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DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY 707 SOUTH TEXAS AVE-SUITE 101D COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 7784J0 1 block South of Texas & University Dr. BattaTion Classified 845-2611 Sports Ag trainer lauds drug program 32 N< By Tom Tagliabue Sports Writer The drug-testing policy by the Texas A&M athletic department is one of the most extensive pro grams in the nation, said the trainer in charge of testing. Karl Kapchinski said the pro gram instituted by Athletic Direc tor Jackie Sherrill four years ago concentrates on education and habilitation of the drug user. “We do a more extensive job of trying to educate our kids than probably any other school, not only in the (Southwest) Confer ence, but we’re probably doing one of the best jobs in the nation,” Kapchinski said. “I don’t know many schools that are testing both their men’s and women’s pro grams.” Kapchinski said it would take several pages to list all the drugs the Athletic Department tests for, but “street” or “recreational” drugs like marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines and barbiturates are the drugs it is most concerned with. “We could detect marijuana pretty safely within a two-week period,” Kapchinski said about the drug he finds most often in the urine samples of A&M ath letes. “Cocaine (can be detected) any where from 48 to 72 hours and most other drugs are (about the same), other than possibly those that are stored in the fat of the body, like marijuana. “The other ones are basically wuer soluble and not fat-stored. Here is an outline of the Texas A&M Athletic Department’s drug testing policy: • All athletes are tested in the fall and after spring break. •Every week during the fall and spring semesters athletes are tested randomly. Usually, 10 to 15 percent of the team is selected for testing. Each sport has different selection procedures. • If an athlete tests positively for drug use, the test is sent by an outside laboratory to be verified. • If the laboratory verifies the test, the athlete may have counsel ing session with Athletic Director Jackie Sherrill or the head coach of his or her sport. In addition, the parents of the athlete are notified. A clinical psychologist also meets with the athlete. • The athlete is tested once a week after the initial test. If the ath- late tests positively a second time, he or she may be suspended and may undergo more therapy as well as weekly testing. • If the athlete tests positively a third time, dismissal could be in order. Therefore, they pass through the system.” But how big of a problem is drug use in A&M athletics? According to both Kapchinski and Women’s Athletic Director Lynn Hickey, not as much of a problem as the public is led to be lieve. “In our situation, we don’t have a rampant drug problem,” Hickey said. “I think with the pressure right now, a lot of things are happening in athletics. With the kind of publicity the athletic programs are getting, you almost have to have some kind of system if something (drug-related) does occur.” Hickey said drug use in A&M women’s athletics is “almost ze ro,” and Kapchinski couldn’t esti mate the men’s percentage, but said it is quite a hit lower than the 20 to 25 percent national average claimed by Dr. Robert Murphy of Ohio State last Tuesday. “If (Murphy’s percentage) were the case, we’d be catching a lot more kids,” Kapchinski said. Both Hickey and Kapchinski agree drugs are not strictly a “ma le” or race issue. Assistant Athletic Director John David Crow said although A&M’s numbers are low, “If you have one (athlete) smoking a joint, you have a drug problem. “When I say we have a drug problem. I’m not sure we have a drug problem compared to a lot of places. Certainly it surprises me. It just dumbfounds me to know that a youngster (uses drugs).” Another person surprised by drug use is Men’s Basketball Coach Shelby Metcalf, who said he was shocked when two of his players were arrested for mari juana possession in January. Guard Todd Holloway, who later had the charges against him dropped, and guard Don Mar- bury, who was given a probated sentence, were arrested outside Calvert, six miles northwest of Hearne. “It was the first one I knew about,” Metcalf said. "But now, 1 don’t know. Hey, that happened a week bef ore I found out about it. A Dallas newspaper called me and told me about it. I didn’t know it happened.” The incident changed the team’s drug-testing policy. “I ran into my first