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People in Sports 70.1 NYT 8-26-76
Owens Proud of Latest Medal
Jesse Owens, who always
are invited," said Owens, a
Yugoslav basketball offi-
has maintained he was not
member of the United States
cials in Belgrade said they
disappointed at being
Olympic Committee for the
hoped Drazen Dalipagic
"snubbed" by Adolf Hitler at
1976 Games in Montreal,
the 1936 Berlin Olympics,
which helped raise over $1
would think twice before
to
million
leaving the national team for
President Ford's Night Out With the Boys
Gerald R. Ford, the President of
not have had a different answer. On
Star 7/14/76
scar under this eye," Ford said plac-
Stadium with his sons Jack and
the United States, was sitting behind
this night, Jerry Ford was out with
ing his index finger under his left
Michael when his daughter, Susan,
the desk of his airplane, Air Force
the boys. He was going to the All-
David Israel
eye, "or is it this eye, from tackling
was born in 1957. He said that he
One. He had just finished a dinner of
Star baseball game in Philadelphia,
Jay Berwanger in a game in 1934.
thinks she was born during the sev-
Coquilles St. Jacques and cole slaw.
and for a few hours he was going to
Chicago was great that year. They
enth inning of the first game, but
The plane had departed Andrews Air
forget that he is President and that
beat us 30-0, I think." It was the left
that he cannot remember the score of
Force Base nearly a half hour earli-
he is involved in a difficult election
eye, and the 42-year-old scar is still
the game and that maybe he should
er, and it was almost time to land at
campaign. Instead of political peo-
Philadelphia International Airport.
nomic problems or busing. No one
tainly be elected to the Hall of Fame
noticeable.
take Casey Stengel's advice and look
ple, Ford surrounded himself with
Jerry Ford looked up at the attendent
even suggested that the evening's
next winter when he becomes eligi-
The President said that he saw Bob
it up.
sports people. Riding in his compart-
who was serving dinner.
expedition was a shrewd and appar-
ble, that he never knew what a thrill
Feller pitch his first game in Yankee
ment on Air Force One were his son,
ently calculated political move be-
it was to come to a ballpark and look
Stadium while he was a law student
THE PRESIDENT talked, too, of
"Do I have time for my favorite
Jack; Joe Garagiola, the baseball
cause of all the national television
at the line-up card to see if your
and an assistant football coach at
the political turmoil surrounding the
dessert?" the President of the United
annoucer; Ernie Banks, the retired
exposure the President would get by
name was on it. He told about the
Yale. Greasy Neale, who was on the
Olympic Games. He expressed,
States asked the attendent.
baseball player, and three sports
throwing out the first ball while the
manager who put him in the line-up
Yale coaching staff, had played
again, dismay with the decision of
The attendent assured the Presi-
writers, John Underwood of Sports
Democrats were boring the nation on
against the wild left-hander so Wes
major league baseball, and he got
the Canadian government to refuse
dent that, yes, sir, there certainly
Illustrated, Jim Murray of the Los
the other two networks.
Westrum, the first string catcher,
tickets, the President said, and a
permission to allow the team from
was time. And then he brought out
Angeles Times and myself.
would not get hurt.
group of Yalies went to watch Feller
the Republic of China to participate
two scoops of choclate chip ice
Not once was the name of Ronald
INSTEAD, Garagiola, who was a
And the President responded with
pitch. He also reçalled that he was
in the games. He said that he would
cream.
Reagan mentioned. Not once did
journeyman catcher, told stories and
stories about his athletic career at
attending a doubleheader between
await the outcome of the Internation-
anyone talk about Uganda or Angola
jokes. He told Banks, who played for
the University of Michigan and about
the New York Yankees and the
ON THIS night, the attendent could
or Middle Eastern politics or eco-.
the Chicago Cubs and will most cer-
his memories of baseball. "I got a
Washington Senators in Griffith
See ISRAEL, E-7
Cents
Newssland
CLASSIFIED
484-6000
President to Rival Democrats on TV by Visit to All-Star 70.1 Game
Star 9/12/76
Hill
The White House denies it's politi-
the Democratic party's national con-
to start on the mound for the Ameri-
ABC officials now believe they struck
ALTHOUGH A White House press
aide said today. "I don't think it has
cal, ABC officials are undoubtedly
vention.
can League.
gold.
aide couldn't recall Ford's ever at-
anything at all to do with that (poli-
ecstatic, and Mark Fidrych could
Meanwhile, Ford and a large,
Just exactly who will be watching
"We lucked out on that one' an
tending a major league baseball
tics)."
probably care less, but the President
proportion of the national television
what tomorrow night has been a
ABC official told The Star recently.
game - in or out of the White House
of the United States is attending
audience will be watching what
major topic of discussion among
As matters developed, Ford has
- a quick denial was issued that
Ford plans to leave the White
baseball's All-Star game.
promises to be one of baseball's most
television ratings experts. ABC land-
apparently lucked out too, in his po-
House about two hours before the
interesting All-Star games ever.
ed the All-Star contract two months
litically shrewd decision to be in the
Ford was trying to upstage the
game, and will return to Washington
President Ford will attend the
before the Democrats selected a time
same place at the same time as Fi-
Democrats by going along for a ride
immediately after it, a press spokes-
game in Philadelphia tomorrow at 8
MARK FIDRYCH, the Detroit
and place for their convention, but
drych and the network cameras
with Fidrych and company.
man said.
p.m., as NBC and CBS are locked
Tigers' rookie whose antics can fill a
with the other major networks in-
The White House, though, is quick
into their gavel-to-gavel coverage of
to deny political motivation.
