Thursday; May, 15, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Prints .' Auart Thursday, May 15, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY rage seven I, The Texas Wedge Boro's Terror, or In fear of a Wop driven jeep By DREW BOGEMA Boro was the greenskeeper at Hawthorne Valley. Short and stocky, his facial features were. generally obscured by a heavy beard growth that he usually negleoted. His mouth wore a con- tinual frown and from his lips poured forth a steady stream of invectives that gave a reliable indication of his outlook onlife. He would complain of the inadequate funds. Hawthorne's management gave him to keep the course in shape, of the women that slowed the rhythm of the course to a snail's pace, of the deterioration of the game of golf since the arrival of motorized carts, of the poor workmanship of his employees. Whenever he spoke in stch a manner, one would always suspect that he wag- ed au everpresent struggle with notorious demons that were out just to screw him. An immigrant from Naples, his enunciation was crude and * his dress sloppy, yet he possessed a peculiar integrity in spite of it all: due to the vigor of his efforts at his work despite gray- lrng hair, slumping spine, and shortened stride. He drove around the. course in a daredevil fashion, his hands intensely gripping the wheel, of the ancient, camoflage-green, Army jeep that he had purchased after the end of the war, rla- tional emblems and symbols still intact. During the mornings, while we searched bushes and ponds for stray golf balls, his jeep would often be seen bouncing over the dirt paths that sep- .arated the fairways, grinding gears all the way, a trail of dust thick behind him. Most of his work was done from dawn to noon, yet occasionally, he too, would sneak back near dusk and play a few holes himself, or make a quick trip around for inspection purposes. While engaged in the latter task, I met him for the first time. EDD PRITCHARD, Jimmy Kubat, and I had just finished putting on the seventh green late one evening, and after we re- turned the putters to our fathers' bags, we shuffled to the eighth tee. Kubat had teed up a ball, aiming for the eighth green, when, from his unique vantage point, he noticed a jeep behind a clove of trees two hundred or so yards away. Its driv- er was standing beside the jeep; right leg resting upon the run- ning board, right palm flat upon the windshield, .head turned in our direction.: We froze in our fear. Kubat rested his driver upon his left shoulder and stared rigidly at the scene. Pritchard, who had been washing his cut-up Titlist with spit and drying it upon a grass-stained bathroom towel which was wrapped around his clubs, glanced in my direction with a dazed expression that re- vealed his astonishment. A million butterflies fluttered in my stomach. By now, sneaking on had become an evening ritual. Despite our ignorance of the identity of the man, guilt rose to our throats. A minute of silence passed before Pritchard, with an air of de- fiance, pulled his driver out of his bag and cried, "let's fake it." Earlier we had picked from the litter of trash barrels on the tees stubs of the coupons legitimate golfers were given when they. paid for their green fees. And, if challenged, according to our plan, we would resolutely present them, KUBAT, AT THE TEE, now recovered, struck his ball to- ward the green, a low-line drive that barely cleared the large pond that occupied the middle of the fairway. In the process, the head of his club removed a foot-long clump of grass and pushed it into the air. We congratulated him on his successful passage of the obstacle, and Pritchard, hands clutching his old rusty driver 'with its conspicuously frayed grip, moved to the tee. The noise of the jeep starting up',startled us from our fake composure, and the sight of the vehicle careening at thirty to forty miles per hour directly at us brought a fluttering of stom- achs, a quiver of hands, an errie light-headedness, as the adren- alin coursed through our veins. The jeep swerved around the bushes that separated our party from the seventh green, and screeched to a stop, inches from trampling over my father's golf bag. "Vatcha doin' on da golf course?" Boro angrily cried as he ran out of the jeep, staring at three sheepish, frightened ten- year olds, who alternated between a hasty exit, abandoning their precious clubs to take refuge near the river across the parkway road that ran a hundred yards behind the tee, and kneeling in fervant hope of mercy from our caputror. Pritchard, however, remembered our plan. He reached into his shirt pocket, grasped the yellowed and aging ticket stub, and muttered to the effect that here were our coupons, stammering that we had paid for our fees and were doing nothing wrong. Kubat held his mouth completely open, betraying a front tooth that had been damaged in a recent fight. I was summoning up all my energies to -maintain a straight face, although a guilty smirk was evident upon close