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Page 10/The Battalion/Wednesday, November 4,1987
McGuire’s 49 homers makes rookie
unanimous choice for rookie of year
NEW YORK (AP) — Oakland
first baseman Mark McGwire, whose
49 home runs set a major-league re
cord for a first-year player, was
unanimously selected Rookie of the
Year in the American League, the
Baseball Writers Association of
America announced Tuesday.
McGwire, the choice of all 28 vot
ers, is the second unanimous selec
tion in the 40-year history of the
award. Carlton Fisk of the Boston
Red Sox was the first, in 1972.
award in consecutive seasons. Oak
land’s Jose Canseco was the 1986 re
cipient. Washington’s Albie Pearson
and Bob Allison were the last to be
selected in consecutive seasons.
McGwire earned 140 points to 64
for the runnerup, third baseman
Kevin Seitzer of the Kansas City
Royals. Catcher Matt Nokes of the
Detroit Tigers was third with 32
points.
E osition where I thought I would
:ad the American League in home
runs.”
McGwire, in fact, tied the Chicago
Cubs’ Andre Dawson for the major-
league homer lead while driving in
118 runs and batting .289.
“The thing that really got me,”
McGwire said, “was when I was told
it was unanimous and that Carlton
Fisk was the only other one to do
that. That was pretty nice.”
McGwire’s selection marked the
first time since 1958-59 that players
from «nme won trm AT
McGwire broke A1 Rosen’s AL
rookie home run mark of 37, set
with Cleveland in 1950, then broke
the major-league record of 38 set by
Wally Berger of the Boston Braves
in 1930 and tied by Frank Robinson
of Cincinnati in 1956.
“I don’t even think about it,” Mc
Gwire said about hitting homers.
“I’ve never even put myself in the
McGwire’s record-breaking 39th
homer was off 300-game winner
Don Sutton of the California Angels
on Aug. 14 at Anaheim Stadium.
With four homers in April and 15
in May, McGwire fell one short of
Mickey Mantle’s major-league re
cord, set in 1956, of 20 homers in
the season’s first two months.
McGwire gave up a chance to go
for his 50th homer in the final game
of the season to be with his wife,
Kathy, as she gave birth to their first
child. McGwire, who turned 24 the
last week of the season, was detei
mined all year to keep his achievi
ments in perspective. Home runs,In
said, were secondary to winning.
“He’s so solid mentally,” La Russ
says. “That’s one reason he’s be«
able to do it. He’s got a ton of abiliti,
but he kept himself real composed
He never got too high or too low,"
Seitzer became the 13th rookieir.
major-league history to reach tin
200-hit mark, finishing with 20"
The last time it happened was 1961
when Tony Oliva of Minnesota hac
217 hits and Richie Allen of Phila
delphia had 201. The Kansas Citi
third baseman also had 15 homen
83 RBI and a .323 average.
Nokes replaced departed free
agent Lance Parrish as Detroit’
catcher and hit 32 homers with 8
RBI while batting .289.
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Baseball players’ contract incentive clauses
allow vets to earn thousands for a day’s work
NEW YORK (AP) — Lance Par
rish of the Phillies went l-for-4 in a
9-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves on July
12 and made $200,000 for it.
Andre Dawson of the Chicago
Cubs went l-for-4 in a 12-0 loss to
the Los Angeles Dodgers that af
ternoon and made $150,000.
Steve Balboni of the Kansas City
Royals went 0-for-4 against the Oak
land Athletics Sept. 20 and made
$65,000.
All had incentive bonus clauses in
their contracts that added substan
tially to their salaries if they were not
injured by certain points of the sea
son.
A study of baseball salaries pub
lished in Tuesday’s editions of The
New York Times and contract de
tails obtained by the Associated Press
reveal that several players earned
more in bonuses than they did in sal
ary.
According to The Times, there
were 57 players who made more
than $1 million and six of them
made more than $2 million — Dan
Quisenberry, George Brett, Jim
Rice, Eddie Murray, Mike Schmidt
and Gary Carter.
The $200,000 Parrish received
for being in that July 12 game was a
bonus for not being on the disabled
list by the All-Star break, and it
made him a 1987 millionaire. His
salary was $800,000.
Parrish and Dawson were the only
two premier free agents who
changed teams last season. Dawson
took a $1 million pay cut to sign a
$500,000 contract with the Chicago
Cubs, the team he wanted to play
for.
The veteran left fielder earned an
extra $150,000 when he did not go
on the disabled list before the All-
Star break and another $50,000
when he was named to the National
League All-Star team.
He led the major leagues with 137
runs batted in and tied for the lead
with 49 home runs. Because of own
er’s desires to reduce salaries, Daw
son had to take a huge pay cut to
switch teams.
He is almost certain to file for sal
ary arbitration.
Balboni was released by the Roy
als following the 1986 season. He
earned $625,000 but hurt his back
Sept. 9 and missed the remainder of
the season.
Kansas City offered him a 1987
contract that guaranteed only
$100,000 but included bonuses of
$65,000 for every 30 games that hi
did not go on the disabled list.
So even though he batted .21
with 24 home runs and 60 RBI ii
121 games, Balboni earned al
$525,000 in bonuses.
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Times went to Don Sutton of th
California Angels, who mad
$340,000 for games started; Mil
Witt of the Angels, who mad
$250,000 for innings pitched.
