Texas Southern put on probation
■ VIOLATION: The running
programs will lose
scholarships
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — The NCAA an
nounced Wednesday that it has
put Texas Southern on probation
for five years for academic and
ethics violations, primarily in its
cross country and track and field
programs.
The NCAA Committee on In
fractions said it found violations
between 1991 and 1993 that in
cluded athletes receiving un
earned academic credit and a lack
of institutional control.
“We are always concerned
when we see problems of acade
mic fraud because that goes right
to the heart of the whole idea of
intercollegiate athletics,” Com
mittee Chairman David Swank
said. “In this case, it was serious
academic fraud because you had
the head coach involved in com
mitting some of these acts.”
Penalties against the university
included prohibiting its cross
country and track and field teams
from postseason competition for
the next two years.
The track and field team also
can’t participate in any invitation
al meets this year, while the cross
country teams are prohibited from
such competitions next year.
The committee also said the
school couldn’t award any new
scholarships in track and field or
cross country through 1999.
It reduced the school’s football
scholarships for next year by four.
The probation was effective as
of Aug. ll. The school, which had
feared stiffer sanctions, doesn’t
plan to appeal, Texas Southern
spokeswoman Eva Pickens said.
“We were kind of holding our
breaths,” she said.
In announcing the findings, the
committee noted that Texas
Southern had terminated the em
ployment of the two coaches in
volved in the violations. The
school also forfeited any games or
meets in which ineligible student
athletes had participated and
hired a full-time employee to
monitor NCAA compliance.
“We’ve imposed these sanc
tions on ourselves to help assure
NCAA officials that violations
that occurred before will not oc
cur during my administration,”
Texas Southern President James
Douglas said in a statement.
University officials acknowl
edged in December 1994 that foot
ball and track athletes had re
ceived academic credits they did
not earn.
The NCAA committee found
that in 1993, former head men’s
and women’s track coach Dave
Bethany arranged for four athletes
to get unearned credit for photog
raphy classes.
Bethany also awarded passing
grades to two women’s track and
field athletes even though they
never attended classes or did any
required class work, the commit
tee said.
Also cited in the findings was
that in 1992-93, former assistant
track and field coach Porter
Robinson awarded unearned aca
demic credit in his physical edu
cation courses to four track
athletes.
NFL Fundamentals stressed under Venturi
■ Continued from Page 11
lives.”
It’s the second time Venturi has become an inter
im head coach in the NFL. In 1991 he took over the
Indianapolis Colts after the firing of Ron Meyer. The
Colts went 1-10 under Venturi, finishing the season
1-15.
The Saints are a better team than the Colts team
he inherited, Venturi said.
“I feel like this football team can be successful,”
Venturi said. “I think we have to manage it into suc
cess. It isn’t going to just happen; there are some
things we have to do to get better. But we can do
them.”
Before joining the Saints as the linebacker coach
this season, Venturi was secondary coach, then de
fensive coordinator during two years with the
Cleveland Browns. He was part of the staff that was
fired when the Browns moved to Baltimore and be
came the Ravens.
Jim Haslett, who also had been considered a can
didate to succeed Mora, will remain defensive coor
dinator.
Carl Smith, the offensive coordinator since 1986
who was fired Tuesday, will not be replaced, Ven
turi said. The entire offensive staff will have a hand
in drawing up the plays, but tight ends coach Bruce
Arians will be quarterbacks coach and will call of
fensive plays on game day.
‘‘I think the offense will change dramatically,”
quarterback Jim Everett said after practice Wednes
day. ‘‘There will be a dedication to running the ball,
no doubt about it. That’s already been expressed.”
The Saints’ offense ranks 27th in the NFL, 28th in
rushing and 21st in passing. Their 174 yards in a 19
7 loss to Carolina on Sunday was their lowest total
of the season. Afterward, Mora lashed out at his
team and for the first time criticized Smith, espe
cially his decision to abandon the running game in
the second half.
The Saints’ assistant coaches, who had reacted
coolly to the choice of Franklin, general manager
Bill Kuharich’s first choice to replace Mora, were
pleased with Venturi’s selection.
“He’s going to do a great job,” said Haslett, who
said he had not been interested in moving up to
head coach.
“I’ll have a chance to be head coach,” Haslett
said. “This isn’t the best time or place for me to do
it. My best interest is in coaching the defense. We
don’t need the distraction of me moving. We’re fi
nally starting to play well on defense. We’ve only
given up an average of 18 points in the last four
games. That’s playoff caliber defense.”
After a day of indecision while Franklin pon
dered taking the interim position, Kuharich offered
the job to Venturi on Wednesday morning. The deal
was so hasty there was no discussion of a salary in
crease, Venturi said.
Venturi oversaw his first practice as head coach
minutes after the announcement.
“With this team right now, the best thing is to
work on fundamentals,” Venturi said. “We’ll do
that, take a few days off to get away from everything,
and start working on San Francisco in earnest next
week.”
