European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 23 baseball no longer fun Tor Veeck Bill in another Adieu to its been but its not As much fun any where else could a Guy with one who cant see or live in doing what he loves to do added the 67yearold baseball but it has been less fun the game has gone Cor people Arent As they dont come around As much when they they bring 16 accountants and 42 who As innovative owner of the Cleveland Louis Browns and Chicago White sox at various stages of his transferred ownership of the White sox in Chicago tuesday to a group headed by Jerry a real estate and Eddie a to Sale of the franchise for million was approved by american league owners last Veeck said he had made no immediate plans for the Calvin Griffith owner of the Minnesota twins and i were the last two dinosaurs in a Forest where there Are no More Trees on which to he now Only Calvin is we were the Only career operators in the Only we had our would be wealth totally All other owners Are a corporate entity fed by Adver Tising campaigns and ego Veeck came to new York to receive the first life time achievement award presented by baseball for his service to the Philadelphia Steve Carlton and Kansas cites George who were to receive the magazines world series map failed to the presentation was made by Hank a Hall of Fame Home run slugger and onetime associate of Veeck at who said nobody Ere will Grimsley a Ted More excitement and stories than he con sisterly hit for his executive no one is More deserving to be in the Hall of in when he Drew fans into the Cleveland it was like parting the red Veeck said the award should have gone to his referring to loss of one leg and 30 operations As the result of a wartime he said he owed his survival to the remarkable skills of modern medical he added even if elected to the Hall of he would refuse the i dont want to be where a Guy like Luis apart the Best shortstop that Ever can get Only 48 votes and where a player such As Phil Rizzuto cant make Veeck said he was in this age of escalating salaries and lest baseball lose its principal saving Grace that it remain a fun and simple game that could be enjoyed by a family of parents and five kids without risking asked if he were Given a drawing Board and a carte Blanche privilege to restructure the game to his he replied i would t change any Way the game is played dugout to it remains the most changeless thing in our but i would insist on some improvements at other there would be one set of there would be designated hitters in both leagues or in there would have to be people not afraid to take a Veeck warmed up to his he there would be one set of umps for both not two sets with different i  turn them Over to the commis not the Way that office to somebody but not the commissioners there would be either artificial turf or no artificial i understand the difficulties in inside Arenas like the but i firmly feel a base Ball Park should smell like not an Extension of the City streets with cigarette smoke and other the leagues should be there should be three divisions and a wild card As in pro emphasis should be on natural rivalries cub White play in the same time this would save if we Arent careful were going to Price family groupings right out of the who lured crowds by signing a midget As a observing fan and giving away shrimp and race said he Felt that baseball should make people in the he i spoke to 20 campuses a the mood was never to everything was on it was promoted by foot hockey and now everybody wants to smile and be baseball is the it is the Island of stability in an unstable the associated press 2 Kansas schools implicated in violations from press dispatches Kansas Kansas state University May have National collegiate athletic association rules in its track the Kansas City times re ported in its wednesday the newspaper said in a copyright Story that a lengthy investigation had uncovered possible primarily involving use of Telephone credit card in a Story the Day before part of a series being run by the times Wichita state University was implicated in Possi ble but Gene head basketball coach for 20thranked Wichita termed ridiculous charges that players have received Money from there just Smithson said of the times ill guarantee it is a clean weve got some great men with a lot of the latest times levelled at Kan Sas said interviews with former and present members of the track team Indi Abc gets rights for olympic trials new York a Abc sports has reached agreement with the olympic committee to televise the american olym Pic trials for the 1984 Winter and summer games and the the 198183 National sports the Deal was announced jointly tuesday by Roone presi Dent of Abc news and and Don executive director of the no financial terms of the agreement were Abc already has the broadcast rights to the 1984 Winter olympics from and the 1984 sum Mer games from los Abc paid a reported million for the Winter games and an announced million for the summer coverage of the trials and the sports festivals will be aired in prime the 1981 National sports festival from will be held july 2329 and televised on july 2526 and Indi Anapolis will Host the 1982 festival and los Angeles the 1983 rated that Ardes Lee Gardner a former k state trickster Vince the big eight triple jump Champion and Willie another allegedly were furnished use of athletic department Tele phone credit card those and several people state officials main Tain they have never heard ran up Long distance charges exceeding from August 1978 to july the newspaper Parrette was Given an Oil company credit card that he used to buy tires for his personal Gardner was Given to help de fray travel and a student loan that head track coach Mike Ross allegedly told Gardner he would not have to Kansas state granted an athletic scholarship to Gardner and accepted his Grade transcript from College even though his grades in two re medial classes had been changed by Ful Lerton instructors from is to is at the Behest of Tom then the Fullerton track David head of the Caas enforcement said the changing of the grades simply would be viewed As the academic responsibility of the instructors not a but the use of the athletic department credit card would come under the extra benefits class Ifica in other a service provided to athletes that is not available to other Stu dents would be an Mcaa asked if he furnished Telephone credit card numbers to any an but Jerome an assistant track was quoted As saying it was not unusual for athletes to be Given the Tele phone credit card numbers to make recruiting i write it the number Howe and i Tell when youre done with throw it i know that a lot of youve got to Hope the kid never cheats Howes admission apparently shocked state athletic director Deloss who when Jerome said that i nearly fell through my the newspaper said it was unclear exactly who did what for Gardner said Ross was the source of the Telephone credit card but Ross denied in separate major and Parrette said they did not numbers from but refused to say Wichita state sports information director Kevin Weiberg said the school had scheduled a press conference with Smithson and athletic director Ted Bredehoft wednesday to reply to the charges made in the Bredehoft said earlier that he had not heard of any Mcaa probe into the schools basketball As the news paper had rams Ferragamo goes prospecting in Canada Vince Ferragamo eyeing the Cal Toronto up disgruntled los Angeles rams quarterback Vince Ferragamo flew to Canada tuesday but the men who have expressed a willingness to pay to bring him to the Canadian football league next season we rent locked in negotiations on a new contract with the became a free agent since he has threat ened to leave los Angeles and sign with the cols Eastern conference Champion Ham Ilton contradicting published reports and statements by Ferragamo and his the Tiger cats said tuesday that Ferrag amps trip to Canada would involve no Neotia the rams Quwas slated to attend a sports dinner wednesday in Thunder some 800 Miles West of Ferragamo and his Dave had said they planned to talk to Ballard thursday in Thunder but both Ballard and Tiger cats general manager Ralph Sazio were out of Joe the Tiger cats director of player said Ferragamo would still Stop in Hamilton and Toronto thurs Day on his Way Home from Thunder Bay and would be shown around the but no negotiations Are that will take place later this Zuger the Toronto Sun quoted Ballard tues Day As saying he would consider paying Ferragamo up to a year to play for the the rams starter has complained that he worked for what ranks As slum wages for most nil quarterbacks during the past two years despite amassing personal credentials among the Best in the Ferragamo earned last