THE MICHIGAN Al IL Iuch ~ BY GARY WYNER S Buys Yank Nine ti Not for TiV Time meeting of the American League club owners in ay, the' sale of 80 per cent of the New York Yankee mbia. Broadcasting Co. was approved by an 8-2 vote. otes were recorded by Charles O., Finley, owner of Athletics, and Arthur C. Allyn, owner of the Chicago have opposed the deal since it was revealed about Pew Wins Battle to Save Fencing O'Donnell Gets A As Academic Stai By LLOYD GRAFF The art of fencing conjures an image of brave D'Artagnan, six heartless heavies pursuing him, swinging by one arm from a rococco chandelier high above several bewigged courtiers. The great Louis' are dead, Richelieu is a brand name for noodles, and Three Musketters has nugate for a heart, but fencing lives on. And one who is keeping the. venerable sport alive is Dick Pew, a young psychologist at the Uni- versity. Pew took fourth place for the United States in. the Mel- bourne Olympics in 1950 at his specialty, the epee, and narrowly missed making the team this year at the tryouts in Atlantic City.., Now he's back doing research on perceptual motor skills and teach- ing a technical psych course, but still working out with his epee, a direct descendent of the dueling sword. He is active in the Ann Arbor Fencer's Club where the According to the sale, CBS will. pay $11.2 million for the con- trolling interest of the New York franchise with current owners Dan .Topping and Del Webb holding the remaining outstanding shares. The broadcasting organization takes official control on November 2 and also has a five-year option to purchase the other 20 per cent. for a total package of $14 million. The sale of a baseball club used to receive routine approval by the respective league's owners, but in recent years, the threats of moving the Milwaukee Braves from "Schlitz Town" and Finley's continual overtures to locate the Athletics in a more profitable location, have cast a suspicious eye on such trans- actions, especially from the point of view of the general public and Congress. . The furor generated by this transaction seems to center about. P one basic question-Does the ownership of a major league baseball; team (or for that matter any major sports club) by a company whose major endeavor lies within the communications industry con- stitute a conflict of interest on the part of -that organization in light of the lucrative field of broadcasting sports events? Three Courses of Action' It appears that the dissenters to this transaction have at their disposal only three courses of action. First, members of Congress can begin an anti-trust investigation with the hidden intention of - removing baseball's current exemption - from anti-trust suits and' thus opening the door for such litigation against the Yankees and CBS; second, Finley and Allyn can file a suit in Federal Court in; an effort to enjoin the two organizations from completing the sale; or third, everyone can sit back and wait to see if there redly is. a conflict of interest here. The third path is perhaps the most prudent and responsible one for all concerned. Congressional action or a court stit must reason- ably be based on the fact that there is now(or there is a strong" indication tha$ in the future there will be) some sort of conflict, of interest. If this is not taken into consideration, then Finley and Allyh will merely draw bad publicity to'the sport and Congress will be wasting its time besides encouraging charges .of governmental interference with the common man's leisure time. Currently, there is no conflict of interest. CBS has neverx purported that it has the capabilities of running a baseball team and has therefore strongly hinted that actual decisions con- cerning the future of the Yankees will be exclusively left with 4he current owners.' How, about later when baseball television rights are up for grabs by the networks again? The current publicity concerning the sale has not escaped the good senses of CBS's directors, therefore, in all probability the broadcasting organization will not attempt to pur- chase the television rights, lest they really desire to create a national furor. No, CBS: has made an investment in the New York franchise exclusively, realizing full well that any hints of using this new ownership for influencing television rights would draw Congressional, player and public ire, besides casting an ominous cloud over. the network's image. fnstead of instituting 'action now, let's bide our time to see what happefis. If any conflict of interest does come to the fore, CBS will be feeling