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Show ri'iif ifSMairaarii Cl DESERET NEWS, Wednesday, Umdi Keller g April 23, 1969 ! Z.f , .' .. 'I he Hawk' Relents... Flies By STEVE SMILANICH ... vA: - Poor People In The Park ColNEW YORK (UPI) orful Ken Harrelson ends the shortest retirement" in baseball history tonight when he Insuits up with the Clev-ladians in what turns out to be a victory for the clubs involved in the challenged trade and another save" for Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. nd j ttllUlUIII!Ulllillll!ll!llllll1lllllllllll!llllllini It was in era the Olympic Games in October that the last meeting of the South Salt Lake Mill Creek Club Mexico City during Mud-Crawle- rs was held. Three members attended: Jimmy and Jack Haun and this reporter. Nothing was dismissed. Jack and I dined. Jimmy sang for his supper and The Harrelson was prevailed upon to change his mind and give up the idea r of retiring during a session Tuesday in the commissioners office where both Kuhn and Geveland president Gabe Paul spoke with him. xour-hou- is a The commissioner convincing man," Harrelson smiled, after it was all over. He was instrumental in persuading me. It marked the second time in less than a month that Kuhn had helped solve a st;eky retirement" dilemma, having brought his influence to bear earlier when the Houston Astros threatened a legal suit against the Montreal Astros over Donn Clendenons original announcement that he also intended to quit. Kuhn, however, didnt swing the Harrelson turnabout all by himself. Although he refused to go into details and said only it was an unannounced sum," Paul indicated it took more than mere conversation to get Harrelson into a Cleveland Harrelson, leading run pro- ducer in the major leagues last year, received $30,000 with the Rex Sox and was expected to receive a similar amount with the Indians. Paul also noted that he signed the m o aired outficlder-firs- t baseman to a 1970 contract. uniform. liar relsons capitulation Saturofficially completed deal in which days he and pitchers Dick Ellsworth and Juan Pizarro went to the Indians from the Boston Red Sox for pitchers Sonny Siebert and Vicente Romo and catcher Joe Azcue. Joe Cronin, American League president, and Dick O'Connell, general manager of the P.ed Sox, also were present at Tuesday's session with Harrelson in the commissioners office. p-- h Harrelson, dressed in a bright blue shirt, light blue pants, white cowboy boots and wearing a yellow bandana, balked at being traded because of his extensive business interests in Boston. After the meeting he said convinced that the opportunities that existed in Boston for outside business Im will apply in Cleveland. The commissioner is a very convincing man. He made me understand that baseball needed me. The batti.g star said he didnt expect the three days of inactivity to bother him physiIm only concerned cally. that my concentration might bo off. That's going to be the gethardest thing for me ting my concentration back." This is Paul commented, probably the toughest thing I've encountered in my 28 years in baseball. After all, this was a big deal. We were going with a short ball club (19 able players) and the dub wasn't going good. Ken was ours too. Jim is Rouvaun. Thats his nickname. Not much like the ones we had in our days when we would swim with the current from Third East to Hustlers ' t&a mud-crawli- sas sa m4 By MICHAEL RABUN - Now HOUSTON (UPI) that Joe Frazier has discovered he can make about $1,000 a second with his sledgehammer left hook, he is ready to go after some really big Grinder, Lub and Cud. Rouvaun was sort with a of course Of fix. foreign Jim deserved something better. He could sing more notes. money. Frazier turned the latest challenge of his smallish share of the world's heavyweight boxing championship Into a laugh Tuesday night by using the hook to put Dave Zyglewicz to sleep in 1:36 of the first round. In those 96 seconds Frazier earned a little more than $90,000, but his manager, Yanto Durham, planned cey announce today that Frazier will be fighting for at least $250,000, and may be as much as $500,000 next June in New Madison Square In Mexico City Jimmy was the big star. He was booked every night, for pay! But one day he worked without wages. He learned that in Mexico . they have a custom to keep its the Sunday afternoon Jim Haun concert for the Poor People in the Park. To qualify for admission you had to be poor. Many of us qualified. Its an old tradition one way that the Mexican people can capture some of the culture. Yorks Garden. Frazier is expected to take on Jerry Quarry in the Garden June 23, with the winner of that one presumably meeting Jimmy Ellis to clear up This is to suggest the same thing for Salt Lake City. Budd Hansen and his colleagues at the Valley Music Hall have sold every seat for Rou-vafrom the old week. Even us club cant get in. After being surtaxed to the shirtsleeves there are many who, if Jimmy sang fop us poor in our park, would be there. Maybe fifty thousand! rs . It was way back about Thanksgiving time in that the Queen Mary sailed into New York Harbor with about 20,000 of us liberated sol-r- 1946 his Utah Aggies into the great Madison Square Garden (In 1936) I had wanted to see a sport-- i ing event in that place. i The and Shipstad Johnson show was on ' a skating extravaganza. To that date in my ; life I had never seen ,'fcad taken , r i - six-da- tions. Sanctions were lifted for two schools, the University of Illinois and Mississippi State. before the permitted date. SECTION C Deseret Newt Photos by Don Grarston end Dave Kadleck. Highland's Steve Richards shows winning form in the pole vault. Richards, top left, gets