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Drug-testing
clauses called
unenforceable
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal ar
bitrator ruled Wednesday that drug
testing clauses contained in the con
tracts of several hundred major
league baseball players are unenfor
ceable.
“He (arbitrator Tom Roberts)
ruled that the clubs may not get re
sults from any drug tests by bypas
sing the union,” said Donald Fehr,
executive director of the Major
League Players Association.
Fehr said the ruling meant that
the drug testing clauses are illegal.
“Obviously, we’re pleased,” said
Fehr, whose union filed a grievance
against drug testing earlier this year.
“It was the correct decision. It reaf
firmed the basic principle that you
can't bypass the union. Now we go
back and negotiate.”
“I’m very disappointed by the de
cision,” Barry Rona, executive direc
tor of the Players Relations Commit
tee, said. “It’s clear that the real
losers are the players.”
Fehr said the decision “does not
change our conviction that a long
term agreement on a joint drug pro
gram is in the best interest of every
one in baseball, clubs and players al
ike. We are persuaded that the
association and the clubs should es
tablish a jointly administered pro
gram focusing on education, early
diagnosis and treatment by expert
medical personnel in confidential
ity.”
The drug-testing clauses began
appearing in renegotiated, long
term and guaranteed contracts fol
lowing a decision last October by the
major-league owners to end the 1 V2-
year-old anti-drug enforcement pol
icy that had been part of manage
ment’s basic agreement with players.
Steve Yeager, then a catcher with
the Los Angeles Dodgers who later
was traded to Seattle, signed a con
tract in November that included a
drug-and alcohol-testing clause.
Other clubs quickly followed suit in
requiring such clauses.
Joel Youngblood of the San Fran
cisco Giants balked at signing a con
tract that included the testing clause.
Although he later agreed to it, the
Giants withdrew their contract offer.
In accepting presentations on the
grievance, Roberts ordered the Gi
ants to permit Youngblood to sign
and said the outcome of the griev
ance would determine whether the
clauses are enforceable.
USFL begins measures
to up damage award
ol. 82 Nc
NEW YORK (AP) — The USFL,
hit by what amounts to a death sen
tence by a federal court jury, took
the first steps Wednesday in what it
vowed will be a continuing judicial
battle to stay alive.
Harvey Myerson, who for 11
weeks flamboyantly argued the
USFL’s $1.69 billion antitrust suit,
said he was considering approaches
to increasing the damages awarded
by the jury. After finding that the
NFL had monopolized pro football,
the panel assessed the league $1,
trebled under antitrust regulations
to $3.
Myerson and USFL Commis
sioner Harry Usher assailed what
they saw as the contradiction be
tween the finding and the award of a
single dollar, although Judge Peter
K. Leisure’s 155-page charge specif
ically told the jurors they could do
just that.
“The jury found that the NFL vio
lated the antitrust laws and injured
us,” Usher said. “That’s what the
jury found unanimously. For the
NFL to crow after being found
guilty of violating the law and then
go out and crow about having won
— God help this country.”
“It defies logic and common sense
to have an award for $1 for damages
and injuries,” said Myerson. “We’re
talking about a billion-dollar swing.”
Myerson, who met with Leisure
and NFL attorneys for 15 minutes
Wednesday to set a timetable for the
normal post-trial motions, cited
statements given after the verdict by
one of the jurors, Miriam Sanchez.
She said she was in f avor of an award
to the USFL of between $200 million
and $300 million, that at least one
other juror agreed with her, and
that they settled on a dollar because
she thought the judge could then de
cide the award.
However, another juror, Marga
ret Lilienfeld, said she never heard
that larger figure mentioned and
said the jurors were quite aware of
what they were doing when they
awarded the $1. She said die I
figure sin heard was one set! ,
a third member of the panel,81
Stephens, who suggested the
be given $ 1 million.
