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IRVING (AP) — Baseball great
Mickey Mantle was cheerful and
jeady to go home, following tests
lhat showed chest pains he suf
fered probably stemmed from
stress syndrome, a doctor said
[Tuesday.
I “Mr. Mantle has had no pre-
I’ious history of heart problems.
|He does have evidence of bron
chitis and has had physical symp-
■oms suggesting stress syndrome
- chest pains, shortness of
ireath and dizziness,” said Dr.
^lichael Rothkopf, medical direc
tor of Irving Heart Institute.
| He said Mantle’s heart ap
peared normal and his condition
ivas probably caused by “too
inany pressing social en
gagements.”
f The former New York Yan
kees star underwent cardiac ca
theterization, a diagnostic proce-
bure that allows doctors to
Examine heart chambers for ab-
hormalities. “He’s in good spirits
and ready to go home. As far as
medical advice, we’ve recom
mended he rest and slow down,”
Rothkopf said.
Mantle, 55, probably will be
discharged from Irving Commu
nity Hospital on Wednesday,
Rothkopf said. Mantle was listed
in stable condition in the hospi
tal’s intermediate coronary care
unit, hospital spokeswoman Ra
mona Bevir said.
Mantle, who lives in Dallas, ex
perienced chest pain late Sunday
while he was flying to Dallas.
The Hall of Fame slugger has
released a brief statement saying
that he was tired but feeling well.
He was inducted into the Base
ball Hall of Fame in 1974.
Mantle broke in with the Yan
kees in 1951, replacing Joe Di-
Maggio in center field. He won
the American League Triple
Crown in 1956 with 52 home
runs, 130 runs batted in and a
.353 batting average.
itrativi
tales
Brewers remain unbeaten
^.JmLHMORK (AP) — Five Mil-
^*M®Bukee players homered as the
^ Brewers remained unbeaten in eight
with a 7-4 victory over the
SB|?BltimoreOrioles 1 uesday night.
P'P'TO’aul Molitor, Robin Yount, Jim
11,1 Burner, Rob Deer and Greg Brock
y* IgSh homered as the Brewers con-
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chise’s history.
Molitor led off the game with the
first of four home runs allowed by
Baltimore’s Ken Dixon, 1-1, who
pitched into the sixth inning.
Yount and Gantner hit their hom
ers in the second and Deer hit in the
sixth. Brock’s came in the sixth off
reliever Tony Arnold.
Sled Sox dispose of Rangers
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■BOSTON (AP) — Don Baylor hit
at ree-run homer in the first inning
Kl A1 Nipper scattered nine hits
Ber eight innings as the Boston Red
Bxdefeated Texas 4-1 Tuesday.
■Nipper, 1-0, lost his bid for his
Ifirst career shutout on Pete Incavig-
■ sthird homer with one out in the
■hth. He struck out five and
late [or(®ked two before giv ing way to Cal-
_h co^iJBSchiialdi, who pitched the ninth
for his first save.
The Red Sox took a quick 3-0 lead
against Ed Correa, 0-1.
Wade Boggs led off the first with
the first of his three consecutive
walks and Bill Buckner singled with
one out. Jim Rice struck out, but
Baylor hit a 3-2 pitch high into the
screen in left for his third homer of
the season and 29th lifetime against
the Rangers.
Sports
Booster bill deserves congratulations
By Doug Hall
Senior Sports Writer
Allow me if you will, to offer one
congratulation and several obser
vations that concern the befuddled
state of affairs
around colle- ■ — ■ ■"
giate athletics, Viewpoint
and more spe-
cifically, the
Southwest Conference.
The congratulation goes out to
the Texas Senate, which on Monday
approved a bill that would allow
Southwest Conference members to
sue over-zealous boosters, who are
responsible for embroiling their re
spective schools in NCAA investiga
tions and ensuing violations.
The bill, which is currently in the
House for further action, was intro
duced by Sen. John Montford, D-
Lubbock.
At the present time, Southern
Methodist, Texas Christian, the Uni
versity of Houston, Texas A&M and
Texas are in one way or another in
volved with an NCAA investigation.
The most publicized case, of course,
being the illegal activities at SMU
that have eliminated their football
program for the next two seasons.
Texas is in the process of appeal
ing some of the 62 allegations that
the NCAA enforcement office is
sued against its football program for
recruiting and illegal payment viola
tions.
BOSTON (AP) — Texas Rangers
manager Bobby Valentine says he’s
not interested in moving to the Los
Angeles Dodgers, squelching a ru
mor that was bolstered when Dodg
ers executive vice-president A1 Cam-
panis was fired last week.
Valentine denied the rumors
Monday, taking advantage of an un
expected break after the Rangers-
Red Sox game was canceled by bad
weather.
