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Thursday, June 26,1986/The BattaUon/Page 6 4 Sports Maryland coach says ( 1st-time experiment’ cost Bias his life WASHINGTON (AP) — Uni- fersity of Maryland basketball coach Lefty Driesell said Wednes day there n no drug problem in the school*s athletic program, and the cocaine that killed all-Ameri can Leo Bias was apparendv a first-time experiment for the player, "He's gone because of one mis- take.*' sad Driesell Driesell spoke at a news confer ence where members of Congress called for a national "war on drugs," and the Rev. Jesse Jack- son and Boston Celtics president Red Auerbach said the campaign should include mandatory ran dom drug testing of professional and college athletes Dnesefl said he would partici pate, with Jackson and Auerbach, in a “major summit meeting" on drugs with university presidents, sports coaches and athletic lead ers. Bias, an All American who the Celtics made the second player chosen in the NBA draft ust week, died two days later after a seizure the Maryland state medi cai examiner said was caused by "cocaine intoxication “ / The Maryland state medical examiner said the cocaine Bias apparently snorted was pure and caused the fatal seizure two min utes after entering the athlete's body "We must have a coordinated effort to drive this poison from our culture, said Jackson "Lead ers in athletics must play a lead ing role." ‘Let’s not just mourn this ath lete. whose death is so tragic Let’s take advantage of the pain of this tragedy,” said Rep Charles Rangel. D-N.Y., chairman of the House Select Committee on Nar cotics Abuse and Control. "It is imperative that we begin a massive campaign to teach our children the dangers of drug abuse and to nd our commu nities. once and for all, of drugs. Let's not let Len Bias' death go without swift reaction so we will no longer stand for this senseless destruction." said Rangel. "Leonard died for a purpose," said Driesell. "and I believe that purpose was to bring attention to this committee and the world that drugs, that cocaine is a killer ” Prince George's County au thorities, meanwhile, continued to search Wednesday for Brian Tribble, a friend of Bias' who was with him in the hours before his death. Tribble is a former student at the University of Maryland. Bias death indicates cocaine a 'random killer' BOSTON (AP) — The death of basketball star Len Bias high lights a new image of cocaine that has begun to emerge from case histones and autopsies: The eu phoria-inducing powder is a ran dom kiBer Within the past 18 months, re searchers have started to recog nize that even a single encounter .with the drug can sometimes cause death by stopping the heart. “There are still superb cardio logists who are surprised to find out that cocaine can cause a lethal cardiac event," said Dr. Jeffrey Isner of Tufts Medical School in Boston Isner is one of a small number of researchers who are studying the damaging influence of co caine on the heart. Recently, he reported research on seven young people who were hospital ized or died suddenly because of heart disorders immediately after using cocaine. Yet this complication remained obscure until the sudden death last week of Len Bias, the Univer sity of Maryland basketball star Dr. John Smialek, the Maryland state medical examiner, ruled Tuesday that Bias died of cocaine that disrupted the electrical stim ulation of ms heart. "The most kkelv explanation is that this man was extremely sensi tive to cocaine, as some people are extremely sensitive to almost any drug," said Dr. Lester Grtnspoon, a cocaine expert at Harvard Medical School. *1t’s not clear how rare this is, but it’s not common." However, Isner said heart damage from cocaine probably occurs far more often than is rec ognized, in part because doctors rarely ask heart patients about their illicit drug use. Two effects of cocaine are cer tain: The drug makes the heart beat rapidly, and it raises blood pressure Thu alone could ex plain how cocaine kills people whose hearts are already weak ened by disease. “It’s like taking a person who has pre-existing heart disease and asking him to run a marathon," said Isner It demands more work than the heart can perform Isner said cocaine also in creases the body’s adrenaline sup- This might overstress the t’s electrical system, causing it to beat wildly or stop entirely. CL- Large doses of cocaine can cause death by paralyzing the re gions of the brain that control breathing and heart beat. Whether more ordinary doses can do the same thing in suscepti ble people is unclear. But Isner said that cocaine may interfere with the electrical signals that the brain sends to the heart to keep it beating smoothly. Lendl advances, more seeds upset WIMBLEDON. England (AP) — Top-seeded Ivan Lendl and No. IS Mikael Pernfors. who battled for the title at the French Open, won their matches Wednesday on the grass courts at Wimbledon Lendl, the Cze choslovak right hander playing his second match in two days, breezed past American Marcel Freeman 6-3, 6-2, 6- 2 to move into the third round, while Pernfors, a Swede who honed his game at the University of Georgia, scored a first-round victory over Amencan Mike DePalmer 2-6. 