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Show Etet ures Me Sunday, March 7, 1976, THE HERALD, Provo, Utah- Page 13 The Sports prope Mean! work practice what, I don't know Question Box, By MurrayOlderman n his 10th NBA season, se t ed$200,000 y rs’ forgotten er I don’t feel good about it to needed a d hesaid. “All forprivate lessons? Our sonis ajunior in high schoolandhas good potential but he has trouble with starting blocks and breathing at times. I feel if he had a little extra help besides his school, he could improve. —Mrs. Robert Baker, Garden Grove, Calif est play ck he and an forward,’ told me I didn’t fit into their of things because they 0 go with rebounding play Cazzie can't rebound. Cazzie doesn’t get along with Kare thing is to coaches didn for awhile Eventually I've Cazzie ing. It would be ow up but I’m ing to put the whole th iB spective and to keep a logica WOODHOUSE a ONCE-A-YEAR a Russell de put I don’t fit don't in t sea e I suffered s second olay po through the 1 Larry O'Brien — which i missioner should act Q. Could you pleasegive us the ame of a goodtrack coach A stima’ with the 1 they wel because | os w Bill SI g y ae with ay labor he's om a crippling The former Mi America is maki (Abdul-Jabbar). 1 wantany hassles t People have bee hat's d okay if that’s what I believe I car If we BIRTHDAY comeearly! some items in limited supply winning, that’s one thing. B a me up from all over the NBA we haven't been West's Largest Ready-to-Finish : Furniture Store! Track coaches don’t make a business lessons but they're usually avail. cup’ TRE of giving pr or consultation area, Jim Bush of UCL, fe of USC are exce at working with sprinters. So is the dean of men at near ta Ana High School, Earl Engman Q. If the Rose Bow! set a record for TV viewers, can you tell me how the Orange, Cotton and Sugar Bowls did? —Helen Pullen, Anaheim, Calif. _ , The Rose Bow! reached 21,300,000 homes, or an estimated 000 viewers. The Or: ange Bowl went into 19,420,000 homes; the Cotton Bow! h 000 1 / ratings were in that registered 11,550,000 homes. hel order, too. Q. Ken McBride was a great pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels about 12-14 years ago. Why the sudden stop in his career? Injury, or what? And wheredoes he live now? — John Keeling, Honolulu, Hawai Armtrouble curtailed the major league career of McBride who was with the Angels from 1961 to 1965, and was finishedat the age of 30. He is currentlyliving in Cleveland, 0. His last big hurrah was winning 13 games for the Angels in 1963, his career high CORRECTION: recent ans that Johnny Neun had pull edoff the last unassistedtriple play in the majors was wrong Pat Frizzell of the Oakland Tribune correctly points out that on July 30, 1968, Ron Hansen, playing shortstop for Washington against Cleveland, got thesideout all by himself on one play. And Pat adds the ironic note that a day or so later Hansen hit a grand slam homerun for the Senators. And a day after that, on August 2, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox. Q,It seems to methat often when teams gointoa ‘'prevent”’ = WINTER TIRE CHANGEOVER & WHEEL BALANCE defense late in the game, the passer for the other teamstarts completing everything in sith It even happened in the Super Bowl with the Steelers. Why don’t they just stay with their normaldefenses? J.K,, Corpus Christi, Tex HAT WE WiLLDO: |[~~ NOTICE: Theidea of the prevent is to keepfrom giving up a quick touchdown. I agree with you Utah State Law Requires Studded | think prevent defenses are Tires Must Be OH Your Car hes by March 31st vulnerable because they make a team go out of its normal pattern. But the Dallas Cowboys, for instance, come up with figures that show theygive up an averageof 5.02 yards per i WE'LL REMOVE YOUR WINTERTIRES. 4 WE'LL MOUNT YOUR REGULARTIRES. + WE'LL BALANCE BOTH REAR WHEELS WE'LL SAFETY CHECK YOUR CAR. 88 pass attempt with their reguiar defenses and only 3.99 yards per attemptin the “prevent.” Also, their touchdown yield is one per 18.8 passes normally and only oneper28 passes in the prevent. I’m still not convinced because the situation that Everyday amen Regular Price calls for a prevent decrees that the percentages against successful passing will decrease, no matter what defenseis used. Mag Wheels Extra CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENTTO BE ASSURED OF “SAME DAY" SERVICE> Q. I would like the addresses of my twofavoriteprofessional athletes, Pete Rose of Cincinnati and Fran Tarkenton of Minnesota. — Sheila Oliver, Letart, W, Va. Such requests arefutile. I will not give out homeaddresses feel eeeeal AND MORE AT Firestone Anybody can writeto athletes in care of their clubs. And for ho've asked about Olympic star Dorothy Hamill's ad in Riverside, Conn., I'm sure that the postman in River dress side knows whereto deliverit Q. I would like to know when the old Federal Baseball eague started and what year it finished. I know Covington, Ky., had a teamin it, and I think Portsmouth, 0., had one SIMILAR with a prominent member of the Reds coming over andplay ing with them. Any information about the league would be gladly received. — Larry Dolan, Bellevue, Ky The Federal League became a thi to the structure of organized baseball in 1914, raiding the established leagues: Among the players who jumped was Hal Chase. a mercurial Star wholater playedwith the Reds. But by the end of the 1915 season, the Federal League was out of business, its top Pertormed by reatone's Highly Skilled Mechanics CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO BE ASSURED OF “SAME DAY” SERVICE players absorbed back into the majors. Longtime Cincinnati sive FRONT END ALIGNMENT star Edd Roush also came out of the a League. Ther was a teamin Covington, but my records don’t show one for Portsmouth aa now Parting shot? I'm going to revive the old business about golfers not being athletes not when old Sammy Snead can come close to shooting his age (64). And, for those who want to argue, I've got some active pro golfers | us about Our $3.00 Alignment nad al Pod A > \. Ask +31 f » ; who agreethey arenotathletes. ——k Gota tough question about sports and the people whoplay them?All you got to dois ask Murray Olderman. Write him care of this newspaper. The mostinteresting questions will be answered in this column. Olderman regrets that he cannot write personal answers toall questions. 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