examination. BORO, AFTER A glance at Pritchard's coupon, let loose a long, bellowing laugh, and informed him that its date read March 15th while today's was July- 6th. Pritchard, not to be out- done, maintained that someone in the pro shop had made an error, only to again be laughed at, as Boro told him where, in fact, he had acquired the relic. Sternly, he now told us of the crime we had committed, and of the penalties and punishment he held in store: he was going to haul all of back to the pro shop, where the police would be called, and to jail we would go.' As Pritchard and I pleaded for mercy, tears dotting our eyes as we promised never to repeat another offense, Kubat pan- icked. He already had been taken to. Juvenile Court for fighting in School, and another such incident would mean a long lashing from his father's belt. He ran straight for the park, like a half- back, weaving to avoid bushes and three, that appeared in his path. Boro screamed at Kubat to stop, and then, jumped into his jeep, warning us not to leave, and gave chase. Soon, he too, was out of sight, only the high-pitched whining of the jeep's engine heard from the background. OUR CLUBS WERE quickly gathered up and off we awk. wardly ran, toward the fence where we had entered the course. Minutes later, hiding in the basement of a recently completed dwelling, we panted, out of breath, frightened that the jeep would find our retreat. And it did, and as the shrill whistle of the engine approach- ed we leaped to the windows. As the house bordered on the course, we could see the entire scene. Apparently Kubat had not been caught, for Boro was alone, now moving slowly past the area from which we had just come. He passed by my father's yard, still on the course, and stopped the jeep in front of the lot that held our retreat. His engine stopped. Our fear reached a new peak. He sat and stared toward the house for a lengthly period, and then, as a broad smile lit upon his face, he started his en- gine, changed gears with a screech and drove off. Peters 'Sox' By The Associated Press DETROIT - Gary Peters scat- tered six hits and reached the 1,000-strikeout plateau for his career last night, pitching the Chicago White Sox to a 6-0 vic- tory over the Detroit Tigers. Carlqs May drilled a fourth in-} ning homer, and the Sox broke{ the game open with four runs in the sixth, two on a clutch single by Duane Josephson. Peters, starting his seventh full' season with Chicago, reached the. 1,000 strikeout mark when he it to Tigers, 6-0 daily, l'sports NIGHT EDITOR- FORRESTER U.S., Russia plan boxing meet; NHL defends reserve clause By The Associated Press NEW YORK - The Soviet Union and the United States, the two leading powers in boxing in the 1968 Olympics, will inaugurate home-and-home boxing meets starting this fall in the United States, the Amateur Athletic Union announced yesterday. The first meet, matching 11 boxers in the Olympic weights, will be held on Oct. 25 at a city to be determined. The bouts will be tele- vised. "This match has been in the making since 1965," said Jesse A. Pardue, the AAU's president. The United States and the U.S.S.R. each won two gold medals in boxing at Mexico City. * * * * 0 MONTREAL - President Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League says the Canadian government is out of bounds in recommnding the elimination of the player reserve clause in the NHL. A task force report, tabled in the House of Common Monday, said the reserve clause should be abolished by legislation if necessary. Campbell said Tuesday that such a move would be disastrous to all international leagues in all sports. He also said the question of the reserve clause was none of the government's business. * * * * 0 CHERRY HILL, N.J. - A verbal exchange between Philadel- phia Phillies star Rich Allen, and a South Philadelphia sports fan at Garden State Park Tuesday, ended with the arrest of Dino Ippoliti, 42, on charges of using abusive language. Ippoliti later said he heard Allen make a remark that Ippoliti didn't like. Removing his glasses, Ippoliti asked Allen, "Are you refer- ring to me?" Ippoliti said another exchange of words led to punches. New York Jets football player John Sample stepped between them-and state troopers arrested Ippoliti on a charge of "loud and profane language." fanned Willie Horton in the sixth inning. May's home run, his ninth, came off Tiger starter John Hiller (1-1) and landed in the lower deck in BIG BILL FREEHAN BEATS THE THROW left. Chicago got four more runs SHlleft Chiao gotfr re rs- scoreless innings by Cub pitchers. inning jal and the St. Louis, in the fourth. Joe Torre's single off iller and reliever Fred Lash-the sixth. Ron Santo's seventh homer of Cardinals, who managed just two drove in one run and Vada Pin- /r itsixthdn I the year in the fourth was the hits, defeated Los Angeles 2-1 last son's sacrifice fly accunted for Luis Aparicio led off the inning only Cub run until Banks con- night. the other. with a single and stole second, nected. The victory