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texas swaps Tanana
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ahead of im ARLINGTON — The Texas
moraleup,' Bljgers traded pitcher Frank Tan-
jto the Detroit Tigers for minor
pitcher Duane James, the
lulannounced Thursday.
James, a 23-year-old righthander,
B assigned from Detroit’s Class
1A dub in Birmingham to the
ragers’ Class AA Tulsa affiliate in
he Texas League.
tanana, a 31-year-old southpaw,
>2-7 with a 5.91 ERA in 13 starts
Hi the Rangers this season. Detroit
Bl be the fourth major league club
orTanana, who has a career record
1137-137 in 11 'A major league sea-
ons.
James was in his third season with
the Detroit organization after being
signed in October 1982. At Birming
ham this season, he is 4-7 with a 5.38
ERA in 18 games.
Texas also announced Thursday
that designated hitter Cliff Johnson
has been placed on the 15-day dis
abled list, retroactive to June 15.
Johnson underwent arthroscopic
surgery on Monday to remove torn
cartilage from his right knee.
To fill the roster openings created
by Johnson’s injury and Tanana’s
departure, the Rangers recalled
righthanded pitcher Glen Cook
from their Class AAA farm club in
Oklahoma City and purchased the
contract of outfielder Nick Capra
from Oklahoma City.
Capra, 27, is expected to join the
Rangers in time for Thursday’s
home game with Seattle.
Cook, 25, is expected to join the
club in Minnesota on Saturday.
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Receiver-starved Pokes
sign '80 Olympic sprinter
Associated Press
TbMTAS — The wide receiver-
barren Dallas Cowboys announced
ithursday they have signed sprinter
jvements on Mel Lattany to a contract of undis-
dosed terms.
iiients would||Lattany, 25, who graduated from
in revenueGeorgia in 1981 and holds the
world’s third-fastest time in the 100-
meter dash, hasn’t played football
will include ;since sc hooL Cowboys spokes-
ul soundsy® man David Pelletier said.
K“We worked him out,” Pelletier
Affftsaid. “The quarterbacks (both
I Ganny White and Gary Hogeboom)
, r |^ fifd he’s a pretty good receiver and
V'l"* he s been working on it.”
■Dallas has been searching for help
at wide receiver since the trade of
Butch Johnson and the career-end-
ing injuries to Drew Pearson.
Lattany has a time of 9.96 seconds
to his credit in the 100-meters and
the Cowboys clocked him .at 4.36
over 40 yards, Pelletier said.
A native of Brunswick, Ga., Lat-
5-foot-10 and 180 pounds,
was a member of the 1980
Olympic team. A back injury kept
off
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him off the 1984 team, Pelletier said.
Pokes, Rams first to open camps
NEW YORK — The Dallas Cow
boys and Los Angeles Rams will be
the first National Football League
teams to open their 1985 preseason
training camps when they greet
rookie candidates on July 14.
Cowboy veterans will report to the
team’s Thousand Oaks, Calif., camp
on July 21, with Rams veterans
checking in at Cal State-Fullerton on
July 19.
The New York Giants and Hous
ton Oilers meet in the Hall of Fame
exhibition game at Canton, Ohio, on
Aug. 3.
The Giants will bring rookies to
their Pleasantville, N.Y., camp on
July 15, with veterans starting four
days later. The Oilers scheduled
rookies to report to San Angelo on
July 19 and veterans on July 21.
Sunday Night
Special
Nets’ offer
refused by
Massimino
Vi I la nova coach rejects
$2.1 million contract
Associated Press
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. —
Rollie Massimino on Thursday re
jected an offer by the New Jersey
Nets that would have made him one
of the highest-paid coaches in the
National Basketball Association and
decided to stay with his family and
friends at Villanova University.
The fiery and emotional Massi
mino turned down the deal, report
edly at least $2.1 million over 10
years, after night-long negotiations,
Nets President Bernie Mann said.
The decision was made about 7
a.m., less than seven hours before
the Nets were, to hold a press confer
ence to announce a new coach,
Mann said.
“I felt it was in the best interests of
my family, Villanova, our players
and Jake Nevin to stay at Villanova,”
the 51-year-old Massimino said in a
statement released by the university.
“The decision was very trying and
tiring.”
Nevin, the long-time trainer at
Villanova, has Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Massimino could not be reached
at his home or at the university, but
his wife, Mary Jane, said in a tele
phone interview Thursday:
“I am happy with whatever deci
sion he was happy with.”
That decision left the Nets with
out a successor to Stan Albeck, who
on Monday signed a three-year con
tract with the Chicago Bulls after the
Nets released him from the final
year of his contract.
“We’re back to square one again.”
Mann said. “He was our No. 1
choice. It certainly is disappointing.
We put a lot of effort into it.”
The Nets also put a lot of money
into the effort to lure Massimino
into the professional coaching ranks.
His reported salary of $375,000
annually in his first four years with
New Jersey reportedly would have
made him one of the five highest-
paid coaches in the league.
Pat Riley, coach of the Los An-
f eles Lakers, makes a reported
500,000, while Albeck was said to
have signed a deal worth around
$350,000 with the Bulls.
Mann said Nets officials planned
to meet Thursday to discuss the
coaching situation. Mann has fa
vored hiring a college coach, but he
would not say if he still favored that
path in the wake of Massimino’s de-
cison.
Massimino has compiled a 228-
137 record in 12 seasons at Villa
nova, winning the national crown
last season with a thrilling upset vic
tory over defending champion
Georgetown.
His decision to stay at the subur
ban Philadelphia school was warmly
welcomed by school officials, who
said they were informed about 7:15
a.m.
“The university as a whole is de
lighted that Rollie Massimino has de
cided to stay,” said Craig Miller, Vil-
lanoya sports information director.
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