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Michigan Beats Ohio State, 22-0,
And Gains a Rose Bowl Berth
Wolverines Get Lift
From Option Plays
After 0-0 Half
70
By NEIL AMDUR 11-21-76
Special to The New York Times
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 20-The
frustration finally ended for Michigan
today with a convincing 22-0 victory
over Ohio State.
Five years after their last triumph
over the Buckeyes had sent them to
the Rose Bowl, the once-beaten Wolv-
erines again qualified for the New
Year's Day game with a second-half
The New York Times
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Joe DiMaggio
Red Smith
70
NYT 10-19-76
Some Ghosts of World Series Past
The World Series, which used to be a standard feature
the new champions of the American League are compara-
of autumn in New York, returns to the Bronx tonight after
tive strangers imported from other teams. Except for Babe
12 years that changed almost everything but the name of
Ruth, who was bought from the Boston Red Sox, most
the game. The Yankees, now two games down to the
heroes of the past, such as Lou Gehrig, came to the majors
Cincinnati Reds and that's halfway to extinction, are play-
as Yankees. Another of these demigods, Yogi Berra, man-
ing for the North American baseball championship for the
aged the last pennant winner and was dismissed after the
30th time, though not remarkably well. When they last rep-
defeat by St. Louis.
resented the American League there were nine men on a
The owners who fired him, Del Webb and Dan Topping,
team, 10 teams in a league and seven afternoon games in
did not often own up to mistakes, but two hours before
the tournament, and when they lost to the
Webb's death he had a colloquy with his doctor, a friend
Sports
St. Louis Cardinals each Yankee received
of Berra's. "Do you see Yogi?" Del asked.
of
$5,309.29. Now 10-man teams from 12-team
"As often as I can."
The Times
leagues compete at night, with the win-
"Next time you see him," Webb said, "tell him we fouled
ners getting approximately $25,000 a man.
him."
Since 1964 the Yankees have changed
Beginning in 1923, when their third straight pennant win-
owners, managers and playing personnel, and New York's
ner brought off the club's first World Series success, a
taxpayers have spent $100 million converting old Yankee
legend of Yankee invincibility flourished for 40 years. It
Stadium into a new park.
became more than a legend during its last 16 years, when
Even the team's public following has changed, if one may
the club swept five straight pennants and five World Series,
judge by the crowd at the last game of the pennant playoff
finished second once and won the next four pennants,
with Kansas City. Yankee fans in the past were accustomed
dropped back to third and then ran off another skein of
to success and cool about it, if not downright smug. At last
five.
week's playoff, spectators threw bottles and chanted ob-
Last time New York and Cincinnati hooked up was near
scenities while tearing up the premises.
Like the present owners, who are mostly from Cleveland,
Continued on Page 47, Column 2
13 MAY 1976 WSA Fielding Gem
70
Chicago Cubs center fielder Rick
tries to answer it all.
Monday has made hundreds of field-
That's a refreshing turnabout in
ing plays during his baseball ca-
public attitudes from the time not
reer, but the most memorable oc-
long ago when the flag was less a
curred in a April 25 game against national ensign than a bone of con-
En NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER so
Lake Placid Set Aglow
By 1980 Olympic Fever
Continued From Page 47
0 Miles 50
CANADA
fairy tale, this is how it
Ottawa
would come out," he said.
River
Montreal
Mr. Hill describes being the
parent of a dedicated figure
skater as "absolutely the cra-
Lawrence
Lake Placid
ziest thing you imagine "
70
Lakers
Get West
As Coach
NYSAM 8-20-76
GOLDAPER
Jerry West, the Los An-
geles Lakers' "Mr. Clutch,"
who came out of Cheylan, W.
Va. (pop. 500) to become a
pro basketball legend, was
named yesterday as coach of
his former team.
West replaces Bill Shar-
man, who had coached the
Lakers for five seasons.
When Los Angeles failed to
make the playoffs the last
two seasons, Sharman was
not rehired, but he remains
with the organization as an
aide to Pete Newell, the
general manager.
The news conference to
announce West's hiring was
held in the room at the Los
Angeles Forum where West
announced his retirement on
Oct. 13, 1974, after 14 sea-
sons with the Lakers. West's
departure set off a feud with
Jack Kent Cooke, the owner.
The 38-year-old West had
filed a breach - of - contract
against the Laker owner, his
close friend at one time. An-
gered by West's sudden re-
tirement and blaming him for
the demise of the Lakers,
Cooke countersued.
"My differences with Mr.
Cooke have been settled,"
said West yesterday. "I'm
very happy with my contract.
We have no differences
now."
Cooke, who has been ill
and was not present at the
announcement, said in a
prepared statement: "It was
inevitable that a man with
Jerry's leadership, drive and
intelligence would coach.
I'm pleased to have him
back in the Lakers' family.
I know he will bring the
Lakers back to their rightful
place on top of the National
Basketball Association."
Since his retirement, West
has missed the game. Unlike
many players, West enjoyed
the plane rides, the bus trips
and the waits in airports
when flights were delayed.
He loved basketball.
While spending most of
Browne Draws
With Kavalek,
wash. star.
Leads in 4/21/74 Chess
OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) -
Defending champion Wal-
ter Browne finished a 13-
hour marathon chess game
me meen.
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONIT
70
Woody is understood-by Mrs. Hayes!
By Ross Atkin
flavor. Segmented practice sessions
Hayes insists that his players make
Sports writer of
are run on a rigid time schedule,
academic strides. He is a keen stu-
The Christian Science Monitor
Buckeye leaves are plastered on
dent of history and when the Buck-
12/3/74
helmets as combat awards, and the
eyes go on the road he often leads the
To his many critics, Coach Woody
patented offense crunches up and
team into a lecture hall of the rival
Hayes of Ohio State is the Archie
down the field like a tank corp.
university.
Bunker of college football. He has a
Over the years Hayes has devised
If obsessed with winning, at least
reputation for being staunchly conser-
some unique ways of expressing his
Woodv can't be accused of chasing
70
Balloon trip with a space-age flair
Forbes 2001 odyssey:
an Atlantic crossing
By David F. Salisbury
Staff writer of
The Christian Science Monitor
1/6/75
It is more than a balloon trip. It is a
space-age, 2001-type odyssey.
And Malcolm Forbes - - millionaire,
publisher, consummate collector, and
promoter extraordinary - is playing
the part of a gray-haired, bespec-
tacled Buck Rogers. He is attempting
to do what no one else has ever done:
cross the Atlantic Ocean in a balloon.
His creation, Windborne, is no ordi-
nary lighter-than-air craft. It is a 625-
foot-tall buoyant tower: 13 balloons
tethered in clusters and supporting a
7ft.-8in. pressurized metal gondola.
The balloons, 33 feet in diameter, are
made of super-strength plastic and
filled with helium.
