The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 57

HALL Placing the Faces The face is familiar, but He's paralyzed from the neck down. It's called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the Lou Gehrig disease. Unable to speak, he's nearly helpless. He communicates with nurses at Chicago's West Side Hospital by blinking his eyes once for yes, twice for no. It's the toughest and saddest of times.

But he smiles and keeps fighting. Why not? Was it ever easy? He's always fought-17 years as a pro, three years before that as an unbeaten amateur. The Cincinnati Cobra. The roar of the crowd is far away, but at least there was a day. Hall of Fame.

World heavyweight champion, 1949 to 1951. It was 24 years ago this month that he successfully defended against Joe Louis. Who didn't he whip? There was Archie Moore three times. Joe Walcott and Joey Maxim. Past his peak, he staged two wild wars with Rocky Marciano.

He won 96 of 122. He's losing the last one, do it all over again? He blinks blinks once. He's a champ, Ezzard Charles. but he won't quit. Would he once.

Is he OK? Again, he all right The name is Bill Simpson doing with the Rams?" he asked. "Do you think Ali and Foreman will ever fight? I can't believe what Arkansas did to USC." He wears athlete's clothes himself, but you'd never know 1 he's sitting in the middle of the steamiest of pressure cookers. Friendly and personable, he's interested in everybody. "I really don't have any personal goals," he said. "Only goal I've ever had was to play regularly--to see what I could contribute playing ever day." Just a year ago, it was the impossible dream.

In one 1wo-month span, he started only 11 times. A third be reject, pinch-hitting platooner. But he kept at it. By season's frustrating end, he became a regular, and he's remained about as regular as you can get. Does he make first base sing? Nice guys do win sometimes.

He's a perfect fit in the Dodger blue. Tell him Simpson, the rookie defensive back from Michigan State, the old alma, is coming along. Tell him anything, but don't give him a fastball at the knees or it's gone. MVP of the 1974 All-Star Game, maybe MVP of the world The name is Steve Garvey. He runs a steak house on you know he appreciates his laughs, a belly laugh.

Here comes the lunch mob, The years go by. He owned time. Worked up the hard movie extra in Hollywood kitchen. 8th St. 01 One look at him and own food.

Heavy, man. He and, sure, he'll join you. and bred race horses for a way--oil fields in Texas, a and a lot of miles in the Time to relax and have some fun. He knows how. But what's that picture on the wall? The sleek young sprinter standing next to Dean Cromwell, the late Trojan track coach of another era? Sure, they're the same.

Take another look. In 1935, he set a Texas high school record for the quarter-mile-a mark that stood nearly three decades. He ran for the Dean, mostly on the mile relay team, in the late 30s, the years USC track was in a class by itself. But why talk about yesterday? The memories are good, but the potatoes are better. Heaven can wait, the chow is on the table The name is Tex Taylor.

"Until Craig Fertig left USC for the Portland Storm, I figured I was the guy who'd made the No. 1 mistake in football history," he said. He was smiling. The business card says "Signal Mortgage Investments, Second Trust Deeds." His office is in Long Beach. He left John McKay's USC staff several years ago to chase the rainbow.

Now, the only sports celebrity in the family is his daughter, Marianne, 18, heading for headlines on the golf course. "I get in quite a bit of golf, too," he said. "No, I don't miss coaching. I feel like a human again--dealing with real people in a real world. I gave coaching the best 25 years of my life.

But I wouldn't want to do it again." He came out of Huntington Beach High, a pole valter and footballer. Became a colonel as fighter pilot in World War II. As a coach, he won at all levels--high school, junior college, university. At Long Beach City College, 1960-65, his teams were 44-3, unbeaten in five bowls. His four years on the USC staff accounted for three Rose Bowl rings.

He returned to Long Beach in 1969 as head man at Cal State and his 49ers were 8-2 the first season, 9-2 the next. But he retired before being asked in 1973 in the middle of a 1-9-1 breakdown. "No regrets," he insisted. So he plays golf, spends evenings at home, has weekends off and sits quietly behind a desk advising on investments. Still, something is not quite right.

Football is a dunce to let a good man get away. Well, chip to the green, colonel, you had your share, and we'll be watching for Marianne The name is Jim Stangeland. TAYLOR, USC'S FIRST ALL-AMERICAN, DIES Brice Taylor, 72, USC's Texas seminary. first football All-Ameri- Services are set Monday can, died Wednesday, two at 10 a.m. at the First Afriweeks after suffering a can Methodist Episcopal stroke.

Church in Los Angeles, Born and reared in Seat- where he was associate tle, he won an athletic pastor. He is survived by scholarship to USC, where wife, Dora, sons Cyrus he played as a fullback in and Henry and daughter 1924 under coach Elmer Dora (Gloomy Gus) Henderson. When Howard Jones became coach in 1925, he Lakers to Start converted Taylor to a running guard, and he played Practice Today 656 minutes, a Trojan record. He was chosen an All- The Lakers open trainAmerican by Colliers mag- ing today at Loyola Uniazine and International versity and will hold 1 twoNews Service. He also was a -day practice sessions a sprinter, hurdler and re- (9:30 a.m.

and 5:30 p.m.) lay runner on the track through Tuesday. team, clocking 9.8 in the Coach Bill Sharman ex100. pects 14 players to report. After graduation from 'The Lakers' seven-game USC, he became a school preseason schedule opens teacher in Los Angeles Sept. 25 against the Goldand later obtained a doctor en State Warriors at UC of divinity degree at a Santa Barbara.

