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The Battalion
Wednesday, July 14,1993
During the break
Astros analyzing first half of season
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — The Houston Astros'
reached the half-season point counting their
surprises and disappointments.
The surprises included the crash of last sea
son's MVP closer Doug Jones, the All-Star sea
son of pitcher Darryl Kile and the mixed re
views of the starting pitching.
The primary disappointment was the same
inconsistency that plagued the youngsters of
last season. An encouraging winning streak
has been answered by the thud of a string of
losses.
It all has to change in the second half of the
season if the Astros are going to make an an
ticipated run at the National League West title.
They'll pick up after the All-Star break on
Thursday in St. Louis.
Jones' 5.63 ERA is a primary concern.
"We have to find a way for him to get back
to where he was last year and the start of this
year," General Manager Bill Wood said. "He's
working hard. Bob Cluck (pitching coach) is
working hard. We need him, it's as simple as
that."
Jones had 11 saves at end of May and ap
peared on track for a repeat of last season, when
he was the club's most dependable pitcher.
The Astros thought starting pitching would
be their anchor after signing premier free
agents Doug Drabek and Greg Swindell. But
Swindell has a 6-8 record and 4.95 ERA and
Drabek is 7-8 with a 3.34 ERA.
"I would say we all expected more," Wood
said. "In the first half, I don't think they de
serve any more blame than any of the other
segments because at times they've pitched
good game and the runs haven't been there."
Wood said the Astros' run-production over
the past two months was spotty.
Add the inconsistency factor.
In the month leading up to the All-Star
break, the Astros had winning streaks of 8-2
and 6-2 and losing runs of 1-7 and 3-10.
"For the last month or so, we just haven't
gotten consistent performances," Manager Art
Howe said. "One night, we hit. The.next night
we pitch. It seems like we can't get them to
gether. You can see that the ingredients are
there. It's just a matter of putting them togeth
er."
Kile has emerged as a solid No. 5 starter
with a 10-1 record and selection to the All-
Stars, while shortstop Andujar Cedeno has
produced both at the plate and in the field
above expectations.
Kile was in the minor leagues at last year's
All-Star break. Now he's the Astros' most ef
fective pitcher with a 2.26 ERA.
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Foreman
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The series will make its debut
in the fall and is scheduled for
Saturdays at 8 p.m. CDT. Taping
was originally scheduled to begin
next week but has been post
poned until late August. When
taping begins. Foreman said they
will put 13 episodes "in the can.”
Foreman was in Hollywood
this week to receive a Jim Thorpe
Award as one of the legends who
has made a tremendous career
contribution to the field of sports.
By the end of November, Fore
man said, his commitment will
be complete. Then, perhaps, he
can get back to what he does best
— "punching peoples' lights
out"
There aren't enough hours in
the day. Foreman said, to meld
the two careers once taping be
gins.
"The producers are trying to
make me swear off boxing,"
Foreman said. "I guess they want
to do a lot of investing (of time
and money) in the sitcom.
"But I'm a truthful man. I
haven't got this stuff out of my
blood yet."
Camden
Continued from Page 3
land and Arlington, Texas, cap
ture the old-fashioned feel that
has helped make Camden Yards
such a big hit. Both stadiums are
scheduled to open next spring.
But he said the Cleveland and
Arlington ballparks ignore anoth
er important reason for the suc
cess of Baltimore's stadium: fan
intimacy.
A fan sitting in the third row of
the upper deck behind home plate
is only 182 feet from the field at
Camden Yards. But in Cleveland,
that same seat will be 195 feet
Allison
Continued from Page 3
Relatives asked that his organs
be offered for donation "so oth
ers may live," Smitherman said.
Davey Allison and racing vet
eran Red Farmer were the only
people aboard the helicopter
when it crashed near the
NASCAR garage at Talladega.
Farmer, who suffered broken ribs
and a broken collarbone, was ex
pected to be hospitalized several
days.
Farmer told The Birmingham
News the helicopter went out of
control and crashed as Davey Al
lison was attempting to land. The
two had flown to the track from
Birmingham to watch driver Neil
Bonnett's son test a car.
Farmer said he yelled to Dav
ey Allison from the crumpled
chopper: "Davey, let's get out of
here, the motor's still running."
