The Michigan Daily-Friday, April 17, 1981-Page 15 Fish Tales fRE TIITIE SAVERS By MARK FISCHER Loyalty loss licked Rome... ... major league baseball next WRITE FOR FREE MAILERS OR ENCLOSE YOUR FILM OR COLOR NEGATIVES IN ANY ENVELOPE AND MAIL TO: OYALTY. Without it, certain things fall apart. Over a thousand years ago, the Roman Empire fell apart largely because it was no longer being defended by loyal citizens, but rather by paid or enslaved mer- cenaries who really didn't give a damn. Given a choice between risking their necks against bloodthirsty Barbarians or stepping aside to witness the fall of an empire they really didn't have much to do with _in the first place, the mercenaries chose the latter. They would rather switch than fight. Today, major league baseball is gradually falling apart as well, largely because many of its players would rather switch than earn less than one, two, or three hun- dred thousand dollars a year. Oh, the sport's doing fine, for now. Attendance figures have been going up steadily over the last decade, in fact. Then again, the fat hedonists in Rome were also doing fine, gorging themselves with sex, food and booze (not necessarily in that order) until the end, as well. But sooner or later, the fans aren't going to waste either their time or shrinking dollars supporting teams which change radically in personnel from year to year. For it has come to the point wheretmoney seems to be the single most important criterion to a player - much more important than returning the loyalty, the devotion even, of a team's fans by staying with that team and trying to help it to a championship. Because of this, it's becoming harder and harder to be a fan. How can you continue to be loyal to a team whose players don't seem to know you exist the minute a little long green is flashed before their eyes? Take ie, for instance. Having lived in the heart of Boston for the last eight years, I'm aRed Sox-fan - or at least I was. Over the winter, however, as I saw players like Fred Lynn, Carlton Fisk, and Rick Burleson leave for greener pastures, I became disheartened - with those players, with the Sox, and with baseball in general. I mean, those guys were my heroes, my demigods. I stood behind them and cheered their every move ever 'since they came into the league, not just because they were talented, once-classy ballplayers, but-because they were Red Sdx. They represented my town, and every year the town and I felt closer to them for it. But then they took off, just like that, without even a word of "Thanks" or "I'm sorry" to the fans who had supported them like loving parents support their children. It's like a slap in the face. Sure, we've still got big Jim Ed Rice, a demigod in his own right. But how can we give of ourselves as fans to him and the rest of the Sox when we potentially face the same kind of thankless rejection when their contracts run out? Some people, including Marvin Miller and the rest of the Players' Association, argue that the players - who may go on strike May 28 - are people, too; they have as much right as anyone else to grab all they can.pThat argument would stand fine with me if the players weren't grabbing at the expense of the fans. Who is the game played for, anyway? A smattering of selfish in- dividuals (including the owners), or all of America's people? After all, it is "America's sport," isn't it? Perhaps it won't be for long. Perhaps the time will come when it will be the fans, not players, who go on strike: Gal Ti Yo ar( W Yo u'l s is dli i 'Kllod~ ak ay /bra g oslook. Iloway Photo Lab P.O. Box 1457 erre Haute, Indiana 47808 ur time savers e ready hen you are. save gas and time when your processing ered by mail.. butbest of all, you'll save amories and the fun with quality color sing by Galloway. Galloway mailers are the sy way to have your films processed. All is your address and a stamp. 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BE SURE TO ADD 509 FXTRA PER ROLL ~1 F' -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- SPOR TS OF THE DAILY: 'M' netters roll, 9-0 Special to the Daily EAST LANSING - The Michigan men's tennis team raised its record to 11-4 yesterday with a 9-0 whitewash of Michigan State. The netters were without the services of All-American Matt Horwitch, suffering from an ankle injury. s First singles player Michael Leach won his 15th straight match, defeating MSU's Matt Sandler, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. It was one of the few matches this year in which Leach has been extended to three sets before finishing off his opponent. MARK MEES BREEZED past the Spartans' Scott King, t6-2; 6-1, at ruri ber two, while Ross Laser defeated Steve Yorimoto at third singles, 7-5, 6-1. At fourth singles, Tom Haney, and fif- th singles player Ihor Debryn had easy times disposing of their respective MSU opponents. Haney dumped Jordy Asher, 6-2, 6-4, while Debryn beat Jeff Wickman, 6-3,6-2. Rodd Schreiber made his debut at sixth singles and won a hard-fought three-set match. Schreiber defeated Francisco Amaya, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. LEACH TEAMED WITH Debryn, rather than his usual partner Horwitch, to down Sandler and King, 6-2, 6-4, at first doubles. Haney and Laser topped Yorimoto and Amaya, 6-4, 6-1, while Mees and Dan McLaughlin completed the rout with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Wick- roan and John LaParl. Horwitch suffered his ankle sprain earlier this year, before Michigan's :match against Florida State. The injury flared up again yesterday, so coach Brian Eisner "decided to keep him Qut." The victory was Michigan's 27th con- secutive Big Ten win and raised its con- "f erence record for the season to 5-0. The -netters next play on Monday, when they face Miami of Ohio on the varsity tennis courts outside of the Track and Tennis Building. Un-Bear-able law MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A bill clearing the way for University of Alabama football Coach Paul "Bear" Bryan to continue coaching beyond the mandatory state retirement age of 70 was passed yesterday by the Alabama Senate. IM SCORES WEDNESDAY Volleyball Number of Games Won Co-Recreational Class A Playoffs CoRection 2, D.I.R.T. 0 h e S Class B Playoffs Shootzie Scores 2, Thieme Machine 0 Some senators questioned if the bill, which now goes to the House, would allow University of Alabama trustees to exempt any employee from the man- datory retirement law. But sponsors of the measure said it was intended to ap- ply only to Bryant, who will be 68 this September. STATE SEN. Ted Little of Auburn asked if one of the bill's advocates,, state Sen. Ryan deGraffenried of Tuscaloosa, would support legislation giving similar exemptions to other coaches around the state. DeGraffenried replied that he would "if they win 300 football games and win the national championship four or five times." Louis mourned LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP)-Hundreds of mourners began filing past Joe Louis' coffin yesterday to pay their final respects to the former heavyweight boxing champion who helped raise American spirits during the dark days of World War II. Louis, lying in an open casket inside a boxing ring in the sports pavillion at Caesars Palace, will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday by order of President keagan. Some walked quickly by the open casket; others paused, gazing at the Brown Bomber. Some wiped their eyes as they passed by. The public was able to view Louis' body all day. Among the pallbearers at the memorial service, where the eulogy will be delivered by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, will be World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, former world heavyweightnchampion Muhammad Ali, entertainer Frank Sinatra, boxing promoter Don King, Caesars Palace president Harry Wald and family friends, William S. Wein- berger Sr., Abe Margulies and Ben Rogers. 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