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ment, ho ever, came with dis­
c . on of sports sociologist
Dr. Harry Ed ards.
Ed ards, ho hired by
b eball Commissioner Peter
Ueberoth his special assis­
tan in charge of developing
minoriti e candidates for
po enti e ecutive positions
in baseball's front offices I'
m agement po itions on the
field, come under inere
ing criticism by Blac ctivis
ey point to 1 c
progr in hiring Black
manager or front office execu­
tiv Ed ds un vailability
to v rious Blac le de d
his con 0 ersial hiring of AI
Campanis gues lecturer
in his department t the
U ni rsity of omi -
Ber ey.
Particip . d Edwards
ou of touch with the
community, critical of
1 der . p and insulting
c by hiring Campanis.
e ·'t there yet, and
need to pply more pr ure
to effect change," com­
men uttered that seemed to
dequately sum up the
forum' conclusion. Par-
ticipan resol d to meet
again in e coming months.