problem in January when Todd and Donnie were caught,” Metcalf said. “It really caught me by suprise. We didn’t do random testing any more. By Byl ■ exas i ay i hey h “From that time on, we tested the entire squad. We eliminated our problem right then. (Drug testing) is a heck of a deterrent." But entire team testing would he cost-prohibitive, Kapchinski said, adding that testing each ath lete every week would run into the tens of thousands of dollars. Kapchinski said the Sherrill plan, which is the model for Texas Tech’s new drug-testing plan, was for the most part a one- man creation. "Coach Sherrill did all the work — it was his brainstorming,' Kapchinski said. “He knew what he wanted to accomplish out of it.” NFL drug testing gains mixed reviews (AP) — Members of the Hous ton Oilers say the NFL should have a strong drug program, but some players disagree with Com missioner Pete Rozelle’s solution. “The way he’s gone about it is typical,” Houston nose tackle Mike Stensrud said. “He an nounced it without talking to the players. Two guys (Don Rogers and Ten Bias) overdose, and I, think he’s putting a Band-Aid on the problem for the public.” Quarterback Warren Moon noted that the drug issue was a bargaining point in the most re cent agreement between the team owners and players. “If you change it now, there’s a problem because it means we have no power as a union,” Moon said. “The public will look at it like the players don’t want a pro gram, which is wrong. “The players do want a pro- Players Association to challenge NFL drug program with grievance SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Na tional Football League Players Association President Gene Up shaw on Tuesday accused NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle of “making a grandstand play” by mandating random drug tests for players. The union, meanwhile, filed a grievance to block the plan which is scheduled to be implemented when the players go to training camp this month. Upshaw, who said the players are “not willing to accept that the drug problem has gotten any worse,” called the grievance the first step in what could be a legal challenge to the program an nounced Monday by Rozelle. signs of drug use,” Williams said. "Just because a guy drops a pass, misses a tackle or falls asleep in a team meeting doesn’t mean he’s doing drugs." Cowboys Coach Tom Landry said he expected the independent testing to begin July 13 when vet erans are senedtiled to report to training camp. gram, but we don’t want to lose something without getting some thing in return. I think any change should be agreed on by both sides.” Tight end Jamie Williams said a drastic penalty was good, but the tests should not be performed unless there’s a reasonable suspi cion. “The people who suspect you and decide to give you a drug test should be educated about the “Any program that helps play ers with a problem has to bf good,” Landry said. Dallas linebacker Jesse Penn said it does not matter if some see Rozelle’s policy as an invasion of privacy. “He’s the commissioner and he makes the rules,” Penn said. “If you can’t abide by the rules, you need a new occupation. I’m sure it’s not the way the Players Asso ciation wants to handle it, but 1 think they’ll come to terms, hope fully.” faculty ’JYxas’ < Borate 1 bit 1 to ho Texas § an a ■school Bilty a )bs lowe >u|g et f° Dr. Cli 'acuities, ■ng an itiempts tplears t< ™The v I says. 1 £ vultu iov we’re hespecti Phillip; life for t(etch tl (inside ^&N1 faa ■When tot to ha ■try to ■ mom Board Betary Ktard is B is c aiding d Presna nything ■id's a ay that Bwed tl strong lining :nce. But th eads mi ■the t i&M is i es are I ive. - he Goodwill Gomes Bubka vaults 19-8 3 /4; controversy mars 1,500 run MOSCOW (AP) — Pole vaulter Sergei Bubka soared through the Moscow night to a world record of 19 feet, 8 :, /i inches Tuesday at the Goodwill Games, where competition assignments and a Pentagon deci sion brought controversy. One U.S. track official described the assigning of Soviet runners to heats where they would have the most advantage as “international bush league.” On only his third jump of the warm, muggy night at Lenin Sta dium, Bubka, his face intense as he waited at the end of the runway, Hipped easily over the bar to add one-half inch to the mark he set in Paris last July 13. In one of Tuesday’s earliest events, another Soviet athlete, cyclist Ericka Salumae, chopped .005 sec onds off her world mark with an 1 1.489-second clocking in a qualifi cation run for the