19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER

October 12, 1970

SOCIOLOGY AT SYRACUSE Sirs:We must commend Pat Putnam's objectiveness in his outline of the alleged racism on the Syracuse University football team (End of a Season at Syracuse, Sept. 28). However, the record speaks for itself. The most acclaimed of Syracuse football players have been both black and coached by Schwartzwalder. Coach Ben is simply a victim of the times, in which, somehow, the authority and consequent decision-making of the head football coach have been confused with repression and discrimination.GERALD M. OLESZEKKNOWLTON C. FOOTE Syracuse, N.Y.