Spat of sports violence disturbs researchers
(AP) — Lei's not forget the
word '’fan," as m sports fats, is
a shortened form of "fanatic "
Reminders of this have t ome
fast and furious recently as cham
pionship victories have led to
riots in such diverse cities as
Montreal, Dallas and. on Sundav
night, in Chicago.
"II could Ih» seen as a wav ol
allowing fans lo vent the frustra
tions of everyday life." said
Richard Lapchick. director of
Northeastern University's (Uniter
for tlie Study of Sports in Sot i
ety. "The irony is that sports is
an escape from everyday life,
from the problems and violence
of society "
The latest celebration to turn
ugly followed the Chicago Hulls'
third-straight National basketball
Association championship.
Two shooting deaths were
linked to the celebrations, and
nearly 700 people went arrested
on charges including disorderly
conduct and vandalism.
It was the third time in as many
vears that a Chicago NBA title has
Cristophe
sets record
straight on
Clinton cut
I.OS ANGELES (AP) —
Cristophe. President Clinton's
coiffeur, wants to clear up
some confusion over the so
called Hair Force One scandal.
For one thing. Clinton is
"not into hair," the First Styl
ist said in an interview pub
lished Sunday In the I.os
Angeles Times.
And last month's trim on
the tarmac at Los Angeles
International Airport didn't
cost $200, as widely reported.
Cristophe said.
I he Beverly Hills barber,
who's fluffed the manes of
celebrities such as Farrah
Fawcett, Dustin Hoffman and
Julio Iglesias, wouldn't
divulge what Clinton's cut
cost. A card posted in his
salon lists his prices at from
$125 to $250
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resulted in violente
Hut such sports-inspired street
rumbles are not unique to Diiu
K<>
Karlier this month, hockev fans
joined i rmvds outside Montreal’s
Forum fora rampage following
the Canadians' Stanley Clip v i< -
tory over t.os Angeles Stores
were trashed along with polit e
i.ars. buses and subways Some
115 people were arrested and lf>H
wen* injuriHl, including 49 (Kiln e
officers.
In February. a rails celebrating
the Dallas Cowboys' Super Bowl
victory left tH injured and ^t>
under arrest. Groups of souths
among the crowd of 400,000
attacked bystanders
The past decade has seen sim
ilar disturbam os in Detroit and
San Francisco, While troubling,
such incidents are not new
Fighting and vandalism asso
i iated with s[>orts were common
in the 19th century. Authorities
in this country and Canada even
banned boxing in many places
because of violence that followed
the fights
The University of Missouri's
< harles Korr. an expert on the
sot ial history of sports, ret alls
living near the ha who 11 stadium
in Philadelphia, watching angry
fans reacting violently to an
umpire’s disputed t all
"The biggest thing that’s new
is the ability to instantaneously
see the riot taking plat e in Mon
treal." korr said. "People see that,
and in their minds they sav, ‘We
got to show them we are as hap
py as the people m Montreal
alKiut our v it tors
Son er hooliganism is rampant
in Furope. whom Dutch fans have
even tossed tximbs at fill ft other
horr viid British police now use
a sophisticated network of
informers and mnipulnrized pro
jections todfltortnino where lies!
to marshal their fon es eat h week
"If you walk to a first division
match, you’ll see the police lut
ing the streets, at other mail lies
you'll see nobody." horr said
What motivates tans to vio
lence' l.ipchit k believes (wing
part of .i crowd |ji\i"v some a
license to misbehave
"It's a situation where people
at t in wavs they wouldn't on a
dav to dav basis," In* s-ml "They
think that they < an do on this jmr
tn ular night something they un i
do on another night."
Itriu i; Kidd. a sports historian
and f mi it u al s< icntist at the t tii
varsity of Toronto, calls it a sit
uation of permissive tnisruh’
It's a moment of sih ial level
ing," he said "People say. II our
guys won everything than
maybe lor a moment we can ai t
like kings and do any thing we
want.' “
korr believes there is ,i mis
plai ed sense of i minis lion tfi.it
gives fans such .1 strong emo
tiomil response to a vi« tors
I here is .1 sons*' that we 1 an
identify w ilh a loam m a wav ue
no longer do with any other civil
enterprise." he said. It used to
lie your churr h. vour (rarish. your
l ommunity What i nn you show
that \ on wlwtg tri an\ more,
oxi.ept a sports team
Clinton family tree branching out
WASHINGTON (AD President Clinton's fain
ily tree is morn like a wild bush, with hrtinc bus
going every which wav and some roots buried so
deep they're lost
His natural father died young and his mother
married three other men. one of them iwii e The
family says he has si* step-siblings and at least one
half-brother, fledgling singer Roger Clinton
Now there's talk of an older half brother he nev -
er knew about, a retired janitorial service owner
who says he and the president had the same
father. Although marriage and birth records sup
port the claim of Henry Loon Ritzenthoier. some of
the president's family don't think he's related
Without confirming the report. Clinton said lie
tried to call Ritzenthaier, 55. on Monday "I plat ed
a call but there was nobody home I don't think I
should say anything until I've talked to him, Clin
ton told reporters
Clinton's father. W.J. Blythe of Sherman. Texas,
died in a traffic accident a few months before the
future president was born. Blythe's widow, Vir
ginia. moved to Hope. Ark , to live with her par
eilts.
