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>e st Texas A&M The Battalion Sports 10 Punishmpj murder whose the deathp im the >om”andttit| ■” "'as the ftp Supreme Oj its on t ^eath penalil old of tht j decision l| d Wadewasf] e had experl th elderly Jp fiedhimtoiy In the last couple of years it seems the NCAA has begun to say “enough.” At long last, the “monster” that major college football has fed until gorged may find itself on a diet. ( ) Winning always has been the object of the u game, only now the stakes are higher. Winning Idfaws big crowds, which draw big bucks. It /3fi gives coaches security, and it attracts top high school talent that can start the process over again. le the SSJIhH ^ ie ' s to keep the process of winning icet moils g° nl 8’ 01 start the process. Recruiting is the m hall *t e '’ anc * everyone has to do it to win. Recruit- ints had ir ' n 8 feeds the monster, or maybe it is the mons- iinc all! tei Either way, it's become an incredibly com- offlastwedM^ 6 institution. 100 unpaid ts a n gh interest atlair, I exas coach Thursday, August 4, 1983/The Battaliori/Page 7 NCAA’s rule necessary to tame the ‘monster’ gluing fcPo Fred Akers says about college football. : nl j n “There’s no question about it. Sports is big in I Propertif' this country and football is huge in the state of i.a h mll 4 U U J' t ’ s 50 i iu 8 e that the NCdAA has found the it i ' -.ffieeil to keep close tabs on recruiting practices. Repeated cases of violations have led to more stnct rules and enforcement of those rules. ■The latest NCAA recruiting rule took effect Monday. Known as the “Booster Rule,” it pro- leaseti WUfMutsalumni from meeting and talking with a . • r high school prospect off campus. 11’s designed ''P'l'iQhj-fu) put a damper on coWaberation between 9 Plusl coaches and alumni which involves offers of ' money or gifts to an athlete being recruited. ■“Any way they can get the alumni out of it I think would be excellent,” says Houston coach Bill Yeoman, though he also says he favors lowering the boom on willfull recipients of money and gifts. ■“I really feel very strongly that what they Reed to do is just redefine what is a profession- IG SPECIAL | al what is an amateur, and if a kid in any way Fried Steai| om l )romises himself, then he’s a profession- am Gravv ai >' Yeoman sa y s - ^ B'Biit I say don’t bother the school. It the rCO 06 Bbungster takes money, then lie’s through.” ° taWe° l ^ ie seems intent on keeping its ad andBb'wc on coac l ies - EI ie ru l e requires coaches to ^e orTea te *^ f ,oosters not to meet with an athlete off fiampus. So it seems the collaberation is what the NCAA is out to get, maybe moreso than isters’ gifts. . to 7:G NESDAV It makes sense, though, because collabera tion with boosters is one of the “miles” taken from the “inch” that the NCAA allows in re cruiting. Major college football might even tually evolve into professional football if prac tices like these aren’t checked. Obviously some coaches favor this legisla tion, since the “Booster Rule” sprang from coaches’ support of a rule controlling boosters. Akers says he likes it, but Texas Tech men tor Jerry Moore says the rule does away with some honest and helpful assistance by boos ters. “One of the things that I think hurts all of us is not being able to have those people (alumni) bring an athlete on campus,” Moore says. “I think we’ll miss that, because that was always a way to help get a youngster to the airport and get him transported to campus.” But those few who have chosen to take the mile have made the elimination of the honest help of boosters a necessary evil. Recruiting violations are a flaw of the sys tem. The pressure caused by the swelling im portance of a game is too great. The “monster” already exists, but it can be tamed. And that taming is necessary for the sake of college foot ball’s integrity. Major leagues Ryan hurls one-hitter to secure Astros’ 1-0 victory United Press International SAN DIEGO — Nolan Ryan is not as fast, but the pack is slow' to catch up. “He might be a few miles per hour slower than he was 10 years ago, but he’s still ahead of every body else,” San Diego manager Dick Williams said Wednesday night after Ryan allowed just one hit — a one-out single by Tim