6-4. 6-4, 7-5. But five seeded players fell on the third day of the year's second Grand Slam tennis tournament, including sixth-seeded Kathy Rinaldi, and an other, No. IS Barbara Potter, with drew with a back injury. Potter's spot in the draw was taken by "lucky loser” Ronni Reis of the United States, who defeated Britain’s Amanda Brown 6-1. 5-6, 7-5. Joining Lendl in the third round of the men’s singles were No. 6 Joa- kim Nvstrom of Sweden and No. 10 Tim Mayotte of the United States. Another Amencan. No. 12 Brad Gil bert, advanced to the second round with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Aus tralia’s Mark Woodforde. Posting first-round victories in the women's singles were No. 4 Claudia Kohde-Kilscn of West Germany, No. 8 Manuela Maleeva of Bulgaria, No. 9 Zina Garrison of the United States, No 10 (dbrieb Sa- batini of Argentina, No. 11 Carimg Bas sett of Canada and No. 15 Catarina Lindqvist of Swe den. Rinaldi, was knocked out of the tournament by Na thalie Herreman of France. 7-6, 6-4. Ri naldi won the first three games of the match and had a 5-5 lead in the first set. But the 20-year-old Herreman bat tled back to send the set into a tie- break. which she won 7-5, then ran out to a 4-0 lead in the second set. Rinaldi lost m the semifinals last year to Chris Evert Lloyd. Besides Rinaldi. American Ste phanie Re he. the No. 12 seed, failed to make k out of the first round, los ing to Larisa Savchenko of the Soviet Union 1-6, 6-4, 8-6. Losing second-round matches were No. 8 Anders larryd of Swe den, No. 14 Martin Jaite of Argen- una and No. 16 Johan Kriek of the United States, a semi finalist at the French Open. Lendl was awesome, dominating the out-gunned Freeman. On occa sion the big nght-hander followed his booming serve to the net to finish off points with hard-hit volleys. And when Freeman was foolish enough to attack —which he had to do to have a chance to win — l-endl passed him down the line or flasned a wicked cross-court passing shot to finish off the point. Cosell ‘tells it like it is’ during testimony at NFL-USFL trial NEW YORK (AP) — In sometimes bombastic, often argumentative testimony that drew uproarious laugh ter from the perked courtroom. Howard Cosell said he had been told bv his former boas at ABC that NFL Commissioner Pete Rozetle was unhappy with the net work for giving the USFL a television contract. Coselfs testimony contradicted what the jury at the trial of the USFL's $1.69 billion antitrust suit against the NFL heard earlier from Roone A pledge, who ran ABC’s sports and news division. A pledge testified that Rozetle nad never expressed displeasure over the net work doing business with the USrL. Cosell, who no longer is a commentator or broad caster for ABC TV, was the USFL’s final witness. The NFL will begin its case Thursday by calling former USFL Commissioner Chet Simmons And while he said he was a disinterested witness. Cosell said at one point, "I’m here to help these peo ple,” referring to the USFL. And he also said under c ross-examination that Donald Trump, the owner of the New Jersey Generals, had offered rum a chance to buy into the USFL team. But that was overshadowed by the spectacle of what -came “the Howard Cosell Show" and particularly bv sparring during cross-examination with NFL y Frank Rothman, became Cosell's attorney When he finished. U.S. District Judge Peter K. Leisure remarked to him: "thank you very much, Mr. Cosell, we enjoyed having you with us.” Throughout his 344 hours on the stand, the first 39 minutes of which. Cosell spent talking about himself, he used some of the words, phrases and figures of speech that made him an institution on the network's “Monday Night Football” telecasts. "I'm telling it like it is,” Cosell said half-a-dozen times. At various points, he referred to the Iran hostage crisis; his books; President Reagan. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes; Johnny Carson; Walter Cronkite; Coca-Cola; Dr Pepper; singer Michael Jackson's cross country tour, fignt promoter Don King; the puppet show "Kukla, Fran and OUie” and the time early in nis career, when “I was going, locker room to locker room with a 40-pound tape recorder on my back.” The crux of his testimony was about his discussions with Arledge and Arledge’s former deputy. Jim Spence. USFL al The television issue is critical to the trial — the 'SFL alleges that the NFL pressured the three major .networks into denying k a contract for us switch to a fall schedule is asking that the established league be thrown off at least one network. mg wi irledi very long luncheon” at which Arledge described Ro- zelle's feelings about the USFL. “Roone said to me,” Cosell testified, “you know, you’ve got to understand Pete is all over me on the grounds that I’m sustaining the USFL with the spring contract.”