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BY BARKY COOPER
The ant time you hear one of your
co-workers complaining about the
salaries that major-league baseball
players earn, mention this: New
York Yankees' owner George Stein
brsonor has Just signed an incredible
cable television deal that will pay him
MS million a year for the next 12
years.
That's right—Stejnbrenner will
taka in tMO million over the life of the
deal. And that’s not all. Starting next
season, each major-league team, in
cluding Stelnbrenner's Yankeese,
will receive 918 million a year from
baseball’* billion-dollar contract with
CBS.
For Steinbrenner, the total take
will ante up to a cool 960 million every
year. That aaslly will be more than
enough to meet the Yankees' payroll,
which is one of the highest in profes
sional sports.
Of course, there are other means of
revenue for Steinbrenner and the
Yankees. Ticket sales, concessions
and advertising sales conceivably
could boost the Yankees' per-year in
come to 990 million.
The Yankees are making so much
money that other owners are fearful
of the financial clout Steinbrenner
now wields. For example, with a vir
tually unlimited treasure chest to dip
into, Steinbrenner can be more ag
gressive in the free-agent market
than any other owner. With such
players as Dave Winfield and Rickey
Henderson, New York already has a
star-studded lineup, and now Stein
brenner has the money to add new
stars.
New York already has added eight
free agents, including starting pit
WE’RE NO. 1—Derrick Leake, Nerlh Carolina Central
IMverdty chancellor Tyronza R. Richmond and wile, along
with Fred Bennett say they are No. 1, after defeating
Southeast Missouri 73-46 and claiming the NCAA Division
D basketball national championship.
Norfolk State Claisns Victory In
Baseball Over Columbus College
NORFOLK, Va.—Chris Mitchell’s
two-out RBI double in the sixth inning
provided the winning margin for Nor
folk State’s baseball team in a 4-3
triumph over Columbus College in the
final game of its southern trek. The
win for the Spartans, their fifth in
seven games played in Georgia, was
their second victory over one of "the
nation’s top-ranked teams in the Divi
sion II ranks.
Mitchell, who clouted a solid .440 in
the seven-game stretch, was joined in
the assault on Columbus pitching by
Mel Wearing, with one RBI, and
freshman Eric Carter, with two
RBIs.
Robert Epps, a 6’4” transfer from
Rice University, earned his second
win of the season with a sterling 5%
innings pitching performance as he
handcuffed Columbus, the No.
3-ranked team' among Division II
schools. Wash Wilkerson picked up
his first save, working 3V4 innings.
Epps, in the season opener on the
swing through Georgia, shut out No. 8
ranked Armstrong State 4-0, getting
strong relief help from Robert Snyder
in the eighth inning. Epps fashioned a
one-hitter over seven innings, falter
ing only in the sixth inning before
Trevor Peterson’s outstanding catch
in centerfield saved him. - Robert
Snyder, the Spartans’ ace relief pit
cher, came on in the eighth and held
Armstrong in check, yielding just one
hit in two innings, to earn the save.
In their second game of the Arm
strong Invitational, the Spartans
routed Upper Iowa, 10-0, with Wilker
son, making his first start, working
five innings and yielding just two hits,
striking out nine and walking three.
Mitchell, Wearing and Robert
Starling provided the offensive
fireworks in both of the Spartans’
first two games. Mitchell’s solo shot
in the sixth gave NSU a 1-0 lead
against Armstrong State, followed by
Starling’s bases-empty clout in the
seventh. Wearing, the leading return
ing hitter of the NCAA’s Division II
ranks, lived up to his reputation,
banging out a two-run blast in the
eighth inning. Against Upper Iowa,
the three of them combined collected
six of the team’s seven hits and
knocked across six of the Spartans’ 10 k
runs.
With Peterson and Mitchell each
scoring three runs and Wearing’s bat
supplying the power with three RBIs,
NSU ripped off an 11-3 victory over
Savannah State. Lonnie Snead, in his'
first start, earned the win with five in
nings on the mound, getting relief
help from Snyder.
Against Indiana University
Southeast, Marty Miller’s
baseballers banged out 17 hits on
their way to a 14-3 victory. Wearing
led the parade on the IU pitching, go
ing 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Corey
Phillips, the winning pitcher, got
long-ball support from Wearing, Mit
chell, Starling, William Scott, and
Terry Bradshaw.
On the losing side, the Spartans,
playing Assumption of
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Massachusetts, fell 16-5, in 30-degree
temperatures, for their first loss of
the year. Starling was the lone bright
spot in the NSU lineup, socking two
homers—a two-run shot in the first in
ning and a three-run clout in the third
frame, for all five of the Spartans’
runs batted in.
The Spartans dropped their second
game in the tour, losing 8-3 to
Valdosta State. Antonio Boone, allow
ing six runs on six hits, absorbed the
loss. He received relief help from
Snyder, who allowed two runs on
three hits in three innings on the
mound.
Wearing, coming through with his
third four-bagger of the season, was
2-for-3 and two runs scored in the con
test.