marked the first'* May walked and Bill Melton eI.timehthis seasonthe Cardinals* * bunted them along. Then Joseph- defending National League cham- Twins fall short son lined a single to right. Braves bombed iions have wnn him in . n.rnw f . . * . Lasher came in and walked NEW YORK - Cleon Jones' BuddytBradford before pinch hit- grandslamomehighlhteda ter Pete Ward lashed another sin-grnslmh erihihtda gle to left that got by Horton for eight-run uprising in the eighth an error and two runs. inning as the New York Mets, held * * *hitless by Phil Niekro through the sixth, bounced back to flatten the San Diego dumped Atlanta Braves 9-3 last night. CHICAGO-Willie Smith's pinch Niekro, gunningfor his seventh CHICGO-WllieSmit's pnchvictory, did not allow a' hit until single gave the Chicago Cubs a Ken Boswell opened the seventh 3-2 victory over San Diego yes- with a triple, Boswell scored on1 terday after Ernie Banks' homer Jones' ground out, but the Braves tied the. score earlier in the ninth still led 3-1 going into the last of innings the eighth. his f ed off thenniyPes Then. Amos Otis reached first. and Nate Oliver doubled and Ad- on a third strike passed ball, Bud olfo Phillips was walked inten- Harrelson singled and an error by tionally. Frank Reberger replaced shortstop Sonny Jackson filled the Podres and Smith singled home bases. Tommie Agee lashed a two- Oliver. run double off the left field wall, San Diego held a 2-1 lead going tying the game and chasing to the ninth on Chris Cannizzaro's Niekro homer in the third and a walk to pinch hitter Ivan Murrell by relief Iodger downed pitcher Ted Abernathy with theD ed bases loaded in the seventh. Can- ST. LOUIS-Joe Hoerner bailed nizzaro's hit broke a string of 30 Nelson Briles out of a seventh- IN THE MAJORS: Young blac'ks gven less hentheytsign PITTSBURGH (R) ,- A study white superstars-people like Wil- tentatively shows blacks have a lie Mays, Bob Gibson, Denny Mc- tougher time breaking into major Lain, Roberto Clemente, Jim Bun- league baseball than whites even ning, Ernie Banks and Roger though blacks have better overal Maris, the 1968 study shows. hitting and fielding averages in "But I'd be careful not to hang the big leagues. baseball," said Dr. Leonard Rap- The study also reports that few ping, an economics professor at black Americans and virtually no Carnegie-Mellon University. "I black latin Americans are paid a think the improvement has been bonus in excess of $20,000 for sign- tremehdous." ing their first contract. Rapping and Anthony Pascal, " But there is little salary differ- research director of urban studies ence between baseball's black and for the Rand Corporation, Santa . Monica, Calif., made the study to Rkp see if there is any truth in the rnmon belief that there is no Iloc ets i~re salary discrimination in athletics. The study, not yet completed, con- 'black coach centrated on baseball. Another goal was to determine if there were any discrimination DENVER, Colo. P)-The Denver in salary once a black ballplayer Rockets of the American Basket- reached the major leagues and be- ball Association tapped John Mc- came a superstar. Lendon Jr., a veteran of 30 years "There is nothing to support this of cage coaching, as their new point," said Rapping. "Black and head coach yesterday. white superstars are paid com- He signed a two-year contract Imesnurate with their ability." with an option for renewal, but The salary study included data salary terms were not, disclosed., reported by newspapers on 14 McLendon is the first Negro coach pitchers and 29 nonpitchers in the in the two-year-old ABA. In 1959 superstar category, mostly from he became the first Negro to coach the San Francisco Giants, St. a major integrated basketball team Louis Cardinals, New York Yan- when he guided the Cleveland kees and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pipers in the National Industrial batting and fielding averages in- Basketball League., eluded the 784 players in the ma- T he 52-year-fold McLendon, jors in 1968. sharp-featured and with glittering Superstar pitchers, said Rap- dark eyes, succeeds Bob Bass, who ping, received a mean 1968 salary resigned earlier this year to be- of $51,400, while nonpitchers were come cage coach at Texas Tech. paid an average of $48,400. The McLendon expressed pleasure mean salary for all baseball play- that the rockets have signed their ers was $22,000, he said. No. 1 draft choice, Bob Presley, Rapping also said that black and said he is impressed with baseball players were called on other players on the roster. for fewer speaking engagements, "The ABA plays good basket- during the off-season than whites, ball and it will get better," he that they get fewer chances to said at a news conference. "It endorse products and there are plays a more wide-open game and few blacks who are coaches, man- coaches have an opportunity to agers or executives in baseball. put in their own styles of play." There are more black players McLendon began his coaching in the American League. In the carrer at Lawrence, Kan., Memo- National League, Atlanta has the rial High School while still a stu- highest percentage of blacks, 37, dent at Kansas University, where per cent, and Chicago the lowest, he got his degree in 1936. 