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Sf'OSL'T* I_tt*SW*eb . Sin TIHIE READERS TAKE WEB Edited by OAY FLOOD MMlI'b ALLT1MI PICKS Sir: As an avid fan of Si*ort* iLLUrraAiKO, I hale to tee Tex Maule retire from your stafl (Oh, Thai 200-Yurd Fun! S*(>(. 1). Reading hit articles during Ihe football season has been a great pastime. 1 will miss his insight into Ihe game. Mark Lavengood Grand Rapids Sir: The only pleasant aspect of Tex Maule's retirement Is that we no longer will have to suffer through his annual prediction that the Dallas Cowboys will win the NFC title and pulverise some helpless AFC opponent in the Super Bow). Enjoy retirement, Tex, but pick a new team. Rick D. Smith Eureka, Kins. . Sir: Tex pul it Ihe only way it can be said, "The best running back who ever lived was Jim Brown." EO DtMAIN Maumee, Ohio if Jim Brown ran, Gate Sayers flowed. If Brown powered through a siring of poien* lial tacklcrs, Sayers leaped over them. If sla> tisiics are what Tex Maulc based his selec tions on, then perhaps Jim Brown could be classified as the best runner ever. However, if one is to consider performance, Sayers is No. I. He was an artist who painted pictures on the field. Jonathan Quinn Aclon, Mast. Sir: As usual, Sonny Jurgcnscn's outstanding career has gone unnoticed. Tex Maulc is cer tainly qualified to speculate on who were the best football players, but how he could have left Sonny oil the list of quarterbacks, I'll never know. Jorgensen's passing and play ealling were remarkable througltout his career. Mark R. Graves Accnkcck, Md. Sir: 1 can And no fnult with the sentiments ex pressed by 7'cx Manic. As a linebacker on lire 1951 New York Yanks of lire NFL I do, however, Ihink an important point was over looked. The average 1950 graduate could anticipate greater earnings in non-athlctic pursuits than in sports. This is no longer the case. With the high potential earnings in ath letics, a much higher percentage of gradu ates is now anxious to go into the pros. Maybe today's 1,536 NFL players are in it for the monfey, but 1 fee) Ihe quality ot their performance is equal to, or higher than, that of the 416 players of 1950 who, for the most pari, were playing because they loved the game, selectivity notwithstanding. Jim Cullom Piedmont, Calif. verse effects are documented, as with PCBs, are corrective steps considered. Toxic-suS Xanccs-conuol legislation cuttenttv hetftf v ofljfasswould require testing and screening ol chemicals before they reach the market place. We must provide government with the tools of a Toxic Substances Control Act so that in the future we can act with foresight. Mabtin J. SCHaaima Lieutenant Governor State of Wisconsin Madison, Wit. MD RAID** OUTLOOK Sir: How could you leave Texas Tech out of your Southwest Conference scouting report (Sept. 8)? The Red Raiders upset Texas last year and went on to the Peach Bowl. Lubbock, Texas Harvey Nathan . Sir; Thank you for the sparkling Sept. I issue featuring shotputtcr Brian Oldfield on the cover and hammer thrower Robert H Boyle as the lead author. Boyle's sledges, always dead on target against marauders of our en vironment, have become classic rallying points nationwide for defenders ofecologies) sanity. As an ecological scientist, I share with my Not only that, new Head Coach Steve Sloan colleagues across the nation the frustrations has junior Quarterback Tommy Duniven that Boyle so well reports. No one is really healthy again after a midseason back injury listening, yet lire data have the roar of a mil in '74. Tech could be tough. Sony.--ED. lion Niagaras- Several of Boyle's pieces have resulted in remedial action being taken on POLYCHLORINATED DIPHENTLO Sir: ` issues ecologists had flailed away at to no avail. I deeply hope that Poisoned Fish, J was extremely pleased to read Robert H. Troubled Waters flows into this category. The Boyle's article (Poisoned Fish, Troubled Wu- U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation recent ierst Sept. I). Though the PCB problem has ly reported that Ashing is the nation's No. I been Ihe subject of nationwide hearings by sport. One hopes it has a future. lire Environmental Protection Agency, it has In 1969 a nearby manufacturer or envi- yet lo receive the public attention needed to ronmcntal monitoring equipment ran a pro eventually force a solution. Boyle's article phetic full-page advertisement in Ihe tech wit], I hope, begin the process. nical journals- 11 showed a very dead floating Wisconsin's Department of Natural Re Ash and was boldly captioned today the sources held hearings on Aug. 28 and 29 to mu. tomorrow. ... It really said it all its discuss proposals to set effluent standards for four words. Only tomorrow was a lot of yes PCBs. At the hearings I wanted that con terdays ago. We still thoroughly lack any real sidering effluent standards was only the first commitment toward maintaining environ step in stopping PCB leakage into the en mental quality in this country, from the very vironment. To effectively limit further PCB lop on down. And for this lack we shall pay discharges, the multitude of PCB uses must most dearly. be carefully examined, and where they exist, Dominick J. Pironi, Pii.D. less toxic substitutes must be employed. In Director * addition, essential uses of PCBs in trans Environmental Studies Program formers and capacitors should be critically Manhattan College reviewed lo determine whether or not the\Riverdale, N.Y. PCBs are irreplaceable. The PCB problem is symptomatic of all environmental problems. We are again try ing to deal with ecological contamination and potential health haiatds with hindsight, nut foresight. Hundreds of new chemicals go on the market each year wills little pretest ing for possible adverse effects on the environmcnl or human health. Only when ed- the Oldfield image ' Sir: I am not much on writing letters, but this is one time 1 can't resist. While my inters were thumbing through your magazine their attention was brought to the title page of the article about Brian Oldfield (Coming on Strong, Sept. I). Upon reading Oldfield's <o*tlmtr4 98 MOMS 031700