"No, he's just going," the press
See GAME, A-6
stadium at the drop of a hat, is slated
volved with wall-to-wall Democrats,
God
1975
THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13
2 Miles Up, Ford Relaxes With Golf
By JAMES M. NAUGHTON
and nightclubbing with
among other standards.
Special to The New York Times
friends on his first evening in
Eventually they changed
VAIL, Colo., Aug. 12-
Vail.
partners. Mrs. Ford danced
"Ohhh!" exclaimed the Presi-
Decked out himself in a
with Pepi Gramshammer, a
dent of the United States in
one-time Austrian ski cham-
knit Tee shirt and striped
mild exasperation as he three-
pion who owns the night
putted the the third green of
jeans and eager to get to a
spot, while the President
tennis match, Mr. Nessen con-
a golf course nestled nearly
tripped fantastic lights with
miles
in
the
Rockies
ceded at a news briefing that
Mr. Gramshammer's wife,
W. Star 11/28/74
50.1
Siki's Back With the Team
By John Sherwood
Mich. But yesterday's reunion
was left of hair that had turned
ber this, they said. Do you
Star-News Staff Writer
was different from all the rest.
gray was mussed, and backs
remember that, they said.
Yesterday the day was all for
The long lost Siki was there.
were pounded as if they were still
Junie's best friend, high-scor-
"Siki." Good and funny and lost
protected by shoulder pads.
ing quarterback Allan Elliott
Siki, the little end with the big
"MY HUSBAND probably
(who wore No. 12) was diagram-
To look at these old kids, one
words and ready wit.
wouldn't admit it," said Mrs.
ming his favorite play, sweep 78,
would think they were somehow
Peter Dood, "but he was more
from a short punt formation. In
They hadn't seen him for 44
still a team and still undefeated.
years, but Silas (Siki) McGee 61,
excited about meeting Siki than
that 1930 season Elliott scored
finally had made it to the annual
he was about going to the White
three touchdowns (quarterbacks
SIKI, of course, was the center
reunion of the South High School
House and meeting Junie.
ran all the time then) in the 18-6
of things. The retired San
football team of 1930.
The old jocks from Michigan
opener.
Francisco longshoreman was
suddenly found themselves
"I don't know what it was
Today, without question, be-
trembling with excitement. After
bumping into one another yester-
about that team,' Elliott recalled,
longs to "Junie." Brawny and
44 years, the familiar faces came
solid and brave Junie, the tall
day in the hallway of the Twin
"but we just knew we had some-
flashing back in the huddles of
center who has come a long way
Bridges Marriott Hotel in Arling-
thing. The summer before that
oldtimers. "Boy, we used to get
since he wore No. 13 for dear old
ton.
last season we all went up to
South High.
It was like the old meetings in
in there and get them, didn't
Junie's place on the lake and
we?" Siki said.
When Siki last met Gerald
the old runways to the old locker
worked out for about three weeks
(Junie) Ford, Jr., Junie was cap-
rooms. The men exploded in dis-
Nearly all of the living team
voluntarily. It was illegal, but we
tain of the team. "Now he's cap-
plays of good fellowship. There
members were drawn to Wash-
did it anyway. We were that seri-
tain of the country,' Siki says.
was a sheer, contagious jubila-
ington for a promised noon
ous, and we always had such a
Every Thanksgiving Day for 44
tion in the halls. They even wore
brunch at Junie's White House
great time together
years, members of that cham
"WIN" pins.
today, but yesterday they were
-Star-News Photographer Pete Schmick
pionship squad have met loyally
Friendly punches were thrown
back wearing the leather helmets
JOSLIN (No. 17) was remem-
for breakfast before the big holi-
at chests that had long since col-
and the royal blue jerseys of dear
bering those great, gone days of
Silas (Siki) McGee (left) with teammates Elliott and Trimpe.
day game in Grand Rapids,
lapsed into stomachs. Whatever
old South High. Do you remem-
See TEAM, A-6
Durkin Came a Lor
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11/19/198
1 ersonanties
The President, I Presume
Retired San Francisco
know, Junie, you really went
his home, and performed in
longshoreman Silas McGee,
places,' said McGee, who
Cleveland, Washington and
61, said he'd "hop a freight"
hasn't seen Mr. Ford since
if he had to to attend Presi- 1930.
Chicago.
Gerald Ford 5006. On or Off the Field, Well Liked
8/27/74
By Jerald F. terHorst
aged to find another on easier
Going down was not too bad, he
ball. Big colleges like the Univer-
Copyright 1974
This is the third of seven articles
terms. For Jerry, then 16, life ac-
recalls, because he could use the
sity of Michigan and Notre Dame
The year 1929 stands out vivid-
excerpted from a biography of
quired a hectic pace.
time to study.
regularly scouted the squads at
ly in Jerry Ford's memory. His
President Ford which his press
The new home was several
But going home was harder.
South High and at Union High,
father and a business associate
secretary, Jerald F. terHorst,
miles outside the South High dis-
Dog-tired and sore, he had to
the bitter rivals across the river
formed the Ford Paint & Varnish
then a Detroit News reporter,
trict, but Jerry wanted to finish
struggle to stay awake so as not
in a heavily Polish neighborhood.
Company to produce and sell top-
was writing when Ford became
high school there and obtained
to miss the right bus stop. Some
Gettings also had a reputation
quality paints, varnishes and
President.
school board permission to do so.
days only the exhiliration of the
as a stern taskmaster. Funda-
related products to the booming
game kept him going. That and a
mentals had to be mastered;
Grand Rapids woodworking
The stock market crash of 1929
IT MEANT getting up very
healthy respect for Coach Clif-
shirkers were booted off the
industry.
nearly wiped out the fledgling
early to catch a bus downtown,
ford Gettings.
squad, inattentive players were
The family moved to a fine big
paint company and the family's
transferring to another that took
Gettings was a hulk of a man, a
booted in the rear.
home in East Grand Rapids, the
savings. The new home in East
him out to the school, and repeat-
fine athlete in his youth, who pos-
fashionable sector of town.
