Miami AD to take over as Atlanta Olympics director
ATLANTA (AP) — The hiring of Uni
sersits of Miami athletic director Dave
Mnggard Monday ns Atlanta Olympics
sports director takes the spotlight,
momentarily, off the money dealings that
have dominated plans for the Games
Mnggard will fill a slot that has been
vacant since LeRov Walker left the
Atlanta Committee for the Olympic
Games in December to head the U S
(Mvtnpic Committee
The often frantic attention given to
marketing deals, sponsorship contracts
and construction deadlines has some
times made it seem as il athletics are inci
dental to the modern Olympics
"No question it's a big business 1'liat
doesn’t mean to sav we shouldn’t he
thinking about the sports part, said Mag
gard. who competed in the shot put in the
19hH Olympics "Now you have someone
in this position. I'll devote my time to
this side of it
The 53-vear-old Maggard will bo
responsible for organizing the 2f> sports
on the t’^Hi Olympics program, including
sele< ting and acquiring competition and
training sites, picking sports equipment
and materials and preparing schedules
He also will !>e ACOG's liaison with the
various international federations that gos
hii Olvmpii sports During a resent meet
ing of the International Olvmpii Com
mittee. AC£X» was told it needed to
improve communication with the federa
tions.
"I come to Atlanta with tremendous
enthusiasm.” Maggard sgid i'lie most
important part of this position is going to
Ik- professionally managing the Olvmpii
Ikuties It is a sen complex endeavor
Maggard, who came to Miami in fell
after IH years at the University of Cali
fornia as a i oar h and athlelii direi tor.
was a member of the l SOI executive
hoard from 107*1 to 19Kli and It.is served
as president of the l S Trn< k and field
Association
Maggard was involved in nrsumingthe
NCAA's involvement in Iht* Olympus
after it withdrew from tin* USfXi severa I
years ago ll»* served on a l!S(X! propara■
lion committee for the t'ttt-l Summer
(James in I os Angeles
"Dave lias a long and suia essful rela
tionship vs ith the (Jlympii. family saui
US(X'. esei utive dins tor Harvey Si toiler
"He totally understands the spei ml needs
and requirements of the sports governing
bodies and the athletes themselves
(»•< ansi* he was an Olvmpii athlete him
self."
Maggard. who plai ed fifth in the shot
put at the total (llvmpn s in Mexii o t it\
said he vyill stay m Miami a few more
weeks to ensure a smooth transition at
the school He has i »mplated two years
of a five vear contract at the si hool. hut
said lie hail an esi a(ie clause after the first
vear
The diffit nil pari is le.iv mg lint l in
versilv of Miami, a nrc.it plai c. and it's
cs|»c< inlh lough lenving the athletes and
c;OB» ties." he said
Magg.ird said the din iston to take the
At (K. |oh had nothing to do with a fman
i tal aid investigation at Miami involving
football players The federal probe
involves .utilities alleged to have
ih t lined lietore he arrived at Miami
I believe that it s near resolution."
Maggord said We've done everything
we could, including good faith and sell
disclosure
Willi coach I tennis Tru kson. Maggard
led an effort to improve the image of the
tooth.ill program hv disi ouraging players
from taimting amt showlioatiiig The llur
ru aoes won the national championship
in Maggard s lirst \ear at Miami l ast sea
son thi*v lost to Alabama at the Sugar
flow! in the game to dei ide the No 1
ranking
Matchup could send
fans back, back, back
{API — Mack in the days of
Sunday dnubleheaders. they
sometimes held home run der
bies between games I'hrve slug
gers from em h team, teeing off
against batting practice piti hers
to see who could hit em how
far.
It might've been Willie
Mi Covey Willie Mays and Jim
Kay Hart against Hank Aaron,
hddie Matfiews and Joe Torre or
inaylie A1 Kaline. Willie Horton
and Norm ( ash against (iarl \ as
tr/.emski, Tony Conigliaro and
George Scott
They don't do that anymore
This week, though, fans at Tiger
Stadium might gel to see a home
run derby for real
Starting Tuesday. in the first
su mging series of the young sea
son. it will !>e lose (dn.seco. Juan
(ion/.de/, Dean Palmer and the
Texas Hangers taking on Cecil
Fielder. Rob Deer. Mickey l et
tleton and the Detroit Tigers
Pitchers. Iieware!
The Tigers lead the majors in
scoring with SO runs in 1
gaines Twice in the last week
they st ored 2(1 in a single game
Texas tops the majors with \ 7
home runs The Al, West-lead
ing Rangers have scored 21 runs
in their last two games
i’m just glad Piu not pitch
ing,'' Texas' Charlie l.eibrandt
said.
instead. Kenm Rogers will
face Iietroit's David Wells Tues
day night and C.ratg l.efferts vv ill
oppose Bill Krueger ol the
t igers in the wrnpup Wednes
sins afternoon
All four piti hers are left-han
ders. the kind that both rights
dominated lineups love to see
The Rangers are hatting 'Hit)
against lefties after Causer o and
Palmer roughed up reliever Neal
Heaton in a 12*2 romp over the
New York Yankees Sumhn
"1 like to think wo have more
power than any team in major
league baseball," said Cansei o.
ti-for-H) with a homer and sis
KHIs in the last two games
Am one who saw the Tigers
wreck Oakland 20-4 or ruin
Seattle 20- ) might disagree
"It was like Mn higan heating
Northwestern out there."
