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Tuesday, November 25, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Violence happens every day on the football fields
United Press International
Even football players come up with a good one now and then.
One of the best in recent years was by Butch Johnson, whose mouth was often active in hopes of increasing the publicity directed his way.
Commentary
Johnson played wide receiver for various NFL teams while trying to build a movie career. His most telling comment came a year ago as the season was about to start.
"You know what I really love about this game?" he said. "You can go out and take your frustrations out on somebody. You can do things to other people that you would go to jail for if you did it out on the street."
This came to mind Sunday after Charles Martin performed a deed that would have certainly been frowned upon by any officer of the law had he seen it on the corner of 5th & Main.
McMahon may not play rest of season
Martin, a nose tackle in the employ of the Green Bay Packers, picked up Chicago Bears quarterback Jim
The Associated Press
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Quarterback Jim McMahon could be out for the remainder of the NFL season after his shoulder injury was aggravated when a Green Bay lineman slammed him to the turf, Chicago Bears head coach Mike Dikta said yesterday.
"I doubt if we will have his services the rest of the year," Ditka said. "He has shoulder discomfort. It's all up to the doctors in Los Angeles."
McMahon was scheduled to leave for Los Angeles today for an appointment with Frank Jobe, an orthopedist who specializes in elbows and shoulders.
In the second quarter of Sunday's 12-10 Bear victory, McMahon was tossed to the ground by Green Bay nose tackle Charles Martin, who was hit by a pass for the personal foul by referee Jerry Markhrel.
"The ball had been thrown, the quarterback was at rest and he came in and took the quarterback, picked him up and stuffed him," Markbreit said.
McMahon, making his first start in nearly a month because of a rotator cuff tear in his right throwing shoulder, landed on the injured shoulder.
"I'm sure the flagrant foul affected him," Dikta said. "But he was having problems before
McMahon was unavailable for comment yesterday, but he had said after the game that he wanted to make a difference.
that."
"But we will await review," Maxwell said.
National Football League official Dick Maxwell said Sunday night that the league automatically reviewed plays involving ejections that Martin faced a possible fine or suspension.
"But we will await review," Maxwell said. "I did the wrong thing, true enough, and they took me out of the game for it," Martin said Sunday. "I think I got a little too tough."
"I just took him down. I wasn't thinking of shoulder injury or knee injury or anything."
McMahon and hurled him to the ground. No doubt it seemed like a good idea to him at the time.
But it met with disfavor from the assembled Chicago fans as well as an enthusiastic Markbreit, who ordered Martin to the sidelines for the rest of the game.
resembled assault. But within the boundaries of an NFL field it was labeled a personal foul. The incident was considerable time on the evening news.
Martin's action suspiciously
Martin obviously is not the first football player to have done such a thing, and many more will do so. But at some point, the very thing Martin
did to McMahon will be what likely brings the most trauma to pro football.
The drug issue now is viewed as the biggest termite gnawing at the underpinnings of sport. But drug pro-
cureism concerns wherever humans gather.
intentional violence, that could eventually turn the heads and stomachs of a crowd.
The overt violence probably can be dealt with through lengthy suspensions and heavy fines, although some player will eventually want to test in court a yearlong suspension.
It is violence, and not necessarily
Ultimately, the game must change dramatically. The quarterback will be virtually untouchable. In the technological wave sweeping the sport into the 21st century, a clock ticked inside his chest. Ped. The quarterback will have 4.5 seconds in which to release the ball. If he doesn't, the play will be over.
The quarterback also will wear one of those electronic gadgets used by fencers. As soon as an opposing player is on the ground, he will go off and the play will be dead.
violence? How does the league prevent one quarterback after another from limping to the sidelines or being carried to the hospital?
But how to curb the normal
To make it easier for referees, holding penalties will be abolished. Linemen will be so heavily padded they will barely be able to waddle, and line play will deteriorate into separate wrestling matches — which it is fast becoming anyway. Defensive backs and receivers will be so bulky outfitted they will resemble astronauts from head to toe.
Group cites drugs, bans 15 pentathletes
United Press International
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The Soviet Union was stripped of two world championships, and 15 athletes — including two from the United States — were banned for 30 months yesterday by the International Modern Pentathlon Federation in the biggest drug scandal in the sport's history.
Sooner or later, it is going to come to that.