However, the first pan oH Univt
USFL’s attempt to get a larger AUSTIN
won’t be argued until Sept lC j e propos
date set by Leisure Wednesdj jivt Budge
hearing from both sides. Unive
Myerson said he was consi ijr Survival"
four possible routes to relief: jpe out its
• A request for a newtri. ieState’s ec
on the damages issue, probai ents could
a new jury. He said that isilitj(u| univers
nue he personally favors baq&M.
t lie allegations by Sanchez. That was
• A request for an entirtjjarh White
trial. iall respon
• A request that LeisurecjirIn asses:
out the jury’s finding on d no| of the
and make his own deterni eseurch air
called a “judgment in lieu Ten more f
diet.” In strivin
• A direct plea to the Seco: jeelled to a
cuit Court of Appeals, the ne ecte I $3.5
est court. ■k dhasst
Festival diving springs into actio
HOUSTON (AP) — Michele
Mitchell overcame her own “stupid
ity” Wednesday to take an early lead
in 3-meter springboard diving at the
U.S. Olympic Festival, which already
has set a record for ticket sales.
Revenues from ticket sales have
reached $2 million, easily passing
the $1.3 million high set in India
napolis. Those figures do not in-
clude most of the revenue from
Monday and Tuesday’s events.
At the pool at The Woodlands,
Mitchell, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was
mad at herself for a poor ninth dive,
but still the Olympic silver medalist
compiled 512.49 points in near 100-
degree heat to 512.40 for Wendy
Lucero of Aurora, Colo. Kelly Mc
Cormick of Long Beach, Calif., was
third with 488.61 points.
The men’s preliminaries, featur
ing Greg Louganis, the world’s best
diver, were held later Wednesday.
All the points in the prelimaries are
carried over into today’s finals, with
the top two finishers earning spots
on the United States team for next
month’s World Championships.
“I’m going to try to hit I() of 10
dives tomorrow,” Mitchell said of the
finals. “But I just don’t handle stu
pidity well and that’s what I feel hap
pened on my ninth dive. It infuriates
me.”
Mitchell said she “bolted” out of a
reverse 2!4>-somersault tuck.
“I tried to make the dive happen
instead of waiting for it to happen,”
Mitchell said.
In another water sport, Maureen
O’Toole continued her sensational
scoring pace with eight goals as the
North heat the South 19-12 in water
polo.
O’Toole, who led the women’s wa
ter polo tournament in scoring last
year, set a Festival mark with her
eight goals. The native of Long
Beach, Calif,, had six goals in an ear
lier game here and her 20
equals her seven-game totalotii
“Everyone expects metosoi
lot of goals, but that’s not win
here for.” O’Toole said. “Ijusi
to see the team win.”
Her team is 5-0 and hasdino
spot in the gold-medal game
In another game, Vaunelu
bek had five goals and Jill
added four as the East downt:
winless West 14-8. KadiubeM
Vegas, Nev., has 18 goals m
games.
The North and East hocker
tied 5-5 as that event began
North scored three times in the:
pet iod to gaitt the lie, witH
Keller of Boston UniversityM
with 13 seconds to play.
Team handball also started
the West downing the North
behind five goals by Steve G(»
Davis, Calif.
Grounds crews help ballfields ‘cheai
Editor’s note: This is the second
of a two-part series on the tricks
used to gain an advantage in major
league baseball.
ARLINGTON (AP) — While the
managers and pitchers get most of
the credit — or blame — for trying
to gain an edge in baseball, the
grounds crew also can lend a hand.
Teams with third basemen or
shortstops that lack range keep the
infield grass high to slow ground
balls. At Tiger Stadium, visiting
teams swear you could hide small an
imals in the grass.
Base lines can be manicured so
balls will roll fair or foul. Teams with
hard-throwing pitchers may build
the mound a little higher than the
regulation 10 inches.
“No question about it,” says one
scout and former manager. “Shea
Stadium (New York Mets) has one of
the highest mounds in baseball.”
