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Page 10/The Battalion/Wednesday, February 10, 1988
Prospects to sign letters today
A&M, UT get recruiting help from bowl wins
From the Associated Press
Bowl victories by Texas A&M
and Texas were expected to pro
pel them to bumper recruiting
crops Wednesday, signing day for
football national letters of intent.
Although UCLA, Louisiana
State and Oklahoma will make
big hauls, not as many top players
will be leaving Texas as in the
past. Many of those who stay will
choose Texas or defending
Southwest Conference champion
Texas A&M. *
The Aggies’ impressive Cotton
Bowl victory over Notre Dame
gave Coach Jackie Sherrill the
boost he needed for another tal
ent haul.
Texas Coach David McWil
liams’ victory over Pittsburgh in
the Bluebonnet Bowl showed re
cruits the Longhorns are on their
way back.
The Longhorns’ recruiting had
suffered in recent years under
former coach Fred Akers. McWil
liams has been getting a big re
ception, particularly from offen
sive and defensive linemen.
Head coaches must stay in
their offices Wednesday as the re
cruits sign on the dotted line. As
sistants can gather the signatures
beginning at 8 a.m.
that reached the governor’s of
fice.
Irving tight end Drew Randall,
who chose SMU over Rice and
Princeton, has been the Mus
tangs’ biggest commitment.
UCLA beat out A&M, Texas,
and Oklahoma for Spring run
ning back Kevin Williams. It was
the third time in the past four
years that the state’s top prospect
has left Texas.
No visits of any kind were al
lowed the last 48 hours as high
school players got a chance to
think in peace. Only telephone
calls were allowed.
That’s the only way Southern
Methodist has been able to re
cruit, anyway.
New SMU Coach Forrest
Gregg will have 15 scholarships
available, but the players who get
them won’t be on the field until
1989.
Oklahoma got a commitment
from Irving MacArthur’s Reggie
Finch, rated one of the best run
ning backs in Texas. The Sooners
have also received commitments
from linebacker Joe Bowden of
North Mesquite, halfback Ike Le
wis of Dallas Wilmer-Hutchins,
linebacker-defensive end Trey
Tippens of Snyder and line
backer-defensive end Joe Green
of Aldine MacArthur. Bowden is
considered the No. 1 linebacker
in Texas.
He’s been limited to recruiting
by telephone because of NCAA
sanctions in a slush-fund scandal
LSU was to sign such talented
players as linebacker Tyrone Ma
lone of Willowridge and de
fensive back David Walcup of
Conroe.
LSU recruting coordinator
Sam Nader says the Tigers don’t
have to recruit outside the Tea
Gulf Coast area.
“We get criticized by our fa®
for not being national recruiter),
Nader says. “But there’s enoujl
players in our recruiting area n
where we don’t have to do that'
A&M gained a late commii
ment from Cameron’s taleniei
quarterback Paul Johnson, w|*
could also he a quality defensiit
hack. The Aggies also should sip
Robert Wilson, a bluechip nut
ning hack from Houston Wi
thing.
Texas has a herd ofbigbeefot
the trail to Austin, indudingtkt
likes of offensive linemen Pati
Moriarty of Conroe McCi
Turk McDonald of DeSoto aail
Doug Skene of Allen.
The Longhorns have at*
picked up the commitment
Anthony Curl, a 6-3, 205-pou«i
linebacker from Aldine Mad
thur. Curl has 4.65 speedandh
high jumped 6-6.
And Odessa Permian Hid
School running backShawnCn
says lie has agreed to accept t
football scholarship from Tes
Christian University. Croi
rushed for 2,288 yards in 19!
and was a First-team All-Statest-
lection.
SMU expects signees despite ‘death penalty’
DALLAS (AP) — Southern
Methodist football technically is
dead, but the Mustangs will sign
15 players to scholarships
Wednesday and expect an addi
tional 35 to 45 to join the squad in
the fall as walk-ons, Coach For
rest Gregg says.
“We have had a tremendous
response from young men from
around the country,” Gregg said.
“Our thrust has been geared to
ward student-athletes in the Dal-
las-Fort Worth area, but we have
had inquiries and been in contact
with athletes from all over.”
La$t year, the. National Colle
giate Athletic Association slapped
the Southwest Conference school
with its stiffest punishment after
finding SMU had paid athletes to
play while it was on probation for
similar violations.
