Page 14 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1981
Sports
Probation
Violations bring UCLA program stiff penalties
United Press International
LOS ANGELES — The UCLA basket
ball program — the most successful in col
lege history — has been placed on two
years probation and banned from tourna
ment play this season for NCAA violations
ranging from reduced apartment rates for
players to giving a recruit a T-shirt.
The sanctions were announced by the
NCAA late Tuesday and include prohibit
ing the team from participating in next
spring’s NCAA tourney and the National
Invitational Tournament.
the Pac-10 Conference concerning the
UCLA football program were upheld by
the NCAA, although no additional sanc
tions were handed down in that sport.
The NCAA said its investigation in
cluded a review of the penalty that was
imposed on the university’s football prog
ram in August 1980 by the Pac-10. The
conference penalty, which was related to
violations of academic standards, barred
the school from any bowl games following
the 1980 season and required UCLA to
forfeit six games from the 1977 season.
Also, the team’s second-place finish in
the 1980 NCAA tournament was voided
because some violations affected the eligi
bility of two players at the time of the tour
nament. The school will be required to re
turn the trophy and the awards given to the
ineligible players, who were not named.
In a related matter, earlier penalities by
UCLA, whose basketball team is ranked
20th in the latest UPI poll, has scheduled a
news conference for 1 p.m. EST today to
discuss the sanctions. The school was in
formed of the probation several weeks ago
and did not choose to appeal the decision.
Part of the investigation dealt with the
acquisition of automobiles for four fresh
man players during the 1979-80 school
year. Those players are Rod Foster,
Michael Holton, Cliff Pruitt and Darren
Daye. All are now juniors and members of
the UCLA varsity basketball team.
The NCAA also found violations of rules
governing extra benefits to student-
athletes including financial aid, recruiting
inducement, entertainment and local auto
mobile transportation.
Those violations primarily involved two
enrolled students and two prospective re
cruits and included furnishing them with
apartments at reduced rates, co-signing car
loan notes, arranging for a player’s com
plimentary basketball tickets to be scalped,
giving a recruit money for personal use and
providing meals and entertainment for re
cruits and their families.
One of the team’s assistant coaches was
charged with giving a recruit a UCLA T-
shirt.
Smith joins 10 player
on AIAW All-Americ
Steinbrenner opts to keep Lemon
in Yank uniform for 1982 season
United Press International
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. —
Money, it is said, can make the
blind see.
George Steinbrenner, not too
thrilled with Bob Lemon over his
handling of Tommy John in the
World Series, has shown how he
feels about him in the best possi
ble way — with cold, hard cash.
Steinbrenner has not only
made it official that Lemon will be
back managing the New York
Yankees next season but privately
told him the other evening that he
could be with the club in some
capacity as long as he lives.
How does that make Lemon
feel?
“Absolutely wonderful, con
fesses Lemon, who kept hearing
his job was to be given to others
like Dick Williams, Dick Howser
or Gene Michael.
“You always have to be con
cerned about your old age. Now
I’m not anymore. It makes me.
feel great.”
Almost until the moment of
Tuesday’s announcement that
Lemon would manage the Yank
ees next season, there were those
who felt Steinbrenner was going
to switch again.
Lemon was sitting at a table in a
banquet rooni with a group of wri
ters at the baseball meetings
where the announcement was to
be made. A blonde waitress clean
ing off the table said:
“I hear the Yankees are gonna
hold a press conference. What are
they gonna do, hire Billy Martin
again?”
Lemon couldn’t help hearing
the remark. He blushed and said
nothing for a few seconds.
“She’s a fan,” he smiled after
awhile.
Because of the type of indi
vidual he is, never blowing his
own horn and always playing
down his own worth even as a for
mer pitcher for the Cleveland In
dians, Lemon comes very close to
being the best liked human being
in the game today.
Rene Lachemann, the Seattle
Mariners’ manager, talked about
some of the criticism Lemon has
taken for jerking Tommy John for
pinch hitter Bobby Murcer in the
fourth inning of the sixth and final
World Series game with the Los
Angeles Dodgers.
“I would’ve done the same
thing he did, ” Lachemann said. “I
think he made the right move.
Other than that, I have to play the
Yankees and that’s the only reason
I can think of why I wish they
hadn’t hired him again for next
year.
By FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB
Battalion Staff
Sophomore forward Carol
Smith of the Texas A&M women’s
soccer team has been named to
the AIAW All-American Collegi
ate Soccer Team and the Texas
Collegiate Women’s All-League
Soccer Team squad for her per
formance during the 1981 season.
The national squad, picked by
the National Soccer Coaches Asso
ciation during the November
AIAW national tournament, in
which the Aggies placed eighth,
contains 11 members each on a
first team, second team and hon
orable mention team. Smith will
receive her award during January
at the association’s national con
vention in Chicago.
Smith was nominated by Curtis
Ratcliff, University of Texas
women’s soccer coach and region
al representative for the Aggies’
region. A total of 70 players from
the nation’s nine regions were
nominated by representatives
from each.
Sophomore forward Carol Git-
tinger, Smith’s Texas A&M team
mate, placed 37th in the final vot
ing for the All-American squad,
barely missing the 33 chosen to
the top three teams. Smith and
Gittinger led the Aggies in scoring
this season with 13 goals apiece.
Although she didn’t make the
national squad, Gittinger and
three other Aggies joined Smith
on the All-Texas team. Fullback
Adele Fairman, a junior and the
Aggies 1980 All-American repre
sentative when they placed fifth in
the nation, as well as senior full
back Jamie Fougeron and senior
halfback Becky Carpenter, were
selected to the 17-player squad.
The Texas team was picked by
the seven coaches in the Texas
Collegiate Women’s Soccer
League. The league’s members
are Texas A&M, Stephen F. Au
stin, Texas, Trinity, Sam Houston
State, Baylor and Southwest Texas
State.
The Aggies had no trouble win
ning the league, compiling an 11-0
overall record and a 6-0 league re
cord. Stephen F. Austin finished
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second with a 4-1-1 martL D ,
the Longhorns had a 3-11 j f '
Jim Butts, in his first yejj _
Aggies’ coach, said Smittii
and persistence during tka
may have been keys to ki j
tion to the national team,
“She’s got a lot of drive jj
termination," Butts said'
in the national tournameitj
though we didn’t scorealj
goals in four games), shel
that her skill level was a
finest.”
Tommy Lasorda of the Dodgers
said: “He has won two pennants
and a world championship with
the Yankees, and I think he has
done a great job for them.”
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