A high mound makes hard throw
ers like Dwight Gooden seem even
more fearsome.
When Maury Wills managed the
Seattle Mariners, he ordered the
Kingdome batter’s box to be out
lined a foot forward of where it was
legal.
Rick Langford was pitching for
Oakland that night, and Wills
wanted his hitters to be able to move
up and try to hit his curve before it
broke down. It didn’t work. Martin,
then managing the A’s> noticed it
right away.
Now that he’s retired, Amos Otis
admits he used a corked bat for
years while playing with the Kansas
City Royals. Cork is supposed to
make the ball jump off the bat.
St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Oz-
zie Smith occasionally will trick a
runner who isn’t paying attention.
Say there’s a runner at first who is
going with the pitch. The batter
pops the ball up, but the runner
doesn’t know exactly where it is.
Smith will pretend he’s going to take
a toss from second baseman Tommy
Herr to start a double play. The run
ner slides and is easily doubled off
first.
Dodgers catcher Mike Scioscia is
known in the National League for
the way he gets runners at the plate.
He’ll stand behind home, then at the
last moment step into the baseline. If
all goes the way Sciosia has it
planned, the runner will trip and
miss the plate and be tagged out.
However, when most fans think
about trickery, it inevitably comes
back to stealing signs.
“Every day, it’s tried,” Valentine
said. “I’d say we know what the
pitcher is going to throw in about ev
ery fourth game. Usually you get
that from something the pitcher is
tipping off.”
“Stealing signs from the third base
coach is done, but not as often as
stealing the sign the manager gives
when he wants a pitchout,” Valen
tine said. “A lot of managers want to
call the pitchouts these days.”
Some teams will go to great
lengths to figure out the catcher’s
signs. Years ago, according to lore,
the Cleveland Indians hitters at
home had only to look at the Indians
logo on the scoreboard. If both eyes
were open, it was a fastball. If the
mascot was winking, a breaking ball
was on the way.
Bernie Brewer, Milwaukee’s mas
cot who used to sii in a perch above
center field, was suspected of pick
ing up the signs and letting the bat
ters know by clapping. It may have
just been a coincidence, but he wore
white gloves that made his hands
easier to see.
Valentine, then a Mets third base
coach, swears the Cubs stole signs at
Wrigley Field in 1984. He says the
center field camera man would alert
the hitters by the way he raised and
lowered his arms.
There has been a longstani
suspicion that Bobby Tnomss
home run off Ralph Branca,In
tine’s father-in-law, that gave
New York Giants the pennam
1951, came after Thomson '
tipped off what pitch Branca'
about to throw.
“Imagine that,” Valentine
“One of the most famous gam
baseball may have been decided
stolen sign.”
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
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New York
66
31
.680
Boston
59
41
.590
Montreal
50
47
.515
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Baltimore
55
46
.546
Philadelphia
49
50
.495
18
New York
56
46
.549
St. Louis
46
53
.465
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Detroit
54
47
535
Chicago
43
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Toronto
54
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Pittsburgh
40
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Cleveland
52
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Milwaukee
49
50
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West Division
West Division
Houston
57
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California
54
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540
San Francisco
52
48
.520
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Texas
52
50
.510
San Diego
49
51
.490
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Kansas City
46
55
.455
Los Angeles
48
52
.480
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Chicago
44
56
.440
Cincinnati
47
51
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Seattle
45
58
.437
Atlanta
46
54
.460
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Minnesota
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58
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Oakland
44
59
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Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 2
St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 3
San Francisco at Los Angeles, (n)
Cincinnati at San Diego, (n)
Chicago at New York, (n)
Texas 5. Baltimore 3,11 innings
Milwaukee 5, New York 0
California 6, Oakland 2
Detroit 11, Cleveland 3
Chicago 7, Boston 2
Seattle 4, Minnesota 2
Toronto at Kansas City, (n)
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