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Show ..'n NEW Times YORK of 42 knockouts and one decision or maybe even 1 nter Nineteen hundred years ago the Emperor Nero won championships in the Olympic Games by bnberv and and when Capitolme Hill, some of them cheated. It Red Smith was their ex- ample, most qualifiedstudents of history and human behavior agree, that led to the soapbox scandal of 1973 m which it was discovered that the winning car m the All American Soapbox Derby in Akron, Ohio, was illegally souped up Winning isnt the most important thing. Nero said, tilting his laurel crown at a rakish angle, it's the only thing. When it's listed under W. said his disciple Leo Duroch-er- , referring to the columns in the league standings, nobody asks how it got there.' He had a different definition of being a good loser, Richard M. Nixon has said of his coach at Whittier College. He said. You know what a good loser is? It's somebody who hales to lose Two days after a boy from Boulder. Colo., finished first in the soapbox derby, authorities lookback the big shiny trophy, lifted the young mans title and stripped him of the $7.3u0 college scholarship which is the winners purse. Hidden under fiberglass m the kid's streamlined car was an electromagnetic domiek that officials said enabled him to beat the field away from the start. A sad. small, mean business this seems to be, and disclosures the unhappily made so far may be only the beginning, like the discovery of garage doors taped open m the Watergate Office Building When Jimmy Gronens victory was declared inoperative, people remembered that his cousin Robert Lange Jr. had won the 1972 Derby in a car of similar design. Jimmy Gronen has been living with the Lange family. Considering that kids from all over the country gather in Akron to coast down a hill, it seemed remarkable that two boys from the same household should win 953-fo- in u '" ' - n ry yyn jtf j iy p,m yinjj 21 though there had when complaint young L.mge won the race, the car he had used turned up tiist about the tune Pak started about flying young Gronen's racer Vy 4 .. There s hell to pay m Boulder, but this shouldn't surprise Leaders of livery anyone stable society like to consider themselv es more sophisticated tli.cn the soapbox set yet no simile croup has a monopoly on envy. Let somebody in horsey circles conn up with' a better amrnal than the next fellow and there will be some-oodto put the knock on (A) the horse. (B) the owner, (C) the trainer, (D) the jockey, (L) the groom, F) the exercise boy and (G) the stable agent if the stable has an agent g qualify under the rule limiting construction costs to about 73 In fait, there were reports that young Lages ear was a $22,ftrt9 job tested in the wind tunnel at the University of California, Los Angeles So it is only to be expected that the neighbors in Boulder are talking, district attorneys investigating, parents of losers threatening to file suit and practically everybody asking about the possible involvement of higher-ups- . In the parlance of the day, some highly motivated individuals are suspected of engaging m specific activities. TER ESIN A, BRAZIL (AP) Four soccer fans were crushed to death and more than 100 others were injured when panic broke out during the inaugural game at a stadium ui a small Brazilian city, police said Monday There is little enthusiasm in this corner for moralizing, yet The incident happened Sunday afternoon in Teresina, capital of the remote northern state of Piaui. The governor and 33.000 fans had packed into a new stadium to watch Teresinas first game ever m Brazils national professional soccer tournament it is hard to shake off a suspicion that our national preoccupation with winning leads to many excesses. The victory fetish is commonly associated with Vince Lombardi unfairly, it says here, because the late coach of the Green Ray Packers denied saving that winning was everything According to him, what he really said was that the effort to win was everything. We have had painful reminders of the tragic effects of a attitude in an election campaign. Now we may see what it can do to children. Early m the first period of a match between local team Tiradentes and the famous club of Itio de Huminen-- e Janeiro fans began scrambling to climb over a high fence that separated the grandstand from the playing field, witnesses said. victory-at-any-co- Police and state officials said they did not know what caused the panic. There were rumors that someone in the crowd had yelled that the stadium was collapsing. Another version said a light