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Show Pa HERALD, Prevo, HE lull. Wednesday. August 15, tfTJ 7ie Spor s Question Box i-- by Murray Olderman 5i Utah Stars ink College Standout Swivei-Cleate- -- 77e tipott: Or Davit hat Strange thing (bout the revelation that been consorting with Jimmy the Greek is that the columnist who broke the story has beea collaborating for a couple of years on a book with the Las Vegas odds ind former. Commissioner Pete RozeUe hasa't bothered Al about it, so far. Oak-San- 1'kea and wkere did ant racer Jackie Stewi .1 begin kit career? Elite Doria Jr., Brownsville, Tel. Q Around Dumbarton near Glasgow, Scotland, IS yean A ago there was a driver named A.N. OQr in club events a faint diguise for a local kid namet Jackie Stewart, wboe his parents objected to a racing career. It was enough that older brother John was a driver. Jackie emerged as himself :n the Rand Grand Pru in South Afnc. his first Formula 1 competition, in I'M, when be was 25 years old. His first victory was the Italian Grnd Pru a year later. This July, he broke the late Jim Clam's Grand Pru record by winning his 26th, the Dutch Grand Prix. - Wtirk of the major sports is currently the most rp-fa- r Q with tae spectators? I wenld assame that attendance Richrecords would be the most obtainable information. Calif. ard Sticksey, Uma Linda, A For the last ft years, a man named Leo Waldoaum has been collecting attendance records. For 1972, the figures were: horse racing 74,015,395 (15,590.021 for thoroughbred, 21 425 367 for harness): football 43.025.559 : baseball 38.-t,basketball 34,441,704; hockey 17.8S1.W5. For auto, there is no accural count, the estimate U 45 where racing, million. These figures don't include high school basketball and football. Waldbaum's research is also a little He's the advertising director for Triable, which publishes the Daily Racing Form. For socialogical impact, I pick pro football as the most popular sport today. What about Wilt the Stilt and his business partnership Q with Jameh McDougall, supposedly a convicted gambler? Doesn't the NBA clearly state that they don't wish their players and personnel dealing with gamblers, bookies and Carol Mahan, Borger, Te. mobsters? A Mrs. Mahan gets her info from a current Reader's Digest piece by George Denison. Denison confronted Commissioner Walter Kennedy of U.e NBA with his charge last November that McDougall, a partner in Wilt's Smalls Para-d's- e in Harlem, had been convicted a number of times. Kennedy huddled with Chamberlain, who said the New York City Liquor Authority would not have issued a license to McDougall if the allegations were true. Kennedy, touchy about the matter, says only, "I want to be very careful about this. Investigation by this office failed to verify Denison's allegation." McDougall was fined $50 on a policy running rap 14 years ago and also was convicted for a speeding violation. n, - w J 75-1- 2 won-Jos- v at A f ' ' , y Y . - ;I j1 C- - - Southwestern Louisiana spanning 87 games b aver&ged 122 boards while scoring at a 19.3 dtp. He. pocsesses a fine shooting rye as evidenced by a career shooting percentage of .579. His best year was as a when he sophomore in 1971-7averaged 23 0 points and 14 2 rebounds and shot .610 from the field the first cleat, we have beea having knee-joiinjuriefC said Dr. Bruce Camecon. who's performed more than 1. 000 knee operations. "We've improved upon all the football injuries but those." Cameron, a staff member at the Baylor CUIege of Medicine, has developed a shoe to eliminate designed torque or the twisting effect-t- hat produces thousands of ankle-kne- e injuries each year. "Cleats are very unnatural; you're not supposed to have that." Omeron said in an interview. "We've been engineers for 100 million years and when you change the design, you have problems." r s swivel-cleate- O Ebron'i complete collegiate statistical performance follows B77I 971-7- mn TOTALS C . lit ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, Dr. Brnce Cameron points to differences la the newly imiii football shoe, left, developed swivel-cleand the football shoe currently In use today, M-A- BStltZ 9 Ml S67UI 411 I0WI21 tfl ta sis right. The "swivel" was developed by Dr. Cameron to help reduce painful knee Injuries which plague ball players. at u j feels like any other shoe, but it is safer." With the controversy over artificial versus natural turf being debated in athletic circles. Cameron said his research showed the main cause of injuries was related to the twisting effect of the knee the weakest body joint. weight-bearin- ii m " ii d "It's simply a turntable that 3C0 degrees; it is not freespnning." Cameron said. "It spins ' w ' 7 it , A Got o answer this summons. Roberts was fatally inin the World "600" at Charlotte, N.C., in 1964 when his stock Ford hit the inside wall on the backstretch and caught fire. He died of injuries in July, about five weeks later. Fire Ball's real first name was Glenn. J V Where can I get a signed picture of Willie Mays, Q Hank Aaron and Johnny I'nitas. Also do yon think that David George Pox, Clyde will make it? P.S., I love your column. Laredo, Tex. A Are all Texans so Impetuous, George? The only way to get sigwd pictures is by writing to the publicity