Page 10/The Battalion/Tuesday, February 21, 1984
by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds
UIL draws
official’s ire
Duran may face Hearns
United Press International
PANAMA CITY, Panama —
Roberto Duran’s manager
opened talks with a spokesman
for Thomas Hearns concerning
arrangements for a bout which Spada, has not come to an
would put Duran’s World Box- agreement with Hearns’ coun-
ing Association middleweight ti- terpart, Bob Arum, but June
tie on the line, officials said was mentioned by sources close
Monday. to the talks as a possible month
Duran’s manager, Luis for the fight.
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TYLER — The superinten
dent of a high school whose
girls basketball team was ousted
from the playoffs by a judge’s
eligibility ruling said Monday
the situation is typical of recent
disputes with the University In
terscholastic League.
Texarkana’s Texas High
team had traveled to Waco Sat
urday for the District 13 5-A
playoff game with Bryan.
But a judge in Tyler earlier
that day reinstated the record
of Tyler’s Robert E. Lee High
School, which had been or
dered to forfeit nine games be
cause Coach Candi Harvey acci
dentally left a player’s name off
the eligibility list.
State District Judge Harold
Clapp said he based his ruling
on the fact the girl really was eli
gible and called the mistake a
paperwork goof.
That returned to the Lee
team its status as district run-
nerup behind Longview and its
eligibility to play in the tourna
ment.
Still and all, it was Bryan that
came out on top, beating Lee
78-46.
Hugh Hayes, superintendent
in Texarkana, Monday ex
pressed bitterness about the
whole episode.
“Probably neither one of us
could have beaten Bryan, even
under optimum conditions,”
Hayes said. “But with the trial
business going on, with the kids
upset and everybody involved
in it, I’m surprised it was as
close as it was.
“And the results would have
been the same if Texarkana had
been in the game. I’m sure the
Tyler Lee girls had other things
on their mind besides playing
basketball, right up until game
time. That had to have an im
pact on the way they played.”
He said the fact Tyler went to
court set a bad example for stu
dents on how to gel disputes re
solved.
“I think this sends a very
poor message to youngsters that
if you have a problem with the
rules and a decision is made
that you’re not satisfied with,
then go out and hire yourself an
attorney, find a judge, and gel
your decision and have that
changed,” Hayes said.
Hayes said the problem with
interpretation of the eligibility
list rule was “just one in a long
list of disputes that have oc
curred over the last several
years within the (University In
terscholastic League) that I
hope will generate some
changes.
“Really the superintendents
across the state are the govern
ing body of the UIL and we’re
charged with the responsibility
of making the rules and enforc
ing them. ”
Cribbs war ends
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The
NFL Buffalo Bills and USFL
Birmingham Stallions Monday
ended their court battle for the
services of running back Joe
Cribbs.
U.S. District Judge John Elf-
vin, in a rare President’s Day
session, heard closing argu
ments in the legal battle to de
termine whether the running
back can jump from the Bills to
the Stallions.
Elfvinudid not indicate when
he would issue a decision, but it
is likely to be made before Sun
day when the Stallions open
their season against the New
Jersey Generals.
Cribbs, an all-pro with the
Bills whose contract has ex
pired, has signed a 1984 pact
with the Stallions and is cur
rently working out with the
team. The main issue in the dis
pute is a controversial right-of-
first refusal clause in the con
tract Cribbs signed as a rookie
out of Auburn University in
1980.
The Bills claim the clause,
which gives them the right to
match any contract offer Cribbs
receives, pertains to all profes
sional football teams.
Cribbs and the Stallions con
tend the clause covers only NFL
teams, since the USFL was not
in existence when Cribbs signed
with Buffalo.
Fuzak said the contract and
the right-of-first refusal clause
was written by Halpern, who
did not testify during the hear
ing.
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Track team:
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"Hey, can the goalroper music,” somebody hollered
joe Kopec, the driver, popped in a more coinprom«?
tape and the massive 1 railwavs bus rolled out ofikllj
Kyle Field parking lot. We were on our way to
Rouge.
I had not travelled with a major university athleticsqui
since I was knee-high to a high hurdle so when 1 foundon
I had a seat on the bus, 1 jumped at the chance.
But as I was throwing my toothbrush and a change:L .
clothes into a hanging bag Friday morning, 1 begantoili«r ren '
about the situation a little more. And the more I thoii[® otec ^
about it the more apprehensive 1 became. f ' 1
After all, Texas A&M’s track team has some darnedg«(B )ei j < , )n .‘
athletes on it. What if they were a bunch of prima donnas® 11 111
something? What if they didn’t like the idea of spendingi® r sa y. s ‘
weekend with a live-in sports reporter? ^ Ml 3
But my fear subsided when hurdler Chappelle Heodt® 0
son, walked up to the front of the bus, saw me sitlingquif« e
in my seal and announced: “Hey, we’ve got ourselvesatt:R actl 9 a
newspaper person going with us. We’re big-time now." If cnm
Before long we were cruising through the piney woods r F ;
southeast Texas and the roar of wisecracks and “profourfB.. le
statements settled to an easy chatter. Things were
real smoothly.