Jim Gott of the Pittsburgh Piratt
made $217,000 in bonuses above h
$100,000 salary for games starttt
Charlie Kerfeld of the Houstoi
Astros had perhaps the most ususua
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$110,037.37 and 37 boxes of orang
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Mom of Arlington Heights football player sues
district athletic officials for civil rights violations
FORT WORTH (AP) — The
mother of a high school football
player filed a lawsuit against state
and District 6-5A athletic officials al
leging civil rights violations after the
youth was ruled ineligible.
Tommie Anderson, the mother of
player Ezekiel “Zeke” Richardson,
16, filed the suit Monday in federal
district court, alleging the ruling vio
lates the equal protection and due
process clauses of the U.S. Constitu
tion.
Officials had ruled that the ineli
gible Arlington Heights football
player would cost the team its district
championship.
Papers filed in the suit seek a tem
porary restraining order to prevent
District 6-5A officials from enforc
ing the ruling. The suit asks the
court to void the ruling ^nd restore
the boy’s eligibility and the team’s
victories.
U.S. District Judge David O. Be-
lew Jr. set a hearing on the request
for 2 p.m. Wednesday.
The district’s 6-5A executive com
mittee, composed of the district’s
eight principals, ruled on Oct. 27
that Richardson was ineligible be
cause he did not meet residency re
quirements of the University Inters
cholastic League.
The ruling caused the school to
forfeit four district victories, which
dropped its district record from 5-0
to 1-4. The team is now 2-4 in the
district and 2-7 overall.
Papers filed in the suit named the
executive committee; its chairman,
Quince Fulton; and the University
Interscholastic League. The Austin-
based league is the state governing
body for high school athletics.
Mrs. Anderson protested the rul
ing. She said she signed a lease for
an apartment out of the Arlington
Heights High School attendance
zone on behalf of a friend. But she
said she and her son live with her
mother in the Butler housing pro
ject, within the Arlington Height
zone.
The league’s residency rule “dot
not consider the circumstances
some inner city kids,” said Fot
Worth attorney Edward L. Kemble
who filed the suit in federal distric
court.
The suit claimed the ruling penal
izes Richardson because he lives,
of financial necessity, with his grand
mother and not in the home of
mother. Documents filed in the i
claimed that infringed a constitu
tionally protected right.
Old Mesquite Skeeters regain pride
MESQUITE (AP) — Jason Harter
remembers that sick feeling.
Embarrassment, shame, humilia
tion. He felt like a second-class citi
zen, uninvited to the party on the
other side of town.
Harter, then a Mesquite High
School tight end, watched North
Mesquite celebrate another district
championship, another rout of his
team, and burned inside.
North Mesquite had just whipped
the Skeeters, 42-21, to finish the
1986 regular season with a 10-0 re
cord.
The Skeeters, once an area power,
were 4-6 and out of the playoffs for
the 11th time in the past 12 seasons.
“People around town used to
make fun of us,” Harter said. “They
would laugh at us. It was embarrass
ing, the worst feeling in the world.
And the seniors, they just accepted
it.”
A few months after the season
ended, Mesquite Coach Rusty Talbot
accepted an administrative position
under considerable community
pressure.
The Stallions were considered one
of the area’s best programs. The
Skeeters were a mess.
One year later, the Skeeters (6-2,
4-1) are contending for the District
9-5A championship.
“Old Mesquite’s” team has the tra
ditional district powers — Highland
Park and North Mesquite — left to
play, but two more victories would
mean a district championship.
A victory over the North Mesquite
Stallions (8-0, 5-0) would clinch at
least a tie with North Mesquite and
Garland (6-1-1, 3-1-1) for a share of
the district title.
Suddenly, no one’s laughing at
the team with the funny nickname.
“This town went crazy in the ’70s
when Mesquite was winning,” said
Mesquite coach Mickey DeLamar,
whom many in town credit with sav
ing the Mesquite program.
“It was almost to the point that
football was all they thought about.
Since then, it all went downhill.
“Mesquite is really two separate
towns. North Mesquite and Old Mes
quite. People around here have been
so hungry for a winner.
“In Old Mesquite, they’ve been sit
ting back and wishing and hoping
for it for 10 years.”
Though the population of the
Mesquite school district, with four
high schools, is greater than
100,000, Old Mesquite still resem
bles a small town madly supportive
of its one high school.
There is a main street, a town
square, the Mesquite Opry on one
corner and a barbecue place on an
other.
“This is still basically a small
town,” said H.E. Finley, a school
board member and a 32-year resi
dent of Mesquite.
“Right now, the town is really ex
cited about the Skeeters again. It’s a
real topic of conversation at the bank
or on the square.
“I just got back from a bank meet
ing downtown and everybody was
talking about Skeeter football. It
hasn’t been like that for some time.
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People are really excited and
just love Coach DeLamar.”
A junior varsity coach at Mesquitf
when the Skeeters reached the stall
finals in 1974, DeLamar spent
seasons at Richardson, 10 as de
fensive coordinator, before return
ing to Mesquite.
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Once taking over at Mesquite, hf
and offensive coordinator Steve Hal
pin (a player on the 1974 Mesquitf
team) installed the rarely used wish
bone offense for a team that
never been known for quickness.
The result has been an average
295.5 yards of offense per game
numbers that pale in comparison
North Mesquite’s 395.6, but have
keyed Mesquite’s resurgence.
“We run a true triple-option wish
bone,” DeLamar said. “The quar
terback (junior Jeff Hantes) reads
everything.
“You can run the wishbone
fense, if you run it well, with lesse
athletes. . . . You’ve got to have
good quarterback, and I’d pick
over any quarterback in the district
That says a lot for Hantes whei
considering that DeLamar describe
Highland Park quarterback Case
Clyce, whom he will see first-han(
this week, as phenomenal.
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