After losing its 1987 season to
NCAA sanctions — the so-called
“death penalty” — SMU volun
tarily dropped football for 1988.
Meanwhile, the school’s athletic
director and head coach re
signed.
Last month, Mustang football
found new life from out of its
past when Gregg — an SMU
alumnus, pro football Hall of
Famer and Green Bay Packers
coach — signed on as head coach.
“We had quite a few calls be
fore his taking the job, but since
then it’s increased many, many
times,” said Associate Athletic Di
rector Dudley Parker, who served
as interim athletic director until
exactly at 18 years of age that a
kid won’t play four years from
now because he’s gained 30
pounds and grown 6 inches in the
last year and maybe doesn’t move
his feet too well?
“He might be a Forrest Gregg,
Kiunds
Doug Single came on board and
who has coordinated football re
cruiting efforts since last fall.
who comes in here at 185 pounds
and ends up playing tackle in the
pros for 14 to 16 years,” Parker
said.
cruiting advantage, he said
“This is a unique situaiK
where a youngster gets a dial
to be a regular student, mix w
the student body and get tobt
somebody besides those on
athletic dorm floor,” Parkersaii
During the Mustangs’ last so
son in 1986, only one of 19freii
men on scholarship played, k
said.
The second job involved only
answering telephone and mail in
quiries, since NCAA sanctions
prohibit SMU officials from visit
ing recruits or paying for their
visits to the campus.
“We can’t do anything except
give them free tickets if there’s a
basketball game when they visit,”
Parker said. “We can’t even buy
them a Coke.”
Academics is at least half of the
SMU recruiting equation now. In
one of his first acts after taking
over as the school’s president, A.
Kenneth Pye decreed last f all that
athletes wouldn’t be treated dif
ferently than the rest of the stu
dents in academic entrance re
quirements.
“That’s the same thing thai
going on at other schools. I® 0
comes as a shock and surpriseioi
lot of recruits who come in thiol
ing they’re going to play righiofi
as a freshman, hut they're com
peting against a lot better peoplt
than they did in high school."
This fall will be treated just lib
Even so, he said, SMU has seen
a considerable number of pros
pects drop by, mostly from the lo
cal area.
“But we’ve also had them com
ing in from West Texas and even
outside the state, flying in here at
their own expense,” he said.
“We’re talking a cross-section of
football players. We’d like to
think that there are a lot of blue-
chippers, and to my mind there
“I think the parents are really
interested, more than I’ve ever
seen before, in their youngsters
getting a quality education,” Par
ker said. “We start asking ques
tions ... on academics pretty
quick to let them know that is the
prime reason they’re going to be
at SMU, to get an education.”
a red-shirt year lor SML' playeit
they’ll still have four years o!
eligibility when the Mustangsbt
gin playing again in 1989,'
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‘But how do you distinguish
The program also is limited to
15 scholarships during the 1988
season. Some football players can
get student aid if they qualify,
Parker said, while some parents
might foot their sons’ bill at SMU,
which costs $12,000 to $14,000 a
year to attend.
No games next fall also is a re-
The first team of the newerJ
which includes three scholarshipRjo
players and about 11 walk-offij
from the 1986 squad whosdliarcl
at SMU, will be special, ParkiBJie
said. I ani
“Hearts will go out to
guys because they’ll be such un
derdogs,” he said. “They're noi
going to worry about tk
scoreboard, hut they’ll knovinB
their hearts that they’ve
well and given their all at tie
end.”
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Kore
Astros will regain ’86 form — Lanier
nifia
day.
Ch
HOUSTON — Houston Manager
Hal Lanier says the 1987 Houston
Astros were imposters, and he ex
pects a different lineup in 1988.
“I don’t think you saw the true As
tros last season,” Lanier said.
“We are going to have to score
more runs than we did last year to
get back in the race.”
The Astros won the National
League’s Western Division title in
Lanier’s rookie season as manager
before falling to the eventual world
champion New York Mets in 1986,
but they slipped to third place last
season.
“As you compare our team last
year with 1986, the two differences
you see are inconsistency and fewer
runs scored,” Lanier said.
Despite last year’s downturn, a
season filled with long stretches of
wins and longer streches of losses,
Lanier thinks the experience ob
tained by young players will help the
Astros rebound in the upcoming
season.
“I think we added something
when Gerald Young came in and
showed he could play in the out
field,” Lanier said.