“For the record, I would not take
the job with the Dodgers,” Valentine
said. “Just as I would not accept a
nomination for president from the
Republican Party or the job as head
But enough of that humbug. Let’s
look at the most common element in
all the scandals — Boosters who will
pay players to perform at their alma
mater.
This is the very element that
Montford’s bill addresses. Interest
ing to note that Montford is from
Lubbock, home of the penalized Red
Raiders.
All I can say is that it’s about time
somebody did something. The
NCAA seems only to issue penalties
to the schools and no-comments to
the press.
With all the bureaucratical red
tape involved in changing the rules
to allow payments to players and
curbing the tide of infractions, it’s
only a matter of time until the SEC,
the Big Eight and the rest of the ma
jor conferences have two-thirds of
their members under investigations.
An efficient system?
Hardly.
So where do we start. Right now
the Texas House of Representatives
is as good a place as any. Consid
ering the bill passed through the
Senate with no debate or opposition,
Texas just might start a positive
trend.
If passed, the respective institu
tion could sue the responsible alum
nus or booster for financial recourse
due to probationary status.
When placed on probation,
schools usually lose their television
football coach of SMU. I haven’t
been offered any of them, but there
have been a lot of questions (about
the Dodgers).”
Ever since Valentine took over as
manager of the Rangers many have
speculated the job was just a step
ping stone.
A new wave of rumors began with
last week’s firing of Campanis after
he said on national television that
blacks might not have “the neces
sities” to hold down high-level base
ball positions.
Campanis’ dismissal opened up
the possibility of Lasorda moving
upstairs to run the player personnel
department.
rights and the ensuing revenue and
also suffer a decrease in ticket reve
nues.
Civil suit lawyers be prepared.
With states finally taking action to
help clean up the college ranks. I’d
hope the NCAA will take note and
see that it too needs to present solu
tions, not just accusations.
If the boosters are the ones who
create the trouble by wining and din
ing prospective players, and the
boosters are going to be subject to le
gal action, then so should the recipi
ents of all that generosity — the ath
letes.
Every high school coach in the na
tion should be forced to explain the
ins and outs of recruiting to his high
school players. The players should
be told what is legal, what is illegal,
what can be accepted and what
should be reported.
Even though this polic^ is not cur
rently implemented, I’d wager that
very few players who accept illegal
money or benefits from boosters do
not know exactly what they are
doing.
Consider the case of David Stan
ley, the NCAA’s key source in its in
vestigation into the SMU football
scandal. Stanley reportedly received
$750 a month beginning in 1983,
and payments continued until Au
gust 1985 when the NCAA placed
SMU on three years probation.
When things turned bad and his
Valentine was a first-round draft
choice of the Dodgers in June 1968.
Lasorda managed Valentine with
the Dodgers’ rookie league team at
Ogden, Utah, in 1968. Valentine
and Lasorda talk regularly about
personal matters as well as baseball.
Valentine ruled out the possibility
of managing the Dodgers “for as
long as I’m under contract with the
Rangers.” His contract with the
Rangers runs through the 1989 sea
son.
“I’m making a decision to make a
comment on this because 1 feel a
comment is needed,” Valentine said.
football days were over, however,
Stanley felt compelled to turn over
his evidence to the NCAA. When the
gravy pulled to a stop, Stanley went
to the police.
Another example of an athlete
turning his back on the university
that gave him a free education and
the chance to play college football is
former University of Houston star
David Roberson.
Roberson went public with many
Houston infractions in the winter of
1986 after he was refused help by
the Cougar coaching staff, several
years after his playing days were
over. Roberson told the Houston
Post in a copyright story that coaches
had paid money to players, changed
grades to keep players eligible and
kept a slush fund for player needs.
The reason, he said, for coming
forward with his information was to
protect future players from being
manipulated.
Nice try, but no sale from this
buyer.
If the NCAA would introduce a
measure that penalizes players for
knowingly accepting illegal pay
ments, and the states allow universi
ties to sue boosters for involving
them in investigations, the college
ranks might begin to straighten
themselves out.
Just maybe.
for L.A.
“I don’t feel a decision is needed.
I’m committed to this organization
even more than ever. With some
questions being raised and us off to a
shaky start (1-5), 1 think the organi
zation needs me as much as they
ever have and will in the future.”
Valentine’s contract has an escape
clause contingent on a franchise
change of ownership. Grieve said he
would not stand in the way if Valen
tine wanted to pursue another job.
Grieve said he was confident all
along that Valentine had no interest
in leaving the Rangers, but said Val
entine’s proclamation should ease
the minds of other people.
Valentine won’t leave Texas
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