Page t=ight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, May 9, 1968 Pager EIgH' THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, May 9, 1968 Turbine racer claims first life at Indy NBA P AYER DRAFT Knicks select May; Pistons get Moore INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WP) - British Grand Prix Driver Mike Spence died yesterday after his turbine - powered Lotus crashed against a wall at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Spence, 31, of Maidenhead, England, was injured in a prac- tice run for the Indianapolis 500- mile race May 30 and died in a hospital 4% hours after the crash. He was a member of the Lotus team which' drives cars built by Colin Chapman of England. Spence was driving a car assign- ed to another driver when it slammed into the wall on the Speedway's No. 1 turn. He suffer- ed multiple head injuries and never regained consciousness. Walter Myers, Speedway chief observer, witnessed the crash. He said Spence was driving higher and higher on the track each time he neared the first turn. He said just before the crash the car went above the normal groove into loose sand and other material that accumulates outsides the normal running surfaces. Harlan Fengler, chief steward for the 500-mile race, impounded the death car and the three other Lotus turbines entered for the race. I Meanwhile, Carroll Shelby of Los Angeles, international auto racer and builder, withdrew his three turbine-powered cars from the 500. "After complete and intensive testing," Shelby said in a state-1 ment, "I feel at the present time it is impossible to make a tur- bine-powered race car competi- tive, with a reasonable degree of safety and reliability. Therefore,k I am withdrawing the Shelby Racing Co. turbines from the 1968' race." A few hours before the crash. Spence ran the second fastest lap in the Speedway's history-169.555 miles an hour. He was the 34th driver killed at the 59-year-old Speedway and the second Lotus team member killed this year. Jim Clark of NEW YORK 0P--Dayton's Don Scotland was killed April 7 in a ;May, the most valuable player in crash at Hockenheim, Germany. the National Invitation Tourna- Spence was a veteran of 10 ment last season, was picked by years of Grand Prix driving but the New York Knicks yesterday he had only one Grand Prix vic- tory to his credit. He won the in the third round of the National South African Grand Prix in 1966. Basketball Association's college Spence also finished first in draft. the B.O.A.C. International 500- The 6-foot-4 forward, who av- mile race at Brands Hatch, Eng- eraged 23.4 points at Dayton last land, in 1967. season, also has been drafted by the Indiana Pacers of the rival American Basketball Association. May is considered a small man for a forward in the pro ranks and that's why it is believed he was so far down on the list. The pros apparently rate him as a. shooter and not a ball handler. The NBA had completed its firstI round several weeks ago, picking! and signing All-Americans Elvin Hayes of Houston by San Diego I Announce departure of Etter, Katzenmeyer By PHIL BROWN Summer Sports Editor Michigan Athletic Director H. 0. (Fritz) Crisler announced yes- terday that both Les Etter, Uni- versity sports information direc- tor, and Bert Katzenmeyer, - golf coach and administrative assis- tant, will leave their posts effective June 30. - Etter, who has held the publicity position for the past 24 years, will retire after a 38-year career in collegiate athletics. Katzenmeyer leaves his job as Crisler's administrative assistant to accept the athletic directorship at Wichita State. He has been Michigan golf coach for the past 21 years, and has held the admin- istrative post since 1962. GOPHER GRAD While he is not the dean of the Big Ten information directors (Northwestern's Eric Wilson has held his position since 1924, Etter does hold at least one unique rec- ord-he is the only person to ever be sports publicist at two different conference institutions. Etter graduated from Minnesota daily' sports NIGHT EDITOR: PHIL BROWN "We've been together quite a while," he says, "and I guess it's appropriate that we end our careers here together."' I I I Crisler is also retiring on Junej 30. It is hardly the end of Etter's career in sports, however. "I guess I'll do some writing- I've already had six sports novels published-and I'll stay around to help in the press box during and Westley Unsold of Louisville by Baltimore. The second round was limited to just eight picks. The bottom three teams in each of the two divisions and the two new expansion teams, Phoenix and Milwaukee. San Diego, picking first in the second round, selected John Trapp of Nevada Southern. Seattle se- lected Art Harris of Stanford and announced his signing. The other second-rounders in- cluded: Lloyd Peterson, Oregon State, by Chicago; Bob Quick, 3Xavier of Ohio, by Baltimore; Ron Dunlop. Illinois, by Cincinnati, 3which, got the draft right from Chicago in a trade; Manny Leaks, Niagara, by Detroit; Dick Cun- ningham, 6-10 center of Murray, State, by Phoenix, and Eugene Moore, St. Louis U., by Milwaukee. Dave Newmark, the 7-foot Co- lumbia center, was picked by