14 per cent, while in the American He was an assistant for three League Minnesota has the highest, years and head coach for 12 at 26 per cent, and California the North Carolina College, then went lowest, 6 per cent. to Hampton, Va., Institute for two The percentage of blacks, ex- years. 'eluding Latin Americans, has risen home. ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS-Paul home. "Blair chased home five runs with Hoerner came in with a count two homers and a single while the of two balls and no strikes on Len Baltimore Orioles survived a five- Gabrielson, runners at first and Tun Minnesota rally in the eighth third and one out in the seventh, for a 9-8 victory last night. Andy Kosco batted for Gabrielson and drew a walk, loading the Blair cracked a two-run homer, bases, but then Hoerner retired No. 7 of the seaspnf, in a five-run the next two batters, leaving the Oriole uprising in the second in- three runners stranded. ning and followed with a solo A walk and Curt Flood's safe shot, No. 8, in his next at-bat in bunt set up the Cards' two runs the fourth. t t Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct. Baltimore 23 12 .657 Boston 20 11 .645 xWashington 17 17 .500 Detroit 14 16 .467 xNew York 12 21 .364 Cleveland 6 21 .222 West Division Minnesota 19 10 .655 Oakland 20 11 .645 Chicago 13 12 .520 Kansas City 15 16 .484 xSeattle 13 17 .433 xCalifornia 10 18 .357 x-late games not included GB 51 5ri 1 13 4 5 8% Chicago Pittsbur New Yo St. Loui Philadel Montrea NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pc 23 11 .6 rgh 17 15 .5: rk 15 17 .4b is 14 18 .4y [phia 12 17 .4 at 11 19 3f t. GB 76 - 31 5 69 7 38 8 14 8Y2 67 10 77 - 94 2i/ 81 3 , 64 6 17 8Y2, 61 10% * ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS-Connie Hawkins played out his option with the Minnesota Pipers the past season and is free to sign with another American Basketball Association team. However, Pipers' president Bill Erickson said he was sure Hawk- ins would play for his team again next season. Erickson explained that the 6-foot-8 star signed a $30,000 contract the past season without the option clause, to protect himself in pending litigation by Hawkins against the National Basketball Association. The $6 million suit charges the older league with monopoly and deprivation of Hawkins' right to earn a living. Hawkins was barred from the NBA for alleged connections with gamblers while in college at Iowa. * * * * i SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Giants' owner Horace Stoneham believes baseball should do away with its draft rule and return to the high-bidding days of the past. "A quick review of the situation would show that we are hurting ourselves with the draft rule," Stoneham told San Francisco sports editor Roger Williams. "The clubs near the top in the standings are always drafting anywhere from 20th to 24th in rotation." Stoneham said, "I'd like to go back to the old way. Let it be every man for himself." 0 DETROIT-The Chicago' White Sox obtained second baseman Bobby Knoop from the California Angels yesterday' in a straight player trade for infielder Santos "Sandy" Alomar and pitcher Bob Priddy. Knoop, 30, is regarded as one of the American League's top fielders. He is hitting at a .179 clip with 12 hits in 687 at bats. * * * a 0 BALTIMORE-A field of eight 3-year-olds, headed by razor- sharp Arts and Letters and finely-tuned Majestic Prince was firming up Wednesday for the Preakness after trainer Henry Forrest decided against running Calcumet Farm's Best Turn. Forrest, who saddled Mike Ford's Kauai King to win the 1966 Preakness, had said he might enter Best Turn in Saturday's renewal after the colt finished a good second to 4-year-old Vitrolic in a one- mile race Tuesday at Aqueduct. But the veteran conditioner then decided there was not enough time between races and said Best Turn would skip the 1 3/16 mile Preakness, West Division Atlanta 21 10 San Francisco 19 13 Los Angeles 18 13 Cincinnati 15 16, San Diego 15 21 Houston 13 23 .6 .59 .5E .4E .4 .36 Yesterday's Results Chicago 6, Detroit 0 Baltimore 9, Minnesota 8 Boston 2, Oakland I Cleveland 3, Kansas City 2, 11 innings New York at Seattle, inc. Washington at California, inc. Today's Games Cleveland at Kansas City, night Baltimore at Minnesota, night Chicago at Detroit, night Only games scheduled Yesterday's Results New York 9, Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 2 Houston 3, Montreal 1 s St. Louis 2, Los Angeles I Chicago 3, San Diego 2 San Francisco 3, Pittsburgh 0 j Today's Games Atlanta at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia, night ' Only games scheduled 1 t f Y s 41 % a a T ~ .Y}; "ti'ti'::Tv'- jSS ry"2,fi j t Y. ' . , a :. .. :...:". a j ' t . ! ! t poi 5 {w .. . f "+Mf J .. .. ...