Page 16 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1980
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by Jeff Miiiar & Bill Hinds Finally gets manager’s job
Howard pleased with newri
J. R. will sue somebody
United Press International
HOUSTON — The agent for
Houston Astros pitcher J.R.
Richard, battling to return to the
mound after a life-threatening stroke
in the middle of last season, said
Wednesday a damage suit will be
filed — but not against the Astros.
“Yes, there has been a decision
made to proceed,’’ attorney Tom
Reich told UPI by telephone from
the major league meetings in Dallas.
“There are no proceedings that will
be initiated by J. R. against the club.”
Reich declined to say who will be
sued, for how much, for what wrongs
or where, but there had been reports
Richard might sue some of his doc
tors. Earlier reports said the Astros
also might be a target.
“I don t have any comment about
the particulars, ” Reich said. “I would
say that having reached the decision
that has been reached to proceed it
will be in the reasonably near future.
“It is not a source of enjoyment for
J.R. or myself to proceed in this man
ner. It’s our conclusion that this
course of action is necessary to prop
erly protect J.R.’s interests.”
At the the Dallas meeting Tuesday
night, Richard received a special
citation, Reich said, “for his
courageous behavior ’ since the
stroke during a pitching workout at
the Astrodome July 30.
The 6-8 right-handed fastball
pitcher has undergone two opera
tions to remove clots from neck and
shoulder arteries and, Reich said, is
making steady progress toward
realizing his aim of returning to the
mound next season.
“He’s doing very, very well. He
has continued to make progress, ex
ceptional progress,” Reich said.
“He’s been working out for some
time in Houston. My assessment
would be that he would start throw
ing in January, but that’s something
that will be decided on (in consulta
tion with doctors) in the next few
weeks.
“He, J.R., is very optimistic as am
I that he will be able to pitch again,
although I wouldn’t even attempt to
speculate on the timing of his ability
to pitch competitively because I just
don’t have that kind of knowledge.”
Reich said Richard, 30, has re
turned to what non-athletes would
consider a normal life. The 1979
starting pitcher in the all-star game
has been driving his car alone and
made a brief speech at the Tuesday
dinner meeting.
“Many, many times before, dur
ing the lowest point of this situation,
I have said that if he can return to
normal activity that’ll be great and
pitching would be a bonus,” Reich
said.
“I would say that the change in
that assessment has come from the
incredible progress that he’s made in
such a short time where pitching
again appears to be a reasonable ex
pectation, whereas before it was a
dream.’’
Dads, sons meet
in championship
United Press International
Being the son of the head coach
doesn’t always mean a starting role in
Texas schoolboy football, but two
coaches sons who have earned their
starting positions will square off
Saturday night in the Class 1A state
championship game.
Alan Kassen is only a junior, but
he is a 50 percent passer who has
thrown for 10 touchdowns and over
900 yards and rushed for another
1,200 yards himself in helping direct
the fourth-ranked Valley View
Eagles to the state finals against
third-rated Rankin.
Kickoff for the championship
game is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday in
Brown wood.
Kassen is the son of coach J. M.
Kassen, who says a balanced running
and passing offense and a strong de
fense led Valley View through the
year undefeated and into the cham
pionship game.
“Alan has also been a key to our
defense,” Kassen said. “He inter
cepted 12 passes as our safety, and is
a key factor to several opponents not
throwing the ball more than they
did.”
But Kassen quickly points out his
son is not the whole team.
“We’ve got a good fullback in Paul
Nehib and a great wide receiver in
Danny Windle,” he said. Nehib has
also rushed for more than 1,200
yards this season, and Windle has
scored eight touchdowns on pass re
ceptions.
Terry Turner is the halfback for
Rankin, and the Red Devils are
coached by Dwayne Turner. The
younger Turner shares running
duties with fullback Dennis Black,
and Rankins generally throws “just
enough to keep the defense hon
est,” the coach said.
“We have a good offensive line
which blocks well enough that our
backs can score a lot of points, ” Tur
ner said. “And our defense is pretty
good. We’re small, so we have to
stunt a lot. That keeps the opposition
guessing as to what kind of defense to
expect, and helps give us back some
of the edge we give up in lack of
size.”
The Class 4A state championship
will also be played Saturday, with
sixth-ranked Huntsville meeting
ninth-rated Paris at 3 p.m. in Baylor
Stadium at Waco for that title.
Semi-finals are scheduled in Clas
ses 5A, 3A and 2A, with the 5A
games Saturday afternoon matchups
and the other two divisions being
played Friday night.
Second-ranked Port Arthur Jeffer
son faces fifth-rated San Antonio
Holmes in Austin’s Memorial Sta
dium and sixth-ranked Odessa Per
mian plays seventh-rated Dallas
Highland Park in the Class 5A
semis, with kickoff set for 2 p.m. in
both games.
In Class 3A, top-ranked Pittsburg
meets third-rated Stamford at Fort
Worth’s Clark Field, and West plays
Van Vleck at College Station’s Kyle
Field. The Class 2A semifinals match
top-rated Pilot Point against ninth-
ranked Rotan in Jacksboro and
seventh-rated Tidehaven against
Forney in Bryan,
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Reich credited Richard’s “guts”
and determination for his recovery
progress.
“What so many people didn’t
understand about J.R. is just that de
termination and commitment that he
has,” Reich said. “He’sjusta hellofa
United Press International
DALLAS — It doesn’t make any
difference that there are 1,800 base
ball people milling around in a hotel
that has a lobby the size of a small
town.
Big Frank Howard is still easy to
spot. Even when he is sitting down.
And Howard is attracting even
more attention than usual at this
year’s winter meetings since he has
recently been elevated to the posi
tion he has wanted for a very long
time — that of major league man-
ager.
“I kind of felt like I was on a tread
mill,” Howard said earlier this week,
taking a break after his new team —
the San Diego Padres — had negoti
ated the biggest trade in its history.
“I felt I was stalemated and didn’t
seem to be making much progress.
“So I was surprised when the
chance came along. I coveted the job
in Milwaukee. But I knew they were
interested in two or three other men.
That’s the way it goes. There is no
bitterness there.”
The head job in Milwaukee,
where Howard was first base coach,
came open with the retirement of
George Bamberger and it eventually
went to Bob Rodgers.
But from out of nowhere came San
Diego general manager Jack
McKeon offering Howard the No. 1
field job with the Padres.
“It was the first (major league)
managerial job ever offered to me,”
Howard said. “I sure feel good about
it. And I think I will feel good about it
162 games from now.”
The 6-foot-7 Howard has often
been referred to as the gentle giant.
And now the Padres will find out just
how gentle he is.
“I know in my heart that I was not
the best player who ever played my
game,” Howard said. “But 1 took
pride in the way I tried to play. As an
instructor I will try to teach my play
ers to play the same way.
“Me and my coaches are going to
work as hard as possible. But we ex
pect some things from the players,
too. We expect them to be honest,
we expect them to go about their
practice sessions with the thought of
improving and we expect them to
play hard-nosed baseball for nine in
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“I don’t know what’s wrong with a
big-league player having good work
habits and playing his rear off for an
entire game.”
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to fall into the managerial syndrome
when it comes to key elements on his
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