Chi- cago in the third round. New- mark's class graduates in June but he has another yearof col- lege eligibility because he remain- ed out of school one year to re- cuperate from an injury. SABA owners Still out over draft right's MINNEAPOLIS (R)-Peace has been restored to the fledgling American Basketball Association, but it could just be a temporary truce. Two feuding Eastern owners. Arthur Brown of the New Jersey Americans and Gabe Rubin of the Pittsburgh Pipers,' buried the hatchet for a whileat Tuesday's concluding session of the ABA's. annual meeting here. InA'tf I ' football season. in 1930, and went on to become DELAYED RETIREMENT sports information director there.'"We (both Etter and his wife He spent a short time writing for Jean, who is his assistant, are re- the Associated Press and for tiring) have been thinking about magazines and newspapers in the doing this for quite a while. We Minneapolis area before accepting had decided to leave after the end the Michigan job'in 1944. . of the 1967 football season, but His switch to Ann Arbor fol- Fritz asked us to stay, and now lowed that of another ,presti ious we'll finish out the school year." Michigan athletic figure from Etter will continue to live in Minesota-Crisler. The athletic di- Ann Arbor, where most of his rector came to Michigan in 1940 children now reside. This prospect after serving as head football seems to please Jean Etter very Princeton. much. coach at both Minnesota and "Maybe I'll have /time to just Etter points out the close rela- be grandma now," she notes. The tionship he has had with Crisler Etters now have 14 grandchildren, since the days at Minnesota. and another is expected shortly. "It's been wonderful to be with ON CLARK NORTON a trdih9 qOuti Getting high With a little help From your horse Michigan for these years." smiles Etter as he recalls the athletic scenes from the past.- "They've been some of the best years in the} history of Michigan athletics. THE GREATEST "In '1934 I thought that the greatest football teams I'd ever seen were those of Benny Bierman at Minnesota and Jock Sutherland at Pittsburgh. They played for the national championship that year, and it was a sensational game. "But then I saw the Crisler team of 1947, and I decided that it was really the greatest of all time.! There were so many great players, like Bump and Pete Elliott." Etter also recalls the moments of glory in other Wolverine sports. "Yes, there was much more MICHIGAN SPORTS information director Les Etter heads for' a fall football practice session as part of his job of publicizing all phases of Wolverine athletics. Etter is retiring in June to devote all of his time to writing sports novels after 24 years as publicist for the athletic department. -Daily-Andy Sacks BERT KATZENMEYER, Wolverine golf coach and administrative assistant to athletic director H. O. (Fritz) trisler, listens at- tentively during one of several interviews that followed the exposure of alleged illegal practices within the athletic depart- ment. He is leaving l\ichigan to become athletic director at Wichita State. But the matter is not endted.it could flare up again if they do not reach agreement on a dispte over New Jersey's territorial rights. Rubin is believed to be trying to move his Pittsburgh team to New York City. Brown saysl he can't do it without compensating New Jersey for an infringement of the latter's 100-mile territorial protection rights listed in the ABA by-laws. i than football," he grins. "Like the basketball teams with Cazzie - they were really terrific, "And there were Cliff Keen's wrestling team's; the tennis teams Bill Murphy has always had; tre- mendous swimming teams under Matt Mann and Gus Stager; and Don Canham's fine track teams." CHURCHILL DOWNS, KENTUCKY - We have with us the two leading figures in the recent controvqrsy concerning the, outcome of the 1968 Kentucky Derby, Mr. Image and Mr. Pass. Mr. Pass was declared the winner of the race after it was discovered that Mr. Image had been drugged. Mr. Image, I think the one thing that all America wants to'know is, were you really drugged?' Image: "I i'eally can't say. I was pretty high last Saturday. And just call me Dancer's, man." Look, Dancer's, you're the only one who can settle'this thing once and for all. Were you drugged prior to the race? Image: "Sure man, I had some grass before post time. Blue grass. Any more questions?" Did your trainer give it to you? Image: "No, man, I roll my own,". Don't be silly, horses don't have manual dexterity. Image: "We can't talk either, but you keep asking ques- Lions.", I'll ask you, Mr. Pass r- uh, Forward - do you think your colleague Dancer's, here, was drugged? Pass: "Are you kidding? Dancer tried to push some stuff off on .me before the race. Must have got hooked on it himself. And you can call me Mr. Pass, thank you." Is that true, Dancer's? Image: "Well, how do you like that, busted by a nag nark." * Then'you admit it? Image: "Yeah, man I'm a junkie. You know, it started with a little LSD in the sugar cube, next a little hemp in the hay, then some grass in the grass, and now this-phenylbutazone. Some- body told me it was speed, and I thought/it might