Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1986)
Page 12/The Battalion/Thursday, November 13, 1986 Red Sox pitcher Clemens earns AL Cy Young Award KATY (AP) — Roger Clemens, the Boston Red Sox’ right-hander who came bac k f rom shoulder sur gery to lead the major leagues with 24 victories, became only the third unanimous winner of the American League Cy Young Award on Wednesday. “These honors are great, but in a heartbeat I would trade them all to be wearing that World Championship ring,” said Clemens, whose Red Sox were beaten by the New York Mets after Coming within one sti ike of winning the World Se ries. Clemens, at his home in Katy, about 30 miles from Houston, said he hoped he or his teammate Jim Rice would win the league’s Most Valuable Player Award, which will be announced next week. Aware that pitchers usually do not win that honor, he said, “A lot of the oldtimers have told me that I have changed their minds about that.” The voting, as with all the Base ball Writers Association Awards, was completed before the postseason games. Clemens joined Detroit’s Denny McLain and New York’s Ron Guidry as the AL’s only unanimous Cy Young winners since the baseball writers began giving the award to the best pitcher in each league in 1967. “There were several outstanding pitchers in the league this year, but only one Roger Clemens,” Boston Manager John McNamara said. “It would have been the robbery of the century if he hadn’t won.” In his first full season with the Red Sox, Clemens set a major league record by striking out 20 batters in a 3-1 victory over Seattle last April 29. He won 14 games before absorbing the first of his four losses in a 4-2 de feat by Toronto on July 2. He beat every team in the league at least once while leading the AL with a 2.48 ERA and finishing second to Seattle’s Mark Langston in strike- outs, 245 to 238. Clemens, who pitched Texas to the College World Series championship before signing with the Red Sox as a No. 1 draft pick in 1983, received the maximum 140 points in the voting. He was the top choice of all 28 writers, two in each league city. McLain was a unanimous choice in 1968 and Guidry in 1978. On a 5-3-1 point basis, Milwau kee’s Ted Higuera was second with 42 points and California’s Mike Witt was third with 35. Reagan honors Mets for World Series win WASHINGTON (AP) -y Presi dent Reagan toasted baseball’s fin est Wednesday, welcoming a dele gation of the World Series champion New York Mets to the White House and proclaiming them the pride of America. “You have certainly done your selves, the city of New York and all America proud,” Reagan said in congratulating the handful of players, including pitchers Dwight Gooden and Bob Ojeda and catcher Gary Carter, who joined him at the Rose Garden cere mony. Mets Manager Davey Johnson, who had been on an exhibition tour of Japan, was not on hand, nor were such key members of the team as first baseman Keith Her nandez, outfielders Darryl Straw berry and Mookie Wilson and pitcher Ron Darling. Reagan recalled the 1962 Mets, a hapless bunch that posted a 40- 120 record and prompted Casey Stengel to question, “Can’t any body here play this game?” “Well, not only did the Mets show America that the ‘Other Team from New York’ could play this game, they did it their way — the Mets made ’em say, ‘Ya Gotta Believe,’ ’’the president, a self-de scribed Chicago Cubs fan, told the audience of players’ wives and members of the New York con gressional delegation. Reagan commented on the Mets’ comebacks over the Boston Red Sox in Games 6 and 7 to win the World Series. “You came back to epitomize what that other bard of baseball, Yogi Berra, once said — ‘The game isn’t over ’til it’s over,’ ” the president said. Carter presented Reagan with an orange-and-blue Mets warm up jacket, with the name Reagan emblazoned on the back, and handed Vice President George Bush a Mets cap. Letters show UT didn’t make SWC allegation^ AUSTIN (AP) — A newspaper that has obtained letters from the University of Texas to the NCAA re ported Wednesday that nothing in the cofrespondence indicates the school informed the NCAA of po tential rule violations by any South west Conference school. Seven letters were released to the Austin American-Statesman in re sponse to a request for UT’s corre spondence with the NCAA. The newspaper’s request was made un der terms of the state Open Records Act. The newspaper reported that the letters contained the school’s re sponses to five allegations about im- proprities in UT athletics and accuse a non-SWC school of violations in its swimming