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WIMBLEDON, England — Yu
goslavia’s Slobodan Zivojinovic
shocked Mats Wilander and Ameri
can Barbara Potter upset Catarina
Lindqvist, sending two seeded play
ers from Sweden tumbling out of the
rain-sodden Wimbledon tennis
championships Wednesday.
Also falling was Aaron Krickstein,
the No. 10 seed, who was ousted by
fellow American Bud Schultz 6-4, 3-
6, 7-6, 6-4.
Third-seeded Jimmy Connors,
seeking a third Wimbledon title in
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the twilight of a long career, battled
past Sweden’s Stefan Simonsson,
while West Germany’s Boris Becker,
considered a possible future cham
pion on these famed grass courts,
had his match against American
Hank Pflster halted by darkness.
Becker led 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 2-2.
For the third straight day, rain in
terrupted play, but on this day it was
only briefly.
Three other Swedish seeds won —
No. 5 Anders Jarryd, No. 7 Joakim
Nystrom and No. 14 Stefan Edberg.
It was the first time in five years that
Jarryd has survived the first round
at the All England Lawn Tennis and
Croquet Club.
Bathed in warm sunshine, a rarity
so far this year, Zivojinovich created
the biggest sensation of the tourna
ment thus far when he used a pow
erful serve to eliminate Wilander,
the reigning Australian and French
champk
Open champion, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5, 6-0.
Three SWC schools oppose
some new NCAA proposals
By ED CASSAVOY
Sports Writer *
A movement is occurring that
promises to be a major focal point
of college athletics in the coming
years — the proposals passed in
the recent NCAA convention in
New Orleans.
This past weekend, 12 propo
sals were passed by the 200 col
lege presidents and officials pre
sent from nearly 500 NCAA
schools. They were representing
all three divisions: I, I-A and I-
AA.
All of the 12 proposals passed
with at least a 95-percent margin.
This near unanimous support
was a clear signal that a majority
of schools want severe penalties
to combat athletic violations.
Most college presidents and of
ficials voiced the opinion that it
was time to address serious prob
lems associated with college ath
letics that promised to erode the
integrity of the programs, if noth
ing was done.
Texas A&M was represented
by Dr. Frank Vandiver, president
of the University, and was accom
panied by Jackie Sherrill, A&M
Athletic Director and Head Foot
ball Coach, who was there as an
observer. .
As the voting progressed,
A&M was one of the dissenting
schools on a number of propo
sals.
Vandiver cast a “no” vote for
Proposal No. 3, the so-called “gas
chamber” proposal allowing for
the abolishment of a school’s
sports program for up to two
years if the sport is found to have
committed the second of two ma
jor violations within five years.
Southern Methodist Univer
sity, the University of Texas at
Austin and A&M were the only
three Southwest Conference
schools who voted against that
proposal.
lenging the new proposals.
SMU, in particular, is in a bind.
The Mustangs are now appealing
charges of various violations in
their football program. The “gas
chamber” rule would come into
effect Sept. 1.
Vandiver gave the only “no”
vote to Proposal No. 4, which
states a coach who repeatedly
breaks the rules cannot escape
NCAA sanctions by moving to an
other school.
In a written statement Van
diver said, “I voted ‘no’ on all as
pects of the proposal. I think that
(SMU president) Donald Shields’
statement, regarding SMU’s ‘no’
vote, reflects my opinion exactly.”
Shields’ statement said he
would support the implementa
tion of a specific, definite and in
creased penalty structure, which
could be applied with uniform
standards and objective criteria.
Shields went on to say that the
present NCAA enforcement sys
tem fails to provide adequate
due-process protection for the
school’s interest and the individu
al’s right.
NCAA officials have conceded
that they are prepared for a
flurry of law suits aimed at chal-
Vandiver called the the penal
ties double jeopardy.
“The way I read it,” Vandiver
said, “if you violate a rule, you
carry that to your next job and
your next and throughout your
career. Who is going to hire you?
“I think that it is a terribly
heavy penalty to throw arountl.
The spirit of any law or any pen
alty is that eventually you get
right with God.”
Vandiver also was against Pro
posal No. 2, which makes schools
file more reports on the classwork
of athletes.
Vandiver was quoted in the
Dallas Morning News as saying
the proposal is just more paper
work. He said the new procedure
would not help and could not be
implemented properly.
A&M was not alone in its. dis
sent of the 12 proposals. In all,
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times.
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HOUSTON —Jerry Argovitz, part owner of the Houston Gamblers,
said Wednesday he is confident the United States Football League team will
be sold “within the next week or so.”
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Erratic play isn’t all that bad as long as a few
wins are mixed in with the cuts, says Bob Eastwood, defending cham
pion in the St. Jude golf classic.
