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WILL BE USED IN COO '72 GAMES fftmrr Auj. 4, 192 Business Booming for 'Dickerod' Inventor Confract Settled; Freehold to Open FREEHOLD, N.J. New Jersey JJrecderi and IK Club fillinn by F.G.A. Golf h) Professional lessons by lisp Jimmy Powilil 1968 A 1970 Owners Association and Freehold Hacew.ny offi vA Jimnur PowpII So. Calif.

cials reached agreement Thursday on a new con- Vrnot that will nllnw ht Champion I 1 Jracks season to start to i'V 1 -is .1 i WE HAVE MOVED To a bigger and better location. Our new address is 13946 S. Tustin, Santa Ana, Corner of 17th Tustin. The new telephone number is 542-3554. WATCH FOR GRAND OPEUIUG day.

The track was scheduled to start a 100-day meeting Monday, but SBOA members refused to make entries due to the lack of a contract The horsemen's old contract expired last year. 4 NEW! INSTANT TV REPLAY FOR GOLF LESSONS (By Appointment Only) .1 i A 1 i TEfllJIS I ANYONE? S-iS Are you having Tennis be used in place of the chain gang in marking first downs in football. Dicker models one of troubles? Let one ot our accredited instructors MAKING MARKERS George Dicker puts the finishing touches on one of 250 Dickerods he has manufactured since 1970. The device can llim ELECTRONIC SWING RECORDER Computerlied Club Fitting and Electronic Swing Analysis will assure YOU of a perfect fit for YOUR individual swing, and guarantee more distance and accuracy on each and every shot! the 10-foot, 3-pound marking devices at right. BY t'AMt (IVSTKEY SANTA ANA About two years ago, Ccorgo Dkkcr waa trying to sell folks on the Idea of his Invention, a device designed to replace the "chain gang" method of measuring football's first downs.

Among those to whom he showed the device was the Newport Harbor High School athletic director, Jules Gage. Dicker explained to Gage why the "Dickerod" worked better than the chain setup. Gage listened intently then, when Dicker finished, he smiled. "OK, now tell me what's wrong with it. I mean, it makes too much sense nothing could be that simple." "That's the reaction I get from most of the people who haven't seen the Dickerod operate," says Dicker, a Tustin resident.

Can't Believe It "First they think there's a drawback to it somewhere. Then, when I convince them there isn't, they say something like: 'Why hasn't anyone thought of this Indeed, Dicker says his tool is the only new concept in measuring first downs in the history of football Chain gangs, he maintains, date back to the game's stone age. Dicker has apparently achieved considerable success promoting his brain-' storm. It was first used in a 1970 game between UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Long Beach. Its second showing came the following week in a Foothill-Tustin high school game.

By then, GIF commissioner Ken Fagans had heard of the Dickerod. "Fagans called me one day and asked me to show it to him. I went to his office and showed him how it worked out in the parking lot. He said 'I like it We'll use it in the CIF Times photo improve your game. Private Group, beginner thru 2 advanced.

Satisfaction guaranteed. Hurry classes now form-X ing. For our reasonable call: llVml nm-T-ft 13946 S. TUSTIN, SANTA ANA 542-3554 "And 600 is really just scratching the surface." he says. "There's about 18,000 high schools in the U.S." Dicker has concentrated his efforts on the high schools because of the larger market.

He has hopes, however, the Big 10 will, adopt the Dickerod for the '73 season. It was used in the nationally televised Coaches' A 1 1 American championship game at the The Dickerod has been multiplying ever since. It was used in 174 high school games last season in California, Arizona and Colorado. In Orange County, the Sunset League OKd its use last season. Dicker says this year's figure will be something like 600.

10 am to 7 pm, Sat. 9 am to 6 pm TRADE-INS ACCEPTED I DAY TO I WUK SlKVKt ON CLUB MP AIMS HI 1 1 CI IWUII Sports IHEUKHISSHOP 522-3414 PENN CREW SHARP IN U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS from only $90. He now has distributors in 14 states and Canada. Hes manufacturing from five to seven Dickerods a day at a small plant in Santa Ana.

He's made 230 so far. He is the majority stockholder of 12 in a corporation, Western International Sports Equipment Corp. A 59-year-old ex-engineer with North American during Apollo's heyday, Dicker is looking for a buyer. Looking for Buyer "We're looking for someone to buy us out our asking price is He says he dreamed up the idea while watching a televised college football game in I960. "I don't even remember who was playing but I do recall it was a muddy field and the officials were having an awful time measuring first downs.

"I thought at the time there must be a better way. For about 10 years I kicked the idea around in my head but didn't do anything about it until I left North American, "People resisted the idea just for the sake of resisting change. But I knew it'd work." game June 24 at Lubbock, Texas. The NFL? "The NFL has been very cautious. I think they're waiting to see how widespread its use becomes before talking seriously about it." Not everyone has been converted, then.

Says Herb Hill, Loara High football coach: "I'm not so sure his way is any better than the chains. I'm not knocking his idea, I'm just saying the way we've been doing it all these years isn't so bad." Almost Too Simple Like Dicker says, the Dickerod is almost too simple to be believed. It measures first downs from the nearest yard stripe, instead of the site of the last first down or origin of possession. That characteristic also provides for an added feature, safety. "The person manning the Dickerod stands with it where the next first down would be achieved," Dicker explains.

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New Haven, however, had to come from behind at the half way mark with a combined crew from Union Boat Club, College Boat Club and Penn holding the half way lead with a remarkable 3:00.50 time. That crew faltered in the ppcond 1,000 meters and finished third, behind a crew made up of memlers of the Potomac Boat Club of Washington, D.C., and the Mercantile Boat Gub of Boston. The second heat in the four without coswain competition was delayed by a collision between a boat with a mixed Vesper Boat Club-Union Boat Club crew and one from Northeastern University in Boston. Two crewmen required first aid treatment. ANNUAL 20 50 OFF STOREWIDE SAVINGS foot device sells for KENT, Conn.

LT) The University of Pennsylvania's national champion pair with coxwain crew began its quest for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team with a convincing victory in the first day preliminary heats of rowing trials Thursday on Lake Wara-maug. Mike Staines and Luther Jones, with coxswain Aaron Hermon, breezed across the finish line in the day's opening heat with a winning time of 7:17.25 to qualify for Friday's semifinals. Washington Next The closest to the Penn pair in time was the University of Washington's victorious second heat crew of Cliff Hum, Bruce Be all and coxswain Dwight Phillips, which won its heat in 7:17.72. The times of these two boats were far superior to any others registered in three first day heats in which nine boats qualified for the semifinals.

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