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§V YORK (AP) — George Bell
Toronto Blue Jays settled at
brink of 'salary arbitration once
Wednesday, but Dwight
Klin went through with his hear-
pinst the New York Mets.
, the American League’s Most
agreed to a two-
pontract for a guaranteed $4
on in the room where the arbi-
or was to hear arguments. T he
ring was delayed 25 minutes for
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kage to $5.8 million, and he
Earn more than $400,000 a year
njfcentive bonuses.
ill was asking for an arbitration-
>rd $2,105 million salary this
bile the Blue Jays offered to
rhim $1.75 million. Andre Daw-
ae National League MVP, lost
I to get a $2 million salary from
(Riicago Cubs, whose $1.85 mil-
xtramural
s;tl to tie
tance to
lion offer was accepted by an arbitra
tor Sunday.
Bell batted .308 last season with
47 homers and a league-leading 134
runs batted in. He will get $1.9 mil
lion this season and $1.9 million in
1989. Toronto had an option for
1990 at $2 million but must pay Bell
a $200,000 buyout if it does not
exercise the option.
If Bell is traded, his salary would
increase to $2 million in 1989 and
$2.1 million in 1990. He also gets the
use of an automobile paid for by the
club.
“I can go home now, have a cou
ple of Presidentes and sit in the
backyard,” Bell said, referring to his
favorite cigar.
Gooden and the Mets argued
their cases in an adjoining room for
four hours before arbitrator Richard
Bloch. A decision is expected Thurs
day or Friday.
Gooden was confronted with his
past cocaine use in his hearing with
the Mets.
“They brought it up, but it went
OK,” he said as he left the building.
“It was not bad, it really went OK.”
Gooden is asking for $1.65 mil
lion, a $150,000 raise. The Mets sub
mitted $1.4 million. The sides went
into the hearing $40,000 apart on a
settlement. The club’s last offer was
for $1.45 million — similar to the
$50,000 cut taken by Ron Darling.
Gooden’s last proposal was for a cut
to $ 1.49 million.
Gooden missed 1 1 starts because
of cocaine rehabilitation but re
turned June 5 and was 15-7 with a
3.21 earned-run average.
Three arbitration decisions were
announced Wednesday. Gary Redus
of the Ghicago White Sox won and
was awarded $460,000 by John Sim
pkins, who rejected the club’s offer
of $370,000. Mark Gubicza of the
Kansas Gity Royals won and was
awarded $635,000 by Simpkins, who
rejected the club’s offer of $525,000.
Chris Brown of the San Diego
Padres lost and was given $265,000
by Frederick Reel instead of his re
quested $410,000.
Owners have won nine of 13 cases
decided this winter.
In addition to Gooden, Frank
Tanana and the Detroit Tigers pre
sented their arguments Wednesday
before Reel. Tanana, a free agent
who accepted Detroit’s offer to arbi
trate, is asking for $1.1 million. The
Tigers are offering $800,000.
Reliever Roger McDowell and the
Mets agreed to a one-year contract
for $615,000, a $310,000 raise. Mc
Dowell had requested $800,000
while the Mets offered $555,000, but
McDowell’s case was weakened when
relievers Tom Henke of Toronto
and John Franco of Cincinnati lost
in arbitration.
Also Wednesday, Tony Gwynn’s
contract with the Padres was renego
tiated. He will get $1.09 million this
season instead of the $840,000 un
der his old contract, and $1.19 mil
lion in 1989 instead of $940,000.
allesteros starts season early with Andy Williams Open
LA JOLLA, Calif. (AP) — It is a
iBiilly in northern Spain at this
neofthe year.
L1 g ft® Bui that’s not the reason Seve Bal-
(omniuirBos decided to start his season a
requt« tflarly.
or ? a! “I’m not here for a holiday,” the
tiideni iM S h golfer said after a practice
roxinialW for the $650,000 Andy Wil-
ividfd ifflBOpen, which starts Thursday
: A.P. BjTorrev Pines Golf Club.
of® “in here to enjoy the competi-
ilim Bo play as hard as I can. I want
E try loAB] if I can,” said Ballesteros, the
organiatBoyant figure who ranks among
rovideikBleading players,
its," Bat
He is coming off a 1987 season
that Ballesteros said was “very good.
It was very close to being a great
year, a fantastic year.”
As it was, he won three times, two
of those in Spain. But he did not win
in eight starts in the United States,
though he was runner-up three
times, twice losing in playoffs. It was
very much the same in Europe, he
said, three wins, five seconds, six
thirds.
“Every time someone had a
chance to beat me, he did,” Balleste
ros said.
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JHERMAN (AP) — Kevin
I den, a sophomore at Sher-
i High School, is a semi-pro-
onal boxer who already has
(ton $55,000 in prize money, a
' nan ' 0 Icedes Benz and a Rolls
buniiosi*
11 ' “utthe 16-year-old is willing to
im up the cash and the cars for
i hiiilM 11 * 1 ™ 316 S oa * a shot at the
cu ' ™8 Summer Olympics in Seoul,
th Korea, he said,
o maintain his amateur sta-
l Bowden must give all of his
esand earnings to the federal
ernment if he is to try out for
Olympic boxing team,
ut a chance at the gold medal
hat matters in his life right
. not the idea of cruising the
Rets of Sherman in a fancy car,
IIsaid.
j‘I don’t care about the car and
IE money,” Bowden said. “I just
ttogo to the Olympics.”
