The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 12

12 THE KANSAS CITY STAR iffi tfBS? 1 If Drugs Delusions Shadow Joe Louis night before I collapsed in New York this woman a white woman called me on the phone and asked for $150 I owed Louis discloses was for a quarter of cocaine A how they measure It when they sell it to you I paid her the $150 She said another quarter for you This is free You just take it without paying I think there was anything wrong with it That night I sleep good so I took some cocaine guess I been around this stuff a long time with all those show people who took it I started when I was feeling bad but I was never strung out on it It just made me feel relaxed like that time in New York only it made me sick then That woman gave me bad cocaine She must be in with the Mafia They took me to the hospital and I told them there about the cocaine how come they pumped my stomach It saved my life 1 touch that stuff no His reference to the Mafia is important He believes there is a plot to destroy him with poison gas To thwart the plot he once spread mayonnaise on the cracks of a hotel-room ceiling In other hotels he taped air ducts In a room next to an elevator shaft he thought his tormentors were trying to blast him with dynamite And when he slept it often was with his clothes on in a makeshift tent in his bedroom he was with his shoes and everything laying under this his wife Martha says was the most pathetic thing in the Pathos is the essence of the book In his boyhood on an Alabama farm his father was committed to a state mental hospital In the glory of his reign as champion his money vanished And now existing mostly on the kindness of his friends he confesses to having used cocaine and talks of his for a price For his co-operation on the book he was paid a lucrative advance He will share in the royalties help thinking of Arthur play of a his son Joseph Louis Barrow Jr says the play the name was Willie Loman it Well a correlation between them Willy a grand guy just like my father and then he started growing old and losing his customers? He was never really aware that he had lost his territory the tragedy of it just like my And now as Joe torment continues there is the memory of a 1942 appearance in Madison Square Garden He was there for a navy relief society benefit In his short speech he spoke of the involvement in World War II and concluded by saying: lose because on In all the pathos on his side too By Dave Anderson New York Times News Service New Nearly three years ago Joe Louis bulkily muscular in a beige sports jacket was sitting in the upstairs room at Les Champs restaurant He was there to announce the formation of the Joe Louis Food Franchise Corporation which never materialized The food franchise collapsed The next day so did Louis He was taken to a hospital where his illness was described as a In a few days he was discharged About 10 months later he underwent treatment at Colorado Psychiatric Hospital for what was described as an The incidents soon melted into memory But now with the publication of Barney The Pilgrimage of Joe (World $795) the-former heavyweight champion unpeels the camouflage from those cliche diagnoses Cocaine provoked his Delusions of torment created his which still exists Joe Louis Pathetic Portrait Hovley-Another Look At Bouton's Ball Four" By Gib Twyman A Member of The Star's Sports Staff Jim Bouton not only missed the mark a few times in but he may not even have been in the ballpark when it comes to Stephen Eugene Hovley It was Bouton the fastest-talking if not throwing former pitcher who made Steve Hovley a center-piece in the now-famous fable of baseball foibles Peeping-Tommyrot baseballderdash they called it what with its peek into the private lives of players and a rather irrever-ant look at the infrastructure book incurred the wrath of many names of the game In case Bouton incurred only a slight loss of income sent me a copy of the as Steve said the other day I liked it I thought it was Which does not mean he thought it was correct about Steve Hovley Hovley the 27-year-old outfielder now plying his trade with the Royals was singled out by Bouton as an example of the young man held at length by the body baseball because of his convictions He was viewed indicated Bouton with curiosity if not outright alarm because it did not fit the ballplayer mold they called him An intellectual Bouton added and therefore the object of abject dismay A contemplative sort rather reserved and introspective Hovley did not talk like a ballplayer dress like a ballplayer was expressly antiwar displayed hyperactive hair glands was decidedly lacking in the prescribed amount of classic curse words read a lot and in general would never make it as a Wheaties ad Worse he might even be a liberal So Bouton was to say went that spring and summer of 1969 when the two played and play for the Seattle Pilots And on some occasions the implication was Hovley and similar players may have been played according to their beliefs as much as baseball abilities So said Bouton No not quite said Hovley True enough that Steve Hovley is a bright young man Conversant perhaps analytical alert perceptive it would seem A quiescent quality somewhat self-deprecatory sometimes picking and choosing the words like a man making the selections at the meat counter And all delivered with the glint a light that plays at the corners of the eyes the corner of the mouth upturned in puckish amusement Steve Hovley irritated at the ballyhoo nor was he defending anything He was just talking the other day: was looking for someone to serve as an illustration of a situation he thought he saw in baseball Well you may meet a person and think you