European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes Thor Day May 1 6 Derby hearing drags through second Day t 111 Etc \7 t t t t7 to to f a to 4j-r\ia" ttkiitnr1 n 4 is la viral to i t m my v m a & a a t it 4u Abb _. _ _ Louisville by. A the hearing in the Kentucky Derby disqualification already past the 24-hour Mark was Des tined to continue through wednesday and into the night lawyer involved in the proceeding said tuesday Bonnie who represents the owner Trainer and other personnel with dancer s image said it s Only a private opinion but that s what i the Churchill Downs Stew Ards in their second Day of Tes Timony continued past Midnight with one witness Doug Davis still to be . Alex Harthill a Louisville veterinarian in whose bar dancer s image was stabled be fore the Derby spent More than five hours in the locked hearing , a thoroughbred owner and Trainer who had his racing string in the neighbouring barn was told to wait outside that he would be called later. The stewards said their prime concern was to try Mohave dancer s image eligible to race again by thursday morn ing entry time for the Preakness. The second jewel in the triple Crown. The hearing had been going on for 15 hours at Midnight. Under racing rules any horse such As dancer s image who is found to have raced with illegal medication in his system be comes ineligible until a Stew Ards hearing is Over. Kenneth Smith the chemist who found Phenyl Butanone tithe Colt s Post Derby urine spec Imen had been before the stewards for six hours when the first break came in Security surrounding the hearing. It was Smith s report that resulted in disqualification of dancer s image and the Decla ration of Forward pass run Ner up in the $125,000-Addedclassic, As the 1968 Winner. Kelso Sturgeon Public relations director for Churchill Downs was authorized to an Miami voted 69 super bowl Atlanta up the or Ange bowl stadium at Miami was named tuesday for the second straight year As the site of the Jan. 12, 1969 nil of super bowl football game. Commissioner Pete Rozelle coming out of a closed combined meeting of the two leagues said the vote to return to Miami was unanimous wit new Orleans which had hoped to be the Host for the 1969playoff game abstaining. The owners wanted remake it Clear that we Are not establishing any sort of permanency for the super bowl in City gets it. Schiro had said the game would have Given a boost to new Orleans plan to build a$9d million domed stadium. New Orleans claimed to Beable to provide 10,000 More seats than Miami but was asking for 12 per cent of the Gross Gate while Miami was asking for Only $35,000 in rental. It had been understood forbore than a month that Miami and new Orleans were the Only real candidates for the superbowl. There was some talk about returning the game to Tholos Angeles coliseum scene of the first super bowl game in1967, but the fact that the game was not a sellout weighed heavily against its return there. Rozelle emphasized that tues Day s decision in no Way eliminated new Orleans from consideration As a site for some later super bowl game. In stars and stripes Pete Rozelle. Announces selection Miami Rozelle said. It s jus that in View of our very successful game there this Pas january we Felt we should Choice of a site for the game which grossed More than$3 million and was viewed by More than 42 million on television had boiled Down to Miami or new Orleans. Miami had a sellout of More than 72,000 for the past game in which National football league Champion Green Bay beat american football league Champion Oakland 33-14. However new Orleans had guaranteed to sell at least 80,000 tickets in the larger sugar Bow stadium if it got the game. The mayors of the two cities Steve Clark of Miami and Victor Schiro of new Orleans made presentations to the league owners who Are in join session for their Spring meeting. Clark said the super bowl i Worth $5 million to whatever nil plans meeting new York a the National hockey league will hold a special meeting in new Yor thursday. It is expected that the Agenda will include the1968-69 schedule plus the Nam ing of a successor to the lat Jack Adams As president of the Central professional league. The meeting previously had been scheduled for Friday. Spectating by John Williamson staff writer we think the decision of the International Lawn Tennis federa Tion to approve open Tennis Competition is of More importance than the publicity it has been getting would seem to indicate. Not jus because it will allow Amateur and professional Tennis players to compete in the same tournaments but because it is the first time that an International body governing or regulating a athletic area has openly recognized the hypocrisy and deceit so prevalent in most purely Amateur sports. To be sure the ruling made by the Ilyf is Little fuzzy in places and will require some clarification before everyone will know exactly what going on. But these things Are True of most com Promise solutions and the decision was a com Promise. It was a Compromise Between the factions that wanted to do away with the term Amateur completely and those who wished to retain it. The Ilyf will still recognize amateurs. But what they have done in effect is to create another category of player who will be Al Lowed to profit from the game but will not be termed a professional. The full time pros Are of course beyond the jurisdiction of the new Middle class of players which corresponds to what the Large majority of Amateur tournament players have been forbears May accept prize Money profit from endorsements perhaps demand appearance Money but cannot make Tennis their sole profession in the manner of a teaching pro or one who plays in the touring pro groups. Limited open events then there will be the open tournaments for which approval Mustbe granted by the federation. In these meets All three classes May compete without the amateurs losing their standing for playing against the pros. The number of these tournaments will be strictly controlled by the Ilyf. For instance for the remainder of 1968 the United states has been Given permission to hold Only two while Britain was allowed a total of first of the open events the British hard courts Champion ships Wasi held lust month at Bournemouth England and was Wonky australian professional Ken Rosewall who Defeated his country Man Rod layer also a pro in the finals for the $2,400 first prize Many leading amateurs did not compete in the British meet possibly because they were unsure of what it might do to their status. This is particularly True in regards to Davis cup play which started the following week. The Davis cup Council which has thelast word on eligibility for cup play has t indicated which class of players they Are going to allow to compete and they Don t meet again until july. The Only Davis cupper of note to enter the Bournemouth tournament was Britain s Mark Cox who created a sensation by winning his first two matches against seasoned pros Pancho Gonzales Androy Emerson to Advance to the semifinals of the meet. He lost to Laver in the semis but proved that the better amateurs can hold their own against the play for Money boys. Cox entered the meet strictly As an Amateur playing for $120expense Money. Had he registered As playing for the Cash prizes he would have received $600 for advancing to the semifinals. Here continued on Paye 22 fact said Rozelle we Hope they will keep their invitation open. There Are a number of places where future super bowls May be played including the Astrodome in Houston. At an earlier news conference tuesday Rozelle said that although the current player unrest in the nil could become critical he is con Vinced that the owners and players will work out reasonable the commissioner seemed to feel that the two player demands which the nil owners Are finding hardest to meet Are the paying of $500 per player for each preseason game and raising the pension fund to $5million. Rozelle pointed out that under the terms of the merger which goes into full effect in 1970, thearl must have its pension on Par with the nil at that said earlier that if the combined league decides to expand from -26 to 28 teams Seattle is the Best bet for one of the new franchises with Bir Mingham ala., Phoeniz ariz., Portland Ore. The runners for the , Rozelle said there would be no expansion before1970 and if merger plans work out with the present number of teams there will be no pressure for expansion four wit ounce that at least Nesses were to follow a i Wii is Ssan Sesser of dancer s Imago Amir it sell Parcheta a Groom rus Lou Cavalaris the rain dancer s image publicly s j veterinarians questioned brately agreed fac y scutes a
