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Davey Allison dies from helicopter crash injuries
Legendary NASCAR hamily's son dead at 32
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
j HUEYTOWN, Ala. — Davey Allison,
I who steered his family's car-racing legacy
to NASCAR stardom of his own, died
Tuesday of injuries suffered a day earlier
when his helicopter slammed into a track
infield.
Allison, 32, the eldest son of retired
radng legend Bobby Allison, never re
gained consciousness following the crash
at Talladega Superspeedway in east Al
abama. He died of head injuries.
Davey Allison bought the chopper less
than a month ago and was at the controls
when it went down Monday afternoon.
Davey Allison was the last member
of his immediate family still behind the
wheel. His father is now a car owner after
being forced into retirement by. an injury
in a crash, and his younger brother Clif
ford died in a racing crash 11 months ago.
In Allison's hometown of Hueytown,
about 15 miles west of Birmingham, mo
torists burned their headlights at midday
in tribute. "We'll Miss You Davey — No.
28" and "The Winner's Circle of Peace
Belongs to Davey" were among the signs
displayed outside stores.
Davey Allison is survived by his fa
ther and mother, Judy Allison; wife Liz;
two children, ages 3 and 1; and two sis
ters.
Davey Allison was NASCAR's rookie
of the year in 1987, and he had 19 victo
ries on stock car racing's biggest circuit,
including the 1992 Daytona 500. Allison
won $6.7 million — No. 10 on the all-time
earnings list.
Davey Allison's name helped him
break into racing. It was talent that kept
his black Ford Thunderbirds ahead of the
pack and made him a fan favorite.
Davey Allison was pronounced dead
at Carraway Methodist Medical Center in
Birmingham at 7 a.m. CDT, said
hospital spokesman David Smitherman.
See Allison/Page 4
American League downs National League, 9-3
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALTIMORE — The American League found a crack
iatCamden Yards.
I The nooks and crannies of baseball's most popular
I park swallowed up home runs by Kirby Puckett and
Roberto Alomar, and even a double by Ivan Rodriguez,
bohelp the Americans to their sixth straight All-Star vic-
I iory, 9-3 Tuesday night.
AL manager Cito Gaston, criticized for bringing sev-
I enof his Blue Jays, got big efforts from Alomar and De-
l von White. But NL manager Bobby Cox, who brought
1 five of his Braves, saw his players out-performed by
I Toronto's, just like in last year's World Series. John
J Smoltz threw a pair of run-scoring wild pitches and
I David Justice and Jeff Blauser made errors that set up
] mns.
I Gary Sheffield homered for the Nationals and Barry
■ Bonds hit a pair of doubles, but that could not stop the
AL from extending its longest winning streak in the se
ries. The NL, however, still leads 37-26-1.
A crowd of 48,147, the largest at Camden Yards,
watched the park play a perfect host for the
game.Sheffield's two-run homer in the first inning off
Mark Langston landed*barely inside the oddly angled
left-field wall, just over the Crown gasoline sign. Puck
ett's homer over the center-field fence settled into the
middle of a small sod farm, shy of the ivy-covered back
drop. Plus, several balls bounced off the 25-foot high
scoreboard in right.
But, with the smoke from Boog Powell's barbecue
stand beginning to billow up from Eutaw Street in right,
in front of the B&O warehouse, the most unusual hit in
recent All-Star play came in the fifth inning.
The score was tied at 2 when Rodriguez led off
against John Burkett with a line drive to left field. Bonds
ran back, and could only watch as the ball stuck in a
crack of the padded fence for a ground-rule double.
After that, the AL cracked open the game.
Camden Yards - An
architectural model
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALTIMORE — In some ways, the new Camden
Yards stadium has been the biggest star of the 64th All-
Star game, inspiring awe from players and fans alike. It
also has spawned imitators that don't quite measure up,
an architectural critic said Tuesday.
"Camden Yards has become the new model," said
John Pastier, an architect and author of more than 20 ar
ticles on ballpark design. "People are emulating it well
in certain respects, but in others they're not."
