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Johnson coach
may receive
suspension
TORONTO (AP) — Charlie Fran-
|s, coach of disgraced Canadian
dnter Ben Johnson, should be sus-
■nded until an investigation is com-
leted into the drug scandal that has
icked Canadian sports, the Ontario
rack and Field Association said
Wednesday.
The association said Francis, coach
of the Toronto track club that has be-
me the focus of the scandal, should
“suspended with pay from all
ck and field related activities pen-
Jng the outcome of the (Canadian
flrack and Field Association) in-
liry-”
Francis, whose lawyer previously
leased a statement saying his client
mldn’t speak publicly before testi-
fng at a federal inquiry, couldn’t be
iched for comment.
Ijohnson, world record-holder in
100-meter dash, was stripped of
Olympic gold medal and a world
:ord after testing positive for ster-
He has said he didn’t knowingly
re any banned substances,
he Ontario association, which
iresents about 100 track clubs and
athletes, called on the CTFA to
gn “immediate and independent
[ion” to investigate alleged drug
use by its athletes.
‘Our position on the use of drugs
illooked upon very seriously,” pro-
mcia! association president Rolf
Lund said during a news conference.
The Battalion Page 11
Navy stays quiet
on Robinson case
DALLAS (AP) — Secretary of the
Navy William Ball was noncommital
Wednesday when asked about a request
made on behalf of David Robinson that
he be granted an early dismissal from his
military duty.
Robinson, a 7-foot center taken by the
San Antonio Spurs with the first pick in
the 1987 National Basketball Associa
tion draft, is on assignment with the
Navy at the King’s Bay, Ga., Trident
submarine training facility.
His naval commitment runs until May
1989.
Lee Fentress, Robinson’s Washing-
ton-based agent, asked in a letter sent on
the player’s behalf that Robinson be dis
missed early from the commitment.
‘‘He wrote a personal letter to me, and
it was a private communication,” said
Ball, in Dallas to address a joint session
of the Dallas Council on World Affairs
and the Rotary Club of Dallas.
“I’ll respect his request for privacy.
I’ll respond to him directly.
‘ ‘It will be very soon. ’ ’
There was some confusion over who
actually sent the letter.
Ball said he had seen Tuesday a letter
sent from Robinson, but a Navy official
in Washington said he had seen only
Fentress’ letter, which arrived Friday.
“All I’m aware of is a letter from Fen
tress,” Lt. Ken Ross said from the Navy
Office of Information in Washington.
When asked further about who sent
the letter, Ball said, “I’m not certain.
“I’ve seen a letter from (Robinson).”
Robinson was unavailable for com
ment. A spokesperson in Fentress’ office
refused comment.
Robinson, an All-American who set
33 records while playing at the Naval
Academy, signed an eight-year, $26 mil
lion contract with the Spurs last Nov. 6
with the outside chance that he would be
granted an early release.
The Spurs open their season Nov. 5
when they play host to the Los Angeles
Lakers.
“The status is that he has an obliga
tion to serve until next May, which was
arrived at after a lot of discussion,” Ball
said.
“If he chose to submit a request, it
would come to me for final decision. ”
Larry Neal, a spokesman for Sen. Phil
Gramm, R-Texas, has said the senator
would lobby for Robinson’s release once
the letter reached Ball’s office.
Robinson is not the first professional
athlete to request special consideration in
regard to military service.
Running back Napoleon McCallum,
who played football at the Naval Aca
demy and was a fourth-round draft
choice of the NFL’s Los Angeles Raiders
in 1986, was stationed aboard a ship har
bored in Long Beach, Calif., and was al
lowed to play with the Raiders.
The appointment was made by then-
Secretary of the Navy John Lehman, but
the decision was overturned in April
1987 by James Webb, the man who suc
ceeded him.
In announcing his decision, Webb said
special consideration would not be given
to those individuals who wanted to play
professional sports.
T prepares for Arkansas
ies
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TITLE ROCK (AP) — When is getting beat 44-9 better
/■I - tali losing 28-13?
uU l exas Coach David McWilliams says that’s the case when
teLonghoms are on the short end against Oklahoma, and Ar-
jnsas is up next.