I soon found myself in a friendly card game withliij
jumper Chuck Perry, Aaron “Animal” Ramirez and
“Freshman” Treat. I finally felt like I was beginningloai’
just to things. We played and listened to an endlessreptB? 11511 .^
toire of R&B-folksy-cowboy-ballad-lype rock songspourtw e c us
out of the guitar of Ethan Glass as the miles rolled byl« tw f en
nealh us.
I finally realized that these guys, aside from some spa®
athletic ability, are basically no dif f erent from anybodydfl un '
at A&M — they are college students. . .
True, they may spend a few more weekends on theroi!E n ? 1
than most students, and their daily lives are probablystrul ° I . s
little differently, too. But they’re not all supersi;® 11 j 1 *
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just students — and they’re human just like anybody else,
That may have never fully dawned on me hadtheb
not broken down east of Houston on our return trip.
As it was, the boys were restless for Joe to make a skB
pit stop having just covered quite a few miles of Louisi®
swampland. When the bus finally rolled into the ertfl f :
nience store, the engine died, the lights went out, the"!*
Nelson tape ground to a halt and everybody wastooeaje
to get on with their business to notice. m unit
Once the throng had gotten their goodies l l ie )’ rea ^B ITTAr
their dilemma. If the bus didn’t start, the team didn't
anywhere — and the bus wasn’t starting. ® le . an
That’s when Aggie ingenuity stepped in. . nUnu '
Have you ever seen the track team trying to push-ffliR 10
Trailways bus down the sloping driveway of a convenietf® arcls
store in a tiny town on the outskirts of Houston in the©:® a h
die of the night? It didn’t work. The </e raute»?IPP® ns
when they decided to push it back up. >
But it was a futile effort — and neither Coach ThoifflB | . 1
nor Coach Nelson would admit to having anything toil Am ^ nc ‘
with the situation. f 1 dru ^
After several cups of coffee for myself and a great deal® 0 natl
relief for the two ladies working in the store, we were on tl® 'jjF
road again. Our bus eventually rolled back into the
Kyle parking lot at 5:30 Sunday morning and I galhew.J 311 v
my belongings and drove home to the comfort of my bed'|“!i,. e
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OTTAWA, Canada — The
Supreme Court of Canada re
served decision Monday on a
motion by the NHL to quash a
subpoena requiring the league
turn over files on the sale of the
St. Louis Blues to federal anti
trust investigators.
NHL lawyer Arthur Gans
told Justices Brian Dickson,
Jean Beetz and Julien Choui-
nard a lower court erred when
it ruled the league had no legal
means of challenging a sub
poena order. Gans asked the
court to intervene to spell out
the league’s rights.
Federal investigators are
looking into the circumstances
surrounding the NHL’s deci
sion last year to block a Saskat
chewan group from buying the
Blues’ hockey franchise. The
group was to later relocate the
St. Louis team in Saskatoon,
Sask. A majority of the 21 teams
in the league voted against the
Saskatoon sale because the
NHL owners felt the city of
100,000 people could not sup
port a major league team. The
NHL owners voted against the
Saskatoon sale citing increased
travel costs for the league as the
deciding factor. Harold Bal
lard, owner of the Toronto
Maple Leafs, said the only thing
in Saskatoon were “dog sleds
and snow.”
The NHL later approved the
sale of the Blues to California
businessman Harry Ornest,
who kept the team in St. Louis.
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Harold Ballard, owner
of die Toronto Maple
Leafs, said the only
thing in Saskatoon
“dog sleds and
were
snow.
The Canadian probe mirrors
a court battle that is currently
being fought in the United
States. Last week, a U.S. District
Court in St. Louis gave each of
$60 million anti-trust
last May 24 by Ralston ft
Co., former owner of thef
after the NHL board of
nors voted against the
the Saskatchewan group.
“There are no provision
challenge subpoenas undf
Combines Investigation
(anti-trust act),” Gans said® WAL
appeal application, addin? versity
it limited an individual's^ r eceive<
protection from self-incri® grant u
lion, especially during Mpre m
prosecution hearing. Beat d(
Alzhein
I n vestigators ordered. Medi
every NHL club to ptfyOunda
documents pertaining <°® out $
Blues’ sale. The leaguesaidytorine
federal combines branch»i® ev ices
thousands of documents .^rnis r
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