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J3 0 Akron Beacon Journal First-Round Victory naa a Anderson Promise To Fans Ill Win onsfaro Champi I wanted to show the people what I've learned, Anderson 1774 to 191 for his opponent, started the barrage with some stinging body blows and sent Byrd to the canvas the first time with a looping right up-percut that many thought should have ended the fight Byrd came back, however, to meet the floor moments later compliments of a 2 spot In Ring Magazine's light-heavyweight division and his No. 7 spot in the World Boxing Association by swarming over Byrd the last half of the round and ending the invader's short Ohio stay with his third knockdown just before the belL 'Anderson, who weighed chance, however, for the Michigan heavyweight lacked one second of lasting the first round with Anderson and unless the 1,200 fans present absorbed boxing faster than Dean Martin does his favorite thirst quencher they went away still wondering. Anderson supported his No. By TAUL BAILEY Ray Anderson vowed he would show Akron area fans what he had learned during his 10-month absence from the local scene when he stepped into the ring at the Armory against Joe Byrd Thursday night. He really didn't get the RAY AXDEBSOX 28-1 A Short Night's Work Jack Patterson Revolts: Honest Or Manipulated? But Not This Year Pont Gives 5 Blacks New Chance right cross and Anderson's first punch after he arose was a right that sent him down again.

"I REALLY wanted it to last a little longer sol could show the people here what I've learned," Anderson re-( marked. "I was sharp and crisp with my punches, but I really wasn't warmed up yet "Since Byrd knocked out Billy Wagner (15-0 at the time), I thought he would be a good test for me and would give me the chance to show how much I have improved. I'm going to bring that light-heavy title to Ohio and I want to represent the type of fighter these people here deserve." Anderson, who won his 28th of 29 pro bouts and scored his 19th kayo, certainly won't get to display his skills against competition such as Byrd for it was simply a matter of Ray being too much the better fighter. AFTER th first two of the six bouts on the card ended in decisions, Warren's promising heavyweight Earnie Shavers lived up to his moniker of "The Black Destroyer" with a first-round TKO of Portsmouth's Red Howell, knocking him down twice before the bout was stopped at the 2:05 mark. Akron's Frankie Lewis (146) followed up with another TKO of Chicago's Irish Jackie Richmond with a series of body and head blows which sent him down hard enough that his manager stopped the fight even though the bell would have saved him from a knockout The semi-featured bout followed suit with Lyle Randolph of Clinton stalking Saunders Crowe of Chicago before landing a left hook at 2 :51 of the first round for a knockout In the remaining two bouts on ndercard, Akron's Otis "Lightning" Good opened his pro career with a unanimous decision over Nick Peo A 1 THERE WERE snickers a few years ago when I suggested, after racial and social protestors disrupted the Kentucky Derby, that the arena of sports might become the next battleground In this age of unrest.

I hate to say I told you so but just look around. The Olympics were hit by black-gloved, clenched fist protest. Social reform activists disrupted this year's PGA Championship in Now there is racial trouble in sports making headlines at many major universities Wyoming, Washington, Minnesota, Indiana. The coincidence of the flareups make them big news. But actually, they are just a continuation of a trend.

In case you've forgotten, a dozen or so Negro football players refused to attend Spring practice at Iowa and were dismissed from the squad. Farther back, have you forgotten the protests that were waged at many universities to gain places for Negro girls on homecoming queen courts? Right now I know of a university which scotched plans to pick a Centennial football queen for fear Negroes might protest if the queen were not black. Pressure, Pressure THE VEXING part of the turmoil is that while alleged discrimination is at the bottom of each explosion, there is no certain area in which a university can be on the lookout for trouble. At Wyoming, black gridders protest because they claim the religious affiliation of one of its opponents condones racism. At Minnesota, the blacks want an assistant coach of the the team for wearing black armbands in protest against Brigham Young.

San Jose's administration has indicated no disciplinary action will be taken for such acts. AT THE University of Washington in Seattle, Coach Jim Owens announced at a news conference Thursday night that after having met with Athletic Director Joe Kearney, black- assistant coach Carver Gayton and all players involved, he would review the suspensions of four black players because of a possible misunderstanding. He had said he suspended the four Ralph Bayard, Harvey Blanks, Greg Alex and LeMar Mills because he was not satisfied that they had a 100 pet. commitment to the football program. On Wednesday, a week ago, Owens explained the situation, the black athletes held a meeting with Gayton who re- Mil i in and referee Pete Rademacher moves to declare halt to Armory match.

