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The North Texas Daily
Thursday, June 20,1985
Sports Notebook
By PEPPER HASTINGS
Sports Editor
Sprig Fever: The athletic field
west of the PE Building is undergo-
ing a facelift. A time-activated pop-up
sprinkler system is in the final phases
of installation and plans call for grass
sprigs to be implanted sometime later
this month. It’s part of an overall plan
to improve the conditions of both the
PEB field and the intramural athletic
area west of Fouts Field, said intra-
mural director John Campbell. Sprin-
kler installation and sprigging is com-
plete on the intramural field.
“After the sprinkler system is put
in (at the PEB field,) they'll regrade
the area and spread new topsoil for
better grass growth,” Campbell said.
The PEB field has a new pump house
to power the sprinkling system.
"Come fall activities, we’re going to
have a first class playing area.” The
field is shared by the recreation de-
partment, intramural sports, the fris-
bec and cricket clubs and is a prac-
tice field for the varsity soccer team. . .
the tennis courts near the PEB are
lighted every night until 10 p.m.
Players are asked to limit thier matches
to 90 minutes. No reservations are
needed but NT ID card-carrying stu-
dents are given court priorities, said
Nancy Hood of the physical educa-
tion department.
TV Times: It looks like there will
be Southland Conference football on
television this fall. The only thing is,
no one seems to know what station
will air the telecasts locally. National
Sports Productions of Aurora, Colo.,
will produce an SLC Game of the
Week It) or 12 weekends this fall with
NT tentatively scheduled to appear
three times. Channel 27 broadcast the
SLC games in the NT-UT-Arlington
area in I984. but station officials deny
reports that they will telecast this
season’s schedule. . . . SLC athletic di-
rectors will meet Aug. 5 and 6 at the
Dallas Summit Hotel to firm up the
television deal ... the NCAA Divi-
sion I-AA Football Championship will
not return to Johnson Hagood Sta-
dium at The Citadel this year because
the NCAA and the city of Charleston,
S.C., could not reach an agreement
on the extension of a two-year con-
tract. Another site for the champion-
ship game will be announced . .
NT officer beats injury, wins medals
Oklahoma State's all-American left
fielder Pete Incaviglia sent NCAA
baseball sabermaticians’ calculators
spinning this season. The Montreal
Expos’ first-round draft pick produced
48 home runs and 143 RBIs, and bat-
ted .464 with a 1.140 slugging per-
centage in 75 games for OSU coach
Gary Ward in 1985. Incaviglia hit
a 3-run shot off NT left-hander Steve
Pierce to beat the Eagles, 6-5 in a
game that lasted past midnight in
Stillwater. It was Incaviglia’s fifth
lifetime homer off Pierce. . Chris
Timmons, NT’s career home-run
leader (17), homered in his last col-
lege at bat, hitting a two-run blast that
crashed off Oklahoma State's right-
field scorcboanl.
Skipping Lunch? If you've been
wondering about the guy who jumps
rope near the outdoor swimming pool
at lunch time every day. don't worry.
A1 Gardner. Denton graduate student,
said he'd rather skip rope than cat.
“I do this every day at lunchtime. It
saves me money. I don't eat. I stay
in shape and get some sun. ' . . The
Sierra Club of Denton meets every
third Tuesday of the month at the
Denton Senior Citizen Center, 509 Bell
Ave. Cross Timbers Group spokes-
man David Scrimm said the group's
mailing list has grown to more than
250 since the Denton group formed
last February. Student dues are SI5
annually and include subscriptions to
the Sierra Club magazine and the Cross
Timbers Group newsletter. Call
383-2875 for information.
SLC NOTES: The SLC had two
first-round picks in the NBA draft
Tuesday. Louisiana Tech's Karl
Malone, who gave up his senior
year of eligibility at Tech for the
NBA was the 13th overall pick in
the draft going the Utah. Malone was
a three-time all-SLC selection. Mc-
Neese State Joe Dumars. the NCAA's
10th all-time leading scorer and the
only four-time all-SLC player was
picked 18th by Detroit . It s the
second straight year the SLC has pro-
duced a first-round player. In 1984.
Lamar's Tom Sewell went to Phil
delphia.
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Thornton wears Olympic medals
By LILA ROBERTSON
Daily Reporter
The disappointment is over for NT
police officer Darryl Thornton.
After six years of being unable to
compete, Thornton won three medals
in the annual Texas Police Olympics,
June 6 and 7 in Corpus Christi.
Despite hiving 85 percent use of
his left knee, the result of a football
injury, Thornton won a gold medal
in the men’s 400-meter dash, and
bronze medals in the 200 and 50-meter
dashes.
Thornton posted times of 53 sec-
onds in the 400, 22.0 in the 200 and
5.9 in the 50.
As wide receiver for NT in 1980,
Thornton dislocated his knee,
and broke his kneecap, ending his
football career. Through three opera-
tions in one week, doctors recon-
structed a major artery, some ligaments
and the kneecap. Doctors said he
would have a serious limp or have to
use a cane.
“No one told me the extent of my
injury at first, not even my mom,”
Thornton said. “I didn’t find out the
complete details until one and a half
years later. If they had told me, I’m
sure it would have hindered my reha-
bilitation so 1 wouldn't have pushed
as far as I could.”