“I think he will go great with
(Billy) Hatcher and (Bill) Doran at
the start of our lineup.”
The Astros also obtained free
agent pitcher Joaquin Andujar and
shortstop Rafael Ramirez from the
Atlanta Braves, who also floundered
in 1987.
Ken Caminiti also jumped from
the minors into the starting third
base job.
Lanier was among the guests at
the annual Houston Baseball Dinner
Tuesday night, which included As
tros pitcher Nolan Ryan and Bos
ton’s Roger Clemens.
The Astros still are trying to find
backup catching help for Alan
Ashby, who had one of his best sea
sons in 1987.
Ashby needs an occasional day off
and last year missed the final month
of the season with a dislocated fin-
t hat’s when we started going dot©lym
hill.” Kn
The Astros had an 11-26re Heme
over their final 37 games. to a
Ryan, who led the major leaf-Nortl
with 270 strikeouts last season;®-
tied for the lead with a 2.76eaflffn
run average, was honored ;
outstanding 20 year career. i 16
Clemens was honored forwinni yame
ger.
bac k to hack American League 1 ^' SCU:
count
“Alan did a good job, but we want
to give him some days off and last
year that was tough to do,” Lanier
said.
Lanier traced the Astros late sea
son fizzle to Ashby’s injury.
“When Alan dislocated his finger
we didn’t have anyone to replace
him,” Lanier said.
“We still had a chance to win the
division, but from that point I think
Young awards. _
Doran received the Hoi!Si | fr eni >i
chapter of the Baseball Writers
sociation of America award asj
Astros’ most valuable player of k
Gene Elston, fired as the Atf
broadcaster prior to the 19
son, received the BBWAAaw
long and meritorious servicetok
ball.
Former Cowboy assistant
dies after bout with cancer
DALLAS (AP) — Former assistant^
Dallas coach Ermal Allen, whose ca
reer with the Cowboys spanned their
lowly expansion years to Super Bowl
champions, died Tuesday at Pres
byterian Hospital after a long bout
with cancer. He was 69.
Allen was an assistant coach for
the Cowboys for 22 seasons from
1962 to 1983. From 1962 to 1969 he
coached the offensive backfield and
from 1970 to 1983 was in charge of
research and development.
champion. We will miss him greatly.
Our hearts go out to Allie (his wife)
and the family”
Cowboys owner Tex Schramm
said, “Ermal was a unique individual,
a man with very strong opinions who
was not bashful about speaking his
mind. His contributions had a great
deal to do with our success. We will
miss him.”
Rangers’ Correa will pitch
on Sabbath if necessary
ARLINGTON (AP) — The
Texas Rangers have agreed to let
pitcher Edwin Correa rest on his
Sabbath, but Ranger Manager
Bobby Valentine said he may be
pressed into service in a pinch.
“We’ll sacrifice as much as“■
can. But we’re not going to satf
fice the other 23 guys on tl (
team.”
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As head of research and devel
opment, Allen studied players and
teams throughout the league and
handed his reports to Head Coach
Tom Landry.
Allen was born Dec. 25, 1918 in
Kylesford, Tenn. He played football
and basketball at the University of
Kentucky.
Landry said, “Ermal played a tre
mendous role in our growth from an
expansion team to a Super Bowl
He played one season as a de
fensive back in 1947 for the Cleve
land Browns of the American Foot
ball Conference.
He later served as an assistant
coach at Kentucky for 14 years un
der Paul “Bear” Bryant and Blanton
Collier.
“I respect his position,” Valen
tine said. “He respects our posi
tion. We’re going to do every
thing we can to make it work.”
The Rangers agreed they will
try to keep the pitcher off duty
from sundown Friday to sun
down Saturday, while Correa, a
Seventh-day Adventist, said he
would help out when necessary.
Correa said he will let Valt-
tine figure out how to I
around Friday nights and Sat» :
day afternoons. All but one
Rangers’ 26 Friday games art !
night.
“Chances are there is going to
come a Friday night when we’re
not able to adjust to it,” Valentine
said. “He understands his value
to the team and that there might
have to be some sacrifices made.
Correa said they reached ^
agreement on Thursday.
“I think what we discussed
pretty fair,” Correa said.
He said he will donatehisdaf
pay to charity if he has to pitch^
his Sabbath.
“He (Valentine) said,‘Ifso#
thing happens and we need vj
to pitch, pray to God he sefl J
some water on the field,’ ''
rea said.