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MATHEMATICS CONTEST The annual Freshman and Sophomore Mathemtics Contest will be held Thursday, April 14, 1988 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The Freshman Contest will be in Room 216 Milner Hall and the Sopho more Contest in 304 Milner Hall. No calculators-all test material will be provided. Prizes for winners of first place will be $100, sec ond place $60, and third place $40. Prerequisite for Freshman contest is knowledge of calculus through Math 151 or equivalent, for the Sophomore contest knowledge of calculus through Math 253 or equivalent. We Service Imports Too! -c.T!Sto 111 Royal Biyan across S. 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The best thing about Plantation Oaks is you get all this for as little as $170 a month this summer. That’s less for more. N H ~V 6 Bypass ft; PUNTETION Post Oak Wall OXXS „ i Tmas Avr Ji OAKS r.m H.irvrv Ku.ul <-111ll Page lOAThe Battalion/Wednesday, April 13, 1988 Robinson takes over ailing Orioles Former Giants manager to step in for Ripken ^ BALTIMORE (AP) — Frank Robinson became baseball’s First black manager in four years on Tuesday when he was named to re place Cal Ripken on the Baltimore Orioles in a move made in an at tempt to rescue the club from its worst start in 33 years. Under Ripken, the Orioles opened the 1988 season by losing their first six games after finishing the 1987 season with a 67-95 record, the third-worst mark in the fran chise’s history. Robinson, the first black to man age at the major league level, was also the last black to manage in the big leagues. He was fired by the San Francisco Giants in 1984. “I don’t profess to be a Superman. But I do have ideas,” Robinson said at a hastily called news conference at Memorial Stadium. Baltimore General Manager Ro land Hemond said Ripken would have stayed on as manager if Robin son decided not to take the elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1982, was six games into his first season in a front-office position as a special as sistant to the president. He has been a member of the Orioles’ organiza tion as player, coach or in the front office for 13 years. Only two other blacks have man aged in the major leagues, Larry Doby with the Chicago White Sox in 1978 and Maury Wills with Seattle in 1980-81. cohol abuse. Baltimore C trict Court Judge Barbara lj gave Ripken probation ti; judgment, fined him {758 placed him on three years.ofn tion. Robinson begins his third stint as a major league manager. His first as signment was with the Cleveland In dians from 1974-77 and then was with the Giants from 1981-84. “I don’t think I ever felt the pres sure of being in the position of being a black manager,” Robinson said. “1 Ripken, who has been in the Orioles’ organization for 32 years, had no forewarning a move was going to be made. “I’m disappointed, no question,” Ripken said by telephone. “There was no indication that it was coming. I was in uniform. I was at my desk getting ready to write the lineup. Ro land called me to come up to his of fice and he told me I was being re lieved.” Ripken had succeeded| Weaver as Orioles managerfoi jpT, ing the 1986 season, becoiij first man ever to manage twos® Cal Ripken Jr. and Billy-s neously in major league basekli tory. He had a 67-101 recoidj Orioles manager over one k Q ne plus six games. am aware of the pressure of the posi tion, but I don’t let it bother me.” Earlier in the day, Ripken pleaded guilty to a drunk driving charge stemming from a Feb. 3 incident and agreed to continue treatment for al- Hemond said Ripken will a with the Orioles in a from-ot pacily. Ripken, however, saidhtbj made up his mind abouttatii| new position. Out-of-town investors head list to purchase struggling Spurs SAN ANTONIO (AP) —The San Antonio Spurs’ board of directors is studying proposals for purchase of the team, all of them from potential out-of-town investors. None of the proposals were la beled as offers, but team President B.J. “Red” McCombs, who wants control of the NBA franchise, indi cated they would all eclipse the $40 million value he has placed on the club. “Everything was from out of town,” McCombs said Monday after the board met. “Some were out-of-state. Some were out-of-town. All the proposals indicated that the team is staying in San Antonio.” Spurs Chairman Angelo Drossos, however, confirmed that if an out- of-town investor buys the team and it loses money, the investor would be free to move the team under terms of the proposed agreements. If the team makes money under the new ownership, however, the club would be required to stay in San Antonio. “We don’t want to sell to anyone who will buy it and then move it,” Drossos said. “If they do well financially, if they are making money, they should leave it here. If not, they would be free to move it.” No meetings were set for the near future, but McCombs indicated that the team could change ownership in the next few days. “We are studying the various pro posals,” McCombs said. “We have no firm commitment other than mine. But there are seve ral (offers) of serious intent of inter est.” Drossos owns 37 percent of the Spurs and McCombs owns 35 per cent. McCombs has said