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strikes, they're voting
Baseball, you see, I
And right now, this bi|
evidently, the current
The baseball busine
attributed to a lack (
modity that propels
sense. And though s
lacking, the players ai
shown the most irrati<
LIKE A MERCEf
executive director of
? has led his troops
been fought.
In his 16 years as un
for the players, he
benefits and a little b
Miller won battles foi
progress was quite ju
is more of an obsessi<
hanging on for every
much more valuable <
Miller has gone
acknowledge it; in th<
has turned to blindnes
Part of the reason f
dai(a^4? /1m
npnvvia vii
Browi
By TRA<
Spot
Former USC as
Brown was name<
athletic director
women's basketball
' Wintrhop College.
Brown, who resig
post January 10 aft
women's basketball
was pleased with c
positions.
"I'm very pleas*
joining the Winthn
Friday "1 think thei
for me as a head c
forward to taking the
BROWN THF.N '
some of the factors l<
use.
"It was a very.
Brown said of her
probably the biggest
my life and probab
Carolina and the te
very much."
Brown said the ha
her and Parsons cu
the two-year period
assistant.
"There had alwa
differences betweei
Won
The USC women
successful season S
AIAW national golf (
The season's fina
young program, anc
Golf Coach Bobby F
"The main thing v
be regarded as a le;
first-year unit's de:
that. We won't feel 1:
'I'M It RALLY 51
16th in the country fi
Carolina carded
University of Geor^
team field.
Backed by Kobiri
tournament's final (
oi ai leasi a it>in-pi?
par on the back nin<
to survive the cut.
?lM
BAi
Pin 1
contests are being play<
ball park. Major leagi
stead of playing on ther
in box scores, but in TJ
ivdpc Qron't thrnuiino r
IJVIU ut VII V Ull VTTlll^ V
;on them.
has become business ?
g business has got big pr<
major league baseball s!
ss' present inefficiency s
)f that unique and indis
any successful enterprii
ill parties in the basefc
nd their leader ? Marvin
:>nality.
*iARY without a war,
UIC lYlcIJv/i liCd^UC x lajv
into a battle which nev<
lion head, Miller has mac
lping them obtain ma
argaining power from th
the players, and thus, t
stifiable to a point, but n
jn. Under his guidance, I
cent, but in the process t
commodity ? fan respec
too far but the-playe
eir eyes, he can do no wr<
>s.
or the players' blind fait
Conflicts
n Gets \
CYHELMS
rH tdilor
isisiani coacn Karen
i Thursday assistant
and head coach of
and women's tennis at
ned her bSC assistant
;er conflicts with head
coach Pam Parsons,
ibtaining the Winthrop
L'd and excited about
sum, Drown saiu
e's a great opportunity
oach there, and I look
it type of position."
i'OOK a look back at
jading up to her leaving
very tough decision,"
resignation. "It was
decision I ever made in
ly the hardest. 1 loved
am I had worked with
sic differences between
ntinually built up over
1 in which she was an
ivs been philosophical
1 Coach Parsons ant?
sen's
By TRACY IIKLMS
Sporls Iditof
's golf team concluded
Saturday with a lGth-pls
hampionship.
lo established a solid fo
i more importantly ? ac
oster ? it fulfilled a cove
/e wanted when the seasi
gitimate competitor," F
sires. "And we definite
ike the 'new kid on the bli
APPY," Foster continu<
r>r our first year and that
a four-day total of
jia's par-74 layout to pla
i Abare's third-round 7<1
ut Friday, assuring the 1
ice finish. Abare streake
i holes to give Carolina tl
"Fr.nr
rers And i
k) in the courle
players are *
(i. The game's B
he Wall Street i
?r swinging at 13
BIG business. 4* I
)blems ? most ^
:rike. .
Tru
;an be directly * ?
pensable comse
? common fact that t
>all strike are He is theii
i Miller ? have led them ;
baseball's
Miller ? the IT'S ST
;rs Association practical <
;r should have suspensioi
system of
le great strides signed by
ny legitimate Such a s:
e club owners, without it
heir faith. This years star
ow Miller's job another te
:he players are
hey're losing a But the
t. game's si
rs don't even although i
>ng. Their faith agents.
