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Doctors still uncertain
about Richard s status
by GARY TAYLOR
UPI Sports Writer
HOUSTON — A team of doctors Monday
said the blood clot that felled Houston Astros
pitcher J. R. Richard cut off the flow of blood
to the right side of his brain for as many as four
hours, but said it still was too early to know if
he suffered permanent damage.
“I would say that this was a major stroke,”
said team physician Harold Brelsford, one of
three doctors participating in an Astrodome
news conference to explain Richard’s condition
and treatment.
The 6-foot-8 all-star pitcher collapsed during
a light workout at the Astrodome last Wednes
day, four days after his release from Methodist
Hospital where he had undergone extensive
tests to determine the cause of fatigue in his
pitching arm.
Doctors who examined him for three days
then said he had a circulatory problem in his
right arm and shoulder that did not require
surgery, they said he could resume workouts
but probably would be limited in the number
of innings he could work in each game for the
rest of the season.
But 10 minutes into his first workout
Richard, 30, collapsed, and nine hours later
underwent a life-saving operation that re
moved the bloodclot which doctors now say
did not develop until after his July 26 release
from the hospital.
The doctors answered repeated questions
Monday about why Richard was allowed to
practice so soon after his release.
“Despite finding the initial circulatory bloc
kage, I don’t know of any medical treatment
that was necessary,” said Dr. Charles McCol
lum, a vascular cardiologist and the doctor who
led the surgical team.
Asked to evaluate Richard’s condition,
McCollum said, “he still has marked
weakness... it may be transient or it may be
permanent. He has shown improvement of
motor functions.”
Doctors have said since the surgery that
Richard’s left arm and leg suffered partial
paralysis. Earlier they had said they expected
to know by Monday night whether the
weakness was temporary.
“It’s difficult to evaluate his condition,”
Brelsford said. “He seems to be making im
provement every day.”
He said Richard has been sitting up in bed
in the intensive care unit of the hospital and
has shown improved alertness. Richard re
mains unable to converse but doctors did not
indicate whether it was because of tubes which
remain in his throat or because of his stroke.
“It’s very possible he may not be back this
year but we’ve seen people with strokes return
to relatively normal activity,” McCollum said.
The doctors provided details for the first
time Monday, indicating the seriousness of
Richard’s condition upon his arrival by ambu
lance at the hospital.
“The condition was unstable with some
irregularities of the heart. The patient was
transferred to the intensive care unit where
these were stabilized. It was apparent that he
had suffered a stroke and that he had no pulse
in his right carotid artery,” said a statement
released at the news conference.
Asked if the stroke was severe enough to kill
Richard, McCollum said, “possibly.”
Brelsford said doctors had been unable to
find “one definite factor” that caused the
stroke.
Richard had complained since June 17 of a
“dead” right arm. At no time did he say the
ailment caused him pain; only that his arm
quickly became fatigued when he pitched.
Nevertheless, he started for the National
League in the all-star game and pitched two
scoreless innings. His last pitching assignment
was July 6 when he went three and a third
innings before asking to be removed from the
game.
Two nights later, Richard tested his arm on
the sideline and told pitching coach Mel
Wright that the fatigue remained and he was
placed on the 21-day disabled list.
Argovitz gives Baltimore
last chance to
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BALTIMORE — Curtis Dickey of Texas A&M University, the
Baltimore Colts’ top pick in the NFL draft, may play in Canada if the
Colts don’t come up with a better contract offer or trade him by
Thursday, his agent says.
At least one other NFL team has offered an “acceptable” contract
for Dickey, said Jerry Argovitz, a Houston dentist who negotiated a
multi-million dollar contract with Detroit for Billy Sims of Oklahoma,
the first pick in the NFL draft.
If the Colts don’t meet that contract or offer to trade the speedy
running back, he said he would recommend Dickey play this season
in the Canadian Football League.
Dick Szymanski, Colts general manager had no comment Monday.
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Dallas Cowboy to retire
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THOUSAND OAKS Calif. —
Five-year veteran Burton Lawless,
the Dallas Cowboys’ only ex
perienced reserve guard, is retiring
because he has no zest for football.
Lawless, 26, said he will work for
Flatt Stationers, an office and school
supplies firm in Mexia, Texas, near
his 45-acre ranch in Groesbeck. He
eventually hopes to raise horses.
Burton announced his retirement
Sunday, saying, “my heart’s not in it
anymore.
“The Cowboys have been good to
me,” he said. “I didn’t want to give
them just a halfway effort. It’s best
to get out healthy and happy.
“I almost left a week ago, but my
best friend on the team, Randy
Hughes, talked me into staying this
long. But I remember on the first
practice of two-a-days, I asked my
self the question, ‘What am I doing
here? ”’
Lawless did tell Landry that he
would come back and play if the
team’s starting guards were injured.
After being a second round draft
choice out of Florida in 1975,
Lawless became the first rookie to
start in the Cowboys offensive line
since Ralph Neely in 1965. That,
however, was his only year as a
starter and since has been a backup
to Herb Scott and Tom Rafferty.
Landry said wide receiver Drew
Pearson would not play for three
weeks because of a hairline fracture
in his shoulder. Safety Randy
Hughes, however, will wear a
harness to protect a dislocated
shoulder and continue playing.
Hughes had been set to return to
Dallas to see team doctor Marvin
Knight but Landry reversed that
decision in a conference with
Hughes and conversations with the
physician.
“Right now we’ve decided to let
him get the soreness out and put a
strap on it and see how he does,”
said Landry. “He’s worked awful
had to get ready for the season and I
think he can play with it. It just
depends on how much he’ll be
handicapped by not being able to
reach high over his head. ”
Landry said Hughes would miss
between a week and 10 days of
practice. After that Hughes may be
played in the Aug. 16 exhibition
game against the Los Angeles Rams.
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