Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1970-02-14 J. A. Beauchamp $1 MILLION GRIDDER? Olympic sprint champion John Carlos, the current world's fastest human, has his bargaining strategy all mapped out for his negotiations with the Philadelphia Eagles about becoming a pro football player. He is asking $1 million to play ball with the Eagles and if they want to play ball with him, "they can take it from there." "I can't see starting at $400,000 and working up to $1 million," declares Carlos. "So I start at $1 million and work down." Carlos, who was drafted by the Eagles despite nev having played football at San Jose State College, made his strategy knows during a luncheon here. * * * He said not playing college ball would help rather than hurt him. "I played a lot of street ball and that's more valuable... you take more knocks and fall on that concrete without shoulder pads or any protection." The 6-foot-3, 203-pound sprinter said he hoped to get his weight up to 225 for football. "Then," he said, "anybody who grabs me, I'll just push him off." * * * Carlos told the luncheon that he has more going for him than other trackmen who have turned to football because his mental attitude is superior. "I don't think I can be beat unless I want to be beat," he said. "There ain't no way in the world they're going to stop me." He said this would not come easy, however, because pro football defenders are good at their jobs. Carlos said he would rather be a running back than a receiver although he feels he has good hands and can catch the ball. I'd rather bargain down than up,' Carlos explains Olympic sprint champion John Carlos, the current world's fastest human, has his bargaining strategy all mapped out for his negotiations with the Philadelphia Eagles about becoming a pro football player. He is asking $1 million to play ball with the Eagles and if they want to play ball with him, "they can take it from there." "I can't see starting at $400,000 and working up to $1 million," declares Carlos. "So I start at $1 million and work down." Carlos, who was drafted by the Eagles despite nev having played football at San Jose State College, made his strategy knows during a luncheon here. * * * He said not playing college ball would help rather than hurt him. "I played a lot of street ball and that's more valuable... you take more knocks and fall on that concrete without shoulder pads or any protection." The 6-foot-3, 203-pound sprinter said he hoped to get his weight up to 225 for football. "Then," he said, "anybody who grabs me, I'll just push him off." * * * Carlos told the luncheon that he has more going for him than other trackmen who have turned to football because his mental attitude is superior. "I don't think I can be beat unless I want to be beat," he said. "There ain't no way in the world they're going to stop me." He said this would not come easy, however, because pro football defenders are good at their jobs. Carlos said he would rather be a running back than a receiver although he feels he has good hands and can catch the ball. BREWMASTER INTERNATIONAL You read about it in NEWSWEEKS "NEW PRODUCTS". DRAW ONE: Electronics has taken over the drawing of draft beer in taverns. BREWMASTER INTERNATIONAL of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is marketing a beer tap that looks exactly like the conventional tap, except that the pull handle is inoperative. The bartender instead touches a button and a "perfect" glass of beer pours forth. The Brewmaster unit features easy, quick connection, trouble free operation, accurate booking and unusually high profits for distributors. For the favern ownor, this does away with waste, unauthorized give-away over-pulls and spillage. Investment required $5,250 and up, completely secure by equipment. 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Points-for-points was the story in the first half and the first ten minutes of the second half, before Oglethorpe held on to a slim margin and increased it going down the home course. The Petrels led at halftime, 50-41, but not before William Sheats, a product of Atlanta's Harper High, came through with the key baskets. The lead changed hands several times in the first twenty minutes of play, Oglethorpe was ahead after ten minutes of play, 21-18. Oglethorpe did a good job in the first half in controlling Clark's number one shooter Tony Floyd, but he came on strong the second portion of the contest. Floyd ended the match as top scorer, hurling in 38 points, followed by Joe Etheridge, "Mr. Playmaker" who burned for 22 points. It could have been a bigger gap in the final score if Etheridge had failed to score. Sheats, who set scoring records at Harper, was the big man for the winners, tossing in 30 points, and led the rebounding attack. Erine Crain, a tough outside shooter, was second to Sheats with 29 points, followed by Randy Lee, 18, John Paog 10, and Otis Ward, 10. Oglethorpe is now 13-6 thus far the season. Oglethorpe (109): Crain 29, Lee 18, Sheats 30, Poag 10, Eroogan 2, Ward 10, Hansford 6, Schell 2. Clark (90): Harris 11, Floyd 38, Wards 9, Earls 2, Etheridge 22, Paden 6, Byrd 2, Halftime: Oglethorpe, 5041. SCORING Basketball took on a new image in Atlanta collegiate circles Tuesday night when Clark and Oglethorpe tipped off a home to home series. A SRO crowd was on hand at the Samuel H. Archer Gymnasium to witnesses the first home game for Clark in the long series as the Stormy Petrels routed the C-C Panthers, 109 to 90. It may have been one of the best basketball games thus far in the center, carrying the rivalry of two AU schools. Points-for-points was the story in the first half and the first ten minutes of the second half, before Oglethorpe held on to a slim margin and increased it going down the home course. The Petrels led at halftime, 50-41, but not before William Sheats, a product of