Thursday, June 18, 1987/The Battalion/Page 7
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e |NCAA slaps Longhorns with two-year probation
lUSTIN (AP) — The NCAA
a j placed the University of Texas foot-
IM program on two years’ proba-
I ■ Wednesday, cutting five schol-
ttships for 1988-89 and reducing
■ number of official visits prospec-
i y view active recruits may make to the UT
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'fficerandjMt was the first time the NCAA
staff of !),■ imposed sanctions on the Long-
til, is a]> horn football program, although the
t'vrence Southwest Conference school was
tinsel i>: nlaied on probation without sanc-
ne whetkcjticfis in 1964 and 1982.
■’he violations included excessive
if the i entertainment by a school booster
or coni and other improper recruiting con-
u to pip.Bs, the sale of complimentary foot-
irtlevels ball tickets by 10 players, comments
inomlr to| prospective recruits that they
■Id expect special benefits, and
His and cash for athletes’ personal
ye said use. including a car repair loan by a
o comp Hmer recruiting coordinator.
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The penalties imposed would re
duce the number of football schol
arships that may be awarded in
1988-89 from 25 to 20 and cut the
number of recruiting visits in the
coming academic year from 95 to 75.
A report by the NCAA Commit
tee on Infractions said the probation
period could be reduced to one year
if the university complied with 13
changes the school proposed at a
June 3 meeting before the commit
tee in Kansas City.
Those changes would send a
“clear message” to the athletic staff
that anyone who knowingly violated
an NCAA rule or attempted to cover
up a violation would be fired, the re
port said.
UT President William Cunning
ham said the penalties announced
Wednesday would not be appealed.
“The NCAA has conducted a pro
fessional investigation and we are
pleased that the process is now com
plete,” Cunningham said. “The uni
versity will continue to work closely
with the NCAA during the proba
tionary period and beyond. Our goal
is to have an exemplary intercolle
giate athletic program.”
The penalties, which also include
a public reprimand and censure,
were announced two weeks after the
Kansas City hearing, at which the
university responded to 51 rules vio
lations cited by the NCAA after an
18-month investigation of the foot
ball program covering 1980-86.
The NCAA said a significant
number of rules violations were
found but that except for a single ex
ception, “none of the serious viola
tions involved the recruitment of
prospective student-athletes, and it
does not appear that the violations
resulted in a significant competitive
advantage for the University of
Texas.”.
The NCAA’s report said one find
ing involved a serious violation of re
cruiting rules and the gift of “very
substantial, improper extra benefits
to a very talented enrolled student-
athlete.”
The organization said other viola
tions, although less serious, were
sufficient in number “to raise ques
tions about the adequacy of athletics
department administrative policies
and practices.”
David McWilliams, the Long
horns’ new head football coach and a
former assistant, was mentioned as
having arranged for or provided va
rious amounts of cash, most between
$20 and $56, for players’ personal
use, as well as the loan of gas money
for a player to go home.
“Speaking for myself, our coach
ing staff and our players, we are
pleased to have this matter resolved
so that we can move on to the up
coming season. We have all ded
icated ourselves to be sure we do not
make these or other mistakes in the
future,” McWilliams said.
He was hired in early December
after UT fired Fred Akers.
DeLoss Dodds, UT men’s athletics
director, said he thought the
NCAA’s action was fair.
“This marks the end of an investi
gation in which our football pro
gram has undergone scrutiny as in
tensive as any university has ever
faced,” Dodds said. “Now it is time to
get on with the business of working
with our new football leadership to
re-establish our program in a first-
class way in all areas.”
UT was given a one-year proba
tion without sanctions in 1964 for*
providing excessive entertainment
to recruits.
It' was slapped with a one-year
probation in 1982 over the sale of 14
complimentary game tickets by run
ning back Johnny “Lam” Jones to a
Lampasas banker for $700 and the
mysterious purchase of boots by
Marcus Dupree — it was never de
termined who paid for them — dur
ing a recruiting visit to Austin. Du
pree eventually went to the
University of Oklahoma.
Of nine Southwest Conference
schools, only Rice and Arkansas are
not either on NCAA probation or
under investigation.
owser dies after battle with cancer
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ihat it .r-HANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dick
e indf Hawser, who as manager helped
actionhrlnfig championship baseball to New
York and Kansas City, died Wednes
day afternoon after a year-long
struggle with brain cancer. He was
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■lowser died at 2:45 p.m. CD! at
I Luke’s Hospital, where he was
■dinitted June 4. On July 22, 1986,
dottors partially removed a malig-
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ouser’s brain.
