Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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From Ba By Brett omwcm ATLANTA f ? Dave Johnsc completed the' cycle. A ffat* f an vraom Iaa navw vuu jr^oio til urc iuaJUI icc 35-year-old second baseman left Three years later he is back, but Johnson likes to talk about his he went there. "I played some ex with Baltimore and I liked it," h< while I was still in my prime." ACCORDING TO JOHNSON, Japan as it is in America. The on look at the game. Before the season starts, the J miirdarmic fiir/x_onr1r% Uolf mnntti 1I1U1 UVI VUO V TT V HIIU U11U11 IIAUIIUJ pre-game ritual is about six mi "They're physical fitness nut believe that if you don't practice, Johnson compared the quality umpires in Japan have larger si America. As a result, hitters are normally let eo for balls. Becau quality of play in Japan is only America. WHILE WITH THE ORIOLES managers in baseball in Earl W< are a far cry from the likes of Wc "The managers over there ar oaiu. 11 jruu maivc an ci l ui in U you strike out your first time up, They're philosophy is if you starl One of the major problems o language barrier. Johnson han< Japan, he had trouble communii time his second year rolled aroi by. "I understood enough to kno> i Model as 'jock' im Ath1oHr>fi an/I (ominirin kitn a ?MUVV?V0 (U1U IVUIUUI1C IAhI but increasing public intere athletics has changed that re] The jock image for women told the girls attending the University of South Carolina Ms. Parsons, who has mock stopped by Columbia this w Parsons, coach of USC's Lai During her visit she lecti basketball camp on personal most of what you've got. Attractive people and got things, Ms. Parsons says, healthy diet are as essential she said. Women athletes once ado because their athletic skills 1 she said. "People are accepting woi said. "They no longer need to Coach Parsons shares her beauty and arranged severe lC^llU C UUI Ulg U1C INIOKClUa Most of the girls were int some of their questions wen One girl asked Ms. Parsoni a knee operation. Improving showers was another questi "The girls seemed very r Being attractive is as impo the rest of the population, N eluded, are usually as conce "People care about persoi 2UIC SMX1U. 11 O Ull|AH UUll U) It Knowledge is the key i "Everyone can be beautiful Being attractive, "looking your self esteem and confic "I don't know of any fema female she can be/' she sa Being well groomed met learning bow to like yourself, A'native of Utah, she beg ago, culminating a life-long! Tall and thin, she can give Before she began her carees "I didn't feel good about m Itimore to Frtedlander fc Staff Writer >n of the Philadelphia Phillies igues with Baltimore and Atlanta, L ? A. A. _ -- 1 1 11 V i uie country 10 piay oau in jaj not without some special memor experience in Japan, and about i hibition games over there when 11 e said. "I wanted to go back and i the game is played the same wa; ily difference is the way the Japar apanese players have to go throuf l spring training. Included in the d iles of running. s over there/' Johnson said. "T you can't play the game." of play in both countries by saying :rike zones than their counterpart forced to swing at pitches they w< se of this, Johnson said he thinks a little better than class AAA ba >, Johnson played for one of the fi javer. But the field generals in Ja saver. e the funniest thing of all," Johi le first inning, they'll take you ou they'll take you out for a pinch hil : off bad, you'll finish bad." f playing in a foreign country is died it well. During his first yea eating with his teammates, but b> ind, he knew enough Japanese to v what was going on," he said. sures girls age fading uty once mixed like oil and water st in and acceptance of women'! ationship, said a New York model athletes is fading, Letha Parsom women's basketball clinic at th< i. sled extensively on the West Coast eek to visit with her sister, Pan dy Gamecocks. red the girls attending the US( 1 aooearance. or how to m?k? th< >d athletes usually do the sam< Exercise, plenty of sleep and i to beauty as they are to athletics pted a de-feminized, jock imag< forced them into an identity