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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday november 17, 1973 Small Black Grid schools losing stars continued from Page 25 pro football " says coach John Mckay of Southern Cal. And Gary Jeter a freshman defensive tackle from Cleveland and Marv Powell an offensive tackle saw us so much on to that they thought us was just around the  one Black school Grambling welcomes the Challenge of recruiting with the big universities. We re delighted the Black ath Lete is now getting the Chance to choose As the White athlete has always had said a Grambling spokesman. Our response to the Challenge of recruiting by previously All White schools has been to make Grambling s program As attractive As possible. We play from coast to coast including Hono Lulu. We play in big stadiums be fore big crowds. And we re prob ably the Only school other than notre Dame to offer coast to coast to videotape of our  pro football scouts however no longer have to look Only to Grambling for Black athletic Tal ent. Pro scouts Tell me they have started changing their sched Ules says Paige. They can go More to the major White schools now because that s where All the Black athletes  despite Grambling s optimism Many of the Black schools say they will just have to com Pete with the Challenge by hustling More. In a lot of cases we just can t compete against the schools with alumni who own half of main Street and against the Guy who brings a kid in and says that they re going to help him in the off season says Marino Cavern coach at Alcorn am. The future of the Black football team in the South is Uncertain. Many coaches say they currently Are losing one to four Black foot Ball players a year to Large universities. And those same coaches foresee Little Hope that the trend will reverse itself. Gilliam says he believes it very Likely that Black College football eventually will disappear. Cavern however believes the trend May not be a lasting one. I feel the thing is going to Settle Down after a bit. Now Ala Bama is winning with Blacks. So Are other schools like Oklahoma and Nebraska. They have had Success with them and they Are after Blacks real hot right now but people Are not going to stand by and see a University of Mississippi or a University of Ala Bama with More Black athletes sitting on the Bench than White athletes. The Black athletes have to be Good enough to  czechs aussies tied in Davis cup semis As Newcombe Kedes Bow out of sight Minnesota s Danny Grant shoots the puck into the net behind Pittsburgh goalie Jim Rutherford in the first period of a North Star Penguin game. Pittsburgh won 5-1. Up photo Melbourne a Australia and Czechoslovakia were tied 1-1 after the first two singles of the Davis cup Tennis Semi final Here Friday in a Day in which champions tumbled. John Newcombe . Title Holder and australian no. 1, was Defeated in four sets by 23-year old Jiri Hrebec and Wimbledon Champion and czech Headliner Jan kodes went Down in three straight sets to Veteran Rod Laver. Unknown Hrebec injected new life into the czech team and into the semifinal with his 6-4, 8-10, 6 4, 7-5 Victory in 164 minutes Over Newcombe. Nobody not even czech team manager Antonin Bozardt had Given Hrebec any Chance against Newcombe. Earlier the czechs had dejectedly watched As Laver Defeated kodes 6-3, 7-5, 7-5, in 113 min utes. Australian Captain and coach Neale Fraser said i was very surprised that Hrebec did so Well. At Berlin Vogel Weh in december Parker Zuaro to hold mat clinics Worms Germany army wrestling will close out the 1973 Usa eur sports clinic pro Gram with two coaches and officials clinics scheduled for de Cember in Berlin and Kaiserslautern. Sports officials of the us army special services Agency Europe announced that two of the nation s top wrestling authorities coach Doug Parker of Springfield mass., College and referee judge or. Vince Zuaro of City College of new York have accepted invitations to conduct Usa eur clinics december 4-8 at the Berlin sports Center and december 10-14 at the Vogel Weh gymnasium in Kaiserslautern. The Usa eur coaches and officials clinics Are expected to attract some 80 pin for fun grapplers from Belgium Italy and Germany. Attendees will receive the latest instruction on International rules skills and mechanics of officiating techniques employed in coaching and methods of conducting follow up clinics within their respective com mands. Doug Parker has been a dynamic figure in collegiate wrestling for 22 years 18 of which have been spent at Springfield College. During his Long tenure on the chief Campus he has