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I Page 8 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1960 Dionne Warwick says: “Get your blood into circulation.” Call Red Cross now for a blood donor appointment. A Puttc Serve* d Ttw Mew<»p*r l Th* AO arewng C<xrx* All’s attorney calls suit ‘frivolous’ United Press International NEW ORLEANS — Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali’s attorney said Monday a $20 million slander suit accusing the boxing star of spouting racial insults against two promoters of his 1978 Superdome fight was frivolous. “This was a frivolous lawsuit at its inception and it’s frivolous now,” attorney Jack Martzell said in his opening argument before an all-white jury of four women and two men. “(The defendants) were actively seeking pub licity and were in a sense making a mountain out of a mole hill, ” Martzell said. Martzell said a report that Ali called the promo ters “white Dagos” was false. The suit was filed by Philip Ciaccio, a city councilman, and Jake DiMaggio, two of the four partners in a New Orleans group that helped sponsor the September 1978 fight in which Ali regained the title from Leon Spinks. DiMaggio and Ciaccio, both white, said Ali slandered them at a news conference after a dispute arose between them and their black partners, Sherman Copeland and Don Hubbard. DiMaggio and Ciaccio initially filed separate $10 million suits, but they were consolidated for trial before U.S. District Judge Morey Sear. Ali, who signed autographs in the lobby of the federal courthouse, spoke only to his attorneys and sat at the defense table scribbling notes. He kept his back to DiMaggio and Ciaccio. Attorney William Wessel, representing DiMaggio and Ciaccio, said he would present at least a dozen newspaper and television reports that would prove Ali vilified his clients. “The remarks were such that the plaintiffs suf fered public ridicule, general embarrassment and affected their reputations,” Wessel said. Martzell said Ali did not know DiMaggio and Ciaccio and any racial remarks were not intended as insults against them. He also said because the promoters actively sought publicity, they would have a greater burden to prove that they were slandered. Sear ruled he would allow newspaper articles of the news conference to be entered into evidence. However, he delayed a ruling on whether to allow the jury to view a videotape of portions of the news conference. Ali’s attorneys said the edited version of the news conference unfairly portrayed Ali’s remarks. “I’ve been in court more than anybody else,” Ali said as he arrived in a limousine accompanied by a motorcycle police escort. "I’ve been in court 12 times.” The jury was selected in less than one hour but Sear said attorneys estimated the case could last for four to five days. Reflections by Richard Oliver mUNMUP “ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED” PRE-LEASING FOR SUMMER AND FALL SEMESTERS Furnished & Unfurnished On Shuttlebus Route Efficiency, 1, 2, & 3 Two Beautiful Swimming Pools Bedroom Apartments Tennis Courts (Lighted) 24 Hr. Professional Maintenance Party/Meeting Room with Sundeck Health S P a8 - lnclu ding Saunas for Families Welcome Men & Women Pets permitted Three Laundry Rooms Lighted Basketball/Volleyball Court Rental office open Monday through Friday 9-5 Saturday 10-5 Sunday 2-5 693-1110 1501 Hwy. 30 .693-1011 Texas team loses in tourney United Press International JACKSON, Miss. — A youth soc cer team from Atlanta defeated North Texas 1-0 in overtime Sunday to win the Boys 19-and-under Divi sion in the Southern regional of the McGuire Cup Tournament. Kevin Fouser scored the winning team for Georgia, which now adv ances to Omaha, Neb., June 20 for the nationals. In the finals of the Girls 19and- under division, North Texas defe ated South Texas 11-0 in regional competition for the National Cup. The competition was part of the United States Youth Soccer Associa tion Southern Regional Tourna ment. Some 73 teams from 11 states competed in the three-day tourna ment. SNOOPY Sends His Best The PEANUTS gang sends your good wishes with Hallmark cards for all occasions. Seminole resident wins big at Ruidoso Downs United Press International RUIDOSO DOWNS, N.M. — Jim McGehee of Seminole has struck it rich twice before in New Mexico, but his third bonanza ranks as the biggest of them all at Ruidoso Downs. | yesterday 's PEANUTS Characters: Copr. © 1952, 1958 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Text © 1979 Hallmark Cards, Inc. Petal Patch FLORIST 707 SHOPPING VILLAGE 696-6713 S' ff Open Daily' llam-12midqight I llam-lam Sat. 