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VOLUME 81. NUMBER 81
THE RED AND BLACK
Georgia's only collegiate daily newspaper
Till: UMXERSITY OE GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA
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WEATHER
Today’s forriad rails for
clearing and cooler, with a
high in the upper Ws.
THURSDAY. APRIL 3. 1975
Rehab center:
chances dim
Photo by ROBERT PUSEY
POOL PLAYER MADE FIRST HUSTLE AT THE AGE OE NINE
Whit. 1 has performed lor every President since Eisenhower
IN MEMORIAL SHOW
Photo by ROBERT PUSEY
POOL PLAYING IS ART FOR THOSE WITH TALENT
W hite hits every shot in Memorial show
Pool player displays style
Ity JIM DEMBIN
To most people, the game of billiards
conjures up images of juvenile deli-
quency. dimly-lit pool halls, unsavory
characters, and the silent exchange of
money But to some, a talented few. it is
an art.
Different artists have used different
tools Michelangelo had clay. Picasso a
brush. Louis Armstrong a trumpet, and
Steinbeck a pen. Jack White has a $350
cue stick, which is both his equalizer and
magic wand
White performed at the University
Tuesday before a nearly packed Memo
rial ballroom He hit every shot that
anyone asked him to make, along with
numerous "trick” shots. By the time he
left, the crowd was convinced that there
was nothing he could not do with a four
foot weighted stick and 16 ivory balls.
He hit six balls into six different
pockets with one shot Previously, he's
suhk all fifteen numbered balls with a
single shot He’s run the table 17 times
straight, and has had a "perfect game"
at snooker. Anyone who understands
billiards realizes that these feats are
about as difficult as picking cherries off
a juniper tree.
\\ ill I\ LOOKS at the billiard table as a
blueprint The angles, he said, are as
precise as any in geometry.
White's artistry was matched only by
his showmanship "Some peopld accuse
me of being an entertainer.” he explain
ed with a laugh
"I wish that all entertainers were as
dedicated to people as I am If they're
not friendly and outgoing, they should not
have entered the profession.” he said
The purpose of White’s show is to
demonstrate the difference between billi
ards and pool. ‘‘I play billiards - pool is
played in a den of iniquity." he said. "I'd
rather see kids playing billiards than
messing with drugs and needles "
White is currently on a tour of over 120
college campuses. He prefers to perform
before students and servicemen because
"they're frank. If they don't like you.
they'll let you know ”
LAST YU\R. the University Union
extended a "99 year contract” at the
University to White, and offered to pay hi
for just talking That was one of the
nicest things anyone has ever done for
me I was overwhelmed The University
of Georgia will always be on my
schedule." he said.
He began playing billiards when he was
eight years old His father was a
professional and his uncle a world's
champion
"Mv father took me to a construction
site. Watching them work was enough to
encourage anyone to take up pool.” White
said
His largest hustle was for $8,000. He
was 19 and the whole game came dow n to
one shot. "I wasn't nervous — I guess
that I was too young to know better." he
said That night. White won $27,000.
White’s first hustle for 15 cents, came
when he was nine, i won $1.35 that day
and went bananas." he related
"\\HUN YOU’RE hustling, the first
guy to look for is the town champ
Kvoryone in town will bet on the best
guy.” he said.
White said that he has never been
nervous it was only cash that 1 stood to
lose If my life had been at stake, it
would have been different." he said
White was the world champion in 1962.
By DEBORAH BLUM
City editor
Resolutions passed by local govern
ments opposing a federal youth rehabili
tation center in Clarke County have
"practically killed” any chance that the
center will be built here, according to the
former head of the federal parole board
and probation system
"I think it is very unlikely that the
government will build here because of
the opposition It's most unfortunate that
Athens is passing up a chance to build a
modern progressive think like this.” said
Richard Chappell, who presently works
at the University’s Institute of Govern
ment
The Athens Mayor and city council
voted Tuesday night to rescind an earlier
welcome to the facility and passed a
resolution opposing it if built within city
limits. Late last month the county
commissioners passed a resolution oppos
ing the center in Clarke County
The rehabilitation center would cost
from $10-12 million which would be used
to contract with local builders, according
to Robert Messmer of the U.S Bureau of
Prisons. It would hold 400 "non-violent”
offenders from the ages of 18 to 25
MESSMER ADDED that no decision
has been made by the federal govern
ment on whether to build the center in
Clarke County
"Of course, the local government oppo
sition is considered very definite, mean
ingful input." Messmer said. “We’ll
certainly take it into consideration "
Messmer said, however, the bureau
had built prisons in areas where the local
governments had been opposed to them
Over 100 local residents packed the
council meeting this week to protest the
proposed center
"It reminds me. of Chicken Little.”
said (’happell "The sky is falling - the
prisoners are coming take to the
hills "
Arguments against the prison include
danger from escaping inmates and
corruption of people in the same age
group as the inmates, in particular
University students
"I JUST don't feel these arguments are
justified.” said Messmer "There are
very few escapes from these types of
facilities and fewer still cause problems.
The vast majority of the escapees have
no contact with the community at all
They just get out of the area as fast as
they can.”