Grand Rapids had to be forfeited
ing the 50-minute process after
sessed a knack for turning out
GETTINGS would storm up
And Jerry became a star on the
because Dad Ford could not meet
football practice was over late in
winning teams in a region noted
and down the practice field,
South High School football team.
the mortgage payments. He man-
the day.
for powerhouse single-wing foot-
SeeFORD,A-4
CENTER JERRY FORD
50,1,214171
Personalities
So Gerald Ford lost out to
Ronald Reagan. This ac-
cording to the Custom Tailor
vonty Haann unn
UPI Telephoto
Silas McGee, San Francisco longshoreman and teammate of
President Ford in high school, reminisces with the chief
executive before brunch at White House.
Mich. Champions
Visit OI' Buddy 1401
DailyNer FRANK JACKMAN 11/29/14
Washington, Nov. 28 (News Bureau)-They were
middle-aged and somewhat paunchy and what hair
they had was gray, but for a few moments at least,
on this crisp fall day, they were the South High
"Trojans" of 1930 again, Class A state football cham-
Jerry Ford Host
At 44th Reunion
Of Football Team 41/29/14
By Bob Addie and Tom Shales
Washington Post Staff Writers
WP
The man in the blue suit wore his name tag yesterday
as the 30-30 Club gathered in the Blue Room of the White
House.
The label said: "Hello, My Name is Gerald R. Ford."
It was the 44th reunion of the 30-30 Club, so named
because the 30-man South High School team of Grand
Rapids, Mich., won the city and state football champion-
ship in 1930.
Gerald R. Ford was center and captain of that team,
and every year since he had flown back to Grand Rapids
for the reunion. When local boy Ford kept making good,
it was decided to move the affair to Washington this year.
The fire blazed cozily in the Blue Room where there
were two centerpieces. One was on the table-a pair of
turkeys made out of styrofoam standing 15 inches high.
The other centerpiece was Silas McGee, starting end for
the South High Trojans of 1930 and, as described by coach
Clifford Gettings, 72, "the only colored boy on the squad
-but a fine one." McGee is 61. He hadn't attended any
of the previous reunions.
Life has dealt variously with the high school champions
of 1930, and McGee best exemplifies the span of fate.
The other first-string end on the South High team was
Leon Joslin, now a real estate broker.
"We called McGee 'Sikey,''' Joslin recalled. "We had
sort of lost track of him and he never attended our re-
unions. I live in Seattle, and I had heard that he was a
longshoreman in San Francisco. I went up to find him
last year and finally traced him through the union.
"His foreman wanted to play a joke on McGee and gave
me a pink slip which I was to give to him and say I was
his replacement. I went up to him and he saw the pink
slip. But I didn't have the heart to continue. 'Sikey,' I said,
'don't you know me?' He recognized me and we embraced."
Sikey McGee was embracing everybody in the Blue
Room yesterday, including the President. "I don't care
what he became," said McGee, "he was always a guy I
loved. He was always down to earth like the rest of this
group."
A collection was taken up for McGee-now retired-to
See FORD, A11, Col. 7
38
DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1974
50.2
South High's Ford (middle row, fifth from left) set special training rules and twice made All-State.
THE FORD FAMILY
Daily News, 1 Aug. 20,1974
'Junie' was an answer to a coach's dream
By ANN WOOD and PAUL HEALY Of The News Washington Bureau Third of a series
Gerald Rudolph Ford can be
prescribed bedtime hours and banned
Ford won the "Best Prospect" award
Ford saw a chance to realize two dreams
called the first "jock" to become
smoking, drinking and eating pastries,
after the 1932 season but hurt his knee
at once-to stay in football and simul-
among other things. Gittings said that
the next fall and was out of the run-
taneously study law. His stepfather,
President of the U.S., since he was
99% of the players lived up to them.
ning for first string center early. It
whom he greatly respected, wanted Jerry
the first bigtime athlete whose
Those were the rugged days when
was no disgrace to be beaten out by
to become a lawyer.
football career launched him on the
the first stringers played on both offense
Chuck Bernard, who became an All -
Pond offered him $2.400 $2
NINE ARTS-PART ONE
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1974
MEMORIES - President Ford catches football
school teammates in Grand Rapids, Mich., on
flipped by Silas McGee, one of Mr. Ford's high
lawn of the White House during reunion of team.
(AP) Wirephoto
PRESIDENT HOST TO TEAMMATES
Old South High Team Gathers
in White House With Captain
From Times Wire Services
WASHINGTON-The man in the
him last year and finally traced him
blue suit wore his name tag Thurs-
through the union.
day as the 30-30 Club gathered in
"His foreman wanted to play a
the Blue Room of the White House.
joke on McGee and gave me a pink
The label said: "Hello, My name is
slip which I was to give to him and
Gerald R. Ford."
say I was his replacement. I went up
It was the 44th reunion of the 30-
to him and he saw the pink slip. But
30 Club, SO named because the 30-
I didn't have the heart to continue.
man South High School team of
'Sikey,' I said, 'don't you know me?'
Grand Rapids, Mich., won the city
He recognized me and we em-
and state football championships in
braced.
1930.