know him and carry away your impression Which is fine Jim is able to form his own impression but that does not necessarily mean that impression is me tends to place people into two categories: Intellectuals and people who are unintellectual but funny Naturally he places himself in the former caregory I consider myself an intellectual intellectual is someone who knows what everyone else is thinking I am doing good to even tell you what my thinking is My views change what is now may not be tomorrow so at any moment not sure what they are there is one thing I am not probably it is a liberal I think most people wish themselves placed in a category I know I either I say specifically what I am Further Steve added he thought that much of his role See HOVLEY on Page 13 Owner of Squires Denies Rumors Battle Lines Form For Hockey War Richmond Va (AP) Earl Foreman owner of the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association said today reports that the ABA will be absorbed by the National Basketball Association were the of A story in the Greensboro NC Daily News citing an unidentified source said yesterday the ABA would cease to exist after NBA meetings next week The same report said the Virginia franchise was in debt to the ABA and may not be into the NBA Foreman said this was a by the people who are saying He said the financial situation of the Squires is all right Sporting Comment By Joe McGuff The Star's Sports Editor The good news-bad news story is unusually popular these days For example there is the story about the actor whose agent called and said he had good news and bad news me the good news the actor said know the 1 million dollars you bid for the mansion in Beverly his agent said the owner has accepted what the bad the actor said wants a $1000 down the agent replied In a way the professional basketball situation in Kansas City falls into the good news-bad news category these days The season ticket sale has gone over 2-000 the prospects are good for reaching 3000 or more and public enthusiasm appears to be running high Reports that the American Basketball Association is seeking peace with the NBA are encouraging While things appear to be going well in these important areas there has been bad news in regard to Emprise the Buffalo company headed by Jeremy and Max Jacobs who own controlling interest in the team which has been renamed the Kansas City-Omaha Kings On April 26 Emprise and six individuals were convicted in Los Angeles on charges of criminal conspiracy to obtain secret ownership of the Frontier Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Emprise was convicted only on the conspiracy charge which carries a maximum fine of $10000 Anthony Zerilli of Detroit was convicted on seven other counts Michael Polizzi of Detroit on five and Peter Bellanca the secretary of Hazel Park in Detroit on six Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10000 fine In its April 29 issue Sports Illustrated devoted 10 pages to Emprise The article covered the history its legal problems and named a large number of men of unsavory reputations with which the firm has done business The article contained little if anything in the way of new material btit it does constitute the most comprehensive analysis to date of tangled affairs The principal thrust of the article is guilt by association Aside from the conspiracy conviction no proof is presented of wrongdoing on the part of Emprise Emprise Is Appealing Conviction The conspiracy conviction is being appealed by Emprise If It is upheld it could have many unpleasant reprecussions At present investigations are being conducted in Missouri Michigan and Louisiana to determine if Sportservice a subsidiary of Emprise should be allowed to retain its liquor licenses The Louisiana Racing Commission has appointed a trustee to administer a large amount of stock in Jefferson Downs Race Track that is owned by Emprise In Arkansas Emprise has agreed to place legal title to its common stock in the Southland Racing Corporation of West Memphis under control of a voting trustee selected by the Arkansas State Racing Commission Emprise is one of the principal targets in a hearing presently being conducted by the House Select Committee on Crime Rep Sam Steiger (R-Ariz) a long-time foe of Emprise claims the firm has Cosa Nostra ties Walter Kennedy commissioner of the NBA employed the Smith and Wesson Detective Agency to investigate Emprise Kennedy has said that if and when the conviction becomes final the A will reopen its inquiry and determine the qualifications of the Jacobs family to operate an NBA team Professional baseball is conducting its own investigation of Emprise Although the Jacobs family does not own an interest in any team sportservice has close ties to baseball because of concession contracts and loans to several clubs including Montreal and Milwaukee Future of Club Uncertain What effect problems will have on the operation of the Kings is difficult to determine For the present at least operations are proceeding in a normal manner Should the conspiracy conviction stand the A will face the difficult decision of whether the Jacobs family should be allowed to retain ownership of the club Instances of an owner being forced to give up a sports franchise are rare William Cox who once owned the Phillies was persuaded to sell the team after he was accused of gambling Fred Saigh who once owned the Cardinals was forced to sell the team after being sent to prison on an income tax evasion charge Carroll Rosenbloom was allowed to retain his interest in the Baltimore Colts after Commissioner Pete Rozelle investigated a gambling charge against him In the case of the Kings it is significant that the