Crammed into the spherical gon-
dola are computers almost as sophis-
ticated as those carried on board an
AP photo
5
Apollo capsule. These, via satellite,
6
Please turn to Page 4
Balloonist Forbes (right) seeks new records
Monday, January 6, 1975
70
1/6/75 Sun
Trans-Atlantic balloon trip delayed
By a Sun Staff Correspondent
height at the edge of the stra-
Santa Ana, Calif.-Capricious
tosphere.
upper winds caused the third
At 40,000 feet, the travelers
hope to pick up 150 mile-an-
postponement yesterday of a
hour winds for a flight that
nonstop, 7,000-mile balloon
could last anvwhere from four
Anti-Devine Feeling Led to Irish Bowl Veto
By David Israel
were playing for a bowl bid. Some-
bid, and Cotton Bowl officials invited
This is Devine's first year as Notre
tating defeat, that talk was revived.
Washington Star Staff Writer
thing was wrong."
Georgia instead.
Dame's head football coach. All sea-
around South Bend.
Notre Dame's football team voted
The Irish lost to Pittsburgh Satur-
Notre Dame would have received
son there have been reports out of the
If the Irish win Saturday night,
to decline an invitation to play in the
day 34-20 when Tony Dorsett gained
about $850,000 for playing in the Cot-
South Bend campus that players
they will finish the season 8-3. That is
Cotton Bowl because it did not want
303 yards. The loss dropped Notre
were disenchanted with Devine, and
an acceptable record almost any-
to play any more games this year
Dame's record to 7-3 this season.
More Football: F-3
South Bend sources said the decision
where but Notre Dame. Parseghian,
under Coach Dan Devine, sources in
Michigan State and Southern Califor-
not to play in the Cotton Bowl was a
who accumulated a 95-17-4 record in
South Bend told The Washington Star
nia also beat Notre Dame.
ton Bowl, but now its season will con-
reflection of that.
his 11 years at Notre Dame, never
yesterday.
NOTRE DAME Athletic Director
clude with Saturday night's game at
lost more than two games during the
Edward (Moose) Krause acknowl-
Miami of Florida.
EARLIER IN the season, there
regular season. His 1972 team finish-
"They're just fed up with Devine,"
edged yesterday that if the Irish had
Notre Dame appeared in bowl
were reports, which proved to be un-
ed 8-3, but the third loss was to Ne-
one source said. "They don't have
won they would have played in the
games the last three years, and five
true, that Devine was to be fired, al-
braska in the 1973 Orange Bowl.
any respect for him as a coach. They
Cotton Bowl in Dallas on New Year's
of the last six seasons that Ara
though he signed a five-year con-
just don't want to play football for
Day against the Southwest Confer-
Parseghian coached the team. In
tract last December when he was the
Sources in South Bend said yester-
him any more this year. Against Pitt,
ence champion. But after the loss the
1969 and 1970, the Irish split Cotton
first and only choice to succeed
day that Devine definitely would
DAN DEVINE
they were just flat even though they
players voted Sunday not to accept a
Bowl decisions with Texas.
Parseghian. After Saturday's devas-
See IRISH, F-4
Problems
70
N.Y. Y, DAILY N
12/6/74
Golf Tour 1M Under
In Sub-Par Economy
Washington, Dec. 5 (UPI)-The depressed state of
the nation's economy has caught up with the pro golf
tour, and in 1975 the pros will be playing for nearly $1
million less in purses than they did this year.
The PGA's Tournament Play-
ers division disclosed its 1975
|
The richest will be the Jackie
schedule today and it included
Gleason Inverraryl Classic at
20
C
RUNNING IS DEBATED
AS BENEFIT TO HEART
MO
Anyone Able to Go Marathon Route
Will 'Never Die' of Coronary Attack,
Barbizon-Plaza Meeting Told
NYT 10-28-76
By BAYARD WEBSTER
The nature of the benefits that can ac-
crue. from a regular program of jogging,
running six miles or more or running the
marathon distance of 26 miles, 385 yards
was debated at a scientific conference
here yesterday in the wake of New York
City's first marathon race last Sunday.
The conference, sponsored by the New
York Academy of Sciences, attracted
about 400 doctors, researchers and expo-
ments of running-most of them trim and
clim-who are attending the academy's
fapr-day meeting on the health aspects
of strenuous exercise and marathon run-
zing.
The most extreme view of benefits of
marathon running was presented by Dr.
Thomas J. Bassler, a California patholo-
gist who runs the marathon distance and
frequently accompanies heart patients
when they run that route.
Dr. Bassler noted that at least five
heart attack patients, one who had under-
gone double coronary artery bypass sur-
gery just four months ago, had run in the
New York marathon finishing in about
The New York Times
Dorsett 70
Heisman
Winner
11-1-16
By GORDON S. WHITE Jr.
Tony Dorsett, the University of
Pittsburgh tailback who set more
collegiate rushing records than any
other player in the 108-year history
of football, was named winner of the
1976 Heisman Trophy yesterday as
the outstanding college player in the
nation.
The 22-year-old native of Aliquip-
pa, Pa., who led the Panthers through
an undefeated and untied regular
season and to the No. 1 national rank-
ing, easily defeated his primary rival
for the award-Ricky Bell of South-
ern California. Dorsett had 2,357
points to 1,346 for Bell, who is also
a tailback. Bell, however, was ham-
pered by midseason injuries and
missed all or part of four games.
Rob Lytle, the speedy running back
for Michigan, finished a distant third
with 413 points, followed by Terry
Miller, the Oklahoma State running
THE
back. Then came three quarterbacks
-Tom Kramer of Rice, Gifford Niel-
sen of Brigham Young and Ray Goff
of Georgia. Mike Voight, North Caro-
lina's tailback, was eighth, with two
West Coast quarterbacks ninth and
10th-Joe Roth of California and Jeff
Dankworth of the University of Cal-
ifornia, Los Angeles.
863 Ballots Mailed In
The New York Times/Carl T. Gossett
Dorsett, the only player to rush
Tony Dorsett with the Heisman Trophy he won yesterday
for more than 6,000 yards in a var-
sity career, received 701 votes for
Trophy. O. J. Simpson of Southern
first place, 112 for second and 30 for
ner, made in his four campaigns as
third. The Downtown Athletic Club,
California, who won the trophy in
a Cadet. Dorsett tied 18 National
which conducts the Heisman Trophy
1968, had the biggest Heisman vic-
Collegiate records as he did more
election each year, sent 1,014 ballots
tory spread of 1,750 points over Le-
to revive his team's fortunes than
to sportswriters and broadcasters
Roy Keyes of Purdue.
any other Heisman Trophy winner
across the nation but received only
Career Total of 6,082 Yards
had done. Most of the 40 previous
863 completed ballot. This means that
Dorsett was first on 81.2 percent of
Dorsett burst on the college scene
winners entered colleges with suc-
with 101 yards rushing against Geor-
cessful teams.
the ballots but, surprisingly, he was
not even mentioned on 20 ballots.
gia in Pitt's opening game of 1973,
Dorsett finished fourth in the 1975
his freshman year. The game ended
voting behind Archie Griffin of Ohio
Each ballot calls for a first, second
and third choice and scoring is based
in a 7-7 tie. He never missed a reg-
State, who became the only man to
in 3 points for first, 2 for second
ular-season game, playing in 44.
win the trophy twice; Chuck Muncie
nd 1 for third. Bell received 73 first-
With the help of 33 games in which
who set a season rushing record of
lace votes, seconds and 157
he rushed for more than 100 yards,
1,948 yards this fall, surpassed Grif-
hirds. Lytle had 35 first-place votes
Dorsett reached a total of 6,082 yards
fin's career rushing record of 5,177
nd Miller 18.
last Friday night when Pitt beat Penn
yards before that mark was a year
old.
