European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday september ,1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 i the Michael Wilson there was always one thing i wanted to Tell Arthur Ashe jut it sounded too corny tar say aloud so regrettably Idin t. Though the Early years of his career provided enough inspiration to shake the initial apprehension it was the jul Day in 1975 when Ashe became the first Black Man to win Wimbledon that allowed me to play Tennis without fear it was the encouragement from that Triumph that Madame Brave enough to ignore the Black kids in my neighbor Hood who said you re wasting your time Brothers Don t play Tennis and the White kids in tournaments far away who viewed me More As an alien than a worthy opponent. I have the feeling that a lot of kids who have been fearful of diving head first into gymnastics and Golf might be experiencing similarly liberating feelings right now in the Wake of breakthrough victories by two Young african americans 18 year old Tiger Woods at the . Amateur Golf championship and 17-year-old Dominique Dawes at the . Gymnastics championships. In fact their triumphs May em-.--. Bowel kids 1 who might Excel in other non mainstream sports but need a push away from the grips of their suffocating peer groups and the clutches of the paralysing fear that often accompanies trying some thing that seems radically different. There Are thousands of kids spending All Day at Basket Ball courts who could have been better served recreational by and competitively by going to the Pool or the soccer Field or the Golf course or gymnastics lessons or the bowl ing Alley or the volleyball court the ice rink the equestrian enter or the fencing club. I was at. The basketball court because it was emotionally Safe because acceptance was automatic because it was a lot easier being in familiar surroundings than going off someplace where i might not be Welcome Only to return to unsympathetic friends who d say Well you should t have gone Over there to play that stupid sport in the first May open doors commentary lit s human nature no matter what color you re born to do what s most comfortable. You do it because you re scared to do something else be cause you know somebody in your family who tried to play Golf in the 60s and got squished. You go Back to what s familiar because perhaps the White Man would t let me get but so far in something else. It s fear some of it real some lore. It s crap we All grow up with a lot of it Over whelming and stifling and paralysing. Increasingly Many White kids Are experiencing of fear about basketball. My Friend and Mentor Ralph Wiley wrote a wonderful Book entitled what Blac people should do now in which the implicit message is everything. And that is the real significance at least to me of what Dawes and Woods did last weekend. There have been visible highly successful Black gymnasts including Dianne Durham Joyce Wilborn and Olympia Charles lakes. Being a Black gymnast is no longer unusual but winning very event at the National championships a Dawes did is. It s happened Only twice in 30 years. Meanwhile the sight of Woods on the sports highlight was jolting considering it s been 10 years since Calvin Peete and Lee elder were prominent on the tour. Not Only is Woods rare so is his game. Already the three time . Junior Champion his rally sunday marked the greatest comeback in the history of the . Amateur. In the coming weeks reports will question whether thousands of Black youngsters will follow Dawes into gymnastics and Woods into Golf. It does t matters is that some kid who might have been curious about gymnastics but lacking the daring to express that interest May now have the nerve to try. Fortunately Woods is Riding a Golf explosion in Black America. Once re viled As a form of recreation Golf has made inroads into Black communities that were previously unthinkable. Gradually it. Has become the rage in much of Black world. Woods should his Star continue to Rise has As much Glam our potential As any team sport player on the horizon. With the proliferation of Public courses and in the Case of Tennis courts the economic Issue in t As forbidding As it once Washington port gives retain Sun bowl Elpaso Texas tap the Al Pas City Council voted tuesday to set aside $600,000 to help ensure the Sun bowl formerly known As he John Hancock bowl will be played this year. The Money will be used to cover any shortfalls the Sun bowl association May encounter in putting on the annual ame which is losing its title sponsor association executive director Tom Starr said. Starr said the association sought assist Ance from City officials because it has been unable to find a new title sponsor for the game. John Hancock financial services has been the game s primary sponsor for nine years but Wilf be reducing its commit ment from $1.2 million to $600,000 this the game is scheduled dec. .30. 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He s out indefinitely Mascatello said of the controversial Daly who has had confrontations with the Law and golfs Hierarchy since becoming some thing of a Folk hero with the enormous length off the tee displayed in his upset Vic tory in the 1991 pea championship. John clearly was the injured party inthe parking lot situation Mascatello said of the weekend incident. Daly an the elder Roth had to be separated by caddies and spectators after Rollin around on the ground near the clubhouse at the Firestone country club. U he Daly was attacked the agent said he was confronted. He was verbally abused by members of the Roth Contin gent on the Golf course Mascatello said.". At the same time Daly faces possible disciplinary action from the pea tour for eng aging publicly in what May have been the first physically violent antagonistic confrontation Between a player and a Spectator at least the last Quarter Century. Pea tour commissioner Tim Finche has nor yet talked with Daly so far As i " know Morris said by Telephone from tour Headquarters and will have no comment until he has an Opportunity to review staff reports of the incident. As commissioner Finchem has Broad disciplinary Powers including that of sus pending a player from pea tour activities. The tour spokesman said he anticipated a decision and action on the matter by week s end Daly the longest hitter in Golf has be come one of the tour s most popular play ers since his upset Victory in the pea three years ago. But he was also suspended by former commissioner Deane Beman underwent treatment for alcohol abuse faced paternity and Alimony suits by his live in girl Friend who later became his wife and once trashed his own Home. The latest incident occurred after dal had shot 83 in the final round of the world series of Golf. Daly left the course immediately after the scuffle and has t been available since for comment. 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