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Tuesday, July 25,1989
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iamatti not planning to seek negotiated
settlement with Rose on baseball betting
301 Rudderffi ' COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) —
Bmmissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti
Said Monday there are no plans to
ormation coni}; seek a negotiated settlement with
jBlte Rose over allegations the Cin-
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■The case is currently tied up in
He Ohio courts and an injunction
Hs temporarily blocked Giamatti
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if Rose in fact bet on baseball
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games, including those of the Reds.
|| If Rose is found to bet on baseball,
he could be suspended for one year.
11 he bet on the Reds, he could be
banned from the game for life.
■ “The commissioner did not ini
tiate the court action,” Giamatti said
when asked why the case has
dragged for months.
“Let’s have a hearing,” Giamatti
said. “I believe it’s fair and appropri
ate. I’m going to do my job.”
Giamatti said he thought the gen
eral public has grown “tired” of the
Rose affair but that the game “is
doing very well.”
The commissioner added that he
set out to investigate the allegations
and did not consider suspending
Rose without the benefit of a hear-
in s-
“I believe in playing by the rules,”
Giamatti said.
“I never said I wouldn’t talk to
people. I never said I wouldn’t lis
ten, but that’s not the way the proc
ess is set.
“I’m going to wait for a hearing.”
That could be a long wait.
Hamilton County Judge Norbert
Nadel granted Rose a temporary re
straining order June 25, and lawyers
for the commissioner asked the fed
eral court to take the case.
U.S. District Judge John Hols-
chuh is due to make a decision next
Monday in Columbus, Ohio, as to
whether the case returns to Nadel’s
court or is moved to federal court.
If Holschuh rules for Giamatti,
the case stays in federal court and
Rose’s attorney’s must file there for
an injunction.
It’s a thorny legal issue whether
the jurisdiction decision can be ap
pealed.
In granting the restraining order,
Nadel said: “It appears to this court
at this point the commissioner of
baseball has prejudged Peter Ed
ward Rose.”
A letter signed by Giamatti and
sent to a district court judge on be
half of Ron Peters, who was awaiting
sentencing on charges of tax evasion
and cocaine distribution.
The admitted bookmaker was one
of two principal witnesses who had
told investigator John Dowd that
Rose not only bet heavily on baseball
but also on Reds games. In the letter,
drafted by Dowd for the commis
sioner’s signature, Peters was called
“candid, forthright and truthful.”
The annual Hall of Fame game
was to be played Monday between
Cincinnati and Boston but Rose de
cided to stay away in order not to
draw publicity away from former
teammate Johnny Bench, who was
inducted into the Hall on Sunday.
The game eventually was canceled,
because the Reds had trouble getting
a charter flight out of Montreal.
Oilers threaten to retract
Rozier’s contract offer
HOUSTON (AP) — The
Houston Oilers’ owner said Mon
day the team will retract its offer
to contract holdout Mike Rozier if
the veteran running back does
not accept the deal and report to
training camp Friday.
“I’m fully aware of how the ne
gotiations with Mike Rozier have
been progressing. We have a very
good offer on the table to Mike,”
K.S. “Bud” Adams, club owner,
said Monday night.
“We have a very good offer on
the table to Mike. If he hasn’t ac
cepted our current contract offer
and reported to training camp
with the rest of the veterans on
Friday, then we are pulling that
offer off the table,” Adams said.
Rozier, the team’s top running
back and a two-time Pro Bowler,
reportedly has been offered a
deal worth $5.45 million that
would make him one of the six
highest-paid running backs in the
NFL with an $850,000 salary for
the 1989 season.
Sources said the contract calls
for a $600,000 base salary and a
$250,000 advance for the first
year, with increases each year of
the five-year salary to a high of
$1.4 million in 1993. None of the
contract is said to be guaranteed.
Adams said he had discussed
the contract situation with Oilers
general manager Mike Holovak
and directed him to make the of
fer available only until Friday.
Also Monday, the team said
top draft picks Scott Kozak from
Oregon and Rod Harris from
Texas A&M have agreed to con
tract terms, but first-round pick
David Williams still has not
reached agreement with the
team.
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Cowboys begin new era
in 1989 training camp
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e, told ther: —“Pads and helmets at 3:30 p.m. Be
■ere on time.”
this as a her:, With those orders, a new era be-
t really hur gan on Monday in the 30th year of
lallas Cowboys’ football,
tsed techno™ Jimmy Johnson officially replaced
d inJuneasHom Landry in training camp as the
y drug tea leader of the Cowboys.