Dorsett and Bell ran one, two in
State, 24-7, in his final regular-sea-
Il five voting districts-East, South,
son game.
Dorsett was recruited by Coach
lidwest, Southwest and Far West.
Johnny Majors, who was hired in
Dorsett finished in grand style
ytle was third in four areas, with
1973 to upgrade a bad football scene
against Penn State with two touch-
filler, the only junior in the top
downs and 224 yards rushing. This
at Pitt. Dorsett and Majors brought
our, taking third spot in the South-
Pitt its first winning season in 10
enabled him to break a 30-year-old
vest.
years. They took Pitt into the Fiesta
scoring record set by Glenn Davis of
Bowl in 1973 and the Sun Bowl in
Dorsett's margin of 1,011 points
Army. Dorsett scored 356 points in
over Bell was one of the largest in
four seasons, 2 more points than
1975 and will be in the Sugar Bowl
he 42-year history of the Heisman
Davis, the 1946 Heisman Trophy win-
Continued on Page B12, Column 2
no Dan Devine's Problems Run Deep at Notre Dame
11-19-75
NSTAR
Coaching football at Notre Dame is
was offered the job five days before
pressure a coach comes to know at
the Top 20 rankings released by
vine's problems run much deeper
in front.' It wasn't too good a first im-
the best job of its kind in the country.
Parseghian's resignation was made
Notre Dame. He wasn't prepared for
Associated Press and United Press
than his disappointing record.
pression."
It is also the most difficult.
public on Dec. 15.
the difficulties the head football
International.
Devine started alienating his team,
To be considered a successful
When Devine was hired, the Notre
coach encounters at Notre Dame,
There have been reports that he
players said, at the first team meet-
ACCORDING TO players, Notre
coach there, you have to be a
Dame people said he was the right
which is our only national university.
would be fired, although he is in the
ing he held last spring. The scene of
Dame team morale proceeded to go
Rockne, a Leahy, or a Parseghian.
man for the job. He had been a suc-
Now he knows. Saturday night De-
first year of a five-year contract.
the meeting was an auditorium
downhill from that point.
You have to win 10 games for every
cessful college head coach at Arizona
Yesterday, The Star reported that
adjacent to the football offices in
"Before the first game against Bos-
one you lose. You have to mass pro-
State and Missouri, where his teams
David Israel
Notre Dame players voted not to play
Notre Dame's Athletic and Convoca-
ton College," a player said, "about
duce players like Gipp, Lujack, Latt-
were 120-40-6 in 16 years. And he had
in the Cotton Bowl because of their
tion Center.
five minutes before we went onto the
ner, Bertelli, Hornung and Hart.
gotten proféssional experience in
vine will take his 7-3 Fighting Irîsh in
disaffection with Devine.
field, he called the offensive team
Into this environment last Decem-
four years with the Green Bay Pack-
to play at Miami of Florida, and end
"The place was almost filled," a
around him. He said that on our first
ber came Dan Devine. He was hired
ers, where his record was 25-27-4.
his first season. It has been a tumul-
DEVINE AND some players
player said. "There were just a few
to succeed Ara Parseghian, who ran
tuous one. A 7-3 record is good any-
empty seats down in the front of the
play from scrimmage we would run
denied these reports. But sources in
'37.' Immediately, the whole offense
up a 95-17-4 record in 11 years at
BUT IN all those 145 victories and
where but at Notre Dame.
South Bend, including players who
room. The very first words Devine
raised its hands. They were wonder-
South Bend. Devine was the only
the 67 losses and the 10 ties, Dan De-
And this week, for the first time
wish that their names not be reveal-
said to us as a team were, 'You guys
candidate considered for the job. He
vine never experienced the kind of
since 1963, Notre Dame dropped out of
ed, have supplied evidence that De-
in the back get your asses down here
See ISRAEL, D-5
Auperdome Dedicated Amid Superlatives
NYT 8/4/75 70
THE NEW YORK TIME
By ROY REED
to the first rank of American
bond market, labor strikes
New Orleans banking scene
Special to The New York Times
cities.
and construction bungles.
in 1969 as president of the
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 3-
Dome envy spread as other
They have also faced con-
First National Bank of Com-
The Louisiana Superdome,
cities perceived the Astro-
stant criticism from the proj-
merce. The dome project was
dome as a symbol of Hous-
ect's opponents, who in-
under way but its financing
newest and grandest of the
ton's rise to greatness. Seat-
clude some of the best-
was stymied. According to
nation's sports palaces, was
tle will soon open the third
known names in New Or-
American Banker Magazine a
opened to the public today
of the oversized domes and
leans.
chief obstacle had been a de-
10 years after it first gleamed
several other cities are build-
Large Jump in Cost
cision by Chase Manhattan
in a New Orleans promoter's
ing, planning or eagerly dis-
Bank of New York not to
cussing them.
There is widespread ex-
help underwrite the bonds.
eve.
that the dome will
SONNY'S DEBUT AS TV FOOTBALL ANALYST
In the Booth
70 7/18/75 wsta
On the Tube
By Frank Blackman
Three professions require no for-
Special to the Washington Star
mal training: Prostitution, member
BERKELEY, Calif. - An hour be-
of Congress and sportscasting. Sonny
fore air time and Sonny Jurgensen is
Jurgensen's national sportscasting
doing a hell of a job trying to con-
debut yesterday was proof once
vince people that he isn't nervous.
again that a lack of experience isn't a
"No, not at all, " says Jurgensen,
drawback, at least in that field.
who, after 18 years on the football
Jurgensen, who has signed on with
field as a pro quarterback, now is
CBS for a bundle, went coast-to-coast
perched high above it, patiently wait-
as the expert analyst color an-
ing to make his national debut as the
nouncer is an obsolete term - for the
expert or color commentator on CBS'
Pittsburgh-Oakland National Foot-
telecast of the Oakland Raiders-
ball League exhibition game (WTOP-
Pittsburgh Steelers National Football
9).
