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DIAL 1-800-AC-DELC0 FOR A NEARBY AC-DELCO RETAILER these things If you let them bother you you lose sight of what you came here to do and lose sight of your ambitions I was told I accepted it and got back into Originally he had planned to return to South Africa last Friday but was persuaded to remain another day for a Boston Marathon press conference at which a final announcement would be made the Chriss attended the press conference and said that an attempt to find that would have allowed Plaatjes to run was unsuccessful He added that if the BAA had informed him early of entry finding a loophole might have been possible Plaatjes was bitter about the action BAA knew weeks ago that I was South he said they waited until I got here to say I run definitely would have liked to have run Boston It was aafast course and suited me I love running the he added referring to Heartbreak Hill a rugged portion of the course where Geoff Smith the winner for the second consecutive year suffered cramps in both hamstrings and slowed considerably after setting a swift early pace Plaatjes said his worst feeling came Sunday when he was forced to end a scheduled 20-mile training run after 12 miles I felt very he said enjoying the run So I stopped when the cumulative effect of what had happened hit However he said that feeling had passed by Monday when he watched the race on television with two friends Asked whether he felt he could have won the race given winning time of 2:14:05 he said never do that kind of thing because I never know what can happen in a race But I felt I could have run faster than Plaatjes said he had hoped to return home Sunday Monday or Tuesday I get a In summing up the entire mess he said: will just say it was a very unfortunate incident that the BAA had to wait until the last minute to tell me I I hope it can be forgotten I like to see somebody else go through the same thing I did was more hurt than embarrassed Maybe the BAA was embarrassed too This was completely mishandled The attitude reminds me of the way they handle things at home which is not very For now Plaatjes will confine his running to South Africa someday I will be able to run outside of South he said would be NEW YORK (AP) Mark Plaatjes the South African runner who was barred from competing in this Boston Marathon said Wednesday that he was more hurt than embarrassed about the bungled situation and someday I will be able to run outside of South The 23-year-old Plaatjes a former standout at the University of Georgia where he set the school 10000-meter record in 1982 discussed his problems concerning 89th Boston Marathon in a telephone interview before leaving for Johannesburg Plaatjes a medical student at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg arrived in the United States April 10 in hopes of competing in the fabled Boston rajce He had been issued a number by The Athletics Congress the governing body for track and field in the United States and assigned a prestigious front-row starting position for the race by the Boston Athletic Association organizer of the marathon The BAA gave Plaatjes No 5 because of his qualifying time of 2 hours 14 minutes 45 seconds run at 6000 feet altitude and in 85-degree weather last October in the Nashua Johannesburg Marathon He had been entered in the Boston race by the Maccabi Union Track Club of the Los Angeles area with a Malibu Beach Calif address Plaatjes said he did not realize his dilemma until last Thursday when he returned from a training run and was shown a newspaper story that said that he would be ineligible for the marathon because South African runners are barred from international competition by the International Amateur Athletic Federation the world sanctioning of the sport because of that policy of racial separation or apartheid Plaatjes who had time to come to the United States because he was on school vacation and had the help of a sponsor Nashua Copiers said he began negotiations to go to Boston a couple of 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recruit Warren did fill a Bird-like role for his high school team He averaged 183 points 65 rebounds and six assists to lead Princeton High to a 23-1 record as a senior and was named the Southwest Indiana Player of the Year only comparison I can make between Joel and Bird is that I hesitate to put either of them at point guard power forward or wherever else I needed said Jones who coached Bird at French Lick (Ind) High handles the ball well enough to play guard and tall and Joel Warren wants you to know no Larry Bird If wondering why Warren a 6-5 175-pound guard from Princeton Ind who signed this week with the University of Miami would feel the need to tell you that because his high school coach Jim Jones was also high school coach always the question people ask when they find out about the Warren said I like to get it out of the way quickly I play anything like him You compare us in any way I wish you Murcer joins Baby Yanks 3ure it makes sense to save Unless of course at the expense 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