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Monday, March 19,1990 The Battalion Page 11 D , 5. A . L . LED r ° SAY HE ' LL BE LATE G-ETTIKJG- BACK FROM SPRING- BREAK So / HAVE ro CRAW r«/S CARTOO/V / L "rouble brewing down Yankees way ’aper: Steinbrenner blackmailed NEW YORK (AP) — An unem ployed gambler who says George Iteinbrenner is “a sick liar” allegedly is attempting to blackmail the New • York Yankees owner. The New York Daily News, in Sunday’s editions, said Steinbrenner Jdmits to paying $40,000 to Howard Spira on Jan. 8. Spira gave Stein- brenner information to use in his suit against Yankee outfield Dave EVinfield, but Steinbrenner said that vas not the reason for the payoff. Spira signed an agreement prom sing never to disclose the payoff, tut the newspaper says he has since hreatened to make it public, along vith their tape-recorded conversa- ions, unless Steinbrenner gives him in additional $110,000 and a job at tis American Shipbuilding Co. in fampa, Fla. “Steinbrenner is a sick liar,” Spira old The Associated Press on Sun day. “This man promised me the world and kept me isolated in this house with his promises. He is trying to frame me and put me in jail. This man is so two-faced and sees out of his head two sides at once.” Steinbrenner, in turn, has accused Spira of “extortion in its purest form.” Spira is under investigation by the FBI, which raided the New York City apartment where he lives with his parents and seized tapes, le gal documents and other records, according to the Daily News. “I am scared to death that he will do everything he can to get these people to create other charges against me. I have no money and no legal representation,” Spira said. In 1981, when he was 21, Spira became associated with Winfield’s agent, A1 Frohman. Although he was not paid, Spira did public rela tions work for the David M. Winfield Foundation. Spira said he turned to gambling because Winfield demanded he maintain a high lifestyle, then re ceived a $15,000 loan from the player in December 1981 to pay off gambling debts. Spira said he was forced to pay back $18,500 and said Winfield allegedly threatened to kill him if he didn’t repay the money within two weeks. Winfield has denied Spira’s charges. Spira said Sunday that the only time he has lied was to protect Stein brenner and not reveal he had told the baseball owner about Winfield. “He said if I took all the dirt on myself and kept him clean, he would give me $150,000, a $50,000-a-year job working directly for him in Tampa, and free lifetime residence at the Bay Harbor Inn in Tampa,” Spira said. Wrong way runner awarded St. Pat’s race DALLAS (AP) — A runner who took the wrong route in a St. Pat rick’s Day footrace still got first place because, officials said, it wasn’t his fault and he was beating everyone anyway. James Jackson inadvertently took a shortcut because a police officer had directed him onto a street one block too soon, tainting his finish time of 23:51. But, second-place finisher, Kirk Thaxton of Abilene, said Jackson was so far ahead of the pack before the errant detour that it would be unfair not to give Jackson the vic tory. “He was just kicking our butts anyway, even before that,” said Thaxton, who finished with a time of 25:22. “If they don’t give first place to him, I’ll raise a heckuva fuss, because James deserves it.” Race director John Colleran agreed. “It wasn’t his fault he got off course,” Colleran said. “He was just following the police car. He ran hard and probably would’ve been the win ner anyway.” Jackson said he had psyched him self up for a fast time in the five-mile Shanjrock Run on Saturday, but when he looked at the clock as he crossed the finish line, he thought it had been too fast. But, by the time the police officer led him astray, Jackson had built up such a commanding lead over Thax ton that race officials had time to di rect the remaining 4,200 runners on the right route. “I knew something was wrong when I passed the three-mile mark in 13:58,” Jackson said. A 13:58 at that point would’ve meant a 4:30 mile after having run 4:35 and 4:54 respectively, for the first two. “I knew there was no way I ran a 4:30.” Jackson won the 1989 West End Five-Mile Run in Dallas with a time ol 24:17. T he Shamrock race came as Jackson was recovering from an ankle injury suffered Feb. 4 at the U.S. Cross Country Trials. “I’m feeling strong, really strong,” he said. “Too bad my time doesn’t mean anything today.” ' > What will you be doing AFTER Spring Break ? r REGISTER NOW FOR WORKSHOPS " ^ University PLUS Craft Center - MSC Basement v SPECIAL INTEREST CPR: M/W, March 19 & 21 6- 10pm M/W, April 16 & 18 6- 10pm $ 18/student $20/nonstudent First Aid: M/W, April 2, 4, 9, 11 6-9pm $22/student $24/nonstudent Personality Enhancement: Thurs. March 22, 29, April 5 6-9pm $18/studcnt $20/nonstudent Assertivness Training II: Mon. March 19, 26 April 2, 9 7:30-9pm $ 12/student $ 14/nonstudent Juggling: Wed. March 21, 28 April 4 6- 8:30pm $ 14/student $ 16/nonstudent Creative Writing: Tues. March 20 - April 24 6:30-9pm $28/student $30/nonstudent Wine Appreciation II: Wed. March 21, 28 April 4, 11 7- 8:30pm $25/student $27/nonstudent Bike Maintenance: Tues. 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