established a wrestling dynasty his muscular charges have won 17 out of 18 new England Confer ence championships while producing nine All americans and 91 conference titlist. In 1970, and again in 1972, he was elected coach of the year by sports writers covering the new eng land sports conference. A member of the Mcaa wrestling rules committee for four years Parker served 12 years As a membership Secretary of the National wrestling coaches association and in 1972 was presi table Tennis stars touring Safe Ramstein Germany air Force Safe bases will get a taste of some expert Ping Pong diplomacy during the next two weeks when two of the United states top professional table Tennis players conduct travelling clinics at installations around the command. Following the table Tennis Trail with a formidable 11-appearance schedule will be Bill Lesner and Jeff smart who have been win Ning major table Tennis championships around the Globe for a number of years. Both Are past members of the United states world College team and Are proteges of such famous coaches As dal Joon Lee Dell Sweeris Sam Veillette Kimiyo Kurimoto mat Zus Ahi and Johan Messa. The dynamic duo will conduct clinics in England at Chicksands and Alconbury sunday Bent Waters monday and Mildenhall tuesday. The pair then travels to Ger Many where they will appear at Ramstein wednesday Pitburg Friday and we Bruecken a and Sembach nov. 24. Smart and Lesner will visit an Kara and in Ciurlik in Turkey nov. 26-28. Further information on the Turkey clinics May be obtained from or. Dave Chambers at in Ciurlik Telephone Extension 3222. Dent of the Mcaa College Divi Sion wrestling coaches association. Zuaro has received the coveted Cross of Honor the highest award of the International wrestling federation for his officiating work at the olympic games in Mexico City in 1968 and in 1972 at Munich. The assistant Dean of Educa Tion at Cony when not Busy on the mat Zuaro has officiated at nine world championships two pan american games three olympiads and a Host of National championships. He was named us wrestling federation offi Cial of the year in 1971. The , educator sportsman holds the distinction of being the Only non member of fila federation internationale de Lutte Amateur Given the responsibility of conducting a classification clinic for officials at the pan american games. In 1972 he be came the first american As signed to hold a seminar for the classification and promotion of officials at Mexico City ass of chairman for judges and officials he is Repp sible for developing and training referee judges in the . Hrebec s serving was a real Eye opener for us. Newcombe did not play Well enough to win. He was battling All the time against that big serve. Hrebec served 14 aces and had Newcombe shaking his head in disbelief As the Ball kicked High Over his head. Fraser said i am still very confident that Australia will win the semifinal. Winner of the semifinal plays the United states in the final scheduled for Cleveland Ohio nov. 30-dec. 2. Hrebec from Prague was nearly As surprised As the australians Over his Victory. I gave myself Only a 30 per cent Chance against new Combe he said. I have never served better in my  As Newcombe s final forehand went outside the sidelines Hrebec hurled his Racket onto the grass courts and let out a yell of Delight. His teammates invaded the Jooyong Center court after throwing a toy Kangaroo at him As he was hugged and kissed by Bozardt. The unbaked Sun hatted crowd of 9,000 gave Hrebec a standing ovation. Earlier they had booed kodes when the czech disputed line Calls and questioned being foot faulted. Bozardt officially objected to a Call which went against the kodes and gave Laver the break in Points in the fifth game of the third set., referee Jim Entink ruled that the service should be replayed. Three Points later with kodes leading 40-30, Fraser objected about a backline Call. Again the referee ruled for a replay. Kodes held his service game but could not match layer s whipped fore hands. Laver s Victory marked a great comeback for him to the Davis cup the International Champion ship of men s Tennis. I am Happy it s Over and de lighted to win said Laver who left his adopted Home in califor Nia to bid for a place in the team. I Haven t served As Well i years he added. Laver the Only Man to have win two grand slams admitted to feeling nervous about playing in the team which is making Australia s biggest Effort in five years to regain the coveted Tro Phy. After dominating the Competition from 1946 Australia last reached the final in 1968  
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