Wednesday, April 25,1990
The Battalion
hooting ducks
Sowing Duckworth key for Mavs
DALLAS
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dubato wants y ^
slow down Kevin
ckworth during the Dallas
avericks* first round of the
BA playoff series against Port-
n d so he made some changes,
in the four regular* sea son
„ ies against the Trailblazers,
wh the Mavericks lost, James
.naldson guarded Duckworth
matchup of centers. Maver-
jts power forward Roy Tarpiey
« assigned to cover guard Buck
jjliams.
j^ow, they will switch, with
aroiev guarding Duckworth
| an a d P Dona1dson guarding Wil-
ams. , ^
“We feel Roy can get out on
i(Duckworth) and stay with him
fon his drives, while Buck Wil*
lliams isn’t going to be such a big
[offensive force that James can’t
[handle him inside," Adubato
[said.
"It’s a big area or concern, be-
|cause Duckworth is playing more
of a perimeter game than ever be
fore,” Adubato said. "We were
concerned about James’ ability to
stay with Duckworth to contest
his jump shots, and he wasn’t able
to keep with Duckworth when he
drove the ball."
Duckworth averaged 213
points against Dallas on 543
shooting From the field. He often
proved too quick on drives and
setting up on his jump shots for
Donaldson, who has been beset
by leg injuries this season.
The Mavericks expect the Trail
Blazers to rely heavily on Duck-
8 ot °lf more shots
(70) against the Mavericks than
any other Portland player.
The teams meet Thursday in
Portland for the opening game of
the First round of the playoffs.
Williams averaged 17.5 points
against the Mavericks, but only 10
shots. He usually plays closer to
the basket for offensive rebounds
and to get passes for dunks, so
Donaldson might not have to
wander too far from the basket.
Spurs sign Mitchell
to bolster scoring
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San An
tonio Spurs officials say they were
after scoring insurance in case of in
jury or severe foul trouble when
they signed former Spur Mike
Mitchell and cut Yugoslavian rookie
Zarko Paspalj.
“I told my wife (Diane) I feel like
it is draft day all over again,” said
Mitchell, 34, who was signed Mon
day to a contract for the rest of the
season.
‘I didn’t sleep all (Sunday) night,
just thinking about being back with
the Spurs. I’m really excited.”
Mitchell, whose 15,016 career
points rank 51st in NBA history, just
finished a season with the Filodoro
Brescia Italian team averaging 32.9
points.
He became a free agent Mon
day. He played with the Spurs from
1981 to 1988.
Bob Bass, Spurs assistant to the
chairman, said he didn’t get the idea
to sign Mitchell until he saw him at
Hemisfair Arena Sunday when San
Antonio battled the Phoenix Suns
and won the Midwest Division title.
artin
Continued from page 8)
Smchdowns, one season. Next ques-
on.
Opinion: Ware isn’t a drop-back
sser.
Fact:As a result of linebackers, de
fensive backs and defensive linemen
Mining as fast as wide receivers,
IFL quarterbacks are expected to
Jl out and be mobile. NFL scouts
limit that the likes of John Elway,
je Montana, Warren Moon and
andall Cunningham are much
lore dangerous when they roll out.
Bm sure Ware’s 4.5-second run in
ne 40 yard dash couldn’t hurt.
Once again, the question remains:
hy was George chosen over Ware?
ieorge is white. Ware is black. Case
osed.
Take the case of the refusal of the
FL teams to draft two quality QB’s
igh in the draft like their white
eers in the past two years.
In the 1987-88 season, Don Mc-
herson led the Syracuse Orange-
len to an 11 -0-1 record and a Sugar
Bowl tie with Auburn.
McPherson finished second in the
Heisman balloting behind' Notre
Dame’s I im Brown and, like Ware,
won every major college quarterback
award. But because of his height and
“weak” arm, he was looked over by
most NFL teams.
Rodney Peete was considered by
many as the perfect team leader.
Peete led the Southern California
Trojans to the Rose Bowl his senior
year and led his team to victory over
Troy Aikman’s UCLA Bruins.
The cases of Peete, McPherson
and Ware are truly similar and sad.
1 he NFL needs to take a strong look
at the way they are choosing their
draft choices. It is apparent to me
that the belief that black quar
terbacks cannot lead a team is truly
evident in that there are only five
black quarterbacks out of the 28
NFL teams.
Black quarterbacks on the high
school and college level are usually
relegated to the “speed” positions:
wide receiver and defensive back. If
you don’t believe me, just take a look
at the number of athletes on the
T exas A&M football team who were
converted from high school QB’s to
the speed positions.
Even such dominant college quar
terbacks as West Virginia’s Major
Harris, who finished third and
fourth in the last two Heisman bal
lots, and Reggie Slack of Auburn
were not chosen until the 12th
round. To make matters worse,
Tony Rice — who led Notre Dame to
a national championship last year
and a No. 2 ranking this year —
wasn’t even drafted. Such no-names
as John Friesz, Mike Buck, Gerry
Gdowski and Pacific Lutheran’s
Craig Kupp were drafted. Now how
many national championship rings
do they have?
The NFL’s failure to allow black
quarterbacks a sufficient chance to
prove themselves is pathetic and un
imaginable. Jt’s high time that black
quarterbacks are given their chance
like the Aikman’s, George’s, Doug
Flutie’s and, of course, Steve
Walsh’s.
TV * *
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|Continued from page 8)
nd Houston use the Run-and-Shoot
hat Ware mastered at UH. The Li
nts picked him up with the seventh
tick.
Here’s a fact for you.