he wants to own 100 percent of the shares and has set a Wednesday deadline to hear from other investors. McCombs was one of the original investors in the team when it came to San Antonio from Dallas in 1973. He sold his interest in the Spurs in 1982 when he became principal owner of the Denver Nuggets. Drossos purchased most of McCombs’ stock then, and then sold it back to him in 1986. McCombs has become disen chanted with the team’s losing trend and falling attendance. Under McCombs’ proposal, he would replace Drossos as the team’s decision-maker, while Drossos would be retained as a paid consul tant. “I have said many times I could be a better fan than an owner,” Drossos said. “I’ve said that many times. I’m not adverse to either role.” UCLA hires Pepperdine head coacti Peti i field a lets a and T pme een LOS ANGELES (API Harrick, a former UCLAa tarn basketball coach who been the head coach at Pra dine for the past nine ym named the Bruins' headc Tuesday. _ . Previously, the school riH a J (,r lure Larrv Brown avvaii ?' Kansas. » e m H arrick succeeds bi Hazzard, who was fired l!i ago. Hazzard was UCLA’id for four years. His teams» 47. Harrick, 49, was an assal coach at UCLA underGanti ningharn in the 1977-7ii 1978-79 seasons. Rangers’ Witt ties record for balks as Texas suffers 4-1 loss to Tigers Mattingly leads Yanis over Jays DETROIT (AP) — Texas right hander Bobby Witt tied an Ameri can League record for balks Tues day, and Frank Tanana pitched the Detroit Tigers to a 4-1 victory over the Rangers. ing out four and walking six. Tan ana, 2-0, allowed five hits, struck out four and walked two in 7'/3 innings. Mike Henneman earned his second Witt was called for four balks, in cluding one that allowed Detroit’s first run, in the first three innings, tying the mark set by Vic Rashi of the New York Yankees in 1950. The major league record is five balks by the Braves’ Robert Shaw in 1963. Witt, 0-2, allowed five hits, strik- In the Detroit first, Witt walked Lou Whitaker, and Whitaker moved to second on a balk. Witt walked Darrell Evans, and Whitaker moved to third on Alan Trammell’s fielder’s choice. Whitaker scored what proved to be the game-winner on Witt’s second balk, and Trammell, who took second on the balk, scored on an RBI single by Matt Nokes. Witt walked the bases loaded in the Detroit third. Trammell’s sacri fice fly drove in Gary Pettis, and Jim Morrison singled Whitaker home for a 4-0 Tigers lead. Pete O’Brien singled in the Texas fifth and scored on a two-out double off the top of the screen in left field by Steve Buechele. The Tigers’ home opener drew a crowd of 51,504, the largest ever to watch a game between the Tigers and Rangers, exceeding the 51,238 that saw the two teams in the 1984 opener. TORONTO (AP)-Do lingly had live of New I hits, including one of 10i as the Yankees routed fa 12-3 Tuesday night. M attingly wem5-for-6, twice and driving in anil fourth five-hit gameofliisi Dave Winfield drove in runs and Bobby Meacham three times as New Volt bounded from a 17-9 of 11 by the Blue Jays on M) John Candelaria pitched!: tnor Hurst hurls Red Sox to win over Brewers BOSTON (AP) — Bruce Hurst al lowed four hits and struck out nine in seven innings Tuesday, combin ing with Lee Smith to limit Milwau kee to five hits as the two pitched the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 victory over the Brewers. hits, struck out five and didn’t walk a batter in going the distance for Mil waukee. METS 3, EXPOS 0 Hurst, 1-0, walked two of the game’s first three batters, then an other at the start of the second in ning before settling down in 41-de gree weather. He walked the leadoff hitter in the eighth before Lee Smith came on to earn his third save, striking out three. Chris Bosio, 1-1, allowed eight NEW YORK — Ron Darling pitched a five-hitter for his first shutout since 1986, and Darryl Strawberry hit his fourth home run of the season, leading New York over the Montreal Expos 3-0 in the Mets’ home opener. Kevin McReynolds went 3-for-4 as the Mets beat Pascual Perez, ending his team record-tying eight-game winning streak. Perez won all seven decisions after joining the Expos last Aug. 19 and defeated Darling last week. Darling, 1-1, allowed just one hit after the third inning. He struck out four and walked three. It was his first shutout since July 29, 1986, against the Chicago Cubs. Since then. Darling had gone 45 starts without a shutout. Strawberry, who stirred up team mates and management with critical remarks during spring training, got a big ovation from the sellout crowd of 48,719 in his first at-bat. He did not disappoint them, hit ting a leadoff home run to right and sparking a three-run second inning. hitter, striking out six walking anyone. The Yankees scored runs in the first threeinni starter Jim Clancy, 0-2.fc ria, 1-0, kept Torontodon’ on four hits until Juan Btr: don' hit a two-run homer in inning. Cecil Fielderhom® 1 docl the ninth. ROYALS 6 ORIOLESI BALTIMORE —Frail" ersr s to P< epc oft! drove in four runs and Hid bicza gave up two infield: seven innings as the Royals spoiled the B; naging debut of Frank Rf ^olv with a 6-1 win over theOflp'orl T uesday night. 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