European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes Friday june 10, w7 five years after Gold medallist Spitz prefers being has been of a never was byjoe Annadel los Angeles a Mark Spitz almost five years removed from one of the most successful accomplishments in the history of sports prefers being a has been to a  Spitz now 27, is alive and Well in la an Geles. He keeps Busy with a variety of business and recreation interests and contrary to published reports is a happily married Man. While the Winner of seven Gold medal sat the 1972 olympic games in Munich has had his share of ups and Downs and admittedly still does Spitz emphatically slated that he has no regrets about the Way his life has Rone. It would have been Nice to freeze the world at that Pinnacle of my life Spitz said of his olympic swimming accomplish ments. But that s impossible of course. I d rather say i am a has been rather than a  he added. I have Many fond memories but i can t Roll Over King to quit Tennessee for Aba draft knoxv1lle, term. I l All Amer Ica Lernard King said thursday he will leave the University of Tennessee where he has been a basketball Star for the past three seasons to play in the National basketball association. The announcement at a Brief news con Ference came As no suprise for the second War in a Row. King had placed his name on hardship status in the Aba draft this year s draft will be conducted  Southeastern conference scoring and rebounding Leader is expected o redrafted along with teammate Ernie Irun fold in the first round. King who averaged 26 Points a game a Tennessee said he had asked the Aba to consider him a hardship Case for this year s draft. In 1976, he withdrew his name and later tried briefly to make the u olympic squad. He failed to make that team and spent the summer school session building eligibility for the 1976-77 basketball season his Junior  has said he plans to remain in summer school at  and Grunfeld. Both from new York City gave the vols one of the Best one two scoring punches in College basketball during their three years together at ten Nessee. And play dead now. That would be foolish. There Are too Many challenges left  Spitz who grew up in Northern califor Nia and began competitive swimming at age 10 at the Santa Clara swim club was disappointment in the 1968 olympics at Mexico City but he More than made up for that in Munich four years later. His achievement of seven golds May never be equalled. Since that time Spitz has been involved unsuccessfully in a variety of television and show business ventures but he fee she was never really Given a Chance. Acting is like an Art form and i Don t think i was Given an Opportunity to showy Mona Lisa he said. I m still open to the entertainment Industry but maybe they Don t like what i have to  Spitz is currently involved in endorsing swim equipment in the manufacturing of an indoor game called Mark Spitz hot Tennis and in Industrial real estate. In addition he s now writing his second Book an autobiography. The first one was How to swi Book. Things Are going Well he said. I feign t a bowl of cherries but i look Forward to solving any difficulties i run into. I certainly can t  one thing Spitz did complain about were the reports about his marriage of some four years. I be admitted failure i be admitted Success he said. The reports of marital problems Are totally false and always have been. I wish everybody could be mar ried As happily As 1 , who weighed 172 pounds in 1972, is about 10 pounds heavier now. I m not inane kind of shape to swim he said but i do a lot of running sailing and other  and a lot of other things too. Mark spit remembers the past but he s living in the present. Mark Spitz. No regrets at 27 heckles Cosell during televised game rangers suspend their Bellboy Arlington Tex. Up for per night. Rich Thompson 16. Kept the umpires at Arlington stadium supplied with baseballs during Texas Ranger games. For whimsy he heckled Abc to commentator Howard Cosell during National broadcast monday night. Now Thompson has been  did t know the microphone was  said the High school youth who serves As rangers Bellboy. I Don thave anything against Howard Cosell. 1 was just kidding around. The first Indi cation i had that the Mike was on was when after i had said that other stuff 1said. Keith Keith and he looked Down at  the other stuff Thompson said into the live Mike during monday s Texas new York Yankees game included the remarks bile me Howard. The entire state of Texas hates your  the remarks made from an area near the Texas dugout startled Cosell and fellow sportscaster Keith Jackson with Jackson stating on the air that it was a stupid incident. After the Gam Texas majority owner Brad Corbett. A fort Worth businessman issued Public apology to Cosell in the rangers press  was suspended but rang ers general manager Dan o Brien said later he was confident after or. Cosell knows the whole Story he will