Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, October 23, 1970 Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, October 23, 1970 ~ - -- I BOOK SALE EVERYTHING IN STORE REDUCED 20% OFF LIST ON NEW 50% OFF LIST ON USED Come in and browse. Get required books for the rest of the term Sale lasts until October 23 STUDGNT BOOK SQRVICG 1215 S. UNIVERSITY Athlete snubs anthem, causes furor '1 The Every MONDAY: Football Night, color TV happy hour prices Every TUESDAY:. Apple Wine Night-reduced prices Bluegrass entertainment WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 BLUES NIGHT with Bob Golenthal's Blues Band THURSDAY, OCT..22 LEAVES OF GRASS 9:30-1 :30-Women half prices FRIDAY, OCT. 23 LEAVES OF GRASS 9:30-1 :30 SATURDAY, OCT. 24 LEAVES OF GRASS 9:30-1 :30 HAPPY HOUR 5-7-reduced prices t By RICK CORNFELD A high school football player who refused to take off his hel- met for the national anthem has created an uproar in a Chicago suburb. Forrest Byram, a senior at Niles North in Skokie, Ill., w a s kicked off the team for being "a disruptive influence", accord- ing to coach David McCarrell. A local controversy was created when Byram attempted to be reinstated on the team and the superintendent of the school district and the school principal supported him. The superintendent, Dr. Wes- ley Gibbs, ordered McCarrell to take Byram back. The coach re- fused, jeopardizing his job, and the public and his fellow coach- es and teachers rose to his de- fense. The controversy raged for a week and a half, until, because of threats against his parents, Byram dropped the case. Byram first left his helmet on during the pre-game playing of the national anthem at t h e start of last year. But, he said, "nobody noticed until the next to last game when somebody saw it and told the coaches. "The major factor in my action was the war, but also the collusion between big business and the government," said By- ram, who could not respect the anthem of a country whose poli- cies he finds so objectionable. Even before that, however, according to McCarrell, Byram had been a "disruptive influ- ence." Frosty, as his friends call him, did not attend practice on October 15 because of the Viet- nam Moratorium. For that "act of insubordination", McCarrell said, Byram was not allowed to dress for the following game. For all practical purposes, that did not mean anything, for Byram was not getting into any of the games last year any- way. "I was a tackle and I just figured the other players were better than me. We had a pretty good senior line last year," he said. But Frosty did play in the junior varsity games. When it came time to receive his letter, political considerations inter- fered again. "At the awards banquet," he said, "I wore a black armband." For that the coach decided not to give Byram the junior var- sity letter he had earned. Before the first game this year on September 19, "he was warned not to dress for the game if he could not comply with the rules," McCarrell said. Frosty did not comply with the rules. He left his helmet on. But he did get into the game for three plays on the kickoff team. The following Monday Fros- ty was off the team. "T h e y kicked me off very subtly," he said. "When I came to prac- tice Monday, they had chang- ed the lock on my locker." For all that, however, Mc- Carrell maintains that Byram's keeping his helmet on was not the reason for his dismissal. "We felt the perpetual act of -4 i insubordination, plus the fact of the disruptive influence he had on the team was the reason for removing him." The coach used as justifica- tion a rule in the area coaches' handbook "that the coach in- struct players in the proper behavior toward the national anthem," the coach said. "People said I was disrup- tive," Byram said, "but t h e y couldn't name one incident when I was." The coach said, "I didn't say this particular act (of leaving the helmet on) was disruptive. It was disruptive to the team. The players felt he should take it off. These were part of the team rules." The other members of the team wrote a letter to the superin- tendent supporting the coach. Ted Phelus, team co-captain and student council president, said, "It is a disruptive action when you break a training rule. We had voted to leave politics off the football field. "Personally, I could ignore it, but when I say disruptive I mean a broad thing Discipline is needed to coach a team. Where could the coach draw the line?" If the act of keeping his hel- met on wasn't the specific rea-. son for Frosty's dismissal, what was? What else had Byram done that was disruptive? "There were a couple of cases of fights with other team mem- bers," the coach said. Co-captain Phelus denies that. "It's pretty hard to remove all friction from the football field," he said, "but Frosty wasn't hard to get along with. A week after his dismissal Byram appealed to superinten- dent Gibbs. Both Dr. Gibbs and the principal, Dr. Gilbert Weldy, consulted legal