quick start shows his strength, lower left, with the pole. The Highland ace missed at 14-51- and State had been Mississippi 2. V'snufe T Aknrks! l&caimi ; . In a summary of action y taken In a meeting at Ft. Lauderdale, NCAA headquarters here also announced the reprimanding and censuring of the University of North Carolina for recruiting viola- KANSAS CITY, MO. (UPI) HIGHLAND'S RICHARDS j ; satisfied with recognition in New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts, Illinois, Texas, Mexico and Argentina. The victory left Frazier, the heavyweight Olympic champion in 1964, undefeated in 23 pro tights. Zyglewicz. knocked out for the first time in his career, is now 38-- He got about $10,000 for his lumps, $38,000 more than he has ever earned before In a fight. Fraziers big punches were two devastating left hooks, thrown so early that latecomers missed them and so quick Zyglewicz did not see them. After 40 seconds Zyglewicz was on his back. I caught him with a hook just as he began to pull out," said Frazier. He was leaning backwards and I caught him right on the button. Centenary College, Shreveport, La., today began two years probation imposed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for illegal financial assistance to athletes," recruiting, and starting basketball practice Mr. Frick Stole The Show the time when the late Dick Romney the muddled heavyweight picture. Ellis is recognized around most of the world as champion while Frazier has to be NCAA Centenary Today ns Since trade Frazier Wins Hacker, Sausage X shocked by understandably the deal. But once the shock wore off he was easy to get along with." was When the announced Saturday both clubs said it was made to The strengthen weaknesses. Red Sox said they needed a catcher and a relief pitcher and the Indians indicated they were looking for additional hitting power. By going to Cleveland Harrelson will be reunited with manager A1 Dark. Harrelson played under Dark at Kansas City before signing with the Red Sox as a free agent. He left the As after a dispute with owner Charles Finley. Two Punches, Rouvaun was not like the nicknames some of us had like Hod, Snub, Stinky, the Blacky, Fungi, diers aboard. , , Big town looked great. Lights twinkled on whereas for six years the Great White Way they had been dimmed in Devon. My troop train to the west was delayed. I sud-denly had a little time on my hands. B 0 $1,000 PER SECOND Flour Mill. mud-crawle- WW iniHiM''HiMi I nhe L'-kW- i iiintiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiniiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiii) up wgmtifi By DAN PATTISON most Mr. Frick. (Swiss specialist whose real name was . Werner Groebli) who stole the Mr. Frick show even from the famed Shipstad and Johnson duo. I remembered Mr. Frick well: He was the fleets admiral. He was pleasingly n and, after spending 18 months in England a little laugh was anyones pot of pudding. The other evening at the Ice Follies in the Salt Palace I got to see Mr. Frick again. And Monday Mr. Frick and his lovely lady, , Yvonne, invited milady and me to celebrate his 54th birthday. A pleasant occasion it was. slap-sticki- sh down-trodde- Around The World On Skates This guy's not only a living legend in his trade now 30 years with the Ice Follies but hes in p shape. Ive only seen two of his 12,000 performances. He skates about two miles each night, practices about three times weekly, skates with his fellow routines. troopers in some of their Add it all, and Mr. Frick has skated around the world lengthwise and then some. at His coach Bill Fick-ingpoints out, "the height and weight is not as important with the new fiberglass pole." AlFickinger continues, though the weight and height of an athlete is important In choosing the right pole. A lot of problems develop In matching the proper pole." Highlands Steve Richards has a motto: Its better to lose while trying to win than winning while playing It safe. When Richards does his thing (pole vaulting) ft is easy to quit when the match is sewed up thats the safe way! But why not try to sur-pawhat - youve done before? This Is the hard way! In other words, the records are made to be broken and if an athlete doesnt at least try to break them, then he is fail-- , ss ing In his own mind. This is what happened In the Region Two City Invitational track meet last Saturday at South High. Steve had the meet record well in hand at 14-but he didnt stop! He tried to better the state mark (14-4- ) and vaulting at , he missed! This brings the young vault-e- r to the Brigham Young Invi14-5- tational Saturday. Richards is smaller than 100-fee- t, 130-fee- t. Another important thing is the competition among the vaulters. In the Gty Invita- - tional six vaulters cleared the standing record, and the competition should be the same Saturday at BYU. 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Mr. Fricks the best part of it and this is a proud pat on the mans pate for upholding so nobly our generation of talent! Richards doesnt use the run that most vaulters use. He uses his speed at a shorter while most distant, athletes start use NEED ATTENTION Highlands premier pole vaulter has been in the sport ever since he was a sophomore when he leaped As a junior, Richards im- tip-to- How did he get into the business? Well, he was Swiss skating champion once, came to Ameri- 5-- er Deseret News Sports Writer anything quite like it and there was one par- ticular skater, billed as vaulters TRAILERS & CAMPERS 364-199- 1 NO MONEY DOWN - FREE INSTALLATION For NATIONAL ACCOUNTS owe,-coi,a- - FREE MOUNTING ftec a COMMERCIAL TIRE and TBA SERVICE 1317 Sstitli 2nd West B installed Ph. 487-75- 95 rpit Ttoeoeeeeeec I: |