the repurcussions many years from now anyhow. M' FENCER GOLF AND HOCKEY: enthusiasts meet to challenge' each other, but not to cut up. Actually, the sport is relatively1 safe because of the protective clothing and blunted weapons. The essentials of fencing are simple. The goal is to touch your opponent with your weapon before he touches you. Three classifica-; tions exist within the realm of fencing; the foil, epee and sabre. In the foil, the torso is the. target. A touch is scored only if the point touches the opponent while on the attack with sufficient, force' to trigger an electrical con-, tact. A match consists of fivea touches or six minutes, which; ever comes first. The sabre event allows anything above the hip, including the head, and face. The blade has a tip and a theoretical cutting edge. Both the tip and side of the blade can score. In the epee, Pew's event, the entire body is the target. Only a touch by the tip is allowed, how-1 ever. Dick Pew started his fencing in 1952, his second year at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.' He never participated in any sports! in high school because of a suspected rheumatic heart con- dition. "I think it was more suspected than real," he says now in retrospect. , Fenced at Cornell "Some good friends of mine at Cornell were fencers. They got. me interested. I decided to give the sport a six months trial. After I started fencing I never .gave a thought to quitting,"' he says. Pew won the Eastern Inter- collegiate Championship and fin- ished second and third in NCAA finals while 'at Cornell. By 1956 he was ready to bid for the Olym- pics. Finishing high in the Olym- pic trials in" the epee he earned a berth.. In Melbourne, Pew went through the long, tiresome epee event, whic lasted two days. Fencing then resting, fencing then; resting, the routine sapped his nervous energy. By the end he had picked up enough points to earn fourth place behind three Italians. Pew thinks the Americans have a solid team for the Tokyo games. Paul Peshty, a Rutgers student, leads the way in the epee, but Gene Hamori, a former Hungarian national probably stands the best chance to take a medal or the U.S. in the sabre according to Pew. Applies Psychology As a psychologist Pew has some ideas about utilizing his fencing experience. He has toyed with constructing a simulator to shape behavior for improving the timing and raising the speed of a fencing' thrust. Fencing is being used in psycho- therapy at Children's Psychiatric Hospital. Psychologists feel that. allowing children to let out ag- gressions with a foil may have some therapeutic value. Fencing remains primarily a sport, however, for the quick and1 healthy. It is not the exciting dueling art that Jose Ferrer im- mortalized as Cyrano de Bergerac, but s sport, for as Pew said with a chuckle, "chandeliers are not standard equipment." Studious Joe O'Donnell has! again received All-Big Ten recog- nition,. The 1963 Michigan Football cap- tain, who was on the 1962 and 1963 All-Big Ten teams, was nam- ed this week to the All-Time All-y Academic Big Ten football team.1 The burly guard appeared on the Big Ten All-Academic squads his junior and senior years. O'Donnell joins an impressive group that includes seven All-Americans. Wisconsin All-American Pat Richter is paired at end with In- diana's Brad Bomba, who starred from 1954-56. Bomba led the Big Ten in pass receiving in 1956 and Richter led the conference in 1961 and 1962. The tackle spots include two All-Americans.. Northwestern's Andy Cvercko was named in 1958 and Bob Hobert of Minnesota. MSU Player Named Carl Nystrom, who was a 1955 Michigan State All-American, is teamed' up with O'Donnell at guard. Iowa's Jerry Hilgenberg centered the 1953 All-American squad and completes the All- Academic line. The Minnesota Viking receiver, Paul Flatley, is the halfback spots afts for Northwestern in 19 Minnesota's two-time can Paul Giel, who wa academic honors in 1 the other halfback spot former major league player. Ex-Wolverine Taylor Chosen M' Manager JOE r WHAT IS MAN? " The Image of Man in Contemporary iterature" * * * Sunday Evenings Baptist Campus Center 6:45-8:15 P.M. 502 East Huron St. Sept. 13- "The Vision of Hell in Modern Literature" Mr. David W. K. Sumner, Teaching Fellow, Department of English Sept: 204- "I. P. Salinger's Man uzd His World" Dr. N. Patrick Murray, Assistant Coordinator, Office of Religious Affairs Sept. 27- Readings from Contemporary Literature Oct..4- "Man in the Theater of the Absurd" Mr. Paul W. 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