Mariners manager l.ou Piniello
sgid after Ills lopsided defeat
Detroit rallied against left
h mder Norm Charlton to beat
S Mttle H-7 Sunday on Travis
1 yman's two-run homer in the
n nth inning.
It was the second time in a
week dial the Tigers had won in
the’hotfom of the ninth, and
made them T>-0 at home for the
first time since 1937.
It’s almost official: Montana’s a Chief
SANTA Cl AKA. Calif (API It |oe Montana
and the San Krancist o 4'iers split, .is exjM't t*»d,
it promises lobe a messy divort e
Montana San I rani isi u s starling quarter
bar k through tin1 t'lHIIs lie fore missing virtual
ly all nl the past two seasons, dismissed as too
little, 11hi late tin* 4‘ters' offer to give him Ins old
|nh and make a backup of Steve Young, last
year s passing leader and M l MVP
Hesides. Montana says lie has made up his
mind to ai i ept an offer to plat lor Kansas City
and has all hut detar hed himself from the 4‘Krv
the team he led to four Super Howl titles
However, the 4Iters and the Chiefs cannot
agree on i onipeiisation lor Monlan i who has
one Vear lefl on lus contrai l witli San Francis
co.
"hi an effort to at i onunodate )oe we had
conversations with the Chiefs Unlay hut to no
avail." 4'lers president Carmen Polir v said at a
news i oufereiii e Monday Tinea* iiegotiatuais
have broken off again
VYe are now in a verv debt ate situation in
tlut we aie exploring all. and I underline all.
of our alternatives Her arise of the verv spin nil
relationship with Joe. we will continue to
attempt to take his wishes into consideration
Hut from this point in time, the underlying pur
pose of whatever we do will In* in the lies! inter
est of the 4'iers
Montana, who lost Ins job to Young during a
two v ear recovery from an elbow injury, turned
down the 4'lers job offer earlier in the day dur
ing a meeting with Polir \ and coat h Ceorge
Seifert
Still, tht* r oat h said Montana ter him ally was
the team's No t rpiarterhack. with Young get
ting the job if lie left
Neither Polir v nor Seifert went into detail on
Montana's reasons for dis lining the offer
During the previous weeks of speculation
mrr Montana Sniftiri had pulilu U harked
tiring as lh>' starter before (imiii tiflit i.ils suit
iIimiIv rvverserl hi'lil lliis weekend following
Mi nit.111 a s moot in i; w it li i lull mi iht id w a rd
IkeBartolo Ji
ll i s III! opinion. willl ll I expressed III Mi
Delfartoln. that it is in till' ln'st interests lit lliii
■piers tii go w itli Steve Vi mi tig ami St*>vi‘ Mono as
tli*-1r two rptafterbai ks Montana s oil in a
st.ih'iiHint Doth ao- great players and will i on
tillin' to In' sin i I'sslul l<'.nliin', mu1 o( till' bust
tisims in tin' Nl I
At tin' s.inii' tniii' it is in mi Iios! inli-n-s!
and that ol ms family to |da\ lor tin' Kansas
( itv ( liii'ts U'i' li'i'l 11ti• iliirt.11• 11' in Kansas ( itv
and 1 look forw ard to (imtimiilitt mv i ariTt
there
Stiifi-rt and I’oln v dented tin- Piers hastily
arranged oiler Jo . hi- Montana Ins old |oli was
intended to doller t jinbln t ritn ism Hai ki ts ol
Montana have deluged Ibr i lull's olln i s w itli
Iasi's and |iboni' i alls hi an alliiinfil to dnr.ol
any trade
1'ln' loam's turnabout also soomod to undor
mine Sot fort \ t rod i lit fit v. and won Id havo loll
tlio -Piers in tlio uni onilortalilo |iositton of
demoting Imtli Voting and Slovo Iloilo, tly noin
mill No 2 after fie mg ro signori April 7
Sim e rotiirning front a torn right nlbow ton
don Montana played a hall as Young's liar k
up in tlio -Piers 1 'i()2 rugnlar sonson linnlo ho
has hoon adaimint that ho had no dosiro to slay
in San I rani tsi o as a reserve
Two wooks ago. Montana hogan soan lung m
namust lor anothor |oh olsow horn I hat so.in It
lod Monlnna In oinhrm o tlio ( hiofs
In a stntomoiit roloasorl through his agent
Peter Johnson, Montana said Ini already has
found a now homo and now |oh with Kansas
( lily anil r.ould not forsake the i omnutmont ho
made to the (duels for a return to the -Piers
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