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Table ennis Tournament
Blvd., will p nsor
3. For more inform n n
Tenni Day
April 29 - oftb U
Cass Tech 14, Pershing 9
King 15, Osborn 4
Murray-Wright 6, Central 3
Rena' ance 36, Western 0
B b II -
University Ligget 6 Mac�enzi 1
t M tt Murray t
Denby 13, Northern 5
M 'Kenzie 5 Renais ance 1
Pershing 13 Kettering 9
W tern 8 Chadsey 3
Henry Ford 22, Cody 12
MacKenzie 16, Northw tern 13
Redford 20. Chadsey 0
Chadsey 1 ,Red ord 8
King 11. Osborn 0
Henry Ford 13. Cody 4
Renai an 5, We tern 3
-Compiled By Harry Ander 0" Jr.
SPORTS QUIZ
By Larry Duncan
EXP 10 TEA
1. Name the first-ever manager of
the Seattle Mariners in 1997.
2. Name the first two 1969 exp n
ion draft elections for the San
Diego P dres nd Montreal Expos.
3. N me the only expansion team
player to ever hit over 0 hom runs
in his first se n with an expansion
franchise.
4. Name the only expansion team
to MIl 70 game in its first e n. .
S. Name the first expansion team
pitcher to ever win 13 gam in hi
(and the team' ) inaugural season,
6. Name the fi t two 1969 expan
sion draft sel cti ns for the Seattle
Pilots nd Kans s City Royal in
1969.
7. What were th h me team
stadium n me for th Montreal
Expos nd Seattl Pi) t In 1969?
8. Nam th nly tw e p n 1 n
team manage who la t d nly n
on t the helm.
Sports Quiz Answers
1. 0 rr 11 Johnson; 2. Olli
(S n Diego), Manny
(Montreal); 3. Fr n Thoma
York in 1962; 4. Lo Ang I Ang I
in 1961; S. Gen Bra nd r of the
Seattle Pilot in 1969; 6. Don
Minch r Seattle), Ro r N I on
(Kansas City); 7. Sic Stadium
(Seattle), Jarry Par (Montreal); 8.
J Gordon (Kan a City) and J
Schultz (S attl Pil s)
1. Name the'last Twin to hit 40 or
more home runs in ingle season.
2. Name the last Twin (outside of
Kirby Puckett) to I d the Twins in
tting verage for single season.
3. Nam the only two major I gue
pitchers with 20 lifetim viet ri
against the Twins
4. N me the only major league
pitcher ith 20 lifetime losse
ag inst the Twins.
S. Name the only Twin pitcher to
ever win 2S gam in a singl n.
6. N me the nly Twin pitcher with
two lifetim 'no-hitters.
7. Name th I t Twin pitcher to
trike out 200 or mor tters in a
ingle season.
Sports Quiz Answers
1. H rrnon Killebrew hit 41 in
1970; 2. Kent Hr hiL311 in 19 4�
3. Nol n Ryan nd J c Mom; .4.
Frank T nana, S. Jim Kaat in 1966;
6. 0 n Chance, 7. Ikrt Blyleven
h d 21S in 1986�
Cl
ti to t en their kil to tbe ubur
b n youth. Adding, th t Detroit'
youth may h ve to play tchup with
uburban ki ,but have the cap ity
to obtain 0 cer kil lik other
ports.
"The pirit of ports' within th
African American community,"
Solomon aid. "And soccer i within
the African American community. It
h j t been buried for a long period
of time. Soccer can be brought from
within the youth in the Bl k corn
munity just like football, b ketball,
b eball, track and boxing. If room i
allowed, and the opportunity created,
soccer will flouri h," Solomon ex
plained.
Solomon feel that one reason
occer i n't popular in the Black
community in the United States is
because there aren't any big name
Black ccer tars to exp e the com
munity to. Although many of th
members of the African Stars are "b i g
money" players in Europe, the ma
jority of African Americans are un
aware of the Black superstars of pro
soccer.
"MO TO THEkid nowknow
about Micha I Jordan [basketball]
Barry Sanders [American football],
Cecil Fie deT [b b I} nd Carl Le
wi [tr k]. One they find out h
big soccer i ,the interest will grow,"
he explained.
"Wedon't want to make them into
uperstars, we want them to acquire
the skills to have fun and enj oy ment."
Solomon aid that any boy or girl,
u
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regardl s of ize can play soccer.
