Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, July 25, 1968 Mexico's headaches multiply as Games approach MEXICO CITY ()--Mexico, like a runner carrying the Olympic Torch of old, is occupied both with keeping its light shining bright and being sure not to stumble before the flame of, 1968 Games is extinguished Oct. 27. There is no real way of saying exactly how' many persons will be involved before the flame goes out on schedule, for the taxi drivers studying English at night school and the policemen work- ing out traffic flow are as integral a part of suc- cess or failure of the Games as is Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, chairman of the Mexican Olympic Or- ganizing Committee. W 'th less than three months to go before the last torch runner lights the flame at opening cere- monies Oct. 12, there are signs that Mexico is finding its pace in the race for readiness. CONSTRUCTION FINISHED All major construction of facilities s expect- ed to .be finished by Aug. 31, although interior work and detail touches probably will continue through the eleventh hour. And, Ramirez Vazques said last week, there are signs that Mexico will emerge from the Games with expenditures under the $85 million budget and without cutting any financial corners. Preparations for the Games fall generally in- to two categories: The physical and the organiza- tional. There is little doubt left that Mexico will be physically ready for the Games. But organization, still being tested and at times found wanting, is the aspect about which doubts still are being expressed. Some records of applications for lodging, tick- ets and press facilities seem to vanish. Some per- sons who have bothered to check the status of their various applications have found this out. But whether these cases are isolated ones will not be evidence until the thousands of athletes, tour- ists and newsmen begin to arrive in Mexico dur- ing September. Other organization aspects, such as those of transportation and the actual execution of the Games, will remain unknown quantities until October. But, physically, much has been accomplished and Mexico appears in good form. Mexico City's airport has a new marble fa- cade, and inside preparations are under way to speed arriving athletes and visitors through cus- toms. Still, getting a taxi ride to the city is a catch-as-catch-can proposition, and the average wait now can be said to be 20 minutes. HOTELS OPENING Hotel construction is booming, with four large ones-the Aristes, Camino Real, Parque Lama and Casa Blanca-long scheduled for completion this year. The Aristes is open for business and the Camino Real will be ready this month, with the other two hopefully finished in time for the Games. The two main indoor sports facilities under construction-the copper-domed sports palace and the swimming and diving pools complex are re- ported safely on their way to full completion by Aug. 31. On the other hand, construction of a subway, which has caused traffic problems throughout the year, will not be completed before the Games. The painting of traffic routes with key colors is started as is the manufacture of colored bal- loons to help mark the routes, street signs that will boast simplified maps of the city with Olym- pic sites keyed to colors, and totem-like pedes- trian aid boxes which will feature first aid kits, telephones and maps. DOVES AND TRUMPETS There are thousands of procurement problems, but reports are that these are well in hand. For instance, 40 heraldic trumpets and 10,000 doves, are being lined up for the opening ceremonies. Grazing in the fields before final fattening are 20,000 Angus and Hereford steers destined for the tables of 75,000 athletes and foreign spectators, and a myriad of preparations are underway to assure an extra flow of food into the city during October. Thousands are being trained in special tasks, from the barbers who will be cutting athletes' hair to the guides who will be showing them around and coping with their language difficul- ties. Mexicans generally publicly express optimism about success of the Games, but privately some voice doubts on such points as paperwork coordin- ation of equipment, housing and ticket reserva- tions, the judging, announcing and rapid compil- ation of games results and - of prime import - transportation. Peseros, which are jitney cabs which travel a fixed route and operate like buses charging a fixed fare, are a backbone of the city's transpor- tation system in the downtown area. Before police started controlling their passen- ger pickup points this spring crowds gathered