IT'S ALL OVER for battered Joe Byrd as Rav Anderson stands over his victim See BOYCOTT, Page B-S ples of Columbus, not landing hard, but often enough for the triumph. Vinnie Neratha of Uniontown, also captured a unanimous decision, defeating Tony Johnson of Columbus in one of the evening's fine matchups. Both fights went four rounds. same color and white coaches to take courses in "sensitivity" towards Negroes. At Washington, the unrest settles on the coach's alleged order to blacks to pledge undying loyalty to the team.

At Indiana, the claim is blacks aren't being given deserved playing time by coach Johnny Pont. J. D. Morgan, athletic director at UCLA, perhaps said it best when he noted are times when you have to conclude there are people agitating solely for the sake of agitating." It has been suggested to me the unrest at Indiana at least, might stem from pro football and its huge con REDSKINS GET MERCEIN WASHINGTON tfl The Washington Redskins have signed running back Chuck Mercein, a. free agent who had been with Green Bay.

Seek 2lst Straight Win Bucks 'Streaking' Johnny Pont Shoes comfortable as Prom Mcon journal Wirt Sirvic Five of the 10 black Indiana University players who quit the squad Thursday will be given another chance but not this year. Coach John Pont, a native of Canton, 0., who has a flat rule for dismissal of a player after two unexcused absences from practice talked to the 10 boys again at the request of an unnamed black faculty member. The five seniors are through, Pont said, but he told the five underclassmen in the group that if they decided to come back for 1970 Spring practice or next Fall, he would accept them. Pont said he considered the boys' complaints to be personal and not racial. All of Indiana's 14 black players boycotted practice Tuesday.

"THEY MADE no threats, which is a credit to all of them," Pont said. "If was about lack of playing time." After Indiana suffered successive defeats by California and Colorado, Pont announced everybody's starting position was up for grabs and starting lineups would be named on the basis of each week's practice performances. Negro playrs who lost starting positions included linebacker Don Silas and defensive end Clarence Price. Larry Highbaugh, however, had worked himself into a starting defensive halfback position at the expense of Benny Norman, another Negro. Pont said, "I simply asked each man if he wanted to play football and continue his edu-' cation under the policy set down at the athletic department and the way the coaches wanted the game played." "They (the missing blacks) have answered the question," the coach said: "They've de-' cided not to play football for Indiana University." The Hoosler Rose Bowl contenders will gauge the effect of their player losses in a home game Saturday with Iowa, which lost nine blacks from its squad last Spring.

ELSEWHERE, there were these developments: San Jose State College's football coached by for-' mer Akron University Coach Joe McMullen, voted unanimously to wear black arm-, bands during its game against Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, Saturday. In a prepared statement, the team said it "wished to protest against those elements in Mormon' Church theology which they feel bear racial implications and which contribute to conflict" Last year seven Negro members of San Jose State's football squad refused to play in the game against BYU. There are 14 blacks on San Jose State's 44-member squad. Earlier this year, 14 black members of the Wyoming football team were thrown off I GOING BAREFOOT when the fit is right! NEXT WEEK the Bucks will be going against Purdue's Mike Phipps in a nationally televised game in the big horseshoe, and the next week against Michigan's Don head at Ann Arbor. Phipps is second nationally in total offense and first in the Big Ten by wide margin in passing; followed by Graff, See Page B-5 Buckeyes' ability to defend against sophomore quarterback Neil Graff's passing.

Three weeks ago at Minne-sota they permitted senior Phil Hagen to set a school record with 26 completions in 47 attempts for 304 yards. Last Saturday at Northwestern they permitted sophomore Maurie Daigneau, in his first start, to hit on 22 of 36 for 294 and another school record for most tracts. Everyone wants as much playing time as he can get, dreaming of an 0. J. Simpson contract upon graduation.