Pastier said the design of the new stadiums in Cleve-
See Camden/Page 4
Page 3
Foreman takes a
swing at acting
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON -
George Foreman
the boxer has
packed away the
tools of the trade,
for a while at
least, and now is
preparing for
some really seri
ous work — act
ing.
OK, don't dou
ble up with
laughter, but re
member, acting is serious business.
Of course, the new job means Big
George probably won’t break more of
a sweat than he ever did during two
successful careers in the ring.
But he should keep you laughing.
That is, if the plan for Foreman's new
ABC-TV sitcom follows true. "It's go
ing to be funny, real funny," Fore
man says. "1 promise you that. It's
one big joke.
"Whenever you get me in front of
the camera and have people in the
background giggling, I can go. I think
that's been my problem in boxing.
You never want to get serious in the
ring when people out in the crowd
are giggling."
See Foreman/Page 4
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Commissioner hires
public relations firm
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Confer
ence Commissioner Steve Hatchell, mak
ing good on a promise to try and im
prove the league's image, has an
nounced the hiring of a public relations
firm.
Hatchell, who is in his first year as
commissioner, announced Tuesday that
Cohn & Wolfe public relations firm
based in Atlanta has been hired to help
make "the country aware of the confer
ence's distinguished record of academic
and athletic achievement."
The firm will help the conference in
handling issues of academic integrity,
graduation rates of student-athletes,
budgetary and economic concerns and
gender-equity, Hatchell said.
"The agency is superbly equipped to
handle our needs," he said, adding that
the agency specializes in sports.
Hatchell has been oYi the job three
months after taking over for longtime
commissioner Fred Jacoby. He said in
May he would take extensive steps to
improve the conference's standing na
tionally, including creation of a corpo
rate magazine and newsletter.
Cohn & Wolfe officials say they are
already developing a mission statement
for the league, formulating the frame
work for an advisory board and creating
a conference hall of fame.
Football Hall of Honor
to induct first class
DALLAS (AP) — All-time Southwest
Conference football greats will be recog
nized by the league Friday when it un
veils the first class of inductees into its
Football Hall of Honor.
The SWC announced the creation of
the hall Monday, with plans to induct
honorees July 30 at the league's kickoff
luncheon.
"It is highly appropriate that we rec
ognize the individuals that have made
Southwest Conference football great,"
said Felix McKnight, chair of a 12-mem
ber honors court established to select
honorees.
Likely honorees include the confer
ence's five Heisman Trophy winners:
Andre Ware of Houston, Earl Campbell
of Texas, John David Crow of Texas
A&M, Doak Walker of Southern
Methodist and Davey O'Brien of Texas
Christian.
The "honors court" panel of voters
includes mostly members of the media
around Texas, former UT sports infor
mation director Jones Ramsey and for
mer Rice All-American guard Weldon
Humble.
Kieschnick, Swoops:
athletes of the year
DALLAS (AP) — A media panel on
Tuesday selected Texas pitcher Brooks
Kieschnick and Texas Tech basketball
star Sheryl Swoopes as the 1993 South
west Conference Athletes of the Year.
Swoopes, who scored an NCAA-
record 47 points in the NCAA tourna
ment final, was also named the SWC
Player of the Year for the second time in
two seasons.
During the tournament, she set seven
other records and tied two more to lead
the Lady Raiders (31-3) to their first-ever
national championship.
Swoopes of Brownfield, scored in
double digits in each of the Lady
Raiders' 34 games and set a conference
record by scoring 53 points in the SWC
tournament final.
She was the MVP in five tourna
ments, including the NCAA final four,
and scored 30 or more points nine times
this season. She topped the 40-point
mark three times.
In addition to the SWC award,
Swoopes was named player of the year
by USA Today, Sports Illustrated,
Women's Basketball Service, Newspaper
Enterprise Association, U.S. Basketball
Writers Association and others.
Kieschnick, Collegiate Baseball and
Baseball America's pick as Player of the
Yea,— was picked as the best male ath
lete in the conference after he led the
Longhorns to a 51-16 record.
He posted 16 victories and hit 19
home runs and 81 RBIs.
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