on the curb and pounced in unison on the handle of an opening door before the cab had stopped. Police now make passengers line up for loading at certain points, but when the policeman disap- pears so does the line and the old game begins again. TAXIS LACKING Regular taxis cannot be found and when they can be, they usually charge more than they should, although the government has laid down strict penalties for overcharging. Buses, generally, are overcrowded, many with persons hanging out the doors in transit. One high Olympic official, asked last month whether the organizers were making any con- tingency plans for moving people about the al- ready traffic clogged city in case of an emergency -such as a rainstorm when many traffic lights cease functioning-gave in essence this answer: "We are expecting no emergencies." Orr, (Continued from Page 1) "I like challenges, so I'm look- Ing forward to college coaching with John Orr. Our coaching phil-: osophies are very similar . . . we both like to combine a strong de- fense with a running offense. "We have the nucleus of a fine club this year . . a lot can be: done with the personnel," said Snowden. "We'll probably move more .. . I like an exciting game." RECRUITING BOOST Both Strack and Orr expect Snowden to boost Michigan's sag- ging fortunes in recruiting high school prospects. Snowden himself feels that he has "the personality for recruit- ing. My experience in the Detroit area should help when I'm talking to boys also," he said. Orr considers the recent Big Ten investigation of alleged irre- gularities by Michigan athletes as a major reason for recruiting dif- ficulties this year. "Recruiters from other schools used the possibility of our sus- pension against us, and we lost several good prospects because of it," he claims. "Nevertheless, we will have some surprises on this year's frosh squad." POMEY STAYS Orr said that George Pomey will remain in charge of handling the freshman coaching duties, "as well as contributing ideas to the var- sity and helping in recruiting. "Pomey is a good leader," said: Orr, "Because he doesn't know t what it is to lose." Snowden terned the new sports clinics Initiated by Canham "a1 fabulous idea." He is currently in- volved In a similar program in Detroit. "These clinics are good if; for no other reason that they give youngsters something to do. With- out activities like this, a boy will! find something to do anyway ... but whether it be constructive or destructive depends on the boy." Both Orr and Snowden are con- cerned with the percentage of col- lege athletes who fail to graduate. "It must be made clear to a new recruit that he has a responsibil- ity to perform well both in the classroom and on the basketball court," says Snowden. "He is at the University because of his abil- ity in athletics, but he must re- member that he is a student." Snowden himself holds bache- lor's and master's degrees in edu-! cation from Wayne State Univer- sity. He won six varsity letters in baseball and basketball and cap- tained both teams his senior year In 1958. TWO.-SPORT STAR Orr was an all-conference foot- ball and basketball star at Illinois in 1945. He then entered Beloit College in Wisconsin and was a: first-team All-American in the National Association of Intercol- legiate Athletics. After nine years of high school coaching, he served as assistant! coach at Wisconsin for four years until 1963. He became head coach at Mas- sachusetts for three years and compiled a 29=15 record in the Yankee Conference. After a year in the insurance business, he "de- cided to get back into coaching. "I ran into Dave Strack after the Michigan-Illinois game in; Champaign in the spring of 1967.! He was looking for an assistant coach then. "Several weeks later I wrote him that I was interested and Fritz Join The Daily Snorts Staff Snowden named to cage posts SHORTS: Crew supporting boycott; Appendix sidelines Loe By the Associated Press BOSTON - Five members of the Olympic-bound Harvard crew yesterday gave their moral support to any action, including a boycott, that American Olympic athletes may take to protest racial problems in the United States. They said though, they will participate in the Games in Mexico City in October. One member of the crew, Dave Higgins, said he thought a boycott would hurt America, but "it would be tragic for us to ignore it." Higgins said that the crew will talk with 6ther American 'Olym- pic athletes and try to organize a unified demonstration at' the dames to protest the plight of the Negro in America. Prof. Harry Edwafrds, of San Jose State College, who is