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In a Big Q pool, the winner must pick the first and second place finishers in two consecutive races, normally the two final races of the day. “I didn’t think I’d wind up with the only winning ticket,” McGehee said. “I thought there’d be five or six of them.” Sunday’s success marked the third time McGehee, a regular Ruidoso Downs patron, has cashed in big payoffs at New Mexico tracks. He said several years ago he hit two Big Q payoffs at Sunland Park, the first for “about $11,000’’ and the second “around $10,000.” McGehee wagered $200 on Sun day’s Big Q and had 10 live tickets going into the second half. Oldsmobile Cadillac Honda SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment’ 2401 Texas Ave. 779-3516 S.F. stumbles through 1980 “You know, baseball is so great, I don’t know why we get paid. Isn’t this fun?” Jim Lefebvre, first base coach for the San Francisco Giants, glanced quizzically at me. Lefebvre, a sandy-haired, handsome man who made his fame as a player with the Los Angeles Dodgers during the sixties, was sweatiM heavily after pitching twenty minutes of batting practice before Satur- day night’s game against the Houston Astros. “I enjoy baseball,” he said. “It’s a lot of fun.” It’s hard to imagine baseball being fun for the Giants this season After promising years in 1977 and 1978, the team has skidded to last place this season so far with a 21-31 record. “We’re having our problems,” Lefebvre mused. “We don’t have speed. You need speed to win. Speed and pitching.” We watched as the giant Giant, Willie McCovey, slammed a pitch off the right field Astrodome fence, 340 feet away. “Hitting isn’t everything,” Lefebvre noted, echoing my thoughts McCovey checked his swing, sending the baseball a mere 330 feet down the left field line. “Speed and pitching are the key,” Lefebvre repeated. “Defenseis also important, but you have defense if you have speed. You’ve got to have speed to be able to make the plays on the field. “Also, if you have the pitching, you don’t have to score runs. Hitting just isn’t that important, pitching is much more important.” Lefebvre should know. In 1966 he played for a Dodger team that batted a team average .230 most of the season, but managed to win the World Series behind a pitching staff that gave the opposing teams only 2.62 runs a game. “That year, we were playing teams like the Giants who had McCovey, Mays and other great hitters,” he said, “but we still beat them, because we were a good pitching team and fast as hell. “We went into the Series with (Sandy) Koufax (27-9), (Don) Drysdale (13-16), and Claude Osteen (17-14), and a fast lineup and won the thing.” Jack Clark, the Giants’ star outfielder, slammed a practice pitch into the left field seats. Lefebvre grimaced at the mention of the Giants’ 1980 record. “Well, we’re slow as anything,” he said. “It’ll take some changes to get us going.” Lefebvre noted that the St. Louis Cardinals, who currently lead the National League in team batting with a .281 average, are mired in last place in the Eastern division. “The Cardinals as a team are batting higher than our top guy (Clark, .279), and they’re in last place,” he said. Lefebvre said the Western division race will be between three teams: Houston, Los Angeles and Cincinnati. “Sure, Houston can win it,” he said. “They can play their own park. They’re hard to beat here. And they’re pitching is hard to hit. When a guy gives up only three hits and strike out 13 batters, who needs runs?” Lefebvre was referring to Astro ace J. R. Richard, who Friday blank ed the Giants on a three-hitter, 3-0. Giants outfielder Bill North came over and threw in a few com ments. “Damn, when you’ve got four pitchers like they (Houston) have, you don t have to hit home runs,” he said. “Besides, no one else hits home runs here. The air’s dead.” North jogged into the batting cage to hit a few. After managing to slap two offive pitches into right field, he cursed to himself and pitched his bat. I asked him if he thought San Francisco could improve enough to make a good showing this season. “No way,” he said, shaking his head. “There’s got to be some changes ... a lot of changes. Three clubs have a chance to win it. You all (Houston) don’t need hitting. People complain about hitting, but whatever the Astros are doing, it works.” Whatever the Giants are doing, it’s not working. 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