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TAKE A ROAD TRIP TO ONLY $100.00 San Antonio F ~ Includes: 2 nights lodging " Roundtrip transportation April 24-26 Deadline for Signup April 15 Sign up 216 MSC for more info call 845-1515 Gooden (continued from page 9) Despite rumors circulating during the 1986 season that Gooden was on drugs, his teammates said they never would have guessed. “I heard the same rumors that you heard,” said Ray Knight, the Mets third baseman, now with Balti more. “But I never saw any indica tion of any changes in his personal ity. But then again, I don’t know what you look for. What do you look for? “When I was in his presence, he was always the same,” Knight told the New York Post, “and I observed him closely.” Gooden’s 1986 season was rife with erratic behavior that might have suggested drug use, Yancovitz said. Before spring training even had begun last year, Gooden tried to hide an ankle injury. Then, he was fined for missing a spring workout. Initially, he said he was in a car acci dent, and that turned out to be un true. In April, Gooden, his sister and his fiancee were detained by police at LaGuardia Airport after an argu ment with a rental-car agent. At the same time, Gooden’s per formance fell off. He was 24-4 in his Cy Young campaign of 1985, but 17- 6 last year. After giving up 17 hits and eight earned runs in nine in nings of two World Series losses, Gooden missed the Mets ticker tape parade. He said he overslept. Last Dec. 13, he was arrested along with a nephew and three other friends after a late-night fight with Tampa police. Gooden had been pulled over in his silver Mercedes- Benz while on his way back from a basketball game. And, last month, Gooden’s girlfriend, Carlene Pear son, pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen .38-caliber handgun that she had tried to carry through a metal detector at LaGuardia on jan. 30. “Not waking up? That’s glaring. Sweating? It could be a symptom," Yancovitz said. “The mood swings, inappropriate behavior, inability to tolerate the little troubles we have in everyday life . . . it’s very symptoma tic, very suspicious.” Gooden to begin rehabilitation NEW YORK (AP) — Dwight Gooden checked into a New York drug rehabilitation center Thursday to begin treatment for cocaine use while the World Series champion Mets juggled their plans to start the season. Gooden walked briskly into the Smithers Alcoholism and Treatment Center accompanied by men who kept reporters from talking with him. A van had met Gooden’s Delta Air Lines flight from his home in Tampa to LaGuardia Airport on the tarmac and whisked him to the fa cility on Manhattan’s East Side. It was not known how long Gooden, 22, would remain at the center. The average rehabilitation period at Smithers is 28 days, said Joyce Walker, in charge of commu nity liaision for the center. Gooden was placed on the 15-day disabled list. His attorney, Charles Ehrlich, said the pitcher “hopefully will be back in four to six weeks” while Mets General Manager Frank Cashen said his “gut feeling” was Gooden would miss at least two months. “Cocaine is a very serious thing and not easy to conquer,” said team mate Keith Hernandez, among 11 players who were conditionally sus pended by Commissioner Peter Ue berroth in March 1986 for their con nection with cocaine. Gooden checked into Smithers a day after the Mets said a voluntary test revealed their ace had a “drug use problem.” Gooden chose to seek treatment rather than face suspen sion by Ueberroth. The announcement came less than a week before Gooden was scheduled to start opening day against Pittsburgh at Shea Stadium. Bobby Ojeda, 4-0 with an 0.68 earned run average against the Pi rates last season, will pitch Tuesday in place of Gooden, who is 6-0 with a 1.49 ERA in his career versus Pitts burgh. Gooden’s trouble, along with her nia surgery Monday that will put re liever Roger McDowell out of action for two months, took a big chunk out of the best pitching staff in baseball. Johnson and his players maintain they had no idea Gooden had any kind of drug problem. Rumors link ing Gooden and cocaine began sur facing last summer as he became in consistent for the first time in his career. His record fell from 24-4 in 1985, when he won the National League Cy Young award, to 17-6, while his ERA rose from 1.53 to 2.84. Gooden also continued to be in volved in a string of off-the-field in cidents, capped by a fight with Tampa police Dec. 13 that led to fel ony charges. Gooden pleaded no contest and was placed on probation. Expansion of NBA may occur in NEW YORK (AP)—The J expansion committee red mended Thursday that ;| league expand to 26 team!I adding franchises in Chain N.C.; Min neapolis and eiditi i ami or Orlando, Fla., for i 1988-89 and 1989-90 sea® The five-men liter comma recommended that Chattel admitted for the 1988-89sei!i Minneapolis the followingsed and the Florida teaminontl those two seasons. A decision between Miamia Orlando will be madeb'il league in October. Each city would pay$32.5a lion foi its