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Football Exhibition Seasonlild Lead To/ -By STU CAMEN UPI Sports writer Pro football moves Indoors tonight when the Houston pliers meet the Washington Redskins at the Astrodome to kick off the# •* 9first weekend of exhibition play.Also on tap tonight Is a clash at Anaheim, Calif., between the Los Angeles Rams and the New Orleans Saints.Both the Oilers and Redskinsare expected to find the going a bit tricky when they take to the Astrodome's carpet-llke plastic surface for their inter division clash.■ * 4Astroturf has been known to do strange. things to both man and ball, as any National League baseball club will readily testify, Football players are not expected to escape its slippery going, both tonight andAn s wersNEW YORK (UPI)— LewAlcindor wanted to show thekids in the playground a coupleof things first. /•He showed them how lie playsdefense and how he reboundsand when he finished, he walkedover to one of the' benches Inthe playground, sat down andanswered questions.He answered them all andthey weren’t questions put tohim by the kids. They werequestions about his recent TVcontroversy, his position on theOlympics and his feelings aboutthe black athlete today.Lew Alcindor never flinchedorice. He answered every lastquestion. Not before he finishedwltli the kids though.There were approximately 100of them there Tuesday at theLong Island City playgroundwhich was laid out in the formof a basketball court.This was a basketball clinic, V v V. , • • , . . .i 4t'n. ... for the • kids sponsored by New,Tl%ers scoref, '» the th'rd °{ ast n('97 S/n,°n lt;-'tyL,ttle York City’s Housing Authority,t, Tigers and Indians. Catch Keith Altiere looks for the throw. the cUnlcs are conducted byICLL Championship by winning the second game of the best • of - three Alcin(Jor; Emmette Bryant, a Photo by Hollis) member of the NBA’s newIPhoenix Suns, and FreddieCrawford of .the Los Angeles Lakers. All three work for the Housing Authority., I enjoy the program,” said Alcindor, sitting on the bench along with Simeon Golar, one of the Housing Authority commissioners. “The kids take a big interest in it and this also helps keep me in shape.”TV Misunderstanding He then talked about the misunderstanding he was in-volved in on TV.Appearing with Joe Garaglola on NBC’s Today show not long ago, Alcindor, in answer to one of Garagiola’s questions, said the United States was “not really” his country.To which Garaglola replied; “Well, there's only one solution then. Maybe you should move.” Alcindor replied that would bethe opener 8-2 and lost the nightcap 10-1, the league leading Cardinals nipped Philadelphia 3-2, Atlanta edged New York 3.2, and Los Angeles stopped San Francisco 6-3. .McLain Adds shutout Denny McLain spun a four, hitter as he pitched his 18th complete game 21st victory and fifth shutout. Dick McAuliffe scored all the Bengal runs with a perfect four-for-four night at the plate.Rally To Beat Twins; Defeat Red Sox In 9th:erne candi-;t likely to go White Igh totals ednesday ivis has of the i hittingins in the them on Ing dou-it 18 hits)icand rallied to a 12.8 triumph over the Minnesota Twins.The Pale Hose, who have been shut out 14 times to lead the American League in that negative statistic, were trailing 8-1 after four innings. However, they pecked away and at the end of six innings ha narrowed the gap to 8-6. Four relievers, Chicago's strong suit all season, held the Twins scoreless over the final flve-and-a-third in.nings.Davis, who blames theut BackersC, Calif. ’ dream ycott of nes ap-thin airti wards’ boycott nearly aII sortsconference' in San Francisco three weeks ago, but instead ; chose to keep everyone guess-ing.*We have decided not to tell. you what we are going to do,* Edwards said at the time. “We will tell you when we decide the right time.”Evans, the world’s fastest atumpires for the low batting averages in the junior circuit, contributed three singles to up his average to .247.Changes Strategy“In this league the umpires call strikes that are inside and outside of the strike zone,” Davis said. “At the start of the season this bothered me because I knew if I hit those balls, the only place they were going was the dugout. Now I’m not having as much trouble with them because I’ve learned to just guard the plate, and foul them off.”