help with the Derby coming up."' Did the other horses know about your condition? Image: "Sure, they've been giving me the needle about it for a long time." What about the guy who rode you, Bobby Ussery? Image: "I guess that makes him junkie jockey, doesn't it?" Get serious, Dancer's. You've caused a lot of people a lot of trouble. What do you have to say for yourself? Image: "I can't wait till I get some horse. The drug that is.".... One last question, Dancer's. Are you going to the Preak- ness? Etter smiles when he recalls another great Michigan athletic tradition - gymnastics. "I remember Newt Loken com- ing in here absolutely cold. He, had to start from scratch to re- new the gymnastics program and, to get everybody interested. And now look what he's done." And to a sports publicist, what can be more important ,than a press box? "That vas one of tlhe really significant things that was done while I was here," he points out. "The old stadium press box was of the old, open style, and the reporters would have to shiver through every game with the rest of the fans. . - "I remember the famous snow bowl of 1951. It was the last time we used the old box, and we had ten inches of snow. We had to go up on the roof' and( shovel it all off because we vere afraid it would collapse." personnel, although Katzenmey. er's departure is the first within the upper echelons. . rs, t During his stay at Michigan, C ougar Katzenmeyer has been highly successful as a golf coach. He has produced three championshipb y W hi teams, three individual titlists,'4 Not. since 1962 has one of his teams fiinshed lower than fourth in the conference tournament, DETROIT (AP) - Roy Chestham and his past three teams have, scored with one minute left in finished in the runner-up position..! the first half to give the Detrqit Katzenmeyer starred on Ann Cougars a 2-1 victory over the Arbor high golf squads before go- Washington Whips in a North ing to Alma, where he led his American Soccer League game on team to an MIAA title. He came Tuesday. to Michigan as an assistant to Bill Detroit took the lead in the " TIGER'S WIN, TO() Hunter s perfect OAKLAND - Jim "Catfish" Hunter hurled the American Lea- gue's first perfect game in regular season play since 1922 Wednesday ,~ night and drove in three runs as the Oakland Athletics trimmed Baltimore Minnesota 4-0. Detroit Hunter, a 22-year-old right- Minnesota hander in his fourth major league Oakland season, set down all 27 batters he Clstoln faced in stymying the normally Washington hard-hittingTwins to become the *California ,New York ninth perfect game pitcher in *Chiceago modern baseball history. *Late games n The 6-foot-5, 195-pound young- Yes ster from Hertford, N.C., struck Oakland 4,n out 11 and needed just one out- Detroit 3, Br standing defensive play-third Boston 3, W baseman Sal Bando's stab of a Chigorat fifth inning grounder by Bob Al- lison-ins tossing the second no- hitter of the young season. Boston at w hitterMinnesota a Hunter completed his clasic Chicago at c .performance by getting pinch it- Only gamn ter John Roseboro to ground out, leading off the ninth, striking'95 out Bruce Look and fanning Rich I Reese on a 3-2 count after the pinch hitter had fouled off five straight pitches. 1 F Locked in a scoreless duel with All Minnesota's Dave Boswell for six winte innings, Hunter 'gave himself all of 8C the offensive help he needed with incre a run-scoring bunt single in the slowe seventh. SEE1 ame whips Twins I Major Lcllgl e Sta11(Ii11us ',I 11Tfl/fmTTvl" LITI7tnDl+Yl i RICAN LEAGUE NAIJONAL LEAG;UE W L 16 8 16 9 i3 12 13 12 12 1?2 11 12 11 1 11 1 11 15 7 14 Pct. .667 .640 .520 .520 .500 .478 .458 .440 .423 .333 G i -1 3 4 5 6 St. Louis Cincinnati Philadelphia San Froncisco Pittsburgh' Los Angeles Chicago Atlanta New York Houston W L 1610 13 12 13 12 13 12 12 12 12 13 12 13 12 14 11 13 11 14 Pet. .627 .520 .520 .520 .500 .480 .480 ,461 .458 .440 GB 3~ 31/, 34 4 4 ot included terday's Results Minnesota 0 altimore 1 ashington I , Cleveland I California, night 'oday's Games ashington, night t California, night Oakland, night ies scheduled ANOTHER SWITCH Barclay after serving threeyears For Katzenmeyer, the phange in the Army Air Force. will. be one of scene, and not so He also served as golf coach at much one of jobs. Ohio State for a year before be- He takes the Wichita State ath- coming head coach at Michigan. letic directorship on the heels of Canham is expected to name a major crisis in athletics at the successors to both Etter and Katz- school. The NCAA recently placed enmeyer before taking office the institution on two years' ath- June 30. letic probation for having violat-___.___ ed recruiting regulations. He also leaves Michigan during a period of change in the school's athletic department. The Michigan change is quite peace- ful, however. Track coach Canham has been named to succeed the retiring Crisler. It has been widely ru- mored that there would be nu- merous changes in department game after less than five minutes of play on a shot by Andy Buren. The Whips tied it up with 2:30 remaining in the half when Ro- berto Mauro scored. 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