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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, October 4, 1967

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                S Adams 20, a graduate of Ohio state is a 5-foot-8 halfback for a professional football team. He s a Poledri veg Ball Carrier Inthewoods Hayes tradition right he s not too fast but a Low hard runner who delights in running Over not around the defensive linemen. Right wrong. He s a she. Suzie Adams is a Lovely Champagn blonde with a bouffant Hairdo piled a foot higher than her  has Long Willowy legs. A Mona Lisa smile plays at the Corners of vermouth. Her Coa Black eyes sparkle. She runs like a whippet and when the 275-Pound defensive linemen yes that s right men try to tackle her she s going to leave them clutching at  is a girl. There can be no doubt about that. She is also a professional football player. Just How effective re Mains to be seen. She is one of 18 girls signed to con tracts by a Cleveland theatrical agent Syd Friedman who believes Strong Menwill pay hard earned Money to watch stronger men Chase pretty girls All Overa football Field blocking tackling and hurling them out of Bounds just As i they weren t delicate and Huxtable. Suzie is a Model in real life. Her Fea Tures Are classic. In t she afraid they la be rearranged by a 250-Pound Gua Dbent on her destruction no she said smiling. I m absolutely fearless. That s my big problem. And if 1 thought i d get Hurt i would t  the thought crossed my mind that Many a bruising linebacker does t be Lieve he can get Hurt and winds up get Ting hit from the Blind Side and watches the next few games. But Suzie is so pretty it boggles the mind to picture her in , Suzie and her assortment of amazons belong to a team based i Cleveland known As the . Dare devils. Their coach is Marion Motley former Cleveland Brown All pro full  says his organization of Femme will emulate the Harlem Globe Trotters. They will play exhibition games against men teams of Caliper slightly by Ronald e. Cohen up staff writer below National and american football league. They la play the first games of doubleheaders drawing extra spectators into the Park to either see them get killed or make fools of the men. Friedman has contacted Severa Continental league teams and made firm commitments for games. He says his girls will be thrilling to watch because they la use dazzle dazzle plays exclusively possibly to avoid being trampled by the  says it s no joke. He s recruiting gals from All Over the world in Hopes of finding one or two super athletes a girl who can punt 70 Yards pass a perfect spiral 50 Yards Bel through a big tackle with the Power and Speed of a Marion  men players i be talked with Are frankly worried about these girls Friedman said. No not that the girls will get Hurt but that Well uncover acute who can kick Field goals More accurately than Lou Groza can Pas better than fran Tarkenton. I believe and so do the players that the Public will demand the super girl be placed on a regular pro team. Supposed come up with a phenom. His voice trailed off and he got a faraway look in his eyes. Friedman says hell pay the girls from $3,000 up depending on How Man games Are played. And he thinks there won t be any problem with girls tack Ling boys because if we pay them enough they la tackle  envisions a starting line made up of Strong Mobile girls between275 and 300 pounds. They la Wear red White and Blue uniforms and red foot Ball shoes with real cleats. We won t worry about the score he said. Of course Well be out to win and 1 think we can once in  basically it s going to be a  what credentials does Suzie bring tothe fray Well she played in an annual powder puff game at her High school i Columbus the girls against the Var sity boys. But she admits she was Tever tackled because her Boyfriend was the varsity fullback and warned his teammates to Lay off the rough stuff. The 135-Pound Beauty who Hopes Tobe in the starting Backfield when the daredevils open their season in about six weeks said she won t have any trouble getting into a helmet because her hair comes off. She has no qualms about barging into heretofore male Only Field and does t even think the men will bit extra Hardin order to prevent the gals from Mak ing them look  what if they do what thoughts will race through her mind when the tacklers gang up on her i Don t know. It May even be a Lotof fun having those cute fellas put their arms around  Ball. Up he picked me says rep. Hale Bogg democratic whip pointing to House speaker John Mccormack. Jiju aria. W 1/u by Carl Leubsdorf a staff writer House Republican whip Leslie  sat alongside the Center aisle counting his troops and making mental note of the absentees. On the democratic Side whip Hal Boggs stood at the rear of the chamber with two aides making a list of democrats present and voting. The vote on an amendment to the foreign Aid Bill Complete Arends and Boggs disappeared into their respective cloakroom to Telephone absent Mem i Bers and urge them to come to the floor. A similar scene takes place in the House during most major legislative Battles. Arends and Boggs As whips of their parties have the Job of getting enough members to the floor to uphold their parties positions. There have been whips in con Gress since the turn of the Century and the British parliament has had the since 1770. The term stems from the Whipper in who was the Man in Fox Hunt responsible for keeping the hounds from leaving the , 71, of Illinois is the senior gop member of the House and has been his party s whip since 1043, longer than any Man in , 53, holds his position by appointment of the speaker and the major Ity Leader unlike Arends who is elected by the gop membership. The youngest member of the House when first elected at 26, Boggs of Louisiana has held his Post since 1962. Each operates through Deputy an assistant whips. Arends has three deputies reps. William h. Bates of Massachusetts Jackson e. Betts of Ohio and Burt l. Talcott of California while Boggs has a single Deputy John e. Moss of California. Under them Are assistant whips serving states or regions 14 