . I MADE A BIG DEAL ON MY SITE ON HOW I WAS GOING TO SHOW THE NEW BERTOLETI A THING OR TO , I BILLED IT AS SORT OF IN THE MOVIE THE CINCINNATI KID WERE EDWARD G. ROBINSON SHOW S THE YOUNG UPSTART A THINK OR TWO ABOUT WINNING. ON ROUTE TO KNOXVILLE I HAD A STOP OVER AT NATIONAL AIRPORT IN WASH. D.C I RAN INTO PAT AND INTRODUCED MYSELF TO HIM , HE WAS VERY TIRED AND WENT TO SLEEP ON THE BENCH IN THE TERMINAL . AS THE CALL ALL ABOARD THE AIRLINE WAS CALLED BERTELETI WAS IN A A DEEP SLEEP , I COULD HAVE LET HIM LIE THERE AND WALK AWAY WITH THE CONTEST , BUT IN THE INTEREST OF FAIR PLAY AND GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP I’LL WAKE HIM UP …. HE WENT ON TO BEAT ME BY A SMALL MARGIN IT WA S THE START OF HIS CAREER AND THE END OF MINE ..DON LERMAN