European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes february 1981 Althea ecstatic Over Allens win by will Grimsley a special correspondent Althea Gibson was fixing breakfast in her East Home and listening to the Early morning radio news monday when she heard that her former Leslie had won an important Tennis tournament in i was Althea my heart started pounding away with love and Pride and 1 said to this is the biggest obstacle to now Leslie May go on to be a Allen not Only won one of the main events on the Avon tour in doing Defeated one of the worlds most celebrated new if Ana Mandrikova of for it was As if the clock had turned Back 30 years and she must have recalled the Mountain of Bias she had scaled to reach the Center court of Wimb Ledon and hear the ringing applause As she curtsied before the Queen not but twice As ladies Champion in this shrine of the court Leslie in winning at be came the first Black since Althea to win an event against major 1 would like to Tell and the other Black girls on the that there Are no obstacles out Althea nothing to work hard and play ten now her Tennis rackets and Golf clubs gathering dust in the Corner of a Leslie Allen nothing to fear is now a recreation administrator in East she plays the two games Only casually and gets her greatest satisfaction in watching her Young successors storm bastions once thought beyond a Black woman an she succeeded in two sports Tennis and the latter to a lesser degree which for generations were Lily White and she became the Best woman Tennis player in the world twice Winner at staid old Wimbledon and twice Champion at Forest 1957 and when her Tennis reflexes she took up Golf in never became a Champion but mastered the sport Well enough to play on the Lyga Althea was remarkable in that she took up Golf so late in said Kathy the leading Money Winner of the ladies she was extraordinarily was a natural athlete and had great Power of with grit and hewed a path for Allen and a handful of other Young hopefuls who Are seeking to get their fingers into golfs treasure Chest As have such stars As Chris mar Tina evonne Tracy Andrea Jaeger and the scenario is the same but the Back drop and mood Are starkly its easier acknowledged Tennis has gone its no longer strictly a country club Althea was born in a three horse daughter of a share Cropper who one year reaped Only a Bale and a half of Cotton Worth around at first the family moved to Harlem where Althea stayed with an aunt who made ends meet by Selling Bootleg Althea recalls she was a Tomboy who played marbles and Stic Ball and occasion ally joined kids in stealing fruit and veg she Learned to play Tennis by hit Ting balls against the Wall of an outdoor handball is the daughter of an actress with Middle class upbringing and Access to the Best Tennis including Rob Ert Ryland and she attended four graduated Magna cum laude from the University of Southern califor she majored in journalism and costume she was once sponsored on the tour by actor Bill she is Active in Avons program of reaching out to Black and minority Althea was barred from Forest Hills in 1950 because of her finally a she failed to win at first and suffered deep a cab Driver and Par time Tennis pro dissuaded her from entering the women army in her debut at Althea was treated with cold but she softened the British with her Pluck and Laid claim to the Center at the Wimbledon she danced with mens Champion Lew Hoad and the Duke of it was a Cinderella experience for the girl from just As it May some Day be for Allen and her Black companions on the tour Renee Blount of Kim Sands of Miami and los Angeles Diane Morrison and Andrea but they must work and not advises they cant be Mays of after collapsing at school compiled by Klint Johnson assistant sports editor baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays collapsed on the stage of a Hamil ton Junior High school auditorium but quickly re covered and vowed to return to the school because i owe it to the the doctor just said it was fatigue and gave me some sleeping pills to get some Mays said in an interview in his suite at daily Park place hotel said he would resume his regular schedule As balls Goodwill ambassador on sunday at a Casino sponsored boxing 1 gotta go Back to the school he because i owe it to the Mays was speaking to about 400 seventh and eighth Grade students at Duberson school when he just collapsed like a Slinky said school principal John while other teachers called for an ambulance and brought oxygen from the Buyarski said he applied Mouth to Mouth resuscitation and another teacher pumped Mays Chest As the former Center fielder Lay on his i  see any Buyarski it was a very harrowing expert he said the students at first thought Mays was acting because they had seen a program last week on first after 15 the teachers Man aged to revive Mays and he was taken by ambulance to the Mainland division of the Atlantic City medical Mays partially blamed the fainting spell on the fact he had not eaten break fast wednesday and added the first thing he did on arrival at the Hospital was order some Mays joined Bally As a special assistant to the president in october 1979 after re signing from a position with the new York former Kansas City royals first baseman Pete Lacock said wednesday