"As for corrupting the students. I think
many ills, such as drug traffic, are worse
at the University then they would be in
the center I am equally concerned about
the students corrupting the inmates "
Messmer emphasized that they hoped if
the center is built that the University will
participate in programs at the center
adding, "of course we won't force them
unless they want to
He also discounted the idea that the
prisoners would be dangerous "Ninety
percent of the federal crimes are
non-violent What we mostly have are
people who have committed crimes
against property. For instance, we have
bankrobbers These are the kids who rob
a bank for the first time, give a note to
the teller and then fall over their tennis
shoes going out and get caught They're
very inept "
The strongest local arguments for the
center are economy oriented As well as
the money that would go to local
contractors, the federal government
would spend three to four million dollars
a year for operations, mostly in salaries
HOWEVER. DUF. to government ac
tions and citizen protests. Chappell
believes the center may not even be built
in Georgia
"The arguments are so much hog-
wash." he said "Some well meaning
people with no conception of what these
centers are like have scared the commu
nity to the extent that the center
probably won't be built here. Athens
doesn't deserve the center if there are no
leaders who can act rationally on the
issue ”
According to Jake Hutchins, spokes
man for the North Clarke County
Association, some 4000 signatures have
been collected on petitions opposing the
center
Capsule news
Talmadge correction
The date of Senator Herman Talmadge s seminar at Memorial was erroneously
reported in yesterday’s Red and Black Talmadge will speak today at 12 noon in
the student activities center at Memorial Talmadge will also give an address at
l:2n p m in Pharmacy
RODEO
Three days for
all the cowboys
By BUDDY WALLER
\ssociatc news editor
Big-time rodeo complete with calf
roping, steer wrestling, bronc busting
and bull riding comes to the
University Coliseum tonight at 8
Sponsored by the Blink and Bridle
Club, the Great Southland Stampede
Rodeo will draw over 3on cowboy con
testants to compete for o\er $9.5oo in
prizes during its Apr 3-5 run here,
according to Rodeo Chairman Winston
NmI
In addition to the more traditional
rodeo events, a greased pig chase, a
golf tournament and a beauty pageant
will provide students with opportuni
ties to directly participate in the
festivities. Ada Beth Pirkle of the
Block and Bridle Club said
Also. Walt Garrison, running back
for the Dallas Cowboys, will partici
pate in the steer wrestling event and
will crown th« Rodeo Queen. Pirkle
said
KNTRY FFFS of $20 each for
bareback and saddle bronc riding and
bull riding and $30 each for steer
wrestling and calf roping will provide
the prize money Neal said
He added that winners in all
categories will be announced at the
conclusion of Saturday's performance
Thus, contestants will build on a
running tally of points during the
three nights. Neal said
Contestants must supply their own
horses and riding gear. Neal said,
adding that the rodeo itself provides
the other livestock, with entrants in
the calf and bull events drawing lots
to determine with which animals they
will perform
Among the student participation
aspects of tonight's performance a
greased pig chase, open to any female
University student. Pirkle said
sill \DDUD that each contestant
will attempt to chase down the pig and
drag it back to the starting line
Similarly, a calf chasing contest,
open to male students, will have the
entrants run after a 3tm pound calf and
try to take a collar from its neck. Neal
said
The Rodeo Golf Tournament sche
duled for Friday , between 10 a m and
I p m will ha\e teams of four duffers
competing at the University links
Planues will go to the top eight teams.
Neal said, adding that faculty and
staff, as well as students may
participate in this event
Pirkle said that candidates for the
Rodeo Queen title will be judged on
their horsemanship, personality and
Western appearance
She said that any female between
the ages of lb and 21 may enter
tonight's competition, but must take
the responsibility for transporting her
own horse to the Coliseum
Neal denied that rodeo subjects the
participating livestock to cruel treat
ment
••ALL RODEO horses are unbreak
able They work eight seconds at a
time, in about 50 rodeos a year That's
about in minutes work a year.” Neal
said
He added that even the spurs the
riders use are quite dull
Neal also said that claims of
widespread underfeeding of rodeo
livestock was untrue "If they are
underfed, they won't perform.” he
said
According to Neal, it is impossible
to specifically breed bucking bulls and
broncs for rodeo purposes "We just
have to try them out and see.” he
said
To practice for the bull riding event,
the University provides a barrel
contraption, named El Toro, which is
pulled by ropes to produce a similar
effect to a bucking bull
Actually , "it's a lot worse than the
real thing.” Neal said
HE \I.SO explained that the differ
ence between bucking broncs and
bulls is that the horses buck "straight
up and down.” whereas the bulls
"twist and spin "
Rodeo developed naturally from
everyday life on Old West ranches,
according to Neal
He said that riding events have their
parallel in breaking horses, calf
roping in branding cattle, and bare-
back riding in saddleback riding Bull
riding and steer wrestling are moe
recent entertainment concepts, he
said
With the increased popularity of
rodeo, "there s a trend toward making
• ill a true sport." Neal said
"I d like to see the University get a
rodeo team up. he added
Photo by KIRK DUCKWORTH
BARREL CONTRAPTION SIMULATES BUCKING BI LL
"El Toro" it actually harder to ride
Photo by KIRK DUCKWORTH
BIG TIME RODEO COMES TO COLISEUM TONIGHT
Bronc busting, steer wrestling and bull riding are featured