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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NE.W YORK COLLEGE AT CORTLAND•May I, 1990 Arrnwrestling at the pub Bl/JE 's CC Grant takes first Hank Gathers' family By Corey Wiles Sports Editor Friday afternoon at Woodman's Pub, the first annual Intergreek arm wrest ling was held before a capacity crowd during happy hour. It was a sillteen man competition that was quite intense. C()ming in third place was Brian Merrrnan representing Delta Kappa Beta. The final match pitted Pete Stran<lofSigma Phi Epsilon against favorite CC Grant of Beta Phi Epsi- lon. In a two-out-of-three-winner- take-all, it was a highly strenuous match. Grant won the first match by default. The second match started out all Grant, but Strand carne back and it was even upuntilGrantgotthe momentum and put down the arm of Strand. CC Grant was the winner. The competition was sponsored by Woodman's Pub along with Food Bag, Pizza & More, Monteleones and Crown City. The event was covered by the endless work ofT om Shanahan and the CSTV crew and officiated by Jim Mapes. All pro- ceeds went to the Cortland County Nutrition Program. Hopefully, this will continue as a tradition at Cort- land College. suing Loyola coach By A. Joel Pickney have been saved through proper Now Gathers' family feels they de- Staff Writer medication and proper treatment. serve the money even though he A sad story just got sadder. By now, I'm sure you've heard the tragic story of Hank Gathers. Gathers was a basketball star at Loyola Marymount University be- fore he collapsed during a game last month and died within two hours. The cause of death was a heart ail- ment in which Gathers was suppos- edly taking medication for. Gathers' death inspired his team- mates to three victories in the NCAA basketball tournament and a trip to the Final Eight. They bowed out to Gathers had collapsed earlier in the never played an NBA minute. Do seasonandhadtositoutafewgames they deserve the money? while undergoing tests and treat- Theanswerissimple: no. Why? ment. He was given medication to Because HankGathershimselfknew take on a regular basis so as to con- the risk involved, but played any- trol his heart problems. way. No one forced him not to take ,....------------------------, eventual champ UNLV, but they had ESPN initially reported that the medication. He played simply Gathers had requested reduced because he loved the game. Yes, amounts of medication because he moneywasprobablyonhismind,but felt sluggish while playing. Now, the basketball was more than that to him. family claims thatWesthead asked Hedidn'thavetoplay. He could for the reduced amount; ESPN re- have saved his own life. But he· had ported that Westtiead denied the to play because he loved the game. claim.Inanyevent,littleifanymedi- It's sad that his family can't accept cation was found in Gathers' system that. He would have played under whenautopsyresultswererevealed. any circumstances. It's sad that Yousee,thestoryisn'taboutlife money has infiltrated American or death anymore, it's about money. sports to the point where we can no ~Vho's g_oinf! to win? - ~ A capsule look at America's favorite pastime · By A. Joel Pinckney Staff Writer 13aseball season is almost three weeks old, so I figured I'd better get my predictions in before it's too late. Here's a capsule look at the divisions and who 'II finish first: American League East. Better known as the American League Least. This division is mediocre at best because most of the teams lack pitching. The Toronto Blue Jays have the most talent, but it's hard to repeat. Cleve- land, Detroit and New York are going nowhere; Boston needs help on the mou11d; everyone is ready for Baltimore this year. PICK: Milwaukee Brew- ers. They acquired veteran Dave Parker and re-signed MVP Robin Yount, and also have Don Baylor in the dugout. The Baylor Factor-- three straight Worl<i Series appearances from 1986-88 --puts them at the top. American Leaugue West. Arguable the best division in baseball. This division is home to World Series Champ Oakland, along with challeng- ers CalifQTTlia, Kansas City and Texas. Unlike the East, the pitching is strong. Once again the A's are loaded, but can they make it three straight years? Chicago and Seattle are looking for respect, and Minnesota looks to rebuild. PICK: Kansas City Royals. Strong starting rotation of Storm Davis, Tom \Flash\ Gordon, Mark Gubiza and Bret Saberhagen along with relief ace Mark Davis will lead the Royals to the divison title. Nat ion a! League East. On paper, the New York Mets should run away with it, but their defense is suspect. Philadelphia just want to finish higher than last while Montreal is building for the future with three promising rookies in the lineup. St. Louis is too inconsistent; Pittsburgh is looking to rebound from last year; Chicago will not repeat. PICK: New York Mets. Their defense is weak, but the best pitching staffin baseball-- David Cone, Ron Darling, Sid Fernandez, Dwight Gooden, Bob Ojeda and Frank Viola - - will prevail. National League West. The best division in baseball. Although Atlanta and Houston can forget about it, the other four, including Cincinnati, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, will fight it out to the finish. Cincinnati is red-hot, but it won't last. San Diego is the favorite, and San Francisco is suspect in the pitching area. PICK: Los Angeles Dodgers.Their mairlourished offense of a year ago will get healthy as Eddie Murray puts up MYP-likenumbers. OrelHershiser, Tim Belcher and Jay Howell anchor a s<JI id pitching staff. As for the playoffs, here's how they will tum out: American League Championship Series. Brewers v. Royals. Milwau- kee pitcher Teddy Higuera gets three starts in a seven game series and wins all three. Headline in Milwaukee reads: \Higuera named MVP.