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YOUR MOVE CHICAGO
Gene Shalit puses along this
quickie in the current issue of
SPORT. It seems NFL
Commissioner Pete Rozelle was
chatting with the press at the
league's recent meetings. The
topic was expansion, and
Rozelle said he was all for it,
that pro football should move
into cities where people
haven't had a chance to see it.
Which prompted someone In
the audience to shout out:
"How about Chicago?"
D1DNT YOU USED TO BE . . .
Quick, since it was
outlawed, who is the only man
ever suspended for throwing
the spitter? Right, it was
Nelson Potter in 1944. True to
the code, Potter says in the
new issue of SPORT Magazine,
"1 hate to spoil a good story,
but 1 never threw a spitball in
my career." Now 62, living in
Mt. Morris, Illinois, Potter
explains that umpire Cal
Hubbard's report didn't use the
word spitter, anyway. "It said
there was a foreign substance
of the ball." Sure, Nelson,
sure!
ON THE ART OF STE ALING
In recent seasons, Lou
Brock and Bert Campaneris
have almost monopolized
base-stealing honors in the
majors, Brock leading the NL
in six of the last seven seasons,
and Campaneris topping the
AL six times in the last eight
years. Statistician Allan Roth
discusses percentages and
records In the theft department
in SPORT Magazine this
month.
THREE FOR ONE
Midway through his
admission in SPORT Magazine
that he "used to" throw the
spitter, Gayiord Perry talks
about an "overload." "Galen
Cisco didn't have a chance. He
bounced the first pitch right
back to me. The son-of-a-gun
was still loaded. It slipped from
my grip when I threw it to
Jimmy Davenport covering
second base. He made a great
leaping catch and came down
on the bag. He leaped again to
avoid the runner and threw to
Cepeda at first who dug it out
of the dirt. Broadcaster Lon
Simmons called it back to San
Francisco this way: 'A circus
doubleplay. The play of the
year.' Lon couldn't know it
was a three-ring circus. That
ball had enough on it to last
three throws: Mine to the
plate, mine to Davenport and
his to first base- three spitters
on one pitch. We were out of
the inning. Cepeda rolled the
ball along the grass,
tumble-drying it by the time it
reached the mound. Everybody
protects a spitball pitcher."
MINI-QUIZ
New York broadcaster Marv
Albert hosts SPORT
Magazine's quiz this month.
Here are some samples: 1.
Which player holds the record
for the most home runs by a
pitcher in his career, Wes
Ferrell, Warren Spahn or Bob
Gibson? 2. Which one of the
following was a consensus
All-America basketball player
three times, Bill Bradley, Jerry
Lucas or Rick Mount? 3. This
player led the National
Football league with the most
touchdown receptions during
the 1972 season (Gene
Washington (SF), Rich Caster,
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Gene Washington (Minn.)). 4.
True or False: Ty Cobb was
the only player ever to have his
uniform retired by the Detroit
Tigers. 5. Which hockey player
has been selected to. the
National Hockey League
All-Star team the most times,
Stan Mikita, Frank Mahovlich
or Bobby Hull? 6. Which man
was the leading money-winner
in professional tennis in 1972,
Ken Rosewall, Rod Laver or
Stan Smith?
AN HONEST PLACE
Mike Royko on the super
stadium vs. Wrigley Field in the
current issue of SPORT
Magazine: "In the super
stadium, they have done away
with grass and replaced it with
green plastic. The super stadia
are imprudent business
investments... They are slaves
to the automobile.
Esthetically, they are as
monuments to bad taste, with
their glittering, cartooning,
pin-ball scoreboards and
bordello-like private suites.
They have as much warmth as
the next chain-link, sterile,
industrial plant. But, ah,
Wrigley Field. It is ecologically
pure. That's real grass on the
field, and the sturdy brick
walls are covered with vines.
