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# Twardzik (Finally)
# Becomes a Squire
By FRANK VEHOAN
Virginian-Pilot Sports Writer
NORFOLK-It took Squires owner Earl Foreman and Dave Twardzik a week to get together but only a few minutes Friday to join forces.
CHARLIE SCOTT
Future Set Soon
# Scott Case
# Being Heard
# On June 5
NORFOLK-Squires owner Earl Foreman disclosed Friday the U.S. Ninth Circuit Appeals Court will hear the Charlie Scott case on June 5 in Los Angeles.
Scott jumped the Squires in March and signed a contract with the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.
An earlier request by the Squires for a preliminary injunction to bar Scott from playing for Phoenix while under contract with the Squires was denied by a lower court.
The Squires requested the appeals court hear the case as quickly as possible.
"We have received an exceedingly early date," said Foreman, "and that could indicate a decision before the start of next season."
The appeals court in the Fourth District was the one which ruled Billy Cunningham must honor a Carolina Cougars contract from which he tried to escape. The Ninth District court also held Rick Barry to his contract with the then Washington Caps three years ago.
Foreman said the appeals court could agree with the lower
Twardzik, the All-American from Old Dominion University, formally signed his contract with the Squires a week after he had announced his intentions.
"There were no problems," explained Twardzik. "Mr. Foreman is just a very busy man and is a matter of getting an agreeable time between the two of us."
Twardzik, a 6-1 guard, is believed to have signed a two-year, no-cut contract worth $65,000. He received a $2,500 bonus and the promise of another $2,500 should he make the ABA all-rookie team.
"We are very pleased to have Dave join us," said Foreman. "He will be working with our front office, under Johnny Kerr, this summer."
Twardzik was joined in the signing by ODU coach Sonny Allen. "Dave has a big adjustment to make in the pros," said Allen. "He has to make adjustment on defense and learn to play without the ball."
"At ODU he controlled the ball about 90 per cent of the time for us. But I'm sure he can make whatever adjustments are necessary."
Twardzik was equally as confident, but not overly so.
"Some people may feel I should perform as well in the pros as I did in college," said Twardzik. "But I'm not going to let that affect my game. I've seen some who felt the pressure and I'm just going to play the best I can."
Twardzik said he had been involved in fast-break offense since high school, didn't expect many problems adjusting to the Squires' running game. "But there will be some tricks of the trade I'll have to pick up on defense," he noted.
In three varsity seasons at Old Dominion, Twardzik averaged 20.2 points and had a record 880 assists. He also set career records for the most points scored (1680) and most free throws made (548).
Individual season records included most free throws, best free throw percentage (.845) and most assists (312). Individual single game records were most free throws (24), most free throws attempted (26) and most assists
Frank Vehorn
Virginian-Pilot Sports Writer
# PK Power Struck Down Squires
The PK Man has struck again.
While most Virginians were fearful of what Rick Barry, of John Roche, would do to the Squires in the ABA playoff series, they should have been concerned with a fellow named Ted Owens who resides in Cape Charles.
No doubt you have heard of Mr. Owens. By his own count he has brought about 300 miracles, documented by lawyers and scientists, and has 92 per cent accuracy for achieving his avowed missions. He performs these feats, he claims by powers of the brain.
If you were at the Norfolk Sports Club some months ago perhaps you laughed at Owens. Now you, too, must share the blame for the Squires' defeat to New York.
The real blame must be long to the Squires, though. Not only did the Squires spurn the assistance of the PK Man in the playoffs but they angered him by hiring a pretender, "The Great Kahuna," to put a whammy on the Nets.
So while most Squires fans were feeling confident on April 30, what with the Squires holding a 3-2 edge in the series and needing only one game to win, the PK Man set out to change the Squires fortunes.
Ted Owens
In a letter to Squires vice president Johnny Keery, Owens typed:
"I am notifying you, on record, that I am going one-on-one with the Squires. My object will be ... to make the Squires lose the playoffs. I like a challenge. This is a good challenge.
"Your Squires are red-hot and beating the stuffings out of the Nets. Let's see if I and my powers and my UFO intelligences can turn this around and beat the stuffings out of the Squires."
# Great Kahuna Insulted Owens
Owens explained that a member of the Squires' staff had phoned him and wanted him to work for the team. But when Owens requested a fee the matter was dropped and "The Great Kahuna" brought in. "So I had to show what I could do, as a matter of pride," he said.