Anatolij Starostin, the 1980 Olympic champion, lost his world title, and the Soviet Union was also stripped of the women's world team title. The moves came after Soviet bronze medalist Tatjana Tchnetelskaya was found to be among 12 athletes using banned sedative drugs at the world championships in Montecatini, Italy, Aug. 12-15.
Three Poles were blackballled for taking beta blockers at an international event in Birmingham,
England, June 12-15. The sedatives and beta blockers, which reduce anxiety, are used to help performance in shooting events.
Americans Blair Driggs and Lori Norwood, who placed 56th and 12th in the world championships, were banned for taking sedatives along with five Soviets, five Poles and three Bulgarians.
Drirgs and Norwood were not immediately available for comment. Norwood goes to school in San Antonio, Texas. The U.S. Modern Pentathlon championship against Antonio would not divulge Drirges whereabouts.
"This marks the biggest scandal ever in our sport," said Thor Henning, Swedish secretary-general of the sport's governing body.
He said the vote to ban the athletes was unanimous with Soviet Igor Novikov abstaining.
"These dope cases are especially sad considering the sport's origin and tradition, but I believe this will discourage others from using drugs," Henning said. "We don't know, though, how widespread the use of drugs already is. This was the first time anyone was caught.
"If we have them shoot and run the same day, the gains from using tranquilizers would be offset," Hening said.
Henning said he hoped that improved testing methods and a rescheduling of the order of the five modern pentathlon events would deter competitors.
The Soviet competitors were in Stockholm for the meeting and told officials they did not know the drugs they had taken were illegal.
Sports Briefs
Seven rugby players to try out for team
The Kansas Rugby Club will send seven players to try out for the Western Union College (WUC) team in Austin, Texas day and Sunday in Austin, Texas
The Kansas players will play on teams with other players from rugby clubs in the Midwest, including Kansas State and Emporia State.
A panel of judges, which includes coaches, referees and rugby club administrators, will watch matches played by the teams and will choose the 25 best players to play on the Western Union team. The Western Union is one of four regional rugby unions in the United States. The union includes teams from areas west of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
The Western Union team plays in tournaments throughout the union and tours the United States. The team also will play in the Inter-Territorial Championships held in Mav.
Kansas players trying out for the team are Jim Loafer, loose-head prop; Scott Stites, tight-head prop; Jason Elder, lock; Drew Pollack, inside center; Paul King, fullback; Mike van Der Bosch, fullback; and Steve Jackman, number eight position.
Angels drop Jackson
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The California Angels said yesterday they will not offer aging slugger Reggie
Jackson a contract for next season.
Jackson, 40, is a free agent, eligible to sign with any team.
A team representative said that Jackson met with General Manager Mike Port for two hours.
"Reggie handle it with a great deal of class," Angels spokesman Tim Mead said. "He said he leaves the team because he feels part of the Angels' family."
Jackson, who has appeared in 72 post-season games, played five seasons for the Angels after signing with them in 1982.
Twins hire manager
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins yesterday gave interim manager Tom Kelly the job on a permanent basis.
Kelly, 36, called the appointment a dream come true. He managed the Twins to a 12-11 record after he replaced Rav Miller in September.
Kelly waited several weeks while the Twins interviewed other candidates.
The Twins also promoted Andy MacPhail from vice president to executive vice president and expanded his duties. Ralph Hoak, former manager of the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers, will assist MacPhail in assessing player development, the club said.
From staff and wire reports.
"I'm very fortunate at 36 to be a major league manager," he said. "For me it is a dream come true and a real challenge."
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U.S. men not chosen for Masters
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NEW YORK — In testimony to the decline and fall of U.S. men in tennis, yesterday's draw for next week's $500,000 Nabisco Masters to include any U.S. players.
"I'm sad there isn't an American here, but the reality is tennis is played internationally and right now no American is good enough," Scott said.
But the fact is this marks the first time since the inception of the Masters in 1970 that no U.S. man qualified. There are three players from Sweden, two from France, and one each from Czechoslovakia, West Germany and Ecuador.
John McEnroe, a three-time Masters champion, would have qualified if not for his seven-month sabbatical and his suspension. Jimmy Connors, the 1977 champion, missed out when he placed ninth in the points standings.
"Facetiously, I can say we have two Americans," tournament director Gene Scott said of the eight-man field eligible for this season-ending championship. "Ivan Lendl lives in Connecticut, and Yannick Noah lives in New York."
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