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Sports
octor says cocaine killed Bias
BALTIMORE (AP) — University
of Maryland basketball star Len Bias
died from a dose of cocaine that he
had probably snorted only minutes
before he collapsed in his dorm
room where he was celebrating his
new professional career, the state
medical examiner said Tuesday.
The cocaine killed Bias by inter
rupting the electrical activity in his
brain, causing the heart to begin to
beat irregularly, said Dr. John Smia-
lek.
“This resulted in the sudden onset
of seizures and cardiac arrest,” he
said at a news conference where he
released the findings of an autopsy
on the 22-year-old All American.
The report was turned over to Ar
thur A. Marshall Jr., the prosecutor
who is investigating Bias’ death.
Marshall said after receiving the
report that he will look into the pos
sibility of bringing a manslaughter
charge against the person who pro
vided the cocaine to Bias.
The autopsy showed that “noth
ing but the cocaine killed him. The
reason he died was cocaine,” Mar
shall said.
Smialek said he couldn’t deter
mine how much cocaine Bias took,
but said he would not call it an over
dose. “I don’t think he took a lot of
cocaine,” he said.
The medical examiner described
Bias as very healthy, with no heart
disease or damage.
“Len Bias had a large heart, but
that was not unexpected considering
his superb athletic condition,” Smia
lek said.
He said there was no evidence
that Bias was allergic to cocaine, but
that he exhibited a sensitivity to the
drug.
“This particular concentration
might not have killed another indi
vidual. On the other hand, some
might have been killed by lesser con
centrations,” Smialek said.
The blood cocaine level was 6.5
milligrams per liter, about average
for the 16 deaths from cocaine use
recorded in Maryland in the last
three years, he said. The autopsy
turned up no evidence of alcohol or
other drugs.
No adulterants were found in the
blood, indicating that Bias had in
gested a pure form of cocaine, the
medical examiner said. It appeared
that Bias had snorted the cocaine,
Smialek said, but he added he
couldn’t be certain.
There had been reports of a delay
of as much as 30 minutes before
Bias’ roommates summoned an am
bulance to the University of
Maryland dormitory where he col
lapsed. Smialek said Bias would have
required medical care within four or
five minutes of the time his heart
stopped to save his life.
A teammate gave Bias cardiopul
monary resuscitation before the am
bulance arrived.
Smialek said there was no evi
dence that Bias had used cocaine
previously, although he wasn’t sure.
Smialek ruled that the manner of
death was undetermined, meaning
there is no finding whether it was a
homicide or accident. He said that
question will be left up to Marshall
and the grand jury.
Marshall said he wants to know
“who brought them (drugs) in” and
who was involved in drug use during
the early morning hours last Thurs
day as Bias, some teammates and
friends celebrated his selection by
the champion Boston Celtics as the
No. 2 pick in the National Basketball
Association draft.
Marshall he said he met Tuesday
with a Prince George’s County grand
jury and advised the panel he plans
to start presenting evidence, proba
bly testimony by police officers, on
July 1.
A&M loses
2 prospects
to pro clubs
Two top prospects for the
Texas A&M baseball team have
signed contracts with major
league clubs.
Catcher Steve Piskor of Plano
signed with the New York Mets,
while out-
fielder Carl Baseball
Sullivan of
Brenham signed with the Chi
cago White Sox.
A&M Head Coach Mark John
son, who signed the two players
to letters of intent, said the losses
of Piskor and Sullivan will not
decimate the squad.
“We’re not going to panic,”
Johnson assured. “We feel fairly
comfortable (with the squad we
have).”
Piskor, an All-Metro catcher
with Plano East high school, was a
sixth-round draft pick by the
Mets. He signed last week.
Sullivan, who led his ballclub to
the class 4A state championship
Saturday, signed with Chicago
Monday.
“(Both) got a good offer and
decided they couldn’t turn them
down,” Johnson said. “There are
two plusses there. We feel college
is a bigger plus (than the pros).
Johnson now has some deci
sions to make with the two extra
scholarships.
“We’re looking around right
now. We can help some of our
own returning guys more.”
Connors, 4 other top seeds
ousted in first-round action
Seguso's service too strong for two-time champion
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) —
Two-time champion Jimmy Connors
was unceremoniously dumped out
of the Wimbledon tennis champion
ships Tuesday, a first-round casualty
to doubles specialist Robert Seguso.
He was one of the day’s five upset
victims.
Connors, the No. 3 seed who is
credited with having the best return
of service in the game, found Segu-
so’s booming serve too much to han
dle in the world’s premier grass-
court tournament, succumbing 6-3,
3-6, 7-6, 7-6.