On May 1 the Nets beat the Squires to even the series at 3-3. Owens wrote to Kerr:
"Tonight I wiped out the Squires. I told you I would Thursday night (for the deciding seventh
games of this series.
The Squires had led by 12 points on 12 different occasions in the first half, scored 24 points in the first quarter and held a 31-19 lead. Billy Keller's hot shooting had given Indiana a 32 lead at intermission.
The Pacers, thanks to Keller's hot shooting, hit the open man and were much more efficient with the ball.
The Pacers, in two and a half minutes, scored the first 10 points of the second period to take the lead for good in the game.
The Pacers, in two and a half minutes, scored the first 10 points on a pair of fouls by Freddie Lewis. Billy Keller's hot shooting had given Indiana a 3-2 edge in the series and needing only one game to win, the PK Man set out to change the Squires fortunes.
Indiana then took the lead for good by hitting the open man and were much more efficient with the ball.
The Pacers had the end of three ahead 97-87 with 2:30 left in the game and pushed their lead to 11 points at 1:13 with 11 points at 1:13 with 1:13 remaining.
The bottle is easy to carry and easy to pour, and you pour and you pour. It is easy to save by pouring in the
In our
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The Virginian-Pilot
MORNING AND SUNDAY
ESTABLISHED 1865... NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
TELEPHONE MADISON 5-1431
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 23501
16 May 1972
Dear Mr. Owens,
I thank you both for your letter and your gracious
attitude toward the Squires.
There certainly was no need for you to have been
concerned that I would have taken you to task for what
you did to the Squires in the final two playoff games.
I, too, am of the opinion the Squires acted foolishly
and certainly if they had researched your career and accomplishments
they would not have pressed the point by bringing in the
"great kahuna."
So while I was disappointed the Squires could not
win, I certainly was able to appreciate your position.
The fault belonged to the Squires, not to you.
My regards and best wishes
Frank Vehorn
P.S. - I also have no sympathy with the Norfolk Sports Club.
There can be no excuse for the rudeness displayed when you
spoke there. I regret I was not able to attend that meeting.
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e 1, 1972
r. Frank Vehorn, Sports Columnist
Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.
Dear Mr. Vehorn:
Thank you for your personal letter. It is deeply appreciated.
The completely objective attitude, on the part of yourself and the Virginian-Pilot
staff...toward my use of psi-force to defeat Norfolk's own team...has given me what
amounts to a traumatic shock! Simply, I am not accustomed to encountering
intelligence at a high level, encased in objectivity.
Well...
After much reflection, I've figured out...to myself, at least...what is fair.
This season...I personally was responsible for the Squires losing two games, and
probably the championship...because they were the hottest team I'd seen, up until
I came into the picture.
So next season...I will replace these two games that I took away...just for you
personally. And this is not a publicity stunt. We will keep this completely off
the record if you wish. Here is how it will work, if it is your, and your paper'
wish, to put my powers behind the Squires for two games.
When the playoffs begin, watch how the Squires are doing. If they get into trouble,
get down 2-1, or 3-1...ring me up and tell me the key game you want me to attend.
I'll get you two tickets (I always take my son with me) and $15 for transportation
money. (The paper might like to back you up with the tickets and financing.)
I'll go to that game (with you, if you like, sitting with Beau and I) and work the other
team over...to make them miss, and help the Squires win. Then, if there is a second
key game where I might be needed...I'll come running in the same fashion, if you say so.
I do not successfully control every game, always...when I work on pro basketball teams.
However...both this season, as well as the season before...I was 100% successful in
beating the Baltimore Bullets and the Squires (and off the record, not documented, I
had a personal difference with Bill Russell...to show him what I could do.) So for
two years...I haven't missed in the games I've worked to control, in pro basketball.
Personally...to me, the Squires are a business, run very badly by their management...
otherwise they would never have let Rick Barry, Charlie Scott and Julius Erving (who
is fast approaching the genius of Earl the Pearl Monroe...if not there already)
get away from them. If they'd hung on to these three...what team in the NBA or ABA
could beat them? My guess...none of them could. However, to residents of Norfolk...
they attach loyalty to "their" team (forgetting it's the owner's team). So, there
are always different viewpoints...perhaps all with some validity.
So, Mr. Vehorn...tell your Virginian-Pilot staff...that strictly as a favor to you,
and to them, for your all fairness...I'll come running to replace those two lost key
games next season...should you whistle. If you don't whistle, fine;
I'll not sweat it...and all is well.
My regards and best wishes.....