• Wilbur Wood, who pitched a scoreless eighth inning, was the beneficiary of the White Sox’ ninth-inning uprising and upped his record to 8-5.In ,other American League action Detroit blanked Washington 4-0, Baltimore downed Cleveland 4.2, New York beat Boston 7-3. ' .In the National League, Chicago beat Houston 6-1 in a day game. Under the lights, Cincinnati. split a doubleheader with the Pirates. The Reds tookfine with him, but asked “where are we going to move?” And then came the inevitable five-minute break for the news and assorted household comrner-clals.What the TV audience did not hear was an, off-camera conversation between Garaglola and Alcindor which went like this: Garaglola; “That’s a pretty tough statement you made.” Alcindor; “Well, what I meant was, this is. not my country the way it Is.” Garaglola; “It’s not my country the way It Is, either, with the riots, the bombings and all that. But, we’re trying to get rid of all these situations and this is what we’re working for.” Alcindor: “well, that’s what I meant.”Garaciola: “That’s not what you said, though.”, Alcindor no longer was in the studio when the program came back on the air, but Garaglola explained to the audience that Alcindor had clarified his statement before departing.“I’m in full sympathy with Lew Alcindor in his effort to help his people,” Garaglola says now, “and after I understood what he meant I. certainly felt for him.”Now as he sat on the bench Tuesday and thought about the episode, Alcindor said:“I don’t have any complaints about Mr. Garaglola. It was a little breakdown in communlca. tlons. Everything was straight, ened out and it's all cleared up now.”Kind of Treatment Does Alcindor feel that he, as a prominent black athlete In this country is being treated properly?“I myself am very privileged,” he said. “I’ve been fortunate because of my basketball ability. But I’m only one of many black persons in this struggle. They identify with me and I identify with them. I can’t run around hollering I’m grateful for what I’ve received. For everything people have done for me, I have also given them pleasure with my basketball playing. So, I think it's even.”What about the Olympics, which he elected to skip?“For me, they’re over,” he said. “The team is practicing now and I am here doing this. I get a good dialogue with these kids. I urge them to stav induring the regular American Football League season when the Astrodome will serve as the new home -df-the Oilers.Beathard Leads OilersHouston, defending AFL East-ern Division champion, will go with No. 1 quarterback Pete Beathard, but Washington will alternate reserves Jim Ninowski and Harry Theofiledes at the signal-calling spot. Sonny Jur. gensen, the Redskins* starting quarterback, is recovering from an off* season operation on his elbow and Is expected to miss ' most of the exhibition season.The Rams will take on the Saints minus the services of holdouts David Jones and Jack Snow, Jones, an All.Pro defensive end, and Snow, the Rams’ starting split end, have been placed on the reserve list to bring the club’s roster down to the required 60 players.Both Jones and Snow are demanding pay raises, even though they are both currently under multiple-year contracts. ;Morris RetiresThe Chicago Bears lost veteran pass.catcher Johnny Morris through retirement Wed. nes day, while John Gordy, the All-Pro offensive guard of the Detroit Lions, decided to postpone retirement and play another season.Morris, 32, who set a National Football League record with 93 receptions during the 1964 season, said a recurring groin injury and failure of surgery to entirely correct a knee injury led to his decision to retire.In addition to tonight’s two games, the first weekend of exhibition play finds the Green Bay packers meeting the College All-Stars at Chicago Friday night, while the following night, Baltimore meets Oakland, Chicago plays Dallas, San . Francisco tackles San Diego and Kansas City battles Cincinnati. On Monday night, Detroit plays Buffalo.Calamity Jane was the name given to Jane Burke, noted frontier character, a dead shot and skilled horsewoman, aide to Gen. George Armstrong Custer.iIschool. I tell them they can’t make it on basketball alone. I think what I'm doing here now is more Important that what I can do in Mexico City.”,,This is the way ,21.year-old Lew Alcindor feels. There's no question he's sincere in his feelings. In that regard, I told him of a conversation I once had with cassius clay.“My people were in chains,” Cassius said to me.“Mine were in ovens,” I answered him.Lew Alcindor nodded under, standingly.“I know and it was terrible,” he said, “but everyone sees only his own problems.”SMALL LOANSINAUGATUCK FINANCE171 Church Si., Naug. Phone 729-4516
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