Jlast year, we were pretty much blown out,” McWilliams
jsaid Wednesday of the Oklahoma game. “You look at it, it’s
||t!e easier to forget. You just say, we didn’t do what you
lt\je to do to have a chance to win.
i ‘IThis year, we played much better against them. We just
jllevbj §4 t execute. Take nothing away from Oklahoma, they did
i State it:':r e P n 8 s t ^ le y to to ^ eat us - ® ut I think our players
7.15 ij.. fcgercJ a little bit longer on that game this year because they
Htheopportunities that we had.’’
j, or ^ I jear after year, Texas plays Arkansas the week after play-
s to 10-11 liAgplhaoma.
,-W'hiuf "^e d° n ’t have a choice,” McWilliams, a former UT
ilawd" HdB. er ’ sa 'd - * a pl a y cr - as a coach, you have to be ready.
“Wewill2 r ou can t s ‘ t arounc l — even if you beat Oklahoma — you
Mlt sit around and feel good or gloat over beating them,” he
ssid ‘If you win, you have to forget the Oklahoma game and
getfeady to play Arkansas; so if you lose, you’ve got to do
lat, Nothing has changed. ’’
On Saturday, Texas plays Arkansas in Austin.
The Longhorns are 3-2 after the loss to Oklahoma but 1-0 in
the Southwest Conference. Arkansas is 5-0, 2-0 in the league.
Texas A&M is also 2-0 in the conference but ineligible to go
to the Cotton Bowl.
McWilliams was asked if Saturday’s winner has the inside
track for the bowl game on Jan. 2 at Dallas.
“We have to improve a lot before we can go to the Cotton
Bowl,” he said. “We haven’t played a complete ball game
this year. I think Arkansas is playing real well. I that
statement is more in their favor than it is in ours because we
haven’t played real consistent this year. Arkansas has already
got two ins in the conference and we’ve only got one so we
still have a longer conference season to play than they do.
“But, certainly, whoever wins it will be undefeated in the
conference and, I would hope, would be by one of the tougher
teams in the conference,” he said.
McWilliams also pooh-poohed the idea that the Longhorns
look at the Razorbacks as just another SWC opponent while
Arkansas views Texas as THE game.
“It’s been the game for Texas for years and years, too,” he
said. “Forever, it’s had a bearing on the Southwest Confer
ence standings and who goes to the Cotton Bowl.”
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took cocaine just before death
ISUWANEE, Ga. (AP) — Falcons de
fensive back David Croudip ingested a
does of cocaine in one dose just
before his death, according to a
gia Crime Lab report released
esday.
te report, released to the office of
Joesph L. Burton, medical examiner
jpveral metropolitan Atlanta counties,
HCroudip’s death Monday was defi-
! w caused by an overdose of cocaine,
i Dean Browning, an assistant medical
Mtiner, said the quantity found indi-
Bed the drug had been taken in one
Be, and not over a period of time.
|Croudip died early Monday after he
taken to a suburban Atlanta hospital
following seizures at his home. He was
29.
Earlier this week, Burton said lab tests
indicated cocaine was in Croudip’s
body. The results released Wednesday
added that his body had begun proc
essing the drug, although a large amount
remained in his stomach.
Holly Croudip, the wife of the football
player, told investigators after Sunday’s
33-0 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, that
she, their daughter Amy, father-in-law
James Croudep (who spells his last name
differently) and her husband had dined at
a restaurant near their Gwinnett County
apartment.
“This was the first time he had seen
his father since he was a small child,”
said Gwinnett County investigator B.J.
Tkacik, who is in charge of the investi
gation. “They spent some time getting to
know each other. He was very excited
about his dad.”
After the couple returned to their
apartment and put Amy to bed, Holly
Croudip said they began watching tele
vision, police Lt. John Latty said.
Holly Croudip said her husband went
into the kitchen, “she didn’t know how
many times,” and fixed himself a drink
laced with cocaine, according to the in
vestigators.
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j withtlK‘ - '
ffensivelJ;
f game and most yards total offense
622yards, 526 on the ground). Franklin
ly kicked five of five field goals, ty-
pe NCAA record and setting a new
WC standard.
gante'^ After his long field goal staked A&M
a 1 3-0 halftime lead over SMU at the
m Bowl, the Aggies exploded in the
dhalf, winning 36-0.
