24-MANCHESTER HERALD. Thursday, July 26, 1990 laVs N e u ^ Coventry School Chief Bullying...page 4 PGA loses more sponsors Fans say Pete Rose belongs Fridcqn as battle lines are drawn Local news inside BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — policy. On Tuesday, IBM officials said in baseball’s Hall of Fame Mayor Richard Arrington took up Officials at Shoal Creek, founded the company dropped its PGA ^ t s the peace pipe as television adver­ in 1977 and site of the 1984 Profes­ ■ Malinowski from ABC. Toyota officials said career, he was virtually assured of the honor before he tisers and black leaders drew battle sional Golfer’s Association Cham­ By GARY LANGER Wednesday the company canceled ran afoul of the baseball commissioner and the law. interviewed. lines over racial exclusion at the plans to run ads on ESPN and spots The Associated Press pionship, have said the club does not His chances now are less certain. iianrhpH tpr Ip ral Shoal Creek country club, host of in major cities on ABC because of ban black members and that blacks The poll did not specify an election date for Rose, Page 9. next month’s PGA Championship. the racial exclusion. NEW YORK — Americans say Pete Rose deserves have been guests there. asking only if he should be named to the Hall of Fame Toyota and Anheuser-Busch on Jeff Davis, a spokesman for a place in two venerable institutions: the federal But club founder Hall Thompson “at some point.” Baseball fans were a bit more likely ■ Crime watch Wednesday joined IBM in canceling prison system and the Baseball Hall of Fame. angered many when he was quoted Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis, said than non-fans to favor him for the hall, 71 to 63 per­ plans to run ads during the ABC and Eighty-one percent in a national Associated Press program starts. Friday, July 27,1990 Voted 1990 New England Newspaper of the Year Newsstand Price: 35 Cents in a newspaper story as saying the Wednesday a “corporate decision” cent, and men were more supportive than women, 74 ESPN telecasts. Toyota and IBM of­ poll said it was right for Rose, baseball’s all-time hit club could not be pressured into ac­ was made to drop plans for ads on to 62 percent. ficials said they pulled the spots be­ leader, to be sentenced to federal prison last week. He Page 9. cepting blacks. He later apologized ESPN during the PGA telecast. The Women also were slightly more likely than men to cause the Shoal Creek club has no got a five-month term for cheating on his taxes. and said he was quoted out of con­ company’s prepared statement did say Rose had damaged baseball’s image, 43 to 36 per­ white members. Anheuser-Busch ■ Fitzgerald wins text. not disclose the reason for the At the same time, a majority said Rose should be cent. But men were a bit harder on Rose in other did not give a reason for dropping New members must be invited to change, he said. allowed to work in baseball again, even though he areas: Men were more likely than women to say he Dem endorsement. its ads during the golf tournament join. Memberships cost up to ESPN is broadcasting the first was banished from the sport for gambling last year. GOP to sue deserved jail time, 85-78 percent. And while 67 per­ Aug. 9-12. $35,000, with an additional yearly two days of the golf tournament, And two-thirds said he deserved election to the Hall cent of women said Rose ^ould be allowed back into Page 9. Arrington, faced with the pos­ fee. with ABC carrying the last two of Fame. baseball at some point, that fell to 59 percent of men. sibility of blacks picketing the na­ “We’re concerned and disap­ days. Most respondents also said Rose’s problems did lit­ In most cases, opinion was roughly the same tionally televised championship, pointed about the actions of the ad­ Tlie Rev. Abraham Woods, who tle to damage his sport. Fifty-six percent said he had among respondents who called themselves baseball Town Council tried to smooth ruffled feathers and vertisers ... in light of the PGA’s has called for picketing of the tour­ not hurt baseball’s image, and among those who said fans as among non-fans. Fifty-four percent said they Morrison loans make clear Birmingham has become position against discrimination," nament, said Wednesday the club he had done damage, only about a third said it was were fans, including 61 percent of the men and 48 ruled proper Democrat, contacted them. Kroeger racially progressive in the past two said a PGA official who spoke on should at least “set a timetable for serious. percent of the women. By VINCENT M. VALVO decades. HARTFORD (AP) — There asserts that the council relied on the condition of anonymity. actively recruiting blacks.” Rose, 49, ex-manager of the Cincinnati Reds, can The telephone survey of 1,004 adults was con­ Manchester Herald The mayor said a letter Thesday wrong state statutes in deciding that Reacting to the controversy, the Arrington, who doesn’t play golf, apply for reinstatement, and 63 percent said he should ducted for the AP from Friday through Tliesday by was nothing improper in the from Shoal Creek officials con­ it could hike the town tax rate PGA announced July 14 that it said earlier he is “not the country- get it at some point. ICR Survey Research Group of Media, ft., part of $3(X),000 in loans taken by U.S. COVENTRY — The Republican vinced him that the club, in Shelby without voter approval. would in the future consider clubs’ club type.” He is now in his third Rose becomes eligible in December 1991 for elec­ AUS Consultant Cos. The poll has a margin of error Rep. Bruce Morrison to finance his Town Committee voted unanimous­ County near Birmingham, would On July 12, Coventry voters for membership policies in picking term as Birmingham’s first black tion to the Hall of Fame. With 4,256 hits in a 24-year of plus or minus three percentage points. Democratic gubernatorial cam­ ly Thursday night to take the Town adhere to a non-discriminatory tournament sites. mayor. paign, the state’s chief banking Council to court over its decision to the third time rejected a municipal regulator said. raise Covenhy’s tax rate despite and education budget put forth by “The loan is adequateiy col­ three-time voter rejection of the council. That same day, lateralized, and there is no specific proposed municipal budgets. however, the council nonetheless statute that addresses the issue or At a meeting attended by 20 of voted to raise the tax rate 1.85 mills any banking regulations that would the GOP Town Committee’s 30 over the last fiscal year’s levy. The m ^ e it improper on its face,” state delegates, unanimous approval was council cited state statute in defend­ SCOREBOARD Banking Commissioner Howard B. given to hire local attorney Henry ing its decision. Brown Jr. said Thursday. Kroeger to institute an immediate At the time, moreover, Town Tigers 4, Orioles 3 Red Sox 2, Brewers 0 Mets 10, Phiiiies 9 Astros 5, Braves 1 suit against the council’s decision. Council (Chairwoman Joan Lewis BALTIMORE DETROIT BOSTON MILWAUKEE Weight Loss defended the council’s action. “We Baseball NEWYORK PHILA HOUSTON ATLANTA That suit is expected to be filed in a b rh b l ab r h bl ab r h bl a b rh b l a b rh b l ab r h bl ab r h bl Swimming are a responsible council,” she said. 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