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Pro Athletes Set Sights on Monev
By CHUCK POTTER Kanaan Staff Reporter
The world of professional sports has been unsettled in 1973. Muhammad Ali finally has shown signs of slowing down, Howard Cassell of New York and Jeff Kinney politely and the New York Met's, of all people, have desperately grabbed a last-minute chance and won the National League east division races. It seems that one can expect only on anything con- with sports.
Wilt Chamberlain, however, last week reminded sports fans that one aspect of
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Chamberlain's explanation of the switch is utter nonsense.
Chamberlin has been motivated by greed since joining the National Basketball Association in 1959. He has "held out," or delayed signing his contract until the last minute, almost every year in his quest for more and more money. This tactic eventually resulted in Chamberlin being paid $300,000 by the Lakers last year.
Chamberlain announced that he was leaving the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team to play for the San Diego Conquistadors. He said that his plan involved夺回 because of the challenge involved in becoming a player-coach for San Diego.
He has not become a millionaire by accident. Since joining the NBA he has judiciously invested in real estate, content to let his savings multiply slowly.
professional sports never changes; the greed of professional athletes.
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San Diego offered him $600,000 per year for his services, he said, but mainly it was the challenge that interested him. After all, he already is a millionaire.
He has never been accused of playing basketball for sheer love of the game, nor is he ever likely to be. He's simply greedy, and are many of his fellow athletes. And greed is
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It seems inevitable that sports fans will eventually tire of the cycle and decide to spend their money elsewhere. How can this be avoided?
The amount of money available to professional athletes these days is staggering. Nate Archibald, the Kansas City-Omaha Kings recently signed for an extension to the Cleveland Chamberlin's, are typical skyrocketing salaries in the NBA. In baseball, Dick Allen has completed the first year of a 3-year, $825,000 contract. In boxing, George Foreman has signed a deal with Joe Frazier or Muhammad Ali. Foreman does not care which man it is.
Obviously team owners cannot set maximum salary levels for their players. They must provide a system of free enterprise. But owners can appeal to the commissioners of their respective sports to encourage players to be more reasonable. This idea, of course, is not good.
KNOVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Coach Bill Battle cautioned his Tennessee football team Tuesday not to take University of Kansas' air attack too lightly.
back to fans in the form of increasingly expensive tickets.
The list goes on and on. Professional athletes are demanding increasingly large salaries, and team owners are passing the
not a trait restricted to professional
abilities, it may be found in
almost every other profession.
The commissioners would have to prove to the players that unchecked greed would eventually destroy professional sports. The commissioners would be it would be a start in the right direction.
Battle described the Jayhawks' 'air game as being, perhaps, more lethal than Army's, Vol defense for more than 300 yards in a long effort by the Cadets two weekends ago.
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Nurmi, 'Flying Finn', Dies at 76
He was equally popular throughout the world, particularly in America where he ran more than 55 races on a cross-country exhibition tour.
"Nurmi was the giant of long distance runners," said Dan Ferris, former executive head of the American Amateur Athletic Union and the man who arranged the team for the 1984 Olympics, who never forget the 128 Games. He won the 1,500, 5,000 and the cross country—a
HELSINKI (AP)—Pasavo Nurmi, "The Flying Fim" who long distance running exploits in the Golden Twenties made him a legend, die here yesterday at the age of 76.
phenomenal feat."
Nurm's secret was a complete dedication to athletics. During his active years he did little but run—tens of kilometers a day, a mile at a time, face and with a stopwatch in his hand.
He was the iron man of his age, winning nine gold medals in the OLYMPICS from 1976 to 2000, 10 to 100,000
Later he said of himself;
"The biggest mistake I made was that I forgot completely everything except pure running. Even my training suffered from a total lack of sensitivity."
The charge and the ban embittered the Finnish star, who ran professionally for a brief period and then retired to the life of a businessman in his beloved homeland.
However, he remained a national hero. A statue of him was erected in front of the stadium which became the scene of the Olympics in 1952 and he was honored on that occasion by being allowed to light the Olympic flame.
The list of outstanding Tennessee linebackers in recent years reads like a Who's who at the position: Frank Emanuel, Paul Naumoff, Steve Kiner, Jack Reynolds, Jackie Walker, Ray Nettles, Jamie Rotella, Hank Walter.
Vol Linebacker Named AP Lineman of the Week
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"We were very much concerned about Hank's position coming into the season," battle admits. "But he played well in the game and played a near-perfect battle against Auburn."
Through three games, he leads the unbeaten Vols with 46 tackles, six big plays and the Best Hit of the Game award in the opponent against Duke.
He competed in three of the Garnes—1920, 1924, and 1928—and would have made it to a fourth had he not been disqualified just before his death in Angeles on charges of professionalism.
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In winning Lineman of the week honors, Walter beat out linebackers Dick Ambrose of Virginia and Mark Blunt of Oklahoma and Gary Baccus of Oklahoma and Cary Goddess of East Carolina and defensive tackles Ron Utah and Dave Pear of Washington.
In Saturday's key 21-0 Southeastern Conference victory over Abu尔, Walter made 12 solo tackles and 10 assisted stops, recovered a fumble to set up a field goal for the game's first score and ran 38 yards with an intercepted pass for the final touchdown.
meters and even the cross country, an event no longer on the Olympic program.
"He's been our most pleasant surprise," says Coach Bill Battle, "We didn't expect him to play this well."
National College Lineman of the Week by the Associated Press.
How well?
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Hank Walter?
For that performance, the 5-foot-11, 21-
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