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Show in y iiniintjpii ...r. rnttma ji artf1ft 'V 1 0 K June 8, The Salt Lake Tribune, Friday, a The Dave Anderson Column k 1973 Athletes Say They (Tich Better Getting Paid Pro I i officials. Each move was for the better, because as pro truck grows, the power of the AAU will decrease, notably the dictatorial power of Ollan Cassell, the AAU executive di- By Dave Anderson ( New York Times Writer - NEW YORK For decades, they said it couldn't be done, that pro track would never make it. But it has. With Wednesday nights meet at Madison Square Garden, the International Track Association completed a tour of 16 Indoor meets. Next year its tour will involve perhaps 30 meets, indoor and outdoor," some in Europe and the Orient, with more athletes and more prize money. In establishing pro track, an event was added taking money over the table another event was subtracted hassling with Amateur Athletic Union rector. all tick better as pros. I do, Jim Ryun was saymg before the meet. My reason is that Im my own We I know man. It's as if a yoke has been lifted from Ryuns neck, and from the necks of all who were ruled by the AAU dict-urn- So Petty so petty, Ryun If you won a watch. Theyre Guaranteed 40,000 Miles ft iti I Sn Mr$ tin IfG s B. f. Goodrich Lift Sovars TIMS YARD North 1st West Ph. 322-160- AmtTkak 1 money, especially in the European meets. Ollan Cassell was a runner himself. But they slide it off until they want to hassle . r, been an actor for a few years. Ive got my card. But as an amateur, when TV shows wanted me, like the Tonight show or a game show, the AAU would ask the show for a $1,000 donation. That always killed it. It cost me money, maybe $200 a show, and it cost me exposure. I think I had a lawsuit if I had pushed it. But its just so much easier now not hav FLOL'DGnG l3l Bakersfield, Calif, in 1967 when I set the mile record (3.51.1), my pnze but it was a didnt work. At another meet but I once got a clock-radithe AAU told me to return it. I told them if they wanted it, they had to come and get it. They never bothered. Their power is based on the Olympics every four years. They certify you for the Olympics and they hold it over you. They don't say it, but you know its in the back of their minds." farmer Klidi Tint Maker e somebody. Evans smiled, recalling that in the 1966 AAU meet, he had defeated Cassell, then a quarter-mile- r. I wiped him out, Evans said. Ill always wonder if thats the reason he bothered me. But that's all right Now that Im a pro, I get on his back like he got on mine. ' X Jim Ryna Loves Pro Track ing to worry about that stuff. The problem is that there are new athletes coming under AAU jurisdiction every year who dont realize how theyre being used. It takes a couple years to find out. Top Role Tom Von Ruden, the bearded miler, mentioned that the AAU refused to sanction relays for the pro meets. Tc me," Von Ruden said, The primary role of the AAU should be developing its program, kids up to 14. Instead, when we wanted a p few events for the kids in each city where we had a meet, they wouldnt let us. It wouldve been great for the kids, but the AAU was more interested in showing how much power it had. age-gro- age-gro- Gold Medalist Ive Before You Buy Any Tire Check Our FACTORY-TO-YO- U LOW PRICES! Amazing Savings on in toothpaste TV commercial. Ill be identified as a pole vaulter too, Seagren said. In noimoi driving you It t toast 40 000 of tread wear Medial from the bteel your car It you don t get 4P iaX mu the ggarantee be k to your rota lor Mo It He you credit lor the dittarmce tecard the am Irodo-iprice of ao OMt. And add a imU service kar(. t( ft meet AAU under-the-tabl- Bob Seagren, the 1968 Olympic gold medalist in the pole vault, shortly will appear on a STEEL RABIALS S. s. and disqualified ne.. He was putting rules on me that didnt exist in international rules. All those AAU guys are in a different world. They know whats happening, like the that was aQ right as a prize, but one time I won a typewriter. I had to return it because it was worth mere than the limit. I really needed one, too. Ive had TV sets impounded, too. Another time, at the Lee Evans, the 1968 Olympic gold medalist in the run, found out in 1970 when he competed in two European meets. 440-yar- d was supposed to meet a team in Paris," sa.d but I paid my way Evans, over there io run in meets in Switzerland and Italy on my own before the team got there. Ollan Cassell got upset, I U.S. age-grou- Biffl Von Ruden remembers the mixup involving a four-ma-n team that the AAU sent to Finland two years ago. YeisVe ircstfsr sssni a tire ad tike &is. We parantiee ot UmSOYAL ZZTA If thousand) or tire fails for any reason other than willful abuse or collision, your chartered Zeta dealer will give you a credit against the purchase of a new Zeta tire ot the same type or repair punctures free. 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