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Texas A&M The Battalion Sports Tuesday, July 19, 1983/The Battalion/Page 9 John wagner an sports weather he ‘drug storm ’? lALITY — The weather was unusually hot as the Dallas Cowboys — self-proclaimed as America’s Team — began their gkday of spring training in the California town of Thousand Jks. It was very hot, and very sunny. Two players, both recent ft choices, were forced to sit out as the heat and excercise ined them — dehydration, a team spokesman said, he local weatherman would blame the heat have on natural Hues — a front or air mass or something. But a sportswriter puld have another explanation. He would tell you all that hot Jr was coming from what used to be the Cowboys’ seemingly by Brenda Dar.|rouble-free bubble — a bubble that’s been burst by the cold, Hd pin-prick of cocaine. Il he names of live Dallas players surfaced recently in the trial ; girls v of .two convicted drug dealers. No charges have been filed, no imp at t!ffil ests have been made, but the nasty stench of drug abuse — whether real or imagined — does not easily go away. ■America’s Team? Drugs? Cocaine? It may not be true — ""Tony Dorsett emphatically denied ever having taken cocaine — ■ then again, stranger things have happened. And when the meaky-clean Cowboys start having allegations of drug use gjirown at them, you know there’s a problem. Hi he list of sports figures whose careers and reputations have . Hn jeopardized because of drug or alcohol abuse is a sad one. He old names, names like Greg Stemrick and Vernon Perry of . , «-v rthe Houston Oilers, Steve Howe of the Los Angeles Dodgers, 8 1 | j'Pommy Kramer of the Minnesota Vikings, are hard to forget. A And, almost daily, it seems, the roster of athletes who are caupht putting their paychecks into their noses grows. ■At baseball’s 50th All-Star game, held in June, several of the old-timers who were in town were asked to name the one iob Grahao jhai acteristic of modern baseball that bothered them the most, lecominggo’ Almost to a man, they named drugs. r' one of theillg'That (drug abuse) bothers me more than anything else in aatofjohnf the game today,” said Roger Maris, who finished his big league , 25, 1979'ijareer with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1968. out. K“I think it’s unquestionably the biggest problem baseball has right now.” Florida has mBasebairs biggest problem. Still, sports management remains ecution in 'almost untouched and unconcerned about the subject. From aey General gwners to coaches, a lot of heads are being turned as players go arlier this about ruining their lives. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil S. Supreme — and let law enforcement officials take care of players that Id lead to ' can t take care of themselves. all. ' But that’s a selfish — as well as foolish — attitude. Profession- d al athletes are pampered in every possible way. They eat well, pep well, travel well, are paid well — anything to make sure ley are happy. But when it comes to drug education, drug Rehabilitation, or drug realization, management gives it the mce-over, and it’s back to the chalkboard or practice field. It’s time sports organizations learn that professional athletes Soviet Lfiio p r j me candidiates for drug abuse. Athletes have plenty of tading ■ nslir jjnoney, plenty of free time, and plenty of connections with ng budding 0 || 0 p| e w j 1Q can themselves rich selling a “good time” to ilvador. ballplayers. ;o called a | ie »Education and understanding are the keys. Punishing play- fourth aI | nlven H with fines or the threat of jail sentences doesn’t make the ita revoluti 1 g G awa y on iy keeps drug abusers hidden in the randing it, aroken P ro rH\nd in the dark is where the damage, both to the individual the Sandin - ltl j t0 ^ credibility of professional sports, is done. : dictatorshipf;\v e i come to Reality, major league athletics. It’s not always a ~ n place to be. -il, Reagan ped up the f onnel and ■ Vicaragua a r J cannot be all^ DISC. FIRST 30 MINS. OF 1ST SHOW (EXC. HOLIDAYS) ok note of El Salvador uate progr esi it insisted thel nment “is •ed CINEMA 111 ' ftlUVS OtNTfcH R4ft*67.1 i 2:35-4:45-7:30-10:00 Christopher Reeve Richard Pryor “ SUPE N^ E k ir<PG) Baylor’s Haller believes in camps Jim Haller, basketball coach at Baylor United Press International WACO —Jim Haller’s stay at a basketball camp in 1961 led to a University Interscholastic League rule banning varsity players from camp participation — a rule which is still being fought by parents of high school athletes. But the UIL edict hasn’t stop ped Haller, head basketball coach at Baylor University, from founding his own basketball camp, which he says is the largest in its history, and to his knowledge the largest in Texas. In