PAGE SIB[ THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRMAV_ WtAV 9'14911 PAGE IX TE MICIGANDA__ £ *.A.IJI X, al13ai to, LQU I q Soccer Sports Colorful History of Bumps, B ruises EDITOR'S NOTE: Profes- sional soccer comes to Michigan June 4 with the first home game of the new Detroit Cougars of the United Soccer Association. As rough as football, grueling as hockey and precise as base- ball, soccer matches those sports not only in sheer action and pageantry but in individual feats of athletic ability as mem- orable to fans as any World Series home run. Here is a spe- cial report on some of the game's most colorful highlights, plus a brief recap of the rules, by a native of Lithuania who, played amateur soccer- in Eng- land. By JUSTINAS BAVARSKIS Associated Press Staff Writer DETROIT (A) -- The village lads in Olde England used to kick around the reads of deposed Dan- ish kings and so gave birth to soccer, some historians believe. The game has undergone a few refinements since, but the new professional sport that bowed in in the United States this year and debuts in Michigan next month' has lost little of the excitement. Soccer is played by two teams of 11 men each on a field slightly larger than a football field. The object, in two 45-minute periods, is to kick, butt, bump, nudge, sock or otherwise move but not throw a leather ball a little smaller than a basketball through a goal eiht yards wide and eight feet high guarded by one player -the only man on either team who can touch the ball with his hands. Substitution is not allowed in some places and severely limited elsewhere. An Italian team recently offer- million for its star player, Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, known to much of the world as Pele. At 26, Pele is probably the best soccer With 20 minutes left in the player the world has seen, game and Blackpool behind 3-1, The Brazilians turned down the Matthews electrified the stadium, offer. A typical Pele goal shows charging all over the field, mes- why: merizing defensement, repeated- In the closing moments of a ly beating three and four would- 1962 World Cup game, Brazil and be "tacklers", and setting up three Chile were tied 1-1. Pele, playing goals. for the Brazilian national team, A tackler in soccer parlance picked up a loose ball in his own' means simply an opponent bent half of the field. He raced down- on taking the ball away. Actual field, leaving five would-be "tack- tackling, as in American football, lers" in his wake, slipped between is against the rules. the last two defensemen, and Matthews continued playing on blasted the ball into the top, the first string till he was 50. right-hand corner of the goal. About 100,000 fans raved over Brazil went on to win the World the performance, And, judging Cup that year. from the Encyclopedia of Associa- In England, Stanley Matthews, tion Football, the same number the Gordie Howe of soccer, put on would have done the same thing one of the greatest one-man exhi- in April, 1314. bitions in the history of the game "Let the useless sport of fut- as he led his Blackpool team to balle, and golfe be utterly cried an English Cup final victory over down and not be used," read a the Bolton Wanderers in 1954. He proclamation in old English from was 40 at the time. Edward I. The monarch castigated his subjects for paying more atten- tion to kicking a cloth ball into a goal than to practicing their ar- chery, which they could use more effectively to protect the realm. It wasn't until the 1920s that a British monarch put his royal seal of approval on soccer. George V kicked off the ball at a Cup final. Another monarch, Elizabeth II, had the painful duty of consoling Enland after eight players of the Manchester United team were killed in a plane crash in Munich on February 5, 1958. The team, generally regarded as the best in the history of English soccer, was on its way back to Manchester after a European Cup game against Red Star of Yugo- slavia. Three times the pilot tried to take off from the snowy runway. On the third attempt, the plane rose 60 feet, brushed the treetops, then plummetted to earth. Duncan Edwards was only 20 then, but already playing for the national team, and considered one of the best halfbacks in the game He fought for life for two weeks after the crash but finally died in a Munich hospital. He could kick the ball 10 yards away from him, and it would bounce once and obediently re- turn to him like a boomerang. Or he could rifle the ball into thea net from 40 yards. Twice, goal- keepers leaped to catch an Ed- wards drive, and were carried backwards into the net, still | clutching the ball to their stom- achs- The team's center forward, Tommy Taylor, also perished in the crash. His specialty was to soar into the air for a high cen- tering pass, and ram the ball into the net with his head from about 20 yards. Another star, Dizzie Dean, scor- ed more than 20 goals in one sea- son in the 1930's with his back to the goal. He'd take a pass from, the