by Wayne23 » Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:36 am
January 1, 1964
66-48 over Eastern Michigan. Jay Jax is back- 17, 14, 2, 2. 10 each for Winn, Laws, and Mann, and 9 for Jess. 10 TOs.
This week we’re on the road, first at 6-6, 0-1 Central Michigan, then at 3-9, 0-1 Northern Illinois.
January 8
63-45 at Central Michigan. 24, 10 for Jax, 13, 5 for Mann. +12 RBs.
69-55 at Northern Illinois. 17, 7, 4 for Jax, 18, 3, 2 for Jess, 11 for Mann.
This week we host 9-6, 2-1 Ball ST, then travel to 6-8, 2-1 Toledo.
We are up to #18 in the polls.
Sal Mann is getting more minutes. He’s lighting it up.
Loretta did not get the job with the Pittsburgh Symphony but she has an interview with the Cleveland Symphony, which may be even more prestigious.
Ruth Ann is working hard at the Detroit offices of SCLC. Her agent says when the car ad hits next week he expects to be flooded with offers for her.
The Pistons are 1-8 in their last 9, an overtime win. Wallace continues to play well, and he says his coach says he should expect to be traded soon. Detroit feels they can get a starter and either a sixth man or a high draft choice for him.
January 15
76-84 to Ball ST here. We let them shoot 57.1%. We were just sluggish all night long on defense. Winn and Laws were in foul trouble all night and played 16 and 15 minutes, and Fox played 22, for the same reason. 22, 7, 2 for Jax, 16, 8 for Jess, 15, 3, 2, 4 for Mann but no one else did anything.
70-51 at Toledo. 18, 9 for Jax, 16, 4, 2 for Laws, 13, 3, 6 for Mann. Our starting guards were in foul trouble all night but Sal Mann filled in really well.
We’re at 5-11, 2-3 Ohio, then home with 10-6, 3-2 Akron.
Ruth Ann’s ad hit. We saw it. She really does look beautiful, and the ad is well done. It will take a few days for the reaction to come in, according to her agent.
Wallace is waiting for a phone call but he is still a Piston.
January 22
86-73 at Ohio in OT. We slept for 40 minutes and then outscored Ohio 13-0 in OT. 41, 8, 2 for Jax, the most points he has scored in a college game. 11 TOs. We were lucky to escape, given how poorly we played, except for Jax, but then he can carry us. He did tonight.
73-65 over Akron here. 21, 9 for Jax, 14,4 for Jess, 11, 5 for Mann. +11 RBs.
We’re not really playing well right now. Three of the past four games have shown less than our best. Midseason slump? Fatigue? Hard to say. Still, we have the best record in conference and only two teams, Kent ST and Ball ST are one back of us, and we’re 16-2, 6-1.
We’re up to #15 in the polls. RPI #12.
We go to 7-11, 2-5 Buffalo, then host 7-12, 3-4 Bowling Green.
Loretta did not get the Cleveland Symphony job, but she was told she was their second choice. She has just applied to the San Francisco Symphony.
“Daddy, wouldn’t it be wonderful to be in San Francisco. It’s so beautiful!”
I agree. My hope is for our family to settle in the Bay area.
Buick, the car company where Ruth Ann did the ad wants to sign her to an exclusive contract. Mr. Mackey says it won’t happen.
When I asked why he said, “Because I’m asking for a three year contract at $275,000 a year.”
I almost fainted. He says negotiations are ongoing. He also says that both Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin want her on their shows. The money is nothing but the exposure, according to him, is “worth its weight in gold.”
“I want to get her a BIG job. That might swing the deal with Buick. We’d settle for $250,000, maybe $225,000. But no less. I think she has unlimited potential.”
Wallace was traded to Los Angeles for the Lakers starting Center and a second round draft choice.
“I can’t believe it! Jerry West and Elgin Baylor! Fred Schaus says he thinks I can get 20 a game because defenses need to focus on West and Baylor. He wants to work on my inside game, but he says he loves my defense and rebounding. I asked to renegotiate because living in L. A. is so expensive. He asked how I felt about tearing up my contract, signing me for this year and three more at $15,000 a year more than I’m making now. We sign tomorrow. Dad, I didn’t want to play five years in the NBA but I can’t refuse this kind of money. I’ve already saved a bundle, and now I can save a lot more.”
I guess I’d have to say my children are doing well! Now if Loretta can land that job in San Francisco they will all be doing wonderfully!
Callie and I talked about the future. While we like Kalamazoo, we will be losing Jay Jax this year. That very likely means we won’t do as well next year. If we get a job offer with a school in a major conference this might be the year to move. We’ll see what happens. I still want to move only once more, and I may not yet have what I need to get that major conference job.
January 29
59-62 at Buffalo. 20 lead changes, 14 ties. But the bottom line is that we played poorly. Then with 93 seconds left and the score tied Jax turned an ankle moving toward the basket. They called a travel, which it was, but he had to come out, and didn’t recover quickly enough to go back in. That was that. We shot poorly, and our guards were in foul trouble again tonight. Jax had 18 and 11, Jess had 15, 5, 2.
Jax is day to day. He probably will not miss a game.
We clearly have work to do. The staff met after the game and we came up with some things to try.
66-44 over Bowling Green here. 28, 15 for Jax, 12 each for Jess and Laws. 12 TOs. +14 RBs.
This week it’s 13-7, 6-3 Kwent ST here, and then 7-13, 3-6 Miami (OH) there.
That PF did not hit our SAT score so we have a scholarship to give.
“Chanel #5 wants her BADLY. I told them $400,000 a year for five years and they have an exclusive. We batted it back and forth and I finally said, ‘Look, let’s do a test ad to see what kind of a reaction we get. $40,000 for a single. We settled at $30,000. They want to shoot next weekend in Paris. I think they might go for $375,000 a year if the reaction is what I think it will be.”
My head is spinning. Ruth Ann is a junior in high school and she is about to make $30,000 for a day’s work? Has the world gone mad? Mr. Mackey said Chanel is a worldwide brand. They want the exotic look that will appeal everywhere, and that will instantly tie to their product. “Vaneece” will give them that, or at least Mr. Mackey says she will.
He says if we get the contract they will do 5-6 ads a year with her, probably 6, so that there is something fresh coming at people every other month. The ads will be in all of the magazines that women read, and they will be on television.
Ruth Ann was happiest about the fact that she would have more time to work for Dr. King.
“If I only need to work six weeks a year the rest of the time I’m free. After next year I want to work for Dr. King full time.”
“What about college?”
“Yes, I’ll go part time for now. I want a degree, but this work is more important. Oh, I told Mr. Mackey that it has to be in my contract with Chanel that I can work for Dr. King. He said he called them and they said that’s okay but if I engage in anything violent that breaks the contract. I’m fine with that. Dr. King is totally against violence. That would never happen.”
The Lakers are in third place in the West, and they have a winning record. Wallace will be in the playoffs for the first time. That is exciting, and it also means more money.
In his first three games with the Lakers he has averaged 18.8, 9.8, and 4.5. He says Coach Schaus is thrilled. The fact that L. A. won all three games did not hurt.
He is sharing a small apartment with Dick Barnett and Gene Wiley. He says he is paying about twice in housing expenses what he was in Detroit, but Barnett is a great cook so the two of them share the cooking.
“Dad, the women around here are amazing. Most of them are gorgeous.”
“Watch out, son.”
“Oh, no problem. You know me. I’m only interested in a serious relationship. I want to settle down.”
“No hurry, son.”
“I only want to do it once, dad. I’m not going to rush.”
Loretta has not yet heard from the San Francisco Symphony.