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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1978
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many. Hall, who is the current
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pion, tied Brad Blair’s school
with his 17-0 vault. Hall’s vault
was also an AAU meet record.
■ Bill Galloway, former assistant
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nen’s softball coach, according
re man if o Kay Don, Assistant Athletic
izophrenk Director for Women,
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calmlyris Indiana University with
s laterals >achelor’s degree in social
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For the past two years, Gallo
way has been assistant softball
coach at Indiana. Prior to that he
coached in the Women’s
Amateur Softball Association and
guided Elkhart to the state title
in 1976. He also coached men’s
basketball from 1970-73 and
women’s basketball from 1973-
76, Galloway played on the
men’s Indiana state softball
championship teams 1973-75.
He is currently commissioner of
youth softball for the state of
Indiana.
“We are extremely pleased to
have a person of Bill Galloway’s
caliber join our staff, ” Don said.
“He has a great deal of experi
ence working with softball and
has gained a reputation as an ex- ;
cellent coach and an aggressive 1
promoter of the sport.”
Galloway’s duties begin Sept.
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Texas A&M swimming coach
Dennis Fosdick has announced
the signing of two swimmers to
letters-of-intent.
Rick Ranzau is a junior college
transfer from San Jose (Calif.)
City College. He earned All-
America honors on the sprint
freestyle relay and also swims
middle distance freestyle. Mark
Holley is a freshman for North
Miami Beach, Fla. He swims the
breaststroke and butterfly and
earned All-America honors in
water polo.
Profile g£ a manager under pressure
Martin says health comes second
United Press International
NEW YORK — A little more than
six weeks ago, Billy Martin was in
volved in an episode that never
reached the public print.
The reason it didn’t was because
he made sure the whole thing was
kept inside the clubhouse, solely
between him and Yankees’ trainer,
Gene Monahan.
Martin wouldn’t go into any of the
details, even after owner George
Steinbrenner and President Al
Rosen issued a statement before
Monday night’s game with the Red
Sox saying his job was safe for the
rest of the season.
The date was last May 16 and the
Yankees were playing the White Sox
a night game in Chicago. Im
mediately after the contest, they
were to catch a plane for Cleveland
where they were scheduled to meet
the Indians the following evening.
Martin had been battling a cold
for more than a week and had de
veloped congestion in his chest. He
looked pale and haggard and was
running a fever.
The discomfort in his chest
reached such a point that Monahan
took an unusual step in the middle
of the ball game. He called for a
physician to come to the Yankees’
clubhouse between innings, and
after a brief examination the inter
nist put his stethescope back in his
little black bag and said to Martin:
“You’d better check into the hos
pital here as soon as you can. I ll
make arrangements for you to be
admitted right away through
emergency. I think it’s best we run
some tests on you.”
“I can’t do that,” Martin said.
“What about your health?”
“At this time,” said Martin, “that
has to come second.
Nixon visits Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. (UPI) —
Former President Richard M.
Nixon and son-in-law David
Eisenhower sat in Gene Autry’s pri
vate box at Anaheim Stadium
Monday night rooting for the
California Angels in a nationally
televised baseball game.
It was the first time Nixon at
tended a sporting event since he left
the White House in 1974.
ow to lose successfully
■ Losing.
| I’ve been putting off talking about
[They say that conceding to a tie is
Jout as much fun as kissing your
[ter. Where does that leave los-
icr wasfflB^ Losing must be as much fun as
a third your sister’s house shoe.
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Sports.
In order to be a successful loser,
you must first learn to relax totally.
Be at ease with yourself and your
surroundings. You need not exert
much effort to lose. Take a lawn
chair and a six-pack with you to the
outfield.
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a losing team. With a 0-10 rec-
"ord, we re the most consistent team
Ithe league. Oh, we re having fun,
but, well, let me put it this way: In
(he human drama of athletic compe
tition, we must certainly be a
eshow.
[People would have us believe that
are to accept losing graciously,
ell, after 10 evenings of grace, I’m
|ady to be an ungracious winner.
It is with this in mind that I ad-
ess myself specifically to the other
lams in our league, but I think
ere is a message here for all the
Inners in the world. Dallas Cow-
|)ys, Steve Cauthen, listen up.
Having become somewhat of an
|pert on losing, I feel qualified to
jstruct all you winners in the grace-
nd he u part of losing. Call it the Veinko
rdge sol' pgatej course in the Agony of De
fat, if you will. Bogatej, for those
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Next, and this is very basic, keep
your scoring to a minimum. How do
you expect to lose if you continue to
score points? This holds true for all
sports. Keep the number of home-
runs down, try to ease up on the
touchdown passes and absolutely no
baskets at the buzzer.
Pop-ups are a must if you intend
to lose at softball. Other things you
might try to enhance your oppo
nents’ chances of victory include hit
ting into as many double plays as
possible and throwing the ball past
your first baseman as many times as
you can.
