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Page 12 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1978 Sports frontier found south of horde By United Press International JUAREZ, Mexico — It may not help the balance of trade any, but the United States has created an eager market south of the border for another kind of export — baseball players. For the players defecting from the U.S. major leagues and their farm clubs into Central and South American teams, Latin-style baseball often appeals to the pioneer spirit. For pitcher Mike Paul, who put in time with the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland In dians, the introduction to Mexican baseball was odd. That was in the summer of 1976, opening night with the Tampico Alijadores. “The park held about 10,000, and we had about 15,000 in it,” he said. “I got the first batter out on a fly.” Then the teams took a five minute break while a railroad train pulled through the outfield. “I said, ‘Welcome to Mexico, Mike, ” he recalled. Paul pitched d'A years of major league ball in the States. Tampico offered more money than either of the triple-A farm clubs of the Oak land A s or the San Francisco Giants, and so he made the change. After two years with Tampico, Paul is now one of four imports with the Indios of Juarez, just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. He had prepared for Latin American play long before he left the major leagues in the states, leavening out his regular season ex perience with tours on teams from Puerto Rico and the Mexican cities of Los Mochis and Culiacan. The experience helped — some. ‘When I come down here, I have to speak Spanish,” he said. “My Spanish isn’t real correct, but it’s good enough to get by. I know how the Latin players feel when they go to the States.” The ability to speak Spanish is more of a problem for another im port to the Juarez Indios, Jose Del Moral, from Puerto Rico. “If you know Spanish,” Del Moral explained, “you know what they’re saying about you in the stands.” Mexican fans are an adventure in themselves, said John Matias, a to bacco chewing Hawaiian and another Juarez import. “The fans are really great here when you’re good,” Matais said. “When you’re bad, they’re like ani mals. Walt Williams, a veteran of six years in the Chicago White Sox out field, said he finds the zeal of the Mexican crowds a refreshing change from the quiet and restrained audi ences he played for in two years with a team in Tokyo, Japan. T like fans. I kid around with fans,” he said. “I know fans are fans. They are going to boo you and they are going to cheer you.” But while the home crowds are jrs, onered more mouej^^n^^^^^^vvntm ^(mj^unv^here, l have another Juarez impurt. nut wmie^the home crowds are^^u^t^v^mt^ fun, the imports agree that the road trips are not. The Indios don’t travel by air, for one thing. Tours are made from Juarez by bus — with trips over Mexican roads as long as 24 hours to Mexico City and 40 hours to Villahermosa. Still, the Juarez team is a choice berth for the American players, Paul said. “The good thing about it for a gringo is that when you come home and get off the bus, you’re close to the United States,” he said. “Every gringo who comes to Mexico, seems like they want to play in Juarez, be- THESE PRICES GOOD THURS FRI & SAT JUNE 8-9-10 QUANTITY RIGHTS RESERVED cause of the beautiftil weather is good and you’re the states.” A 1968 graduate of the Uiu of Arizona, Paul rememberst year with the Texas Rangers, as the “best year 1 ever baseball in the major leagu was rated sixth in the League with an earned run of 2.17. He is doing well in Mesic so is Juarez. The Indios have doull number of wins over losse have the best record in theS! League. Paul is rated thefoir pitcher in the league. 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Sonju said that Friday®, ts draft would prevent him fr' ! l aK ' ^ ol ing a trip to Dallas this wet It the pice tlie I had said last week I expected to get there,” So<jfc av j s “The reality of the draft hfliplj|) S j ves I had been waiting for some level in p to questions that I was suifiak was have received on the Fridaytook plae the holiday. Been 9( “I didn’t get it until WRdings day,” he added, “almosl and 20 p later. Well, that put m<R‘But it week. I apologize, but no/fitL” D av I behind. 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They were coming 1 go over the finer points lagreement.” Folsom said he had no 111 jfrom Sonju that any new* jences we planned to a" 1 [whether co-owner John Yd Louisville, Ky., had decid f Dallas as the city NBA would be asked to appro' Braves new home. Sonju he favors Dallas above oik considered, including Bin' 1 Ala., Louisville and Long but said the final dec Brown’s. th< tio qu T1 nc ne da nc at te It