But he said there was no re
sponse.
"Davey was hanging upside
down, but I couldn't undo his
Tony Danza, star of "Taxi"
and "Who's The Boss," is execu
tive producer of the new sitcom.
"It's called 'George.' I know,
that's an odd name for this show,
huh?" the 44-year-old Foreman
said.
"It's about this ex-boxer,
George Foster, who's made a lot
of money, retires and has nothing
to do but sit around the house all
day. His wife is a counselor at an
inner-city middle school.
"So he follows her to school a
few times and gets hooked on the
kids. He enjoys talking to the
kids and sees how much of an
impact an ex-fighter can have on
their lives, a positive influence.
"George opens a community
center where all the kids can
come and play games after
school, lift weights, box, listen to
guest speakers who tell them
about living right and growing
up to be good citizens."
The story line sounds familiar.
"Yeah, I guess you could say I'm
playing myself," Foreman says
with a laugh. "But I'm not re
tired.
"I'm not going to use that
word. When one of the champi
ons decides to give me another
shot at the title. I'm going to hus
tle back into the ring in a hurry.
from play. In Arlington, the dis
tance will be 200 feet. Pastier said.
"That's the most distant upper
deck in all of baseball," he said.
The architect's comments came
during a forum on the history and
future of ballpark design. On the
panel was J. Thomas Schieffer,
president of the Texas Rangers,
who bristled at the criticism of his
new ballpark.
"I don't want to quarrel with
John, but he's just not right," Schi
effer said. "When you talk about
this park, you're talking about my
child."
He said upper deck seating will
be closer to the action in the new
park than in the current facility,
although he offered no specific
seat belts because he'd fall on
me. I knocked the glass out and
crawled out of the helicopter,"
Farmer told the News.
A helicopter landing pad was
under construction at Davey Alli
son's home, where police were
stationed following his death to
keep away onlookers. The lawn
was freshly sodded.
Davey Allison was born on
Feb. 25, 1961. He grew up watch
ing his father and uncle, Donnie
Allison, race on the Winston Cup
circuit. Bobby Allison is third on
the Winston Cup list with 84 ca
reer victories, and uncle Donny
Allison won 10 races.
Davey Allison quickly estab
lished his own identity. He made
his debut in 1985, finishing 10th
in the Talladega 500.
Davey Allison finished third
in the Winston Cup points stand
ings the last two years, and he
was fifth at the time of his death.
His only victory this year came at
Richmond.
Davey Allison finished third
in the Slick 50 300 on Sunday at
Loudon, N.H.
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A Homecoming
Pacers' Davis leaves Europe for NBA
INDIANAPOLIS — After three seasons of professional basketball r
in Europe, Antonio Davis is ready to return home to play.
A second-round pick for Indiana in 1990, Davis is hoping to im- ]'
press new coach Larry Brown at the Pacers' rookie and free agent j
camp this week.
"It's always nice to be back in the United States, playing real bas
ketball," said Davis, who played his college ball at Texas-El Paso. "I
just want to show Larry Brown I can play. Hopefully, there's a spot for
me."
The Pacers nearly found a spot for the 6-foot-9, 235-pound Davis last
year. At the last minute, Davis opted for a nice offer from a Greek team.
It was Davis' rebounding and shot-blocking that initially attracted
the Pacers. Since then, Davis has upgraded his other skills.
"There were question marks about me: 'Can Antonio score? Can he
guard a bigger guy?' I'm not saying I'm a great shooter now, but I am
saying I've improved a little bit," Davis said.
Brown will be able to assess that improvement in workouts that
continue Wednesday at Park Tudor High School.
"We need to get bigger," Brown said. "We need to rebound and de
fend better, and those are two things (Davis) has always been able to
do.
I
I'm not
through yet."
Foreman's
last fight was
at Las Vegas
on June 7
when he lost a
unanimous
12-round de
cision to Tom
my "The
Duke" Morri
son in "The
Star Spangled
Battle," a fight
"Given George's popu
larity and given the
show is pretty good, I
think we have a good
shot at making this
thing a big hit."
-Tony Danza
Foreman's co-star
The
for the vacant World Boxing Or
ganization heavyweight champi
onship.