An illustrious schoolboy career in
Kansas saw Thornton earn all-state
honors in football, basketball and
track. A state champion in the 1 IO-
meter high hurdles, 300-meter inter-
mediate hurdles and 200-meter dash,
Thornton was voted “Athlete of the
Year” at Lyons High School.
“I had a good coach,” Thornton
said. “He worked me to death. I didn’t
like doing it. It was strictly business.
But I owe it to him because he worked
me really, really hard.”
NT, Kansas and Kansas State offered
Thornton scholarships in football and
track. Thornton chose football at NT.
“I should have run track, but I liked
football. I was a better athlete in track
than anything else,” Thornton said.
Because of his knee, Thornton could
not finish his eligibility in college
football. "It was harsh for me to
accept, but minor compared to get-
ting full use of the leg again,” Thornton
said.
Thornton coached NT wide receiv-
ers his last two years at NT, working
with NT wide receiver coach Ron
Shanklin, a former all-Pro with the
Pittsburg Steelers.
Two months before the Police Olym-
pics, Thornton started training with a
vigorous, two-hour daily schedule. Ho
warmed up with a mile, sprinted two
440s and two 220s, ran the Fouts Field
stadium steps four times, and warmed
down with two laps around the track.
Thornton said his injury hinders his
quickness, since it takes longer to get
started. “But 1 really trained hard, es-
pecially in the 400,” Thornton said
“The 50 and the 200 were basically
three-man races. ”
Next year, Thornton said he hopes
to qualify for the National Police
Olympics, held biennially.
Athletic drug testing hits legal, financial snags
By PEPPER HASTINGS
Staff Writer
With the problem of illegal drug use
in college athletics becoming increasingly
visible. Southland Conference member
schools will inevitably face the task of
implementing drug testing programs for
their athletes.
Northeast Louisiana was the first SLC
school to have athlete drug testing. Loui-
siana Tech w ill implement a program this
fall.
”1 feel we need it.” NT Athletic Di-
rector Fred McCain said. "Right now.
we’re checking on the legal and economic
roadblocks.”
Head Trainer George Young said it
would cost about SI5.0(H) to get a pro-
gram started at NT
"If we spend money for drug testing,
I have to take that money away from
some other sport,” McCain said. "We
want to be careful that we don't damage
anybody's reputation or get sued for
invasion of privacy because of flimsy
equipment or faulty testing. But I can
see us involved in some sort of program
by the fall of 1986.”
While NT and other schools in the SLC
continue to discuss and mull over the fi-
nancial and legal problems of imple-
menting their own programs, NLU and
Louisiana Tech have taken a leadership
role in the conference.
"It cost us $25,(XX) in equipment to
get started but it now costs only about
$7,500 a year to operate,” said Benny
Hollis. NLU athletic director. “We’ve
had virtually no problems. I don’t buy
that invasion of privacy argument. Hell,
we've got more than $750,000 invested
in scholarships. As a business, we re-
serve the right to protect our investments.
The drug program allows us to cut through
the foolishness and get to the meat of
the problem. If a player is on drugs, he's
not going to give us his best effort on
the field.”
NLU tests each athlete in a pre-season
physical examination and then randomly
samples athletes throughout the year. If
an athlete tests positive twice, he is
suspended from the athletic program.
Although UT-Arlington is putting their
testing program into effect in 1986, dther
SLC schools have not been as quick to
act and are taking a wait-and-see atti-
tude on drug testing programs. Officials
at McNeese State said they have had no
discussion on the matter. Lamar Univer-
sity’s program is in the planning stage.
Arkansas State officials said athlete drug
testing "was not that big of a deal.”
"Anyone who doesn't think that there
is a diug problem in college athetics must
have his head in the sand,” SLC Com-
missioner Dick Oliver said. “We (SLC)
recognize something has to be done, but
we’re wating for the NCAA to take a
definite stand on the issue.”
An NCAA committee on drug testing
in January offered a proposal for adop-
tion but the proposal was defeated in a
secret ballot among member schools.
Dissenting schools cited the proposal’s
ambiguity concerning legal recourse and
rehabilitation if an athlete tests positive.
NCAA athletic directors and member
conference commissioners meet this week-
end in New Orleans, La., but Oliver
doesn’t offer any hope of a resolution
being adopted.
"We won't se<> anything coming from
them until January (at the NCAA winter
meetings,)” Oliver said. "What we have
here is a classic case of a political hot
potato. It all comes down to who has
the guts to vote “yes" and who doesn't.
Those who are opposed are ignoring a
major problem in society.”
Penny King contributed to tins story
Sports Calendar
JUNE
21- I-aM day (o sign up for intramural singles tennis
toumamcnl
22- NCAA coaches and athclie directors meet in New
Orleans, La.
23- 27-NT youth Golf Academy, session II
23- 28 NT youth soccer camp. Session I
24- 26-Intramural singles tennis tournament begins
27- World Championship Wrestling. Kerry Vnn knch
v . Chris Adams. 7:30 p.m , Aubrey High School
football field
28- Sign up for intramural/faculty'staff golf tour-
nament
28-30-Texas Amateur Athletic Federation city tennis
tournament at Denia Recreation Center
QUOTED: Bobbv Valentine. Texas Rangers'
manager on pressure in athletics: "... pressure is
the feat of failure. If you are an athlete who enjoys
success, the fear is removed . . ”
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