“He was just unconscious,” Con
nors said of his fellow American.
“He was serving bomb after bomb
after bomb. He was serving second-
serve aces and going for every
thing.”
What the 23-year-old Seguso got
was a victory over the world’s third-
ranked player, only the second time
in his long career that Connors has
lost in the first round of a Grand
Slam tournament. The first came at
the U.S. Open in 1972.
“Nobody’s perfect, especially me,”
Connors told reporters after the
match. “I don’t like to lose any time.
If you don’t know that by now, you
haven’t been around long enough.”
Connors earlier this month re
turned from a 10-week suspension
imposed because he walked off the
court in a match last winter in Flor
ida, and he had to retire from a grass
court tournament in England a little
more than a week ago because of a,
groin pull. He showed no indication
that he was troubled by the injury,
however.
The two No. 1 seeds — Ivan
Lendl and Martina Navratilova —
posted straight-set victories.
But joining the 33-year-old Con
nors on the list of losers Tuesday
were fifth-seeded Pam Shriver of the
United States and No. 14 Wendy
Turnbull of Australia in the wom
en’s singles, and No. 9 Andres Go
mez of Ecuador and No. 15 Guil
lermo Vilas of Argentina, both clay-
court specialists.
Nagelsen posted her first career
victory over Shriver, who was con
sidered a threat to reach the wom
en’s final at the All England Lawn
Tennis and Croquet Club, 4-6, 6-3,
6-4, in an all-American battle on
Centre Court.
Navratilova defeated Amanda
Dingwall of Australia 6-3, 6-1; No. 2
seeded Chris Evert Lloyd stopped
14-year-old American Mary Joe Fer
nandez 6-4, 6-1; No. 3 Hana Mandli-
kova of Czechoslovakia crushed
Britain’s Joy Tacon 6-1, 6-1; No. 7
Helena Sukova of Czechoslovakia
battered Britain’s Denise Parnell 6-1,
6- 1; and No. 16 Kathy Jordan
downed Tina Mochizuki 6-1, 6-3, in
another all-U.S. match.
Lendl, seeking his second consec
utive Grand Slam title, completed a
7- 6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Mexico’s
Leonardo Lavalle in a match that
had been suspended by rain on
Monday.
But Australian Pat Cash, playing
only three weeks after undergoing
an appendectomy, ousted Vilas 6-4,
6-2, 6-3, and John Fitzgerald of Aus
tralia stopped Gomez 6-1, 3-6, 7-6,
6-4.
Also posting victories Tuesday
were three Swedes — No. 5 Stefan
Edberg, No. 6 Joakim Nystrom and
No. 8 Anders Jarryd —r and two
American men, No. 10 Tim Mayotte
and No. 16Johan Kriek.
European teams hope to end futility in West
MEXICO CITY (AP) — No Euro
pean team has won the World Cup
when it has been played in the West
ern Hemisphere. On Wednesday,
three teams from Europe will try to
climb to the last step on the ladder.
France, the
European World Clip
champion, mmmmm—mmmammmmm
West Germany and Belgium are in
the semifinals, along with Argentina,
the only Latin American hope re
maining. The French play the Ger
mans in Guadalajara and the sur
prising Belgians take on Argentina
at Aztec Stadium in Mexico Stadium
today.
European entries have made the
finals before in World Cups held in
this part of the world, but have
never won the championship. In
1978, Argentina beat the Nether
lands for the title at Buenos Aires.
Brazil downed Italy in 1970 in Mex
ico, while in 1962, it was Brazil over
Czechoslovakia in Santiago, Chile.
With the French and Germans
meeting in a replay of their 1982
semifinal —won by West Germany
in a penalty-kick shootout — a Euro
pean entry is guaranteed as a fi
nalist.
“If we play together and stay con
fident, perhaps we can be in the fi
nal,” Belgian Coach Guy Thys said.
“We should have no doubts about
our belonging on the field for the
semifinals after such wins (over the
Soviets 4-3 in extra time and Spain
5-4 on penalty kicks).”
Thys has reinforced his reputa
tion as a master tactician with his
strategies during this tournament.
His use of a zone defense, with six or
seven players moving up and back
together, worked well against the
high-scoring Soviets. That tactic also
confused Spain’s Emilio Butra-
gueno, who equalled a World Cup
record by scoring four goals in the
second round against Denmark. He
didn’t score any against Belgium.
Now, the challenge is Diego Mar
adona, Argentina’s superb striker
who almost single-handedly elimi
nated England in the quarterfinals.
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