Of course, there are other things
that can be done, like wearing your
glove on the wrong hand or batting
with your eyes closed. But these are
rather obvious, and the whole pur
pose of losing is to make the other
team feel good. Don’t make them
feel as though they are accepting
charity.
So come on, winners. Give the
losers of the world a chance. Go out
and lose one for the Gipper.
Landry rewarded
United Press International
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The co
veted figurine of a knight in armor
raising his sword will be presented
to Dallas Cowboys head coach Tom
Landry today by Kiwanis Interna
tional in the second day of its con
vention.
It’s only the 12th time the group’s
international decency award will be
given.
Landry was chosen because of his
efforts to enhance and dramatize the
Kiwanis ideal of cleanliness and de
cency in communications. For the
past three years, Landry has served
as trustee chairman for the Fellow
ship of Christian Athletes.
Last year’s decency award went to
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
More than 15,000 Kiwanians are
attending the convention, which
runs through Wednesday.
The former chief executive sat in
the third row alongside Autry,
owner of the Angels, and was
shielded from the crowd’s view. A
bright yellow tarp was erected be
tween Autry’s box and the press
box.
“Lm delighted to be here,” Nixon
said in a pre-game interview. “The
last time I was here was in 1973 on
opening day. I hope it’s a good
omen. Nolan Ryan pitched and won
that game.”
Nixon reminisced about one of his
favorite events during his presi
dency.
“One of the finest occasions we
had at the White House, and there
were many fine times, was when we
had all the participants of the Hall of
Fame and the widows,” he said.
“The one that impressed me the
most was the widow of Lou Gehrig.
She saw through great adversity.
Eleanor is a great lady.”
Nixon, whose San Clemente es
tate is in Orange County, considers
the Angels his home team. He said
he follows the games regularly on
radio.
When asked which player he ad
mired most, Nixon responded:
“I wouldn’t want to be the
catcher. It’s difficult to be in a squat.
“The toughest position to be in is
catcher. Bill Dickey (of the Yankees)
over the years was one of the best.
Another who ought to be in the Hall
of Fame is Ernie Lombardi (of the
Cincinnati Reds). Thurman Munson
would have to rate very high.
“The greatest hitter I saw was Ted
Williams. Sandy Koufax was the
greatest pitcher. It was a privilege
to be in Yankee Stadium when he
broke the strikeout record on the
last out. We all went bananas.”
The Angels only hope this season,
Nixon said, was in outfielder Joe
Rudi.
“Let me say this about Rudi. Al
though he hasn’t hit well (. 197 this
season), he has saved some games in
the field. He will be the glue to get
this team back together if he gets his
swing back.”
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To this day, Martin hasn’t gone
back to to see a doctor although his
color still isn’t what it should be,
and with season not yet half over, he
looks so haggard and fatigued that
he seems as if he has just been put
through a wringer.
He perked up a bit before
Monday night’s game with the Red
Sox at Yankee Stadium after the
endorsement from Steinbrenner
and Rosen.
“Feel relieved? someone asked
Martin.
“No,” he answered slowly. “I’m
happy about it, though. I was get
ting tired of all the questions. Is this
the Big One? Is this the one you
have to win?’ It gets old after
awhile. Every game is a big one.
You have to win every one. Now,
we have to scratch and claw until
everybody gets healthy. This is the
first time I ever managed a ball club
without my center fielder, shortstop
and second baseman. The first time
ever.”
“What about your pitching?”
“That’s right, my pitching, too,”
Martin said. “I forgot about that.”
Eventually, the game was ready
to start.
When Boston Manager Don
Zimmer hopped out of the dugout to
present the Red Sox lineup to the
umpires, Martin came out of the
other dugout and as soon as he
THERE JS A
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emerged, he was given a noisy,
whistling standing ovation by the
capacity crowd of 52,424. The Yan
kee manager’s features broke into a
big grin, and he tipped his cap three
times in obvious appreciation.
“We re eight-and-a-half games in
front and no one told me I’m gonna
manage the rest of the year,” Zim
mer kidded Martin when they met
at home plate.
The fans were still cheering him,
and Zimmer, suddenly growing se
rious, raised his voice so he could be
heard above the din.
“It’s a shame what you had to go
through, Billy,” he said. “Honest to
God it is. ”
Martin kept listening to the con
tinuing ovation for him and his face
glowed.
“This is worth all of it, ” he said to
Zimmer.
Three hours later, Martin was
depressed again. The Red Sox had
beaten the Yankees, 41, to increase
their lead to 9V2 games.
Later, in the Yankee clubhouse,
Martin looked as if he had aged five
years in those three hours.
“There’s still time,” he said, wear
ily. “We’ve got all of July, August
and September left.”
Asked how he felt about the ova
tion he had received, Martin an
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tingle all over, he said.
“Did the defeat sort of sour the
evening for you?” a radio man in
quired, belaboring the obvious.
“I’m never happy when we lose,”
Martin answered him.
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