Page .Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY .luly 19, 1969 Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturdoy, July 19, 1969 Welcome Narmath r back, Joe! turns to Jets #i 4,+ Agrees to sell share of, Gotham night spot NEW YORK (P) -Joe Namath agreed yesterday to sell his in- terest in a swinging New York night club so that he could return as quarterback of the New York Jets. The decision came after a near all-day conference with Commis- sioner Pete Rozelle in the National Football League headquarters. The announcement was made by Rozelle at a mammoth pressx conference, with scores of news- men, cameramen and television cameramen. "I'm happy to announce that Joe will be back with the Jets," the commissioner said. "He and I have privately reached total ac- cord. He is selling his interest in Bachelors III, and we consider the entire matter closed." Although Rozelle would neither confirm nor deny it, there almost certainly were conditions attached to Namath's returning to the Jets, other than selling Bachelors III. l"But,"Rozelle pointed out, "he's not on probation." Namath did not comment on that aspect of the situation either and said he was leaving almost immediately for Los Angeles on business, but "I'll definitely be back in camp Sunday." Namath announced his retire-' ment in a tearful news conference June 6, refusing to sell his half- interest in Bachelors III as or- dered by Rozelle. Rozelle insisted that the place was frequented by unsavory char- acters and that, while Namath himself had not been found guilty of wrong-doing, pro football had to avoid the "appearance of evil." Namath was present yesterday, wearing a yellow shirt, tan sweat- er, striped blue and white trousers, no socks and sneakers. Rozelle opened up the confer- ence, saying: "All of us in profes- sional football have gone through six weeks of considerable unpleas- antness. I'm happy to announce that the problem is resolved. "Our security forces investigated everything that came to our at- tention." Namath, his voice cracking with emotion,'said: "We all got a little tired of the situation. Initially, I didn't think it would involve as many people, daily , sports NIGHT EDITOR: JOEL BLOCK but it's gotten way out of propor- tion because of the people in- volved and because I do want to play football. "And so the problem has been solved by my selling Bachelors III. "I want to stress that nothing is wrong with Bachelors III but because of what was written, what was said and the public reading it all, it caused so much trouble we felt we should do it." He mentioned the dice games and the list of undesirable char- acters mentioned in some mag- azines. "That hasn't been proven, and Bachelors III hasn't done any- thing wrong. But we are back. in ; football." Asked if he had forsaken his principle, the quarterback said: "I went as far as I could, with it in- volving only me. I still insist I haven't done anything wrong but there was an area of doubt with the public. It's never been a ques- tion about myself, except guilt by association. "I'd stand on my principle'if it was only me alone. With all those other people involved.' His voice trailed off. He said Rozelle, his attorneys, James Walsh and Mike Bite and his family had helped him change. his mind. Asked pointedly if he felt he had made the right decision, he replied: "It is right." He said several groups were in- terested in buying Bachelors III. "We are working on it, but I am definitely selling my interest in it." . Rozelle was asked if there were any other conditions involved in Namath's return to football and the commissioner replied: "Joe and I have come to an understanding." Broadway Joe (and whatizname) .A.J.A E T NN :GS.rri' . ' MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS V.." "...l:::!. t.S.!!"V"'...:!:!"^S". :'!.:1" -0t AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division W L Pct. Baltimore 65 29 .691 Detroit 50 40 .556 Boston 52 42 .553 Washington 50 48 .510 New York 44 51 .463 Cleveland 37 57 .394 Western Division xMinnesota 57 36 .613 xOakland 50 38 .568 xSeattle 39 53 .424 Kansas City 39 54 .419 Chicago 39 54 .419 xCalifornia 35 M.y .389 x-Late games not inclded Yeterday's Results Boston 6, Baltimore 1 Detroit 4, Cleveland 0 New York 5, Washington 0 Chicago 6, Kansas City 1 Oakland at California, inc. Seattle 2, Minnesota 1, 1st Minnesota at Seattle, 2nd, inc. Today's Games Detroit at Cleveland Washington at New Yotk (2), twi-night Baltimore at Boston, night Kansas City at Chicago Minnesota at Seattle, night Oakland at California NATIONAL LEAGUE Eastern Division GB 13 13 17 , I 28 41 171% 18 18 20l Chicago New York St. Louis Pittsburgh Philadelphia Montreal w 58 52 49 46 38 29 L 36 37 47 48 53 64 Pct. .617 .584 .510 .489 .418 .312 GB. 3 h 10 12 282 4 23 Western Division Atlanta 55 41 .573 xLos Angeles 52 39 .571 xSan Francisco 52 41 .559 Cincinnati 47 41 .534 Houston 48 47 .505 San Diego 32 64 .333 x-Late game not included 'V~ Au Yesterday's Results Chicago 9, Philadelphia 5 New York 5. Montreal 2 Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 1 S Houston 7, Cincinnati 4 Los Angeles at San Francisco, inc. 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