for the republicans and 19 for the democrats. Arends picks his Deputy and assistant hips they re Loyal he said in an interview. I Don t think i be got a Loafer in the  the assistant democratic whips Are picked by the state or Region they serve and usually by. The senior Democrat from the area. In some Southern regions it is difficult to get an assistant whip who favors the party s position or who can do much to Linti up  Arends has to contend with up to 30 potentially Balky members on most issues democrats have 70 to 80 South gop whip rep. Leslie c. Arends displays his office symbols. Erners plus some conservative Borders taters who frequently line up with the republicans to oppose administration proposals. Twice this year on a measure to in crease the National debt limit republicans were solidly opposed so democrats had to rely on southerners to get the Bill through. The first time the failed but the second time they succeeded. Republican policy positions which signal an All out whip Effort Are taken by the party s policy committee. Headed by rep. John j. Rhodes jr., a conservative from Arizona it meets every  once a month republicans hold a conference of the entire membership under chairman Melvin r. Laird of wis Consin often to discuss controversial issues on which the party is split. Democratic policy like that of an party in Power follows the Lead of the White House. On major issues both party whips poll their memberships through the assistant whips to see where the votes lie. Then they can use what Arends Calls persuasion on the doubtful Mem Bers. When crucial amendments come upon the floor the whips put in whip Calls to summon their  and Boggs estimate they can get their troops to the floor in about15 minutes. So far this year however republicans have apparently had More Success at this than  underdog tries harder Arends said. We re out to make a record particularly the freshmen. They re a Little More  put it differently. The republicans do a better Job because they Rethe minority. There s a natural cohesiveness in the minority. You re no responsible for a  on a number of important issues this year most notably the president s anti crime Bill the democratic whip organization practically rested because it appeared extremely doubtful whether the Bill could be passed in the form the administration  picking its spots the democratic leadership and whip system looked goo when it was passing the debt limit in crease funds for Model cities and the District of Columbia reorganization Bill but looked bad when it did Littleon the ant crime Bill and on the rat extermination measure which was voted Down. A missed kiss costs this Kirghizia rider in game of Kyr Kun. By Scott b. Bruns up staff writer up the name of the game is Kok  is played by hard Riding kazakhs and kirghiz tribesmen astride High spirited Tough Central asian horses. The Ball is the decapitated carcass of Ablack sheep. It May be the bloodiest game played by men. Kok Par was demonstrated for muscovites at a soviet All Union tournament of Kazakhstan Kirghizia Tad Zhik Stan georgian Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan horsemen and Farmers be fore 18,000 persons at the Moscow hippodrome a race track on the capital outskirts. There were other games equally rough and Tough but with less blood spilled. One was Khz Kun in which a Manon horseback chases a girl on horse Back and if he catches her gives her kiss a tooth shattering Buss at full Gal lop. If the Man misses his kiss and the girl does her Best to see that he does she wins the privilege of chasing him around the Arena flailing him with a whip. Also from Central Asia comes the game of i Sindi. One mounted Man on horseback the target does his Betto avoid Spears Blunt ended thrown at him for scores by another  game called Tishken Burti also played in horses seemed much like pol except the red and Green rubber Ball had to be knocked through a hoop attached to the top of a 10-foot pole. But it was Kok Par that made the blood run for players and watchers  kazakh eight Man team wore White Bur nooses White wraparound shirts open at the neck and cinched at the Waist with Green bandanas and dark Riding pants. The eight kirghiz in Shim Mering electric Blue blouses tight trousers and triangular White Caps with Black piping looked like medieval pirates. Al riders carried whips. Pago 12 the stars and stripes wednesday october 4, 1967 the stars and stripes the judge mounted on a White speckled stallion was a toothless rus Sian whose Lack of Teeth was made up for by his rasping shouting voice. From the Start the players seemed to View him with disdain. O begin a kazakh rider leaned from his Saddle and easily heaved up the headless sheep carcass weighing 80 pounds it was  body was paraded Back and Forth close to the stands so everyone got Good look at it. Then it was thrown to the ground a signal was Given and the struggle began. It looked More like hand to hand horse to horse warfare than a game As the riders sought to capture the sheep and ride it past goals at either end of the playing area. With the starting signal the two near est riders leaned Low in their saddles grabbing for the sheep. One his whip Between his Teeth grasped the carcass by its right hand leg. Immediately Al riders of both teams came Rushing in 16 men the size of pro football player Riding 16 excited asian steeds. The sheep dropped was swept up by another rider passed from rider to rider on the run the 80-Pound weight be ing handled with muscled ease. In one scramble a rider fell narrowly escaping being trampled. The referee s whistle screamed but was ignored and the tussle for the carcass went on. Finally a player got Possession and Tor away toward the enemy goal As the fallen rider remounted and joined in the Chase. So it went for 30 minutes. Three goal were scored with the kazakhs declared winners 2 to 1. The kirghiz refused to believe it and 15 minutes after the final whistle were on the Field their cloth Sand horses covered with sheep s blood still arguing with the referee about disputed goal Kok Par is quite a game. Page 13  
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