IVES
M
oto
rcy
cl
i ng's
S
po
rtswriter
ith the retiremem of Shav Glick
-
the
dean of American motor-racing writ-
ers
-
in
lanuary
of this
year
from the
[os Angeles limes,
motorcycle racing
lost one of is most important voic-
es. Glick wrote about
all aspects of motorcycle racing
during
his nearb/ four decades as motorsports writer for
the Imes. He not only covered the spon eloquently he
also
became
a fan and an advocate of
Siving
motorcycle
racing the respect it deserved,
yet
rarely received in the
general
media.
Glick
was born in, and is a lifelong resident ol
Pasadena,
California.
He started writing for newspapers
at 14; his first byline was in the now defunct Posodeno
Post in 1935. Glick's career was rich and diverse. He cov-
ered
baseball legend
Jackie
Robinson when Robinson
was a teenager
playing
for Pasadena
Junior
College. He
was
sports editor of the Berkeley Doily Gozette while he
aftended college at the University of Califomia. During
World \rybr ll he served as a
press
secretary for General
Douglas MacArthur.
"l
got
to
put
the little
pins
on the maps and knew
where the Allied Forces were
going
to bomb before any-
one else," Glick recalls.
He once hit a better tee shot than his
playinS partner
-
Jack
Nicklaus.
(Nicklaus'
ball hit a tree Glick admits.)
He marveled at the maturity of a l4-year-old Tiger
Woods as he
interviewed the
prodiSy
in
the
living room
of the
Woods' home.
ln 1954, renowned
publisher
Otis Chandler re