League exhibition game here yester-
Okay, since one doer begets 1,000
day. (The Raiders won 24-21. Report
critics, and since this was, after all,
on Page D-4.)
the former Redskin quarterback's
"That's why, that's my security
debut, Jurgensen has the right to call
blanket sitting right next to me
an audible and ignore any criticism.
here," says Sonny, gesturing toward
veteran play-by-play man Lindsey
Beano Cook/TV Sports
Nelson.
Nelson is the only one giving Jur-
Besides, with the money he's making,
gensen a warm, protected feeling.
Jurgensen can laugh as he goes to
For the people from CBS, the big
the bank in a limo.
game is in the broadcast booth, not
I liked Jurgensen's straight deliv-
on the field.
ery. He did get overly technical at
times, on several occasions referring
WHEN SONNY wanders down a
to a "double zone" as if several mil-
corrider looking for the men's room,
lion viewers knew the term precisely.
people from CBS smile reflexively. In
fact, everybody smiles at Sonny.
JURGENSEN'S strength lies in
Arms are draped over his broad
telling stories about his 18 years in
shoulders. Cooing words are whisper-
pro football, especially as his experi-
ed in his ear. Love is everywhere.
ences relate to what is happening
down on the field.
"I just want him to enjoy himself
Once, when the center asked the
today," says producer Hal Uplinger.
ref for another football, Jurgensen
"I want to keep him as relaxed and
quickly took the mike and observed,
as happy as I can today."
"Backs put Stickum on their hands,
Asked if the reporter can stay in
and this makes the ball sticky for the
the booth to watch Sonny work under
center and quarterback." Excellent
game pressure, Uplinger sets up a
comment. More stuff like that, and
protective pocket that would make
some humor thrown in, and Jurgen-
the Redskins swoon with envy.
sen will have no trouble in his new
job.
"Gee, this is all so new to him.
After Pittsburgh quarterback
He's just a novice," says Uplinger, a
Terry Bradshaw raced 56 yards for a
nervous smile flitting across his face.
touchdown, Jurgensen showed the
"This is his first time out, the first
ability to laugh at himself, a trait
time he's worn headsets and had
viewers admire in a public personal-
someone talking into his ear the same
ity.
time he's trying to talk. I'd hate to
-Associated Press
"I don't think I ran 56 yards in my
see him get a bad rap his first shot."
Pittsburgh quarterback Terry Bradshaw scores on a 56-yard run, prompting
entire career," Jurgensen cracked.
See BOOTH, D-5
a quip from Sonny Jurgensen, making his debut as a TV football analyst.
See TUBE, D-5
st Mile of All
New Zealander Lowers
World Record to 3.49.4
hAT 8/13/75
From Reuters
GOTEBORG, Sweden-John Walker of New Zealand shattered the world
mile record Tuesday night with a time of 3 minutes 49.4 seconds-after con-
vincing the organizers of a track meet here to substitute the event for the 1,-
500 meters.
In becoming the first man ever to
run under 3:50, Walker cut 1.6 sec-
onds from the record set by Filbert
Bayi of Tanzania in Kingston, Jamai-
ca, May 18.
In the Jamaica race Bayi broke Jim
Ryun's record that had lasted for
eight years but broke it by only one-
tenth of a second.
Sports
Walker, who told journalists Mon-
day he thought the best mile possible
in the 20th century was 3:50, led
through the race with quarter times
BUSINESS & FINANCE
of 56.3, 59.2, 58.0 and 55.9. Nobody
was within 50 yards of Walker at the
CC
PART III
finish.
Australians Ken Hall and Graham
Crouch were second and third in
3:55.2 and 3:56.4. Gunnar Ekman of
Sweden was fourth in 4:01.5.
Walker, 23, later told Reuters that
he felt good throughout the race and
at no stage was in danger of "tying
up."
"A week ago I asked the woman in
charge of the meet if the 1,500 me-
ters could be changed to a mile, and
to make her do it I had to tell her I
would be going for the world rec-
ord," he said.
"In training a couple of days ago I
ran a couple of 200s in 22.9. I can't
usually break 23 seconds for that dis-
tance. SO I felt I was as ready as I'd
ever be.
"Today I woke up and it was windy
as hell. I was watching the wind all
day and although it didn't go down
for the race, while I was running it
didn't worry me at all."
The temperature was 77 degrees at
race time-7:50 p.m. local time-in
Slottskogsvallen Stadium.
Walker said he was worried about
pushing himself too hard but the lap
times had come up exactly as he
wanted. He reached the halfway
point in 1:55.5 and three-quarters in
2:53.5.
"I ran the last 120 yards in 15.1 and
I still felt good," Walker said. His
1,500-meter time was 3:34.3.
The 6-11/2 185-pounder. possibly
the heaviest man ever to hold the
world mile record, is scheduled to
run in Stockholm next Tuesday, but
he said he will not be attempting any
more fast miles this season.
"I think I've done enough for a
while," he said. (His best previous
mile time was 3:52.2.)
Referring to a possible meeting
with Bayi at the Olympics in Mon-
treal next year, Walker said he is
sure the Tanzanian will go fast
through the 1,200-meter mark "and
I've now realized I must be able to sit
with him and kick at the finish."
Walker ran second to Bayi in the
1,500 meters at the 1974 Common-
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Chicago Tribune
Thursday, September 11, 1975
Sports
Section 4
Miami bowl is interested
70
Big Ten runnerup
may smell oranges
By Roy Damer
day for a meeting with Sugar Bowl offi-
As a matter of fact, the plight of the
we will explore a matchup between the
living alumni, the largest stadiums, has
quire a participating team to arrive in
cials in New Orleans, then will confer
Wolverines was one of the factors which
Big Eight and Big Ten," said Jim Arm-
led the nation in attendance for 18
Miami at least five days prior to the
IF THE Big Ten runnerup has any-
next week with Cotton Bowl officials in
led to the Big Ten's change in policy.
strong, president of the Orange Bowl
straight years, has almost 25 per cent of
game to build up interest.
where near the credentials that Michi-
Dallas.
Michigan tied Ohio State for the
Committee. "Figures indicate that of all
the nation's TV sets in its area, and has
Officials were unhappy last year that
gan did the last three seasons, it will
Members of the three bowls will visit
league title the last three years but
the major conferences, the Big Ten has
enjoyed lofty positions in the polls since
Alabama kept its squad in Tuscalloosa
play in the Orange Bowl next Jan. 1.
the conference office near the Woodfield
didn't go to a bowl game even tho it had
the largest population and TV exposure
their inception in 1936.
until two days before the game and No-
"Under certain circumstances, the Or-
shopping center next Thursday, then
the best record in the nation over that
of the states represented."
"Not only the Orange Bowl," Duke
tre Dame headquartered at Marco Is-
ange Bowl would love to have the Big
travel to Columbus for the Ohio State-
period - 30 victories, 1 tie, and only 2
The Big Eight has a contract to send
added, "but I believe any of those three
land, across the state from Miami.