Emprise corporation was convicted of conspiracy No individual charges were made against either Jeremy or Max Jacobs This indicates that the degree of the offense was considered to be minimal Sports Illustrated acknowledged this point in its article saying Los Angeles conviction could be viewed as a fairly petty no Emprise employee was indicted just the corporation In regard to the basketball franchise it is of further significance that the controlling interest is held by Jeremy and Max Jacobs personally not by Emprise The two brothers control an estimated 55 per cent of the stock Unless the hearings now being conducted in Washington turn up evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Emprise and the Jacobses themselves the A could make a reasonable case for allowing the present ownership to remain If the Kings are well supported in Kansas City it seems reasonable to assume the franchise will remain here regardless of what happens to Emprise and the Jacobses Should the NBA order the franchise to be sold presumably Kansas City interests would have a chance to purchase it In all probability it will be a year or more before any final determintion is made in regard to the Emprise case and the future ownership of the team Switching from the mental to the physical chess master Bobby Fischer serves one up in a celebrity tennis tournament in La Costa Calif Llj Fischer's partner yesterday was 110 Gail Goodrich of the NBA Los Move Angeles Lakers The tourney was won by Hank Greenberg former Detroit baseball star and Bob Boyd Southern California basketball coach (Wirephoto) Royals Select Prep Shortstop first and ask questions later going to draft the best players I said Torrey fact that they are available to me means they signed a standard contract last year And that contract contained an option clause on their services for next season has their signature and if I have to go to court to get them to honor that At about $300000 a both teams get 21 players for the $6000000 franchise Torrey and Fletcher anxious to pick select players who have no intention of performing in the NHL I know of at least one said who has been announced as going to the WHA who is right now negotiating with an NHL For the players a market For the buyers a matter of drafting players not only on the basis of talent but on whether play for your team too Vancouver and Los Angeles chose two players each in draft the Canucks picking Dan Tannahill a 30-goal scorer with American Hockey League farm club and Gerry from Toronto and the Kings getting Doug Volmar from Detroit and Barry Long from Chicago Pleau and Horton were the other players drafted Montreal (AP) The stage was set today for a possible legal showdown between the established National Hockey League and World Hockey Association as the two newest franchises the New York Islanders and Atlanta Flames stocked their clubs in the expansion draft General managers Bill Tor-rey of the Islanders and Cliff Fletcher of the Flames were interested bystanders yesterday as the 14 established NHL clubs tidied up their rosters in the intra-league draft Eight players changed uniforms the most notable being 42-year-old defenseman Tim Horton claimed by Buffalo from Pittsburgh But the most significant draft may have been selection of Larry Pleau from Montreal and the subsequent claim of Brad Selwood as payment from the Maple Leafs Both players have signed contracts with the New England Whalers of the WHA as have several of the other athletes whose names appeared on the lists of draft eligibles submitted to Torrey and Fletcher yesterday The announced signings of Pleau and Selwood with the WHA seem to bother the Maple Leafs and Cana-diens yesterday and if their 14 big brothers leave any quality players who are WHA -bound open today the Islanders and Flames are likely to draft Five Go on Trial For Race Fixing Boston The trial of five men accused of conspiring to fix a Suffolk Downs horse race was scheduled to go to the jury today in Suffolk Superior Court Charged with plotting to drug two horses in the ninth race on April 23 1971 are Edwin A Nelson Jr of Brockton William Barnoski of Somerville Anthony Ciulla of Stoneham Salvatore Macarel-li of Nahant and Bamum Sad-onis of Rumford RI Blazers Choose General Manager Minneapolis (AP) Murray Williamson former US Olympic hockey coach is ex-p to become general manager of the Philadelphia Blazers of the World Hockey Association the Minneapolis Tribune reported today Behind the scenes with Jackie and Ari from a book by Christian Cafarakis in Star Magazine Sunday June 11 Adv WED JUNE 7-7 PM KBIL RADIO 2ND 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Lou Gorman director of minor league operations and scouting for the Royals commented about skills: shows you all the qualities of an infielder that you like to see He appears to be highly competitive has a good arm and a quick release of the ball Offensively he is a stand-up hitter with a quick stroke and shows some signs of power There is no question in my mind that with this physical skills he could develop into a good The Royals selected in 18th position in the regular phase and were slated to choose No 8 in the secondary phase during the 2-day draft session Earlier in the drafting session in New York David Roberts a third baseman at the University of Oregon was selected by the San Diego Padres as the No 1 selection in the regular phase Roberts a 6-foot-3 215- pounder who bats and throws righthanded hit 410 in 37 games with 12 home runs and only one strikeout in 144 at-bats He also played in an exhibition game against the Philadelphia Eugene Ore farm club and collected our lowest price ever! 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