Page IQAThe Battalion/Thursday, July 28, 1983
Kuhn may benefit from owners
bickering over commissioner’s job
by Milton Richman
UPI Sports Editor
NEW YORK — Bowie Kuhn
resign?
Forget it.
That’s the furthest thing from
his mind, and you can make that
as strong as you like because it’s
straight from the horse’s mouth.
The question of Kuhn’s res
ignation arises because next
Wednesday, Aug. 3, is D-Day for
him, the day the major league
owners gather in Boston for
their annual summer meeting.
With his contract expiring
only nine days later, on Aug. 12,
and with Kuhn offering no sign
whatsoever of giving up the
commissionership even though
he doesn’t have enough votes to
be re-elected, the owners have a
king-sized dilemma on their
hands.
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One way or another, they
have to do something Wednes
day. You know what they’ll do?
Personally, I think they’ll
argue and wrangle all day and
then wind up doing nothing. It’ll
be typical of them. Besides, why
should they do anything else?
That’s all they’ve really done ab
out resolving their problem —
absolutely nothing — for the
past eight months, or ever since
six National League clubs voted
not to renew Kuhn’s contract in
Chicago last Nov. 1.
anti-Kuhn forces, the latest one
taking place in St. Louis last
week when Peter O’Malley of
the Dodgers, Charles Bronfman
of the Expos, Bob Lurie of the
Giants, Ballard Smith of the
Padres and Bill Giles of the Phil
lies. made a special visit to Car
dinals vice president Gussie
Busch III.
The obstacles in the way of
Kuhn being re-elected haven’t
changed at all since the last vote
in Chicago. Four negative votes
in the NL, where most of his
opposition is coming from, are
enough to keep his contract
from being renewed. His oppo
nents mustered two more votes
than were necessary in Chicago,
where the Cardinals, Mets,
Astros, Reds, Braves and Cubs
all voted to replace him with
someone else.
Efforts have been made since
then to influence some of the
The purpose was to have him
talk to his father, Gussie Jr., who
is the Cardinals’ chairman of the
board, president and chief ex
ecutive officer, with a view to
ward getting the elder Busch to
come up at least with some kind
of compromise. The Cardinals
did offer an alternative propos
al, but it was found to be un
acceptable by those working for
Kuhn’s retention.
There had been some
thought that Kuhn’s position
might have been strengthened
recently when the brothers who
own the Reds, James R. and Wil
liam J. Williams, brought back
their former president, Bob
Howsam, to run the club after
firing Dick Wagner
No dice. The W’illiams’ aren’t
likely to change their vote unless
old man Busch does, and he
doesn’t seem as if he ever will.
Those who are against Kuhn’s
re-election can’t possibly under
stand why he doesn’t resign.
If no decision is reached in
Boston Wednesday, the whole
thing gets dumped in the lap of
baseball’s executive council.
All eight members of the
council are in favor of keeping
Kuhn. Under existing rules,
they have all the powers and
duties of the commissioner dur
ing any vacancy of his office un
til a temporary commissioner or
new one is named. In such a
case, they undoubtedly would
wish to install Kuhn as tempor
ary commissioner, hoping he
might be re-elected later on, but
the rules say even a pro-tem
commissioner cannot be elected
without a three-quarters vote of
the clubs in both leagues. Kuhn
would never get that vote the
way the lines are so bitterly di
vided in the National League.
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Lance, Marty a
the flexbone rmi
SMU’S BOBBY COLLINS likes to call Lance Mcllhem
best option quarterback in the country.”
Critics say be can’t run and can’t pass. But no one cal
the success the Mustangs have had with McIlhennyatM
The 6-0, 188-pound senior has led the Mustangs totwtf
Southwest Conference titles and two national ranking^
the top five.
But is he the best? A lot of people say yes. Rick Grant
... maybe not.
Crandall is director of promotions at the United S
Force Academy- It’s not that he has anything against Mela
— he admits he knows very little about SMus MainMsj
It’sjust that he believes Air Force has a quarterbackwittil
something extra.
Meet Marty Louthan.
CRANDALL AND THE Academy are toutingLoutli
candidate for 1983 All-America honors — Air Force’sF
Magician, they call him. At 6-1, 190 pounds, Louthant
inch and two pounds on Mcllhenny. But that’s nota
The flexbone offense is a variation of the wish!*
offense that teams like Oklahoma ran wild with in the '
passing the football became more fashionable, the \
was scrapped at many schools. At Air Force, it wasi
The Falcons’ flexbone is still a running offense, \
emphasis on the quarterback and the fullback. Butita
halfbacks greater freedom to leave the backfield andc
ball, meaning the quarterback must be able to runa/id!^
Louthan can do both. He rushed for 796 yardsandtl
1,337 last season. Compared to Mcllhenny and hiss
Louthan does look like a magician.
Mcllhenny ran for just 150 yards and threw for III
1982. Want to reconsider, Bobby?
|eve Besselm
IN ALL FAIRNESS to Mcllhenny, it’s hardtopik ntently at 1
when you’ve got running backs like Eric DickersonandiJuilding for
James on your side, hogging the ball and grabbing the'; &
And Mcllhenny’s specialty is confusing the defense-«'§F
ning over them. His ability to pitch the ball to the tail
SMU’s 1-formation is — or at least, was — his forte.
But now that Dickerson and James have gonetotkl
Mcllhenny may not have much chance to pitch. Without]
tailback. Little Mac may spend 1983 running — or thro*]
for his life.
That’s where the flexbone has an advantage.
“When you’re the Air Force,” Crandall said inatek|i
interview Wednesday, “and you’re outweighed inthel
not as fast in the backfield, you’re always looking for an]
That’s why we went to the flexbone when we joined the^
Athletic Conference.
“We don’t have guys with great speed and great ak!
halfback, so everyone has to get involved in theoffeni«|’
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LOUTHAN AGREES THE flexbone is geared k’ r Students somec
without that one big back (though the Falcons have a goo® at x exas
in senior fullback John Kershner). Because it's difficuitrt jtln cam p US
ing people for a service academy, the Falcons’ recruits Instead, they v
always as big and fast and strong as the players at others h ome throug
“We’re fighting for our lives in every game,” LoutluM
plained. j ■
And as the flexbone is the offense for Air Force, CriffT* 1 ' 5 may be j
says Louthan is the man for the flexbone. V technology
“There’s probably no quarterback in the country whorft> n the future,
more to his team than Marty,” Crandall said. “His al)® 13 , 16 deputy
throw the ball out of the wishbone is what’s taken us fronip eenn § at
1981) to 8-5 (the Falcons’ record last season).” hursdny.
“It’s an offense that’s made for me,” says Louthan.T®llP ruversi t 1 ^ s '
super good passer and I’m not a super good runner, lr ) m y 0 P mi<
both adequately. In that respect, it’s a good offensefoifl 83 ^-
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LOUTHAN IS READY to put past accomplishmentsiLg,. j n seconc i a
and start the 1983 campaign. After a summer of runnir!ff exas a&M
lifting weights, he says he’s in shape for one more seas
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