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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1968)
. . V - • . . . . • ■ Page 8 College Station, Texas Thursday, October 24, 1968 THE BATTALION Battle-Scarred Olympics Rocked By Reports Of Payoffi MEXICO CITY OP>—The 1968 Olympics, already plagued by black power demonstrations, were rocked again Wednesday by dis closure that officials were inves tigating reports of payoffs to athletes in return for the use of equipment at the Mexico City games. “Indications that payoffs have been made to athletes of virtually all countries,” said Dan Ferris, 79-year-old secretary emeritus of the U.S. Amateur Athletic Union and newly-elected member of the powerful Council of the Interna tional Amateur Athletic Federa tion. Ferris estimated that the pay offs range from $500 to $6,000 and added, “The matter is being thoroughly investigated. The in vestigation centers around those athletes who did not see fit to notify their superiors of the pay ments.” Ferris said he understood the matter first was brought to light when an athlete told his officials of a payoff by a company, and turned the money back. The acting executive director of the U. S. Olympic Committee, Everett Barnes, said his execu tive board was investigating the reports. If a medal-winning athlete were found to have accepted money, his name could be deleted from the record books and his medals taken away. Such was the case with Jim Thorpe, America’s famed decath lon winner in 1912. Thorpe was stripped of his medals because he was reported to have played semiprofessional baseball before his participation in the Olympics. A similar stir over equipment arose at the winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, when skiers appeared with skis bearing brand names. The athletes were order ed to have all brand names paint ed over on the threat of disquali fication. The reports of the equipment scandal came on the heels of the black power demonstrations that previously rocked the Olympics. Two U.S. track stars, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, were sus pended and sent home after a demonstration on the victory stand. Meanwhile, the American team, which until Wednesday had tak en all but two of its Games-lead- ing 29 gold medals in track and field and swimming-diving com petition, scrambled for prizes in other events. Bill Steinkraus, a 43-year-old Olympic equestrian veteran, led the way with a gold medal-win ning performance in the individ ual horse jumping contest. The Noroton, Conn., book editor, com peting in his fifth Olympics, roJi Snowbound to victory over tin 17-jump course, finishing wilt four penalty points. The Olympic championship has. ketball game between the UniW States and Yugoslavia Frida; night will be telecast live to 4 United States by the America Broadcasting Company startiii at 11 p.m. EDT, it was announce Wednesday. I VO] c F W£ ReSepvfe Twe flieur TO UM(T QUANTITY PURCHASES! in esc prices ocjo&efk lA-'is-tejsee SH0KTENIN 3& CccKSHACK UMlT % WiTM OTHEfl PURCHASE THIS COUPON WORTH ssrrz I0O FREE WITH PUflCHASS or oS MCflt ^CUJPlNe TOBACCO PftoOUCTS. AT &RYAN PI00UY WieSUY ONLY/ expires:OCT 'L6 { \9£& EARNED SAVING STAMPS Mill p Kji THIS IS IN ADDITION TO YOUR REGULARLY EARNED I We G/ve Double stamps TUESDAY WITH H’&CR IW3RE PURCHASE NOtl CAW PEPEWP Cpl pioeiv WeetY^ FRESH,FIAVORFUL meats/" • * % Maryland CAN sum «cM9 * Coffee HAM HOCKS) lOMPORKCNOH Limit 1 With $5.00 Purchase Excluding Beer & Cigarettes ^FoR SfeAScrMG ‘6. CsHTeR Ob' SiG SAVipiss...with piastv wieetY's best ppoouce! 1 ruSets 8*30 FAMILY PACK TENHessra Fap/v\ , puremswsAft! INTP B& EACOnI TEXAS NAVAL r- ^ ORANGES Lb 15 FRESH COCONUT ?9 C OCEAN SPRAY ^ CRANBERRIES Lb. Pkg. 39 c • • 2 Lbs. ms- EAST TEXAS SWEET POTATOES 29' LHVMT©, , ^ PL£AS£ rbt CM Cmatis ■rdyatec SOUP ^HoCuJs it 'fa 4 V MEUORIHB J Jfe CPACKEPS 19' '^uNeouce^i?'40t UMlTl\ fVFASe / ' z&< r. Th pviewing lost it( ients .Wish h ther sey. The ,cor Co’T lonsored Solym Georf iddlebro- sllahan, >liver, ca LARRY ommittei plan; mce a ft< wel The dar Ilians a 1.50 per (irmitory lin their presii The ba feed Soi "'orable l 'd Schill Duncan lavid dday & a % Clo Ph. High ’aco-Kii “1th 10-1 Native I " HFALTH k Be/XUTY ADS ASPIRIN TABLETS %£4>%-4S cf?* FRAloF BAND extt-tm /r&t/ss WiS TtCtfMAnc io-ctpm& Mk ~~ \\ SUf OHS RDTATOE5 ISSS ikZQt NAPKINS Jfh. DRINKS RDPCORN VAlO RUB V #e£or J i.Y*39'r | V-tA\R TOi\ {5bUTH lew MOST MO«RM SUPER MARHET...S£RVCE €a ^ATlS’pACT/ON GfUARMTfED 1 ATRpSEc couBSesiKt «8RVAN,TE)l« S? la fc