Atlanta's Harper High, came through with the key baskets. The lead changed hands several times in the first twenty minutes of play, Oglethorpe was ahead after ten minutes of play, 21-18. Oglethorpe did a good job in the first half in controlling Clark's number one shooter Tony Floyd, but he came on strong the second portion of the contest. Floyd ended the match as top scorer, hurling in 38 points, followed by Joe Etheridge, "Mr. Playmaker" who burned for 22 points. It could have been a bigger gap in the final score if Etheridge had failed to score. Sheats, who set scoring records at Harper, was the big man for the winners, tossing in 30 points, and led the rebounding attack. Erine Crain, a tough outside shooter, was second to Sheats with 29 points, followed by Randy Lee, 18, John Paog 10, and Otis Ward, 10. Oglethorpe is now 13-6 thus far the season. Oglethorpe (109): Crain 29, Lee 18, Sheats 30, Poag 10, Eroogan 2, Ward 10, Hansford 6, Schell 2. Clark (90): Harris 11, Floyd 38, Wards 9, Earls 2, Etheridge 22, Paden 6, Byrd 2, Halftime: Oglethorpe, 5041. A HELPING HAND IN VIET NAM The largest single foreign voluntary assistance program in war-torn Vietnam is maintained by Catholic Relief Services. Last year's food distribution alone totalled 105,884,000 pounds. GRAMBLING U.S. LEADER: These nine Grambling College seniors, all superlative at their job, will join a host of ex-tiger performers in the American and National Football Leagues next fall. "Grambling and the University of Southern California led the nation in the recent football draft delections with nine each. Linemen boast fine proportions and the proper distribution of bulge, and are devastating as blockers on offense and unrelenting on defense, while backs have blazing speed, react instinctively and boast size and endurance. They are (left to right, top) Glenn Alexander, 204 -pound defense back. Buffalo Bills; Robert Jones, 264-pound tackle, Philadelphia Eagles; Delles Howell, 202-pound defensive back New Orleans Saints: Samuel Wallace, 230-pound linebacker. Cincinnati Bengals: and Terry Williams, 225-pound running back, Buffalo Bills; (Bottom Row) William O'Neal 231-pound running back, Kansas City Chiefs, Billy Newsome, 240-pound defensive end, Baltimore Colts; Walter Breaux 300-pound tackle. New York Giants: and Clifford Gasper, 315-pound tackle, New Orleans Saints. (Grambling Photos) Ashe says U.S. shouldn't hit back at S. Africans Tennis star Arthur Ashe, denied entry to play in South Africa, said Wednesday he thinks it would be wrong for the United Stales to bar South African athletes from America in retaliation. "My gut reaction, being a black American, is that we should keep an of them out," he told a Congressional Subcommittee. But upon reflection, Ashe said, he had concluded that to do so would be to "stoop as low" as South Africa had when it recently refused him a visa so he could play in South African Open in March. * * * "My social conscience, brought up the way I was, wouldn't allow it," he said. Ashe also commented: "A couple of their players are friends of mine. I wouldn't want them to suffer the indignities at the hands of my government that I suffered at the hands of theirs." However, Ashe said he felt the U.S. State Department should exert all the pressure it can to bring about a change in policy by the white supremacist government in South Africa. * * * Reg. Charles C. Diggs Jr., D. Mich., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, had said previously the United State should answer Ashe's exclusion by "excluding South African athletes such as (golf professional) Gary Player from entering the United States." The congressman took issue earlier with Oliver S. Crosby, the State Department's director for South Africa, who had taken a position similar to that of Ashe. Diggs warned there could be demonstrations in this country against South African athletes because of the Ashe incident Crosby said that while the United States would not retaliate in kind, if the entry of a South African athlete would result in a threat to public safety, then a visa might con ceivably be denied. Diggs said that various sources informed him that demonstrations and protests might take place, and added this would not be surprising in view of the recent protest against South African athletes in other parts of the world. "These problems appear to be escalating, and other countries are developing a concern and nervousness over this matter," Diggs said. Macon's S. Cater Becomes Chiefs' 1st. American Native The Atlanta Chiefs have signed their first Americanborn player; 22-year-old-Sonny Carter of Macon, Georgia. Carter is a graduate of Macon's Lanier High School and was introduced to soccer when he entered Atlanta's Emory University in 1965. He started by playing intra-mural soccer for the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity team, and Emory, soccer coach Tom Johnson asked him to try out for the varsity his junior year. Carter started every varsity game for Emory his last two undergraduate years and is how in his first year of medical school. "When I arrived in the United States three years ago, I didn't believe it possible for an American to be at the professional level so soon," Chiefs coach Vic Rouse said about Carter's signing. "But since then, there has been a tremendous improvement in the standard of all amateur teams. Sonny has improved tremendously and has the potential to improve a great deal more. Although he is the only college player we have seen who is good enough to play pro, there are many high school youngsters who could conceivably sign at their graduation." For the first time this year, in fact, European professional teams have sent scouts to Atlanta to look at high school players. "I'm just thankful and happy that I'm getting the chance to play for the Chiefs," Carter said. "To be honest, I had never