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...spits tobacco on his shoes, the batboy sprints across the field for no apparent reason, the owner sells a racetrack, the designated hitter does a line of coke, the fat slob in the fourth row spills his beer, the usher sells a We're Number One felt finger, the mascot kisses a bikini-clad fan, the general manager exiles a third baseman to Cleveland for a player to be named later, the organist plays a march, the crowd bellows "Charge," an Eastern European government goes belly-up, a newborn baby enters the world, a cancer victim leaves...
...conflict began earlier this year when a Native American student at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School complained that the school's mascot, an Indian warrior, was racist. The student also objected to flyers announcing the grand opening of the school store, the Rindge Trading Post, said student government advisor Clarence R. Gaynor...
...members of the Rindge alumni association--which consists of students who graduated from the school before it merged with the Cambridge Latin School in the early 1970s--want the warrior back. They organized a petition, signed by 300 former students, demanding that the mascot berestored...
...last night's meeting, Ted Darling, executivesecretary of the Rindge Alumni Association, askedMayor Alfred E. Vellucci and the School Committeeto review the decision and prevent a recentlyformed screening committee from developing analternative mascot...
...student-administrator screening committeeis currently reviewing entries in a contest for anew logo that could also become a mascot. Thecommittee plans to submit five entries to astudent referendum later this year