She gave birth there to William lefferson Blvthe
in 1948 and married t ar dealer Roger Clinton in
1950, when Bill was 4.
Thu family later moved to Hot Springs. Ark , a
ruinous gambling town, anil Virginia, on avid
horse player, bar! her second son. Roger Clinton
Although only half-brothers. Virginia's two boys
were dose Bill, who took his stepfather s name, is
46, Roger .'IS.
Roger spent ii year in federal prison after plead
mg guilty in lUM-t to distribution of < maine one)
i onspirut v to distribute it As ‘older broth or
moved into the Whilo llousn, Roger's singing
mreer irnprovod
Thoir mother diverted the elder Roger Clinton,
an abusive alcoholit. then remarried him 1st fore in
died of i ant er in 1‘M.H
He had iitid two < litldren by a previous mar
riage. George Murphy and Roy Murphy, both of
Hot Springs The president is not clotto to either
man. although he knows both politically. ins
mother say s
Virginia's third husband. Jeff Dwire, had two
daughters, one of whom lias been jailed on drug
and burglary i barges in Texas ( linton had little
contact w ith that (laughter over the years, family
friends say
Virginia was married to hairdresser Dwire for six
years before he died of < omplii.aliens from ilia
betes.
Iler current husband, retired food bruker Dick
Kelley. bits two children by ii previous marriage
Dick Kelley |r works lor n Little Rock engineer
ing firm and Kathy Ferrar lives in Hot Springs
Clinton was an adult by the time his mother
married Dwirtt and Kelley.
On the Blythe side. Clinton's aunt. Ola Hall of
Sherman, said last year that Clinton still "is a
Blythe He's our hoy."
Several members of the Blythe i Ian in eastern
Texas visited Clinton eat h year at Christmas, and
they attended the inaugural ball this year
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Judge rules
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woman in
AIDS case
I .OS ANUKI.IS (A!*) A
judgo ruli'il Monday that a
woitiiin w .isn't negligent for
not lolling doctors heforr
surgorv that ‘■lu- was iiilm toil
with tho AI OS virus
Itut Superior tlotirt |udgi>
I).iv id llorowit/ rofiisml to
rodutt* ,i $10.1 ,'vOO jury award
against ill*) worn,in. upholding
jury vurdu Is of fraud and
inti'iitional influ lion of nmo
ttonal dislross
Horowitz, said Inn taistig
tuui "no (ini\" to ho truthful
about her tomtit al i orulition
and that government polit s
allows IHV positive people to
"maintain Ilnur i onhdi-nti.il
it\ ol their medii al i ondi
lion "
Ms l.uslig. -to. a i linn a!
psvi hologist from Vam on
\ er. Wash . was sued In ti
mi'dnal technit inn who was
prii ked with .1 bloodcovered
si alpid win hi i ariog lor Ms
l.ustig after a biopsy and
breast reduction surgery in
l*i<> |
Ms l.tishg had not dis
ilosetl In Hit* Breast t enter ill
suburban Vail Nuvs before
surgery that slif had tested
positive lor I hi* f IIV v irus
She said she was fearful the
i enter would dims Iter i.are if
dot tors wiirt* aware of hur jhis
ilivtt lost Till! biopsy showed
thul tlii' breast lumps were
iioili.aiii erous
A |>irv ruled las! February
that Ms t,11 stin i oiiiiiiitti'd
fraud and negligent and tulen
tionnl inflic tions of emotion
al distress It awarded the
tec hull tan $120.1)00 in t nm
pensatory and punitive dam
axes
Ms l.llstlg USM'lt til** |llllgt)
(or a ni*w trial or a ri'diutimi
ill thi) award
Ms l.itslig s altomny. I kintal
K Slaughter, said that to
ri’diu t* tin* award, Horowitz
would hnvit had to ri*|i*i.t all
thi) claims. not just thi) m*gli
gi’iu •) ruling
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