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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Thursday, June 5, 1969
Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, June 5, 1969
Against
Te Wall
WANTED
25 freaks 'for
three-ring circus
By PHIL HERTZ
I have a complaint to register.i
Just about the first thing I do every morning (after reading
The Daily, of course) is buy a copy of The New York Times in
what is often a vain attempt to stay awake. Tuesday morning
the unusual happened-something in the Times not only woke
me up, but caused my eyes to bulge.
On page 53 of the paper was a full page advertisement feat-
uring in large type, "Rheingold is looking for the 25 greatest
Mets fans in the world." As a super Met fan I read on, and the
advertisement went on to explain that Rheingold Breweries,
who have sponsored the New York Mets since their inception in
the National League, was sponsoring a contest to find the great-
est Met fans, who will be honored and awarded prizes on the
night of August 22nd at Shea Stadium.
I just could not believe my eyes. Someone had finally devel-
oped a contest made to order for me, the perennial loser, Charlie
Brown, and number two (despite the name).
MY CREDENTIALS as a Met fan are impeccable. How many
people do you know who keep a record of all the radio stations
of National League Baseball teams so he can listen to Met games
via opposing teams' broadcasts.
I have heard Met games against seven NL teams, including
the game I heard on WWL radio in New Orleans, a Houston
Astro affiliate, beginning at 8:30, I started the intention of
listening for only a couple of hours; after all, it was exam week.
Around ten o'clock; the game reached the eighth inning so
I decided I would go to bed and listen to the last couple of in-
nings of the contest, but the game refused to end.
By twelve o'clock a couple of my friends thought it would be
an opportune, time to disturb me, and the game dragged on.
At one o'clock the word had spread about the game, and
I would estimate that half the floor of my dorm was listening
to the contest.
Around two o'clock the contest finally ended when the
Astros scored the -first run of the game on an error by Met
shortstop Al Weis in the bottom half of the 24th inning.
You're not convinced- I am a super Met fanatic? Perhaps
this anecdote will influence your opinion. When I was twelve
year old, I underwent an appendectomy. I awoke after the
operation, and immediately saw the worried looks on my parents'
faces. Then I saw a television set, and then I finally spoke,
"What time is it?" Told it was 9:30 p.m. I asked, "Who's win-
ning the Met game?"
Still not convinced? You say any true Met fan has a fan-
tastic banner making background. Well, I'm not lacking in this
area either.
I STARTED off slowly with such trite banners as "O'Malley
Go Back To Your Valley' and "Paris Loves the Mets." The latter
was accompanied by berets and tricolor.
I soon graduated into the opper echelons of banner making,
winning radios and box seat tickets twice with banners reading
"The Bedsheet Manufacturers of America Love the Mets" and
"We know not what course others may take but as for us, give
us a Mets victory or give us a raincheck."
Despite these illustrious banners, my most famous banner
was probably "Sign-up Dayan" paraded immediately following
the Israeli-Arab war. This banner received national attention
in Sports Illustrated', who I almost sued when they called me
crazy; however, I dropped ideas of the suit when I decided they
were probably right.
Having thoroughly convinced myself that I was a cinch in
the contest, I began to read the fine print at the bottom of the
page under "Offical Rules." The first three rules were a breeze,
but the fourth one stopped me cold.
Another establishment plot had been hatched. The rule
read "Contest open to residents . . . who are over 21 years of
age," totally excluding me.
Mets win in 15th, 1-0;
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second place alone
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Tommie Agee
raced home from first base in the
15th inning when Wayne Garrett's
single to center zipped past Willie
Davis for an error, giving the New
York Mets a 1-0 victory over Los
Angeles last night that extended
their winning streak to seven
games.
Left-hander J a c k DiLauro,
making his first major league
start, and two relief pitchers com-
bined to blank the Dodgers on
eight hits in the National League's
longest game this season.
The seven-game victory streak
matches the longest ever for the
Mets, set in July, 1966.
Bud Harrelson led off the 15th
by drawing a walk from Pete
Mikkelson, the fourth Los An-
geles pitcher. Agee forced him at
second, then sprinted all the way
home with the winning run as
Davis let Garrett's single get past
him.
DiLauro and Dodger fireballer
Bill Singer each allowed only two
hits in a brilliant duel before giv-
ing way to relievers in the 10th.!
Cubbies claw
CHICAGO - Randy Hundley
homered with two aboard to key
a four-run fourth inning yester-
day that lifted the Chicago Cubs
over the Houston Astros 5-4 and
extended the Cubs' winning streak
to six games.