franchise if the M Board of Governors goes ;l with the recommendationk:I meets April 22 in New Yort| three-quarters vote of then is needed for a franchise toIkI cepted. “We’re extremely dt We were such a long shot ctl date,” said Dan Lohwassej spokesman for NBA Cl “People even locally didn'tgwl much of a chance of even mici it, much lesscomingoutKo.il course, it still has togetbj NBA Board of C Jovemors, sj st ill have some work todo. “We won’t make any tvpj real decisions until after d 22,” said Bob Stein, the atitj for the group which would rettl pro basketball to Minneafl where the Los Angeles 1 | franchise originated. “Now&tf just hoping the restofthel&| agrees.” SMU near decision on fate of football in 1988 season DALLAS (AP) — Southern Methodist Interim President Wil liam Stallcup said Thursday he will decide within the next few days whether to scrap SMU’s 1988 football season. “I haven’t gotten all the infor mation I need to make a deci sion,” Stallcup said after a meet ing of the interim executive committee of the board of trust ees. “I’m trying to keep an open mind until I get all the facts.” The NCAA has banned SMU’s 1987 football season and limited the Southwest Conference school to seven road games 1988. The penalties, announced in Feb ruary, stemmed from $61,000 in payments to 13 Mustang football players. “I’m trying to talk to different constituencies of the university to get their feelings on (dropping football),” said Stallcup, adding that interim athletic director Dudley Parker has not yet deter mined how many players will stay at SMU to play next year. But even if there are enough players, he said he might decide to cancel the 1988 season out of safety considerations. “Even if there were enough to field a team, you’ve got guys play ing against numbers four timeras large,” he said, adding that hav ing a small team with walk-ons who might not be in top condition increases the risk of injuries. Stallcup said the potential loss of football revenue in 1988 was not figuring in his decision. There may be an advantage in bringing the football program “to a complete halt and starting fresh and clean. If we give up the ’88 season we could get off to a better start in 1989,” Stallcup said. SMU officials have discussed scheduling fall events such as Homecoming and Parents’ Week end, which have traditionally cen tered around football, around soccer. Stallcup said such a deci sion has not been made, but that he supports the idea. “I like the idea of playing our sports events on campus,” he said. The soccer team plays on Ownby Field on the SMU cam- E us; the Mustangs football team ad been playing in Texas Sta dium in nearby Irving. Stallcup called the first meet ing of the interim committee — appointed Mar. 20 after the board of trustees abolished the Board of Governors — routine. He said the committee heard pro gress reports from several trustee groups. Hagler isn’t intimidated by Leonard’s comeback LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Mar velous Marvin Hagler is aware of Sugar Ray Leonard’s popularity, but he also is secure in his talent and in his place in boxing. “Just because he won a gold medal and became America’s sweetheart, doesn’t mean I’m a bum,” said the middleweight champion, who will fight Leonard in a scheduled 12- round bout Monday night at Caesars Palace. Leonard is coming out of retire ment for the challenge, and a lot of boxing people think the challenge is too late. Leonard, who won a gold medal in the Olympics almost 12 years ago, has had just two fights in almost 62 months. His last fight was a ninth- round knockout of Kevin Howard May 11, 1984. “I don’t believe he has any busi ness in there with me right now,” Hagler said Thursday. “He’s been sitting on the other side (outside) of the ring (as a television boxing ana lyst) and thinking he has the tools to do it. That’s great. It makes me a lot of money.” Hagler is guaranteed $12 million, and promoter Bob Arum said that Hagler should get at least $15 mil lion. Leonard is guaranteed $11 mil lion. “I need a new breath of air, like something to motivate me,” Hagler said of Leonard’s challenge, which has been criticized in some quarters because of retinal surgery op ard’s left eye that promp retired in 1982. “I’m not thinking aboulfe] Hagler said. "He’s theonelM the choice. I’m goingiitthereJ job. My job is to defend t middleweight championship “Just because he gold medal and America’s sweetH doesn’t mean I’m a l Marvelous MarvinBi Hagler is a 2'/2-l favorite !‘i bout at a soldout 15,300^1 door stadium. It is being satK as title fight by the World! Council. The International Boxing J ation recognizes Hagler as 1 pion, but would declare the^J cant should Leonard win. Leonard has said he do what titles are at stake be challenge of fighting Hai enough for him. Asked about his plans, said, “I like to take one stepaij 1 ] I’ll see what happens. I'm« fights from breaking Carlo 1 zon’s record. Should Hagler beat Leons 1 ) would need two victories r Monzon’s record of 14 siitf 1 middleweight title defenses