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The Battalion
Thursday, MarchS,
reselling of s P urs ’ Cummings relives fears
Ag tennis match with death of Loyola’s Gathers
By NADJA SABAWALA
Of The Battalion Staff
When it rains, it pours.
The Texas A&M men’s tennis
team was forced to reschedule a dual
match Tuesday against Wake Forest
because of thunder showers.
The Aggies were ahead 4-2 and
the Demon Deacons left for Austin
to face Texas Wednesday afternoon
and to return for a rematch today.
But again, it poured.
Wake’s match in Austin was
rained out and they decided to stay
there to play the Longhorns this af
ternoon, leaving A&M without a
competitor.
At the time play was suspended,
A&M’s No. 1 doubles team of ju
niors Matt Zisette and Steve Ken
nedy led Wake’s Mike Dilworth and
Lawrence Kiey, 2-0.
Sophomore Doug Brown and se
nior Shaun O’Donovan won their
first set against Brian Powell and
Justin Chapman, 6-1, but the teams
tied in the second, 2-2.
The Aggies No. 3 doubles team of
sophomore Blake Barsalou and ju
nior Mike Castillo led the Deacon’s
Brian Martin and Erik Samuels, 6-3,
3-3.
In singles’ action, O’Donovan,
A&M’s No. 1 singles player, was de
feated by Wake’s Gilles Ameline, 6-
1, 6-2. Ameline, a senior from Saint-
Lo, France, is ranked 10th in the na
tion by the Intercollegiate Tennis
Coaches Association.
O’Donovan’s season record falls to
9-3 with the loss.
The Aggies remain 9-2 in dual
match play, and begin SWC play Sat
urday.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) —Spurs’
forward Terry Cummings says
Hank Gathers’ cleath deeply affected
him and sparked memories of his
own battle with the heart condition
that afflicted the Loyola Marymount
basketball star.
But Cummings, an ordained Pen
tecostal minister, said he places his
faith in God and won’t be altering
his playing routine in light of Gath
ers’ sudden death.
“I take the medication. I don’t
think about it. That’s a part of my
life. I dealt with it,” he said of his ar
rhythmia, a heartbeat irregularity
diagnosed in 1982.
Cummings declined to talk about
Gathers’ death until after San Anto
nio’s game Monday night game
against the Houston Rockets.
“I had to prepare myself a little
more but that was because of the me
dia,” he said. “I had to isolate myself
so I could feel comfortable.”
Cummings, 28, said he was watch
ing ESPN Sunday night when he
learned about Gathers.
“I sat there and cried. I saw Terry
in Hank,” Cummings said.
After a slam dunk, Gathers col
lapsed during Loyola Marymount’s
game against Portland in Los An
geles. The 23-year-old senior later
died at a hospital.
Gathers also fainted earlier in the
season during a game and had taken
medication for arrhythmia. Results
of an autopsy on Gathers will be re
leased next week, officials said.
Cummings said he empathized
with Gathers as he watched the “epi
sode” that led to his death.
“When I watched Hank, I saw him
collapse and then try to shake it off.
But you’re so disoriented, you can’t
get your balance back. Seeing him
not be able to get back to his feet was
disturbing,” he said.
Cummings said when he (ini
started taking the medication to coo I
trol his arrhythmia he experienceil
problems.
“Initially it knocked my equiliiJ
rium off,” he said. “I was walldii;[
around high, but nobody knew ill
I’ve kept it where it works real to pres
for me.”
Teammate David Robinson said stit u
Cummings took Gathers’death peif A
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talked with Cummings aboutitMoclMay
day.
Cummings scored 28 points in tit
Spurs’ game against Houston '
he said Monday night’s loss is ont
he’ll forget about quickly — his mint
was filled with more important con
Mavericks ’ Perkins bitter, considers trade |
DALLAS (AP) — Mavericks forward Sam Perkins,
saying he still harbors bitter feelings toward team man
agement over last summer’s heated contract negotia
tions, has identified four other teams he would consider
signing with when he becomes an unrestricted free
agent at the end of the season.
Perkins said he has not forgotten — or forgiven —
how he was treated before grudgingly agreeing to a
one-year contract before the season began. Perkins had
been seeking a five-year deal, but the Mavs would offer
no more than three.
“There definitely are some hard feelings about them
not signing me before the season,” Perkins told the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram. “There definitely is some static,
and I felt more hurt last summer than ever before.
“They talked about my value to the team until it was
time for them put up the money. All of those things
come to mind, and that will have a lot to do withmyli-
nal decision. There are a lot of little things that went
unsaid that people don’t know about. And I have to
take all of that to heart.”
Roy Tarpley’s continued problems, Adrian Dantleys
decision to waive his guaranteed contract to become j
free agent after the season and his subsequent broken
leg and the promotion of Richie Adubato to headcoadi
have combined to put Perkins’ value in a new light for
the Mavericks. He is responding with his best season,
increasing his potential value on the free-agent market.
“I have some favorites like the Lakers, Chicago, and
maybe New York and Charlotte,” Perkins said, "Bull
just want to see what happens, and I don’t want to limit
my options. I’m going to play it by ear.
“It would be fun to play with Jordan again, ot
Worthy. ”
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on a three-point play and then stole
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the ball back and made a layup going
able to
on a five point run. A&M was at
sink a bucket with seconds left to
give UH a halftime lead of 34-31.