import tune upon or. Corbett to retain the  Texas manager Frank Lucches spent is minutes Wilh the Bat boy in his clubhouse office on tuesday. We re going on a Long Road trip atthe end of this month and we re hoping Rich is with us when we get  Luc Chesi said. I would Hale to see him lose his Job. He was in Here is minutes and had to feel a Little Down. U he had stayed another five we would have had the red River in  Thompson said he had write letters of apology to Corbett and Cosell. Stemmelen fastest in be mans trials be mans France up Rolf Stom Melen of West Germany drove a Turbo engined porsche 935 through Light rainfall tothe fastest Lime of 4 minutes 1.6 seconds wednesday in practice for saturday s 24hours of be mans race. Stemmelen. 33, averaged 113 Miles per hour around the 8.47-mile circuit Healing Frenchman Rene amour in a privately entered Renault Alpine Turbo by More than seven seconds. Amour was second fastest with a time 4 08.90, followed by belgian Jacky icky who is out for a record equating fourth win along with his partner Henri Pescarolo of  the Messy weather which persuaded the French team in Altera to backup and go Home after just two hours of the six hour practice session Stemmelen re ported that he was touching speeds of 184 Mph. On the three mile Back straight baseball could t withstand fans resentment Kuhn warns Aga psf pay Cable to Washington up organized baseball would strike out Wilh the fans if Inlet pay Cable replace regular television but the Cable could supplement regular to in broadcasting games. Baseball com missioner Bowie Kuhn said  Industry such As ours that lives through Public acceptance could not with stand the resentment that would flow from depriving the Public of those baseball games currently broadcast by convention Al  Kuhn  testified before the Senate com Merce subcommittee on communications during hearings on Cable  broadcasters suggest pay Cable in which a Home subscriber receives television program via Cable if he pays for it easily could out bid regular television for the world series the super Bowland basketball championships As Well As season baseball football and basketball  say this would be fair neither to the fans just the few million willing to pay a the Price would see what now i broadcast free to everybody nor to the television Industry which carried sports through Early leaner  can foresee no circumstances where baseball s showcase events such As the world series the league championship series or the All Star game would be marketed on a pay Cable or subscription television basis Kuhn said though he said regular season games might be u they supplement regular  said 200 television stations carried More than 1.200 of the 1,900 regular season games last year and baseball neither de sires nor envisions any sweeping change in its relationship with to. However he said baseball has encouraged its 26 major league teams there Are More than 110 minor league teams to see How pay Cable can serve As an effective supplement to conventional  the experiences of several major league clubs confirm our belief that the continuity of Over the air sports broadcasts will in no Way be jeopardized by making some of our regular season games Avail Able to pay telecasting he said. Kuhn said each major league team has81 Home games in the 162-game season. He said the new York Yankees sold is Home and 16 away games to pay Cable in 1975 the Philadelphia Phillies will have 27 games on in 1977 the California Angels and los Angeles dodgers will have13 Home games on this year and two Home games of the Atlanta braves were on pay Cable this year. Way. That Speed was slashed to a Mere . On two very Sharps bends leading into the grandstand Straightaway Accord ing to Stemmelen. The worst thing is coming off that Straightaway into the  said Hay Wood three times Winner of the Daytona 24hours, but taking his first ride at be mans and his first in a porsche 936. The weather makes it very Tricky the fair haired .29-year-old went on. Racing in these conditions is ridiculous. Practising in these conditions is  that was also the opinion of official Ren Ault team chief Gerard Larrousse whose Best result was a seventh Best time of4 22.20 turned in by French formula 1 Driver Jean Pierre Jab Ouille in a Renault Alpine Turbo. We re not even trying to beat porsche in this weather Larrousse said. It s not Worth taking the risk with our cars on this wet  As if to prove his Point West German re placement Driver Eberhard Braun spun his porsche into a guard rail on the far Side of the track. Assistant porsche team chief Rolf Singer reported that the car suffered Only flesh wounds and would be patched up in time for the final practice session. Gomez named Boxer of month Mexico City up the Mexico based world boxing Council has named Ufredo Gomez of puerto Rico Boxer of the month for May. Gomez beat South korean Dong Kyun Yum on May 21 to Winthe world Light Feather weight title