Because it has little parking
snace, it encourages the use of
public transportation, which is
located conveniently nearby. It
is paid for. and not through
public funds. Esthetically; it is
a joy. It is made for watching a .
baseball game, and the fans sit
close to the field. The
scoreboard provides the score,
nothing more. Outside are
friendly neighborhood taverns.
And the breeze blows in off
lake Michigan, unhindered by
plastic domes. It is an honest
place."
TO BALK OR NOT TO BALK
From a conversation
between Gene Shalit and
Detroit Tiger relief pitcher
John Hiller, as reported by
Shalit in SPORT Magazine.
Shalit: "The first time you
went back onto the mound in a
major league games after the
heart attack, were you
scared?" Hiller: "Definitely
not but I was on a sort of
cloud nine. I couldn't
remember the hitters. I
couldn't remember the teams,
even. Before that first game,
Freehan (Tiger catcher) says to
the umpire, 'Suppose Hiller has
a heart attack while he's in his
windup. Is it a balk?' The ump
thought about it for a minute
and said, 'Yeah If he falls
forward, it's a balk. So if you
see him grab at his chest and
start to go down, you run out
there and push him
backwards.' "
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ANSWERS TO MINI-QUIZ: 1.
Wess Ferrell 2. Jerry Lucas 3.
Gene Washington (SF) 4. False
5. Bobby HuU 6. Stan Smith,
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ALBANY, Ga. - The 1973
Football Rams of Albany State
will hold their annual press day
August 28 at 2:00 p.m. on the
campus.
Head mentor Hampton
Smith also announced recently
that the prospects will report
to the campus on August 25,
to begin taking physical
examinations. This date will
officially .launch the
countdown for the season's
opener, September 15 against
the always tough, Kentucky
State University Thorobreds at
Moultrie, Georgia.
Members of the press are
invited to the picture day
session... Players and coaches
will be available for pictures
and interviews.
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andor interviews should be HAMMERIN' HANK -Henry (mn )W-J o.Um
addressed to Alvin L. Benson, this previously unserved pnoto maae uni 7 aR7 it for t!h possibility that he will
Sports Information Director, Aaron takes during regular games is a big one as fans watch and wart ooss
Albany State College. I equal or break Babe ttutn s recora oi care "
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THE BABE George llernuin (Babe) Ruth Unked like this when he hit a homer. According to the
caption accompanying this Jun- 10, 1921, Hie photo, Babe, then with the New York Yankees, has
1 - (, . blag. tnai rinded in the centerfield bleachers 475 feet from plate in the Polo
Grounds. Christy Walsh, Ruth's personal business representative, is said to have sent prints of this
photograph to those asking for pictures oi tne Bane, hum nil ii nome runs, a major league recum
Harlem -Res are preparing
for the Annual Whitney M.
Young,' Jr. Memorial Football
Classic that will be played ta
Yankee Stadium on Saturday,
September 22. Some folks call
it the GramblingMorgan game.
Still others refer to it as the
MorganGrambling game.
Whatever one calls it, it spells
the most festive weekend for
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Store owners and street
vendors along 125th Street,
7th Avenue, 8th Avenue,
Lenox and Fifth Avenues in
the uptown area are putting
extra stock on the counters in
preparation for the holiday
atmosphere that follows the
games. Promoters and
hucksters are also getting
ready. Morgan and Grambling
souvenirs have been ordered;
bootleg programs are being
printed; buttons, pennants and
miniature dolls have been
ordered and shipped.
On the social side the
socially conscious are preparing
invitations to friends, school
chums and business associates
for parties, cook-outs; dances
and other social gatherings.
Most ballrooms in the Harlem
community have been booked
since the date of the games was
announced.
Local merchants, especially
along 8th, 7th and Lenox
Avenues look for a boom in
business over the three-day
weekend. Restaurants, bars,
liquor stores and grocery stores
all come in for big profits
during the Whitney M. Young,
Jr. Memorial Football Classic,
which really starts on the
Friday preceding the games.
