Hide Article Text (OCR)
WorkoutsFor NCAACage StarsINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP)-The NCAA workouts for the U.S. Olympic basketball trials opened Monday without Elvin Hayes, who had been expected.The 6-foot-8 Hayes of Houston, 1968 college basketball Player-of-the-Year, told NCAA officials the trials would conflict with preparations for his entry into pro basketball.Lew Alcindor, 7-1 UCLA star, announced earlier he would skip the Olympics. Alcindor said he wanted to concentrate on studies but admitted the move was an implicit backing of the Negro boycott of the international competition.College players will practice at Butler University daily from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Some will compete Salturday afternoon inthe annual East-West All-Star Game, and the rest will play at Evansville Saturday night.Those selected here will go to Albuquerque, N.M., for the official Olympic trials April 4-6.Want Ads Pay You Cash For Your Don't WantsHayes to SkipOlympic TryoutHOUSTON (AP)-Elvin Hayes says he will not compete for a spot on the Olympic basketball team because he needs money and lie needs to work on his game to “make a pro team.”He said it was his own decision and that he had not been contacted by anyone who had proposed that Negro athletes boycott the Olympics.It's not color or anything likethat,” said Hayes, college basketball’s player of the year. “It’s my own decision. I only hope the public can understand my problem.”Meanwhile, two professional teams have announced they will try to sign the Houston Cougar star who is college basketball’s second highest scorer in history.The San Diego Rockets won the coin toss Monday for the first draft choice in the National Basketball Association and immediately announced they would try to sign the 6-8 star.The Houston Mavericks of the American Basketball League also say they have the negotiation rights for Hayes although the ABA draft will not be until April 8.Hayes says he favors the NBA and for the first time has set a definite price tag onhimself. He said he will ask for $300,000 over three years.“All my life I have wanted to play against the best,” he said. “In order to play against the best I want to go into the NBA.”Hayes made his decision not to participate in the Olympic trials upon returning Sunday from Los Angeles where the top ranked Cougars had their 31-0 record spoiled in losses to UCLA and Ohio State in the NCAA semifinals and third place games.I need the money that a procontract would bring me and I need it pretty fast,” he said. “I have a wife and a child to support and basketball is the way I can support them best.”AGED WHISKYWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Twenty-one years ago Clem T. Harris buried a bottle of whisky at the foot of a plum tree in his backyard to celebrate the birth of his daughter. He dug up the bottle to celebrate the 21st birthday of his daughter — now Mrs. Colin Dunn. The label on the bottle was well-preserved — so were the contents.
Newspaper Details
Carroll Daily Times Herald
Carroll, Iowa, US
Tue, Mar 26, 1968
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
WV, USA 02 May 2020
Other Publications Near Carroll, Iowa
Carroll Herald
Carroll Daily Times Herald
Carroll Daily Sentinel
Carroll Daily Herald
Daily Times Herald