Please Turn to Page 16, Col. 1
Gerald R. Ford was center and
captain of that team and every year
since he had flown back to Grand
Rapids for the reunion. When local
boy Ford kept making good, it was
n.
decided to move the affair to Wash-
ingto this year.
n
The fire blazed cozily in the Blue
Room, where there were two center-
pieces. One was on the table: A pair
of turkeys made out of styrofoam
standing 15 inches high.
The other centerpiece was Silas
McGee, starting end for the South
High Trojans of 1930 and the only
black on the team
McGee is 61. He had not attended
any of the previous reunions.
The other first string end on
the South team was Leon Joslin,
now a real estate man. Joslin has the
look and build of the athlete. His
shoulders are gaunt but sturdy, like
a tree in the wind.
"We called McGee "Sikey," Joslin
recalled. "We had sort of lost track
of him and he never attended our
reunions. I live in Seattle, and I had
heard that he was a longshoreman
San Francisco I went up to find
umps that earned a gold medal at
Red Smith 70.1
NYT
g-W 16.16
God and Man in the White House
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15-The invitation from President
"I advised Charley not to take the job," Allen said.
and Mrs. Ford mentioned a "professional athletes prayer
"I told him, *wait and you'll get another offer. On this
brunch" in the White House at 11 A.M. It was a bright,
job you will always be measured as a son-in-law.' You've
breezy morning, and several strollers were being turned
got to win, and I found it's necessary to remind every-
away from the northwest gate when a group arrived that
body in your organization of that every day, the secre-
included Forrest Gregg, who was an all-pro tackle with the
taries and typists and everybody."
G
p
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Pools and
Books 78.1 for
Presidents
9/6/75
By Isabelle Shelton
Washington Star Staff Writer
The new White House outdoor swim-
ming pool that President Ford first swam
in yesterday is the latest in a long line of
gifts the American people have given
their presidents for their entertainment,
recreation and study.
The White House already had an inside
pool (no longer in use), two bowling
alleys, a library, a movie theater, a
stereo set with a huge record collection,
two book collections, a pool table and a
tennis court, all of them gifts. There used
to be a putting green too but the last
administration removed it.
The earlier White House pool was con-
verted by the Nixon administration into
enlarged press quarters. It was given in
1933 to President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
who needed the daily swim to exercise
his polio-shrunken legs.
Forty-four newspapers in New York
state, where Roosevelt had been gover-
nor, conducted the fund drive, spear-
headed by the New York Daily News
(which later came to be one of FDR's
harshest critics).
THE 15X50-FOOT indoor pool, located
in former storage space in the portico
that connects the West Wing with the
executive mansion, cost $22,316 in 1933.
Roosevelt and his' large family and
their children used the pool daily. The
Eisenhower grandchildren used it a lot,
as did President Truman and his daugh-
ter, Margaret. So did Presidents Kenne-
dy and Johnson and their families. John-
son also shocked sensitive souls by
conducting affairs of state there while
swimming naked.
Ford's new 22x55-foot heated outdoor
pool, constructed on the South Grounds
behind the President's Oval Office, is
costing an estimated $63,314.
There has been no final decision on
what will be done with the balance of the
$118,495 contributed by the general pub-
lic, but part of it almost certainly will be
used to build a poolside bath house of
some sort. At present, the President has
to change into his swimming trunks in his
office, or go back to the family quarters
in the mansion to change.
ALL OF THE FORDS loved their back-
yard swimming pool when they lived in
Alexandria, and the new pool is expected
to be used extensively by all of them -
probably twice a day by the President.
There has been some discussion by
White House staff members about wheth-
er they will ever be allowed to use the
pool. The original announcement said it
was for "the President and his guests,"
and there has been no further definition
of the word "guests." The pool is unlikely
See WHITE HOUSE, Page
3
-United Press Internationa
President Ford with son
embarrassment swims 1
first official lap in the n
22-by-55-foot White Hou
pool before an audience
some 70 reporters a
photographers. Actually,
admitted it was his thi
time in the $66,840 heat
pool, which was built W
private donations. The P
is located near his o
office.
70.1
7/4/75 what
-Washington Star Photographer Brig Cabe
70.1
Stars Have Tee With the President
By PAUL HEALY
N.Y.DAIL 2/27/75
of fans, reporters, and cameramen pur-
insignia. Gleason was flamboyant in
Of The News Washington Bureau
suing him. Nicklaus shot a 32 for the
bright blue slacks and red patent leather
Inverrary Golf Club, Fla., Feb.
same nine holes.
shoes. Gleason and Hope rode in a six-
26-A relaxed President Ford won
Ford began in fine form, whacking
cart convoy-Gleason's car flaunting a
the delighted roar of the crowd but
out a 190-yard drive off the first tee
Rolls-Royce grille. Ford walked all the
that landed a few feet bevond Nicklaus'
NCAA championships
in works for women
1/8/75
By the Associated Press
comparable to those now provided for
C SM
men.
Washington
However, Swank said the NCAA's
70.1
action was taken only partly as a
The National Collegiate Athletic
result of the forthcoming implemen-
Association will begin a pilot pro-
tation of Title IX, the controversial
gram, possibly this spring, to develop
federal regulation which essentially
national sports championships for
calls for equal treatment for men and
70.1 to
The Washington Post
SPORTS
Racing
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Hockey
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Business
MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1974
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final period, but as Greene said, "I could
Bob Klein got the Rams moving and then
see they were getting frustrated."