started after a fan threw a bottle at another person. Vs. WILLIAMSPORT. PA special committee (AP) will look into Taiwan's baseball program to determine why liie Asian na'ion is dominating Little League comnoti-tion- . Little Unique president Peter .? .McGovern announced allowing A O S - ", A HMo-l'2-- d y of 15 fight between champion George King Bemhsein, Barry 500 Foreman-Roma- Jim- - president clu--n n Tokyo on the telecast es in closed-circu- it PINES WHISPERING 2100 and Foreman Roman of Video Techniques, made the mfer by wire to Quarry, who is in L.ts Vegas trauung fur a fi;ht with Janies J. Woody Quarry s fight will proceed the McGovern said the special committee, yet to be appointed. will report back to the m October tru-te- - fourth Jerry heavy-weigh- reporter last week that league districts o' the island are substantially larger than those m the United States, which are usually limited to a general population 27-- (UPl) the world's t, ranked Monday was offered $1 million to fight the winner of the Sept. 1 title He told a of ACRES MOUNTAIN UNO for SALS $300$95a pet 363-27- 12-- P0 Boa 11157 SIC Freedom Now! Hua-llsm- g Brendan Foster I Miles in 8:13.8 NEW YORK quarry, tle League officials indicates the Taiwan team members ear-olfell within the age brackets for the series five "Uhe'her tliev go by all the volunteers little league rules is a question that must from all parts of the United Mv Govern be answered. said, referring to a spate of States attended the Series and were generally bitter over the undocumented charges about Twaiwan performance the Taiwan teams The tension was at a high point at Many accused the team of times during the Senes violating Little League restrictions on eligibility, district size Taman City, Taiwan, bethe island's came third and practice time. The Little League's straight world titleholder SatTucson, Board of Trustees urday, defeating behind the teams authorized a study of the TaiAnz , third in as many wanese program at a meeting last Saturday, before the games. won the Little championship game, McGovDo lsmn ern said Senior League's at crown m a tournament McGovern said that all eviGary, Ind., earlier this month. dence now in the hands of Lit t: r in The Taiwan boys were booed as they took the field in the result of Williamsport, their previous two victones in world series the eight-tea14 0 over Biiburp. Germany, over Tampa F R and Fla Mondav V4 hits five games - y Four Fans Die In Panic at Soccer Battle Quarry Receives SI Million Call Taiwan Draws Loop Study :.A Wo' like that aie used only the very finest soaps Hell to Pay Go top of tliis c ime rumors tliot neither machine would Roman kids of his day raced their toy chariots down the j 5 V '" ij. Boxes Anyhow, been no mis-an- '" Do Tliev Follow Rules? F Too Much Soap in This Box New York - The Salt Lake Tribune. Tuesday. August 23, 1973 The Red Smith Column By Red Smith y- Britain Eclipses Tuo-Mil- e Mark - Brendan LONDON (AP) Foster, a English school teacher, set a world record Monday by covering two miles m 8 minutes 13 8 seconds in an international track and field meet Mercedes 450 SC, SEL, SL Lease help you get there, Master let low, low. LOW MONTMIY IEASI PAYMENT AND MINIMUM DEPOSIT Forter cut a fifth of a second off the old record set by Olympic gold medalist Lasse Viren of Finland GAS SAVER SPECIALS! Datsun 240Z, 610ondall models; Toyota Cilica & all models; Mczda Rotary RX2, RX3, Fiat, oil models, VW, Audi; Capn; Opel, Saab; Simco, Triumph, Volvo, Mercedes, Porsche; Veqa, Pinto. Datsun 240 Z's in Stock LEASES ANY MAKE OR MODEL OFFICE AT i 57 West 3300 South, S.LC. Win Sailin'' Heat NAPLES, ITALY (I PI) -IPicchio Helmsman Milone took the lead lrom Olympic Champion Valentin Mankin Monday to win the opening heat of the Tempest World Sailing Championships. talian 487-570- 487-616- 1 487-796- 4 1 MASTER LEASE PLAN Leasing Is Our Only Business! (Copyright) The game was suspended for nearly two hours, as policemen and firemen restored order and rushed injured fans to local hospitals The teams decided to resume play, to help calm the crowd, and the game ended in a scoreless tie. Police confirmed the death toll but did not identify the victims. Local newsmen said they were three middle-age- d men and a boy around 18. Piaui is regarded as this South American country's poorest and most backward state. SNAP - BACK BRAKE Kfofrlgssa LUBE AND OIL ENGINE RELINE con:ecutie years. TUNE-U- P First Occurrence 6rvl US auto - 34 5tCf Sr, It was the only time m 36 yearsthat anything like that had happened. 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