* "When he told me that I was shocked,” Cosell con tinued. “I went back to my office and called in my staff I was shocked by k ana 1 told them that.” Phillies release struggling PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Steve Carlton, the only pitcher ever to win four Cy Young Awards, was given his unconditional release Wednes day by the Philadelphia Phillies after struggling for two seasons with a shoulder injury and control prob lems. “The Steve Carhon era has ended in Philadel- • P h *a” '*am §OS«toaN President Bill Giles said, emotion choking his voice and tears on his cheeks. Several times during the news conference, Giles had to stop to regain his com posure “The decision was mine," said Gdes Giles said that Carlton, whose 318 victories are 10th in the major- league all-time list and sixth in the National League, resisted to the end pleas to retire "He suit thinks he can pitch and win.” Giles said .“It has been 14 memorable and remarkable years. SHORT ON CASH??? The greatest left-hand pitcher in Phillies history and one of the great est pitchers of all time will no longer be pitching in Philadelphia “I want to thank Steve for all he's done for the Phillies and for Phila delphia." Giles concluded his remarks by saying. ”1 apologize for my emo tions.^ Carlton was not at the news con ference, maintaining the silence with the media he imposed some eight years ago because of alleged refer ences to his personal life by writers His last interview was in 1978. Giles said the 41 -year-old Carlton is very hopeful that someone else in baseball will sign him, and Giles said the Phillies had inquiries from an Amencan and National League club. Carlton gave up 25 earned runs and 27 hits through 20 1-3 innings in his last five starts. He is 4-8 for the season with a 6.18 ERA. and has fought to retain command of his C tches and his velocity, as indicated 45 walks in 83 innings. Just last Friday, the Phillies an nounced Carlton had assured them he was healthy and that he could overcome his pitching problems, which he said were mechanical. But on Saturday, Carlton was knocked out by the St. Louis Cardi nals in the latest disaster of a 15.1 in ning stretch in which he looked like a batting practice pitcher. The fig ures for those 15.1 innings show 51 hits, 23 earned runs, 15 walks. 14 strikeouts and an ERA of 13.53. Giles, who steadfastly said the Phillies had no timetable on Carlton and would hang in there with him, explained how he came to his deci sion. “1 had made up my mind in the fifth inning Saturaay," Giles said. “It took me three days to get up enough nerve to tell him '' (•lies said he was ready to release Carlton last Friday, but that the pitcher talked him out of k. West Germany, Argentina to square off in Cup final Ca rlton "I decided at least to give him one more start m my mind. He wanted to pitch until the All-Star game (July 15) to prove one way or the other," Giles said "But watching him on Sat urday night I just couldn’t take it anymore ... It hurt me too much to watch him." In 21 seasons, Carlton posted a re cord of 318-223, and ranks among the top 20 in six all-time pitching cat egories. He holds two major league records, four National League marks and numerous club records. The beginning of the end for Car lton with the Phillies came last year when he suffered a strained rotator cuff in the left shoulder. He went on the disabled list in June for the first time in his career. He returned in September, pitched three games and then was sent home for the balance of the sea son because doctors said he would benefit more from rest. Giles said the Phillies would retire Carlton's uniform number, 32. MEXICO CITY (AP) — West Germany and Argentina both registered 2-0 victories Wednes day to qualify for the World Cup final. West Germany, using a rugged defense to frustrate the fluid French attack, advanced to its sec ond straight world soccer championship game. The West Germans, winners of the tourna ment in 1954 and '74, will face 1978 winner Argentina on Sun day. The final. West Germany’s fifth, a World Cup record, will be at Aztec Stadium here, where Diego Maradona scored both of Argentina’s goals against Bel gium. As he did against England in the quarterfinals, Maradona took charge in the second half. He scored in the 51st minute by beat ing two defenders to a pass from Jorge Burruchaga and tapping the ball over charging goalkeeper Jean-Mane Pfaff. Twelve minutes later, the mag ical striker dribbled between four defenders and beat Pfaff to clinch the win and end Belgium's stun ning run to its first World Cup semifinal ever. France’s best chances were th warted by quick goalkeeper Ha- rald Schumacher He made su perb stops on Jean Tigana and Yannick Stopyra, and also got lucky when Maxime Boasts sent a shot at an open net high over the cage PUBLIC SEMINAR THE SOVIET MILITARY SPACE PROGRAM ss. hours c. noms INI CUTIS m STMTUIC TtOSSXSST THAI «u W mss ITT SYSTW nussnr. Jut V It sou STSSUTS. rsaXTT. STBS? «RS TW UBUC m norms