In the start of the second half
A&M was able to tie the score at 41-
41 with 15:25 left in the game thanks
to a layup by junior forward Diane
DeCree.
The Lady Cougars came back and
were able to reel off five more points
sparked by a three-point play by
Jana Crosby, including a layup
which capped off the five-point run.
UH would keep their five point ad
vantage throughout the second halt
and manage to score three more for
the final 77-69 victory.
“It was disappointing to have our
season end right now,” Hickey said.
“But we have a very young team and
we’ve done some good things.”
The sunshine did peek through
the clouds as A&M’s two seniors,
Lori Dillard and Lisa Herner, fin
ished the final game of their college
careers on an high note. Dillard fin
ished with a season high 19 points
with four rebounds, while Herner
passed for five assists and collected
two points for the night.
A&M finished the season at 16-12
and UH is now 17-10.
ARLINGTON (AP) — Pitcher
Kenny Rogers and third baseman
Scott Coolbaugh agreed to terms on
one-year contracts for 1990, the
team announced Wednesday.
Also, the Rangers renewed the
contracts of pitchers John Barfield
and Kevin Brown for 1990. Terms
weren’t disclosed.
Meanwhile, pitcher Darrel Aker-
felds and catcher Chad Kreuter,
who had their contracts renewed
earlier this week, also agreed to
terms on one-year contracts, mean
ing all 39 players on the Rangers
major league roster are under con
tract for the 1990 season.
Rogers, 25, was 3-4 with a 2.93
ERA and two saves in 73 games for
the Rangers last year. Coolbaugh,
23, batted .260 with 18 home runs
and 74 RBIs in 144 games at Class
AAA Oklahoma City in 1989. Hehii
.275 with two home runs and seven
RBIs in 25 games after being called
up.
Cold Bats
Lehmann
(Continued from page 7)
(Continued from page 7)
America flocked to ballparks to
see Ruth hit home runs. In 1920, the
Yankees experienced a 100 percent
rise in attendance.
Baseball, like other sports of the
time, relied upon attendance as its
sole means of support. Games didn’t
get broadcast regularly until the
1930s, and games weren’t televised
until the 1950s.
Ruth’s longballs drew the fans to
every stadium he played in and
baseball reached new heights of
prosperity in the 1920s.
When his contract expired in
1921, Ruth demanded and received
a five-year contract for $52,000 per
season.
He was worth every penny of it
and more. Ruth was asked if he felt
bad about making more money than
President Calvin Coolidge.
Ruth replied no. “I had a better
year than he did.”
Indeed he did, but what Ruth
ultimately accomplished was a shift
in power from the owners to the
players. After his raise, salaries for
other players also began to rise.
With the advent of radio, and
later television, major league
baseball became accessible to
millions of fans who never ventured
within a hundred miles of a major
league stadium.
This expanded market, coupled
with a more exciting product,
generated unprecedented revenues
for franchises.
Players have become better
educated, and have voiced stronger
demands for a bigger share of
revenues. Their reasoning is sound.
After all, the players are the
product. Fans pay to see the stars,
not the owners.
After decades of being
underpaid, the pendulem of power
has swung toward the players.
But, don’t cry for the owners.
They started paying huge salaries.
They turned the free-agent market
into a circus by throwing multi
million dollar contracts at washed-
up players.
Now the players are demanding
even more money. Do they deserve
it? Will they get it?
Maybe. And yes, they always have
in the past.
bert’s fastball into right Held. It
bounced off the glove of a diving
Robinson, and Kridler ended up
with a triple. He scored on a ground-
out.
The Aggies threatened again in
the third inning. Tim Holt hit a sin
gle over second base, but was caught
stealing after Trey Witte filed
out.Williams, Robinson and Rollen
then walked to load the bases with
two outs.
SHSU coach John Skeeters re
placed the Bobkat starter with Steve
Vlasek. With Broussard at the plate
with a full count, the Aggies came 15
. feet short of a grand slam. Brous
sard lifted a high pop fly to left
fielder Derrick Copes that fell just
short of the warning track.
A&M again had its chance to
break the game open in the eighth
inning. Down 4-2, the Aggies again
had the bases loaded. Marshall sin
gled, moved to second on Holt’s sin
gle and advanced to third on Witte’s
walk. With two outs, Williams
stepped to the plate. But his long
drive fell short, and centerfielder
Mario Cotton caught it to end the
threat.
“Everytime we looked like we
were mounting a rally, Sam Houston
really shut us down,” A&M coach
Mark Johnson said. “Travis rea/ly/nf
that ball hard. If that went through,
we would’ve scored three runs.
“But that’s not luck, that’s base
ball.”
Junior Rich Robertson relieved
Gilbert in the fifth inning, and shut
the Bobkats down the rest of the
way. SHSU managed just two hits
off Robertson after he came in.
The Aggies looked like they were
going to go down quietly in the ninth
inning, their last chance to pull the
game out. Robinson grounded out
and Rollen struck out. But Brous
sard slammed Richard Zastoupil's
pitch over the left field wall for his
third home run of the year, and it
brought the Aggies back to 4-3.
However, Thomas struck out®
three straight pitches to end the
game.
Williams said the Aggies’ lacklus
ter play could be attributed to the
previous night’s doubleheader, but
that they should have heated the
Bobkats anyway.
“I’m sure playing the double-
header had a little effect, but that
was no excuse for coming out and
starting off cold like that,” Williams
said.
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