ednesday • August 6, 1997
loneheaded
iarry Switzer
The Battalion
strikes again
Irom somewhere in the
I general vicinity of the
sprawling metropolis
nown as Dallas, one could
racertain multi-millionaire
bwner contort his facial features
nd utter a resounding, “Doh!"
All, another Dallas Cowboys
aining camp, another contest
: which player can attract
he most attention with his off-
he-field follies.
Only this time, the coach de
eded to play, and darned if he
ft end up winning the whole
dang
Sportswriter
Matt Mitchell
Senior journalism major
shooting
match.
Head
Coach Bar
ry Switzer’s
arrest in
Dallas, for
carrying a
revolver
tlirough an
airport
baggage
[check, kicks training camp off
with distraction for yet another
season. Same song, seems like
hundredth verse.
It turns out that for all of his
expensive surveillance cameras
and late-night restrictions on
his players, Cowboys owner Jer
ry Jones should have been
keeping an eye on his head
coach instead.
And all that bull about the
Cowboys being put under a mi
croscope because of their wide
spread popularity and many
flamboyant personalities is just
that. All NFL teams have had
their share of unprofessional be
havior on the part of their ath
letes, the picture of Kansas City
Chief Mike Mamula showing off
the hardware in a nightclub
fcOrJ springs disgustingly to mind.
Perhaps it takes professional
athletes that long to re-focus on
another long season, and we al-
lovioccasional slip-ups, just as
we do in the regular season.
But does anyone remember
things like this happening when
Jimmy Johnson was still mousse-
ingit up in Valley Ranch?
I know, I know, let the past
die already. It’s hard to argue,
however, that the fiery coach’s
absence has only served to
spotlight Switzer’s inability to
control his own troops, as well
as his penchant for momentari-
ftlfl ly abandoning common sense
at critical junctures.
Please see Mitchell on Page 6.
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Photograph: Keith McPhail
Oakland Raider cornerback Albert Lewis covers Cowboy wide receiver Michael Irvin in a scrimmage at Saint
Edwards University in Austin.
By Keith McPhail
The Battalion
Football excitement is heating
up as the Dallas Cowboys enter the
preseason. The Cowboys, currently
at summer camp at Saint Edwards
University in Austin, spent last week
practicing with and scrimmaging
the Oakland Raiders.
With the season fast approach
ing the Cowboys are in good form.
Receivers
The strengths of the 1997 Cow
boys included its receiving corps.
Michael Irvin has returned from
hardship and is the hardest working
man in training camp. No player on
the practice field maintained the
level of energy Irvin has displayed
this summer. Battling sweltering
heat which led defensive lineman
Tony Casillas into the mist tents de
signed for fans, Irvin seems un
fazed. No receiver ran more pat
terns. No player was more focused.
Not even the coaches were talking
as much as Mike. With the problems
of last season behind, 1997 should
see a Michael Irvin with unshake-
able mental toughness.
The Cowboys also have added
standout receiver, Anthony Miller.
Miller’s hands and speed will be a
threat to opposing secondaries.
Since the departure of Alvin Harper,
the Cowboys have not had a legiti
mate 1-2 combination at receiver.
While Harper’s glory was because of
a defensive focus on Irvin, Miller
brings talent that would be an asset
to any team. Miller has recently been
sidelined due to injury, but his return
to the field will mark the return of
greatness to the receiving corps.
Also impressive have been rook
ies Macey Brooks from James
Madison University and Kenyatta
Watson from Boston College. At 6
feet, 5 inches and 220 pounds,
Brooks brings size and strength to
the position.
Please see Cowboys on Page 4.
Switzer has support Harry Garay’s time is up
of team but not Jones
Jones
AUSTIN — Barry Switzer, arrest
ed on a gun charge as the Dallas
Cowboys were trying to clean up
their image, won the support of his
players Tuesday,
but not his boss.
One team
source said own-
erJeiTy Jones was
talking with the
NFL about an ap
propriate pun
ishment for his
coach. One op
tion would be a
fine, according to
the source, who spoke on condition
of anonymity.
Jones has spent months saying
he won’t stand for the kind of be
havior that led to the suspensions of
five players, including Michael Irvin
and Leon Lett, for violating the
NLL’s substance abuse policy in the
past three years.
“I really feel even stronger than
I’ve ever felt that we’ve got to look at
even how a mistake is perceived
and how it does reflect on what
we’re about,” Jones said.
“I don’t have anything to say at
all at this time about any action at
this particular time,” he said when
asked about possible discipline for
the coach. “Anything that you read
into that is sheer speculation.”
Switzer was one of the first to ar
rive at practice, and after the team
conducted special teams drills, he
huddled with his players to explain
his arrest.
Jones, who showed up later, did
not talk to Switzer but instead
climbed a tower between two prac
tice fields and watched the team
from above.
Players quickly forgave their
coach and said they were ready to
put the incident behind them.
“In light of what the organization
has tried to do and having gone
through a good camp up to this
point, it gives us a little bit of a black
eye,” said quarterback Troy Aikman,
a critic of Switzer in the past. “But
we’ll put it behind us and move for
ward. It was an honest mistake.”
After the four-minute team
meeting, during which Switzer had
his head down most of the time,
running back Herschel Walker put
his arm around the coach.
“He said he was sorry and ex
plained what happened,” said tight
end Eric Bjornson. “He apologized
and said, ‘You guys are doing great,
keep up the good work.’”
Fullback Daryl Johnston said, “I
don’t think it’s anything at all. I think
it’s a very innocent act. “
Staff Writer
Robert Smith
Senior journalism major
M emo to the Tribune Company in Chicago. Re
move Harry Caray from the broadcast booth
immediately. Don’t wait another year. Don’t
wait another day. And don’t wait until he re
tires, because he never will. Help us out
Tribune, and do your viewers a favor.
Those who
have had ca
ble televi
sion at any
time dur
ing the
past 15
years are
probably fa
miliar with
Garay’s act.
For everyone
else, Caray is
the old man with expanding blue
glasses who slobbers on the mi
crophone while mixing in
pointless commentary during
broadcasts of Chicago Cubs
baseball games on WGN-TV
Some of Garay’s famous
quotes include, “Holy cow,” “It
might be, it could be, it is a
homerun,” and “the average
attendance at Wrigley field this
year is 48 degrees.”
And, according to Caray, Ken Caminiti is
the San Diego Padres MVP third baseman.
Garay’s latest name botching came last week
when he tried not once, not twice but three times to
pronounce Yankees pitcher Hideke Irabu’s name.
That was painful.
But this is not the worst part of Garay’s broadcast
ing, by any means.
Two years ago, while interviewing Los Angeles
Dodgers Manager Tommy
Lasorda during a pre-
^x:
game interview,
Caray asked if the
Dodger’s, “slant
ed eyes” pitcher
would be pitch
ing that day.
Knowing he would
mangle yet another
name, I’m guessing
Harry thought he
could get over by
making a
****^5*) joke about
Hideo Nomo.
Nice going,
Harry. The
last time I
checked,
“slanted
eyes” was
not an ac
ceptable
term to
use in
place of
Asian-
American.
But it’s
all good,
because Harry is an “institu
tion.” Just ask the Tribune Company.
Please see Smith on Page 4.
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