organiz- ing a protest among Negro athletes spoke with several crew members bgfore their statement. But Higgins said the crew's expression of support was spontaneous. CHICAGO - Chicago White Sox Manager Al Lopez, who under- went emergency surgery for appendicitis Tuesday night, was in "very good condition" in Mercy Hospital yesterday. Dr. William Allen said Lopez had spent a very good night, was resting comfortably and "there were no complications." Dr. Allen said Lopez will re- main in the hospital for about two weeks and will recuperate at home for an additional two weeks. Lopez, who will be 60 next month, has had an ulcer keeping company with, his troublesome appendix. It was the ulcer con- dition that helped prompt his de- cision to retire, as White Sox man- ager in 1965. Sox Coach Les Moss will direct the club until the return of Lopez. Moss was interim manager for two days earlier this month be- tween the passing of Manager Ed- die Stanky and coming of Lopez. OAKLAND, Calif.-Casey Sten- gel, a chippery 77, will return to managing a baseball team on his AL L PEZ 40th wedding anniversary Aug. 18. The Oakland Athletics of the American .League yesterday pro- claimed that day "Casey Stengel Day." For three innings, Old Case will manage oldtimers of the 1948 Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League against '48 oldtimers of the San Francisco Seals under Lefty O'Doul. Stengel and O'Doul actually managed those teams on which such stars as Brooks Holder and Cookie Lavagetto played for the Oaks, Gene Woodling and Con Dempsey for the Seals. DETROIT - The Detroit Pistons will play .38 home National Basketball Association games in Detroit this season, six more than last year. The home schedule includes a pair of doubleheaders. The first will pit Detroit against Phoenix while Baltimore plays San Diego Nov. 27, and the second will be Feb. 20 with the Pistons meeting Atlanta and Baltimore taking on Phoenix. " WERDOHL, Germany - Ronnie Ray Smith, Mark Winzenried, Tom Von Ruden and Dave Maggard scored victories for the United States last night in an international track and field meet. Smith, of San Jose State, won the 100 meters in 10.2 seconds; Winzenried, Wisconsin, took the 800 meters in 1:49.5; Von Ruden, of Los Angeles, won the 1,500 meters in 3:44.2; and Haggard, of San Jose, took .the shot put with a heave of 63 feet, 4.2 inches. daily Sports NIGHT EDITOR: PHIL BROWN * * * * * * Turbines' intakes again reduced by USAC INDIANAPOLISmd. (11) -xTe - --- -- --- ------- __ DAVE STRACK Crisler hired me. The opportunity was a good one .. . Michigan was down, and anything we did ,would be an improvement. LAST YEAR "I had many more duties as an assistant coach under Strack than is usual," Orr continued. "We worked together terrifically. "When Strack was contemplat- ing quitting last spring, he told me then that he was recommend- ing me for the job. I am indebted to him in other ways too ... Dave made coaching at Michigan a good job, one of the greatest in the country. Before he came, it wasn't a good job." Orr is the second new head coach officially appointed since Canham was named Athletic Di- rector. The other is Dave Martin, Canham's successor as track coach. Two other head coaching jobs- in wrestling and golf - are va- cant following the retirement of Cliff Keen and the resignation of Bert Katzenmeyer. Snowden is the first high school coach to be added directly to a, Michigan basketball staff since Eddie Klum of Ann Arbor High checkered flag was waved for the second and apparently the last time Tuesday for the controver- sial but still winless turbine-pow- ered race cars of Andy Granatelli. The U.S. Auto Club board of directors cut the air intake area of the turbine cars to 11.9 square inches, effective Jan. 1, 1969. The intake area, which governs the power of the turbines, was re- duced from 23.9 to 15.9 square inches last summer by USAC. Both moves were to make the turbines more competitive with the conventional piston-engine cars in races with Indianapolis- type cars, including the- Indiana- polis 500, USAC said. But Granatelli, STP Corp. pres- ident, said Tuesday night the latest USAC action "speaks for itself." "I'll not be back at Indiana- polis next year with a turbine," he said from his Chicago office. USAC also: -Lowereddisplacement of the turbocharged Offenhauser and Ford engines from 170.856 to 161.- 703 cubic inches. also effective Jan. 1. -Raised displacement of non- supercharged production stock block engines from 305.1 to 320.