European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                18 the stars and stripes january 196s racially Tornal Allstar contest shifted to Houston mfr thu  Houston a the racially troubled american foot Bill league ail Star game scheduled saturday was shifted new Orleans to Monjay from league commissioner Joe pcs ordered the Transfer of the Garni after negro players re fused to com real Nung of racial discrimination i new they said they were denied taxi service and refused admission to French Quarter night Wilheln hours after Foss an new Orleans mayor Victor Kichiro said Foss acted hastily in moving the the players who walked out did themselves and their race a disservice by precipitous a Schiro the nationally televised game will be played in the Depp Chen Home of the Fouston oilers since the Al Vas founded in a television contract with the american broadcasting will stand despite the Shin in the network the which will begin at 2 will be shown players Guys mayor states Foss acted hastily in moving game from new Orleans new Orleans a uld men mayor Victor Schoro Day that american football league commissioner Foss acted hastily in cancelling the leagues ail Star game Hen and shitting it to Schoro also my that the negro players who walked out did themselves and their Rice a disservice by precipitous the game Here Wai cancelled sunday night by fast following the Reto Lafof the 11 negro play ers to play in new if these men would play foot Snitch called pension Saver new Orleans a Tommy Boston Patriot linebacker and president of the american football league player said monday the Transfer of the Al Allstar Low to Houston has saved the players pension if the game hid been can All of the players in the k it league would 1 add son our in Ball Only in cities where every body loved they All be out of i Job Schoro Foss announced that the ail Star game would be played this saturday in Houston league dive head of the new Orleans group sponsoring the classic said he seriously questioned the Wisdom of the peremptory Icelon which they the negro players took to re dress these alleged the negro players contended they were refused cab service and enter nightclubs in the French it was Learned monday that Al least two French Quarter night clubs accepted the negro play one owned in but blacked out in from both Eastern and Western division teams be Gan arriving in Houston late monday and the first practices were scheduled for there have been no incidents of discrimination involving ath letes in Houston since the oilers Man play Here and the Ollous Ion astros became members of Jie National baseball league in All major hotels and most restaurants and taverns integrated several Yean state Law specifics the boiling of liquor by the drink is illegal in Texas except in private a crowd of had been expected at new Foss and Oiler officials in pc sidestepped estimates Houston but acknowledged Theolald ticket hinder the ranging in to for the everyone into shift Lale of the Price from also switched to Houston was the leagues Winter meeting that began wednesday end through in said us new Orleans situation was re but the negro seemed to have adequate reason for deciding to walk the Al negro players on in East and West squads met Sun Day and voted to pack then bag by anti some were re fused taxicab service and to my trance to French Quarter the players called me from the Warlock of the Buffalo Bills was tit Tom me about their Foss its not critical of their Fosa Laid the league hid no Choice but Transfer the even though David promoter of the new would have to Tain m foam Tuncay convention opens with verbal blasts on Baaij by Bob Green Chicago a the National collegiate athletic association with led off healthy its convention swing at the the game was moved to hous ton Trout new Orleans after Al n i r o players refuted to play then became of racial Dis Mori of the negro players hid already left town before we first thai they Aid voted not to play in the add we ill agreed that the game should be played if it ill Possi we sympathize with the problem of the negro players and want them to be in the from Whit we could gather there were eight separate and distinct cases of these include refusal of admittance to by jazz trumpeter Al the negroes wore applauded when they were sports writer Peter Floncy of the new Orleans states item quoted one of the Ernie Warlock of Ai say ing we were having a Ball in hurts Finney also quoted an Unladen  m i Oregon state Star signs botox pact a Steve whose Ali chucks helped Mil Oregon state in the Roie signed a baseball contract with the Boston red sox Over the a signed for Nam calling and things like i do know that nearly half of the negro players wanted to play the game Here in new or leans despite Whit add son is i former University of South Carolina Larry negro Ace Bill Carrier of the Boston Sau the false sense of full integration la what disturbed the tie in football players Tat new or they were told the barriers were gone and they were what scout Bobby Doerr called a substantial his