50,000 dt*!; While Landry eased the players
g the 2,00 into the long grind with shorts and
l|irts, Johnson ordered his team to
say T1 isae: come ready for contact,
ram because!; In two days, the Cowboys will be
ns in the wHrimmaging the Los Angeles Raid-
ited tocosh erson back-to-back days.
>n annually. B “We want to find out what we
brings II got, ” Johnson said. “We have some
ederal law : funning backs who look good run-
hat dodefo ning against air. Now we want to see
fy that emf ifthey can break some tackles.”
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nvironmeri| From three tough mini-camps,
mipanvsp the players already know what awaits
that regarff them: Call it “Camp Contact.”
“It’s going to be harder than hell,”
id offensive guard Nate Newton,
t’s going to be rough. We know
■ghat to expect because we went
l|hrough it in mini-camp.”
—■ The Cowboys came to an
■greement Monday with draft
O *1 choices fullback Daryl Johnston of
I OH) Syracuse (second round), guard
: Mark Stepnoski of Pittsburgh (third
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round), defensive end Tony Tol
bert, Texas-El Paso (fourth round),
and defensive end Rhondy Weston
of Florida (third round).
Johnston is expected to make a
strong bid for the starting fullback
job.
Three free agents were cut on
Monday, including wide receiver
i eff James of Stanford, defensive
ack K.C. Clark of San Jose State,
and guard Doug Marrone of Syra
cuse.
Johnson said Steve Walsh, whom
he coached in college at Miami,
wouldn’t be in camp until he had a
contract. Walsh is asking a contract
similar to the $11,037 million which
top draft pick Troy Aikman re
ceived.
“I would hope that we would be
close to signing Steve by the middle
of the week,” Johnson said. “We’ve
had three solid offers for him.
There is still a chance of a trade and
we prefer to do something now if
something is going to happen.”
Johnson said talks with veteran
quarterback Steve Pelluer were still
at a stalemate.
Pelluer is asking some $750,000 •
per year and the Cowboys have of
fered $450,000.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jose
Canseco’s surgery-scarred left hand
is bandaged like a boxer’s, his shoul
der is sore and he says he’s only at 80
percent strength. What will he do
when he’s healthy?
After hitting five home runs and
driving in nine runs for the Oakland
Athletics since coming back after the
All-Star Game from hand surgery,
Canseco is picking up where he left
off last year when he won the Ameri
can League’s Most Valuable Player
Award.
It’s tough to be MVP by playing
only half a season, but if anyone can
do it Canseco can, even if he doesn’t
come close to matching the 42 hom
ers and 40 stolen bases he had last
year as baseball’s first 40-40 player.
If he made 30-30 in half a season
and led the A’s to another pennant,
he could be in the running.
“Just remember, this guy’s a very
special talent, one of the most special
talents in baseball,” Oakland man
ager Tony La Russa said. “He’s capa
ble of doing something every time
he goes out there. As his timing and
strength improve, he’ll get better
and better. He’s got so much talent
that anything is possible.”
Kansas City’s Bo Jackson might be
the only player who can match Can
seco’s combination of power and
speed, but Canseco is a more dan
gerous hitter, Oakland’s Dave Par
ker said.
“Bo is a phenomenal athlete in the
respect that he’s doing two profes
sional sports, playing football and
baseball,” Parker said. “But Jose is
the most devastating offensive pro
ducer in the game today. He’s awe
some. He’s got bat speed. He’s got
strength with the bat speed. And
when you put those two things to
gether you’ve got a devastating of
fensive machine.”
Canseco is driving his car less and
enjoying life more. He concentrates
on the ball and his lawyer handles
the legal matters, such as a court ap
pearance Monday to set a pretrial
nearing Aug. 18 on a weapons
charge for allegedly having a loaded
pistol in a car parked on the Univer
sity of California’s San Francisco
campus.
Just as the safest place for heavy
weight champion Mike Tyson might
be the ring, the safest place for Can
seco might be the ballpark. His two-
run homer Sunday, his third in
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three days, helped the A’s to their
fifth straight victory and a sweep of a
four-game series against the AL
East-leading Baltimore Orioles.
Now the California Angels, who
lead Oakland by .002 in the West,
are in town for three games.
“I’m just playing,” Canseco said.