he has signed a two year contract with the Taiyo whales of japans Pacific Lacock said in a Telephone interview with the Kansas City Star from his Phoe Home that he promised the club he would not reveal the terms of his but he earlier was reported to have been offered a year after plus free housing and the royals had offered him a oneyear guaranteed contract for Lacock played four years with the royals after he was acquired from the Chicago cubs in he batted in a season in which he was used As a Utility player and saw relatively Little a he filed to become a free agent after the season and was not claimed in the special reentry a baseball arbitrator has ruled in favor of the Seattle mariners in the clubs salary dispute with second baseman Julio it was announced who batted a care Erlow last reportedly was seeking this year while the mariners were offering sports wire according to current baseball the arbitrator can pick either the clubs offer or the players salary but nothing in also filed for arbitration a year ago when he was coming off a he asked for but the arbitrator upheld the Mariner offer of track Sebastian Britain Gold medallist in the meters at the Moscow set a world indoor Best performance in the 800 meters wednes Day with a time of 1 Sec representing Britain in a meet against East Germany at eng knocked four tenths of a second off the 1977 time set by Italy Carlo East Germany Andreas Busse finned second in and compatriot detlef Wagenknecht was third in East Germany dominated the outscoring the British Brian old Fie id of the won the Hammer throw in an International indoor meet at wednesday eve Oldfield had a winning Mark of 67 8 an innovative track and Field com petition beginning next january was announced wednesday in new it will consist of 8 to 10 indoor meets under the auspices of the athletics Congress and offer in prize Money to track the finale of this indoor track and Field grand prix will be the Usa championships scheduled for the last Friday in winners will be deter mined on a Point basis for second and third place the International Amateur athletic federation has created a new format for its biennial world cup track and Field games in Rome this september ninth Lane to accommodate the Host the Standard eight lanes for the track portion of the games existed at Dussel in 1977 and Montreal two years but while the German events were a hit at the Gate because of Strong East and West German the Ca Nadian event was a fan three other countries will Field their own teams for the sept 46 games the United states and the two top track countries in Russia and East Germany Are considered the Premier candidates for the european in addition there will be an All Star team composed of the top athletes of other european rounding put the Field Are Allstar continents from Oceania and the football Washington redskins linebacker Pete Wysocki figures six years of nil head knocking is so he is hanging up his who became a favorite of redskins fans with his Devil daycare play on punt and Kickoff return announced his retirement after 10 years in pro four in he plans to devote full time to his Job As an advertising Salesman with a Washington radio four things can happen to you in in this said you can get you can get you can get Cut or you can retire when you want to that what i want to and i cant be talked out of he said he did not discuss his decision with new redskins coach Joe Wysocki joined the redskins in 1975 As a free he became a starter in 1979 and started eight games last season As an outside basketball a frustrated Larry Brown has criticized what he considers Duclas Maze of bureaucratic red tape and its Lack of encouragement for student support of the the Bruin basketball coach and a former Aba Mentor whose name has been linked with the new Jersey nets coaching earlier this week spoke of his dismay at the delays involved in improving the schools athletic including construction of new he also said that More seats in Pauley Pavil Ion should be allotted for Browns name has come up at almost every Aba coaching vacancy in the years he has been at but to Date he has stated a preference to remain at Urcla and generate More interest in the schools entire athletic admitting he was talking like a coach headed for Brown said he was mostly was upset at Duclas Lack of encouragement for student attendance at basketball he said the school has reduced the Stu Dent seating Section to about and that while Urcla does have a policy of not denying any student Entrance on game it tends to discourage Stu dents from showing up at the ticket win Dow by announcing games As sold the Cleveland Cavaliers have placed Forward Walter Jordan on the injured re serve list due to recurring foot to replace Jordan in the the Cavaliers said they will be activating be off who was acquired saturday in a Trade with the Dallas Sophomore guard George Georgia techs 2 basketball scorer and will be sidelined for the rest of the season due to a knee it was announced soccer Denver Forward Adrian Brooks scored twice in a five goal fourth Quarter wednesday night to break a 55 tie and give the Western division an 85 Victory Over the Eastern division in the major indoor soccer league Allstar game in new sports on of basketball Golden state warriors at Milwaukee 3 saturday