Clothing stores are not left
out in the holiday spending
snree. All of the latest
. ar
fashionable apparel is on
display at the game-- similar to
the show put on at Muhammad
Ali fights.
Big Apple caps, wide brim
hats, flairs, baggies, Charlie
Chaplains, Palazzo pants, you
name it.... they will be wearing
it. No midtown fashion show
comes close to out doing the
sights at the MorganGrambling
games., or is it the
GramblingMorgan game?
The games has come to
mean more than just a football
game to the many thousands of
spectators who annually fill
Yankee Stadium to its 64,000
capacity.
"It's like a reunion," said
Frank Bannister, sportscaster
for Mutual Black Network.
"The game opens the door for
many Black youngsters to
continue their education, both
in New York City and at the
two schools involved in the
game," Bannister continued.
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crutches toward the office of the team physician here 86 ror tne
intnr to siun some raners for Gibson to have a series of X-rays
taken on his right knee which was injured 84 against the New
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Stevie Wonder, Genius, Musical
Child Prodigy Has Grown Up
Little Stevie Wonder, boy
genius, musical child prodigy
has grown up. Stevie Wonder is,
part of the Motown heritage.
To many, he is also
"Fingertips," "Uptfcht," "I
Was Made To Love Her," "For
Once In My Life," "My Cherie
Amour," "Yester-Me,
Y ester You, Yesterday,"
"Signed, Sealed & Delivered."
"Heaven Help Us All," "If You
Really Love Me," "Super
Woman, " "Superstition," and
"You Are The Sunshine Of My
life."
Today, with thirteen gold
records to his credit, Wonder
defines musical unrversiality;
creating a sound of relevance
that is as appealing to
middle aged housewives as it is
to Panther Party members.
In 1961, upon being
brought to Motown by a young
friend's big brother, Ronnie
White of The Miracles, the
company changed Stevehmd
Morris' name to Little Stevie
Wonder; they also opened
doors of studios, chart listings,
magazine spreads, hotel rooms,
applause and success. Stevie
joined Motown just as it was
burgeoning and the two
mature skyrocketed together.
Stevie was ten years old at
that point. Born in Saginaw,
Michigan, his family moved to
Detroit in his early years. He
had all the typical experiences
of an "upper lower class"
youth growing up in the
projects of Hastings Street. He
sang "Johnny Ace tunes in
alleys and on porches" with
young friends and "visited a
neighbor's apartment to play
Highlights Of The
Entertainment World
on the piano" whenever he
could. The fact that he was
born band didn't matter,
Stevie saw through it better
than most men. "I think that
whatever I would have dug
doing at that young age I
would have stayed with and
probably wanted to do the best
that I possibly could. I think
that music was just the thing
that I did get into because it
was something that I dug."
Stevie's blindness "never
really separated him from
other kids." In fact, "I got in
more trouble than most sighted
kids, sneaking girlfriends to the
A Thumbnail Sketch of New York's Central Park
A major problem of big city
living is to find a patch of
green and to make nature
accessible to the millions
imprisoned in the concrete
canyons. No other city
encompasses as many extremes
as New York; its miles of
skyscrapers and.; traffic
surround the country letting of
lakes, ponds, bridle paths and
lush greenery of Central Park.
Central Park did not just
happen- it was created over
one hundred years ago by
Frederick Law Omstead with
the help of Calvert Vaux. The
site had been a wasteland on
New York's outskirts and
much of it was swampland,
teeming with the overflow
stench of pig sties,
slaughterhouses and
bone-boiling works and was
dotted with squatters' huts.
Instead of striving for
grandiose effects, the designers
exploited the picturesque
accidents in the terrain. At
every step Omstead had to
fight off politicans and
speculators, as well as rich
"benefactors" who, then as
now, tried to clutter his vistas
with obtrusive monuments.
