The Atlanta Journal from Atlanta, Georgia • 64

Cotton Comes to AIR with a Plan Perspective But Will the Track Ever Prosper? one of the stipulations of OR THE There's an Answer for Girls Just Play in Your Own League IMKMISSlOfi SPfMUSTS IT MIXES WELL IMPERIAL HIRAM WALKER WRESTLING TEXAS DEATH MATCH NO DQ SPECIAL REEREE MR KLEEN BLENDED HISKEY 86 PROO 30 STRAIGHT WHISKEYS CRAIN SPIRITS KlitAl! WALKER SOUS INC PEORIA IU Raceway cannot survive profit while entertaining visitors to Georgia each Charge it at General Tire WHITEWALLS ONLY $2 MORE PER TIRE RAIN CHECK: Should our supply ol some sres or tmes run short during this event we will honor any orders placed now tor future delivery at the advertised price welterweight division is beginning to look like a boring rerun of an old movie to Jose Napoles So he say says he's 'going Size H78 14 or H78 15 tubeless blackwall p'us $275 or $280 ed Ex Tax each depending on size woods It has been a slow process but now Cotton thinks he has found a way Origi nal stockholders of the track might disa gree and will have their chance to say so but Cotton strongly believes the court should accept a proposal by two Atlanta businessmen that will give them control of the 152 mile track that sits across highway 41 from Hampton Ga about 30 miles from dwontown Atlanta There is a very good reason the track has moved along at a pace when it came to reorganization It every day you find men willing to buy majority interest in a business that has bankruptcy written on its face However Cotton came up with two businessmen obviously willing to flirt with a corporation that has more legal entanglements in its past and its present than anyone would care to open ly admit Walt Nix and Jim Baker have offer ed to provide about $350000 to gain a controlling interest in Atlanta Interna tional Raceway The deal is not complete until first approved by Chief Judge Syd ney Smith Jr of the District Court and stockholders and creditors of the one time financially distraught track Under the proposal longtime stock holders have nothing to lose since an out Size 650 13 tubeless blackwall plus $173 ed Tax each CALL ON THE GOOD NATURED WHISKEY Hours: AM TIL 1 AM MONDAY THRU RIDAY 8 PM TIL 2 AM ON SAT be re 876 1233 PEACHTREE AT 8tti ST NOW OPEN ON SATURDAY SECURITY GUARD IN PARKING LOT AUTO MAN CAN SOLVE 'YOUfiAUTQPROBLEMS Ryan knows more than a little about softball participation now the new darling of the Geritol set a distaff rival for George Blanda Gerry is the catcher for the Swingers in the ord Women's Slow Pitch League in De troit The 62 year old catcher lost a step or two over the years and can't always stretch those long singles into doubles now but a regular for the Swingers get a little overheated when the she says I can play the full seven innings They let me though afraid get too tired I retired from a job as a key punch operator but she says nowhere near retirement from softball just got a new glove and still got to break it she said DOWNTOWN 17 PIEDMONT AVE AT CORNER ED6EW000 AVE 659 2288 and out bankruptcy proceeding could have made their investment worthless anyhow They can only hope for the best which would depend on the generosity of those in control under the proposed plan not to mention the profit versus loss fac tors Both Baker an Atlanta automotive dealer and Nix who has flown many business colors at one time or another have proven they know what it takes to make a buck The past two years Cotton has shown the race track to be capable of the same or a man who knew nothing of the organized sport of auto racing from a business standpoint when he jumped in the fire Cotton has adapted quite well It is no secret within the sport that Cotton is the kind of businessman Atlanta Inter national Raceway has needed all along It takes time effort and money to oper a any successful business Cotton would be the first to admit also that it takes a continuity of management some thing the race track has dearly lacked over its 14 year history AIR was on the verge of gaining that continuity under Nelson Weaver be fore he died Along with the ever present aide of track superintendant Alf Knight AIR has been on the verge several times of becoming an established mem PERSPECTIVE is a Journal Sports commentary our comments are invited Write PERSPECTIVE Atlanta Journal Sports Dept 72 Marietta St Atlatna Ga 30302 Letters should signed short and to the point We serve the right to edit for length water until she was taken to the track hospital think I'd be here now if it for said the brown aired sophomore to be at North Montgomery High School was scared and crying and didn't know what I was going to after Carlos world middleweight title else is said Napoles after drubbing Roger Menetrey of rance for 15 rounds Sunday in Grenoble George Parnassus the Los Angeles promoter who bankrolls Napoles says a match with Monzon could be arranged be fore the year is out In the meantime Na poles will probably make a 10th welter weight defense against either Clyde Grey of Canada or Angel Espada of Puerto Rico Napoles who weighed 146 for fight could easily go to a little over 150to take on Monzon We fake the time to gentle the taste to make our whiskey a sip smoother than the rest That's why imperial is so popular Its rich taste comes on light and goes down easy In any drink By JIM HUNTER Call it case No 70556 legal talk for race tracks on the brink of bank ruptcy Atlanta International Raceway pick ed up the alias a coupie of years ago when management at that time reached into its collective pockets and came up empty handed or something that implies sheer speed by the sound of its name Atlanta International Raceway seemed to have