“I’m glad my hand is well enough to
be playing and that it’ll get 100 per
cent some day. I don’t try to put a lot
of pressure on myself. I don’t believe
in that. I believe in just going out
and doing what your ability enables
you to do. I think added pressure
just hampers you.”
Canseco even allowed that he
might not be doing as well if he were
at full strength.
“If I was 100 percent, I might
have six or seven home runs, but you
can’t tell,” he said. “I might not have
any. I might be overswinging if I
were too strong. What I’ve been try
ing to do is get a pitch in the zone
which I can hammer. You see me
taking a lot of pitches. I’m trying to
stay off the high pitches and balls in
side. Those bother my hand.”
Canseco, batting .290, hasn’t tried
to blast every ball. Rather, he has
concentrated on his technique, a
smooth, line-drive swing with good
contact. Yet, his homer Sunday was
caught by a fan in the fifth row of
the second deck at the Oakland Col
iseum and was estimated at 460 feet.
Canseco said his left shoulder,
which atrophied while he wore a cast
on his hand for three months, still is
sore and feels weak by the late in
nings.
by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds
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NFL minor league system could benefit everyone involved
— The nun Q ne most important ingredients to
s working! well-rounded success that the National
e by 10 toi [: ' Football League lacks is a minor league
r by five® system to develop talent and promote the
iker Hugltf sport in cities that do not have an NFL
franchise of their own.
decline,® Although the Worldwide American
even consft Football League is a noble idea whose time
ro, the nun] has come, it does not fill the void created by
totaled i 111 the absence of a minor league in America,
ed Month'; Several American cities would love to
count-h' support pro football teams, but the NFL
Jeff
Osborne
Assistant Sports Editor
;try index 0 '; cannot have 150 franchises, or even an
reflects th additional 36.
ly eXpM Cities such as El Paso, Jacksonville, Fla.;
lay, not ^ Birmingham, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.;
e ly prod® r>Oakland, Calif.; St. Louis, Mo.; San
Antonio, and Baltimore, Md.; are just a few
jghes T°* examples of where minor league teams
, r comp 311 ' Could be supported. The traditional
, er Inter® measuring stick for success is — “Will it play
nge, C a ^j * n Peoria?” — and this city in Illinois would
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be another good choice for a minor league
ranchise.
Not only would a minor league benefit
fans in these cities and others, but players as
well.
Several players with borderline ability or
unproven talent would have the
opportunity to prove themselves in the
minors. This is a chance few players get
with the limited rosters and high salaries in
the NFL.
The truth is that with only 12 teams in
the new international league, six of which
are in Europe, the need for a minor league
cannot be satisfied.
The NFL missed out on a golden
opportunity when it passed up the chance
to absorb the United States Football League
a few years ago.
The rival league had the audacity to
challenge the NFL in court under national
anti-trust laws. The USFL won the case,
and was awarded a payment of $3. This was
a deathblow to the league, and put plans for
a minor league on the back burner.
Under the experienced and wealthy wing
of the NFL, these former USFL clubs
would have served as an excellent
foundation for a minor league.
One fear of opponents to a minor league
is that it would hurt college football. The
minor league would exclude college-level
players, barring special circumstances.
College is first and foremost a place to
get an education, and should not be seen
only as a stepping stone to pro football
glory, but a place where serious student
athletes can earn degrees.
College baseball is still exciting, despite
the existence of three levels of farm clubs
and the majors. Just ask any Aggie fan if
this detracts from his enjoyment of the
game. With this in mind, we know that a
minor league would pose no threat to
college football.
Another argument is that a minor league
would create too much of a glut for
football.
Fans of baseball in several cities which
support minor league teams have proven
the viability of co-existence of major and
minor leagues. Too often, players with the
talent to play professional football are
turned away because of the cold reality that
the NFL isn’t big enoungh to support them.
With the start of training camp this week,
hundreds of players will be cut from rosters
to accomodate limits in team size.
Many of these players could be stars in a
minor league, and provide fans of minor
league franchises with something to cheer
about.
At the same time a minor league is
created, an effort could be made to
incorporate the Canadian Football League
into the NFL fold.
Larger cities could be brought into the
NFL, while smaller cities would be added to
the minor league. This would provide CFL
teams with a substantial increase in the
number of teams to compete against, and
most likely increase revenue and fan
interest as Canadian teams finally get the
opportunity to compete against Chicago,
Los Angeles, or Tampa Bay.
The NFL and CFL could reach a
compromise regarding rules differences by
having the minor league follow Canadian
rules.
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