"You know, it's funny," Fore
man said. "I've gotten a lot of fan
mail since then from people who
watched the fight. And none of
them say that I lost. They tell me
how much they love me.
"You put that together with
another boxing show, these fel
lows that are champions, they
can't overlook that. I'm still right
in the hunt."
For much of the last eight
months. Foreman has sand
wiched his boxing career be
tween planning and working to
ward launching the sitcom.
In December, while preparing
to fight South African Pierre Co-
etzer at Reno, Nev., Foreman was
in Hollywood filming the sitcom
pilot.
He had a makeshift gym con
structed on a back lot and worked
out between taping sessions.
"We built the gym in a vacant
rehearsal hall, next to where we
worked and called it 'Big
George's House of Pain,"' says
Danza, a former professional
fighter before he turned to acting.
"Given George's popularity
and given the show is pretty good,
I think we have a good shot at
making this thing a big hit."
The series is set in Houston. A
film crew has already visited the
Bayou City taking shots of the
Astrodome, NASA and other
Houston landmarks that periodi
cally will be used on the air.
Mark Eva
Stephanie
Dave Thai
Mack Har
M,
figures.
Pastier said later he got his in
formation about the new Texas
stadium from its architect and
conceded his information might
have been inaccurate. However,
he added, "I just think (Schieffer)
is blowing smoke."
Pastier was critical of the new
Cleveland stadium for the same
reason.
"What's shocking to me ... is
that upper deck in the new stadi
um will be farther from the field
than the old cavernous stadium,
even though it will only have 60
percent of the seating capacity,"
he said. "There is some real trou
ble here."
On one point there was no dis
pute. After a 1960s boom in con
struction of symmetrical, round,
"cookie-cutter" stadiums with ar
tificial turf, Camden Yards marks
a return to inner-city ballparks
with quirky personalities that
make the game more interesting
for players and fans.
"This ballpark reflects the 130-
year-old relationship between
baseball and urban America," said
Peter Gammons, a columnist for
The Boston Globe.
Scheiffer said the success of
Camden Yards provides an im
portant lesson, but he warned
against trying to copy it. "If you
do, you'll wind up with Main
Street in Disneyland — a repro
duction."
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to students on campus, or release the records of the hearing if the law
enforcement records are available.
An amendment to the Buckley Amendment passed last summer
states that records of campus law enforcement units are not education
records and therefore not protected under the Buckley Amendment.
Kelly said the front page of the University Police Department's inci
dent report contains the names of both of the students involved. Even
if the names and identifying characteristics are deleted from the hear
ing records, the names will be available through this incident report, he
said.
Even though the names of the students are known, A&M's legal
obligation is to protect the names of these students, Kelly said.
"This legal obligation is not lessened by virtue of the fact that the in
formation contained in an education record is known by or available
through other sources," the letter states.
Kelly said he does not recall the attorney general ever making an
opinion on a case of this nature.
In December 1992, a female cadet in the Aggie Band told UPD she
had been raped and harassed by a male cadet earlier in the year.
She told UPD she wanted the matter handled administratively, with
no criminal changes being filed.
Violence
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However, he said, occasionally
his station receives complaints on
issues such as AIDS and sex.
Wilund said the "labeling" by
the network would not effect
viewership much. The people
who are concerned about the vio
lence are already monitoring the
programs, he said.
Some family advocates said
they thought the network agree
ment was a positive thing.
"Anything that gives con
sumers more information about
the products they are buying is a
positive thing," said Diane Sarver,
president of the Brazos Valley
Life & Family Advocates. "But
ultimately it is up to the con
sumer; I am opposed to govern
ment control."
Sarver said the family should
take more responsibility in the
home by limiting TV programs to
wise choices. The family should
control itself, she said.
She said the best way to protest
violence on TV is to boycott the
sponsors of questionable pro
gramming. Sarver said if the
sponsors realize that by sponsor-!
ing the show they are decreasing
their profits, they will not support
violent programs.
Anne Newman, the director of
Texas Council for Family Values,
said if the industry would govern
itself no regulation would be nec
essary. The Constitution was
made for a self-governing moral
people not an immoral people,
she said.
"It used,to be there was a gen
eral consensus of what was right
and wrong," Newman said-
"Now people see evil as good and
good as evil."
Newman said the constant
posure to TV violence has helped
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