The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 215, Ed. 1 Monday, September 9, 1974 Page: 3 of 8
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Monday, September 9, 1974-THE ENNIS DAILY NEWS—3
Kneivel Says Snake
River Flop Due to
Metal Weakness
TWIN FALLS, Idaho —
Stuntman Evil Knievel blamed
the orange bits of cloth tied on favorite gimmick during On the eve of the Snake River anything. games.. for a moment, every others can do.
their biceps. Knievel’s 56-city “Goodbye jump, Knievel was asked Dr. Pamela Cantor, a clinical person can have his heart in Spectators, says Pollock, are
Gray said “Bikers relate to Tour” in July was to try to cash whether he intended to pursue psychologist at Boston his mouth ambivalently, taking seeking personal enhancement
bikers. They speak differently the six million dollar check in his career as daredevil. University -- has psyched-out pleasure in seeing a crash that through identification with
than we do, and I though it bars along the way. Leaning on the ever-present the Knievel-buffs. As she puts they are not a part of.” death-defiers who achieve
worked very well.” Knievel’s credentials as ebony cane with the vial of it: “If he doesn’t die, people Dr. George Pollock - the fame.
According to the 34-year-old stuntman and huckster were liquor inside, he responded that tend through him to feel they president of the American Dr. Jerome Siller - a
Knievel, the idea to jump a impeccable long before he he didn’t know. Then he ad- have mastered fate.. .If he fails Psychoanalytic Association - professor of education
canyon was generated during a embarked on the jump scheme, ded:” “But I’ll tell you one and dies, people can say: “My adds that spectators at such psychology at New York
of drinking bout eight years ago in Born in Butte, Montana on thing, I’ll never jump so high or God, he was crazy.’” events are more interested in University-- says death is both
some of the hundreds
organized bike riders for the a Montana Saloon. Refused October 17, 1939, he claimed to so far again.” A UCLA expert on death seeng someone defy death than fascinating and repelling to
his Snake River Canyon flop on jump and attendant festivities access to the Grand Canyon, have acquired his first -----and suicide - Dr. Edwin in death itself. He says spec- most people and Knievel’s
I a metal failure. He said a intended to rush the gates Knievel turned to the quarter- motorcycle by theft at the age of Schneibman -- says, “It’s the tators “may internally have stunt stirs those feelings.
* weakness in the metal holding rather than pay the 25 dollar mile wide Snake River Canyon 14. But, Knievel’s father, an NEW YORK — Evel kind of thing people are drawn a need to assert their own And Siller adds: “The ex-
the parachute system in place admission fees. at the outskirts of Twin Falls, auto dealer, says he bought itKnievel’s lure is death and to for a vicarious brush with omnipotence or immortality.” citement is generated by
i on his sky cycle was responsible ' Gray said the bikers were jdaho for his son. J people are plunking down their death, one they can experience Without speculating on contact with something for-
i for his paradrop into the canyon approached after he learned of According to Knievel and the He’s hurtled himself over money to watch. Why? as spectators.” Knievel’s motiviations, Pollock bidden . . There is an emotional
yesterday. The chutes began the plan. promoters, the finanicial cars, trucks and other obstacles Psychiatrists and, Schneibman says, “This kind says death-defiers are contagion in any larger than life
deploying even as the sky cycle The arrangement called for a arrangement is 60 per cent of more than 300 times, falling on psychologists say it’s the of thing has apparently at- exhibitionists who are seeking experience and it readily
cleared the launch ramp, cash donation by the organizers the take for the star, with a six eleven of the attempts and chance to vicariously play with tracted man for some time -- fame and want to be loved or spreads with skillful
Knievel denied he had activated to the two clubs. million dollar guarantee A breaking 50 bones. death without really risking gladiatorial shows, football admired for doing what few promotion ”
the parachute system too early. Gray would not specify the *--— - ----
Organizers of Evel Knievel’s amount of the donations, and
attempted canyon jump used could name only one one of the
bikers to head off potential groups - Brother Fact of
trouble with other bikers at the Colorado
crowded jump site. In return, he said the bikers
A Twin Falls, Idaho real agreed to pay the admission
estate man, Mike Gray, said a price and guard the gates,
deal was struck Saturday Yesterday, groups of heavy-
, “morning, the day before the set young men, sporting denim
jump, to employ 150 members jackets with club emblems,
of two motorcycle clubs as stood guard at various points
security personnel. around the jump site.
The move followed reports that They were distinguishable by
Norma Juricek Is
Grid Contest Victor
Norma Juricek won the top football tickets for the first
prize in the Ennis Daily News place winner.
football contest sponsored by Annette Liska won second
Ennis merchants with only one place with two misses and will
missed game. She will receive receive two tickets to the Ennis-
two southwest conference Midway football game to be
played here September 20, at
Lions Stadium.