heard of soccer before I came to Atlanta. In Macon, we wouldn't have known if it (soccer) was a vegetable or disease. But I've learned to love the game by both playing and watching the Chiefs. "I also watched films. One night I saw the movie 'Goal' (the 1966 World Cup) five straight times when it was shown in the biology building at school." Carter played little league baeball and midget league football and basketball while growing up in Macon, but he gave up sports in high school to concentrate on his studies. "I liked playing the other sports, but I think soccer is much more enjoyable," Carter continued. "The game must be a great success in the future here. Just judge from what's happened in the past. Three years ago there weren't any kids teams. Now there are hundreds of them all over the city. It's spreading every year, and someday soccer will be as big as football and baseball throughout the United States.... maybe even in Macon." SCORES PRO BASKETBALL NBA ABA COLLEGE BASKETBALL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL BOYS MARION JACKSON Views Sports of The World Dr. Edward B. Williams Honoree Sports desk notes tell that Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president emeritus, Morehouse College, and Dr. Edward B. Williams chairman of the department of business administration of that institution, Dr. Wendell P. Whalum and the Maroon and White Quartet will be honored at the Sherman House, Feb. 21—In case you didn't know: President Richard M. Nixon has given his formal backing for the Stars and Stripes to hold the Olympic games in 1976...... "I was angry as I walked through the streets of the Kenwood-Oakland community of Chicago. Angry because in this great country of prosperity and wealth, I found myself surrounded by destitution and deprivation. This section of the "Windy City" is undoubtedly one of the worst inner-city areas in the nation and nobody seems to care except for those the system, has labeled radical and extremist. There are 65,000 people living in this area. Thirty thousand crowded into each square mile. At least two people live in every room and often there are two or three people sleeping in the same bed. Most of the tenements do not have acceptable sanitation faculties–hot water, toilets and heat. They have poor lighting, falling plaster, peeling paint, roaches and rats. And for this discomfort the price is high. The average monthly rent in other parts of the city is $88, but here amid broken curbs, uncollected garbage, condemned apartment houses, and open sewers, the average monthly rent is $100. Some of the residents call it "color tax." As Dr. Lester Breslow, president of the American Public Health Association, and I walked through these streets talking to people along the way my anger became bitter despair. This community of deprivation, and poverty was a goldmine of exploitation for the grocer, the absentee landlord and even the Medicaid physician. It's almost absurb to talk about good health to people who live in conditions like this, but I did. One tiny, extremely nervous woman, told me how hard she tries to care for her twoyear-old, 23-pound child. She said, "I Just don't know what to do for film. I keep taking him to the doctors, but they can't find out what's wrong." The mother and her five children live in a four room apartment where she pays $100 per month. As we left the building the stench of garbage filled our nostrils. Dr. Breslow and I marvelled that at least the child had passed one of the most critical testsliving past his second week. About 45 of every l,000 babies born in Kenwood-Oakland are dead by their second week. As we continued our tour, I could not but help think– no wonder there are angry people in the streets. No wonder there are those who have not been moved by the most historic feat of the Centurylanding a man on the moon. If a priority can be set and achieved for reaching the moon, it can be set for meeting the health needs of millions of disadvantaged Americans. "A hungry man gazes not at the moon but at his starving children," said one youth who has decided to do something about the conditions in Chicago's slums. To some people Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, is an extremist. The system has made him so. But Hampton and the Party's Minister for Health, Ronald Sanchel, are doing something that Chicago's local health officials have not done. The Panthers opened a free medical center in September. "To maintain it," said Sanchel, "we went around collecting donations from medical and drug companies and asked doctors and nurses to volunteer their services. So far, we have more than 12 doctors and several nurses on the staff." In addition, he said, members of the Party, are being trained as medical technicians and a free car service to and from the center is being provided. While I cannot agree with the separatism ideology of the Black Panther Party, there is no doubt that these young radicals are attempting to do what the establishment has failed to do. They are concerned. Indeed, if this type of concern, for the black, the poor, and the disadvantaged, had been exercised by local officials years ago, radical or extremist groups such as the Black Panthers and others could not survive today. Frankly, I'm glad they're there, because if they weren't, the already deplorable conditions would be worse. The health department as well, as many of the other agencies for human services are brutalizing black people every day. This has to stop. How? By community participation and community control. The Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization (KOCO) is beginning to move forward on this front. Comphehensive neighborhood health centers, such as the Mile Square and the Martin Luther King, are getting more and more input from the community poor who know what it is to wait for hours for-health care.