See VIKINGS, D2, Col. 1
See STEELERS, D3, Col. 2
Page, Vikings
This
'Outlucked'
Bitter Rams
Morning
By Kenneth Denlinger
Washington Post Staff Writer
with
BLOOMINGTON, Minn.,
Dec. 29-First impressions
=William Barry Furlong
often are the most accurate,
and the Viking who yelped
"Any way is good" almost
'Miracles' of Steelers,
immediately after his team
won the National Confer-
GSRI
ence championship today
Or Why They Were There
said it best.
The Vikings' 14-10 victory
OAKLAND, Dec. 29-In the darkling hours, the aban-
over the Rams generally de-
doned called for miracles. So it was in Oakland this after-
fied belief, let alone analy-
noon as the seconds ticked off to oblivion and to Pitts-
sis. There were two fumbles,
burgh's 24-13 triumph over the Oakland Raiders. There
had been "miracles" before: Oakland's 28-26 last half-min-
United Press International
Analysis
ute win over the Miami Dolphins a week ago, for example.
Dave Osborn leaps to the top of the heap and
touchdown sets up a 14-3 lead over Rams. Fran
was a fourth-down play climaxing a drive of
But the tragedy of losing is not akin to the tragedy of
the Minnesota Vikings to the top of the NFC as
Tarkenton, who handed off, gives high sign. It
80 yards after Rams were thwarted at goal.
two interceptions and as-
man.
sorted drops and holds-in
The miracles that some people on the Raiders prayed for
the first quarter.
Islanders Humiliate Capitals With 7-0 Thrashing
this season-and the tragedies they suffered-were of a
In all, the happening in-
cluded moments of excel-
higher order than that of winning or losing. Tom Dahms,
lence and minutes of inept-
the defensive line coach of the Raiders, lost twin sons to
By Robert Fachet
somebody would have thrown
trical malfunctions were triv-
termission. As they headed
man Bill Mikkelson lost the
ness, a touchdown pass on a
muscular dystrophy this year; Paul Roach, the offensive
pattern called "post banana"
Washington Post Staff Writer
in the towel. As it was, most
ial compared with the mal-
for their dressing room,
puck to Ernie Hicke behind
backfield coach, saw his wife suffer a stroke that left her
and the Rams making at
The New York Islanders
of the 11,010 fans called an
functioning Capitals.
they could read the sign
the Capitals' net. Hicke
least 17 mistakes and nearly
partially paralyzed. We forget, until then, that tragedy is
seem to bring out the worst
early halt, heading for the
It took more than 12 min-
over their heads: "The Capi-
passed to Billy Harris, who
winning.
more than a football score.
in the Washington Capitals.
gates long before the finish.
utes for the Capitals to man-
tals: Last in the NHL, First
cut a few figures before
"Strange," said Alan Page.
If there were miracles happening on Sunday afternoon,
whipping his 16th goal past
"I don't ever think I've seen
they were happening to men. not games. Thev involved
D2
Monday, Dec. 30, 1974 THE WASHINGTON POST
R
Rams Dispute Motion Call
ANALYSIS, From D1
game involved each quarter-
cessful, to produce a 31-yard
back. On one, Harris some-
touchdown to the fellow run-
The Rams agreed. Theirs
how escaped from three
ning the "post-banana" route,
was a bitter dressing room.
Jim Lash.
United Press International
Jeff Siemon (50) of the Vikings wraps up Jim Bertelsen of the Rams to cut short a good second-quarter gain.
Vikings Defeat Rams in NFC Final
VIKINGS, From D1
Minnesota got a lucky
down success he showed
shame, but they shouldn't.
thought I could beat Wright
break when a fumble by run-
his temper, shouting at
They had the best defense
to the corner."
the quarterback split the
ning back Chuck Foreman
Rams' left defensive end
we played against this sea-
Wright said, "I was just
Minnesota defense wide open
was recovered by tackle
Jack Youngblood. Tight end
son, and last season.
praying he wouldn't cut
on a pass which Jackson
Charles Goodrum for a 21-
Stu Voigt moved in and en-
back. I had a slight angle
"In a game as aggressive
caught on the Vikings' 25. He
yard gain, after Los Angeles
gaged in a shoving match
as this one, there was go-
on him and just took off for
completed the 44-yard touch-
the corner of the end zone.
defensive back Al Clark
with Youngblood before of-
ing to be all kinds of
down play by eluding diving
ficials intervened.
bounces. The defenses were
He could beat me in a foot
missed a shot at the loose
tackles by defensive backs
ball.
"Youngblood was trying
fired-up, fighting, feisty,
race all day long."
Nate Wright and Jeff Wright.
Despite the tenacity of the
to strip the ball away from
talking it up, they came out
Tarkenton was under
David Ray's conversion nar-
Los Angeles defenders Tar-
Fran," Voigt said. "That
SQ hyped up."
heavy pressure in the early
rowed the Viking margin to
kenton met two third-down
was their only hope. But I
Tarkenton said of his sec
going and was off target un-
14-10 with plenty of time left,
ond shot at winning the
til he launched a 60-yard
The two best plays of the Carroll in Elmcore (N.Y.) Tournament.
and a fourth-down challenge
wanted to protect Fran."
drive in the second quarter
Tarkenton dismissed the
37 seconds.
incident, saying, "We did a
team of destiny. The other
with passes of 11 yards to
wide receiver Lash and 18 to
There were 66 seconds
lot of talking during the
guys think they are too and
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D3
Centenary Wins Title: 'Bama Advances
eight-yaru touchown run as the Steelers catch Ready to slap hands IS Lynn Swann, who a few to put Pittsburgh ahead for rest of the game.