Ten," said Wayne Duke, the confer-
Penn State game.
losses.
its champion to the Orange Bowl the
ence's commissioner. "There has been
bowls would like to have the Big Ten
Armstrong said the Orange Bowl will
no agreement nothing specific
THE BIG TEN champion will play in
In four of the last five Orange Bowls,
next four years.
runnerup."
make its own team ratings and an-
one team entered with two defeats. Had
Duke has put together a paper entitled
but that's not a far-out state-
the Rose Bowl, as usual, but the confer-
WITH OFFICIALS of three major
nounce them weekly to "keep both the
ment."
the Big Ten had an open bowl policy in
"Meet the Big Ten," and is in the proc-
ence recently approved a measure that
bowls in attendance, the Ohio State-
colleges and public informed." He said
effect then, the Orange would have had
ess of showing it to officials of the Or-
Duke and a committee from the Big
permits the next three finishers to go to
Ten met with Orange Bowl officials in
a much more attractive alternative.
ange, Sugar, and Cotton Bowls.
Penn State game on Sept. 20 becomes a
the bowl's selection committee is "delib-
other bowls. The Orange Bowl long has
In it, the commissioner points out that
"bowl qualifier," SO to speak.
erately departing from the highest-
Miami last weekend. They left Wednes-
coveted Michigan.
"TO THE FULLEST extent possible,
the Big Ten has the largest number of
Orange Bowl contracts now will re-
Continued on page 2, col. 1
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Thursday, September 18, 1975
21
sports
A new man steps onto
Notre Dame's gridiron
70By Larry Eldridge
Sports editor of
The Christian Science Monitor
Foxboro, Massachusetts
Dan Devine knows he has some tough acts to
follow as Notre Dame's new football coach.
The mystique, the winning tradition, the
legendary players and coaches of the past -
all of this goes with the territory, SO to speak.
to
instant
for more than a half before finally coming "I really enjoy being back," Browner said. "dump Devine" movement gained impetus years if he was bothered by pressure.'
DAILY@NEWS
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NEWSPAPER
Friday, September 19, 1975
70
PRO
Another football season arrives,
bringing, in addition to the annual
players' strike, new faces and a fresh
start for the Jets and Giants. Here is a
preview of 1975:
Larry Fox analyzes the Jets and
AFC, then looks at the college prospects
who might make it big a year from now.
FOOTBALL
Norm Miller studies the chances of
the Giants and the rest of the NFC.
Joe O'Day introduces the rookies.
And Bill Verigan gives an insight
to the struggling WFL.
'75
The Golden Dome: L. Only
70
Demigods Need Apply
Dan Devine is merely mortal; at Notre Dame
some don't consider that to be good enough
"The three toughest jobs in the world are: Pres-
Dan Devine was now a first-time loser as Notre
ident of the United States, mayor of New York and
Dame's new head coach.
head football coach at Notre Dame."
"I feel as bad about losing this game as any in
Beano Cook
Mutual Broadcasting Co.
my life," he told reporters. "Frankly, I don't know
what to say."
BY JEFF PRUGH
Within an hour, Devine retreated to his secluded
Times Staff Writer
10-acre estate beyond the city's outskirts and
SOUTH BEND, Ind.-These are restless autumn
joined his wife and three teenage daughters. "My
days for Dan Devine of Notre Dame, who is sud-
whole world had changed," Devine recalled the
denly the most castigated 5-1 coach in America.
other day. "I was in a deep, deep depression."
His team has struggled to win two games it sup-
And what did he do for post-defeat therapy?
posedly should have won handily. Irish eyes aren't
He and his family stayed up long past midnight
exactly smiling. The Subway Alumni are incensed.
watching a TV horror movie, "Tarantula."
Recurring rumors-hotly denied by all parties-
have Devine on the way out
and his predeces-
Barely a decade ago, he was college football's
sor, Ara Parseghian, back in.
"talk softly" coach-an earnest, professorial man
"I know where it originated and I know why it
with coal-black hair and an altar-boy face.
originated," Devine said Monday. "I don't want to
Today, at 50, Daniel John Devine still speaks in
say anything other than that. To go into it further
the clipped-sentence rhetoric of his glory years—
detracts from my preparation for the Southern Cal
the 1960s-at the University of Missouri.
game this week."
But now his graying hair and chiseled forehead
For Devine, it all smacks of his troubled waters
-the scars of four turbulent years with the profes-
at Green Bay, where the ghost of Vince Lombardi
sional Green Bay Packers-give him the look of a
sacked him.
high priest. Which, ironically, is something he once
Now he's being blitzed by the giant shadows of
considered as his life's calling.
Rockne and Leahy and Parseghian. And his boss,
"If I hadn't gotten married so young," said De-
athletic director Ed (Moose) Krause, is running in-
vine, father of seven, "I might have studied for the
terference for Devine.
"I don't understand how this kind of flak can
priesthood."
come out when we have a 5-1 season and had two
As Devine relaxed in his small, wood-paneled of-
big comebacks in our last two games," Kraus said.
fice, inhaling slowly on a nail-thin cigarillo, a visi-
"If we were 0-6, I could understand it."
tor asked if he regards himself as strongly religious.
Devine laughed nervously. "Well, I won't say
'Yes,'' he replied, "because when people say they
October 4, 1975, a day when somebody up there
are religious, it often means they really aren't." He
didn't like Notre Dame.
paused reflectively, then added, "I guess you could
The Fighting Irish had lost to Michigan State, 10-
say I strive, at least, to be better
"
3, and all but caused a protest burning of Subway
On this October afternoon, Devine was uncharac-
Alumni cards. They blew five touchdown chances.
teristically effusive for someone who had just lost
They lost six players with injuries. They threw two
for the first time as Notre Dame coach.
interceptions and committed six fumbles.
Please Turn to Page 5, Col. 1
10/24/75
70 L.A.T.
Notre Dame: Where Football Is Close to a Religion
The Campus
Is Devoted
to a Game
"Father in Heaven, we pray that the
suspension for violating dormitory
and sent an angry letter to network
adversity we suffered last weekend
visiting regulations that were not
bosses.
will turn to joy and happiness in the
clearly defined publicly. The incident
Nor will university officials be in-
weeks to come."
involved an 18-year-old girl who was
terviewed. One spokesman said, "It is
THE REV. EDMUND P. JOYCE,
not identified but reportedly was not
the school's policy not to comment on
Notre Dame,
at the South Bend Quarterback Club
a student. While six players were dis-
disciplinary actions." Another,
after the defeat by Michigan State
ciplined (one reportedlY planned to
however, insisted that published ac-
BY JEFF PRUGH
enroll elsewhere), no criminal
counts alleging rape were false. "It
Times Staff Writer
charges were filed.
was not rape," he said.