Bowden has been boxing since
ninati ■ pewas 12, an age when most kids
[-24 i c R hanging out at the video ar-
ir of t pde.
en’sHARlowever, the gym has been
ing [Bowden’s fun house for the past
finals lour years.
ntcn'' ll! RHe boxed in his first bout at 13
n der f an amateur. A year later, Bow-
|n was touring the Golden
loves semi-pro circuit. And dur-
the past year as a 16-year-old
[ddleweight, he has proved to
afighting machine.
nc trial*Bln fact, he doesn’t even box in
Sen |h( 16-17 age group of Golden
[Gloves tournaments because the
n eivn {competition is far too inferior,
i hair 'Hi- record in the 16-17 age divi-
was 22-0 with 19 knockouts.
iBowden has been fighting the
st few months in the 18-19 age
bup and his results have barely
ppped off. His record is 38-3
[th 18 knockouts.
He is ranked No. 2 in Texas,
hind 19-year-old Carlos Jack-
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son, who defeated Bowden by
disqualification recently in a
Golden Gloves tournament in
Midland. But Bowden still be
lieves he should be No. 1.
“I was disqualified for too
much grease on my face and too
loose a belt around my midsec
tion,” he said. “Other than that, I
was dominating him.”
Bowden says he is not one to
talk and boast of his ability like
boxers have been known to do.
He’s not into floating like a but
terfly and stinging like a bee, ala
AH.
What he does like to do is wait
patiently in the ring until he sees
what type of fighter he is facing.
Then he moves in for the kill.
“Once I catch their form, then
that’s how I know it’s the right
time to try and knock them out,”
Bowden said.
“To be honest, I get scared
boxing these guys that are 6-foot-
1 and 6-foot-2 ... until the match
starts,” he said.
Bowden said he is always ner
vous until he gets or gets hit in a
forbidden spot. Then it’s time for
opponents to throw in the towel.
“My biggest weakness is getting
hit in the throat,” he said. “Once I
get hit in the throat, it makes me
mad, and it’s knockout time after
that.”
Bowden has a rigorous work
out schedule in his effort to win a
spot on the U.S. Olympic team in
Seoul.
Bowden trains three days a
week — in which he will jog six
miles, jump rope 300 times in
three minutes, do 500 sit-ups and
90 pushups, and then lace up the
gloves to spar with his coach,
James Johnston.
“You have to have a lot of will,
if you want to do it,” Bowden
said.
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And that, he indicated, was
largely due to two factors: luck and
putting.
“My luck was not so good as it
used to be in previous years,” Balles
teros said. “With a little bit of luck I
could have won two, perhaps three
times in eight starts in America last
year.”
“I am very optimistic my putting
will be much better this year,” said
Ballesteros, who also plans to play in
next week’s Lkjs Angeles Open be
fore returning to Spain for two tour
naments, including the defense of
his title in the Spanish PGA.
The Andy Williams is being
played on both the North and South
courses at Torrey Pines. The field of
156 will play one round on each
course before the field is cut for the
final two rounds at the South course.
Among the others in the chase for
a $117,000 first prize are defending
champion George Burns, Tom Wat
son, Fuzzy Zoeller, Ray Floyd, Curtis
Strange, Bob Tway, Tom Kite, U.S.
Open titleholder Scott Simpson and
Masters champion Larry Mize.
Alexander’s 3-pointers
guide SMU past Rice
DALLAS (AP) — Todd Alexan
der hit six 3-point shots Wednesday
night to carry Southern Methodist to
an 86-68 Southwest Conference vic
tory over Rice and give the Mustangs
their third 20-victory season in the
last five years.
SMU increased its overall record
to 20-5 and improved its league
leading record to 9-3. Rice dropped
to 6-17 and 3-9.
Kato Armstrong had a game-high
22 points for the Mustangs but it was
Alexander’^ long-range Bombarding
that brokei the game open midway
through the second half.
Alexander scored 20 points and
Carlton McKinney added 18 points
for the Mustangs who tied a school
record with nine, 3-point shots for
the game. The school record was set
in December against Louisville.
Ronald Robertson led the Owls
with 21 points and David Willie
added 12, all in the first half.
SMU, a 15-point favorite, was 37-
32 at halftime as Willie kept the Owls
close with two late 3-point shots.
The Mustangs led by as many as
10 points in the first half with Alex
ander coming off the bench with
three, 3-pointers.
Houston center lifts Coogs
to 66-47 walloping of TCU
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston cen
ter Rolando Ferreira scored 17
points, including four 3-point shots
on five attempts, as the Cougars
overwhelmed Texas Christian 66-47
in the Southwest Conference
Wednesday.
Houston, which sports a record of
13-9 and 7-4 in conference play,
used big scoring stretches at the be
ginning of both halves to subdue
struggling the Horned Frogs./
Houston hit its first four shots of
the game on its way to building a 10-
0 lead. Hollis hit two 3-pointers for
his only scoring of the half.
Texas Christian came back with a
9-0 run led by Rod Jacques, who had
12 points, as the Horned Frogs
closed in at 14-11, but Ferreira con
nected on three straight jumpers on
the lane to give the Cougars a 32-22
halftime lead.
A&M men golfers open year
The Texas A&M men’s golf team
opens its 1988 spring season today in
the Pan American Intercollegiate
tourney in Monterrey, Mexico. ’
The 15th-ranked, defending
Southwest Conference champion
Aggies will compete in a 21-team
field including Texas teams Baylor
and Houston Baptist.
The Aggies are led by junior All-
America selection Roy Mackenzie
and senior Neil Hickerson. Hicker-
son was the most consistent player in
the fall with a 73.00 stroke average.
A&M Coach Bob Ellis said the
team is ready for the meet.
“We’ve played well in Monterrey
in the past, and I see no reason why
we can’t do it again,” he said. “A-
gainst that type of competition, we’ll
have to get four strong scores each
day to have a shot at it.”
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