developed a penchant for the womg kind The only thing Atlanta Internation al Raceway seemed to be able to accom plish at a fast rate was losing money In a world of left turns and long straights the Georgia track seemed to turn right Somewhere along the way AIR crashed off the road of financial solvency Thanks to something known in America as a Chapter Ten Reorganiza tion under the laws governing bankrupt cy the track now has new hope pros pects of economic stability just around the next turn Stacey Cotton a hard nosed law yer who has come to specialize in such things as reorganization proceedings is the man entrusted by United States Dis trict Court to find Atlanta International path out of the bankruptcy OOTBALL The annual communityservice award of the National ootball League Players Associa tion goes this year to linebacker Andy Rus sell of the Pittsburgh Steelers The presentation of theByron White Trophy was made Sunday night at a dinner in Chicago 0)8 Utliintd Journal Monday June 25 1973 BOXING There could still be a change in Chuck Wepner's new status as North American heavyweight champion New Jersey Athletic Commissioner Abe Greene is considering a protest from Ernie Terrell who lost a deci sion Saturday night in Atlantic City to Wep ner That decision ignited booing from the fans and Sam Solomon manager rushed referee Harold Valan with a pair of scissors in his hand Solomon was restrained The press corps covering the fight had Ter rell a unanimous winner Greene says looking into the decision which is rendered in New Jersey by the referee as sole judge Associated Press Photo ply the waters during the week long sailing tournament still no Olympic medal for former world heavyweight champion Inge mar Johansson He was disqualified in the finals of the 1952 Olympics against William Saunders of the United States His disquali fication was for exhibiting a lack of fighting spirit in the match and Lord Killanin the President of the International Olympic Committee said in Lausanne Switzerland Sunday there will be no reversal with a sil ver medal for Johansson 60 Of Your Transmission Prob lems can be corrected with Proper Service and Adjust ment MISCELLANY The new foil champion of the United States is Ed Ballenger of New York The 21 year old fencer leaves Wednesday for the world championships in Sweden after taking the title in the US National encing Championships in Tucson A i Bruce Lyons from Washington DC was second with Marine irst Lieutenant Bert reeman in third place COMING SUNDAY JULY 1st THE COCA COLA UNNY CAR CAVALCADE STARS ATLANTA SPEED SHOP DRAGWAY INC COVINGTON GA Offer Expires June 30 Restore That "New Car" Ride and Positive Car Control With New Delco Shock Absorbers Today' Georgians to Run Dixie Match Race A match race between two of leading short track stock car drivers has been announced with the win ner getting a ride in the July 22 Dixie 500 Grand National Event at Atlanta International Raceway Sportsman drivers Jody Ridley and Buck Simmons two of the winningest per formers in the history of bull ring type competition will run a 20 lap match race at Dixie Speedway near Marietta at Woodstock on Saturday night July 7 to determine who gets to drive Junie grand national Mercury in the Dixie 500 Strong 4 Ply Construction Easy Steering Contoured Shoulders amous Dual Tread Design ber in good standing of the recognized Atlanta community of professional sports As did Weaver Cotton chose to operate the race track as an everyday business rather than a twice a year hap pening in It is therefore hoped should the cur rent plan of reorganization be eventually approved future management will do the same There is no reason an auto racing facility the stature of Atlanta International and show a thousands of year Actually recommended plan before the court is that a drag strip be constructed to operate along with the oval track To Cotton the drag strip represents an additional source of income The proposal in the end will be only as good as those who enforce it Hopefully AIR will leave the bank ruptcy woods for good Olivares faced with possible boxing entinction gave un nightclubbing and whipped young Bobby Chacon and now ap pears ready for a shot at the world feather weight championship The former bantamweight champion knocked out Chacon in the ninth round and is looking to a possible match with Ernesto Marcel of Panama for the feathwerweight title GREENBRIAR 3120 Campbellton Rd 349 3270 Open Mon Sat 8:00 6:00 Aberson who played both major league baseball and football in the 1940s died Sunday at the age of 51 in Vallejo Calif A native of Chicago Aberson was an outfielder for theCubs in 1947 1948 and 1949 and at the age of 25 he hooked on with the Green Bay Packers as a running back in 1946 When Cathy Bryant puts on her uniform and goes to bat she doesn't have to worry about Little League or Babe Ruth League officials running her out That's because the opposition and her teammates are all girls in a rapid! growing organization called Miss America oundation The foundation started last year by four men in California with 10000 girls in 22 states participating Now there are that many girls participating in 23 leagues in the state of lorida this season lorida director Bill Currie news make up editor of the Clearwater Sun was that paper's sports editor for 14 years and he sees the growth of softball teen age girls because have anything to do but be cheerleaders during the Currie says the softball program could be the answer to problems that occur when girls try to crash baseball programs not trying to make Joe DiMag gios or Mickey Mantles out of these says Currie want fun 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