WINTER RETREADS
Steelers Barrel Through Raiders, 24-13
STEELERS, From D1
pass of the game, on the
run with 52 seconds left.
had center Ray Mansfield
"Why were we so effec-
2 for 28
Oakland's first possession
The game ended with the
block down on a linebacker
tive?" Mansfield said. "Brad-
The Steelers culminated a
of the period, and returned
Raiders on Pittsburgh's 46.
and then pulled one of their
61 yard, nine-play drive on
it 26 yard to the Oakland
shaw was under control and
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Race Entries
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Graded Picks at Laurel
Two Miracle Men Deliver Steelers
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POST TIME 12:30 P.M.
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Ford's Instructor at Vail, Colo., Says the President Is 'All for Skiing' and 'Doesn't Fall Down Much'
By JAMES P. STERBA
juries, 139 bad bruises, 125
"Moustaches may be worn if
But the Presidential party
president in charge of skiing
"The deeper the powder, the
tioning.
courting days, she is not ex-
Special to The New York Times
serious cuts, 115 sprains, 55
they are kept neatly
will be able to avoid waiting
operations, "try to put a per-
less well he does, as with
After skiing with other
pected to ski this year.
VAIL, Colo., Dec. 22-
dislocations, eight concus-
trimmed, but beards will not
in line 15 or 20 minutes on
sonal touch on the thing."
anybody in his ability range,"
Ford family members, Mr.
Last year as Vice President,
"He's a gutsy guy," says C.
sions and two broken backs.
be allowed," says their man-
crowded days in order to
Once on the top of the
Mr. Hoeger said. ski very
Hoeger, who is from Gallatin
Mr. Ford started out on his
E. Kindel, an old Grand Rap-
With emergency medical
ual.
board the lifts. The party will
mountain, the President can
close behind him and I have a
Gateway, Mont., joined Mr.
old Rossignol skis, which
ids friend. "He's the kind of
technician cards in their wal-
At the President's request,
be able to cut into lift lines, a
choose from among gentle
running commentary that's
Ford in skiing in 1972.
are French made. Several
guy who likes to get up early,
lets, ski patrol members can
Vail Associates, the operat-
benefit any skier who hires a
meadow slopes to steep ex-
very much ad lib and it's
Both he and Mr. Lichten-
American manufacturers re-
stay out late and just ski the
strap on their backs a suit-
ing company, is not planning
full-time instructor also re-
pert runs. Mr. Hoeger says
suggestions on how he might
held, a fellow Montanan, said
portedly telephoned him, ex-
hell out of that mountain."
case jammed with 50
to close off any part of the
ceives.
the President is a wide-track
do things better. We stop
that Susan Ford, the Pres-
pressing dismay that he was
Mr. Kindel was talking
pounds of medical gear, in-
mountain for the exclusive
If anyone protests, lime-
parallel skier who prefers
whenever he wants to take a
ident's 17-year-old daughter,
using foreign equipment. So
about Gerald R. Ford, who
cluding intravenous solu-
skiing of the Presidential
green suited mountain hos-
slopes marked "more diffi-
little breather."
was always up the earliest
he switched to K2 Winter
got up this morning, traveled
tions, atropine and even a
party. Lift tickets to ride
tesses, including former May-
cult," or intermediate, and
Mr. Hoeger said he would
and did the most skiing in
Heat skis, which are not only
to this mountain village, and
cardiobeeper for heart pa-
gondolas and chair lifts up
or John V. Lindsay's daugh-
they cover half the mountain.
watch the President at first
the family. All three Ford
American-made, but also red,
within two hours pulled a
tients, and ski off to the
the mountain will also be
ter, Margie, will be around to
He stays away from loose
to see if he had retained or
sons are skiiers. Although
white and blue,
stocking cap over his ears
rescue.
paid for. They cost $10 a day
explain policy and, according
powder snow most of the
picked up any new bad hab-
Mrs. Ford skied in Michigan
and became the nation's
They are also dapper.
if not part of a package deal.
to James R. Bartlett, vice
time.
its, such as bad body posi-
with Mr. Ford during their
REMEMBER THE NEEDIEST!
first active skiing President
(Calvin Coolidge was report-
ed to have strapped on a
pair of skis once on the
the White House lawn, but
never took up the sport).
President Ford flew on
Air Force One to Grand
Junction, Colo., 150 miles
west of Vail. From Grand
Junction he flew by helicop-
ter for about an hour to
Avon, eight miles west of
Vail, and then was driven
into Vail. He and his family
are planning to stay here
for 10 days.
And, with more than 100
newsmen expected to be re-
cording every Presidential
schuss, gliding wedge, mogul
traverse and stem christie,
skiing may never be the
same.
Already, Dennis C. Hoeger,
the President's 28-year-old
personal instructor, has been
interviewed so many times
that he has printed up his bi-
ography to save time.
'Goes and Goes'
"When he goes out there,
let me tell you, he's all for
skiing," Mr. Hoeger said. "He
goes and goes and goes. He
has excellent control. He
doesn't fall down much. He
doesn't let it all hang out
skiing too fast. I classify him
as a good recreational skier."
Skiing is a recreational ex-
ercise in which a person
stands on two narrow boards
fastened to boots and slides
down a snow-covered moun-
tain until he or she reaches
bottom, falls down, runs into
EDSKINS, E3, Col. 2
"Ali Hits It
Off With
President
12/11/74 Dave Brady
5
Washington Post Staff Writer
The United States govern-
ment made symbolic peace
with Muhammad Ali yester-
day.
Gerald R. Ford, com-
mander in chief, welcomed
to the White House the for-
mer and present heavy-
weight champion, who in
1967 refused induction into
the armed forces on moral
grounds as a member of the
Black Muslim sect.
Ali then was stripped of
his title by the World Box-
ing Association and the in
fluential New York State
Athletic Commission. He
was sentenced to five years
in prison, but the conviction
was overturned on appeal.