SOUTH BEND, Ind.-Walk among
One might theorize that the scan-
So now "The Incident" is little
the red and gold sycamores beneath
dal was an outgrowth of a fast-
more than food for debate over the
the Golden Dome and you step into
changing campus. Notre Dame has
severity-or lack of it-of the pun-
two different worlds.
been coeducational since 1972; it will
ishment. Notre Dame boosters argue
graduate its first women's class in
that suspending six football players
Notre Dame, alias the University of
June. And while there are no coed
from classes for a year was unusually
Football, comes across to a stranger
living quarters, male-female visita-
harsh. But others contend that the
as a mixture of the Seventies and the
Fifties.
tion is permitted until 2 a.m. on
athletes got preferential treatment.
There have been changes: women
weekends.
"If they hadn't been jocks," said
now are enrolled and alcoholic drinks
The athletic scandal has left a sig-
one, "they would have been expelled
are permitted in dormitory rooms.
nificant scar on the nation's best-
from school-not just suspended."
But there are remnants from two
known Catholic university. Campus
Meanwhile, life goes on pretty
decades ago such as the "traditional"
fathers are sensitive to publicity. At-
much as usual amid the woods and
Panty Raid on the belles of neighbor-
tempts by the news media to inter-
lakes where in 1842 a young French
ing St. Mary's College during the
view the five reinstated players-
priest, Father Edward F. Sorin, first
week of the first football game.
Ross Browner, Luther Bradley, Al
opened classes with only $300 and
Notre Dame is living uncomforta-
Hunter, Dan Knott and Willie Fry-
three rickety log buildings.
bly with its new permissiveness. A
have been rejected by all principals.
Football still pays the bills, inspires
year ago, the campus was rocked by
When an ABC reporter tried to in-
prayers at booster-club luncheons
what the natives politely call "The
terview the players before the na-
and gives Notre Dame an interna-
Incident."
tionally televised Notre Dame-Boston
tional following unlike any other col-
Today, the aftershocks remain,
College game, the school's sports
lege in America.
even though five football players
publicist, Roger Valdiserri, inter-
There's even an organized Subway
have been reinstated after a year's
vened in coach Dan Devine's behalf
Please Turn to Page 8, Col. 4
The Golden Dome
Notre Dame's Memorial Library commands attention.
10
FOOTBALL °75
The Washington Star
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1975
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37
The Washington Post
FOOTBALL '75 Pros / Colleges / High Schools 70
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1975
B1
17%
66
87
88 -
By Richard Darcey-The Washington Post
Two generations of football: From left, Eric Sievers of Washington and Lee, Rob Anderson of Annandale, Robert Jagers of St. John's, Redskin Bill Kilmer, Jim Shaffer of High Point, Tyree Hill of Paint Branch.
New Season: Missing Faces, Shaky Redskin Knees
By Kenneth Denlinger
football and two important law-
will again combine to drive ticket
by an underclass reserve who seem-
screaming that their game is live-
suits against the NFL, could cause
prices well beyond the reach of
ed larger and quicker.
lier and more varied than the
Washington Post Staff Writer
as much stir as blocks and tackles.
most Redskin fans-and both will
The usual collection of Alabamas,
stodgy NFL's. To a great extent
The footballs are not all that
That and who is not going to play
continue to blame the players.
Penn States, Michigans, Ohio States,
that is an illusion. Ohio State, Ala-
might take strange bounces this
this season.
new season. Without pushing the
Quarterback Billy Kilmer un-
Southern Californias and Notre
bama and others appear to have
For Washingtonians, the Red-
doubtedly will establish the unoffi-
Dames will follow, with the new
more zest, but in fact they are play-
mind into overdrive, one could
skins-Cowboys games will lose
cial record for most boos suffered
NCAA rules limiting scholarships
ing inferior teams. The all-dull
hope, if not expect:
much of their flair without Jurgen-
before the regular season even be-
conspiring to make them even more
game annually is Ohio State vs.
Bear Bryant to gain custody
sen or Bob Lilly, who could well be
gins, he being the most visible tar-
powerful than the present also-rans.
Michigan.
of Walter Byers.
inducted into the pro Hall of Fame
get for customers frustrated at
The annual Texas-Oklahoma bat-
Sonny Jurgensen to dash from
The cardinal rule of coaching,
in the same year, which certainly
Allen and Williams.
tle could be even more intense than
the television booth at halftime and,
from high school through college
would be appropriate. And the
Leaguewide, seven of the 26
ever, if that is possible, what with
in coat and tie, pass the Redskins
through the pros, has been most
Washington defense will not have
teams will have new coaches: Jack
Switzer and Darrell Royal talking
eloquently stated by Maryland's
to victory over the Cowboys.
Calvin Hill to kick around, either.
Pardee at Chicago, Bart Starr at
nastier about each other as the
Jerry Claiborne. First, he said, you
The Oakland Raiders to win
The Redskins' season literally
Green Bay, Marion Campbell at At-
months pass.
keep from losing. Then you try to
the Super Bowl, although nearly
hinges on several joints, among
lanta, Forrest Gregg at Cleveland,
Lately, the colleges have been
win.
everyone agrees they would be 10-
them the knees of Larry Brown,
Bum Phillips at Houston, Paul Wig-
point underdogs to Oklahoma.
Diron Talbert and Terry Hermel-
gin at Kansas City and Ted Marchi-
Joe Kapp to become football
ing. There are enough quality play-
broda at Baltimore.
commissioner after he wins his suit
ers-and a squishy-soft schedule-
against the NFL.
for them to make the playoffs for
As usual, most of the best play-
Turn to the Colleges
ers and teams seem to be in the
Indeed, the off-the-field action,
the fifth straight year.
Coach George Allen and team
American Conference, the National
around such time-has-come ideas as
By Paul Attner
the Super Conference in college
president Edward Bennett Williams
Conference continuing to grow old-
er but not necessarily better. The
Washington Post Staff Writer
team so many insist is SO dull, the
Pro football is a bore. It's as
spend their fall Saturday after-
Redskins, passed for more yardage
predictable as George Allen's next
noons as coaches. The coach-com-
Inside Football "75
than anyone in the NFL last season.
quote and as exciting as one of
mentators frequently sound better
Ten teams won more games than
Howard Cosell's profundities. It's
than the ex-jocks used by the pros
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
they lost last season and eight made
even more overrated as an Ameri-
as analysts. Have you ever listened
the playoffs. Teams with a realistic
can attraction than Evel Knievel.
carefully to what Al DeRogatis says
A roundup of the nation's top teams
Page E2
on Sundays?
Life at Oklahoma now that probation has ended
Page E2
chance to break 500-and perhaps
Fourth and one from almost any
A preview of the Maryland Terrapins
Page E3
contend for a division title-include
yard line brings a punt or a field-
What makes the college version
Navy football may really be back
Page E3
the Bears, Broncos and Patriots.
goal attempt. Long scoring passes
SO much better is its unpredictable
Who is this fellow Wayne Woodrow Hayes?