“I’ve been trying to be a little more consistent,” Eastwood said
Wednesday as he waited to tee off in the tournament’s pro-am event at
the Colonial Country Club. The Professional Golfer’s Association tour
nament begins Thursday morning.
“I’ve been erratic, but I’ve been winning a couple of tournaments a
year and that’s not too bad.”
Eastwood’s victory in Memphis a year ago was only his second in a
pro golfing career dating back to 1969. His first winner’s check came
only a few weeks before the Memphis tournament at the USF&G Classic
in New Orleans.
So far this year, the 39-year-old pro is continuing his up-and-down
play. In 17 tournaments, he’s missed the cut six times, but he won the
Byron Nelson Classic and his 1985 winnings total $131,968. He has won
$854,495 in his career.
But Argovitz refused to disclose details of the pending sale except to say
that a deal is “very close.”
“All I know right now is that I’m
dealing with one major individual
and I can’t say what he has in mind,”
Argovitz said.
Argovitz denied reports that he
has met with New York financier
Carl I.cahn.
Peter Rosenthal, a spokesman for Icahn in New York, said Tuesday that
Icahn has not met with Argovitz and is not buying the Gamblers.
“Carl Icahn has never met Jerry Argovitz to discuss buying his team,”
Rosenthal said. “I am denying that Carl is negotiating to acquire the Hous
ton Gamblers.”
But when asked if Icahn could be part of a corporation interested in
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different question. I don’t know the answer to that one.”
Argovitz said the team needs to be sold soon since the management
failed to meet the players’ payroll on Monday.
Players were told that they would informed of when they would
and of the team’s future by Friday.
Argovitz said that unless the club meets its payroll by Monday, all player
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contracts would be considered defaulted and
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club risks takeover by the
“If the league comes in, we get zero,” Argovitz said. “We get nothing.
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not be reached for comment Wednesday.
Roulier reportedly wants to sell the team to help resolve financial prob
lems. Lubetkin, however, says he wants to remain with the team where it
goes and likely will retain his one-third ownership.
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Eastwood is ranked 31st on the PGA money list this year, despite the
missed cuts.
He said he expects to do well at Memphis.
The par-72 Colonial Country Club south course is one of the long
est on the PGA tour at 7,282 yards, but Eastwood said it may take some
very low scores to collect the $90,000 winner’s check because of the
course’s good condition.
“The course is in excellent shape,” he said after playing five holes
on the back nine. “The fairways are a little wider, and the greens are
fast.
Eastwood, a Providence, R.I., native who now lives in Stockton,
Calif., said he’s ready for another win.
But he said his putter will have to work well this week if he is to re
peat his 1984 performance.
“I’ve been hitting the ball well, and if I get my putter working, look
out,” he said.
By HAL BOCK
f APSports Writer
Bill L. Atchley, president of Clem
son University, hardly seems the
martyr type. And yet, that’s exactly
the role he occupies in college athlet
ics today. f
This is Atchley’s last week on the
job. He resigned, effective July 1, af
ter failing last March to win a vote of
confidence from the university’s
Board of Trustees in a showdown
between academics and athletics.
Atchley lost his battle. Academics,
however, may well win this war.
Last week in New Orleans, in one
of his last acts as Clemson’s presi
dent, Atchley voted wth the 198
other presidents and chancellors
who put aside their other adminis
trative responsibilities to stage a
frontal attack on shady sports pro
grams. The interest of his fellow ad
ministrators may have been trig
gered by Atchley’s problems at
Clemson where, when sports got out
of hand, it brought down the presi
dent, not the athletic department.
NCAA probations in basketball
(1975-78) and football (1982-84 af
ter winning the national
championship in 1981) and the
death of a track star whose autopsy
revealed an anti-inflammatory drug
in his blood, caught Atchley’s atten
tion. He was, after all, the president
of the university and the job descrip
tion didn’t exempt athletics from his
domain.
Atchley mapped out a plan to
clean up the mess but when he tried
to get it approved, he found opposi
tion at the Board of Trustees, where
Tiger fever had apparently gained a
permanent paw-nold. When the
president forced the issue, the board
remained rigid and Atchley re
signed.
“I don’t believe athletics won at
Clemson,” Atchley said. “I didn’t see
it as an athletics vs. academics issue.
The athletic director (Bill McLellan)
had been here 28 years. They (the
Clemson board) just didn’t want to
jeopardize a fine program.
“The issues we brought to (lit
foref ront needed to be showed. Aa
demies must have strong support
We can’t go along saying everytninj
is OK. My resignation woke them up
to the fact that this is something ven
important.
The Atchley affair stretched be
yond his own campus, perhaps shak
ing other administrators outoftheii
Ivy-induced slumber. Certainly il
looked that way at the NCAA meet
ings in New Orleans.
After Monday, however, Bill L
Atchley will not be at Clemson. He
was a high-profile casualty in thii
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