Flannery in the third in ning — in leading the Houston Astros to a 1-0 victory over the San Diego Padres. “He’s something, that son of a gun,” Williams said. “In the first half of the game, I know he was around 93 or 94 miles an hour. When he’s getting his curve and change over like he was tonight, he’s unbeatable.” In pitching his 52nd career shutout and ninth one-hitter, Ryan, 10-5, broke a personal four-game losing streak with his 215th lifetime triumph. The 36- year-old right-hander struck out Dickie Thon’s triple gets Houston’s winning run. 10 to raise his career total to 3,606, second to Steve Carlton’s 3,609 on the all-time list. The win was Ryan’s first since July 13. It was also the 149th time in his career he has struck out 10 or more in a game. “I felt strong all the day through,” Ryan said. “That’s one of the desirable things about pitching out here where it’s cool. I think I made better pitches and had better command of my curve than I’ve had in the last few outings. “Near the end I overthrew a couple of fastballs and tried to step back to regain my rhythm but I couldn’t.” The loser was Tim Foliar, 4- 10, whose personal winless streak was extended to four. Flannery singled cleanly to right. He advanced to second base on a wild pitch and stayed there as Ryan fanned Foliar and Bobby Brown. “I didn’t make the pitch I wanted to,” Ryan said of Flan nery’s hit. “He didn’t hit it all that well but he placed it.” In the fourth inning, Alan Wiggins opened with one of six walks issued by Ryan and adv anced to second on Garry Tem pleton’s groundout. Ryan then struck out Terry Kennedy and retired Ruppert Jones on a popup to end the inning. “He had great velocity, a good curveball and a great change,” said Houston manager Bob Lillis. “We’ve seen him throw just as well and probably with more command of his pitches.” In the first, Terry Puhl leg ged out a slow roller toward third for an infield single and scored on Dickie Thon’s triple into the right field bullpen. Williams could only shake his head following the game. “You can’t get much with one hit, although he did give us six walks,” said Williams. “Looking at what he does now, he’s amazing.” Boston nips Rangers in tenth United Press International ARLINGTON — Boston re lief pitcher Louis Aponte thinks his team has a better-than-even chance to make up the eight games separating the sixth placed Red Sox and first place in the American League East. “We haven’t gotten the steady winning streaks like the other teams in the division have,” said Aponte, 5-3, after getting credit for a win in Wednesday night’s 5-4, 10-inning triumph over the Texas Rangers. “I think we’re going to put together a winning streak soon, and we’ll be there,” added Dennis Eckersley. “I think we have the best team in the Amer ican League, man to man.” Despite yielding a two-out home run in the ninth to the Ranger’s Billy Sample which tied the score, 4-4, the 29-year- old Aponte was hardly dis appointed with his three-inning performance in which he sur rendered two hits and two walks while striking out three. Boston manager Ralph Houk said Aponte had his best outing since the All-Star break, and Dwight Evans, who drove in the winning run with his second double of the game in the 10th inning, said the Red Sox will need a strong and consistent effort from their bullpen if they are to make a run at the AL East flag. The Rangers, who have lost eight straight and 10 of their last 11 games, were very dis appointed after coming back from a 4-0, first-inning deficit. “We’ve lost so many games like this, it makes you wonder when it’s going to turn around, when the pin’s going to come out of the voodoo doll,” said Sam ple, who drove in two runs and smacked four hits, including a double. “If our effort is any indica tion, we deserve better than this.” The Rangers have dropped 22 of their 27 games since July 4, and their latest setback was a perfect example of what has gone wrong, said Sample. “The difference between the first half and the second half (of the season) is that when we score the big run, the other team seems to come right back and score,” said Sample. “So we don’t have any time to add to what we’ve accomplished.” DS. 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