Lenny Moore

At 68, Roy Hilton still enjoys fooling people. "They come up to me and think I'm an old basketball player. I like that," said Hilton, who, at 6-foot-6, was one of the tallest Baltimore Colts of his day. He fooled people in other ways, back then. The Colts' 15th round draft pick in 1965, Hilton surprised everyone by making the team at defensive end and lasting 11 years in the NFL. And in Baltimore's 16-13 victory in Super Bowl V, he surprised Dallas by roaring past its All-Pro tackle, Ralph Neely, and sacking Cowboys' quarterback Craig Morton twice before halftime.

DURING MY teens -- when I considered myself a loyal Orioles fan -- one afternoon I took my youngest brother to a game. A group of black boys -- who had apparently sneaked in -- meandered over to our area of the upper deck, followed by an usher who ordered the group, plus me and my brother, to leave.I immediately showed him our ticket stubs as proof that we had paid to get in. He gave us the boot anyway.Despite that incident, I still considered myself a loyal Orioles fan -- until they traded Frank Robinson in 1972.

More than 600 people stopped by Macaws Cafe last Sunday to celebrate its grand opening.The group was there to cheer on owners Richard Evans, former owner and founder of the Crease in Towson; Chef Andrew Lehrer and Rob Creamer.They want Macaws, once the Sweet Air Cafe in Jacksonville's Manor Shopping Center, to be a local family-oriented restaurant, open for lunch and dinner daily.On board as managers of the cafe are Kelly Feather, Dennis Shaneybrook, Steve Diffenderfer and Kristin Grevey.

The Baltimore Sun An out-of-work bridge painter shot a question at Art Donovan, the Baltimore Colts legend making a visit to a city emergency services outreach center Friday morning. "So, when were you inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?" asked Thurmond Lamar Brown. Donovan, who sat next to his friend and former teammate Jim Mutscheller at the Franciscan Center on West 23rd Street, never missed a beat. "Right after the Civil War," he said. For about two hours, Colts veterans Donovan, Mutscheller, Lenny Moore , Toni Linhart and Doug Eggers helped this 42-year-old social services center get back in the business of serving meals to the city's poor five days a week.

Oct. 26, 2002: Make it five straight wins for Maryland's football team, which rips Duke, 45-12. Scott McBrien passes for two touchdowns, Nick Novak kicks a 51-yard field goal and the visiting Terps intercept three passes to go 6-2 for the year. They'll finish 11-3 with a Peach Bowl victory and No. 13 ranking. Oct. 27, 1996: With 10 seconds left in overtime, Vinny Testaverde passes 22 yards to Michael Jackson for a touchdown as the Ravens defeat the St. Louis Rams, 37-31, at Memorial Stadium.

Lenny Moore can hardly attend an NFL function without some gnarly old linebacker wagging his finger at the 78-year-old Baltimore Colts Hall of Fame running back and telling Moore something he already knows. "Lenny," the old-timer will say, "I had a bead on you so many times out there, I was going to knock the living hell out of you. But then I'd look up and, all of a sudden, here comes Jim Parker - and he'd get me first. " Moore will listen, smile and nod. Then he'll look skyward and thank the man upstairs - No. 77, the big lug with the horseshoe on his helmet - for running interference.

NOTEworthy Day:No contact has yet been made, but the new ownership of the Toronto Blue Jays is contemplating offering Pat Gillick a chance to rejoin the club where he started as general manager -- enticing him with a percentage of ownership. Gillick, meanwhile, says he's happy in Baltimore and insists he's not interested in taking a hike.A change of address and promotion for Scott Brown, former Towson High baseball player, from general manager of the New York Mets' farm club at Port St. Lucie of the Florida State League to assistant general manager of their Binghamton affiliate in the Eastern League.

I READ THE NEWS the other day about Bob Irsay's failing health. And I felt . . . nothing.This caught me completely off guard.I come from a family where blood feuds are not only tolerated, but actively encouraged. But here was the great enemy of my people lying deathly ill and I had nothing going.I couldn't even come up with a decent pull-the-plug joke.Was I, God forbid, showing latent signs of maturity?Had I learned, when I wasn't looking, and when I certainly hadn't meant to, something about the merits of forgiving and forgetting?

ON THE DAY they opened the doors of the brand-new Oriole Park at Camden Yards, John Steadman had a plan. He hired a man with a small airplane to fly over the first Opening Day crowd. The plane would trail a banner behind it. The banner would declare, "The Babe Says Hi." The idea was scratched by the U.S. Secret Service. The president of the United States was attending that day, so no planes were allowed over the ballpark. But the notion was vintage Steadman. Babe Ruth grew up here. He lived on a street that was now short center field.

In Baltimore City $100 reward offered for information on illegal dumping Mayor Martin O'Malley and Police Commissioner Edward T. Norris will launch a public awareness campaign today that offers residents a $100 reward for information that leads to the arrest of those who illegally dump trash. City officials will urge residents to call 311 if they see someone illegally dumping trash or debris in their neighborhoods. If the tip leads to an arrest, the caller will receive a check for $100 within three weeks, officials said.