-1 355 inches, effective immediately. -Left unchanged displacement of the specially built non-produc- tion stock engines, such as Dan Gurney drove to second place in this year's 500, at 305.1 cubic inches, with the formula to be re- viewed at USAC's January meet- ing. USAC's first trimming of the turbine engine size came shortly after Granatelli's first turbine car almost ran away with the 1967 Indianapolis race. Failure of a $6 ball bearing forced out the car with even miles left. Granatelli said then the re- duction would make his car non- competitive for 1968. But he re- turned with the old car and four new ones and, despite a string of misfortunes, saw his Lotus tur- bines capture the first two quali- fying positions for the Memorial Day race. Three turbines made the race. Graham Hill's car crashed, and the cars of Joe Leonard and Art Pollard both failed late in the race with mechanical problems. Leonard, now driving the tur- bine for Parnelli Jones, and Pol- lard have competed in other USAC races since the 500 but still have not cracked the winner's circle. * -Daily-Eric Pergeaux Gymnasts exercise their ears, Prospective gymnasts gather around Michigan co ach Newt Loken during a session this week of a clinic sponsored by the Athletic Department and the city of Ann Arbor. The youngsters have been treated to demonstrations by members of Loke n's varsity squad and have received training in basic tumbling techniques. The final clinic will be held next week, with head football coach Bump Elliott and his staff teaching grid fundamentals. ~-- ------ - ----- NA MES MISSING: Trevino moans tour's troubles SEE EUGENE McCARTHY IN PERSON CHARTERED BUSES will be going to the McCarthy Rally in Tiger Stadium Saturday evening. Cost of trip will be $2.50. SIGN UP NOW at the McCarthy table on the Diag, or at McCarthy headquarters at 211 S. State. For phone reservations, ca 1662-4131. It I was hired in 1959. ST. PAUL, Minn. (1) - U.S.1 Open champion Lee Trevino sur- veyed the field of missing names in the $100,000 Minnesota Golf Classic which open today and said: "That's lousy. The tournament situation is getting out of hand. Pretty soon there'll come a day when they all pay $200,000. This will ease some good ones out of the picture. "This is one of the oldest tour- naments on the tour. I've never seen Keller but I'm looking for- ward to playing it," he said yes- terday. The outspoken Mexican-Amer- ican from Dallas added: "I think I've got a responsibility to golf. I'm going to try some- thing that no Open champion has ever done. I'm going to play every tournament on the tour. I owe it to the promoters." Passing up the tournament are such stars at Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Play- er, Doug Sanders, Masters cham- pion Bob Goalby and newly crowned PGA champ Julius Boros. Only five of the current 25 lead- ing money winners are entered. Trevino shares the favorite's role with young Tom Weiskopf, the second leading money winner in 1968. I. 7 "I've been playing well most of the time," said Weiskopf. "I'm pretty tired right now, but it's great to be here and I hope to play well. I wouldn't miss this tournament." His wife Jeanne, a former Miss Minnesota, is from St. Paul. They met at, the 1966 tournament. Trevino noted that "my game isn't quite as sharp as it was at the Open. I can't seem to find enough time to practice. "I think I'll win this tournament and buy my own plane." Defending champion Lou Gra- ham is back for another try at the $20,000 first-place money on the par 36-35-71 .6,702-yard Keller Golf Course. Teams headed by Weiskopf and John Schlee tied for first place yesterday in the pro-amateur event kicking off the $100,000 Classic. The Weiskopf and Schlee four- somes both shot 16-under-par 55s to win $375 each. Tied for second with 56s and winning $150 each were the teams of Homero Blancas, Dan Sikes, Wayne Yates, Steve Reid and Bob Stanton. Among those tiect at 57 were the foursomes led by Lee Trevino and Terry Dill. u I Ips h. A 9f FASHION GUIDE FOR MEN Students for .Mc+Corthy i jor League Standings 11 AM'iERICAN LE~AGUE Letroit Baltimore Cleveland Boston Oakland California Minnesota New York Chicago Washington w L Pt. Gil 60 37 .619 - 54 41 .568 5 55 44 .556 6 49 45 .521 91& 48 49 .495 12 47 50 .485 13 47 50 .485 13 14 49 .473 1 I 4-1 54 .4?6 181/. 34 59 .366 24 NATIONAL LEAGUE W nL Pct (G St. Louis 64 34 .653 - Atlanta 51 46 .526 12Y2 Cincinnati 47 45 .511 14 San Francisco 49 49 .500 141 Chicago 49 50 .495 15 Philadelphia 46 48 .489 16 Pittsburgh 45 50 .474 17V2 New York 47 53 .470 18 xLos Angeles 44 53 .454 19V2 xulouston 42 56 .429 22 xtate game not included. 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