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Raleigh Register, Becldey, W. Thursday Afternoon, Pec. 14, 1972--17 Spitz Named UPI Sportsman Of Year By MIKE HUGHES West German long junipjMarie-Therese Nadlg; MaryjRussia; a gymnast. Spitz dominated the Olympic swim ining at emerged runaway victors in) Following the top tnree were: jthe United Press "internationals? Russian gymnast Olga Kor- mentions. Miss Rosendahl to first woman tennis BRUSSELS (UPI) pidveijfl.jjj.jj^j.

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aipioe sportsman tne a 15 oo me ter world record Misses Rosendahl, jg-jj" 'te'evis'on audiences with her'three times en oute to a goldsand Stecher gained places in'seigium, cycling, 157 CL, 4. vaieryjiiadaiiia Toanscheva, SSe at 5- Switzerland's dou-jmedal; double gymnastics goldjtbe top 10 last year. Jble alpine skims sold medalist Ludmila Tourischva of Nearly every Olympic ancujohn ASM-BUS, 54 7. hen-is, 42 alpioe skiing 97 iracfe, 7 track, SS! S. Mark Spitz (right) and his coach Sherm Chavor have good reason to be happy.

Spitz, who won seven gold medals in the 1972 Olympics, was recently named by United Press International as Sportsman the Year. Eight Newly-Eligible Stars On Hall Of Fame Ballots It was the first practicing the same headed me poll, conducted among UPI subscribers inl Europe, the Middle East Africa. Olympic events nated the voting. For the 16-year-old tralian, who won three gold medals, it was a repeat of her 1971 feat when she won from compatriot Evonne by FRED DOWN UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK (UPI) -Warren Spahn, Robin Whitey Ford, Roberts three of and the greatest pitchers of their time, and former home run king Ralph Kiner are considered the of his career, often giving him four or five days off so that he would start a kev series against a contender. Ford on a rotation and Ralph Houk put less specialized Whitey had 254 French Open tennis champion, who failed to make the top 10' this year.

Spitz, a dental student prior to his Munich triumph which saw him win an all-time record seven gold medals, was sixth in 1971. Spitz, 22, gained 19 of 23 first place votes for a total and 24-7 seasons --his only 20- victory camapgns. Kiner played for poor teams most likely players to be voted! durin most of career but Hali ot in was this L. th a game-winning hitter year's voting by the Baseball) season homer Writers, Association of America. 51-40-54-47-42-37.

totals Spahn, Roberts and Ford were among the eight newly- eligible former stars included in the ballots sent out to veteran members of the association Tuesday by BBWAA secretary- treasurer Jack Lang. Also among the newly-eligible players are -Lew Burdette, Smoky Burgess, Dick Groat, Vernon Law and Curt Simmons. Thirty-six holdovers from pre- Tn addition to the eight newcomers and Kiner, players for whom the 10-year veterans of the BBWAA can vote are Richie Ashburn, Harry Brecheen, Phil Cavaretta, Walker Cooper, Alvin Dark, Dom DiMaggio, Carl Erskine, Nelson Harvey Haddix, Gil Hodges, George Kell, Ted Kluszewski, Bob Lemon, Dutch Leonard, Gil McDougald, Roy vious elections also appear McMillan, Marty Marion, Johnny Mize, Don Newcombe, ballots. To be elected a player must be among the 10 per names mentioned on 75 cent of the ballots, estimated 450 ballots will Newhouser, Bobo Newsom, Billy Pierce, Vic Raschi, AnPeewee Reese, AUie Reynolds, be cast this year with the results to be announced in mid- January. The three pitchers are considered strong candidates because their records read like a definition for the Hall of Fame's standards--out standing performance a long period of time.

Also because each was considered on a par, or perhaps better by some, than Early Wynn, who was elected by essentially the same group of voters a year ago. Kiner is a strong candidate inasmuch as he missed election in last year's voting by only 62 yotes and was one of the greatest home run, hitters in the game's history. Spahn, a lean left-hander with a high-kicking motion, holds the major league record of 363 victories by a southpaw. He pitched for the Boston and Milwaukee Braves and the New York Mets from 1946 through Bobby Richardson, Phil Rizzuto, Johnny Sain, 'Red Schoendienst, Bobby Shantz, Enos Slaughter, Duke'Snider, Bobby Thomson, Mickey Vernon and Vic Wertz. 'Dike' Beede Found Dead LISBON, Ohio (UPD-Dwight "Dike" Beede, the oldest active football coach in the nation at his retirement last month at 216 points, awarded on a 10 through one basis for those finishing in the top 101 Miss Gould, with 17 first place votes, totalled 216 points.

Spitz said: "I'm very honored. I'm not one for long speeches but I -want to thank UPI for conducting the poll and the people who voted for me. This is very flattering." Spitz finished Finland's Lasse scored 168 victories in points, with his the five and 10 near his farm Tuesday after being missing for two days. kilometers at Munich. Belgian cycling star Eddy Mercks, the 1970-71 winner, was third with 157 points.

In addition to winning- five one-day classic races, he won the Tour de France for the fourth straight year: his third Tour of Italy and ended the season in Mexico by grabbing the world professional one-hour record. Rounding out the top 10 in the men's division were: Valery Borzov of Russia, the first Olympic sprint double winner since 1956; Holland's Ard Schenk, tripled speed skating gold medalist at Sapporo; John AM-Bua of Uganda, who broke the world record in winning the Olympic intermediate hurdles; Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil, winner of the Grand Prix drivers title in only his second full season of Formula One; East German backstroke swimming ace Roland Matthes, who repeated his double gold medal feat of four years ago; Japan's jSawao Kato, a triple gymnastics gold medalist, and Russian strongman Vassili Alexeev, who added the Olympic super BEAUTIFUL KROEHLER SOFA AND LOVE SEAT LONG WEARING HERCULON COVER, EASY ROLLING COASTERS, ARM CAPS INCLUDED Columbiana County Coroner William Kolozzi ruled the death of the longtime Youngstown State University coach accidental due to drowning. The body was found in Little Beaver Creek near here. Kolozzi said heavyweight title to his list of world, achievements. Borzov, who was 10th, and third-placed Alexeev were the only others to "win a place in the top 10 last year.

Behind Miss Gould the voting 1965 and had 13 20-victory Beede apparently slipped was pretty close. East seasons. He had two seasons in "which his record was 23-7 and he pitched two no-hitters during his career. Roberts spent most of his career with the Philadelphia Phillies and compiled a career record of 286-245. Roberts was a strong ball and curve who worked fast and with good control From 1950 through 1955 he had records of 20-11, 2145, 28-7, 2316, 23-15, in more than 300 innings in each season.

fell into the water and hit his head on a rock. Beede had left his home Sunday to cut pine trees with a neighbor. -He never arrived. Beede's son-in-law reported him many medalist missing Monday. Beede began his long coach- fast care at Youngsiown State in 1938 and compiled a record of 147-118-13.

Before coming to Youngstown, where he started its a program, he coached for five years at Westminster College and Gene-. who pitched for the Yankees from 1950 through va College, both in Pennsylvania. had neither the sharp- breaking curve of Spahn or the years was 175-146-20. fast ball of Roberts but was a finished pitcher in every respect He had a 236-106 career won and lost record for a remarkable .690 winning percentage--even granting that Eddie he pitched his entire career with the great Yankee teams of the era. He had a 10-8 World Series record and he set a Series record of 32 consecutive scoreless innings.

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