RIM RESULTS
FLAG FOOTBALL
10/10/96
■ Men’s 1
Chronic Logic 27, Beta 122
SAE13, Phi Psi 6
■ Men's 2
Kappa Sig 2B d. Theta Chi I forfeit
Pastry Passers 38, The Scrubs 8
Delta Upsilon 119, Nothing But GDIs 18
Stanley 46, Sig EpilO
10/11/96
■ Men's 2
Phi Delt A 27, Warsaw 18
Randoms 30, Beta II2
Wolverines 32, Phi Football B 6
Walt's Garage 27, The Green Boys 0
Theta Chi II48, Phi Psi II0
Quick VI36, Lawless Wonders 14
10/14/96
■ Men's 2
Mad Dog 20/20 d. Phi Psi III forfeit
ATO136, Duck Villagers 0
Champ Perrys d. Antlers forfeit
Hail to the King, Baby d. Kappa Sigma 2C
forfeit
■ COED
On the Wagon 53,
Lambda Lambda Lambda 6
Team 6912, The Bangers 43
10/15/96
■ Men's 2
Spangos 46, We’ll Win 6
Lambda Chi Alpha 117, Chi Psi II7
Beta 420 21, Beer Bellies 6
Delta Upsilon II vs Kappa Sig II
double forfeit
■ Coed
Law Abiders 42, South Side 2
Hawaii Club 40, Haw Des 0
10/16/96
■ Men's 1
Kappa Sig 118,86Sooners 0
Happy Gilmores 24, Delta Tan Delta 6
Chi Psi 150, Sig Ep 10
Bailers d. Pikes 2 forfeit
■ Men's 2
The Cutters 26, Pikes 118
Sigma Nu I d. Phi Psi IV forfeit
■ Men's 3
Decou 26, Lambda Chi Alpha I114
Law Breakers 32, Naked Ninjas 25
10/17/96
■ Mens 1
Chronic Logic 18, Phi Psi 17
Beta 16, SAE 7
■ Mens 2
The Scrubs 20, Nothing But GDIS 0
Delta Upsilon 124, Pastry Passers 13
Theta Chi 131, Sig Ep 2 8
Stanley 20, Kappa Sig 2B 0
10/18/96
■ Mens 2
Phi Delt A 26, Phi Football B 0
Wolverines def. Warsaw forfeit
Quick 613, Theta Chi II6
Randoms 21, Walts Garage 20
Lawless Wonders 7, Phi Psi 2
INDOOR SOCCER
10/17/96
■ Mens 1
Kappa Sig. 17, Feels 1
Chi Psi 14, Pikes 0
■ Mens 2
Blow Horns 3, Phi Delta Theta 3
■ Coed
The Hepsters def. Ganoe A forfeit
Green Nuggets 5, Macabi-Jsu 4
Assassins 1, Flying Pickles 1
Series: Braves fall short
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lowed with a pop that first
baseman Ryan Klesko dropped
for an error, allowing another
run to score.
Needing just six outs for a
win, Cox made the rare move
of bringing in closer Mark
Wohlers to start the eighth.
Moments later, Atlanta’s 6-3
lead was gone.
Hayes led off with a dribbler
down the third-base line that
the Braves let roll, but it stayed
fair for a single. Darryl Straw
berry followed with a single
and Mariano Duncan ground
ed into a force play that could
have been a double play ex
cept for a bobble by defensive
replacement Rafael Belliard at
shortstop.
Up stepped Leyritz, in the
game only because starting
catcher Joe Girardi had left ear
lier for a pinch hitter. Leyritz
lofted a high fly that carried
over the left field wall, and his
teammates rushed from the
dugout to greet him as he
crossed home plate with the
tying run.
McGriff led off the second
inning with a 427-foot drive
over the fence in dead center
field. A couple of walks later,
the Yankees played Jeff
Blauser’s suicide squeeze bunt
into a demoralizing single, and
when Marquis Grissom hus
tled for a two-out double, it
was 4-0.
Torre pulled Rogers after
two singles to start the third,
and Javy Lopez hit a sacrifice
fly off Brian Boehringer for a 5
0 lead.
That run was charged to
Rogers, too, leaving the pitch
er who signed a $20 million,
four-year contract as a free
agent last January.
Rogers’ main contribution,
in fact, came with his bat. In
his first at-bat in the big
leagues, he got the first hit by
an AL pitcher in the Series
since A1 Leiter had one for
Toronto in 1993.
The Yankees started their
comeback against Braves
starter Denny Neagle in the
sixth inning.
Cecil Fielder hit an RBI sin
gle that turned into two runs
when Dye mistakenly charged
the sinking liner and let it get
past him. Hayes had an RBI
single that made it 6-3.
Atlanta made it 6-0 in the
fifth. Chipper Jones walked
with one out, moved up on a
balk and scored when Andruw
Jones doubled.
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