contract Perlmu my to place kick in professional foot Clark waa drafted by the Green Bay packers of the National football Amateur athletic Union Mon Surprise at report of a proposed howl game sponsored by lbs and remained mum on its relations with the professional at the same time the Confer ence commissioners represent ing 11 major conferences announced they would recommend to the Mcaa football rules committee that College players be required to play both offence and directly opposed to the free and unlimited substitution proposal the football coaches have Earl Anmer of a member of the Mcaa lad off the attack on the aau with a Long discussion of the history of the troubles of Amateur sports organizations he to he specifically hit at the aau Icelon in applying for an Mcaa Sanction for Ita mens National basketball championships last Walter Mcaa executive later expanded1 on that the Ramer applied for and accepted the Sanc Tion of the Mcaa Council for the mens National aau basketball tournament at Denver last March so that undergraduate i student athletes of the Mcaa to do in track and Field what it did for its own self interest in Byers said i cant under stand Why they aay what is All right in one sport is completely obnoxious in another the human mind cant grasp the Mcaa and the aau have been locked in a bitter and extremely Complex struggle Over control of Amateur sports in this the Mcaa claims it deserves a greater right in the selection and administration of athletes in inter National an area in and Clark Wai assigned to Slon Salem of the Carolina league and will report for Spring training it colleges could compete win As i Council i voted to Sanction that aau event and have been amazed to learn i since that the aau now refuses i which the aau holds the National franchise to represent this the remarks paved the Way for introduction wednesday of an amendment which would Al of the Mcaa to punish Mem Ber institutions whose athletes compete in indoor track n hat do not have track Field federation the aau has refused to Idow such dual the bylaw apparently will prohibit College athletes from competing in the indoor track on another the Mcaa extra events committee re ported sunday it has received application for Sanction of a pro posed Clous bowl football gome in Atlanta for december a later report out of Atlanta said the bowl was being sponsored by the Columbia Broad casting Byers said he knew nothing about it and had not seen the report of the extra events com Bud Jack of com Mittee was not immediately available for com Byers added thai approval for the bowl in any event is some ways the continued on it tit Tel Waller Byers blasts aau Mcaa rules unit to Cert  commissioners ask ban on platoons the Colle a soda tree to come and go they if they bad told us before hand that things really haunt changed much toward the negro u new this Proba would have never Canon Nap ch1cago a Ginte commissioners lion has called for abolition of platoon football in a sur prising stand that opposes the concerted move of football coaches for free and unlimited the consisting of com mls blowers of 11 major Confer put its feeling into recommendation to be presented Al the Mcaa football rules com Mittee meeting in fort Lauder this previously the commissioners made reports to the committee but never made a recommend one Tom Hamil of the athletic association of Western is a voting member of the rules 1 think the recommendation is highly significant and should have considerable said Walter executive director of the Ivy a Veteran member of the rules committee and the Wisconsin athletic said thai it probably gives some concern to Tho coaches and a recommendation certainly will be Given serious consideration but not any More than the proposals of the football coaches the commissioners recommend that the rules of the game be revised to guarantee that the possibility of deliberate fouls being made to circumvent the rules will be Eli i that in order to develop the individual players resourceful Ness the messenger system that in order to fulfil the educational Mission of football College players will learn the game by playing both ways on offence and Hamiltons Only comment was that he was a member of the initial Cha As such approved the in addition to the other member commissioners Are from the Atlantic big Eastern College Al Leti Missouri Valley South i indians Backstop comes to terms for 1965 season Cleveland up Cleft land indians Catcher Joe has signed i ims baseball con tract with the tribe for an announced the announcement was nude by who is working temporarily for the indians pubic relations i related my last figures to Gabe manager of the indians the cuban Catcher raid be toll Paul he weighs 301 Pound i that As soon As be gets Bate ill be Down to 118 Azcue racked up a liven age for the team last played on Neutral site new York up the National football league Plon shop game Between the bes a ton redskins and the Green packers played on the i site of new Yorks Poto ground because the bed Koft franchise Wai being shifted m