You don't need brute' trength to
play.
"The Africa playa in e styl
of occer," Solomon aid. "Not the
brutal sty le played in Europe. We
want to teach African American kids
the fi style b aus th have
th qualities of those kill ," he aid.
"Soccer allow physical agility,
maneuvering and most of all, think-
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slaves are automatically citizens,
they have no choice because they
were born here."
ACCORD G TO EDLER,
descendents of slaves must indulge
in the rights of citizenship, including
taxes, and he considers irrelevant the
years of unpaid labor inflicted on
these "naturalized citizens".
Sedler' view do not addres the
question of the forcible removal of
Africans from their country, irre
gardl s of children, born in the U.S.
Was there ever an applicati n proc
ess on the part of slav to be citi
zens? ,
Ashton says African laves and
their descendents were never pro
vided the opportunity to consent to
U.S. citizenship. hton s suit i
based on thi con ept f mutuality of
citizenship.
Acting 'his own unsel (al-
though supported by r paranons ae
tivi t A tty. Ro rt Bro ,Ashton
says he has run into numerous prob
lems filing his suit,
"They have a problem with me.
Ther is no statute f limitations on
gen cide, which i an act 1 've ired
in the lawsuit. And the w thu ,"
Ashton xplain d.
TID LAW UIT 1 n't the first
dip that Ashton h taken In chal
lenging the taxing of Afri an-Am en
cans. Ashton filed num rous
docum nts in th p t. But It w n't
unti 1 Ashton was divorced and
forced to pay $8000 t the lRS that
he began doing extensive earch on
the tax and constitutional 1 w .
ing. You ve heard of " hake-and
bake in basketball and American
football, we have players on our team
that c n " hak -and-bake" with their
feet ecause in occer ou can t use
your hands. All the Micheal Jordans
of occer come from Africa.
"People in the uburbs love to ee
, us play. They I v to ee us perform
our magic, Detroit youngsters will
too" Solomon concluded.
with Public Safety officers and civil
service workers, including those in
telecommunication personnel to see
whether this hould be restructured.)
Under the budget the total money
for Public Safety, combining police
and fire services has gone down
800,000, from 3.9 million to 3.0
million.
Money for Engineering Inspec
tions will go down $12,000 from
$226977.to $214,nS.
MON Y FOR RUBBISH col
lection will go up over $200 000
from $544,250 to $768,600, but the
number of employee doing the work
will go down, according to Mamie
Cooper, pre ident of the employees'
union, Local 41 of the American Fed
eration of State, County, and Munici
pal Employees (AFSME]. Cooper
said under the heading of "Operation
and Equipment Labor, th re were
only four people to do the job -- too
few to handle the garbage.
There are everal admini trators
Bo tic wi h to add to the budget
that Mayor Porter' budget froze.
-City es or, paid at $3 5 4.
(Bo tic aid thi i a nece ary po i
, tion for th city and is required by the
council.)
, - Council lnve tigator at
10000. (Sh feel it i nee ary f r
the council to hav 1 own employee
examine what i happening to give it
an independent urce of informa
tion, helping it to perform its inde
p ndent function.
- Director ofPubhc Works in the
Departm nt of Engin ring, at a co t
of $41 ,298, which Bo tic contend
also vital for the city.
'The United Stat Prof ional Tenni ocian n will ho t Amer-
ica T nni 0 y May at : 0 p.m. at th HaN y Bare Tcnru Center
at Farwell Field 2655 tOut r Driv .
, Clini • gam and r hments will pro�id d. For more infor-
mation call 224-6875.
Softball League Forming
The P tton Park Softball League i till looking for men' nd
women' team to join their weekday Leagu . Entry fee i 200 (ball
and b provided). Cont t the orth Di trict Office at Palmer Park,
935-322
HS cor s for April 25-30, 1993
AprU 27 - B b II
Cool Y 5, Mumford 2
King 11. Murray-Wright 1
Osborn 9, Finney 4 '
Southw tern 18, Redford 5
pril28 _:. U
Cody , Mumford 4 B n dictine 5, DeP rr 4
Norte Dame 19-5, U of D High 1-4
, Volleyb II - Cody 15-7. Southw tern 15-4 -
Boy 'Track - Benedictine 74, O.L. St. Mary 54
GlrIs'Track - Benedictine 73 Dominican 54
April 30 - B ball
Cabrini 18-13, Benedictin 0-3
DeLaSalle 23-18, U-O High 4-0
Denby 13, Kettering 0
Finney 4, Northern 1
Ma Kenzie 15, Northwestern 2
St. Alphonsus 1 -12, Holy Redemmer 0-4
Villinova (Ontario) 17-9, DePorr 0-3
By HARRY ANDERSO Jr.
