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Pi^Xa -Hut Northgate Pizza Hut 501 University Dr. Presents A John Wayne Weekend Friday 5pm-l 1pm Saturday 1 lam-11pm Continuous showing of 9 Free John Wayne Movies Cowboys The Shootist Rio Bravo True Grit Rio Lobo Chisum Rooster Cogburn Big Jake Cahill US Marshall Food & Drink Specials 99tf Longnecks Griffith Joyner denies sprinter’s claim Gold medalist) says she didn’t use‘growth hormone (Con in IS ;Wher lowi Jlexa | It Sent when !5-l( NEW YORK (AP) — Florence Griffith Joyner, accused by Darrell Robinson of buying growth hor mones from him, on Thursday called the sprinter “a compulsive, crazy, lying, lunatic.” “I don’t do drugs,” Griffith Joyner said. “I never have taken any drugs. I don’t believe in them. It’s a false accusation.” Robinson detailed his dealings with the 1988 Olympic heroine and other track and field athletes and coaches, including Carl Lewis, in the West German magazine Stern. Rob inson repeated the charges Thurs day on NBC-TV’s “Today” show. Griffith Joyner, accompanied by her husband A1 Joyner, the 1984 Olympic triple jump champion, and business manager Gordon Baskin, flew from her California home to New York for the early morning show in hopes of meeting her ac cuser. Robinson failed to show up, but the two confronted each other via a hookup from his Toronto home, and the rhetoric was bitter. “How can you have the nerve ... to tell a false lie?” Griffith Joyner said angrily. “She says she didn’t take them (drugs),” Robinson said. “It’s my word against hers.” “You admitted taking drugs and why do you want to implicate other athletes?” Griffith Joyner said. Robinson, who reportedly re ceived at least $25,000 for the mag azine story, published Thursday, and money for appearing on the TV show, insisted he was “not doing it just for the money.” 1982 and 1985 runner-up, con tended in the magazine story that Griffith Joyner asked him to get growth hormones for her last year, because “I have connections.” He said she paid him $2,000 in 20 $100 bills and the transaction took place in mid-March 1988 on Venice Boulevard in Los Angeles. Robinson alleges that Griffith Joyner asked him to look into the cost of the hormones. He said that, when he told her it would cost “$2,000 for 10 cubic centimeters,” she said, “That’s crazy.” He quotes Griffith Joyner as say- r, “If you want to make a million, track. I have never run into on the street. “I don’t know how he's going back this up.” This was not the first time drug accusations were made ako [“ e ” r Griffith Joyner, who rocketed it pur ; c international fame in 1988afterl ing a world-class runner for but never a star. At last year’s Seoul Olyi as It arm [laye Bu mg, “The money issue isn’t an issue,” he said. “I am sick and tired of hear ing everyone saying they’re clean.” Robinson, the 1986 national champion at 400 meters and the you’ve got to invest a few thousand.” Robinson says that a few days later, Griffith Joyner gave him a “wad of 20 hundred-dollar bills.” “I never gave him a dime for any thing,” Griffith Joyner said. “Why meet him on Venice Boulevard? The only place I met him was on the where she won gold medals in 100-and 200-meter dashes and clt yw ] 400-meter relay, along with a siklU^ in the 1,600-meter relay, theaccus L ()U ( was Brazilian' 1 Joaquim Cruz, il L> t 1984 Olympic 800-meter champio: ^ Later, she was accused by Lewis iggg ^ six-time Olympic gold medalistj | e Q lyn Ashford, a three-time gold mt alist, and Pat Connolly, Ashfori i ^ ^ team former coach and new coach oft ai naldo Nehemiah, ex-world reco:K e cc holder in the 110-meter high t Lg dies Johnson preaches patience to his Cowboys emi It’s Jill br to pal form ( ablv w : IRVING (AP) — Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson, trying to come out of college and make an impact in the NFL, said he can’t compare his 0-2 start with other down times he’s had, even when he coached high school football. “I had a couple of tough years when I was at Oklahoma State but I can’t compare it to that,” Johnson said Tuesday. “And I don’t guess I could compare it to coaching at Pic ayune (Mississippi) High School (in 1966). Getting ready for Bay St. Louis isn’t quite as tough as getting ready for the Washington Redskins.” Johnson said he has reminded his staff, most of whom were highly suc cessful at the University of Miami, to remain patient. “I told them to keep believing in the things they’re doing,” Johnson said, “because in time it will pay off. We need to look to the end of a long journey and have faith in what we are doing and to never compromise what we believe in. We’ll eventually get there.” Johnson added having patience “has been hard for me to do.” Johnson makes his regular season home debut on Sunday with the win less Redskins the opponent in a noon game at Texas Stadium. “Over the years I watched Dallas and Washington play and they had some exciting games in the past,” Johnson said. “I might have a few more anxious moments because of the rivalry. Washington being our opponent certainly has added a little more spice to the week.” Johnson said the realized