T^he Spartans move into their CIAA
scheudle upon return from their
southern junket.
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Cogeneration
Cogeneration is the use of a primary en
ergy, like natural gas, to sequentially
produce heat and electricity. The concept
is based on the recovery and use of heat
produced but normally lost during the
generation of electricity. Cogeneration in
many applications can significantly re
duce energy costs, according to the
American Gas Association.
Many commercial and industrial facil
ities can take advantage of natural gas
cogeneration because of their require
ments for large quantities of heat and
electricity.
chers Andy Hankins rad Dave La
Point and second-baseman Steve Sax.
The Yanked* have apent $14 million
on free-agent signing* over the last
two years.
Even though it has been proven
that money won’t guarantee a cham
pionship—the Yankees have yet to
win a pennant with their present
team—some owners are worried
about the sine of Steinbrenner's war
chest.
Said Milwaukee Bewers' General
Manager Harry Dalton, "There is ab
solutely a concern about this
(Yankees'] cable deal among the
other teams. We’re all guided by our
budgets, and not only in the field of
signing free agents but also in the
field of player development—how
much we give our minor-league
teams to develop talent.
“Everything else being equal, the
team with the most money has a big
advantage. This deal gives them the
ammunition.”
How much more ammunition do the
Yankees have? Consider this: New
York’s TV deal is worth $60 million a '
year. Milwaukee’s is worth $18.5
million. Now, about the size of those
Yankees’ player contracts.;.
Boxer Dokes
Tells Of Fight
With Cocaine
BY BARRY COOPER
Heavyweight boxer Michael
.“Dynamite” Dokes says he had a
simple way of snorting cocaine. He’d
spread out the day’s newspaper oh a
coffeetable and then dump cocaine all
over it. Then Dokes would bury his
face in the newspaper.
“You know, like pouring from a
flour bag,” Dokes told reporters in
Las Vegas recently before losing a
tough comeback fight to Evander
Holyfield.
Holyfield knocked out Dokes, but
Dokes fought well enough to convince
boxing insiders that he is a title con
tender and is finally free of drugs.
Dokes (38-1-2) said he has no idea
how much cocaine he snorted during
the peak of his addiction.
“I poured it ’til it looked good,” he
said. “I didn’t scale [weigh] it or
nothing. When it looked good, I’d stop
pouring and start using. Sometimes
I’d stay up six or seven days using
what I poured.”
Dokes’ stunning testimony on the
eve of his bout withHolyfield offered
a chilling inside look at the life of a
chronic cocaine user.
Once seemingly on the verge of
greatness—insiders thought he might
become the next Muhammad
Ali—Dokes apparently squandered
countless dollars, perhaps more than
$1 million, on drugs and fast times.
He said he would get high'and order
“Lobsters by the taxi. I’d pay the
driver, eat and start feeling good.
When I was up to it, I’d go down to the
restaurant and pay my bill. In a few
days I’d start using again.”
Dokes said he used drugs for 13
years. He said his problems with co
caine escalated after he beat Mike
Weaver to win the WBA heavyweight
crown in 1982. He said that after he
won the title, his entourage was beset
by infighting over who could get the
closest to the champ.
“I was disappointed, so hurt,” he
said. “I started to escape using drugs
more and more. I guess it was a cry
for help.”
Dokes lost the title a year later
when he was knocked out by Gerrie
Coetzee. He said he snorted coke
before the fight. Dokes’ life soon fell
apart. In 1986 he was arrested for |
possession of cocaine and resisting *
arrest. He was arrested again for <
violation of probation.
Out of boxing for two years, Dokes
apparently turned his life around
when he entered a rehabilitation
clinic in Utah and later was reunited
with a father figure, a 91-year-old
fight manager named Marty Cohen.
Cohen, who said Dokes has returned
from “the depths of hell,” is the
fighter’s new manager.
OBSCENE STICKERS DEBATED
A Senate subcommittee Thursday
approved legislation to ban
"obscene” bumper stickers, despite
objections, that the measure might be
unconstitutional.
The panel to the Judiciary I Com
mittee adopted a revision based on
recommendations from Citizens for
Decency Through Law, Inc., of
Phoenix, Ariz., which has worked on
similar proposals in other states. The
bill, which carries a $50 fine, will go to
the full committee next week.
Sen. Aaron W. Plyler, D-Union,
said the proposal should pass con
stitutional muster because it ad
dresses the issue of preventing
language and pictures that are
"harmful” to minors.
Sen. T-L-"Fountain" Odom,
D-Meeklenburg, said his study of
similar laws in Alabama, Georgia,
Florida and Louisiana left him with
concerns that they were unconstitu
tional.
WHAT A TEAM—North Carolina Cantral University’s Eagles won the NCAA
MvMan I basketball championship with a record victory margin, defeating
Southeast Missouri 73-46. On the cflmb to the title, this photo shows Jeffrey
tayes, pointguard, Dominique Stephens and obscure Sacred Heart University
dayer. The score: 57-58 for the Eagles.
