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director of the NHL, said
NHL yesterday that governors for
all 16 teams will be
/represented at the Chicago
meeting, accompanied by
WHA legal counsel.
"It looks very promising
that we might come up with
something," O'Neill said.
Lawyers have been
working on a brief that was to
have been submitted to Judge
A Leon Higginbotham of
Philadelphia. The judge has
set March 28 as trial date for
the antitrust suits the WHA
has brought against the NHL.
He has granted both sides
several postponements to pre
trial meetings in an effort to
have the two parties reach an
equitable out-of-court set
tlement.
to agree
MONTREAL AP )—The
National Hockey League's
Board of Governors will meet
in Chicago today and is ex
pected to ratify terms of an
agreement that would end a
S5O-million litigation fight
v.ith the rival World Hockey
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Chicago and Philadelphia the
NHL governors failed to
obtain the unanimous consent
required for such a set
tlement, although the WHA
trustees had already agreed
to terms.
The peace proposal offered
by the WHA would have the
NHL pay the $1.9 million legal
fees incurred by the new
league in its fight against the
NHL.
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DAYTONA BEACH. Fla.
(AP i—Comeback hopeful
Bobby Isaac and strong boy
Cale Yarborough won 112.5-
mile qualifying races yester
day that sent 38 starters into
the $275,000 Daytona 500, the
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proposed 96 exhibition games
between the two leagues, and
it in turn would stop its
raiding of NHL players after
Aug. 1 and respect the new
NHL option clause which
gives a player fEeedom to
move to another team only
after he has played an option
year beyond the terms of his
contract.
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abruptly during a race in
Alabama last August, saying a
"voice" had told him to retire,
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20th win easy
for Pitt cagers
PITTSBURGH (AP)—Billy
Knight and Lew• Hill each
scored 17 points and four
others scored in double
figures as seventh-ranked
Pitt. streaking to its 20th
consecutive victory, drubbed
Cleveland State 106-55 last
night.
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Editor's note: This is the last in a four-part series on the Penn
State swimming team.
When you try finding a window which allows a look into the
workings of an athletic team in hopes of diagnosing an
ailment, there is a method that usually works.
Take all the information, quotes, opinions, notes, letters and
late-night dormitory discussions, and throw it on a soil screen.
Then start to shake the theories and ideas and actual facts,
and pretty soon the dirt will fall through and only the rocks
will be left. These are the inconsistencies, the bugs, the
problems.
Penn State's swimming team has two stones left on the
screen that just won't go through. They say Lion swimming
coach Lou Mac Neill is inconsistent in his philosophy, and that
he is insensitive to some of his swimmers.
Not all of Penn State's swimmers will agree with that, but
many (a half dozen have openly said it) would point to those
twp problems.
First there are the inconsistencies in his philosophy. Case in
point: Mac Neill told his team when he cut it originally to 34
swimmers that there would be no more cuts. But in early
January the team was trimmed again to 24 swimmers, two
swimmers for each swimming lane in the Natatorium.
Mac Neill says that when he decides who will swim an event
he only looks at times unless he feels someone has been
working exceptionally hard and deserves the chance
However, his swimmers point to instance after instance where
one swimmer has been passed over for another who *vfas
neither a faster swimmer nor a harder worker. Likewise with
the decisions on who goes and swims at away meets.
Also, many point to the fact that Mac Neill spends most of his
time with the swimmers who score points, something that
doesn't jive with his stated philosophies on points and winning.
Particularly the low people on the swimming totem pole
point out that they are almost ignored by the head coach.
Freshman backstroker Steve Gaydosh is an example.
"He picks who ever he wants," Gaydosh said in reference to
the prerequisites for getting into meets. "You can't trust him,
he'll just turn around and do what he wants. If you're not a top
swimmer. he doesn't give a damn about you. I like to swim.
but this has taken all the fun out, He doesn't do what he says
tie's going to do "
Then there's the matter of not being sensitive to the needs
and feelings of his swimmers. They aren't bothered by the fact
that he doesn't shoot off cannons and pass out cigars every
ime they come into the locker room, but some feel they are
Foreman starts training
HOUSTON (AP) Heavy- for a cancellation of a
%%eight champion George scheduled 10-round benefit
Foreman. in Houston for a exhibition bout Foreman had
divorce action, will start scheduledFeb.2sinSanJuan,
training here Friday for his Puerto Rico.
March 26 fight with Ken Nor- "We all deeply regret can
ton. Foreman's manager Dick ceiling this benefit bout but we
Sadler said yesterday. have no control over it."
Sadler said he also will ask Sadler said.
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treated like surf boards. nonentities
A swimming coach. like any other coach, has a lot to con
tend with This means sometimes individuals are temporarily
put aside It happens in any sport.
But some of his swimmers complain Mac Neill "doesn't gi‘.e
a damn," which Mac Neil denies Asked about John Rule. a
swimmer oho quit last week out of dissatisfaction with his
coach, Mac Neill simply said "I hope he comes hack I liked
John "
But last seek against Bucknell there tt as an incident that
further called Mac Neill's sensitivity to his s\%unmer. into
question
It was in the 200-yard backstroke event NlacNeill told
Gaydosh he would be swimming the event prior to the race
Then, after Gaydosh tk as in the water. Mac Neill pulled him
out and replaced him. which is about as illegal • it is
humiliating for Gaydosh
"He had me go in. then pulled me out " Gaydosh said "It
made me look foolish and made me feel completei!.
humiliated.'•
For all the talk about not caring about w Inning and seeking
only benefits for the swimmers themselves. Gaydosh went
home from the Bucknell meet angry. humiliated, hurt to the
point where he was considering quitting \\*W oh% iousl.
Mac Neill didn't yank Gaydosh to embarrass him , hut what
gond are excuses to a humiliated freshman" The point 1 , the
system isn't running right
So what now" A campaign to fire Mac Neill from a job that
,he isn't even contracted to do" Pull the plug at the button - , of
the pool and fold up the varsity swimming program'
The team isn't splitting apart at the seams In fact. tor
even• gripe a swimmer will give you. he'll swing right around
with a whole litany of good aspects the program ow ns
But the swimmers are either misundermanding NI,/eNedi
or he is inconsistent in his behavior toward them In either
case both sides need to get together and compare notes
Hopefully, the swimmers will convince NlacNeill to become
more personally involved v‘ith them individually
It's refreshing to watch a team that has just been cir%k ried
99-16. cheer for the opposing club after the last event It a
good program, and it's a shame to see it driving around on a
flat tire
It's funny, hut the Lion s\Ainiming program h,i. a certain
beauty to it: the crime isn't that Penn. State 1, h,i !1112, ,1
"losing" season, it's that nobody n. getting am tun 1)r tilltil)
ment out of doing it
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Sandy Emiliani
Jennifer Radtke
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