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S0ITc ®p\ memorial service will be held in
^sas City. Burial will be in Talla-
see, Fla., Howser’s hometown.
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e is survived by his wife, Nancy,
twin daughters, Jill and Jan.
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j} ow | c Houston. During the game, his play-
roseH anc * coac bes noticed he was often
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people and complained of head
aches.
Doctors were unable to remove
the entire tumor and twice af
terward used experimental proce
dures to try to stop the cancer from
spreading.
After 10 years as a coach for the
New York Yankees, Howser became
manager in 1980 and guided the
team to 103 victories and the Ameri
can League East title. He became
manager of the Royals in 1981, tak
ing them to AL West titles in 1984
and 1985 and to the ’85 World Series
championship. He never managed a
team that finished worse than sec
ond.
Although the three operations
had weakened him, Howser vowed
to return this season to manage the
Royals. He greeted his players when
they opened spring training in Feb
ruary, but resigned three days later,
admitting he wasn’t up to the job.
“It just wouldn’t be fair to the
team,” he said at the time.
Howser made his last public ap
pearance April 6 when the Royals
opened their home season.
As an undersized shortstop, Rich
ard Dalton Howser compensated for
his shortcomings with intelligence
and heart. As manager of the 1985
Royals, he became a central figure in
one of the most unlikely comebacks
in World Series history.
“Never once in his life did any
body ever question his courage,” said
Hank Bauer, a former Yankee slug
ger and Howser’s big league man
ager. “He fought to beat cancer the
same way he fought to win games.”
Howser broke into professional
baseball in 1958 and made his major
league debut with Bauer’s Kansas
City A’s in 1961. He retired in 1968
after playing for the A’s, Cleveland
Indians and Yankees, compiling a
career batting average of .268.
Taking over in Kansas City when
Jim Frey was fired during the strike-
shortened 1981 season, he guided
the Royals to the second-half AL
West title, then managed them to
second-place finishes in 1982 and
1983. His 1984 team won its fifth AL
West crown but lost to the eventual
world champion Detroit Tigers in
three straight playoff games.
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Howser’s major league manage
rial record, including a 103-win sea
son with the 1980 Yankees, was 507-
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“A manager’s value to a team is
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in 1985. “I’m never going to be one
of those who sits tongue-in-cheek
and says anybody can manage a big
league ballclub.”
He also believed the player-man
ager relationship was crucial to a
team’s long-term outlook.
“If you don’t have their respect,
you don’t have a chance,” he said.
“When I say respect, I don’t mean
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from the first to the ninth innings,
but that’s not true.”
Howser’s cool under fire may
have been the decisive factor in the
Royals’ drive to the 1985 World Se
ries championship.
Reds cruise past Astros 9-1
HOUSTON (AP) — Tracy
Jones hit a three-run homer and
Kal Daniels had four of Cincin
nati’s 19 hits, helping the Reds to
a 9-1 victory over Houston
Wednesday night that protected
Cincinnati’s National League
West lead.
Houston had won seven of its
last eight games and had beaten
the Reds in the first two games ol
the series. The Astros could have
taken the division lead with a vic
tory.
Ron Robinson, 2-2, got his first
start of the season and allowed
one run in six innings. Bill Land
rum finished for his first major
league save.
Jones’ seventh homer of the
season, over the left-field fence in
the sixth, scored Daniels and
Kurt Stillwell, who singled off re
liever Aurelio Lopez. Ron Oester
also had singled off Lopez and
scored on Stillwell’s single.
Lopez pitched two-thirds of an
inning, yielding six hits in relief
of starter Nolan Ryan, 4-6.
Cowboys waive 2 notables
DALL.AS (AP) — The Dallas Cow
boys have waived a veteran tackle
and a touted quarterback, and more
Cowboy veterans could be on the
way out, team president and general
manager Tex Schramm said
Wednesday.
The Cowboys have placed How
ard Richards and Reggie Collier on
recallable waivers, which gives other
National Football League team 10
days to express an interest in either
player.
If either player is claimed, Dallas
can pull them off the waiver wire
and try to make a deal. If neither is
claimed, they will become free
agents.
The Cowboys may make more
changes in the team roster as they
try to rebound from their first losing
season in 22 years. Schramm said it
is possible that other veterans may
be waived.
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