the summer of 1961, Hal ler and most of the other basket ball players for Thomas Jeffer son High School of Dallas attended the camp of their varsi ty coach, the late Archie Porter. They came back and swept the state championship, much to the surprise of the competition. “We won the championship in 1962, and the summer of ’62 is when this rule went into effect,” said Haller, referring to the UIL rule against a varsity high school player attending a camp for bas ketball. “If TJ had not won the state championship in 1962, this rule would never have come about,” Haller said. “They found out almost the entire team had “The biggest thing it (basketball camp) did for me was give me confidence that probably needed boosting. And that’s what we stress — building the confidence of the youngsters in camp. ”—Jim Haller, Baylor basketball coach attended the same basketball camp in Colorado, and a lot of people said TJ had an unfair advantage because we could afford to go to camp, while kids in poorer neighborhoods couldn’t go.” Haller, who paid his way to the 1961 camp by collecting gar bage, rejects the argument. But he hasn’t let the rule stop the success of his camp on the BU campus. At a recent TJ class reunion, a classmate remarked that Haller came back from Coach Porter’s camp a different person — one who played harder and more confidently. “I enjoy running my camp be cause I can see the youngsters changing as fast as I did at Coach Porter’s camp,” Haller said. “It was my first time away from home. I was always a shy person, but the camp helped develop my personality and make me be come more aggressive. “The biggest thing it did for me was give me confidence that probably needed boosting,” he said. “And that’s what we stress — building the confidence of the youngsters in camp.” Haller’s camp, which started Sunday, runs for four 1-week sessions. He has some partici pants who have made three of the last five camps. “We use quality coaches and players, and we have one coach for every 10 campers,” Haller said. “For instance, Terry Teagle (the all-time leading scorer in the Southwest Confer ence and a first-round draft pick of the Houston Rockets) is run ning a shooting station, teaching kids how to shoot,” he said. His first session has 125 parti cipants, and he expects subse quent weeks to bring up to 150 campers at a time. Texas sports briefs CBS may televise UT vs. Auburn United Press International AUSTIN — The University of Texas has held discussions with CBS about televising the school’s opening game against Auburn Sept. 17, UT sports in formation director Bill Little said. Little said Monday there is a “good chance” the game will be televised. “There is great interest on their (the network’s) part, but they have not committed to it yet,” he said. Auburn and Texas are both coming off 9-3 records and bowl appearances in 1982,and are among the favorites to win their respective conferences, the Southeastern .Conference and the Southwest Conference. Auburn won the last meeting between the two teams, 27-3, in the 1974 Gator Bowl. Pokes release rookies THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — In the first major cut of training camp, the Dallas Cowboys re leased 15 rookie free agents, leaving 72 rookies and 24 veter ans in camp today. Players released included cor- nerback Roger Clay of Louisville and running backs Greg Drew of Boston, Danny Felts of Mem phis State, Clyde Mackey of Albany State and Gary Woods of Tulsa. Also released were tight ends Ottis Gillespie of Sacramento State and Mike Tissaw of Duke; punter-kicker Chris Mangold of Oregon State; and linebackers Levi Morrison of Howard Payne, Gerald Schmidt of Cal- Poly San Luis Obispo, Earl Ste wart of Alabama State and Re ggie Vonner of Houston. Other cuts were safeties Kevin Robin son of North Carolina A&T and Robert Sturdivant of Lane Col lege and tackle James Canning of Northern Iowa. All veterans are due in camp Thursday. Oilers cut 10 free agents SAN ANGELO — The Houston Oilers made way for the arrival of veterans today by releasing 10 free agents, including former Rice Owls Joel Baxter and Osby Mitchell. Baxter is a kicker and Mitchell an offensive tackle. Another Texan, defensive end Rob Win- ship of Sam Houston State, also was cut. Others released were North east Missouri cornerback Dar ren Blair, East Tennessee State safety Donald Cook, Louisville linebacker Joe Kader, Fresno State safety Matthew Mcknight, Kentucky safety Andrew Molls, Alcorn State running back Dar nell Toy and San Diego State safety George Williams. MUSICIANS' WORLD IS STILL ROCK'IN!! Woodstone Shopping Center r » . # antucl’a # [Zbining cvitli a touclz of dzcjancE. All entree's now served with compli- men tary slice of Samuels cheesecake. 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