Ernie Banks hit a solo homer,
his eighth, in the second inning
off rookie Tom Griffin and also
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NIGHT EDITOR:
JIM FORRESTER
singled home a run in the fourth.
Hundley unloaded his ninth ~
homer and his .third in the last
six games to score Ron Santo, who
had doubled, and Banks in the
big inning.
The Astros had gone ahead in
their top of the fourth with four
runs off Ferguson Jenkins. Norm '
Miller, Doug Rader and JayAlou YANKEE CATCHER JOHN ELLIS makes the put-out the hard way on the Twins' Ceasar Tovar in
singled to account for one run. the fifth inning of their Game in the Twin Cities last night. Ted Uhlander singled, scoring Leo Car-
A balk by Jankins forced in an- denas, but Tovar, trying to stretch a run, was taggd out. No matter, though, as Minnesota won any-
other and Griffin's second homer way, 4-2.
of the season produced two more. -
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Washington
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Minnesota
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Chicago
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31
25
27
24
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West
28
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.543
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.462
.295
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East
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hicago 35 16 .686-
tew York 25 23 .521
ittsburgh 25 25 .500
t. Louis 24 26 .4801
hiladelphia 18 28 .3911
Iontreal 11 35 .2392
West
tlanta 29 19 .604-
os Angeles 28 21 .571
Incinnati 26 20 .565
an Francisco 26 23 .531
ouston 24 29 .453
an Diego 24 30 .444
Yesterday's Results
St. Louis 4, Atlanta 3
Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 3
Chicago 5, Houston 4
New York 1, Los Angeles 0, 15 inn.
San Diego 3, Philadelphia 0
San Francisco 8, Montreal 3
Today's Game
St. Louis at Houston, night
only game scheduled.
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Phillies flattened
PHILADELPHIA -- The expan-
sion San Diego Padres extended
their team record winning streak
to six games last night, beating
Philadelphia 3-0 as Dick Kelley
and two relievers combined for a
four-hitter and Kelley stroked a
two-run double.
Black golfer bans tourneys
WASHINGTON 0P)-Lee Elder.
one of the few Negroes on the pro
golf tour; says he will begin skip-
ping tournaments next year be-
x - late games not included.
Yesterday's Results
Baltimore at Oakland, Inc.
Cleveland at Seattle, Inc.
Detroit at California, Inc.
Minnesota 4, New York 2
Washington 3, Kansas City 1
Chicago 7, Boston 2
Today's Games
No games scheduled.
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CLAIMS RACISM:
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Sharman hints at Laker
head coaching position
Faculty ticket information
Michigan faculty, staff and employees are entitled to spec-
ial privileges for all athletic events, including Michigan football
games. They are urged to take advantage of this before the
August I, 1969 deadline.
Benefits include:
1. Half-price ($18) for season football tickets. Up to
four tickets may be purchased by each faculty, staff
and employee for their spouse and t w o dependent
children.
2. Tickets at reduced prices for all hockey and swim-
ming meets.
3. Reduced prices for season basketball tickets.
To obtain the card each faculty, staff and employee should
present his Michigan identification card at the athletic depart-
ment ticket office, 1000 South State Street. The athletic card,
costs $18 and the football tickets will be, mailed. Those eligible
to purchase athletic cards are:
1. University staff.
2. Staff members who have retired.
3. Full-time employees on contract and those on an
hourly basis who have been employed by the Univer-
sity for 12 months.
4. Spouses and dependent children, between 10 and 18
years of age.
cause of racial baiting by the gal-
leries.
First, said the 32-year-old Dal-
las-born Elder, he will never again
play in the Pensacola Open in
Florida, held the end of March.
Then, he will take a reading on
several other tournaments next
winter in California, Florida and
Tennessee, and, he said, if con-
ditions haven't improved; he will.
drop them from his schedule.
"Things have gotten better in
some places on the tour," Elder
said in an interview. "But there
are three or -four tournaments
where I just can't play.
"I'm tired of being called Nig-
ger of Black Boy," he said. "It's
just come to a head. I haven't said
anything about this before but I
feel I've held it underneath long
enough and believe it should be
brought out in the open."
Elder, who calls the nation's
capital his home, made his com-
mnts after qualifying for the U.S.
Open at the Bethesda Country
Club in nearby Maryland.
"It's very difficult for a Negro
to play on the tour," he said. "It's
not only me but the others feel the
same pressures from galleries. It's
very hard° to concentrate when
you hear some of the comments.