In Little Rock Steve Little got the
rs on the board first with a field
JI but but A&M came back with 24
ffiwered points, winning 31-10.
Pounding out the four-week streak,
■|ggies mangled TCU 59-10 at Kyle
Reid On a wet Thanksgiving Night in
Austin. A&M won for only the second
KatMemorial Stadium 27-3.
A&M went to the Sun Bowl, and
franklin put an exclamation point on his
itbulous year by kicking three field
the final one a bowl-record 62
Ns.
“Franklin is a comfort to have on your
team,” Walker said. “All we have to do
is move the ball to our 45 yard line to get
points on the board. ’ ’
A&M played Florida in the Sun Bowl,
defeating the Gators 37-14. Franklin was
named offensive player of the game, in
asmuch as his kicking had allowed A&M
to overcome a slow offensive perfor
mance to lead 16-0 at the end of the first
half.
After another fine season in 1977,
Franklin broke the NCAA record for
most field goals in a career with his 54th,
which came in the dying moments of
A&M’s 20-17 win over SMU.
It was the only time in his Aggie ca
reer that Franklin faced such a situation
with the game on the line, and he came
through even though SMU Coach Ron
Meyer called a timeout prior to the at
tempt. v
Along with player-of-the-game quar
terback Mike Mosely, Franklin gave new
A&M Coach Tom Wilson his second
straight win after taking the helm when
Bellard resigned.
‘It’s the happiest moment I’ve ever
had,” Franklin said. “Not setting the re
cord, but winning the game. Not since
high school have I had the chance to kick
the winning field goal. ’ ’
Franklin was drafted by the Philadel
phia Eagles of the National Football
League and played in the 1981 Super
Bowl when the Eagles lost to the Oak
land Raiders.
Traded to the New England Patriots,
he played in another Super Bowl, this
time in 1985 when the Chicago Bears de
molished the Patriots 45-10.
But he will always be remembered for
those two long field goals because af
terwards Teaff started a campaign to get
the rules changed for missed field goals.
He wanted the ball returned to the line
of scrimmage after a miss, not the 20
yard line that was currently the rule.
And the rule was changed starting in
1978 and is the same today.
Heisman hype
Wifi#"
Continued from page 10)
Bason hype, but we’ll never know.
Banders has done greater damage in
!v ery offensive category and has done it
•gainst better competition.
OSU has beaten A&M, Tulsa, Miami
)hio) and Colorado. Granted, it’s not a
J of heavyweights. Neither is New
fexico. North Texas, Rice and Okla
homa. Oklahoma is the only good team
Joxas has played and the Sooners held
Talf in check. A 29-yard run on a
[halfback pass marked the only time
heireated excitement against Oklahoma.
As for Lewis, A&M’s 0-3 start makes
Ivirtually impossible for him to garner
; ®jt support for the award this year. Be
sides, sophomores are usually excluded
from major support because of older
players who have had excellent careers.
The sophomore factor is a disadvan
tage for Sanders as well. However, his
performance thus far has been so impres
sive that a great game against Nebraska
would make it extremely difficult for
anyone to deny that he is one of the best
players in college football.
Lewis has just completed the best
three-game stretch of any running back
in the Southwest conference since Texas’
Earl Campbell for 555 yards in the final
three games the 1977 season. By the
way, Campbell won the Heisman that
year.
Lewis does all his work from the run
ning back position and doesn’t get as
many chances to handle the as Sanders.
It would be interesrine to see Lewis re
turning punts and carrying those skinny
little receiver types down the field for
about 20 yards.
Sherrill says Lewis still has not recov
ered from injuries to his toe and shoulder
suffered in the game against Nebraska.
After seeing him carry 40 times for 201
yards against Houston while only being
“90 percent” makes me wonder what he
could do when completely healthy.
Lewis’ best days are still ahead of him
and he should be a solid contender for
the award in 1988 and ’89.
How much media hype and attention
he is give prior to the next two seasons
will be big factors in his chances.
The great thing about it is that, regard
less of how much publicity he receives,
the final determinant will be his perfor
mance on the field.
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