Several contestants missed
three games but Wesley Juricek
was the least amount of points
off on his guesses for third place
and he will receive two tickets
to the Plaza Theater.
The contest is sponsored by
the following merchants; Vic
Fredrickson Ford-Mercury,
Western Auto Store, Dan’s
called off a Lake Ontario Town House, Ennis Savings
n .and Loan, Avenue Texaco
search for a missing Canadian Distributor, Jack Poff Men &
teen-agedsuimmetich will not Boy's Wear, Bruce Brown
They say tne searen win nor Chev.-Olds, Ennis State Bank,
be resumed today for T y ear- Barton's Texaco Service, Allen
old Neil MacNeil of Toronto, Furniture Co.,. Hesser ‘Drug,
The youth, a Toronto Harbor Citizens National Bank and
Police Summer Lifeguard, Otasco Home & Auto Store.
The contest runs each
disappe are til f nr irday af- Tuesday and entries must be
ternoon, about four hours after . . .
he began a planned 32-mile turned in at the Ennis Daily
swim across the lake News office Thursday or post
The coast guard says MacNeil marked before midnight each
was escorted by a 12-foot Thursday,
alumninum boat which planned
to lead him across the lake, but
Call Off
Quest for
Swimmer
• YOUNGSTOWN, New York —
Coast Guard officials have
$10000%
ioirnag
the craft developed engine i
trouble.
The lad was about two miles !
offshore at the time, and he was i
about five miles out when he
went under. .Fezler has been a runner-up
Two helicopters, Canadian five times during his three
U.S. Coast Guard vessels years on the tournament trail-
, and four Canadian Air Force he was second in the U.S. Open
reserve planes searched and the American Golf Classic,
fruitlessly until about midnight After winning the Southern
last night in an area up to 12 Open yesterday in Columbus,
miles from shore. Ga., Fezler said "The money
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PEACHES - 39
BY CRO
Goolagong, in her heyday, and
Ken Rosewall, in the twilight of NEWPORT, R.I. —
his tennis career. The pair will “Courageous,” a long, lean ,
battle today in Forest Hills, gleaming white sliver of
N.Y. to retain Australian aluminum, opens defense of the
surpemacy of the U.S. Open Americas Cup tomorrow
for the second straight year. against the formidable
Miss Goolagong toppled, challenger, “Southern Cross’
America’s tennis princess, from Australia. The best four-
Christ Evert, for the right to of-seven series will be run on a
meet the nation’s tennis queen, triangular, 23-and-four-tenths
- Billie Jean King. Rosewall mile olympic course seven
outdueled defending champion miles off Newport in Rhode
John Newcombe and set up a Island Sound. The first race
"gatch of Wimbledon, where starts at 12:10 p.m
Jimmy Connors needed only A race is scheduled each day,
three sets to take the title-- the but weather, conditions and
only major crown to elude other factors could cause day-
Rosewall in his long, illustrious by-day delays. It required 14
career. days to sail the 1970 series,
longest since the first race in
------1851.
AKRON — Gary Player and ____
Lee Trevino will tee off today in
a sudden death for the 50’ NEW YORK-The New York
thousand dollar first prize in the Yankees and the Boston Red
World Series of Golf in Akron, Six, who are tied for first place
Ohio.in the American League East,
Trevino had come from six open an important two-game
strokes down with 13 holes to series tonight in Boston,
play to force a tie at the end of Yesterday the Yankees lost 11-3
the regulation 36 holes. He and to the Detroit Tigers while
Player each had a 139 total and Boston was the 8-6 winner over
1 under par on the Firestone the Milwaukee Brewers. Today,
Country Club course. Late the Yankees will pitch Doc
yesterday the two parred the Medich while Roger Moret goes
first five playoff holes but were for the Red Sox.
stopped by darkness and the
playoff was extended to today.
* COSTLY ARGUMENT And in the National League,
LOUISVILLE (AP) - Foot- the Los Angeles Dodgers won
all coach LeRoy Smith of Ken- two out of their three weekend
tucky State has learned it games with the Cincinnati Reds
doesn’t pay to argue with a ref- and now lead the second place
eree. One time ‘he kicked the Reds with three and a half
dirt in disgust and broke his toe games in the NL west. The
when he lost an argument. Not Dodgers’ 7-4 victory yesterday
only that, but his pants split all before a sellout crowd at
the way down the seat. Cincinnati’s riverfront stadium
“I had to have the ambulance was their eleventh win out of 15
come and get me,” says Smith, meetings with the Reds.
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Casebolt, Floyd W. The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 215, Ed. 1 Monday, September 9, 1974, newspaper, September 9, 1974; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1690506/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ennis Public Library.