He won worldwide fame as
a result of his political
stance.
Ali made an allusion to
his global posture after
meeting with President
Ford.
"My meetings with presi
dents of countries are com-
pleted now," he said, nam-
ing several other heads of
state who had entertained
him.
Ali said to President Ford
in the Oval Office, "You.
made a big mistake letting
See ALI, E9, Col. 4
Maryland
55 49-104
Attendance: 5,623. 81.1
Athletes meet B sun
SBC
UPI 12/11/76
President Ford and Mu-
hammad Ali enjoyed a chuc-
kle during Ali's visit to the
White House yesterday. Ali
This
70.1
12/11/74
am
Morning
Ali's White House Act
Was Tough to Follow
with William Barry Furlong
It used to be said that when Vince Lombardi went to
of summitry; my guess is that the national commander of
church, which he did almost daily, he didn't go to pray
the American Legion has already let him know he has
but to parley. When Muhammad went to the White House
carried the amnesty bit a little too far.
yesterday you got the feeling that he came to stay. Or at
Whatever reserve the President felt about the con-
least to inquire about the rates.
frontation, Ali didn't notice. One reason: he didn't know
"You made a big mistake in letting me come here be-
that reporters who wanted to get his impression of the
cause now that I see it, I'm going to have to run for your
White House were directed out onto Pennsylvania Avenue,
job," he told President Ford, chummily.
outside the White House grounds, to interview him. At
"Sometimes
I think you can have it," said President
least until the White House staff learned that the President
Ford, in the carefree spirit of a man who doesn't expect
had already agreed to meet him in the Oval Office. An-
to be unemployed in the next couple of years.
other reason: Susan Ford, the President's teen-age daugh-
ter, fell into conversation with Ali. He asked if she could
The world heavyweight champion seemed agreeably
go out when she wanted-not without the Secret Service,
impressed by what he saw. "It's 10 times bigger than what
it looks," he said. "After you get in it and walk around,
ol' buddy-and agreed it was best to try to keep old friends
it looks like a mansion should look."
rather than develop new ones.
The rest of the day was a grander success for Ali. He
He commented favorably on the great art in the White
went to the Capitol and dropped in on the Rockefeller con-
House-"picture of Eisenhower, picture of Lyndon John-
firmation hearings-Rockefeller figures to get approval
son's wife"-and on its decor: "There's so much marble-
anyway. He went to the Senate restaurant-the rates there
strong, the place has such an effect of strength."
are better than at the White House-and then went to a
He pointed out that he'd met many world leaders in
reception in the Old Senate Office Building. This was the
the past; his visit to the White House and Oval Office
critical test: as my colleague Dave Brady-well-known
added one more scalp to his belt, to the extent that Presi-
scholar and urbanologist-suggested: the test of the recep-
dent Ford has one.
tion's duration and popularity is whether the hors
But the significance may have been greater for President
d'oeuvres are any good. If they are, the solons will pause
Ford. He did not, in his congressional years, appear the
en route to some other watering place- they've given up
most outspoken opponent of the Vietnam war. Now he
the Tidal Basin temporarily-to make sure they don't get
was shaking hands with, and giving cuff links to, the man
caught drinking, and paying, on an empty stomach.
the U.S. government tried SO hard for SO long to send to
It turned out that the hors d'oeuvres were splendid
jail because he did not step forward when called by the
and the crowd was large and well-lubricated-much more
Selective Service system. There are dangers in this kind
See FURLONG, E10 Col. 2
Navy Star-News Staff Writer
Looking noil for Visit From President
Whittlesey
11/30/74
attend an Army-Navy game since John F. Kenne-
a stunning upset over Penn State, and then lost
THE TEAMS had three common opponents.
dy in 1962.
seven of their next eight, beating only The Citadel.
Army barely lost to Penn State after leading 14-0.
PHILADELPHIA - The Navy football team
Tame time is 1:20, (WMAL-7) with the pre-game
Although Army beat Air Force and the latter beat
march scheduled to begin at 11:45 a.m. Tradition-
COACH George Welsh has said many times that
hopes to renew acquaintances with President Ger-
Navy, both games were decided in the last minute.
ally, about 60,000 are in the stands in advance of
his team has not learned how to win. First, it must
ald Ford late this afternoon.
the appearances of the cadet corps and the brigade:
learn how to score. Navy has been shut out three
And Notre Dame routed Army, while the Midship-
men led the Irish for 50 minutes before losing. 14-6
MANY COMPANIONS ON LINKS
70.1
Ford's Golf Score Is No Top Secret
L.A. RUDY ABRAMSON
Parma said he had never known a golfing partner to try
Times Staff Writer
to take advantage of the situation by bringing up business
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich.-President Ford's love of
on the course.
football has made him the butt of uncomplimentary jokes
for years. His passion for swimming brought a flood of
In the 12 years he and the President have been playing,
contributions to build him a pool at the White House.
Parma said, Mr. Ford's game has continued to improve.
Insensitivity 70.1
NYT 2/27/75
President Ford likes to play golf. And South Florida in
February is normally much warmer, sunnier, and gen-
erally pleasanter than Washington, D. C. Combine these
factors and it is not surprising that Mr. Ford played golf
SPORTS
45
Ford Calls Sport Spirit 11/8/750
1'06
Essential to Americans
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (AP)
will tell you, 'I got up when I
requiring eqity of spending
-President Ford said today
fell down,' " said Ford.
for men's and women's pro-
the competitive spirit and en-
"We've got to get up in
grams endangered the future
thusiasm found in sorts must
America," he said. "As a na-
of college sports.
be transferred to all Ameri-
tion, we have to be physical-
In a series of interviews,
cans.
ly and mentally fit because
they said they hoped Senator
"Amateur athletics has de-
these difficult times demand
veloped much of muscle that
that we not only compete but
John Tower, Republican of
has built and defended and
that we must excel."