Page E3
College players will be working
are so infrequent that television
nature. Can you imagine George
A preview of up-and-coming Virginia
Page E4
as hard but getting less in return,
commentators are usually at a loss
Allen ealling a trick kickoff return
Why Howard is talking about an unbeaten season
Page E5
the NCAA having cut out the pal-
to explain what went wrong with
A look at Washington area small schools
Page E5
play? Well, even Maryland's Jerry
try $15 per month the schools were
the defenses once touchdowns hap-
Claiborne, who as is conservative
PRO FOOTBALL
allowed to give athletes who gener-
pen. Running plays usually consist
as college coaches come, has a
A preview of the NFC: How can L.A. lose?
Page E6
ate hundreds of thousands of dol-
of off-tackle right, off-tackle left,
whole bunch of sneaky returns in
A look at the AFC: Can Oakland keep going?
Page E6
lars each year.
draw for no gain, punt.
his bag of goodies.
Is the thrill gone for Monday Night Football?
Page E6
Oklahoma comes off probation
That's fun? For pure enjoyment,
The poor man's way to watch pros on TV
Page E6
the odds-on favorite to win the na-
Last year, college teams ran off
give me college football, any time.
For the Redskins, it may be do or fade
Page E8
about 20 more plays a game than
tional championship. Indeed, the
For every stoic Bud Grant in pro
What the WFL was like when your credit was bad
Page E9
football, college\ football has a
the pros. Those plays originated
How the Redskins were put together over the years
Page E9
Sooners are so good that the odds
should be off.
from the I, from the wishbone,
Woody Hayes, who kicks yard
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
One recalls a visit with coach
markers, hats and might add-if he
from the veer, from the multiple
Prospects for area squads
Page E10
thought he could get away with it-
set, from the wing T, and yes, from
Barry Switzer at practice a year
The new playoff structure in Virginia this year
the single wing. Using two tight
Page E10
ago, when the Sooners were win-
officials. For every successful Don
How it was to be a high school benchwarmer
ends is considered an innovation in
Page E11
ning against everyone but the UPI
Shula, college football has a Joe
the pros.
SCHEDULES
pollsters. Switzer would point to
Paterno, who thinks winning may
several areas of the field, to the
Page E4
not be everything-and remains
My guess is that many pro foot-
Colleges
Area Colleges
Page E4
offensive line here, the defense
employed.
ball fans are drawn to the game in
Pros
Page E7
backfield over there by the side-
College football has even surviv-
the hope that maybe, this time, they
High Schools
Page E12
line, the defensive line and line-
ed the banalities of Chris Schenkel,
will see something new when the
backers off in the distance. He list-
now exiled to a New York televi-
Rams play the Dolphins. Maybe,
RADIO AND TELEVISION
ed each starter. All were in their
sion studio in favor of occasional
this time, James Harris will become
For the whole season
Page E13
last seasons. All were backstopped
guest commentators who normally
See ATTNER, Page E3
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NEWS
VIEWS
INTER VIEWS
PHOTOS
FEATURES
NOSTALGIA
VOLUME 1, ISSUE No. 12
PUBLISHED 12 TIMES A YEAR
DECEMBER 1975
SEVENTY-F
BASEBALL
AT ITS BEST
By HERB MICHELSON
Washington, D.C. 20500
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
The White House
Hon. Gerald R. Ford
In terms of downright good fun, and aggressive, delicious
baseball, the 1975 World Series had to be viewed as the most
delightful in years. The matchup made it that way. A dull game of
baseball is not inimical to Fenway Park.
Cincy arrived by running and batting Pittsburgh to death.
Boston simply outclassed the surprisingly bumbling A's.
Dynasties die embarrassingly.
Writer Wells Twombly, who is a very funny man, gave this
Series the best label: a sort of kiddie horror story, he said, with a
Green Monster, and Big Red Machine, and characters with fun-
ny names like Sparky and Burly and El Tiante and Charlie Hustle
and Yaz. Not to mention Pudge and Cesar and Just Plain Joe.
In many ways it was a silly Series, haunted by umpirical boo-
boos and key hits by pitchers. In other ways it was a grand
Series, exhibiting the all-around brilliance of a young legend
named Bench.
The outside pitch was a key factor all the way. When the Reds
went with the pitch, they were fine. But there was always the im-
pression that Cincy was too haughty to go the other way. And in
Fenway, you never quite know which way to go.
Cincy has anointed itself as the best ballclub in the game, but
Fenway is the best place to play this game, because it is much
like life: jerrybuilt, confusing, noisy, cramped, unbalanced,
lovable, damnable and, in the end, fatal. What more could one ask
out of a Series?
Boston wins game one: El Tiante was the whole story. His
different speeds, different pitches, different angles simply con-
founded the Reds, just as this infinite variety had buffaloed
JOE MORGAN WINS PLAYER OF YEAR POLL
page 8
Oakland in Playoff Game One a week earlier. Even his balk didn't
seem to be a balk. The Reds never could generate anything
THE IGNORING OF ROD CAREW
page 4
because Loo-ee wouldn't let them. Gullett's bad throw on the
force attempt with Tiant on first and nobody out in the seventh
CASEY STENGEL
page 5
was clearly damaging but not fatal; Boston was poised to hop on
Gullett. What turned things, truly, was Clay Carroll's no-out,
M.V.P.s and ALL-STAR ROOKIES FOR 1975
page 8
bases-loaded walk to Fisk that made the score 2-0. Clay had
been ahead of Fisk, and a double play would not have been an
EBBETS FIELD REVISITED
page 9
improbable occurrence at that moment. Still, the way El Tiante
was going, one run might have been plenty for him. The Reds
were looking at too many outside pitches.
JOHNNY MIZE:
Cincy wins game two: Some will say Boston ran itself out of a
WHY ISN'T HE IN THE HALL OF FAME?
page 18
commanding early edge when Cecil Cooper's bit of first-inning
hesitation led to his slaughter in a rundown. Not true. One way or
WINTER INSTRUCTIONAL LEAGUES
another, Cincy gets a double play in that instance and Boston
comes out of the inning with just a run. Billingham threw better
ARE WORTHWHILE
page 22
Baseball at its best
Continues on page 3.
B
JOHNNY BENCH
PETE ROSE
LUIS TIANT
CARLTON FISK
CARL YASTRZEMSKI
Olympic 70 Flame
Fails to Ignite
Montreal Apathy, Late Building
Dims Chances for Summer Games
wp
1/19/75
By Eric Malling
Special to The Washington Post
OTTAWA, Jan. 18 -
would be a tragedy if it
Montreal's 1976 Summer
did," Killanin says.
Olympics are in trouble.