The Colts needed a quarterback,
hey just draf ted George. The Jets
lave Ken O’Brien. Seattle’s Dave
irieg is average, but the Seahawks
ad no reason lo believe Ware would
ie any better. Tampa Bay already
ias Vinny Testaverde. San Diego
ias committed to former Texas
ech star Billy Joe Tolliver, and the
Sears have young Mike Tomczak.
And the Lions?
They use the Run-and-Shoot, and
nly have Rodney Peete to run it.
’eete was a late-round draft choice
toro USC. Some wonder why the
Heisman Trophy runner-up
rasn’t taken in the first round.
Either all 28 NFL teams knew
mething we didn’t about Peete, or
tey were all racist and simply de-
>ded not to draft him because he
_as black. Let’s put our money on
ie first possibilty.
So Ware wasn’t the No. 1 draft
hoice. He was seventh, and ended
up with the team that needed him
most. The first six teams that
drafted Sunday met their specific
needs. That’s not racism in my book,
it’s good football sense.
Notre Dame’s Tony Rice wasn’t
even picked. But he never was the
passer the NFL would like him to be,
and obviously simply being the quar
terback of the best team in the coun
try doesn’t cut it in the NFL. Lead
ership qualities are one thing, but
professional ability is another.
An uninformed opinion: A&M
turns black quarterbacks from high
school into “speed” positions in col
lege like defensive back and receiv
ers.
An informed fact: The Aggies
had 10 former prep quarterbacks on
their roster in 1989. Five of them
were still quarterbacks here — two of
them were black, three of them were
white. Obviously, Coach R.C. Slo
cum felt Lance Pavlas was the best
out of them, and that’s why he was
the starter.
That leaves five former prep
quarterbacks at A&M, now playing
other positions. Derrick Frazier was
an all-district quarterback in 1987,
but now is starting in the Aggies sec
ondary. Backup defensive back
Steve Lofton played some quar
terback in high school, but then
again, he played just about every
thing else too.
Felton Ransby was a prep quar
terback. Now he’s a starting receiver
for the Aggies because the A&M
coaching staff thinks that’s where
he’ll do best for the team. If that’s
racism, then I’m A1 Carter.
William Thomas was another all
district quarterback in high school.
The Aggies recruited him as a
quarterback, but Thomas couldn’t
pick up the Aggies’ offensive scheme
and made the switch to safety. Now
he’s an All-SWC linebacker.
Mike Jones played some quar
terback as a prep player also, but
ended up as a tight end. Was he
moved to the tight end position sim
ply because of his skin color? Ob
viously not. He was drafted as a tight
end by Minnesota.
To say A&M is racially biased to
ward the color of their starting quar
terbacks is stupid. Kevin Murray was
a star here, but having silly putty for
ankles prevented him from catching
on with an NFL team.
Football is a business. If a team
needs a position filled, it’s going to
fill it with the player it feels can best
do the job. Color shouldn’t enter the
picture. And it doesn’t.
Mitchell will be in uniform Thurs
day when the Spurs start their best-
of-five playoff series against the
Denver Nuggets.
Paspalj, 24, played in only 27
games this season and averaged 6.7
minutes, 2.7 points and 1.1 re
bounds.
More than that, the former Yugo
slavian star didn’t fit in with the
Spurs’ ball-hawking defensive
scheme.
“Zarko is a great guy,” Spurs
coach Larry Brown said. “But the
bottom line is he’s not going to be
back next season.”
Paspalj, whose mall-roving, pizza
eating, chain-smoking habits made
him a San Antonio crowd favorite,
said the move came as a complete
surprise to him.
“You know, I’m not arigry but I
can’t explain why they bring me
here, pay me $350,000 and sit me on
the bench,” Paspalj said.
“I thought they would trade me
but when that passed, I thought OK
... Why didn’t they cut me and send
me home after the first month?”
Astros dropped
in 5-3 setback
to hot Expos
HOUSTON (AP) — So far, Mon
treal is using a combination of power
and speed to surprise the National
League this season.
Tim Wallach hit a two-run homer
and Montreal stole five bases as the
Expos beat Houston 5-3 Tuesday
night for their sixth victory in seven
games.
“The speed had a lot to do with
our success tonight,” Wallach said.
“It’s how we put pressure on pitch
ers and force them to make mis
takes.”
Montreal has 31 steals in 14 games
and is off to an 8-6 start. After losing
starters Mark Langston, Bryn Smith
and Pascual Perez to free agency,
many predicted the Expos to finish
fifth or sixth.
“We’ve been running all year, not
just against the Astros. That’s our
style,” Montreal manager Buck Rog
ers said.
Kevin Gross (1-1) pitched six in
nings, allowing one run and five hits.
Drew Hall, newly-acquired John
Costello and Tim Burke finished.
Burke pitched two innings for his
fourth save.
In each of his last five seasons,
Gross has pitched at least 200 in
nings, struck out at least 125 hitters
and made 30 or more starts.
Winless Mike Scott (0-2) pitched
five innings and allowed four runs
and five hits in his fourth start of the
season. The loss makes Scott’s life
time record against Montreal in the
Astrodome 1-5.
Marquis Grissom singled with one
out in the first inning, stole second
and scored on a single by Tim
Raines. Raines stole second before
Wallach hit his first home run of the
season.
“Our speed distracted him. It
changed his game,” Wallach said.
Houston was prepared for Mon
treal’s speed.
“Speed is their forte. You know
it’s in their game plan and it’s going
to help them play well in a facility
like the dome,” Houston manager
Art Howe said.
Houston scored in the second
when Glenn Davis led off with a
double and came home on Glenn
Wilson’s single.
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