Eyewitness

Mrs. Sophie Eisenberg, an ardent hockey fan, was engrossed in a telecast from Madison Square Garden of a game be tween Montreal's Canadiens and the New York Rangers. She was particularly interested, she said later in federal court be cause her friend and fellow fan, Jonas Walvisch, had promised to wave to her from a front-row seat. On her 10-inch screen, said Mrs. Eisenberg, she saw Canadiens Player Emile Bouchard clout Jonas on the head with a hockey stick just as her friend leaned forward to wave Asked the defendant's attorney: "Did you wave back?" Answered Mrs. Eisenberg: Of course not."

Mrs. Eisenberg made history of a sort by being the first television eyewitness allowed to testify in federal court. But she was of little help last week to Plaintiff Jonas Walvisch in his suit for $75,000 damages: he lost the case.

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