-Owene KPRMan
# Twardzik (Finally)
# Becomes a Squire
By FRANK VEHOAN
Virginian-Pilot Sports Writer
NORFOLK-It took Squires owner Earl Foreman and Dave Twardzik a week to get together but only a few minutes Friday to join forces.
CHARLIE SCOTT
Future Set Soon
# Scott Case
# Being Heard
# On June 5
NORFOLK-Squires owner Earl Foreman disclosed Friday the U.S. Ninth Circuit Appeals Court will hear the Charlie Scott case on June 5 in Los Angeles.
Scott jumped the Squires in March and signed a contract with the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.
An earlier request by the Squires for a preliminary injunction to bar Scott from playing for Phoenix while under contract with the Squires was denied by a lower court.
The Squires requested the appeals court hear the case as quickly as possible.
"We have received an exceedingly early date," said Foreman, "and that could indicate a decision before the start of next season."
The appeals court in the Fourth District was the one which ruled Billy Cunningham must honor a Carolina Cougars contract from which he tried to escape. The Ninth District court also held Rick Barry to his contract with the then Washington Caps three years ago.
Foreman said the appeals court could agree with the lower
Twardzik, the All-American from Old Dominion University, formally signed his contract with the Squires a week after he had announced his intentions.
"There were no problems," explained Twardzik. "Mr. Foreman is just a very busy man and is a matter of getting an agreeable time between the two of us."
Twardzik, a 6-1 guard, is believed to have signed a two-year, no-cut contract worth $65,000. He received a $2,500 bonus and the promise of another $2,500 should he make the ABA all-rookie team.
"We are very pleased to have Dave join us," said Foreman. "He will be working with our front office, under Johnny Kerr, this summer."
Twardzik was joined in the signing by ODU coach Sonny Allen. "Dave has a big adjustment to make in the pros," said Allen. "He has to make adjustment on defense and learn to play without the ball."
"At ODU he controlled the ball about 90 per cent of the time for us. But I'm sure he can make whatever adjustments are necessary."
Twardzik was equally as confident, but not overly so.
"Some people may feel I should perform as well in the pros as I did in college," said Twardzik. "But I'm not going to let that affect my game. I've seen some who felt the pressure and I'm just going to play the best I can."
Twardzik said he had been involved in fast-break offense since high school, didn't expect many problems adjusting to the Squires' running game. "But there will be some tricks of the trade I'll have to pick up on defense," he noted.
In three varsity seasons at Old Dominion, Twardzik averaged 20.2 points and had a record 880 assists. He also set career records for the most points scored (1680) and most free throws made (548).
Individual season records included most free throws, best free throw percentage (.845) and most assists (312). Individual single game records were most free throws (24), most free throws attempted (26) and most assists
Frank Vehorn
Virginian-Pilot Sports Writer
# PK Power Struck Down Squires
The PK Man has struck again.
While most Virginians were fearful of what Rick Barry, of John Roche, would do to the Squires in the ABA playoff series, they should have been concerned with a fellow named Ted Owens who resides in Cape Charles.
No doubt you have heard of Mr. Owens. By his own count he has brought about 300 miracles, documented by lawyers and scientists, and has 92 per cent accuracy for achieving his avowed missions. He performs these feats, he claims by powers of the brain.
If you were at the Norfolk Sports Club some months ago perhaps you laughed at Owens. Now you, too, must share the blame for the Squires' defeat to New York.
The real blame must be long to the Squires, though. Not only did the Squires spurn the assistance of the PK Man in the playoffs but they angered him by hiring a pretender, "The Great Kahuna," to put a whammy on the Nets.
So while most Squires fans were feeling confident on April 30, what with the Squires holding a 3-2 edge in the series and needing only one game to win, the PK Man set out to change the Squires fortunes.
Ted Owens
In a letter to Squires vice president Johnny Keery, Owens typed:
"I am notifying you, on record, that I am going one-on-one with the Squires. My object will be ... to make the Squires lose the playoffs. I like a challenge. This is a good challenge.
"Your Squires are red-hot and beating the stuffings out of the Nets. Let's see if I and my powers and my UFO intelligences can turn this around and beat the stuffings out of the Squires."
# Great Kahuna Insulted Owens
Owens explained that a member of the Squires' staff had phoned him and wanted him to work for the team. But when Owens requested a fee the matter was dropped and "The Great Kahuna" brought in. "So I had to show what I could do, as a matter of pride," he said.
On May 1 the Nets beat the Squires to even the series at 3-3. Owens wrote to Kerr:
"Tonight I wiped out the Squires. I told you I would Thursday night (for the deciding seventh
games of this series.