side of the goal, step over the ball, and back-heel it into the net past the startled goalkeeper. "I might get tackled if I took the time to turn around," he'd say. When he's out during a game, the ice hockey player normally' rushes to the dressing room, gets stitched up, and flies right back onto the ice. Bert Trautmann, goalkeeper for Manchester City, broke a bone in his neck early in the second half of the 1956 Cup final. He stayed in the goal, diving reck- lessly at a charging forward's feet to stop seemingly certain goals time and again. Manchester City beat Birming- ham 3-1. But Trautmann was out of action for the next seven months, his neck in a brace. Several players of both nation- al teams were injured in a famous dressing room battle after Brazil . . - . Major League Standings i AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. GB Detroit 10 7 .588 - Chicago 10 7 .588 - Boston 9 8 .529 1 New York 9 8 .529 1 California 10 10 .500 112 Baltimore 9 9 .500 1/ Washington 9 9 ,500 1% Cleveland 8 9 .471 2 Minnesota 7 10 .412 3 Kansas City 7 11 .389 3% YESTERDAY'S RESULTS No games scheduled' TODAY'S GAMES Washington at California (n) New York at Kansas City (n) Boston at Minnesota (n) Baltimore at Detroit (n) Chicago at Cleveland (n) NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. Cincinnati 15 7 .682 Pittsburgh 10 6 .625 St. Louis 11 7 .611 Atlanta 11 7 .611 Chicago 8 8 .500 Philadelphia 9 10 .474 San Francisco 9 10 .474 Los Angeles 7 12 .368 New York 7 13 .350 Houston 7 14 .333 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Pittsburgh 9, Los Angeles 3 San Francisco 3, New oYrk 1 Houston 4, Philadelphia 1 Chicago at Atlanta (rain) Only games scheduled TODAY'S GAMES Houston at New York (n) Los Angeles at Philadelphia (n) San Francisco at Pittsburgh (n) Cincinnati at Atlanta (n) St. Louis at Chicago GB 2 2 2 4 4 4j 6 7 7 SPORTS HORTS. The Big Ten track record com- mittee announced that the Michi- gan two mile relay team establish- ed a new Big Ten record with a 7:23.2 clocking in the Penn Re- lays last Saturday. The team, composed of thin- clads Bob Gerometta, John Rey- nolds, Alex McDonald and Ron .Kutschinski, surpassed the exist- ing mark of 7:24.8 set by Michi- gan State in 1958. *'VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC. For Sale:Vacation retreat. One room. All steel exterior. 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Fourteen African countries have formally threatened to boycott the Olympics if South Africa is al- lowed to compete, despite South Africa's relaxation of racial dis- crimination in sport. Olympic President Avery Brund- age of Chicago said no final de- cision will be made at the current meeting and that the Interna- tional Olympic Committee IOC, will send a special mission to in- vestigate the racial question in-; side South Africa. South Africa was banned from the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo for racial discrimination and barred from earlier Olympic meetings. SPORTS NIGHT EDITOR: DAVID KNOKE beat Hungary in the final of the World Cup in Stockholm in 1954. Daring the game, both teams Were decimated with injuries, no substitutions were allowed and players sent off the field repeated- ly kicking each other. One of the teams invaded the other's dressing room after the game. A barrage of flying bottles and fists sent several men to the hospital with deep cuts. But the greatest soccer disaster struck Lima, Peru, on April 25, 1964. What began as a normal ex- change of fisticuffs between the hot-blooded fans ended with a death toll close to 300. The crowd packed into the sta- dium shied away from the fight- ers and piled against the barred exit barriers. Those who died were trampled or suffocated. Chances are U.S. soccer crowds won't be thick enough to trample you to death, at least for a few years. Wills Gets Revenge On COld Mates By The Associated Press Maury Wills hit a bases-loaded single in the seventh inning last night, igniting a seven-run out- burst that carried the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-3 victory over Wills' former teammates, the Los An- geles Dodgers. Wills, obtained by the Pirates in an off-season trade, delivered two runs with the single and pull- ed Pittsburgh out of a 3-2 deficit. He later scored on Bill Mazoero- ski's bases-loaded triple. Singles by George Spriggs and Gene Alley tallied the other runs in the big inning, which saw 13 Pirates go to bat. Willie Davis gave the Dodgers their 3-2 lead in the seventh when he doubled home the tying run, then scampered in on Ron Hunt's single. Hunt drove in the Dodgers' first run with a fifth-inning single, Willie Mays, rallying' after a slow start this season, drove in the winning run as San Francisco downed the New York Mets 3-1. Only other game played was also in the National League as Houston beat Philadelphia 4-1. The Chicago Cubs' game at At- lanta was postponed because of rain. No American League games were scheduled. Mays singled against a draw-in infield in the