Central Park's trees and
shrubs, lakes and hills, its
sunken crosstown streets
hacked out of the rock, its 62
miles of foot and bridle paths
and 114 miles of drainage
systems- all this was the fruit
of a massive public works
project that kept up to 4,000
men employed at moving earth
around for more than 16 years.
When a portion of the Park
was opened to the public in
1858, it became the talk of the
country and a place of
pilgrimage. People are still
being drawn to the Park with
the advent of summer
"happenings"- shows, plays
and concerts. The latest in the
series is "GOOD VIBRATIONS
FROM CENTRAL PARK"
starring (in aaphabetical order)
Eagles, Melissa Manchester,
John Sebastian, Sly and The
Family Stone and The
Temptations. .
Dr. Pepper will sponsor the
event as a television Special on
the ABC Television Network
on Thursday, August 23rd at
9-10 p.m. (8-9 pan, CDT).
Central Park is still the talk
of the country.
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running around.1
Like Ray Charles and Jose
Feliciano, Wonder has
overcome any disadvantages in
his chosen art by negating the
fact that his blindness exists. "I
never knew what it was to see,
so it's just like seeing. The
sensation of seeing is not one
that I have and not ope that I
worry about"
Asked what one thing he
would desire to see if he had
the power to, Wonder
exclaimed, "The earth, because
It's beautiful and I've already
seen it because I feel it."
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'A WINSOME THREESOME - Livingstone College at Salisbury, boasts of being "a college where no
one gets lost." but what young man wouldn't just love to get lost with any one of the above trio of
lasses. From left, all junior co-eds, are Luanda Stroble, a mathematics major from Spartanburg,
South Carolina, Brenda Equila Walls, a music major from Arlington, Virginia and Pamela Clarinez
Turner, a mathematics major from Willingboro, New Jersey.
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group guest stars on "Good Vibrations From Central Park," a one-hour rock music special airing on
Thursday, August 23rd, 910 p.m. (8-9 p.m CDT) on ABC-TV.
Also starring on the Dr. Pepper sponsored Special are The Temptations, Melissa Manchester, John
Sebastian and Eagles. Sly and The Family Stone perform some of their biggest hits such as "Dance To
The Music." "Everyday People" and "Stand."
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guest star on "Good Vibrations From Central Park," a one-hour comtemporary musical special airing
on Thursday, August 23, 910 p.m. (8-9 p.m. CDT) on ABC-TV.
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Stone, John Sebastian, Melissa Manchester and Eagles.
WASHINGTON - (NBNS)
World Wide Black Expo "73, an
exhibition of minority arts,
crafts, and trades, opened here
recently admist much pomp
and fanfare at the National
Guard Armory.
With a kick-off luncheon
featuring several high-ranking
foreign diplomats as well as
black elected officials,
including Rep. Andrew Young
(D-Ga.), the seven-day exhibit
Ls intended to "express the
growing awareness of, and the
economic need for the
development of all black
communities throughout the
world," explained George A.
Grogan, president of Black
Although it is billed as toe
"first international black
exposition," the exhibit of
products and cultural
attractions also includes many
booths displaying the crafts
and products of American
Indian tribes and white
businesses as well as those from
35 African and seven
Caribbean countries.
Addressing the luncheon,
Young, a long-time civil rights
activist, told the Expo
exhibitors and participants that
"everybody's asking what
happened to the civil rights
movement The movement has
turned political.... It's also
turned economic."
And, said the freshman
Congressman, "Black Expo is
taking us still another step
further in the economic
arena... (For) the people who
control the money ultimately
control the politics."
Sounding very much like
the minister he is, Young
praised the Expo participants
because, he said, the exhibition
provides a forum in which "we
are introducing ourselves to
each other. And God knows we
need to know each other
better."
He noted that the Expo is
also a means by which we can
"bring a sensitivity to the
power and economics of this
country" since "integration
works because it's good
business."
