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FORT WORTH (AP) — A series of high school re-
Jruidng camps showcasing 1,000 Texas athletes to an
audience of national college coaches could become a
[eality this December.
Collegiate Camp ’89, which is being developed by
||ormer Dallas Cowboy Robert Newhouse and Mid-Cit-
i ies businessman Jim Gipson, would call for four ses-
glions at the Cotton Bowl on four Saturdays in Decem
ber and January.
B Each camp would test 250 of the state’s best seniors
for speed, strength and agility and would invite the na
tion’s college coaches to view the tests.
B “We’re really just starting to bear down on the details
: right now; everything we’ve done so far has just been
getting the idea out and seeing if it can get done,” New-
§§ouse said.
He said the camp has received tentative agreement
om the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the
ational Association for Intercollegiate Athletics, the
ational Junior College Athletic Association and the
University Interscholastic League,
if “Everybody is kind of holding hands right now to see
if we can pull this thing together and help a few kids,”
he said.
I Newhouse said the main reasons for the camp are to
help acquire college scholarships for athletes who nor
mally might be overlooked and to give all Texas recruits
some valuable information before national signing day
(the second Wednesday in February).
| Those who have seen the plan say it could alter the
future of college recruiting.
“I think it could have an effect on recruiting for all
|chools, big and small,” said Rick Evrard, director of
gislative services for the NCAA. “It’s possible that it
ould have quite an impact in the future.”
Gipson said the original plan was to start small and
only offer the camp to coaches in a five-state area, even-
ally spreading to regional camps. But NCAA rules
iictate camps of this type must be open to all coaches in
11 divisions across the country.
“We’ve gone big time in a hurry, and that’s some-
Ihing we’re working on right now,” Gipson said. “We
eally don’t know if we’ll have 500 coaches or 5,000, and
at’sjust one of the things we have to think about.”
The rough outline of the camp is set, and time has al-
eady been reserved at the Cotton Bowl. Two-hundred
fifty athletes will be invited to each camp after all appli-
ations submitted by high school coaches, faculty mem-
ers and parents of the players have been screened.
I Offensive and defensive linemen are scheduled to at
tend camp Dec. 16, and quarterbacks, running backs
and receivers would work out Dec. 23. Defensive backs,
lackers and punters will be invited Jan. 6, and Jan. 13
will be a makeup day for anyone who wasn’t scheduled
for the three earlier camps.
I That scheduling has drawn some criticism from ma
jor-college coaches because it comes at one of the busi-
st times of the season.
“All of us are essentially on the same schedule, and
that’s a very hectic time,” Texas A&M coach R.C. SIo-
um said. “You’ve got the bowls in there, the national
ollege coaches convention in there and the start of our
ecruiting Jan. 15. If you had it all on one weekend it
ight work out, but there’s really no time for all four
Weekends.”
Gipson and Newhouse both said the dates were sand-
iched in at the only possible time — after the comple-
Graf, Sabatini make semifinals
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tion of the high school football season (because of
NCAA and UIL requirements) and before national
signing day.
“When we first came up with the idea, we really
weren’t looking for the big schools,” Gipson said. “We
were thinking more about the Howard Paynes and the
Navarro junior colleges, and there are plenty of those
schools around who could use this information.”
At the camps, tests will be given in the 20- and 40-
yard dashes, the short shuttle, the vertical jump, the
long shuttle and in various strength areas. In addition,
accurate information will be collected on the athletes’
heights and weights, and players will be allowed to
match up in one-on-one, non-contact drills.
The information will be tabulated by computers and
provided, for a fee, to coaches who attend the camp.
Computer printouts would also be available to coaches
not at the camps.
The fee charged to the coaches will be the major
force in underwriting the event, but other forms of
money-raising have been studied. Major sponsors, in
cluding Pepsi Co. and American Airlines, have offered
money, and players will be charged $25 to attend.
“One of the biggest concerns the superintendent’s
committee has with any (sponsor) is that they will take
advantage of the kids,” said Gina Mazzolini of the UIL,
which provides one of the biggest objections to the pro
ject.
