Battalion/Page 19
October 27, 1982
orter’s honesty key to his success
.t span of 32 secondi
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leleated New Jew
W J/ l id.-. .H United Press International
fEWYORK—Darrell Porter
" id on tightly to the edge of the
ern as he spoke.
iHe really didn’t need to be-
ffise he had a good grip
miself. He was answering all
, the questions being put to him
i^^Hily, talking from the heart
' J I C' T 1 j-witliout any embellishment and
4^ X kj Ll\you could tell he believed what
he was saying.
« Li HSome of the things he said
^ I weie a bit shocking, particulai ly
# I / Mfvou hadn't known about them
v t. 1. * • Wore, but they sounded entire
ly plausible tlie way he said
Hm. It wasn’t hard to believe
him
Porter’s wife, Deanne, also
hieliei downed for Bieves him. She did from the
he New York Islander' ”
ialgary 7-2 and Va
Irubbed Hartford 8-1.
NORTH STARS5,5
— At East Ruthericd
om McCarthy scored^
he third period,
iorth Stars a victon e
)evils. Steve Pavner
oals for Minnesota.
NORDIQUES 9
EAFS 4 — At Quebetl
ioulet recorded a haurl
late Tardif addedt>|
nd two assists to pwe
iques. The Maple
sen with the Nordiji
.nton Stastny’s fifthr*
•ason at 16:56 of tir
eriod gave Quebec 2
ISLANDERS 7,FU
- At Uniondale, N!
ossy and Duane Sail fel, state and local resources for
ao goals each and De student financial aid and other
ad four assists, hd jjmrposes, black colleges all over
landers extend theii pe nation are fighting for their
ason home unlieaiei 'Aen survival,” the brief warned.
) games with a rouMThe “friend of the court”
T:l was filed on behalf of the
National Association for Equal
Education Opportunity, Inc.;
the National Black Media Coali
tion; the Black Mississippians
Council on Higher Education;
■ National Conference of
Black Lawyers, and Viewers of
thtSouth, an association of com-
monity-based organizations in
Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennes
see and Texas.
first time he ever was introduced
to her at the ballpark and if any
thing, she has even more faith in
him now.
“He’s a good person,” she
said. “He’s honest.”
Darrell Porter wouldn’t know
any other way to be. This was at a
press conference that was more
like a spectacular. It started with
Porter being presented a sleek,
new black Pontiac Trans Am for
being voted the World Series
MVP in the recently concluded
seven-game set between his St.
Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee
Brewers. The car is awarded by
Sport Magazine and Major
League Baseball.
Porter showed up on fashion
able Park Avenue, where the car
was at the curb, as if he were out
for a morning stroll in the coun
try. The 30-year-old catcher
looked perfectly natural in his
open collar shirt, sky blue golf
sweater and everyday slacks.
He wasn’t trying to impress
anybody.
But he did impress people.
With his honesty and natural
ness.
Like Porter’s wife, Whitey
Herzog believed in Porter.
Enough so that when Herzog
was managing Kansas City in
1976, he pushed all he could to
get Porter from Milwaukee,
which had turned down $1 mil
lion cash from the Cubs for him
only a couple of years before.
Four years later, when he was
serving as general manager as
well as field manager of the Car
dinals, Herzog recognized Por
ter’s value again even though he
was aware the Missouri-born,
left-handed hitting receiver had
not that long before gone
through a rehabilitation center
for his drug problems and was
coming off a disappointing .249
season with the Royals.
Herzog had so much faith in
Porter that he signed him to a
$3.5 million contract for five
years and traded away catcher
Ted Simmons, one of the Car
dinals’ most popular players.
A reporter asked Porter to
talk about his career in terms of
agonies and ecstasies and he had
to smile at the way the request
was phrased.
“I think there have been more
agonies than ecstasies,” he said.
“I think most ballplayers would
say it’s a game of failures.
There’s definitely more failures.
But I’m enjoying the present
and forgetting about the past.
Yet, I must be constantly aware
of what I am — a drug addict
and an alcoholic.”
They wanted to know more
about his problems, how and
when he first got started.
“So simply, you wouldn’t be
lieve,” he said. “I never took a
drink when I was young. I took
one sip of beer in high school
and that was it. I was the desig
nated driver. I was used to being
the big star in high school. I
think I hit something like .560.
