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PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2001.
Sports
From the sidelines
A look at the sports' world's political correctness
By Hugh
Nichol
I'm not sure
why but it was
with interest I
followed the
petitioning for
the removal of
the word Blue Devils associated with
the Mitchell High School sports pro-
grams. I guess I wondered if the lob.,
bying was successful how many
other sport nicknames would also be
deemed politically incorrect, the
obvious being the use of the term
Redmen by Central Huron of
Clinton.
In fact. I question the activist's
decision to begin with the Blue
Devils and not Redmen. The use of
sports tokens associated with indige-
nous people is widespread through-
out North America and already under
attack due to the sensitivity issue.
The National Football League
Washington Redskins have faced the
.political correctness debate on a con-
tinuous bus'', probably because of
the attention gained from their
nation's capital location. The organi-
zation has even been challenged in
court 'by the National Congress of
American Indians on the charge
Redskin is a racial slur, the most
derogatory remark that a Native
American can be called. Washington
ownership maintains that sports fran-
chises do not name their teams after
people they hold in contempt, that in
earlier days Indians were admired
for their virtues, their skill as
hunters, their ferocity, bravery, and
dignity, all qualities that make for a
winning team.
In other words the reference is
used to honour, not an - unfounded
statement upon further investigation.
For example the Atlanta major
league baseball team, originally
located in Boston, adopted the name
Braves in 1911 when purchased by
James Gaffney, a Tammany Hall
"brave" while the Cleveland fran-
chise was named after Louis
Sockalexis, a Penobscot Indian who
played for Cleveland in the late
1890s. Sockalexis was believed to
have been the first Native American
major leaguer and in 1915 the team
officially took on -the name Indians
on his behalf.
In 1963 the National Football It
League Dallas Texans moved to
Kansas City and were renamed
Chiefs in- honour of then
K.C. Mayor H. Roe Bartle, the
founder of the Tribe Mic-O-Say and
known to everyone as Chief. The
National Basketball League Atlanta
Hawks were originally the Waterloo
Hawks, named in tribute to the 1832
BlackHawk war that took place in
the area while the Chicago
Black Hawks Indian head sweater
has been called the best uniform in
professional sports. Designed
by the wife of Chicago owner
Major Frederic McLaughlin it is
rumoured the logo is in honour of the
Major's WWI military
unit, the 85th "BlackHawk"
division commemorating Chief
BlackHawks, a prominent Indian of
the 1800s.
I grew up in an era where playing
cowboys and Indians was accept-
able, and I learned to, count by the
musical - lyrics of Ten Little Indians.
Yet in no way do I consider myself
racist. Nor do I question whether
these invitations to debate are the
result of well-intentiorfed activism
on behalf of the politically correct or
simply attempts by a select few to
capitalize on issues of moral integri-
ty..I did however agree with the deci-
sion in allowing 'the Mitchell Hid'
School to retain its identity and hope
the same of the Central Hurons and
the Atlanta Braves.
To solve the problem I believe in
Local F.E. Madill students were
off running and throwing in the first
outdoor track and field meet of the
season.
Kerrie Meier placed second in a
huge field for the 100 meter dash
with a time of 13.5 seconds in the
midget girl division. Midget Kristen
Palmer placed fourth in the triple
jump, sixth in the long jump and fin-
ished the 100 meter with a time of
14.9 seconds.
In the open girls division Laura
Meier finished fifth in the triple
jump at 9.85 meters. She also com-
the words of a spokesman for the
U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal
Board who stated all congress would
have to do is assign property rights
to individual names to allow the
individuals involved to supervise
their individual images.
But I will admit if nothing else the
Blue Devils precedings over-shad-
owed for the moment our school
board's more pressing issues such as
closures, teacher strikes, and
mechanical versus old fashioned
number twos.
peted in the 100 meter and the junior
sprint hurdles. Amanda Palmer
reached 10.05 meters to finish fourth
in the triple jump. She too compet-
ed in the 100 meter and junior sprint
hurdles. Kristyn Gerth finished sev-
enth in shot put with a throw of 9.4
meters and eighth in discus, throw-
ing 26.98 meters. And Vicky Black
threw the shot put 7.07 meters and
the disctis 17 meters.
In the Open Boys division Nathan
Garland of Brussels threw the shot
put 11.8 meters and the discus 30.56
meters.
Local track athletes do well
at Madill's first outdoor meet
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