Instead
h hinges on the little sem
IVinthrof
myself," Brown said. "T
coaching conflicts and <
dealings with the players
off."
"IT WAS A CONTIIN
problems," the former
standout added. "If you
the conflicts between P;
were always there. They
year."
Borwn said the probl
explode, as they did 1
herself, administrative
Singer and player Pat ]
team in a two-week peri
were "mixed emotions" f
they watched many of
leave the squad.
"I think a lot of their
kept secret, kept quiet
sonal reasons," the Colv
"because, of course, P
coach ? she still calls th
of them still have to play
Seventeen members
basketball team have left
Brown said she "was
that Parsons' job was n<
last season. She ad(
problems (with the tea
prise me at all."
_ JP ??p
Golf Ti
\bare
a surprisingly field of
ce finish in the lowest si
Jan Hika
undation for the
cording to Head FLOR!
ted team goal. edging h<
>n started was to
oster said of the "Then
ly accomplished pionship
K'k' any more. competil
probablj
sd. "We finished Foster
'shard to beat." bring m;
1,297 over the
ce 16th in the 24- de
"Every
, USC made the establis
-ady Gamecocks "n ?ur di
d to three-underle
needed strokes "I<AS
but nov
Owners Both I
V. mmr < ^ ^ ^
rcy Helms/Sports Editor
hey have been spoon-fed on Miller's proj
r chief ? and in essence ? only informei
against the issue of free-agent compenss
first mid-season strike is the result.
'UPENDOUS THAT an economically sc
compensation issue could lead to such a d
i. Football, basketball and hockey all
?l, ? ? ...U?n ? fnnn
: compensation ? umi i?, wucu a ucc
another team, his former team is comf
pstem even makes more sense in base
, teams who bring up a player during 1
id to lose their total investment in the play
iam offer him a higher price.
players won't give up an inch. Not eve
ike. Compensation would not lessen their
it may curve slightly the lofty offers biddc
of diving for every cent, it's time the play*
se. So what if compensation would ten*
I Post
here were definite
Jifferences in our ^
, both on court and
go and look back, ft V *
arsons anH othprc \
just built up each MMfflj ?
ems were due to 1
season when 1
assistant Linda J
Mason all left the
od. She said there
rom the players as
their teammates ttBjP'' ^
feelings have been -wjpf
for their own perimbia
native said,
arsons is still the
^ ~ I J ^ 1^4.
e snuus ? anu u iui ^
for her."
of the women's
t since 1977. George Ro
> quite surprised"
)t in jeopardy after
Jed that "future ...in the mo
m) would not sur
earn Placc
compiled a 310 total to place 24th in the
140 players. Lee Whittemore was USC
orer with a 318 total, followed by Julie Lc
rd (326), and Lynn Stiffler (327).
IDA STATK captured the tourney with a
ost Georgia by three strokes.
e sure were a lot of good players in 1
Foster said. "1 was amazed at the qu?
itAn nrhnin 1 cnur if M/?vt (hn rfe'iitsinnl a rv
iiwn wiivii & oaw it. iiLAi iw iin: 11aiiunoi an
/ the most significant women's golf tournai
said the team's tournament performa
any future benefits.
(finitely gave us a g(K)d base to work with
school that beat us in the tourname
hed program. North Carolina had been tin
istrict, but we beat them decisively.
