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The 318tia pictured has Active Package op- tion at additional cost Scheduled Maintenance provided by BMW of Norht America for any 1996 vehicle leased through BMWRS for a period of 36 months or 36,000 miles. Offer ends June 30, 1906. the game that night saying, 'You know, we really can play winning basketball, and we're tired of los- ing.' So we just went out there and played to win." The next season, the Mer- curys lost 43 straight games to the Globetrotters. Kennedy, who had a unique playing style years ahead of his time, was once told by Goldberg not to hog the court. "People pay their money to see the Globetrotters play, not you," Goldberg cautioned h'rn. But not all of Kennedy's mem- ories are pleasant. He remem- bers how the Globetrotters and the Mercurys would have to play two separate games for Southern audiences, one in the daytime for whites, another at night for blacks. Says Kennedy, "I was a liber- al before the Southern tours, but they convinced me. We (the Mer- curys) used to stay in hotels, but the Globetrotters, even with stars like Goose Tatum and Mead- owlark Lemon, had to be dropped off at black churches where the locals would put them into pri- vate homes for the night. 'We couldn't eat together in restaurants. If the Globetrotters were hungry, we had to go in- side and get them food in a bag at the carryout. I remember that after we'd play a game down South, all the fans want- ed to do afterward was hear all about the Trotters. They'd ask, What's Goose Tatum really like?' And I'd say, 'Look, why don't you ask him yourself? They're here in town, only a few blocks away. I can call them and have them come over.' "`Oh no, not to my house. I can't do that,' they'd say in shock, and then ask us more questions about the Trotters. It was a very strange time." Because of his record with the Toledo Jeeps, Goldberg was asked by the Midwest Basketball League to serve as field director. He made a tour of league cities, and returned to the league's Chicago headquarters late one night. In the early morning hours he got a phone call from a Chica- go sportswriter friend telling him the league had folded while he slept. Goldberg was a pioneer in bringing boxing to television and in promoting closed-circuit tele- vision fights. He was responsible for 12 bouts being televised na- tionally from Toledo on the Philly Cigars "Saturday Night Fights" series. He played an active role in the career of Archie Moore and man- aged Wilber "Skeeter" McClure, the 1960 Olympic gold medalist whose roommate at the games was still known then as Cassius Clay. Under Goldberg's tutelage, McClure, who lived and trained in Detroit, became the No. 3 ranking contender before retir- ing to pursue a degree at Wayne State University. Chuck Davey was a Detroit- area boxer promoted by Gold- berg. Davey later became athletic commissioner for Michigan. And Bob Calihan, one of Goldberg's star basketball players, is still fondly remembered by many as the former athletic director of the University of Detroit. The Mercurys' Jack Kennedy recalls, "The best team we ever played against in Detroit was Sam Taub's Sibley Shoes team. And afterward, we'd all go to the Flame Show Bar on John R. and —/ Canfield." The roll call of boxers whose bouts Goldberg promoted in Toledo includes Sugar Ray Robinson, Billy Conn, Joe Louis, Henry Cooper, Rocky Graziano, Carmen Basilio, Jake LaMotta, Willie Pep, Ezzard Charles and Tony Zale. Barney Ross, the Jewish welterweight champion, even came to Toledo to referee a Goldberg-promoted fight. Gold- berg was general manager of Abe Saperstein's Boston Whirl- winds basketball team, which featured the great Bevo Fran- cis, and was offered the post of general manager of the Syra- cuse NBA team, but turned it down and helped Paul Seymour get the job. You won't find Sid Goldberg's picture on a sports legends bas- ketball card, but you'll find his name in the hearts of those whose careers he boosted and who remember him with gi atitude. ❑ Matthew Sikora In Jr. Olympics Matthew Sikora of Farmington Hills will attend the Junior Olympics in New Orleans in Au- gust to compete in Shoto-Kan Japanese karate. Matthew Sikora Sikora, age 9, has been train- ing in this form for four years and recently achieved brown- belt status. He has twice placed in the Michigan state champi- onships.