Wednesday, August 6, 1986/The Battalion/Page 5
'Strangely mediocre'
McEnroe wins Ist-round
match to end sabbatical
■ STRATTON MOUNTAIN, Vt.
(Al’) — John McEnroe made a tri
umphant return to tennis Tuesday
in what he called “a strangely medio-
jCrc match.”
■ Then the man the British tabloids
have called “Mac the Mouth” held a
■-minute news conference, his first
n)cdia appearance since the birth of
h s son and his marriage to actress
■atum O’Neal.
■ “It did feel a little bit strange” said
McEnroe, playing his first match
since mid-January, when he lost to
Brad Gilbert in the Volvo Masters
tournament. “I never really got into
a flow. But it felt good being out
there.”
I With his wife and parents watch-
jig, McEnroe ended his self-im-
■osed sabbatical with a 7-5, 6-3 first-
Irpund victory over Marko Ostoja of
Yugoslavia in the $315,000 Volvo
International tennis tournament.
Also posting first-round victories
were top-seeded Ivan Lendl, No. 8
Paul Annacone, No. 9 Johan Kriek
and No. 12 Robert Seguso.
But lOth-seeded Jimmy Arias and
No. 11 Matt Anger were upset on
the warm, sunny day on the hard
courts nestled high in the Green
Mountains.
“It’s going to take me some time to
really play my best,” the left-handed
McEnroe said. “I felt like I served
pretty well. I just felt tentative on the
ground strokes and was a little bit
out of synch.
“I felt flat out there for some rea
son. I’m happy that I won ... I ex
pect more out of myself, but if it
doesn’t work out for awhile, I’m just
going to have to accept that.”
The strokes' that have carried
McEnroe to seven Grand Slam sin
gles titles were in evidence on this
bright, warm dav. but the sharpness
was missing. He seemed content to
work his way into the net where he
could knock off winning volleys.
Only occasionally did he attempt to
hit outright winners, and those occa
sions came late in the match.
Ostoja, who lost in the qualifying,
but was inserted into the main draw
when veteran Brian Teacher was
forced to pull out of the tournament
with a bad back, battled McEnroe
evenly through the first eight games.
Then, in the ninth game, he was the
first to reach break point on McEn
roe’s service.
But the New Yorker pulled to
deuce with a service winner, took the
ad point with his third ace of the
match and closed out the game when
Ostoja sailed a backhand service re
turn long. The challenger would
never again get that close to break
ing McEnroe’s serve.
Erving to stay
with 76ers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Julius
Erving made it official Tuesday, say
ing he would remain with the Phila
delphia 76ers for what what may be
his final year in professional basket
ball.
“I’ve chosen Philadelphia over
Utah as a place to live and to work,”
the 36-year-old NBA star said at a
crowded news conference.
Erving, known as Dr. J, said that
Philadelphia, where he has played
for 10 years, represents “the hub of
my personal business and my fami
ly’s needs. I belong here today, to
morrow and probably always.”
Owner Harold Katz said that he
and Erving had agreed in principle
for another year with the 76ers.
“The deal is basically the deal that
Julius had last year with some addi
tional incentives,” Katz said, denying
published reports that he had in
creased Ervin g’s salary of
$ 1,485,000 b v an estimated
$300,000.
The Utah Jazz, in trying to lure
Erving, was prepared to present an
offer sheet for $3.8 million over two
years. Katz acknowledged that it was
“far greater than what he will get
here.”
hanges suggested for UH program
I HOUSTON (AP) — A special
lommittee at the University of
Houston Tuesday recommended 25
■han ;es the school should make in
its athletics program, including an
Bmphasis on having more athletes
■raduate.
■ The committee, reporting on re-
■ultsof an internal investigation, also
■ecommended changes in policies on
admission, academic performance
l and financial support of athletes.
1 But school officials refused to dis
close the results of another investiga
tion of UH athletics conducted by
| Houston attorney Walter Zivley.
The two investigations were trig-
ered by newspaper reports earlier
Jhisyear that several former Cougar
football players were given cash and
eceived favors from coaches, in-
luding head coach Bill Yeoman.
Payments to players and granting
of favors, such as use of gasoline
credit cards and arrangement of
bank loans, would violate NCAA
rules and could mean penalties for
the football program.
After three months and inter
views with dozens of players and
coaches, Zivley has finished his in
vestigation, said Michael Johnson,
interim athletic director.
But Johnson said at a news con
ference he could not comment on
the findings until the NCAA had
finished its own investigation. He
said he did not know when that
would be.
“I’m afraid that’s all I can say at
this time,” Johnson said.
He confirmed Zivley had talked to
UH-University Park Chancellor
Richard Van Horn about his find
ings. But the attorney has not writ
ten a report, Johnson said.
One regent, Don Sanders, said he
did not know details of Zivley’s in
vestigation, but said no wrongdoing
was found.
“I would assume that if there were
anything bad we would have heard
about it,” Sanders said.
Hugh Walker, vice president for
academic affairs, said Tuesday af
ternoon that the other investigation
revealed problems between . aca
demic departments and athletes.
Academic department officials
did not understand athletes’ special
problems such as scheduling, and
the departments did not always help
the athletes, he said.
Walker said about 50 percent of
the athletes are admitted through
“special admission” procedures and
do not meet regular admission crite
ria. He said the school wants cut that
amount to about 25 percent in the
next three to five years.
The special committee, which in
cluded representatives from the fac
ulty and administration, suggested
the school seek higher admission
scores for athletes, that an academic
committee evaluate requests for spe
cial admissions and that all student
athletes work toward a degree as re
quired by NCAA standards and in a
period of five academic years.
