European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. January 18.19bb the 3tar3 and stripes Page 23 commentary Jimmy the greek died by his line in the tinkle of Las vegas Slot machine neatly two decades ago Jimmy the greek Snyder was hurrying out of the stardust lobby toward Dou ble Glass doors. Bui instead of moving through the door hat opened outward he found himself Stum bling against the door that opened inward. The Odds were even he said with a laugh. And i picked the wrong the Odds. Even walking out a door Jimmy the greek has lived by the Odds or by the Point spread a translation of Odds for betting purposes. Bui not even Jimmy he greek who for the last 12 years was the Belling analyst on the cd sports show the nil today would have posted Odds on anyone self destructing the Way he did Friday with racial remarks that insulted Blacks and whiles alike. He was dismissed saturday nobody could possibly be thai Blunt that crude and that dumb. It was an nut bet thai nobody would take or make. Especially someone employed for his Wisdom. And especially Only nine months after Al Caro Panis had been dismissed As the los Angeles dodgers general manager for having commented that Blacks did t have some of the necessities to be major league managers. But somehow the Creek found a Way 10 lose that out bet. And lose not Only his Job but also whatever respectability he had finally found. In offering his Heartfelt apology to All i May have the greek was truly sorry for what he had said during a television interview Friday by arc in Washington at Duke Scibert s restaurant. But sometimes no apology is possible. As a reputed big bettor in his Early Yean and a self tilled sports analyst who once professed to Issue the Las vegas pro fou Ball line the greek now to lived by his opinion. But on Friday he died by his opinion. During lunch he was asked by de Hotaling of wac. A television station owned and operated by Abc to comment on the Progress of Blacks in sports have Anderson on the anniversary1 of the birth of or. Martin Luther King. In analysing pro football games on the lbs pre game show the greek often waffled. Jimmy the Meek he was once called Here. But on Friday his opinion was never stronger. If Blacks Lake Over coaching like everybody wants them to he said " Here won t be anything left for the White people. I mean All the players Are Black. The Only thing the Whites control is the coach ing jobs. Now i m not being derogatory about it but that s All that s left for although never known As a sociologist or a historian the greek talked about How the Black athlete has been bred to be better than whiles because of his thigh site and his big size.1 he traced that Breed ing to the civil War when the slave owner would Breed his big Black to Hia big woman so thai he would have a big Black kid. Thai s where it All while praising the skill of Blacks in sports the greek compounded his insults by questioning the desire of while athletes especially in basketball. Black Talent is Beautiful it s great it s oui he said. Whiles Are lady. There s 10 players on a basketball court. If you find two whiles you re Lucky four out of five or nine out of 10 Are Mack. Now that s because they practice and play and prac Tice and play. They re not Lazy like the White athlete apologists for the greek Are Quick to mention now thai he s from a different generation that he s on medication for a heart ailment thai he did t mean it the Way it came out that he s not a Rac no matter what generation Hie greek is from As a television personality with a reported 5300,000 an Nual salary he should have known better Titian in utter those remarks into a television microphone. If his heart medication affects his opinions. Lbs should t have kept trim on their pc game show for his opinion. If he did t mean it he should t have said it. Whether he s a racist or not if Loo late now Campania was never thought of a a racist by those in baseball who knew him but he has to live with that reputation now. Until hired by lbs to reflect the Point spread on ill nil today show each sunday during ii pro football season the Hustler born Demetrius Synodi no had scuffled All his life. As a teen Ager in leu Benville Ohio he Hung around bookmakers belting mostly on College football and basketball. He later invested his winnings in Coal strip mining and Oil drilling. Bui after what he once described As "22 dry Wells he drifted in 1956 to Las vegas where he developed a reputation As the Odds maker who issued the weekly pro football Belling line. When the Juls qualified for super bowl 111. The greek established the Baltimore Colls As a 17-Point favorite still the biggest betting Price in super bowl history. And for anyone who asked he made the Colua 12-1 favorite. When the jets fulfilled Joe Namath s Gua Rantee with a 16-7 Victory some people laughed at the greek s line. As an Odds maker. He was not chum ing a super bowl Winner he had simply put up a number int would attract Belling from backers of both teams. In some area such As Baltimore the line went o As much As 19 Points. Rut throughout his Las vegas years other gamblers there accused the greek of checking the Point spreads put up by Bob Martin a More respected Odds maker before issuing his line. Despite his Aura As a charming rogue the inside word for the greek in Las vegas in i Host years was some people never understood Why. Maybe now icy do. Maryland upsets the ranked Duke by the associated press Durham . Maryland s basketball team came together just in Lime to beat seventh ranked Duke in the big Gest of several big upsets on saturday Derrick Lewis slam dunked a rebound to put Maryland ahead with 24 seconds remaining and Rudy Archer added a free throw with seven seconds left to give the terrapins a 72-69 Victory. Maryland. 1d-4 Overall and 3-1 in the acc look its first Victory at Duke in Ihrcke Yean. The Blue devils fell to 10-2 and i i. Other upsets saw Connecticut Beal no. 9 Syracuse 51-50 and Kansas state Down no. 3 Oklahoma 69-62. In other games involving ranked teams Lap ranked Arizona beat Oregon 70-54 no. 2 North Carolina def eaird Virginia 87.62 no. 4 Temple held Oftel. To Navon Lurt 73-63 no. 5 Kentucky heal Tennes see 83-65 no. 6 Pittsburgh beat Villanova 85-7j no. 8 Purdue is Minnesota 74 Boston College upended no. 11 George town 6i-66 Ijeh ranked Nevada Las vegas stopped Providence j2-72 no. 14 Iowa state walloped . International 123-92 Michigan state nipped no. Is in Diana 75-74 in overtime no. 17 Iowa beat Northwestern 92-68 19lh-ranked Auburn trimmed Mississippi state 65-57, and no. 20 Illinois beat Wisconsin 8045. Aristu 70, Oregon 54 e Ugene Ore. Arizona 16-1, Bush a 13-Poinl halftime Lead and coasted to its sixth Pacific id Victory in As Many games the wildcats have beaten their conference foes by an average of 27.i Points. North Carolina it Virginia 62 Chapel Hill. . Jeff Ubo College basketball scored 23 Points to Lead second ranked North Carolina Over Virginia in an acc game. Lebo. Who scored 13 Points in the first half had four of North Carolina s first six Points in the opening two min utes of the second half. Kansas St. 69, Oklahoma 62 Manhattan Kan Mitch Rich Mund scored 33 Points As Kansas state stunned the Oklahoma Soonin. Kansas stale 84, won its big eight opener by holding the sooner who had been averaging 112 Points per game to their lowest Loial of the season. Oklahoma dropped ils second straight game and is 14-2 Overall and 1-1 in the league. Temple 73, St. Bonventur 63 Olean . Freshman Mark Macon scored 14 of his 21 Points in the second half to help Temple 12-0, hold off so Bonacc Turc in Atlantic id play. Kentucky 83, Tennessee 65 Lexington by. Rex Chapman scored five Points in a 13-0 spun Early in the game that sparked Kentucky to a Southeastern conference Victory. Connecticut 51, sym Cuse so Syracuse. . Chat Robinson Hil a foul Shol with two seconds remaining to lift Connecticut past the heavily favored orangemen in a big East game. Unlv92,prqvfrjenc72 Providence . Jarvis has night and Gerald i addio slowed by first half foul trouble led an a poem run Starling the second half that earned i3lh-ranked Nevada Las vegas past Providence. Arit Niu s Craig Mcmillan 10 and tymm tit Block shot by Oregon Anton Taylor