women’s 200-me ter sprint. American athletes won three gold medals in track — Johnny Gray in the men’s 800 and Pam Marshall in the women’s 200, along with the women’s 1,600-meter relay team — to raise the their total for the games to 25. The Soviets won six golds on Tuesday to take over the lead with 28. The overall medal count after Tuesday’s competition stood with the Soviet Union leading the United States 86-74. Concern was voiced Tuesday by some U.S. athletes and officials that the host team was getting an unfair advantage in some events. The men’s 1,500 was split into two sections at the last minute, with the top American miler, Steve Scott, In the women’s 100 hurdles, the top two Americans, Stephanie High tower and 1984 Olympic champion Betina Fitzgerald-Brown, were placed in the same heat and both failed to make the final, which was won by Bulgaria’s lordanka Don- kova in 12.40. Boxing doesn’t start until Friday, but already it has made an impact here. The U.S. boxing team has lost eight members who are in the mili tary because of a U.S. Defense De partment declaration a week ago that the games are a political and commercial exercise. On Tuesday, the remaining box ers began arriving in Moscow. And in Des Moines, Iowa, Robert Hel- mick, president of the U.S. Olympic Committee, blasted the Pentagon decision. placed in the faster section, in whk strategy and physical contact from other world-class runners made his job more difficult. He finished second in his group and third overall while a relative un known, Pavel Yakovlev of the Soviet Union, won the supposedly slower second section in a time good enough for overall victory. MINK terroris a roads istriali; jpdnesd; aulfeur line 65 i The c Juris, Jroad d riddh remote- ewood: bui b. The runnerup, who beat Scott in the first heat, was Soviet Igor Loto rev. Scott’s time was 3 minutes, 40.31 seconds, compared with Yakovlev’s 3:39.36. “I have never seen a meet like this,” Scott said. “Sure, I was second in my heat and I was beaten by a Russian, but according to them I was beaten by two Russians and that makes it twice as had.” wasf 'fission; aft a x-overl nsensu etop ii passed | acre 1 'pn ivec 'White Kegai 'ice to USFL: Supplemental draft was destructive NEW YORK (AP) — The USFL, in its SI.69 billion federal antitrust suit against the NFL, contended Tuesday that the NFL held a supple mental draft of USFL players in 1984 in an effort to destroy the younger league. USFL attorney Harvey Myerson said of the 76 players chosen in the supplemental draft, 39 signed with NFL clubs. Players from the Ca nadian Football League were also chosen in that draft. NFL was drafting and signing play ers while USFL contracts ran through Nov. 1. Schramm, however, contended that the players contracts expired at the end of J une and became eligible when the players played their last games of the USFL spring-summer season. Myerson said, during the cross- examination of Tex Schramm, the Cowboys president and general manager lied when he testified Mon day that the NFL did not sign any. USFL players who were still under contract. Mverson’s contention was that the Myerson pointed out that two for mer USFL players, Todd Fowler and Maurice Carthon, had signed with NFL clubs while still under con tract with their USFL club. He added the Cowboys held conversa tions with Herschel Walker, the New Jersey Generals running back, whose USFL contract expires in 1989. “You knew that testimony was false when you gave it,” Myerson said. Major League Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pet. GB W L Pet. Boston 53 29 .646 — New York 55 24 .696 New '(Oi k 46 37 .554 I'M Montreal 44 36 .550 Cleveland 43 36 .544 H'M Philadelphia 40 40 .500 Baltimore 43 38 .531 9'M Pittsburgh 33 46 .418 Toronto 44 41 .518 lO'/i St. Louis 33 47 .413 Milwaukee 40 40 .500 12 Chicago 32 46 .410 Detroit 39 42 .481 13 '/> West Division West Division California 44 37 .543 San Francisco 45 37 .549 Texas 44 38 .537 '/> Houston 45 38 .542 Chicago 37 43 .463 (i'M San Diego 42 40 .512 Kansas Cir v 37 45 .451 7'M Atlanta 41 42 .494 Minnesota 36 46 .439 S'M Cincinnati 37 43 .463 Seattle 36 49 .424 10 Los Angeles 37 45 .451 Oakland 32 53 .376 14 I .ate Caines Not Included Late Carnes Not Included GB Tuesday’s Games Seattle 8. Toronto 5 Boston 8. Oakland 7 New York at Texas, (n) California at Milwaukee, (n) Cleveland at Chicago, (n) Detroit at Minnesota, (n) Baltimore at Kansas Citv. (n) Tuesday’s Games Houston 4. 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