European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday May 25, 1977 Podoloff 86, built the foundation for Aba but never liked the game by Dave Anderson West Haven Conn. Not sunday should have been the one Day in the year when Maurice Podoloff knew that basketball remembered him. In its new York offices the National basketball association announced that Kareem Abdul Jabbar again had been voted the Podoloff cup As the league s most valuable player. But for Maurice Podoloff. All the daycare the same now. The original president of the Aba is 88 years old. Tie s confined tothe sound View specialized care Center a Low red Brick nursing Home surrounded by shrubs. But he s still Bright and bouncy. I never know who wins that  he said not Long ago in his sunny room Over looking downtown new Haven where he grew up. I m a nonentity of i m secluded  but he sounded As if he s secluded from basketball by  Haven t watched any of the playoff games he said glancing at the Gray frankness of the portable to set on his Dresser. I Don t like the game. I never liked the  but through 17 seasons Maurice Podoloff helped construct the foundation of the game As it is now with its championship finals on prime time television its million Dollar players. The Small White haired Cherub of a Man who retired in 1963, had hopped onto the Edge of his bed. In his Hue and White sport shirt beige Slacks Gray socks and scuffed Brown loafers he resembled a Spry senior citizen who had been uttering in his Garden rather than an elderly patient. I be been Here five  he said. I came in with a nervous breakdown but i got All Over that. My wife s too old to Takecare of me so i m  on a Wall was what he called a rogue s gallery of snapshots of his wife his three children his five grandchildren his seven great grandchildren. Except for a copy of Leonard Koppett s "24 seconds to shoot a history of the Aba published in 1968, there was no link to basketball in his room. Back in 1946 he was the president of the american hockey league when the Orga racing Roundup continued from Page 2s1 team. The fierce Regazzoni made the 10th Row at indy and if he stays out of trouble he a finish High hut for regal Torii. Staying out of rouble is a rarity. Speaking of the Ensign team the popular French Driver Patrick Tam Bay announced at Monaco that he has a ride in a new second Ensign car. Tam Bay will be backed by the Hong Kong millionaire Teddy vips who is also supporting Rega Zonta Effort at Indiana polls. Tam Bay will make his formula 1 debut at the French Gran prix and go the rest of the season. Wrapping it up. Scheckter now has 32 Points after six races while Lauda comes next with 25. Lauda s Ferrari teammate Carlos Reutemann has 23, while Andretti has 22.those Are the top runners and it s All very close. Ferrari leads for the constructor s cup with 40 Points. Wolf has 32 and Lotus 24. Next round is june s at zolder Belgium. Heyer wins at Mainz Fin then at Mainz Fin then. Germany. Zak Speed Ford escort Driver Hans Heyer finally got re Venge beating the Bow Junior team Tor the first time this season. Competing in the 2 liter  edged Bow 320 Driver Marc surer by just under a second while another Bow driven by Manfred Winkelhoch came third. In the Over 2-Liler division Rolf Stemmelen won aboard a porsche Turbo crossing the line exactly two seconds ahead of Bob Wollock in a team Kromer porsche. Third was australian Driver Tim Schenken also in a porsche. American Drivers finished second and fourth in the formula Ford race at Fin then but Germany s Peter Krober scored his third straight Victory in the of series. Barney Barnes was second his third consecutive second place while Germany s Walo Schenker was third fourth came Mike Argetsinger. Krober leads for the formula Ford Champion ship in Germany with 60 Points to Barnes 45. Where to go this weekend the major race this weekend is the 23rd annual International adar 1.000-Kilometer world championship race for group 5 cars Silhouette with top entrants there being Jochen mass and Jacky icky. Who won the last round at Silvertone aboard a factory mar Tini porsche 935. If they have no mechanical problems mass and of Cox will win sunday. But even if they Don to a porsche will. Porsche cars have won every group 5 race