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Show November Sunday Lfl. IS. THL HERALD Provo I Mets' New Chairman of Board Is Baseball's Mystery Woman - NEW YORK (UP! Lonnda de Roulti ttMiy be baseball s mystery woman at the moment but the le ership qualities inherent with her social background should carry the message that she is now totaily in charge of the New York Meis M Donald Grant, villified bv Met fans after he traded three-tim- e Cy I announcement about Mr Grant was made at our stockholders meeting earher this month and every reporter in town has been calling ever since " De Rojlet was anxious to make one thine clear she is not the owner of the Mets Charles Shipman My father Payson is the majority stockholder she explained When mother Joan Payson died dad gave my two sisters and me eight percent each of the shares He is 80 years old and has left the running of the team to me My sisters do not wish any part of it It seems I'm the only baseball fan in the family ." De Roulet has the inevitable butterflies as she prepares for the winter baseball meetings in Orlando Fla in two weeks I don t want to become overconshe admitted I'll have to fident, grow into the job And I'll have help from 'General Manager Joe McDonald. Manager Joe Torre and (Vice President Jim Thomson But when thev say the buck stops here this means me I welcome the challenge I think it s exciting and I ve been studying the player rules to make ure I m caught up with the game I'm aware there's a lot that don t know about baseball had a lovely chat with National League President Chub Feenev on the telephone He said good luck and announced he would be glad to help anv time I called on him I ve received hundreds of calls and cables from tons of flowers and people meet on the stre ' wish me luck 11 have to get up an hour earlier each day now and report to my office at Shea Stadium My life may have been a routine in the past but I m sure there will be many late hours reading scouting reports and discussing players with my staff De Roulet say s the fact sne s a woman is not of paramount importance People she has met in baseball always have been friendly and I imagine they' ll treat me as an equal owner and business associate " Then with a deep giggle she muses, but I - Young Award winner Tom Seaver to Cincinnati in 1977 is stepping down as chairman of the board and de Roulet has stepped forward to assume full responsibility for running the club There has to be somebody who has the final authority." said the de Roulet The final decisions, however, will be made in consultation with the board and the Mets' staff." E)e Roulet isn't sure if she'll succeed Grant as chairperson or retain her title as president of the team One thing is certain, though; one of these posts will be vacant when she makes up her mind "The full impact of running the Mets is just beginning to settle in." she said The headlines hit me the dav after the wonder how thev II handle including me with the other owners at their stag din ners ' IV Roulet is baseball 1 s second high ranking woman executive Jean Yawkey took over as head of the Boston Red Sox las; vear when her husband Tom died bui the club is run by HavwiHXi Sullivan 1 As chief executive officer of the Mets de Roulet says there will be no changes in club policy with the exception that she intends loosening the purse strings a bit and going after some of the big name free agents notably Pete Bose who amazed a career 300 batting average with Cincinnati well-wisher- s 1 1 re going to follow up actively on all our draft choices she said I've looked over the list of players we now have and there s a nucleus of a good team If we can gain strength at a few key positions and everyone plays to his terests were solely in thoroughbred racing Before the death of her hus band former New York Racing ( ommissioner Vincent de Roulet three ears ago at the age of 50 she was an active member of the horse set with the de Roulet owned Shelter Rock Stables thusiastic about Mummv's status we 11 do even thing we ran to help says reports her WATTS LUMBER m mm m mm MS We ' 15 daughters Whitney and Bebe forced her into taking over the Mets are si ightlv erroneous It was mv idea M decision was that when I was good and ready to become that actively involved I d do it There was no true moment o! decision I had graduallv been getting myself ready for the assignment Whitney says she and her sister both of whom work in the Mets public relations office are pleased and en After he died she didn t feel like devoting as much time to the sport Baseball she sighs, will take up five times as much of my time as horse racing De Boulet tah-- Pe f mm a HO! HO! HO! I don t see why the Mets potential can't be a c ontender in 1979 " There was a time when her sports in Three ways to be Indiana State Star Losing Fear of Reporters " he said with a shooting sly grin Another asked which NBA team Bird would like the play for "Probably the one with he the most money, deadpanned Still another asked why the aggressive Bird didn't foul out more often. "No defense," he quiparound looking for interviews, but at a recent ses- ped sion with reporters from Finally, someone asked Missouri Valley who Bird thought was the Conference cities, the best shooter in the Vallanky, country kid from ley southern Indiana was a "Robert Gunn of State.' Bird big hit. The forward, replied immediately. considered by many the "Because I was guarding top college player in the him. I know from exnation, seemed relaxed perience." DES PI Iowa MOINES. - Forget those stories about Indiana State basketball star Larry Bird being afraid of reporters and unable to mutter anything but "Yes," "No" and an occasional "I guess so " Bird is not yet at the point where he goes I way. the Sycamores comrecord and piled a 23-reached the NIT quarterfinals Bird possesses a radarlike shooting touch, but he's not your ordinary college gunner of the school and big-tim- e As a passer, he has been compared to Rick Barry and last year Bird handed out 125 assists, the second highest figure on the team He led the team in steals and blocked shots. Such a player would delight any coach, but Indiana State's Bill Hodges jokes that it also puts him under the gun "The monkey is on my back," said Hodges, the the room with his one-liner- s. put single-handedl- y In- lessons, let alone 11.5 don't. I botched it " points and 30 rebounds Bird said I came back for Coach He gave me a King chance If I owed to anybody, anything it a IS YOUR RETIREMENT 30 YEARS OFF? PLAN FOR IT NOW, VIY2 yTOiiT OR YOU COULD LOSE 1 Bird plaj knows the work pays off He hits the jumper drives the lane and baseline throws up an occasional hook and muscles his way inside s for i tip-in- 1 "I don t care how bad a shooter you are, if you practice, you'll hit.'' Bird said as if conducting a clinic "After practice. I spend maybe 45 to 50 minutes shooting after everyone else has gone. When you're real tired, Haven't you done without a Toro long enough? that 's when it helps you. "I shot all the time when I was a little kid. That's how you do i You just have to keep putting it up." 115 UNDO Count on it that Larry Bird will be putting up a few this year. 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Bird might have been receive his degree on playing in the NBA now if schedule this spring after a semester of student he had not met King. The "Blond Bomber" teaching as he is called around Shooting also occupies Terre Haute was eligible a good portion of his time for the NBA draft last and anvone who has seen ball fans He started at game. Indiana University, but With Bird leading the was scared off by the size averaging "I don't even study my 1 recuperating the The story of how Bird diana State sampling: reporter asked national basketball landed at Indiana State is he was a student limelight last year, familiar to most basket- One Bird if of shooting. Believe or not. I don t owe anybodv ;hink developed a special affection for King, who is in A 1 King anything. 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