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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCT. 24, 1975
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Associated Press
EXICO CITY — U.S. athletes
e Pan American Games have
n kicked and slugged, insulted
spat upon, hooted and jeered.
We have made known our con-
to the head of the Mexican or-
lizing committee, but he has not
in fit to take any action,” said Col.
Miller, executive director of
441-member American team
peting in their hemispheric
pionships in 19 sports,
newsman who has covered five
[the six previous Pan Am Games
there has never before been the
d of anti-American attitude
l ■ich is being expressed in Mexico,
lir ^finding the 1955 Games in
ixico City. He said there had
n some resentment and occa-
lal booing, most of it because the
lited States has always won two
three times as many medals as
^ other country.
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Cuba athletes and some Mexican
fans at the Games. Cuba has made
an all-out effort here — both athleti
cally and through attempts to emo
tionally bother American athletes
— to make a good showing and thus
embarrass the United States.
“At least part of it is the natural
and normal reaction of Mexican
sports crowds,” said one American
who has studied Mexican crowds
and Mexican people for a decade.
“Another part involves the under
dog aspect, rooting for the little guy
against the big guy.”
However, a number of incidents
go beyond that explanation.
Water polo player Jim Ferguson,
of San Jose, Calif., got a black eye
and a cut cheek and Eric Lindroth,
of Newport Beach, Calif., required
10 stitches to close a split lip after a
brawl during a game with Cuba that
left the water stained red. The U.S.
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coach said none of his players threw
a punch. The United States won the
game 3-1.
Race walker Larry Young of Col
umbia, Mo., was closing in on the
two leading Mexicans when the
course of the 20 kilometer walk took
the leaders through the University
of Mexico. Young said rowdy Mexi
can students grabbed his shirt, spit
on him and held him until the even
tual winner and runner-up were
well in front. He finished third.
Jennifer Chandler of Lincoln,
Ala., only 16-years-old, was
punished with a roaring cascade of
cat-calls, hoots and whistles — the
Latin American equivalent of bo
oing — as she started to make the
ninth of 10 dives in springboard div
ing.
She was so shaken she had to walk
away from the board, returned and
make a poor dive. The crowd action
was so unnerving the judges
awarded Miss Chandler a rare sec
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tually won, teams streaming down
her face.
Although this may have been the
most bitter example, jeering, hoot
ing and whistling have become
commonplace at the introduction of
and competition by American
athletes who traditionally dominate
these quadriennial games. In this
year’s two-week games, the Ameri
cans have now more than doubled
the medal-total of their nearest ri
val, Cuba.
Athletes from other nations have
not escaped the ire and indignation
of the Mexican fans when their favo
rites fail.
Canadians have received their
share of derisive whistling. Police
had to be called to quell a distur
bance that reached near-riot prop
ortions when a Cuban athlete re
ceived three penalties and was au
tomatically disqualified in a judo
final against a Canadian.
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Cincinnati celebrates
after Reds victory
Associated Press
CINCINNATI — “No matter
what happens after this, I don’t
know if anything can top winning
the Series,” Johnny Bench said to
the more than 25,000 people who
were drawn to the city center
Thursday to celebrate the Cincin
nati Reds World Series triumph in
the warm Indian Summer sunshine.
“Even if we win it again, they say
the first time is always the
sweetest.”
Bench, like most of those on
Fountain Square, a traditional spot
for such gatherings, had only read
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has drawn over two million fans to
Riverfront Stadium for the past
three years.
The Reds captured the Series the
hard way, beating the Boston Red
Sox in seven games after they had
breezed through the regular season
and National League playoff com
petition.
The fans, like many of the vete
rans, had been frustrated in the past
by their failure to win the big one —
the World Series. They failed to
take the World Series in 1970 and
1972 and stumbled against the New
York Mets in the 1973 National
League playoffs.
“When I came here it was a dis
appointment that I couldn’t bring
the championship here the first
year,” said Joe Morgan, after draw
ing one of the largest ovations from
the crowd. “It was certainly worth
the wait.” Morgan’s ninth-inning
RBI single Wednesday night gave
the Reds a 4-3 victory.
For Pete Rose, brought up in
Cincinnati, and a man who has said
all season his goal was a World
Series championship, the rally and
parade were almost overwhelming.
Stadning with his wife and two
children, Rose, the most valuable
player in the Series, held up his
hands to speak and then was silent
for a moment.
“It’s been a long time coming for
me, he finally said. “It really feels
great to be here and bring the
championship back where it be
longs.”
By TONY GALLUCCI
Battalion Sports Editor
Well, you can never satisfy all the
fans, all the players and all the
coaches. So I have devised a way to
settle matters of opinion. After
every game simply return to this
column and make a selection from
the following list according to the
way they played:
a) Super play, defense immova
ble, offense unstoppable,
could beat Ohio State with
ease.
b) Offense outstanding, no sput
tering, no fumbles, no mis-
cues. Anybody who played
could have gained 100-yards.
Defense mediocre, tackles
missed, unnecessary yardage
given up.
c) Defense outstanding, could’ve
held Kiick, and Csonka in
Miami’s heyday. Offense less
than sparkling, gave away
more yards than gained.
d) Entire game mediocre, boring
to watch, nothing exciting.
e) Terrible game, showed our
worth as a bottom ten team,
lucky to escape with embar
rassing win or well we had to
lose one sooner or later
(scratch one).
f) Who gives a damn, we won.
g) 67-0! Bah, should’ve had three
times that much.
h) 67-0! Should’ve given them a
break, imagine running up the
score like that on poor defense
less
I have a despicable situation to
explain here, mostly for the benefit
of the Aggie players. I am very
superstitious. I carry lucky coins,
make wishes, sleep right until game
time with regularity, am usually
plastered the night before etc., etc.
I have one superstition this year that
I picked up from head basketball
coach Shelby Metcalf. I have worn
the same suit to every game this
season including shirt, socks, shoes
etc. I’m even afraid to polish the
shoes. The problem? That suit is
green with gold stripes. I don’t have
a maroon one. Can’t explain that.
But when I go to the dressing room
with congratulations I don t want to
be stuffed into a trash can. Probably
will be anyway.
As lor predictions? I think we are
26 points better than a very formid
able Baylor team which will he visit
ing here tomorrow. There is a prob
lem though. I will predict 13-0. Not
a lack of confidence. It’s just that I
think 13 points will come from each
the offense and defense. If the de
fense could always score on its in
terceptions etc., it might work out
26-0, but usually the offense takes
over and completes the task. There
is no such thing as negative scores.
I’d like to see 13 to -13: I’ll have to
be content with a shutout and let the
stats show the difference. Besides,
the Ags started with a shutout, gave
up scores in two games, then had a
shutout and then two more games
with scores against the defense.
Looks like they’re about due for
another blanker.
Spurs spooked
by Colonels
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Coach
Boh Bass of the San Antonio, Tex.,
Spurs said he would prefer a team
other than the Kentucky Colonels
for his club s American Basketball
Association season opener Friday
night.
Assistant Coach Rudy Davalos
told Bass after a scouting mission
last week “Kentucky has by far the
best talent in the ABA . . . from
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San Antonio finished 5-3 for the
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Bass said the 'exhibition season
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“I think we are ready to play some
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San Antonio had a four-day break
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Kentucky got a good hit of the
Spur s concentration.
“If you can get them in a running
game you can do all right,” said
Bass.
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Former Spurs stars Swen Nater
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Kim Hughes, a Spurs draft choice
traded to New York for Paultz as
well, could see action Saturday also.
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