Many Canadians, at least
There is increasing fear
here that the spectacle will
half of whom did not want
have to be moved or at least
the games in the first place,
dramatically scaled down.
according to opinion polls,
Construction is behind
scoff at that appeal to na-
schedule, costs have already
tional pride. And the federal
doubled and senior govern-
government, which got
ments have refused to bail
stuck with much of the bill
out Montreal's flamboyant
for Drapeau's Expo 67
Mayor Jean Drapeau.
World's Fair eight years
Although Montreal has al-
ago, vowed again this week
ready invested several hun-
that it won't cover the defi-
dred million dollars in the
cit.
project, which is now priced
Apart from rising costs,
at $653 million and climbing
there are problems of actu-
toward $1 billion, there have
ally getting the facilities
been several offers to move
built in the next 18 months.
the games to a country where
The spot where the 77,000-
their success is assured. The
seat stadium with its remov-
Shah of Iran is reported try-
able "umbrella" dome is to
ing to get the Olympics
be constructed is still a
moved to Tehran where fa-
snow-covered vacant lot.
cilities are still in place
Work on the $380 million
from last year's Asian
structure was to begin again
Games. Similarly, Dussel-
this week after a two-month
dorf, West Germany, has of-
illegal strike by the iron
fered its stadium, built for
workers, who reinforce con-
the World Cup soccer tour-
cete. The 1,200-member un-
nament last year.
ion walked off the job in
However, Lord Killanin,
November, demanding a 50
cent an hour cost-of-living
president of the Interna-
increase, and after Que-
tional Olympic Committee,
bec Provincial legislators
is sticking with Montreal. "I
voted themselves a Christ-
can't see that the Canadian
mas raise the union in-
people would let it fail. It
creased its demand to $1 an
hour.
The provincial govern-
ment stepped in last week
and, under threat of walk-
outs in the whole construc-
tion industry or even a gen-
eral strike, got the men
back to work with an im-
posed 85-cents-an-hour in-
crease, which brings their
average wages to about $7.50
an hour.
However, the stadium was
25 days behind schedule be-
fore the strike began and
now, even with costly dou-
ble shifts and a seven-day
week, it cannot be fin-
ished until a few days be-
fore the games are sched-
uled to begin.
Some of the Olympic or-
ganizers are now proposing
that an existing football sta-
dium be enlarged, or even
moved to the Olympic site.
Others want to scrap the
Olympic village, a 960-unit
apartment complex, and put
the 10,000 athletes under
canvas for the two weeks.
Costs of the village have
gone up so fast it is doubt-
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U.S. Skaters Settle Controversy
2/9/16
From News Dispatches
Heiden had been more than
than one competitor in 10,
INNSBRUCK, Feb. 8 -
three seconds faster than
doctors said.
American speedskaters took a
Gilmore in their latest
A spokesman at the village
team selection controversy off
workouts at Davos, Swit-
medical center said they had
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1976
DI
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Nelson Wins Bronze for U.S. in Downhill Skiing
By Leonard Shapiro
The Russians got their sixth gold in the
on the world circuit several years but
a medal. This is a very pleasant sur-
The main threat to Nelson's medal, the
watching the race, Mittermaier said, "I
Washington Post Staff Writer
3,000-meter women's speedskating and
never before had won a major downhill
prise."
first of these Olympics for a U.S. Alpine
was really frightened. I knew what
AXAMER LIZUM, Austria, Feb. 8
their seventh in the 15-kilometer men's
event.
She came down the hill with the fastest
skier. came from Andrea Nicola Spiess,
Totschnig had done and I knew it would
West Germany's Rosi Mittermaier is
cross-country event. American Bill
She was the ninth skier to make her
intermediate time of the day and was
a local favorite from the city of Inn-
be difficult to beat her.
known around the slopes of Europe as
Koch, a surprise silver medalist Thur-
"the grandmother but today the old
sday at 30 kilometers, could do no better
run, and by that time knew that
clocked in 1:46.16, 52-hundredths of a
sbruck Running 13th, she was 17-
"I think I won in the S-bend halfway
than sixth in the 15-kilometer race today
Austrian's latest skiing heroin, Brigitte
second faster than Totschnig
hundredths of a second slower and
down. I got an absolutely perfect line
girl had enough young blood in her veins
Totschnig, had whisked down the icy
Nelson started 10th, while Mittermaier
Nelson knew then she had the bronze.
which meant that the mistake I made
and enough sizzling speed in her skis to
at Seefeld. "I was happy to finish in the
course in 1 minute 46 68 seconds, almost
was on the course, and was too busy
Nelson and Mittermaier are good
afterward when I got a bit jammed on my
win the women's downhill event of the
top 10," he said.
a full two seconds faster than anyone
trying to negotiate the treacherous trail
friends in fact, almost everyone is
edges did not matter.
Winter Olympics.
Mittermaier's victory was a popular
The Americans continued doing well as
else.
to hear the cheering when the West
Mittermaier's friend and the two
Nelson said she, too, had problems on
one with the 30,000 fans lining the steep,
German had finished.
embraced, gave each other a peck on the
the S-bend, the last before the run to the
Cindy Nelson of Lutsen, Minn., won the
2,515-meter run on a mountain 15 miles
"I heard the spectators cheering, and I
"When I first saw the time (1:47.50) I
cheek and exchanged a few words before
finish. In fact, she had been having
bronze for third place in the downhill. It
from downtown Innsbruck.
told myself not to get nervous and to run
didn't think it would stand up," Nelson
the West German was swept away
problems all week, and did not complete
was the fifth medal won by the U.S. in
Mittermaier, 25, from the Bavarian
this race the same way always do," said
said at the finish line "I'd rather have
toward the television cameras.
four days of competition.
Alpine village of Reit Im Winkl, has been
Mittermaier. "I did not think I would get
the gold, but I didn't ski fast enough."
'When I saw how many people were
See GAMES, D4, Col. I
20
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Thursday, September 4, 1975
21
sports
13-Notre Dame
The curtain goes up on a new era. Dan
Devine replaces Ara Parseghian as coach
of the Irish, which is akin to following
Sammy Davis Jr. on stage. But Devine
knows the pressures of his profession from
PREVIEW
stops at Arizona State, Missouri, and a
recent stint with the Green Bay Packers.
The big questions are: Can he rebuild the
depleted offense? And can he motivate the
troops?
THE TOP
14-UCLA
All that glitters isn't the gold of the
TWENTY
UCLA helmets. Take the team's quarter-
back, John Sciarra, perhaps the best in the
By Ross Atkin
country. Fully recovered from an ankle
Sports writer of
injury, he could light up scoreboards all
The Christian Science Monitor
along the Pacific Coast. The Bruins have
more, namely an offensive line that aver-
Picking the nation's top football teams
ages 255 pounds per man. If UCLA can stop
easy, up to a point. Teams like Ohio State,
anyone, they should win often.
Southern Cal, and Notre Dame are per-
ennial powers. The secret is to get them
15-Boston College
the right order. Then after the iron's been
The Eagles own New England's version