The Squires had led by 12 points on 12 different occasions in the first half, scored 24 points in the first quarter and held a 31-19 lead. Billy Keller's hot shooting had given Indiana a 32 lead at intermission.
The Pacers, thanks to Keller's hot shooting, hit the open man and were much more efficient with the ball.
The Pacers, in two and a half minutes, scored the first 10 points of the second period to take the lead for good in the game.
The Pacers, in two and a half minutes, scored the first 10 points on a pair of fouls by Freddie Lewis. Billy Keller's hot shooting had given Indiana a 3-2 edge in the series and needing only one game to win, the PK Man set out to change the Squires fortunes.
Indiana then took the lead for good by hitting the open man and were much more efficient with the ball.
The Pacers had the end of three ahead 97-87 with 2:30 left in the game and pushed their lead to 11 points at 1:13 with 11 points at 1:13 with 1:13 remaining.
The bottle is easy to carry and easy to pour, and you pour and you pour. It is easy to save by pouring in the
In our
=== **Page: 2 of 3**
The Virginian-Pilot
MORNING AND SUNDAY
ESTABLISHED 1865... NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
TELEPHONE MADISON 5-1431
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 23501
16 May 1972
Dear Mr. Owens,
I thank you both for your letter and your gracious
attitude toward the Squires.
There certainly was no need for you to have been
concerned that I would have taken you to task for what
you did to the Squires in the final two playoff games.
I, too, am of the opinion the Squires acted foolishly
and certainly if they had researched your career and accomplishments
they would not have pressed the point by bringing in the
"great kahuna."
So while I was disappointed the Squires could not
win, I certainly was able to appreciate your position.
The fault belonged to the Squires, not to you.
My regards and best wishes
Frank Vehorn
P.S. - I also have no sympathy with the Norfolk Sports Club.
There can be no excuse for the rudeness displayed when you
spoke there. I regret I was not able to attend that meeting.
=== **Page: 3 of 3**
e 1, 1972
r. Frank Vehorn, Sports Columnist
Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.
Dear Mr. Vehorn:
Thank you for your personal letter. It is deeply appreciated.
The completely objective attitude, on the part of yourself and the Virginian-Pilot
staff...toward my use of psi-force to defeat Norfolk's own team...has given me what
amounts to a traumatic shock! Simply, I am not accustomed to encountering
intelligence at a high level, encased in objectivity.
Well...
After much reflection, I've figured out...to myself, at least...what is fair.
This season...I personally was responsible for the Squires losing two games, and
probably the championship...because they were the hottest team I'd seen, up until
I came into the picture.
So next season...I will replace these two games that I took away...just for you
personally. And this is not a publicity stunt. We will keep this completely off
the record if you wish. Here is how it will work, if it is your, and your paper'
wish, to put my powers behind the Squires for two games.
When the playoffs begin, watch how the Squires are doing. If they get into trouble,
get down 2-1, or 3-1...ring me up and tell me the key game you want me to attend.
I'll get you two tickets (I always take my son with me) and $15 for transportation
money. (The paper might like to back you up with the tickets and financing.)
I'll go to that game (with you, if you like, sitting with Beau and I) and work the other
team over...to make them miss, and help the Squires win. Then, if there is a second
key game where I might be needed...I'll come running in the same fashion, if you say so.
I do not successfully control every game, always...when I work on pro basketball teams.
However...both this season, as well as the season before...I was 100% successful in
beating the Baltimore Bullets and the Squires (and off the record, not documented, I
had a personal difference with Bill Russell...to show him what I could do.) So for
two years...I haven't missed in the games I've worked to control, in pro basketball.
Personally...to me, the Squires are a business, run very badly by their management...
otherwise they would never have let Rick Barry, Charlie Scott and Julius Erving (who
is fast approaching the genius of Earl the Pearl Monroe...if not there already)
get away from them. If they'd hung on to these three...what team in the NBA or ABA
could beat them? My guess...none of them could. However, to residents of Norfolk...
they attach loyalty to "their" team (forgetting it's the owner's team). So, there
are always different viewpoints...perhaps all with some validity.
So, Mr. Vehorn...tell your Virginian-Pilot staff...that strictly as a favor to you,
and to them, for your all fairness...I'll come running to replace those two lost key
games next season...should you whistle. If you don't whistle, fine;
I'll not sweat it...and all is well.
My regards and best wishes.....
-Owene KPRMan
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