1978_05 The Daily Collegian May 1978

              Tbe DaUy CoUeglan
All thumbs showdown-
New breed of wrasslin' in town
Wednesday May 10,1978, CSUF
is holding an official Two Fingers
CoUegiate Thurn Wrasslin Tournament sponsored by Two fingers Tequila and sanctioned by
the American Thum Wrasslin Association (ATWA).
Tbe tournament, to be held In
the CoUege Union Lounge from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. wlU be re-
fereed by Bob Schmidt, President
of ATWA. As with aU sanctioned tournaments, competition
wffl be held in a regulation Thum
--Sbortlength (under 1 1/2 in-
-Mlddlelength   (1    1/2   to  3
--Louglength (ov
■ 3 Inches).
Regulation penalties, including
those for gouging an opponent or
sucking any thumb during a
match,   wiU also be in effect.
Admittance to the tournament
is free. An students and faculty are Invited and are e
to bring along at least
in top fighting condition.
The tournament .wiU open with
a welcoming statement by an official from the American Thum
Wrasslin Association. Then, a
referee wffl announce rules of
play and demonstrate legal and
Illegal holds, such as tbe f'Fly-
lng Thum Tackle," the "Fake
Paw Push," the "Thum Screw"
and others.
There wffl be a series of pre-
flght thumb-building exercises,
to loosen up and condition participants' thumbs.
There wffl-be a measure-In
to determine length classification
foUowed by eUmination matches
according to class. Actual competitions wiU be held In separate
male and female single matches,
mixed single matches, and mixed
tag team matches;
Two finalists in each event wiU
fight it out for the championship.
Winners will revleve the GOV-O.
Champ* >nhip Bel: plus other
prizes, and a chance to enter
regional and national competi-
Uons as CSUF representatives.
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The filthy thumb ls owned by Bruce Scott, wl
Thumb boss
speaks out
against digit
legislation
Declaring "A man's thumb ls
his wrasslel", American Thum
Wrasslin Association President
Bob Schmidt has pubUcly denounced "anylegLslattonaimedat
the registration, licensing or
confiscation     ef    the . human
While no such legislation has
been proposed, Schmidt, whose
veracity is questionable, claims
that there are "rumblings" about
doing so In Congress. The threat,
Schmidt says, stems from "enthusiastic" Thum Wrasslin tournaments being held on coUege
campuses form coast to coast
as part of the 1978 Natioml
Two Fingers Tequila CoUegiate
Thum Wrasslin Tournament
Series.
Schmidt admits that there may
have been some injuries caused
by the use of the thumb In violent
crimes and so-called crimes of
passion, but be says "tbe number of thumbs actually used in
such Instances ls mlnlscule --
certainly less than one one-hundredth of aU 400 million thumbs
in this country. Why penalize
law-abiding thumb users for the
crimes of a few?", Schmidt asks,
usually rhetorically.
Schmidt states such legislation
would be impractical, since
criminals vrffl not register or
turn in their thumbs, and _dds
restrictive legislation can only
lead to a huge black market In
fflegal thumbs.
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Ace contributor, KUgore Trout, temporarily loaned us his
papers as a pedigreed participant of the prestigious ATMA
for this Issaa. (See Bruce In late August, Trout, for he's
soon  off to represent the DaUy CoUeglan in Georgia.)
Tbe Dally CoUeglan
The
he    Sporting   Life
Upcoming events & a talk with Bob Glazebrook
BY   ELSON ARMSTRrw.  IB '„„..•.,_-...    „      . "—"-»---■ WSMr_i  W_T%
BY  ELSON ARMSTRONG JR.
Staff reporter
Don't forget that the PCAA Conference
track and field championships will be
held at the CSUF track this coming weekend.
The CSUF Women's softban team was
eUmlnated in the Western Reglonals In
Sacramento last weekend. It was a great
season women; good job.
Tha BuUdog Baseball team won two
of three from Santa Clara to up their
overall record to 36-17.
Wizard of Fresno," announced tbe
signing of Donald Masoa-a 6' 2 \/v
all-CIF guard *om LA's Westchester
Hfgh-to a national letter of Intent to
attend Fresno State.
It has also been announced that PCAA
member coUege Long Beach State wlU
HLPtj™ffl shw to Raleigh-Durham.
North Carolina, next December to play
NCAA runnerup Duke one night to bo
fo-t.w<>d tbe next night by a game with
N.I.T. rnner-up North Carolina State!
rd better warn the 49ers that If they
try to roughhouse these guys, they wffl
get tbelr lunch eaten.
On tbe National Scene: Steve Cauthen
the 19-year-old xy wondur Jockey rode
Affirmed to victory to tbe 104th Kentucky
Derby on Saturday, it was Cauthen's
first derby try.
What's wrong with toe Phffly Seventy-
Sixers? Washington upset tbem again
oo Sunday, This allsfar team ls nowto
deep trouble. They're down 3 games to l.
Bob Glaxebrook, when askedabouthow
he felt when be was drafted by tbe
Oakland Raiders, said, "I wa_ reany
surprised and happy
they would draft me
had told me earUer
probably wouldn't so
surprise.",
Glazebrook added, "I'm lookin/ forward to working with Coach Sweeney
again. He Is quite a moUvator and
be brcugtii out the best of my playing
abUiUes. Both Dean Jones and I are
happy to get a chance to work for him
again."
On h-ndunj his new "celebrity''status
oa c-mpns, the easy-going Glazebrook
said, "Right now Pm Just concentrating
on making the Raiders. Tm going to
-ha: su-jiaer camp with a po_ttlve attl-
Gfa-ooro-k thanked the BuUdog fans
for their support.
"It wu great to see Ratcliffe pack"d
the wr.y it was last fall." Hes-dd "The
Players reany appreciated that. It Inspired us to our great season."
(The Daily Collegian sports staff be-
Ueve Bob Glazebrook Is a winner and
are plea^ that the next time he plays In
a football game he w"U get paid for It.
They wish Bob and Dean the best of'
luck.)