T YEAH WK had to beg to get in a lot of toi
v they want us," said Foster, who add
Kll%
tatting .000
salaries nearer their presei
that there's an absolute 1
money. After all, with t
$180,000, along with expei
vacation, they could find so
And those breathtaking fi
^ THEY ARE THE ONES
saiaries, and now ? in alli
Thev have finallv realized
hold the line with the striki
letting the situation get this
>aganda. The spoiled players hav
\ He has salaries as the norm, and
ition and for this fault. Owners like
Steinbrenner ? who has
money can buy ? have laic
>und and much to their present regn
amaging
have a How and when the strike
-ageni is une ming is certain, nc
>ensated. Baseball has already take
iball, for 153 games have been miss
his early more importantly, fans ha
er should When the strike was o
York's Reggie Jackson tol
people will realize that bas
n for the business." Right qow, hov
salaries, of sport. It's the players a
id to free- need to face the situatic
realize what they're doing
jrsuseda And when they do tha
d to hold national pastime in the pa:
| Rogei
1 With I
^H| From Reports
,%l p George Rogers sign<
}" | contract last Wedne
pi j with the New Orleans S2
J I reportedly making
{ | former Gamecock
km f hitzhest-Daid member of
ti m o c
L 5 J National Football I^e
1l^nP Details of the three
eontraet were not rele
AS but club owner John Mi
. Kj Jr. said the contract
^ - fltol valued around $35
Mecom, who did
comment on exact s
and bonus figures, sai
package made Roger
highest-paid Saint ever
Orleans quarterback A
igers Manning also makes ai
$350,000 a year.
ney "WE'RE VERY pi
that we were able to
elude our negotiations
/
individual vitations from three or
's second- extended to USC.
>ebs (322), "We're certainly not tl
we are respectable," he:
r osier expects more
1,220 total, this season's players i
highly-touted recruits.
the cham- Lise Ann Russell, Ka
>litv nf th<? attend Carolina next si
lateur, it's girl's amateur champio
ment." amateur champ. Simm
nee would finalist in the Women's J
FOSTKK ISN'T real s
l," he said, the women's golf progr
;nt has an NCAA.
b best team
"I don't think that any
said. "The NCAA golf c
urnaments, should find out more.
nH th'il in_ hAiirm/or ti/ill Kn a rf n inof
VII llicii III IIWVYV VVI , Will (I^UIIIOI
a
' ft
&W? 1
I
r mm
k m
i
nt level? The players must realize Is
imit to everything ? especially I
he average player salary near j
nsive benefits and a four-month
me way to survive.
igures bring us to the owners.
who have ofered those outrageous
ways ? they are paying the price.
I their mistakes and are trying to
e, but they are largely at fault for* *
> sour in the first place.
e come to expect incredibly high
the owners are solely accountable
i the New York Yankees' George
tried to assemble the best team
1 down these treacherous patterns,
st.
i will end is a speculative question.
)wever, it won't end in victory,
in quite a beating. Through today,
ed due to the 13-day-old strike, and
ve been let down. *
fficially announced June 11, New ''
Id reporters and fans, "Maybe now
seball is not a game. It's a job and a
vever that business is the Chrysler
nd owners ? not the people ? who
>n; they're the ones who need to
t, we can stop talking about the
st tense.
*s Signs' 1
Saints
George," Mecom told
reporters at the Wednesday )\
ed a press conference. "This is
sday something that couldn't be
lints, done overnight. We took our
the time and got everything
the worked out."
that Rogers said he was glad to
ague get the negotiations over and
looked forward to begin
-year playing.
ased, "I'm really excited to havf >;
ecom finalized my contract," the ?
was Heisman Trophy winner
0,000 said. "Jack Mills (Rogers'
agent) h^. gotten me a
not fantastic ocal and I'm very
alary happy to be playing in the
d the NFL, especially for Bum
s the phillips.
. New "Bum is a guy that I've
krchie always wanted to play for,
round and now I will get that opportunity
and be a part ia
changing the club around,^ J
eased Rogers continued. "I'm
1 con- ready to get started."
See Roger*, Page 11
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four prestigious tournaments were
tie best in the country, but we provecP
said.
progress for the program, as all of a
eturn next year along with three J
ndi Kessler and Kim Simmons wiljg
jason. Russell is a New York Stat*?
n, while Kessler is the Virginia statcH
ions, from Charleston, was a semiB
Southern Amateur championship. ft
ure what vvill happen next year whetB
-am switches from the AIAW to thS
one knows just what will happen," hjp
ommittee meets in July, so then
All our tournaments next yearBf
the same teams we played this yearB