The Georgia Democrat also
called on bis audience to
develop a sensitivity to the
underprivileged peoples of the
world "because we are of them
and with them, not because
we're black and not because
Africa is our home," because
blacks are not going back to
Africa just as the Jews are not
going back to Israel and the
Irish are not going back to
Ireland, Young added, recalling
Marcus Garvey's unsuccessful
"back to Africa" campaign.
In politics and in military
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noted, the "conflicts and
differences are emphasized"
while in economics,
"commonality is emphasized."
That, he explained, is what
Black Expo is about,
emphasizing "understanding,
world peace, and
brotherhood..."
In contrast to this
brotherhood exhibited at the
Expo, Young noted the
colonial wars in Africa, which,
he said, are being supported by
American tax dollars "going
through NATO (the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization)
to support the enslavement of
people in South Africa."
The black legislator said his
amendment - which was
approved by the House of
Representatives last month -was
an attempt "to avoid
another Vietnam." The
amendment. Dart of a foreign
aid hill, would authorize the
President to cut off American
aid to Portugal for rrulitary
operations against the African
colonies of Mozambique,
Angola and Guinea-Bissau.
Among those attending the
kick-off luncheon were Georgia
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magazine. "Be has a
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talking with the man
Thomas stoned Ms. Louden
with comments on such divers?
subjects as diet, music and
politics. For instance
"I've gone for as long as 30
days on just fruit juices and
small bites of food," Thomas
admits in the interview "It's
good for you; it purges the
mind. The mind controls the
body and fasting purges the
mind."
He taught himself to pi ay
the piano, his next goal is to
learn to play the organ and he
toys with the idea of becoming
a musician. "Jimi Hendrix'
head was in the same place
mine is," Thomas compared "I
understood him and his musk
completely."
His image, Thomas fears,
would hurt his political
chances. "I'd tike to go into
politics, but no one would vote
for me because they think I'm
a militant," he explains in
SPORT. "But the dictionary
defines militant as 'aggressively
State legislator Leroy Johnson,
a mayoral candidate in Atlanta;
Alabama State Sen. Fred Gray ;
and Richard Hatcher, mayor of
Gary, Ind.
Participating in the ribbon
cutting ceremony at the
Armory was Sugar Ray Seales,
the only black boxer to win a
gold medal in the 1972
Olympics. D.C. Mayor Walter
Washington was among the
first of the 300,000 persons
expected to view the exhibit
through Aug. 16.
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raps about the game.
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lis. Louden calk Duane
Thomas the Howard Hughes of
the football world. "He stribp
me as a gewthr mar. " she
concludes in SPORTs Mj
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underlying intensity Hurt you
marvel at hta coot and control
AO his vitality seems to be
channeled into his bead except
when he's running. Maybe
that's why he runs - to get out
of his head for a white."
Marvin Gayes
Latest Single Hits
Tne Million Mark
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -Mortown
recording star,
Marvin Gaye's latest single,
"Let's Get It On" has sold one
million copies in the first
month of release and has been
averaging 100,000 copies in
sales each day in the last 10
day period. (Jury 17th through
July 27th), it was announced
by E wart Abner. President of
Motown Records. This is
believed to be the highest
number of record sates for a
single recording in a
comparable period since the
early Beatles era.
Distributors are having to
wait a short interim period for
the pressing plant to caicn up
with recorder requests for the
record.
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TAKING PART IN SEMINAR - LOS ANGELES: Taking part m summer nun seminar at ine
University of Southern California were (left to right) Bob Oliver, Samuel Z. Arkoff, President and
Chairman of board of American International Pictures; Dr. Claudia Hampton, Director of Urban
Affairs for the Los Angeles Unified School District, William Marshall, star of "Scream. Blacula,
Scream," and Stan Myles, Jr. Seminar is concerned with images of blacks in films as well as career
opportunities for minority groups. Oliver and Myles, host of ABC-TV's "I am Somebody," conducted
the panel discussion which drew over 100 teachers from Greater Los Angeles area. Seminars were held
August 9, 16 and 23.
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