Maybe that does play a part but certainly, only minimal. The "causes for such variety of unrest have to be bigger and more complex. My private belief is that athletes, especially black athletes, are under such extreme pressure from the myriad of activist groups that operate on our campuses today they sometimes do things they'd never have dreamed of doing or even condoning just a few years ago. It's the "in" thing today. They used to hang coaches in effigy.

Now they brand them as tyrants, worse yet, bigots. For every black protest against authority and discipline that has been lodged in dressing rooms this year, I would venture to say their have been an equal number of white ones. But white protests are ho-hum In this racially uptight age. Loyalty-And Fear THE ACTIVIST groups, of course, know the aports arena is a wonderland in which to showcase their causes and gain reams of publicity. TTalter Byers, executive director of the NCAA, hinted he felt most of the current protests are activist-inspired when he said this week he really was concerned over "some far out" Well sell you a car that won't self-destruct in3venrc.

can lit YOU 1 By JIM SCHLEMMER Ohio State's football win streaks are becoming more impressive than some of the victories embraced. Saturday, before their eighth straight capacity crowd in Ohio Stadium, the nationally No. 1 ranked Buckeyes will be highly favored to win 1 Their 21st consecutive game; 2 Their 16th over Big Ten foes; 3 Their 10th straight over Wisconsin. They are unbeaten and untied since a 17-13 loss to Illinois in the big Buckeye horseshoe, Oct. 22, 1967.

THEIR last loss to Wisconsin was by 12-3 at Madison, Oct. 24, 1959. Wisconsin's last win in Columbus was by 14-3 on old Ohio Field, Nov. 23, 1918. That was four- years before Ohio Stadium was dedicated.

Three times In 15 previous stadium, appearances the Badgers have escaped with ties: by 0-0 in 1930, their first appearance, 7-7 in 1932 and 7-7 again in 1958. On Nov. 11 two years ago, the Buckeyes edged the Badgers 17-15 in a televised thriller in the big stadium. Last Nov. 9, sophomore quarterback Ron Maciejowski, making his first start while sophomore Rex Kern rested a gimpy ankle, personally led the Buckeyes to 43-8 victory at Madison: No.

11 In the string which now stands at 20. ANYTHING between another squeaker and a romp may be expected Saturday. The issue could hinge on the 5 to 15! AAA to EEE! In Our Stock I group actually taking over the training tables at major universities. While I am sure some black athletes are sincere in individual protests, it is notable that in most recent unrest, the campus spokesman for the black activist group, not the athletes themselves, sounded off to the press. The way I see it, many blacks are swept along the protest trail in loyalty to their race or even fear.

At Washington for instance, only four players were suspended. But nine other blacks and an assistant coach did not make the Huskies next road trip because of what they said were "overt AAA LXXX11L AA 1LXX a "xjxx XIX KXXXlXXXXXX XXX axxxxxxxxxx "xxuxxxxxxxxxxxxx jC I xxxxxxxxx jC xx I xlxxlxxlxlxjxxlxxxlxx Walter Byers mm BUSH ankle-fashioned to keep their good looks longer Do you get a feeling of impending doom when your ear is about two years and ten months old That nagging, "She's gonna go, she's gonna go" A Volvo Won't give it to you. Volvos are built so well that 9 out of every 10 registered here in the last eleven years are still on the road. Of course, we can't guarantee that if we sell you a Volvo it'll last eleven years. But we can tell you that it will last long enough to get you out from under car payments for a while.

Then you can save some money and become preoccupied by something else: Tm gonna be rich, I'm gonna be rich CVOLVO) AKRON CARS, INC. IN AKRON ONLY AT Designed from the nside out threats" made against them to support a protest. A gentleman with long association at a university told me he once had occasion to ask a protestor just what were his beliefs. "I don't know," he told his inquisitor," but I'm protesting until I make up my mind." It would be foolish to state there aren't injustices in athletics. The world, even the glamorous one of sports, is full of injustice.

But by and large, I firmly believe less discrimination, and prejudice and more emphasis on ability exists in sports than any other profession. If the world were one big sports arena, it would be a better one. As I've stated before, the use of sports for protest appalls me. Those that use it for such only sour those they might successfully court in more suitable areas. But then, sports is king right now and that is where the txposure is.

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