Page 12 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1979
Kings crown Begzos GM
United Press International
KANSAS CITY — John Begzos,
who helped lead the San Antonio
Spurs to National Basketball Associ
ation success both on the floor and
at the gate, Tuesday was named
:executive vice president and gen
eral manager of the ailing Kansas
City Kings.
Begzos, 37, who replaced outgo
ing president and general manager
Joe Axelson, will assume his duties
Sept. 1.
“The key is to win, but to win
while we have fun,” he told an af
ternoon news conference. “Were
going to have fun. And we re going
to have a winner.”
Begzos will be only the fourth
general manager in the Kings’ 30-
year history. He inherits a club
which last season won the Midwest
ern Division championship — their
first in 27 years — but ranked only
11th in attendance in the 22-team
league.
The club reportedly lost $160,000
because of the low attendance. And
after the Kemper Arena — the
team s home court — collapsed dur
ing a wind and rain storm, rumors
circulated that the Kings might be
calling another city home for the
1979-80 season.
But the city agreed to waive rent,
staffing charges and the user fee at
Municipal Auditorium, which only
seats 9,300, and the Kings an
nounced they would remain
through the coming season despite a
probable loss of up to $500,000 be
cause of the limited seating.
Begzos said the loss of Kemper
was only “a momentary problem.”
“When it’s back up, and it will be
soon, it will be great for us and the
city,” he said.
Begzos said his primary concern
would be increasing attendance at
Kings’ games.
“We re going to be aggressive
getting them (crowds) into the
building. We’re going to put people
in the building. We are going to
entertain them. We are going to
send them home happy.”
Begzos began his association with
professional sports in 1971 as office
United Press International
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — J.V.
Cain’s teammates filed quietly into
the meeting room at football train
ing camp.
Their solemn demeanor con
trasted sharply with the noise,
laughter and horseplay that nor
mally accompanies such gatherings.
Tbe players and staff of the St.
Louis Cardinals were stunned by
Cain’s death Sunday night, two
hours after he collapsed at team
practice.
Doctors at first attributed the
death to a heart attack but an au
topsy Monday ruled that out.
“We found no indications of a
heart attack,” St. Charles County
Coroner Joseph Mueller said. “As of
now the findings are inconclusive.”
“This thing could get complicated
now with him being an athlete. We
don’t know if heat and exertion were
factors. We have to keep testing and
hope we come up with something
definite, but it could take several
weeks.”
Emerging from the closed team
meeting, most players were too sha
ken to talk. Rookie Jerry Holloway,
drafted as a backup to Cain at tight
end, said there was talk of retiring
Cain’s jersey. No. 88, and of players
wearing black armbands at games
this season.
Running back Wayne Morris told
reporters, “I would like to person
ally dedicate the season to J.V.”
The 6-foot-4 Cain was the Cardi
nals’ No. 1 draft choice in 1974 out
of the University of Colorado. His
leaping, one-hand touchdown
catches helped make him the Car
dinal rookie of the year and earned
him the starter’s role midway
through the 1975 season.
A torn Achilles tendon in training
camp last year forced Cain to sit out
the Cardinals’ dismal 6-10 season.
Wilkinson hoped Cain’s return
would make the Cardinals winners
again.
“J.V. was one of the things we
looked forward to this season,” said
Joe Sullivan, vice president for op
erations. “He was one of the lead
ers. Everybody looked up to him.
Now new leaders must take over.”
Cain’s closest friend on the team,
defensive tackle Charlie Davis, said
Cain appeared to be in good health
and spirits Sunday, his 28th birth
day.
“I was with him all day,” Davis
said. “I talked to him about his
birthday and how we were going to
celebrate at training camp. Then
suddenly this happens.”
Davis flew to Houston Sunday
night in a plane chartered by the
Cardinals to bring Cain’s widow,
Jeanne, to St. Louis.
Wilkinson said Cain was running
“a simple pass pattern.” At play’s
end, he turned, took two steps back
toward the huddle and collapsed.
Team trainer John Omohundro
rushed to Cain and applied mouth-
to-mouth resuscitation and team
physician Bernard Garfinkel used
cardio-support equipment to help
the athlete regain his breathing on
the practice field of the Lindenwood
Colleges.
Cain was taken to St. Joseph
Hospital, where he died in the
emergency room.
manager of the Oklahoma City AAA
baseball franchise. He then moved
to San Antonio as general manager
of the A A baseball club.
His ability to put customers in the
ball park was noticed by the San An
tonio Spurs, which at the time were
even having trouble drawing the
players’ families to games.
In 1973 he was named sales man
ager. A year later he became the
Spurs’ general manager.
That first year the Spurs averaged
6,000 a game, a considerable jump
in attendance from the previous sea
son. During the 1977-78 season
when the HemisFair Arena still
held only 10,000, the Spurs aver
aged 9,100 per game.
Last season the Spurs averaged
almost 12,000 per game in the ex
panded arena.
“Over the past two months our
selection committee interviewed a
number of strong candidates, both
in and out of the NBA, and John
Begzos was our unanimous selec
tion,” said Kings managing director
Paul Rosenberg. “Begzos’ dynamic
approach to sales, promotions and
customer goodwill ensure our con
tinued progress toward building the
strongest NBA franchise possible.”
“There are only 22 general man
ager jobs in the NBA and this is one
of the best,” Begzos said about his
leaving the Spurs, which lost in the
semifinals of the NBA playoffs to the
Washington Bullets.
“I actively sought this job. I
sought the Kings out. They didn’t
seek me.
“As far as San Antonio is con
cerned, I will always have a warm
spot in my heart for the fans and the
team. They gave me the start in a
sport that I truly enjoy.
“But San Antonio has been able to
hold salaries down. Contracts are
running out. And we re not getting
any younger.
“And this (the Kings) is a team on
the rise. ”
Astros pound Cubs, 6-1
United Press International
HOUSTON — Ken Forsch
pitched a four-hitter and Julio Gon
zalez rapped a two-run double
Tuesday night to lead the Houston
Astros to a 6-1 victory over the
Chicago Cubs.
Ken Forsch, 6-6, at one point re
tired 16 consecutive batters before
pinch-hitter Ken Henderson hit his
first home run of the year with the
two out in the eighth.
A fielding error by Cubs
shortstop Ivan Dejesus on a possi
ble double-play ground ball by Alan
Ashby with runners on first and
third bases and one out in the fourth
inning allowed Enos Cabell to score
the Astros’ second run. Forsch then
reached base on a fielder’s choice
and Gonzalez drove on Ashby and
Forsch with his double down the
left-field line.
seventh when Terry
reached on an error, seoreJ
double-play. Dennis Larap j"
sorbed the loss.
Forsch put down a suicide
squeeze bunt in the sixth to score
the Astros’ fifth run after Jeff
Leonard, who collected three sing
les, and Art Howe singled to open
the inning. Jose Cruz infield single
in the first drove in a run and the
Astros added an unearned run in the
'The win allowed the AsIrosJ
five games ahead of secomjj
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played under protest by theij
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Reds left the field for 341
while umpires and managJ
cussed a play in which thefi
retired the side while the Pita
gued they had not.
Cain’s death
still a mystery
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