Connors Tops Teacher Brian Teacher, fighting a touch of flu, phoned early Wednesday to postpone his early evening match against Jimmy Connors in the Pacific Southwest tournament at Los Angeles Tennis Club. He felt better later, though, good enough, in fact, to give Connors quite a workout before Connors, the No. 1 seeded player, came through in the third set to win, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2. Teacher, 19, is the No.1 player at UCLA. Connors was the NCAA singles champion in his only year at UCLA en route to his status as the world's top player.

Today it's mostly doubles. Of three singles matches, the feature is Connors VS. Australia's Ross Case, at 7:30. MEN'S SINGLES (second round)-Roy Emerson (Australia) d. Jeif Austin Luis Obispo), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Roscoe (Rolling Hills), 7-5, 6-3; Arthur Ashe (Richmond, Va.) d.

Bill Brown (San ner (Lookout Mountain, Tenn.) d. Jurgen Fassbender (West Germany), 7-5, 6- Ross Case (Australia) d. Allan Stone (Australia), 6-0, 6-2; Tom Gorman (Seattie) d. John Yuill (South Africa), 6-4, 6- Jaime Fillol (Chile) d. Billy Martin (Palos Verdes), 6-4, 6-4; Brian Gottfried (Ft Lauderdale) d.

John Andrews (Fullerton), 6-2, 6-2; Andrew Pattison (Rhodesia) d. Roy Barth (San Diego), 6- 3, 6-1; Steve Krulevitz (Baltimore) d. Dick Dell (Bethesda, 6-0, 6-4; Harold Solomon (Silver Spring, Md.) d. Syd Ball (Australia), 6-1, 6-1; Roger Dowdeswell (Rhodesia) d. Paul Kronk (Australia), 6-4, 6-4; Bob Kreiss (BelAir) d.

Erik van Dillen (San Mateo), 7-6, 7-5; John Alexander (Australia) d. Sherwood Stewart (Baytown, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5; Jeff Borowiak (Berkeley) d. Dennis Raiston (Bakersfield), 6-3, 6-2; Jimmy Connors (Belleville, 111.) d. Brian Teacher (San Diego), 6-2, 6-7, 6-2; Raul Ramirez (Mexico) d. Bob Lutz (Los Angeles), 7-6, 6-2.

to MURRAY'S COLUMN Roy Emerson Continued from First Page 3 p.m.-Bedraggled group alighted at Luxembourg airport, queued up for tickets to Zaire. Zairean airline officials confided in sing-song Oxonian English that the fight had been postponed eight days. Turned out he missed it by three weeks. "But the festival is still on," he soothed. 4 p.m.

York Times reporter returned from a phone booth to report a postponement till Oct. 30. Press conference summoned by Murry Goodman. Reporter beside me sniffed the air. "What's that you got on your hair?" he asked.

"It's not on my hair, it's on my pants," I tell him. "They're starting to grow hair." 5 p.m.-Last holdouts capitulated. Only four reporters went on to Zaire. The good news was that Icelandic Airlines, by which we must return, was sold out through Sept. 23.

6 p.m.-Tour director announced he had four rooms overnight in Luxembourg. Fights broke out over the rooms. Lifelong friendships were jeopardized. Icelandic announced it would put the press on standby for "first available flight." 7 p.m.- -As the sun sank slowly in the West, a writer groaned. "Somebody," he sobbed, "please tell me where I am?" Another shrugged.

"If it's Tuesday," he said, "it must be St. Paul Opens Season Tonight St. Paul, top-ranked by The Times in the CIF 4-A division, opens its football season tonight against Fountain Valley at Orange Coast College. In other feature games Citrus Belt power Redlands plays at Western, Villa Park meets La Quinta at Bolsa Grande High and Corona del Mar plays Mater Dei at Santa Ana Bowl. Run walk ride glide or stride scoot skate local your Call Before You Buy! for the lowest '74 CAPRI PRICE IN HERE 'TIS $3095 (Ser.

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"When we get done with the camps," he said, "I think I'll go back to Australia, surf a bit, get in shape, you know?" Log Angeles Times 3 Sept. 19, 1974-Part Ill Back in Action Continued from First Page Emerson said, "and I say to myself, 'How old do you I answer, 'I feel and everything's all right." His true forte all along has been doubles, as his 19 major championships attest. Still, when he sees the kids, Connors, Borg, Martin, Van Dillen, he sometimes thinks back to the glamor and recognition of singles at Wimbledon or Forest Hills. International Raceways' Ascot) HALF- MILE DIRT RACES CONTINENTAL TONIGHT, SEPT. 19, 8 P.M.

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