Then I got in with guys who
were just as good as me (in pro
ball) and I hit .204. I was flat
lonely. A couple of guys invited
me to go out and have a few
beers. I first started using alco
hol and drugs socially. Later, 1
used them to get a high. Before
New Happy Hours
4 p.m.-Midnight
you know it, I lost track of who I
was.”
One member of the media
who was present at the news con
ference told Porter that he had a
15-year-old son who had been a
user but had been rehabilitated.
The father said Porter had in
spired the boy by what he had
done.
“That’s neat,” Porter said.
“Thank you. Thank you very
much.”
The World Series MVP
couldn’t have been more
pleased.
lack groups
ulings could
say television
‘spell doom’
FUIM • FOOD • DRIIMKs
I United Press International
1)ENVER — A coalition of
lack organizations has filed a
pf with the 10th U.S. Circuit
irt of Appeals warning t hat a
eral court ruling over televis-
tig of college football games
financially destroy some
lack colleges.
"“Because of diminishing fed-
ntz mil
:ord 1-1
his tail off, and ll
adi didn't get the pi
► ne.”
Barring an ufl'
> peal to the Universf
olastic League’s siaic
e committee fromli 1
i Is, Grand Prairie
'and Prairie are
iv-off berths instate
Sophomore Kyle
m sfer papers from Ft
miles southwest of'
t mention his footl
s there, whichbreal
The coalition asked the appel
late court to overturn an order
by U.S. District Judge Juan Bur-
ciaga of Albuquerque, who de
clared the NCAA television con
tracts with CBS, ABC and the
Turner Broadcasting Co. in
violation of federal antitrust
laws.
The lower court ruling has
been held in abeyance pending
an appeal on the suit, which was
filed against the NCAA by the
universities of Oklahoma and
Georgia, two perennial football
powerhouses which want to
negotiate their own television
contracts. The total value of the
NCAA television package, in
which all schools share, was esti
mated at $281.5 million.
“The lower court’s decision
will spell the doom for nearly all
of the historically black colleges
and a substantial number of his
torically white schools,” the brief
claimed.
“We pray that this court not
allow the placement of yet
another burden in the path of
those seeking to counter^ the
effects of nearly three centuries
of benign neglect.”
Much of the coalition’s brief
outlined the importance of black
colleges and noted 148 such
schools have been forced to close
since 1908, many for financial
reasons.
“Survival of the remaining
historically black institutions is
tied into their tapping into new
revenues,” the brief said.
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IHOUSTON — Interim man-
Bob Lillis likely will be
equirements, disn framed manager of the Houston
ttee chairman Ge: fAstros in the next few clays, two
<1. newspapers reported today.
'The paperwork isi#™The Houston Post and Hous-
show the transfer. 1 ton Chronicle quote sources in
« being recruitedaniffie organization as saying the
t’s executive conPld of candidates has narrowed
ered its approval,Hh 0 LiHis, the former first base
who replaced the fired
Bill Virdon late last season.
■ “Things look pretty good for
Me,” Lillis said, but he and the
Btros did not confirm the re
ports.
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ve placed in jeop
lit of any District
rticipate in statepli 1, |
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da said. “There’s o
V who has to take lti (i
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eries’ 2
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es Tuesday aften |l '|
in Field.
unior pitcher Rid
c t he victory in re#
or Marvin Keller^ 1
or the whites
he maroon si
hits and the whin
shed with 14. Cod
ndler’s maroon
ich inning excel
ninth, but had w 151
e runs in the ei(
game. The whites(l ll • ,
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e in the bottom
nth inning,
nbba Jackson, a ^
ner from McKinn ( !j
run home run for 11
» squad,
lie maroon squad ^
the first two game'
-of-five series, wid
3 scheduled for d#*
~i at 3. Rick LueW
res’ top returning
he 1983 season,"
he maroon and 4/
will be the whites'^
a fourth garneism®
be played ThursW
Second baseman Joe Morgan
of the San Francisco Giants, for-
Merly of the Astros, was a lead
ing candidate until he
announced recently he planned
to play another year.
Lillis, 52, replaced Virdon
Aug. 10 on an interim basis and
compiled a 28-23 record. Vir
don since has been named man
ager of the Montreal Expos.
Astros Board Chairman John
McMullen and General Mana
ger A1 Rosen met with Lillis
Monday and apparently firmed
up the deal, although neither
McMullen nor Rosen would
confirm any impending
announcement, the reports said.
Lillis has been with the Hous
ton organization since 1962. As
an infielder, he was the franch
ise’s most valuable player that
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