\ Once again, the Don Baylor Factor prevails. National League Championship Series. Mets v. Dodgers. The Mets score card reads E-8, E-9, E- 3, E-8. Headline in New York reads: \Mets defense fails, Dodgers prevail.\ Old nemesis Hershiser is at it again, and Kal Daniels has the series of his life. Dodgers in six. World Series. Brewers v. Dodgers. Milwaukee manager Torn Trebel· h()m has done a marvelous job with the help-of Baylor, but the Dodgers' ex.perience is too much. Headline in Los Angeles reads: \Dodgers win 2nd World Series in 3 years.\ Eddie Murray is MVP. ~--------------------------------------------~ overcome adversity and captured America's hearts. They were win- ners no matter what the score. But now, the Gathers story has turned sour. Last Friday, USA Today re- ported the Gathers' family is filing a multimillion dollar suit against Loyola coach Paul Westhead, uni- versity officials and medical person- nel for \wrongful death and emo- tional distress,\ along with six other charges. According to USA Today, the family claims that Gathers' life could Rangers headed for ruin Special to the Press Game 3 of the Patrick Division .Final is history and the Rangers are asking themsleves \are we really as good as we thought?\ The series with the Islanders, which produced a memorial wing to the fallen Islander players, may have given the Rangers false confidence. After being awarded the Patrick Division title (the first in 48 years) the Rangers had a hard fought five games playoff with the Islanders. Their sights were then set on the Patrick Division.final which may be more of a challenge then they think. Game I was much like the Island- ers series. Hard hitting and a playoff performance by their goalie helped the Rang~rs jump to a one game lead by a score of 7-3. Games 2 and 3 )lave been a dif- ferent story. The Capitals have out skated and out played the Rangers in almost every period. One positive note is the injury suffered to DinoCiccareli, the Capi ... tals leading scorer in theplayoffs with eight goals and II points. The injury to Ciccarelli's left knee will keep him out of the play- offs for the rest of the season. It was sustained a the hands of the Rangers Kris King during the Caps 6-3 win. The reaction from Mike Carter: \It will definitely be a factor. Cic ... carelli is the type of player who can break out anytime. Youjustdon't know when.~' , Oh, that cursed wrod, MONEY. longer play for fun. Gathers was a sure Lottery pick I'm sure they grieve f<>r him, but in the June NBA draft, virtually as- they also grieve for, oh, that cursed suring him of millions of dollars. word, money. Juniors make the big move By Corey Wiles Sports Editor Of the frrstten first round picks in last Sunday's NFL draft, half had not got their college degrees. Keith McCants, Cortez Kennedy, Mark Carrier, Junior Seau and Heiseman Trophy winner Andre Ware decided to make the jump and become America's newest millionaires. The question is: Is it right to take the money and leave school? I be- lieve it is a personal decision. These men are quite capable of making their own decisions. If an athlete has the athletic ability to play i11 the NFL, then there should be no reason why he should not take advantage of it. These men can always go back and get their degrees if they want. However, a bad hit or maybe a clip that shatters a knee can end a football player·s career instantly. No doubt about it, the NFL is big business. The average NFL career is about four to six years which is short compares to other pr-ofessional sports. A lot of players are playing strictly for the money. Most of the outstanding athletes dream about the pros when they get out of high school. If they get a scholarship, this is an opportunity for many of them to go to school and be noticed by the pro scouts. I'rn not saying that these athletes should have any special privileges while in college just because they play on the football team. While in college, they are a student like anyone else. But if they have the god-given talent to play a profes- sional.sport, why should they be restricted? Many people do not feel it is right to go to college for the sole pur- pose of turning a professional athlete. They feel that is not Whpt an in- stitution of higher learning should be used for. But these athletes are rep- resenting the best Division I schools in America and are bringing the universities nationwide attention on a Saturday afternoon. Big time schools need big time athletes to improve their program and make it a winner. Hopefully, they do not break recruiting rules and pay players un- der the table which to me is truly shameful. The pro contract should be the reward after three or four years of playing college ball. Somebody like a Bernie Kosar who went pro after his sopllomore year is rare exception. But he has excelled in the NFL and has proved he is a quality quarterback. It was a chance and it paid off well. On the other hand, a running back out of Oklahoma named Marcus Dupree signed with the Portland Breakers of the old USFL after his· sen- sational freshman year. He had speed, strength and was predicted to chal- lenge Hershel Walker as the league' s.best. He struggled with injuries for three frustrating season before he was told by doctors that he could not play football ever again. Today, he lives at home and works for his fa• ther. So going pro early is a risk, but without risks no progress would ever be made. There are no guarantees in life and if the opporiullity arises, why not take advantage o' it. It is an individual decision that the athlete should have the power·~o make. · CongratulatiQ.ns to all the Red Dragons· who work hartf and dedicate ihl#r talents· to uphold :the .Cortland State tUhletics traditians.: fi.oo.d Luck in the lufllret : • • ' ~ < --~ ·' • -·.
