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Page 10 The Battalion Monday, March 5,1990 Mor He’s outta there Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack Texas A&M shortstop Jason Marshall tags out LSU’s Scott Bethea in Friday’s game at Olsen Field. The Aggies beat LSU 4-2. Collegiate star Gathers collapses dies Sunday at 23 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hank Gathers, the West Coast Confer ence’s all-time leading scorer and No. 11 on the NCAA’s all-time scor ing list, died Sunday night after col lapsing on the court during Loyola Marymount’s game against Port land. He was 23. Gathers was pronounced dead at Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital, where he was taken after collapsing with 13:34 left in the First half of the WCC tournament game. He died at 6:55 p.m. PST, a school spokesman said. As a junior last season. Gathers became only the second player in NCAA history to lead the nation in scoring and rebounding, averaging 32.7 points and 13.7 rebounds. A 6-foot-7, 210-pound center from Philadelphia, Gathers was forecast as a First-round selection in this year’s NBA draft. He passed up the draft following his junior season. Last season, he led the nation in scoring and rebounding. It was the second time this season that Gathers has fainted on his home court during a game. On Dec. 9 against UC Santa Bar bara, Gathers went to the foul line with 13:56 left in the second half, missed his First free throw, stepped aw'ay from the foul line and wet down. He underwent several days tests in a local hospital and returnei after missing two games. Gathers passed those tests and be gan taking medication to reguki his heartbeat. Doctors suspected lhai an accelerated heartbeat may be led to the fainting spell on that oca sion. Gathers convinced the doctors cut back on his medication, afte: which he felt his body strength int f moving. He turned the corner in tkt irst week in February when ! scored 44 points against St. Mary’s After Gathers collapsed, a dm sion to postpone the tournaments made by Conference Commissiont: Mike Gilleran. He appeared to be suffering coir vulsions for a few seconds while bs mother and aunt rushed outoftki stands in front of a hushed crowd Gersten Pavilion. Their cries wen audible to everyone in the building Athletic Director Brian Quint said that three physicians workedoi Gathers while he was placed intotk ambulance and taken to the hospital Gilleran, in his sixth season n WCC commissioner, stated that there will be no conference game played Monday. AMt No. 7 Texas drops games to No. 17 HUnf AUSTIN <AP) — Sophomore; Jason Mokr picked up hts second victory and second complete game of the season as 17th- ranked Illinois clipped 7th- ranked Texas 6*3 Sunday af ternoon, taking two of three in a series with tlie Longhorns. The Fighting mini improved their record to 7-5 while Texas fell to 16-7. 'The series was the first meeting between the two schools since 1963, Akeem like a dream, Vincent swaying toward owners nets quadruple double HOUSTON (AP) — Akeem Ola- juwon, who usually downplays his heroics on the court, was all smiles after collecting the third quadruple- double in NBA history. “That’s a big accomplishment,” Olajuwon said after scoring 29 points with 18 rebounds, 11 blocked shots and 10 assists. “Coach (Don) Chaney had asked me if I wanted to go back into the game to get that block.” He got two blocks in the final 4:02 as Houston won 129-120 over Golden State Saturday. When the game ended, Olajuwon was only credited with nine assists, but the Rockets’ staff looked at the film after the game and detected an uncredited assist. “It’s legitimate,” Chaney said. “I’ve got it on film.” The uncredited assist happened when Olajuwon made a kick-out pass to Buck Johnson, who sank a jumper. Despite his performance, which also included five steals, Chaney said the center is capable of more. NEW YORK (AP) — Most evenings lately, the door to Fay Vincent’s office swings open sometime after 6 g .m. For the next 30 minutes, the commissioner of aseball holds what amounts to a fireside chat. “I’ve reached an agreement with the union that there will be baseball in my administration,” he said one eve ning, his smile beginning to widen. “•We just haven’t agreed on which year.” Negotiations between the players association and owners resume Monday, the 19th day of the spring training lockout. Vincent, at least to the union, appears to be the catalyst for movement on management’s side. “The first glimmer of interest on the clubs side of reaching an agreement seemed to coincide with his get ting involved,” union chief Donald Fehr said Sunday. The sides remain apart on salary arbitration eligibil ity, roster size, the benefit plan, minimum salary and collusion language. They haven’t formally met since Feb. 24 and opening day probably will be delayed if there is no agreement by the end of this week. “We’ve been gone tor several days,” said Fehr, who spent the week in Arizona, California and Florida rallv ing players. “It seems to me appropriate at the leasttk inou we should review where we are. Vincent has sounded pessimistic throughout negotia lions. As chief executive officer of Columbia Picture! Industries Inc., he had to deal with larger economic is sues. But none were mixed with the distrust of the base ball talks. “I’ve tried to keep this from becoming a discussionoi moral issues,” he said. “I don’t know if I’ve succeeded.’ Vincent joined baseball last April 1 as Deputy Coral missioner under A. Bartlett Giamatti. He spent his fm!| five months coordinating the Pete Rose investigation and became commissioner on Sept. 13, 13 days aftei Giamatti’s fatal heart attack. 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