the 4- point favorite Redskins will try to run right at the Cowboys’ crippled defense with Gerald Riggs. at’s down your throat,” Johnson said fenv The Cowboys were blanked 2* “I li by New Orleans then fell 27-21 Atlanta on Sunday after buildinf 21-10 halftime lead. “We knew going in it wasn’t j to be an easy situation,” Johns said. -N “We’ll have to stop their running attack because they’ll try to run it High schools introducing ‘glow ball’ G\ 386 20 Mhz $1599.00 FINANCING AVAILABLE » Intel 80386-20 CPU • 1.2 Meg Floppy Drive • Monochrome Monitor • Hercules CompotiPle Graphics • 1 Meg RAM (expandable to 16) ALL PRICES REFLECT CASH DISCOUNT ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE. IBM AND HERCULES COST MORE. MORE BYTES. LESS BUCKS. CQ/HPUTER 819 SOUTH TEXAS AVENUE (SALES) 764-1136 (SERVICE) 696-0553 After transferring from UCLA, Longhorn linebacker looks ready AUSTIN (AP)— After Brian Jones transferred to fe Texas from UCLA last season, he felt like an outsider. Jones said he hated being on the scout team, which was so far down players did not even have a Longhorn emblem on the side of their helmets. And he certainly felt it wasn’t his place to speak out on the shortcomings of Longhorns since he hadn’t played a down. But now that Jones is a starter on the varsity, he’s more comfortable—and talkative. “Sure, he’s a confident person,” says Texas Coach David McWilliams. “He does his share of jawing but he knows when to back off. I don’t think the other players knew what to think of him at first. “But when it came time to put up or shut up, he put U P-” Jones, a 6-foot-3-inch, 245-pound middle linebacker, said he thought he could become the best linebacker ever at the University of Texas, quite a goal considering some of his predecessors at that position. All-Americans Tommy Nobis, Jeff Leiding and Britt Hager all wore No. 60, the same number given to Jones at his request. “Brian had the confidence to wear it, so I had the confidence to give it to him,” McWilliams said. But tradition and ability are not the main reasons Jones wanted the coveted jersey. “I wanted that number because everyone who has worn it here has been white,” said Jones, a black. “I’m not saying that those others who wore it weren’t good, they definitely were I wanted to be the first black to wear it at Texas. I wanted to be a pioneer. I wanted to show the other black kids that things are changing around here.” In his outspoken way, he also criticized Longhorn players he called “eaters and riders.” “They are guys who just ride the bus and eat the food,” Jones said. “We had a few people on the team that fit into that category last year. And some of them even complained about the food. Those are the guys that are just glad to be here, and that’s the end of the road for them. That’s their accomplishment.” Even though the former Lubbock Dunbar star first chose UCLA over Texas, he said he always felt a gentle tug coming from Austin, and the pull finally became too strong to resist. Jones started five games as a freshman for UCLA, but after the season he had surgery to repair a cracked vertebra in his lower back and missed the rest of that season and the next one. “My heart just wasn’t with UCLA,” Jones said. “I was always checking back here to see what was going on.” Jones already has become the defensive leader Texas, logging a game-high 12 tackles in Texas’ 27-6 season opening loss to Colorado. “I had some things to prove to myself,” Jones said. “People have a lot of expectations of me, and I put a lot of pressure on myself to excel.” Longhorn players have nicknamed Jones “Hi Mom” because he always seems to know where the camera is, and he said, “I think they respect me. That was the main thing on my mind.” ARLINGTON (AP) — Two I las-Fort Worth area high schoolstl week will audition a flouresceniv low football designed to help I see it better. “It looks like a yellow ball of & coming at you,” Paschal coach fc mie Walker said. “We got eight! those yellow bananas on Saturoat Walker’s team will use the bail their game with Sam Houston But School. Bas wi The football is designed IAFC, c Charles O. Finley, the formeroi'T In j of the Kansas City Royals and Oalonly t land A’s. Finley said the ball wil!tftst 17 easier to view under the dim light-'! ferenc high school stadiums. Bonnel The ball is regulation in sizeasfeams shape, but instead of two traditioyRagles white stripes around each end, thf* Reds are eight half-inch wide yeif Som stripes parallel to the ball’s f-a Whc seams. ifC v Buarte “Ninety percent of football ga®'ftp. are high school, and the lighting® Yes, very inadequate,” Finley said Tutjpernie day. “And the college and pro ganjiire sti are hard to watch on TV, evening primes daylight. These balls are forthebt'f fi ut efit of the spectators. They canen the ’9( the game much better.” .Jr u nnir Finley, 71, has pushed for thedfjlptings ignated hitter rule, night games wlayers the World Series, more colorfuln^Rwed forms and oranere baseballs. Rashir • Jimms “It feels good and I like thro" ofX evN , it,” Sam Houston quarterback kWhoeni rence Luster said of the ball. B Ever