program. Parts of some letters were deleted by order of Attorney General Jim Mattox to protect the privacy of stu dent-athletes. The American-Statesman said “nothing in the documents” indi cates that UT informed the NCAA of possible rules violations by South ern Methodist University or other Southwest Conference schools, as has been suggested by some. The American-Statesman re quested the documents on March 24, 1986. The university initially declined to release certain letters, saying that to do so would violate restrictions on the release of academic records and invade the privacy of people men tioned in the letters. Mattox ruled last week that UT could withhold letters or parts of let ters naming people who matric ulated at UT, but he said the univer sity was required to release the other information. One letter obtained by the Ameri can-Statesman told the NCAA that UT had arranged “improper trans portation” for a high school football player in 1985 and had “immedi ately terminated” its recruiting ef forts once the problem was discov ered. UT Men’s Athletic Director De- Loss Dodds said that matter involv ing high school player Wayne Walker might still be pending with the NCAA. Walker, a wide receiver, went on to attend Texas Tech Uni versity. Dodds said UT investigated the ride and learned that former de fensive assistant Mike Parker had ar ranged for an alumnus to drive Walker from Waco Jeff erson Moore High to Austin for a recruiting visit. Leon Black, UT assistant athletic di rector, said the NCAA allowed alumni to give rides to players on re cruiting visits until three years ago. The NCAA considers actions that tend to produce an improper advan tage in recruiting to be among the most serious violations of its rules. Dodds said UT has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the other mat ters. The American-Statesman said those other matters on which UT corresponded with the NCAf eluded: • Allegations that a former basketball assistant organized season practices, which are to by the NCAA. UT officials said the charge» was substantiated. Dodds saidtk legation was made by aixa school, but he didn’t known one. I he assistant involvedsitKt moved to another university. I • An allegation that bashc coach Boh Weltlich improperly tertained the coach of a recraj prospect and the coach’s wife, f I his involved the recruiting Carlton McKinney, who signedt Tulsa and since has transferrd SMU. Dodds said that whenMci ney. then an all-state forwardl Nixon, made his official visitto!| his coach, Dan McGovern, an coat It's wife accompanied thep UT took McKinney on a boa on Town Lake, and Weltlich in the M< Governs along as “aeon courtesy,” Dodds said in a 19H ter to t he NCAA. • A picture of UT football( See Texas, page 13 California Dreamin’ DANCE and POOL PARTY Sat. Night November 15 7:00pm - 2:00am ATAEROFIT 1. Two Aerofit memberships 2. A weekend in the Hilton’s Jacuzzi suite Two Seiko Watches 3. A Surf board from Pat MacGee Food by: -Hut. Fajita Grill All Kinds of Contests LARGE OPEN DANCE FLOOR Music by: Sneaky Pete & Neon Madmen & KKYS ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE Villa Unibed Way Brazos County United Way Hwy. 60 Maria □ □ Swim Suit & Dance Shoes Optional and Not Mandatory Stage Center presents Thorton Wilder's “Our Town” Nov. 6,7,8 & 13,14,15 A&M Presbyterian Church College Station Adults $6 Students w/ID $4 Tickets at Box Office Senoir Citizens $4 Children under 12$2* Reservations 693- First Presbyterian Church 1100 Carter Creek Parkway, Bryan 823-8073 Dr. Robert Leslie, Pastor Rev. John McGarey, Associate Pastor SUNDAY: Worship at 8:30 AM & 11.00 AM Church School at 9:30 AM College Class at 9:30 AM Bus from TAMU Krueger/Dunn 9:10 AM Northgate 9:15 AM Jr. and Sr. High Youth Meeting at 5:00 p.m. ‘ I Ev Nursery: All Events III lsl_ CARTtrt CREEK PKY Hrst Presbyterian Church tj ■ ■ ii ill ■ ■ _!!!_,ll! ■ ■-irii ■ ■ ii ii ■ ■ ii ii ■ ■ ii m LL Li II II u Contact Lenses ticket available for $4 at the MSC or Aerofit or at the door Only Quality Name Brazos (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Branes-Hinds-Hydrocurve) 59 00 $79^ 79 00 79 00 ■S99: nn -STD. DAILY WEAR SOFT LENSES reg. $79. 00 a pair -STD. EXTENDED WEAR SOFT LENSES reg. $99. 00 a pair -STD. TINTED SOFT LENSES reg. $99. 00 a pair Holiday Sale Ends Dec. 20,1986 Call 696-3754 For Appointment * Eye exam and care kit not included CHARLES C. SCHROEPPEL, O.D., P.C. DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY 707 South Texas Ave., Suite 101D College Station, Texas 77840 1 block South of Texas & University VIS*.