so far this season. Toughest opposition for the factory car will be porsche entered by Erwin Krcmar i Bob Wollek and John Fitzpatrick driving Georg Loos two porsche to be piloted by Rolf Somme Len Tome he zimans and Tim Schenken Derek Bell and the Max Moritz porsche Drivers Manfred Scurti and Helmut Kel Lenors. American drive Danny Sullivan is also entered in sunday s race. Hell be in the same porsche that Jochen mass won with at the Goodyear 300 on the ring. A top attraction in the 1000-Kilometer event will the the race within a race with the 2-Liler cars competing for the newly established european cup. Bow won the first round at Silverstone Ronnie Peterson driving a Bow 320. A the curb urging a liter entries include bows for grand prix Driver Hans stuck plus three More bows for the Junior team Eddie Cheever Marc surer and Manfred woke lock. Driving the Ford escorts will be Hans Heyer and Armlyn Hahne. The weekend s program also will include races for Renault 5 cars formula 3s, and vow Golf gris practice is scheduled Friday Fruin 9 . To 3 . For Renalls and f-3s, with the group 5 and 2-liter cars practising from 3 30 to 6 . On saturday vow golfs prac Tice from 9 to 10 30 am., the group 5s and 2-liter cars from 11 . To 1 . Two races Are set for saturday afternoon. Renault cars going at 1 30 . And the formula 3s at 3 . Sunday s program opens Wilh inc vow Golf race at 9 ., then the 1.000-Kilometer world championship event starts at ii . The race will be of 44 laps Over the 14.2-mile North Side circuit. Total entry is 89 cars. Razing owners of the basketball association of America later the Aba sought him As president of their 11-team venture in new York Boston Philadelphia. Provi Dence Washington Cleveland Detroit. Chicago St. Louis. Pittsburgh and Toron to. Al Sutphon then the owner of the Cleve land Ahl team suggested  Liruo Chicago had asked Al who was going to run the league and Al told him Asa Bushnev then the Boss of the Eastern College athletic conference but wire asked How much Bushnev wanted. Al told him $25,000 and a term contract. That s when wire asked what kind of Job is Maurice Podoloff doing la the Ahl and Al told him he s doing a Good Job they hired me or $8,000 or $9,000 a  but now As then Maurice Podoloff credited Danny Biasone then owner of the Syracuse nats for popularizing the Aba. Whatever the Aba is today to due to one Little Guy Danny Biasone he assaying. We had fouling stalling people were leaving the Arenas in the last few minutes until that Little Guy came up with his brainchild in 1954, the 24-Secorks clock. If it was t for Danny the Aba would not have lasted five or six More years. We had other Guys who knew basketball Eddie Gottlieb red Auerbach. John Kundla but Danny he did it we called a special owners meeting in Syracuse and Danny split up the nats into two teams for a practice game. Danny worked the game with his Stopwatch. The owners like the idea and told me to get a 24 second clock made. If it was t for the 24-second clock whenever would have had to the games would have dragged too Long with no excitement at the  tried to get Danny Biasone elected to the Hall of Fame but he missed by two votes. I m in the Hall of Fame but i Haven t got anywhere near the contribution that Danny Biasone made. He called me a few months  not Many other basketball people have phoned or visited Maurice Podoloff lately. Richie Powers came in Here once 1liked Richie and Mendy Rudolph they were the Best officials i had. I be had a couple of Calls from Haskell Cohen the publicity Man when i was  Maroselli and Barbara Cohen who worked in the three room office withe on the 88th floor of the Empire state building they visited Jne but Walter Ken Nedy never comes in. I Don t even know Larry o Brien the new  Maurice Podoloff laughed. "1 was never the commissioner i was the president he said. I looked up com missioner once in a dictionary. It s Defi Nedas someone who is hired by a commission to do a certain Job. Walter Kennedy was t satisfied with being president he called himself the  first Csc soccer win porsche club hospitality How they stand Csc baseball saturday to tet i .l it Wail at Span Dait a Furtow Ueki ats a Hon. / pay Ter Ilttre ram Hen. 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