counsel. Dr. Gibbs said, "I indicated to the coach that he'd violated the boy's constitutional rights. Had he removed him for things like the player's ability or for being uncooperative, I would not have interfered." Dr. Gibbs put in writing his request that Byram be rein- stated. Three days later he re- ceived McCarrell's refusal. Dr. Gibbs then demanded that Mc- Carrell reinstate the player, threatening to fire him if he did not. By this time the matter h a d become more than just a team affair. It had become a public issue. The newspapers and televis- ion stations picked up the story, and, said Dr. Gibbs, "the re- sponse from the public was over- whelming. I received more let- ters on this subject than I ever had on anything else, almost all in favor of the coach. From the letters, you would think I was a Communist." The other coaches at Niles North announced that if Mc- Carrell was fired, they would all resign. The coaches at other high schools in the area an- nounced that they, too, support- ed MCarrell, as did the Teach- er's Union at Niles North. "In all my 15 years as a high school principal, I don't believe I ever took a more unpopular position," Dr. Weldy said. But the most hostile attacks were directed toward Byram, "I Delta Sim Delta Dental Fraternity OPEN TG FRI. OCT. 23 6-9 P.M. 1502 HILL ST. -I "They kicked me off very subtly. When I came to practice Monday, they had changed the lock on my locker. People said I was dis- ruptive, but they couldn't name one incident when I was." team, he still wanted to be re- however. Many citizens are still instated. angry over the incident.At the "I wanted back on the team regular meeting of the Niles as a matter of principle," he Board of Education this Mon- said. "Rumor had it that if I day, groups of citizens are ex- were back on I might just get pected to make statements and hurt. I didn't think anybody demand that the Board take ac- would do it. They're basically tion on student rights. pretty good guys." And what has become of But finally, mainly because of Frosty Byram? He is now a threats against his parents, member of the band and plays Frosty backed down. On Octob- the national anthem before each er 9, he announced that he had game. "I play it as a piece of dropped efforts to be reinstat- music", he said. "As a musician, ed. The school administration I play a piece of music." Kapp gt $400,000 pact;" gesSkaff named Tiger coach By The Associated Press 0 BOSTON - Joe Kapp, the itinerant quarterback with the hel- ium-filled passes, has a contract with the Boston Patriots that guar- antees him almost $400,000 over the next three years. The Associated Press learned yesterday. Under terms of the contract with the Patriots, who signed him as a free agent after he played out his option with Minnesota, Kapp will be paid $130,000 per year over a three-year period on a no-cut pact that guarantees him the money. There also is a performance clause that could bring him addi- tional money, lifting his total package to the $400,000 level. 4 DETROIT - Frank Skaff, who managed the Detroit Tigers for half the 1966 season, was named first' base coach yesterday to round out the staff of new manager Billy Martin. Meanwhile, pitching coach Mike Roarke, then last holdover from Manager Mayo Smith's staff, was appointed manager of the Tigers' Toledo farm club of the International League. * BUENOS AIRES - Oscar Bonavena, the heavyweight con- tender from Argentina, said yesterday he has signed to meet the win- ner of the Muhammad Ali-Jerry Quarry fight. Bonavena, ranked as the No. 1 contender by the World Boxing Association, said his fight would be held in December. He didn't say where. " OXFORD, Miss. - Ole Miss football Coach John Vaught was reported in good condition and resting comfortably yesterday after suffering a mild heart attack earlier this week. A university spokesman said Vaught was in good spirits but would remain hospitalized for an undetermined period. He was stricken Tuesday night with a "mild angina attack" and will miss Saturday's game against Vanderbilt at Nashville, Tenn. don't care about getting nasty letters," said Frosty, who re- ceived eight or nine letters and 15 to 20 phone calls a day at the peak. "It just bothers me when people don't sign their names. "I think it's ridiculous that it caused so much trouble." But even though it was made quite apparent that almost no- body wanted him back on the was disappointed in the affair's ending. "The resolution I'd have pre- ferred " said Dr. Weldy, "was for the coach and all the play- ers to have welcomed him back, but this was not possible. We ran into a complete wall of re- sistancs. It began to appear as if we weren't going to have a team." The matter was not dropped i 41 I Iii ii Hi-Fi Studio YOUR COMPLETE HI-FI SHOP Rapid, Competent, In Premises Service Large pre-selected stock of "Best Buys" i$ DUAL KENWOOD * SHURE * SCOTT o ACOUSTIC RESEARCH o JENSEN 4f. 121 W. 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