The panel also recommended that
all student athletes declare an aca
demic major after completing the
basic skills portion of the required
core curriculum.
USFL players face uncertain future in football
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NEW YORK (AP) — USFL players, faced with
second year of inactivity, still had no inkling
Tuesday where or when they would next play
football. Except for about a dozen, the outlook
Aas bleak.
A committee headed by Jacksonville Bulls
wner Fred Bullard was scheduled to meet
hursday with representatives of the USFL play-
rs’ union to decide how to deal with the league’s
00 to 500 players whose futures became uncer-
:ain following the league’s decision Monday to
suspend operations for 1986.
It was clear what most of the players wanted —
he freedom to play in the NFL. It was also clear,
however, that aside from the likes of Herschel
/alker, Jim Kelly and a few more, that most
SFL players would be lucky just to get a tryout.
The consensus was that most of them, who
ave not played since the league finished its third
eason last July, will be set free from their USFL
bligations.
think it would difficult to argue legally that
there is a present intention by the USFL to play
that allows the players to fulfill their obligations
under tftr contract,” said Leigh Steinberg, an at
torney who represents USFL players. “Under Others didn’t have that kind of choice,
those circumstances, they have to let them go^^w " - 5 "My car-eer has been pretty checkered. This
It appeared that the earliest any could sign
with the NFL would be Friday, the day after the
meeting. In the interim, the NFL ordered its
teams to refrain from talking to USFL players.
That did not sit well with the players or their
agents, who were worried that the three weeks of
training camp lost could never be made up.
“It’s a matter of time,” said Steinberg in a com
ment echoed by officials, scouts and general
managers in both leagues. “We’re already into
the exhibition season and every day is critical.
Anybody who goes into camp now is at a real dis
advantage.”
Kelly, the record-breaking quarterback, said
he was ready to begin negotiations with the Buf
falo Bills, the team he has shunned in the three
years since they made him their first pick in the
1983 NFL draft.
But Walker, who has a personal services con
tract with New Jersey Generals owner Donald
Trump, said he had not decided whether to try
to join the Dallas Cowboys, who own his NFL
rights.
may be checkmate,” said Ken Dunek, a journey
man tight end with the Baltimore Stars.
Most NFL officials agreed that description
would apply to most USFL players.
“There just aren’t a lot of players there,” said
an official of one NFL team who asked for ano
nymity because of the league’s concern about
tampering.
“They haven’t played for a year so you can’t
expect them to be in very good shape, or very
sharp. And most of the stuff has been picked
over already. Most of the better players came
over last year.”
One possible opening might be an expansion
of NFL rosters from 45 to 49. Cleveland Browns
owner Art Modell, who voted to reduce rosters
last year, said he had changed his mind and
would move to expand them again when league
owners meet in New York next Wednesday.
“We’d be creating 112 new jobs,” he said.'“It
would be good public relations. And it would
help some of those USFL guys,” Modell said.
Trevino slowing, but still among golf’s elite
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Lee Tre
vino’s position among golfs great
players is secure; his place in the his
tory of the game is assured; his
plaque already is on the wall at the
■Vorld Golf Hall of Fame.
His rags to riches saga is part of
he legend and lore of the game.
His brash and brassy personality,
his quick wit, his endless one-liners
■nade him one of the most popular
; players golf has known.
Trevino’s record is highlighted by
two U S. Open titles, consecutive
British Open triumphs, a pair of
PGA victories and that unique blitz
in 1971 when, in a one-month pe
riod, he swept the U.S., Canadian
and British Opens.
His schedule is reduced now. It
has been curtailed by age (he is 46)
and injury (a major back problem
that threatened his career) and a fi
nancially-rewarding contract as a
television commentator.
He has played only 10 times on
the PGA Tour this year.
That he plays effectively is not in
doubt. He has made the cut in all 10
starts, twice has been among the top
10 finishers, and has won $74,315.
But he plays with a different atti
tude, a different approach now than
he did during his glory years.
When the time comes around for
golfs great championships, when
the world’s great players gather for
major tests, however, the chattering
Trevino still can be a factor.
It could happen again this week in
the 68th PGA that begins Thursday
at the Inverness Club.
“It all depends on the putting,”
Trevino said. “I’m not the putter
now I once was. I never will be. But
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
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East Division
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61
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New York .
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Baltimore 9, Texas 2
California 13, Minnesota 1
Tuesday’s Games
Detroit 6, Cleveland 5,1st game
Detroit 11, Cleveland 9,2nd game
Milwaukee 2, New York 1, (10)
Chicago 3, Boston 1
Kansas City 8, Toronto 6
Oakland at Seattle, (n)
Chicago 8, New York 5
Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 0
St, Louis?, Philadelphia 4
Atlanta at San Diego, (n)
Houston at Los Angeles (n)
Cincinnati at San Francisco, (n)
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the movies’ “Rocky.” Back again for
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“Rocky I” w f as last year — I wmnt
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Spivak. “And this year I’m going to
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making the team — yes, ‘Rocky IT’
“Sylvester Stallone, when he made
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about the indomitable spirit of
man,” said Spivak, a former Illinois
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Ditka noted that the Bears already
have four big and talented offensive
guards in 6-5 Kurt Becker, 6-6 Mark
Bortz, 6-3 Stefan Humphries and 6-
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But Spivak’s stock rose when
Humphries broke a toe in practice
July 23. Humphries is not expected
to be healthy until the regular season
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Spivak, a two-time All-Missouri
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“If I didn’t think my chances were
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