sixth, scoring Jesus Alou and breaking a 1-1 tie. Jim Ray Hart slammed an insurance run for the Giants in the pinth. Mays collected six hits in the three-game series with the Mets. Mike McCormick of the Giants had a 2-1 lead and a three-hitter going into the eighth, got one man out and then gave up singles BULLETIN The Notre Dame baseball team yesterday defeated the Michigan nine, 6-5. Michigan " 040 100 000-5 9 3 N. Dame 100 200 201-6 11 2 Michigan: Renkiewicz and Kraft; Notre Dame: Arnzen, Kernan. Home Run-Arvai (M). ii ..................i: iJni 4 BARBS DELIGHT, carrying exercise boy, is one of 14 entries for the 93rd Kentucky Derby. Damtascus, Ruken Lead Field For 93rd Kentucky Derb i LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)-Damas- cus, best in the East, and Ruken, champion of the West, headed a field of 14 3-years-olds entered today for the 93rd running of the $125,000-added Kentucky Derby at DINE OUT THISWEEKENDI Howard Cooper Volkswagen Ann Arbor Jim Westerman ! Bill Walter 0 Will Sexton Don Coward 0 Appointments if desired Overseas Delivery Available *UTHORIZED~ DEALER OPEN: Mon., Wed. and Thurs., 4 P.M. to 2 A.M. OPEN: Fri., Sat., Sun., Noon to 3 A.M. (Closed Tuesday) DeLONG'S PIT BARBECUE 314 DETROIT ST., ANN ARBOR, MICH. CARRY-OUT ORDERS ONLY-PHONE 665-2266 FREE DELIVERY BARBECUE CHICKEN AND RIBS FRIED CHICKEN SHRIMP AND FISH Churchill Downs Saturday. It took $500 to enter each horse and it'll cost another $1,000 to get into the starting line-up. In all, %-mile run around the Downs' flower bordered track will be worth $162,200 with $119,704 going to the winner. Of the total purse,-$25,000 has been earmarked for second, $12,500 for third -and $5,000 for fourth. Damascus, winner of three of his four starts this year after a light 2-year-old campaign, was the last entered. In fact trainer Frank. Whiteley Jr. was 15 min- utes late. Shoemaker'sj Bill Shoemaker, who'll be riding in his 16th Derby and seeking his fourth victory, was listed as the rider of Mrs. Edith W. Bancroft's highly regarded son of Sword Dancer. Ruken, carrying the hopes of Lou Browan of Pasadena, Calif., ' and trained by former jockey Clyde Turk, also was a later entry. He'll be ridden by Fernando Al- verez. The only thing resembling a surprise was trainer Johnny Meaux's decision not to enter fleet Free Tumble as a running mate for Harvey Peltier's Bluel Grass Stakes winner Diplomat Way. Others entered were, Reason to Hail, Successor, Ask the Fare, Lightning Orphan, Dr. Isby, Dawn Glory, Gentleman James, Proud Clarion Field Master, Barbs De- light and Second Encounter. Hartack's} Bill Hartack, with the enviable record of four Derby victories in seven tries, stuck by his announced decision to ride Dr. Isby, owned by Perne Grissom of Detroit. No riders were listed for Proud Clarion and Barbs Delight and trainer Ted Cleveland said he would place either Kenny Knapp or Billy Phelps On Second En- counter depending on whether Hal Steele decides to use Knapp on Derby Trial winner Barbs De- light. In the draw for post positions, the two favorites were placed side- by-side with Ruken No. 1 and Da- mascus No. 2. Diplomat Way, probable third choice, drew No. 4 and Successor No. 6. More than 100,000 fans are ex- pected at Churchill Downs for the 5:40 p.m. EDT, Derby. In addition, millions will watchI the 5-6 p.m., EDT, television pre- sentation of the race CBS or hear the 5:15-5:45 radio broadcast. Demonstrations? Although the sports world will be focusing on the 3-year-olds in' the race, tension will be every- l 1 ' a Old Heidelber~ 211-213 N. Mdin St. 668-9753 Specializing in GERMAN FOOD, FINE BEER, WINE, LIQUOR PARKING LOT ON ASHLEY ST. Hours: Daily 1 1 A.M.-2 A.M. Closed Mondays where, too, surrounding announced to pinch hitters Tom Reynolds plans for civil rights demonstra- and Greg Goossen, Reynolds tak- tions at the race track. ing third. Some civil rights leaders have' Frank Linzy came on and said they will force cancellation promptly got Al Luplow to ground of the Derby, but the city and into a double play, ending the state have said the National Guard inning. will be called out "in sufficient Bob Aspromonte homered and force' to make sure the race is three right-handers, two of them run on schedule. rookies,'held Philadelphia to five Still, their threat willcause hits in Houston's triumph. ixd ,mtionshringatheminus- Farrell, an ex-Phillie, relieved mixed emotions durg the m Don Wilson in the fourth and utes before the Derby-whether Don Wilon it font nd they try to stop the $125,000-added gave up one hit and one run to receive credit for the victory, his classic or not. first decision this year. But Churchill Downs, city of- Carroll Sembera finished up, ficials and the governor of Ken- coming on in the seventh. tucky have promised they will do In the third Chuck Harrison all in their power to see that the lefted a long foul to left field for Derby goes off as it has for nearly a sacrifice fly that scored Joe a century. Morgan, who had tripled. 'p F ' _. _ o ,