crisis men athletes today," Ms. Parson look like Jocks." sister's views about athletat ?n< il months ago for Ms. Parsons t U camp. erested in skin and hair care, bu e related to their athletic careen i how to camouflage the scars fror the dry skin that comes from man on. eceptive," Ms. Parsons said. nam ior women atnietes as it is fc Is. Parsons said. Men, athletes ii med about appearance as womei rial appearance and their bodies, jam to take care of the body." to being attractive, she ndd? If you iaiow how." like what you are/' helps inereas lence. ile who doesn't want to be the bei id. ins being clean and healthy an , said the 20-year-old model. an her modelinfl carAMr turn vmi Dtnrcst in beauty and health a first-hand account about dietinj Ms. Parsons weighed 145 pound) yw)f,M she remembered. Atlanta to J was WBW lese ?-aft. (ho (Cj) 3II HI M ?i i I /S N 1 i I CURRY11 > r i I COPY 1 I j | | CENTER 01 ? ^ * I Capitol Center, ' I (T* rv I i i rv* U i /~i C f ' I ; J We do good printin 3 I We'd like more of v I I b usiness. So we're * ! extra good offer tl ! I ' 1 S r= ? n y BBH lO organ mu ap art . . . a Johnson, who graduated fror degree in Mathematics, was tlx Giants and was a teammate of? When he played in Atlanta for th American home run champ Hi IT WAS JOHNSON who wai slugged his 715th homer to surf deck in Tokyo in September 197 Hammering Hank's record. While he refuses to compare tl would have been able to hit 701 believer that a good hitter is j anywhere/' he said. "You can't ~ fair. Just like it's not fair to com _ o Bpoof hitter " ? U VUV II1VVV1 . Hitting behind Aaron and Oh 1 he joined the Braves in 1973, season. However, in his first ye and broke Rogers Hornsby's 51 a season by a second basemai "I became a more aggress National League," he said. "I v hitters ballpark. That made me This season Johnson is off to the Phillies he is hitting .194 wit "I don't play in all the games I am called on," Johnson saic though, I'll have to take up som< According to Johnson, who e m j j_ l~ j.. ! 1.1? -tr r luriuu raiicu uurmg uie on set ^ entered his mind. His main goi [ championship team. While witl I title winners. [ "I'm pretty physically fit an \ more years," Johnson said. Af | work with under privileged chil But for now, Dave Johnsoi Philadelphia Phillies. f Columbia ??? ph 1332 Main St. 29201 C" fill ig at good prices. , w rour good .. ... ?n ? making this irougn September. DRVISmU! est Drive (Robinson mLlUllltST % STUDENT DISCOI ses and * orders nc ? present your student >ck of choral ond hand1 ading dealers in han sic. flutohofni. Dtilrlmi ^ - ? - - |rvy W>^i ^ xlly to most of the notic TE music GIFT CENTER E USI Does not inclu # /id back n Trinity University in Texas with a s first American to pay for uie Tokyo Japanese home run king Sadaharu Oh. ie Braves, Johnson was a teammate of ink Aaron. 9 on deck in April 1974 when Aaron miss Babe Ruth. Ironically, hf was on 7 when Oh hit his 756th homer to beat | he two great hitters, Johnson thinks Oh ) home runs in America. "I'm a firm izoinff to hit his homers and Averaffp compare Oh and Aaron. It wouldn'tbe pare Aaron with Ruth. Sadaharu Oh is has helped Johnson's statistics. Before Johnson averaged nine homers per ar in Atlanta, he slugged 43 home runs -year-old record for most home runs in a. ive hitter after I was traded to the vas healthy and I was hitting in a good a legitimate long ball threat." a slow start. As a part-time player for th one homer and seven runs batted in. so 1 have to be ready to play whenever !. "Now that Teddy Sizemore is hurt e slack in our infield." njoys playing golf and working on his ison, the thought of retiring has not yet il in baseball is to be on another world 1 the Orioles, he was a member of four A 1 T u 1 1CXI X usn flay duuui uu w ui 1UU1 ter he decides to quit, he would like to dren or get into managing. n is happy playing baseball for the MB Ml Ml m ? H | I 10% DISCOUNT I I sumes Letterhead* [ loto Copies forms j uelopes fliers l islness Cards Typing i tdding Invitations l ilargements j and fttdudions j fating In Slack i or Colored Inhs ij 9IV.V.UfIAC. 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