Duke Ends S.C. State’s
Season In NCAA Play
GREENSBORO-For the ninth
:onsecutive year, the Mid-Eastern
Uhletic Conference men’s season
ended in the NCAA Division I basket
ball championship series. On Thurs
day, March 16, I5th-seeded South
Carolina State College dropped a
90-69 decision to'second-seeded.Duke
in a 1989 first-round East Regional
contest held at the Greensboro Col
seum.
S.C. State had earned the MEAC’s
lutomatic berth by winning the
eague tournament title March 4 at
hat same facility. The 83-79 victory
iver Florida A&M University gave
he Bulldogs a 25-7 overall record and
i six-game winning streak heading
nto the Duke match. Duke had a 24-7
worksheet after losing to UNC in the
Atlantic Coast Conference tourna
nent final March 12.
All-MEAC forward Rodney Mack
ipened the scoring against Duke with
wo free-throws, which was to be S.C.
State’s only lead of the game. ACC
’layer of the Year Danny Ferry tied
he score, before teammate Quin
Snyder and Bulldog center Steven
tfazyck traded baskets for a 4-4 stan
loff with 17:19 left in the initial half.
)uke then went on a 7-0 run that was
topped when Travis Williams muscl
ed in a rebound bucket and Eric Jeter
cored on a fast break to close the gap
o u-8 at the 14:47 mark. The margin
was still three after SCS forward Ar
thur Caldwell nailed a three-pointer
to make it 25-22 with 9:02 left.
However, Duke countered by scoring
10 unanswered points before Caldwell
drove in for two with 4:57 on the
clock. S.C. State eventually trailed
49-34 at the half.
The Bulldogs came out strong in the
second half and narrowed a 15-point.
deficit to eight when Mazyck popped
in a three-point jumper, making the
score 58-50 with 13:44 remaining in
the game. To avoid an all-out rally,
Duke outscored SCS 15-2 over the next
five minutes, and went on to register
the 90-69 win. Duke was keyed by Phil
Henderson’s game-high 22 points, and
Ferry’s 18 and eight rebounds
Caldwell led S.C. State with 20
points and seven caroms. Williams
added 13 points and eight rebounds,
tying for a game-high. Darrell
Gilmore had 12 points and Mack to.
“I’m proud of my kids,' said
Bulldog coach Cy Alexander in a post
game interview. “We won 25 games,
which is the most in the history of
South Carolina State. We had a great
year. It was the greatest coaching ex
perience I’ve ever had in my life.”
The SCS loss left the ME AC without
a victory in NCAA Division I
postseason play in nine tries North
Carolina A&T had lost seven straight,
and Howard failed in its lone chance
in 1981.
Biggest Racing In Nation
CHARLOTTE—1988 saw the Salem
’roSail Series prove to the world that
he concept of sailing for
lollars—$500,000-plus in this
ase—could work.
What lies ahead for this new sport
trill start to become apparent April 5
it the Carolina Cup, as the Salem
>roSail Series opens its 1969 circuit in
Vrightsville Beach, not far from Pro
iall's corporate headquarters in
Charlotte.
“1989 will prove even more than our
irst year did,” said ProSail ex
ecutive director Sid Morris. “We’ve
idded new teams, new sponsors and
tre’ve increased the overall purse
layment to $555,000, with more to
:ome.”
The 1988 circuit’s three regional
md three national events marked the
leginnings of pro sailing which saw
ts popularity skyrocket. Starting
vith 18, dedicated Hobie 21 teams in
rampn last April, the series finished
n Miami with more then 30 Hobie Ms
ind eight ProSail 40 catamarans,
lualifylng ProSail as the first,
astast, richest and biggest profes
lional sailboat racing, series in the
jnited States.
The 1989 season will feature six na
ional events, all of which will match
>roSail 40-foot catamarans as well as
he popular Hobie 21-foot cats.
Following the format perfected in
m
’88, tne Carolina Cup win teaiure a
rectangular and easy-to-understund
course which will allow spectators to
view all the action from the shore
ProSail headquarters for the race
will be the Blockade Runner Hotel
and Conference Center, and fans will
be able to see the action for IV2 miles
up the coast stretching from Crystal
Pier to Johnny Mercer Pier.
1888 P-40 champoin Randy Smyth
and his Super Lube Team returns to
defend the crown, with top skippers
Tom Blackaller, Ken Read and Scott
Allan as likely candidates to give
Smyth a run for his prize money,
which totals $45,000 for this event in
the P-40 class.
Many world class Hobie 21 sailors
also will be on hand to do battle tor
the $20,000 H-21 event prize money
Jeff Alter, Carlton Tucker, Pete
Melvin, Ed Baird and local skipper
Martin Willard are just a few of the
top-name skippers who will join the
competition.
The 1869 series will feature some
key rule amendments, most notably
the banning of trimarans and an in
crease in sail area.
"The Carolina Cup at WrightsviJle
Beach is the beginning of the rest of
the ProSail story," said Morris. "The
world will be watching and I think
they'll be impressed by what they
see."