directors of the players' respective clubs. Funny you should ask about young Clyde, the bonus sensation of the Texas Rangers. When they signed him for that $100,000 bonus ($85,000 plus a college education), Manager Whitey Herzog really wanted to send him out to the minors for seasoning. But owner Bob Short saw dollar signs in quick exposure. And already he's pulled in enough people to pay off the investment. As he matures, his fast ball not overpowering should improve. He's got one other asset. He'll be going to Texas A&M to become a sportswriter. Of Babe Ruth's 714 home runs, how many were bounQ cers into the bleachers before the kale was changed to a e hit? If this rule bad been in effect in the old days, would not Hank Aaron be the home run champ by now? Sam Moyer, Allentown, Pa. A Nobody knows because no accurate count was kept on two-bas- bouncers before the rule change in 1931. But those who the Babe, like Dan Danie! of the old New York don't believe he hit more than a couple of bouncers. Most of his homers were towering sky shots. n I el World-Telegra- What does It mean when a sports announcer says the Q wouldbie (spelling?) tackier or wouldbie runner. I'm not exactly clear on that word, wouldbie? Jay Benatar, age 14. Oakland, Calif. A Sometimes, Jay, neither are Howard or Curt, Chris or Dandy. Tbey mean the "would-be- " tackier or runner, the guy who was designed to make the play. 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The proper position for the volley is halfway between the service line and the net. The player will not stroke the ball; he will punch it. There is no backswing as in a ground-strokThe volley starts just at the side of the body and it steps forward (and sideways) very much resembles a boxwith his right foot ing jab. J foot. On the backhand, he Sale 4.99 Save 2.34 Reg. 7.33 JCPenney heavy duty shock absorber. Great choice to replace our orIgin.il equipment shocks. a ExCerDted from "The Rvik ane and Cornel Lumiere. nf Tinni" JCPenney auto center hu fi 1965 by Grosset II) ENTERPRISE ASSN ) wliinrc nf UWM Tn;. Ounlap. All rights reserved. II-- .., Penneyi Shock Absorber Guarantee. a Penneys Heavy Dirty Shock falls after installation by a Penney Auto Center, due to defective materials or workmanship or wear-owhile the original purchaser owns the car, just contact us and a Penney specialist will replace the defective Heavy Duty Shock at no extra charge. If ut good volley. (NEWSPAPER 2.22 Heavy Duty Shocks r Readiness, balance and a short punch are keys to a (Next. Vo.'y " Whitewalls only 2.10 more per tire. e. The beginner should step toward the ball just before the hit. If the bail is coming to his forehand, he steps forward and sideways with his left Plus ted. tax Save I Size Orem University Mail We know what you're looking for. Sale prices effective through Saturday. Auto Center Hours 8 a.m. til 9 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m. til 6 p.m. Mon.-Fr- i. v ', aine-lnnin- jured g "After extensive "surgery, it was determined that torque was injuring these-- boys and we decided to relieve that," he said. More than 20 years of research To do that we put in a torsion and development went into the joint, a simple thing that any design of the shoe. Models are mechanic knows." : SEASON - Has there ever been a first baseman In the big Q g Frank leagues play a game without a putout? Bur cola, Sacramento, Calif. A Have there ever! Eleven first basemen are listed as having gone through a complete game without a putout most recently, Frank Robinson with Baltimore In 1971. And five of them had neither a putout nor an assist. All such trivia and records are bound into the Book of Baseball Records, which you can get by sending $4 95 to Elias Sports Bureau, 11 W. 42nd St., New York, N Y. 10036 (includes postage and handling). Oh yes, the above was on pages 39 and 40. To settle an argument, please give the place of the Q accident, the year and also the automobile that the Ute and great Fire Ball Roberts was driving In a NASCAR race. -Sgt. Gus Newell, Police Department, Mobile, Ala. " ' considered one of the top offensive reboundVrs in the country. During his three-yea- r career available fir all sports requiring B JAMES L OVERTON An cieated shoes in a price range of HOUSTON tlPll orthopedic surgeon thinks a new $to$5.hesakl. swivel-cleate- d Currently under production in shoe he's developed can help reduce the United States and Europe, has a movable painful knee injuries plaguing the "swiveler" ball players since cleats were metal disc with cleats strmg out introduced at the turn of the around the pen meter The swivel deal requires about five pounds century. "Ever since that man nailed on of pressure to make a full turn. C en have record, found himself without a team to play for in his upcoming senior season when the Ragin' Cajuns were rapped wilt the toughest probation ever meted out by the NCAA I'SL for two years cannot have a basketball program. A robust 21 year-olEnron is three 'JSL teams coupled a r A -1 Stars, A has been announced by general manager Arnie Fernn Ebron. a mainstay on the past Ai Shoe May Help Reduce Injuries K i Roy Ebron, a 1 1. 225 pound center from Southwestern Louisiana I'ruvtrsity. has signed as a free agent with the Utah d Tl |