There are 10 Negroes who are
regulars on the tour including
Charlie Sifford and his nephew,
Curtis Sifford; the Browns-Pete,
Cliff and Howard-who are not
related, and George Johnson.
"They all get the same treat,
ment," said Elder, who spent 10
years on-the All-black golf circuit
before joining the pro tour a little
more than two years ago.
"I make my living from golf, so
I play in about 30 tournaments a
year," he said.-"I like to go for
those $100,000 tournaments but
it's just too much in Pensacola so
I'm going to pass it ups The money
just isn't worth it.
Oddly enough, Elder said, "some
of the places I dread going to, I
play really well."
He wouldn't identify the tour-
naments in Tennessee but Elder
finished second, earning $17,500,
in the Memphis Open last week-
end.
During the tournament, he re-
ported an incident but aid it asn't
racially inspired. He said some
youngsters picked up his ball and
threw it away. He got a ruling and,
was allowed a free drop.
"There were some people in the
gallery who said I didn't deserve
a free drop," he said. "But Terry
Dill saw the whole thing and the
ruling stood."
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LOS ANGELES (R)-Bill Shar-
man, coach of the Los Angeles
Stars of the American Basketball
Association, may become the new
coach of the Los Angeles Lakers
of the National Basketball Associ-
ation, the Los Angeles Times said
yesterday.
Sports writer Mal Florence said
Sharman did not deny that he was
interested in the Lakers or that
"some sort of communication has
been established between himself
and the NBA ,club."
"I've had no contact with the
Lakers - anyway, nothing direct,"
Sharman is quoted as saying.
Sharman, former University of
Southern California and Boston
Celtic backcourt start, has coached
Los Angeles State College and the
defunct Los Angeles Jets. He
coached the NBA's San Francisco
Warriors in 1968, directing them
to the Western Division playoffs.
He coached the Stars this past
season, signing for a reported
salary of about $40,000.
Laker officials, attending an
NBA meeting in Detroit, were un-
available for comment.
The Laker job became vacant
last month, when Bill van Breda
Kolff resigned and became head
coach of the Detroit Pistons.
Others mentioned as possible suc-
cessors are Prudue's George King
and Atlanta Hawk Coach Richie
Guerin.
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AIR CRASH:
Tennis sta
MEXICO CITY VP) -- Rafael
Osuna, Mexico's No. 1 tennis play-
er, was aboard a Mexican airliner
which crashed and burned on a
mountain in northeastern Mexico
yesterday.
Osuna reached perhaps the pin-
pacle of his tennis career just 10
days before he was believed killed
in the jet crash.
Osuna, 30-year-old tennis vet-
eran, led underdog Mexico to a
stunning 3-2 upset of Australia .
in the Davis Cup North American
Zone elimination round.
That meant the Aussies would
not be able to reach the Challenge
Round for the first time since
1937. It also was Mexico's first
victory over the rugged Australians
in 12 meetings dating to 1924.
And the man responsible for
making such history was Rafael
Osuna, a Mexican who was grad-
uated from the. University of
Southern California with a degreeI
in business economics.
In the match against Australia,
NI
tr missing
Osuna defeated Ray Ruffels in the
opening singles match May 23,,
teamed with Vicente Zarazua for
the double victory the next day
and then whipped Aussie ace Bill
Bowrey 6-2, 3-6, 8-6, 6-3 in the
fifth and deciding match the day
after.
FRIDAY, JUNE 6 6:30 P.M.
International Dinner-Discussion
"A LOOK AT THE MIDDLE EAST"
DR. GEORGE MENDENHALL, Professor of
Near Eastern Studies
Panel of students will respond
' CHINESE DINNER-6:30
0 MIDDLE EAST PROGRAM-7.30
UMENICAL CAMPUS CENTER Cost: $1 :00
1 Church St. Reservations: 662-5529
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THURSDAY, JUNE 5th
12:00 Noon and 8:30 P.M.
RALLY AND MARCH in support of
the PALESTINIAN PEOPLE at 12:00 noon
at the Diag
SPEAKERS: ABDEEN JABARA: Lawyer
MAX HARRIMAN: from U.S.A.
PETER SIGNOROLLY: Lawyer
LURY HOCHMAN: a former Peace &
Freedom Party Candidate
Movie "THE PALESTINIAN COMMANDOES"
FREE ADMISSION-8:30 P.M. MULTIPURPOSE ROOM UGLI
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OPEN 3 NIGHTS
Mon.-Thurs.-Fri. 10 to 9
Tues.-Wed.-Sat. 9 to 6
DASCOLA BARBERS
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