Texas, would succeed in
will continue to defend
Ford made his remarks af-
passing an amendment that
America," Ford told the ho-
ter receiving the Theodore
would exempt revenue-gener-
nors luncheon at the 69th an-
Roosevelt award, the organi-
ating sports such as football
nual convention of the Na-
zation's highest honor. The
basketball and baseball from
tional Collegiate Athletic As-
award is presented annually
the impact of Federal regula-
sociation.
to a distinguished citizen
tions banning bias in educa-
"No youngster grows up
who participated in varsity
tion programs. The amend-
today in America without
athletics in college. Ford
ment failed to get through
participating in competitive
played football for three
Congress last year.
sport. Sports not only pre-
years at the University of
If the Tower amendment
pares them for life, but that
Michigan in the 1930's.
does not pass, the sports
spirit is part of America's
"I accept this award not for
managers said they did not
competitive spirit."
what I achieved in the past
envision women's sports pro-
Ford said young boys and
but for what I will in the fu-
grams getting a sharply
girls could be seen skating in
ture with the help of all
greater share of revenue un-
Michigan when winter
Americans," said Ford.
less new monies were found
freezes over the rivers and
On another front, college
somewhere - and they
lakes. "If you ask them how
sports business managers
they learned to skate. they
said proposed Federal rules
Continued on Page 46, Column 5
ws
Calendar Comment
1/4/76
Sunday, January 4, 1976
The Washington Star
G-5
70.1 A Review of the Boys on the Schuss
By Tom Dowling
I am pleased to describe myself as an
ard. Whereas every other skier in Ameri-
place. Politicians are expected to speak
Fillmore, who installed the first White
expert skier. The reason for this rating is
ca is allowed, even encouraged, to pro-
of the "awesome burden of office," to
House bathtub and spent most of his term
as follows: Years ago at Stowe I launch-
mote himself to a standard far above the
preface every sentence with "in all hu-
therein ensconced. If he often bites his
ed myself down an intermediate trail, at-
objective merits of his case, poor Jerry is
mility" and "to be perfectly candid," to
tongue while masticating, it is because he
taining breathtaking speeds before it be-
forced to go out on the slopes every morn-
identify every solution as "new," every
has gotten into the habit of wolfing his
came obvious that my self-tutoring in this
ing filled with the wormwood certainty
alternative as "viable," every problem
meals in order to speedily negotiate a re-
glamorous sport had neglected the mas-
that his perfectly adequate technique will
as "pressing." Political writers are used
turn to the slopes, the pool, the links and
tery of the stop and the turn. Before long
be edited down to one snowbunny pratfall
to dealing with subjects who are passive,
the tennis court.
one ski crossed the other and I collapsed
for the evening news and morning photo
static, evasive, closeted from view, given
in a heap, with a ski-pole quiveringly
file.
to mealy-mouthed cant.
FORD IS, AFTER all, the kind of man
embedded in my thigh. That night around
who in full knowledge of the imminence
the roaring fireplace at the inn I found
BUT SKIING HAS no relationship to
of the New Hampshire primary airily -
myself in deep and sincere conversation
FORD'S RATHER rueful remark that
politics at all. The skier is active, direct,
and truthfully - announces that the
with a potentially impressionable female
there are "more skiers that fall down
in the open, given to a lexicon of exuber-
skiing conditions in Colorado are superi-
guest. She wanted to know what kind of a
than that stand up" may not do much for
ant vanity in which insincere professions
or to those in New Hampshire. It all
skier I was.
his reputation as an elegant phrasemak-
of humility and candor have no place. To
marks him, I supposed, as a man who
"Uh, intermediate," I responded mod-
er, but it is a remarkably mild response
the political writer a man who falls down
thinks, acts and talks like a non-politician
estly.
for a man so sorely tried by a political
frequently is clumsy. This kind of connec-
- a quality he was universally praised
"Just intermediate?"
press corps that seems to know nothing
tion is wholly specious to a ski writer.
for displaying and beseeched to retain at
"Well, uh, advanced-intermediate," I
about skiing whatever. The fact is, of
Here someone who regularly falls down
the outset of his administration, and,
allowed with becoming bashfulness.
course, that falling down while skiing is
is daring, courageous, a man willing to
alas, a quality that political writers with
What the hell, I had ultimately gotten to
not a sign of ineptness in any way com-
match his skill against the mountain.
their rigid notions of proper jargon and
the bottom of the intermediate trail,
parable to conking your tennis partner on
After all, the point of skiing is to test your
deportment secretly cannot abide.
though at the cost of numerous further
the head with your serve, or winging
limit by exceeding it. And if I were to
In truth, Nessen's estimate of his lead-
crack-ups. And by any just standard a
skier who negotiates an intermediate
trail with a wounded thigh is clearly de-
serving of an advanced-intermediate rat-
ing.
'He is graceful and he is by far the
SINCE THAT TIME my skiing has im-
proved dramatically. The stop and the
most athletic president within memory,'
turn are imposing ingredients in my
repertoire, pushing me well beyond the
advanced-intermediate stage all the way
novice skier Ron Nessen, right, says of
up into the expert class, or perhaps even
the coveted advanced-expert category.
his fallen leader, below.
Now, this may strike some readers who
know nothing about skiing as unconscion-
able vanity, but the cognescenti will