“The package that Robert and Mr. Gipson has pre
sented appears very sound because it hardly charges
the student anything. What we’re worried about now is
if we make an exception for them, then we’ll have to
make them for all entrepreneurs.”
One of the rules governing high school athletics in
Texas states any tryouts for scholarships have to be
given on the campus of the institution providing the
scholarship money. As that reads, all athletes trying out
at Collegiate Camp ’89 would then become ineligible
for the remainder of their high school careers — in
cluding seasons for basketball, baseball, track and ten
nis.
Mazzolini said the UIL would consider changing that
rule at its next meeting in October, but added, “I really
have no feeling as to which way they’ll go.”
Gipson said the rule change is needed for the camps
to provide full opportunity to small-school athletes who
often participate in more than one sport but said, “We’ll
press on even if (the ineligibility) does occur.”
Newhouse, who said one of the reasons he got the
idea for the camp is he was almost missed by recruiters
when he played at tiny Hallsville High School in East
Texas, has added a big plus with his National Football
League ties.
The 12-year Cowboys veteran has invited a series of
current and former pros to speak to the athletes about
survival during the intense recruiting season and also
how to survive life as a college or pro athlete.
“If we can get a few kids into school who wouldn’t
have otherwise gone, that’ll be great,” he said. “If we
can get the message to all the kids that they need to stay
in school and stay away from drugs, then it will be all
the more worthwhile.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Steffi Graf
and Gabriela Sabatini, last year’s fi-
alists, took divergent routes into
the U.S. Open semifinals on
Wednesday.
Graf, the top seed and defending
hampion, needed only 44 minutes
to rout No. 8 Helena Sukova, 6-1, 6-
1. It was the 11th straight victory
aver Sukova for Graf, winner of six
af the last seven Grand Slam events.
Sabatini, seeded third, and Ar-
tntxa Sanchez Vicario went more
than 44 minutes in the first set,
done. The baseliners played ex-
ended points throughout their 2-
liour, 17-minute match, won by Sa-
aatini 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Graf and Sabatini, who are dou-
ales partners and have reached the
Semifinals here, will meet in Friday’s
(ingles semis. No. 2 Martina Navrati-
ova and her conqueror in last year’s
Open, No. 5 Zina Garrison, are in
he other semifinal. Garrison ended
^hris Evert’s Grand Slam career on
Tuesday.
For Graf, it was business as usual.
The West German star has lost only
4 games in five matches and she
lever allowed Sukova to get into
heir match.
“I am a machine, you know,” she
oked. “I tried to do my best. If this is
e outcome against Helena Sukova,
1,6-1, then I should do all right.
“I’m happy about the way that I
was playing. That’s more important
than any score or time.”
Ominously, Graf said she is
stronger now, but still approaching
her peak.
“At the beginning of last year, I
had easier matches, also,” the 1988
Grand Slam champion said. “This
year, I had a few matches that
weren’t 100 percent, so I think I
should be ready for the rounds com
ing up. This year, I think that I’m in
better shape and better in form at
the right time.”
Sukova said she was looking for
perfection, which was the wrong ap
proach.
“I really didn’t have to play the
perfect shot, as I tried to do all of the
time,” she said. “It puts so much
pressure on your serve to do that.
“You know, it doesn’t have to be
on the line, it can be a meter from
the line, and I was certainly pushing
it too much, to be a perfect snot, and
it didn’t work.”
Sabatini had to work hard against
Sanchez, the 17-year-old French
Open champion from Spain. Sabati-
ni’s serve was broken four times in
the first set — she also broke San
chez twice in the sloppy set.
“I think I started playing a little
slow,” said Sabatini, who lost to San
chez in their last meeting, at the Ca
nadian Open in August. “I was not
moving my legs very much. I knew I
had to keep in the match with a bet
ter forehand, and attack a little
more.”
In the middle set, the struggling
Sabatini, of Argentina, wasn’t much
better. But her opponent’s level of
play slipped significantly.
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