Sp.cl.' to the Mlchlfl.n Cltlz n
D I - T ching the city'
youth t arne of 0 er i on oal
ofth 0 troit Stars cer team. They
want to re h out to all Detroit youth
with th w rid' number on p rt,
so .cer,
Members of the Detroit African
Stars haven the port of occer
flouri h in the uburb with the
forming of club, teams nd 1 gu
at the recreation, junior high and high
h I level . They would like to e
th arne for th city' youth.
"We'v b n trying to get the De
troit School Board to incorporate a
soccer leagu at the junior high level,
but we've een getting nowh re,"
aid Team Manager ana Solomon.
Solomon explained that the Afri
can Stars even asked the Detroit Po
lice Athletic Leagu (P AL) to help
form a occer league for girl and
boy , but th r ults were the ame.
"We ent a group to talk to the
PAL dir tors," Solomon aid. "But
we r eived no feedback from them."
"TH' INT T must b gen-
erated from within the School Board
and p ed on to the Recreation De
partment and PAL. If they need hlp,
they hould contact us ause we're
willing to work with any or every
one," he aid.
Solomon explained that parents in
the suburb cncourag their children
, to participate in occer just for fun.
He aid that the African Stars were
even invited by suburban communi-
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the work formerly done by the direc
'tor.
- Director of Finance at $51,000.
Bo tic would cut the salary.)
- Deputy Director at '37.5 .
(She would eliminate thi position.)
- Superi ntendent of the Division
or Public Service at $39,105. (She
would eliminate this po ition and
have the work done by the Supervisor
of Street and Alley Sanitation, a non
appointed position already there,
which pay 26,894.)
- Deputy Superintendent at
$ 2,453. (She w uld ehminate this
position.)
- Recreation Director at
$ 6,039. (B tic iay that many of
the functions of the Recreation De
partment are duplicated by the High
land Park School Sy tem. Sh would
tum the part of the Recreation De
partment deatin with young people
over to the ch I, while the city
would work on writing grants to help
the chool ub idize th programs.
The city would al 0 le e the fa
cilities to outside agencies. The por
tion of the Recreation Department
applying to eniors would be trans
ferred to city eniorcitizen programs.
(Senior citizen program would be
'under Community Development,
wh re grant writers are.)
- Deputy Director at $28 897.
(U nder this above plan, thi po ition
would be eliminated.)
- Program C ordinator of Per
nnel at $2 ,4 4. (would retain but
expand th resp nsibiliti .)
- Superintendent of, Public
Works or Dept. of Public Service at
3 ,105. (Sh would eliminate this
and have th e functions trarsferred
to th non pp inted up rvi or of
Streets end Alley, giving city work-
e chance to ri from within.)
- Deputy Superi ntend nt I at
2,453 w uld al 0 b eliminated.
- Direct r of Public Safety
50, , h would retain at present
alary.
- Two 0 puty Dir to making
45,5 9 each, at a total co t of
1,1 for both. (Would consult
KID EY DISEASE,
GET THE FACTS
ONE OUT OF
EVERY FIVE
AMERICANS WITH
DIABETES WILL
DEVELOP KIDNEY
FAILURE
"It been in the House something
like three times and what has been
don? Nothinz. Conyers j pacify
ing tho e who want the Bill to move
whil reapin the en fits of its re
maining tationary. Hi colleagues
will do whatever for Conyers if the
that bill do n't go anywhere,"
Ashton aid. The Self-Determina
tion Commi ttee is in the proces of
finding ponsors to support an cffec
tive reparation bill.
c Y"" DI D with
Ashton' allegations, citing th
length of time it took to p the
Martin Luther King Holiday.
"I have long been th leader in the
r parauons movem nt 1D the Con
gres and I will continue to push the
fight," Conyers aid in a tatement.
"It is clear the gentlemen might not
unders tand the Con res ional legis
lative pro s. I will c ntinue my
ffortr to brin th bill to the House
But hton i anxiou for th re-
imbursement f jusu e f r Afncan
merie