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Darryl Strawberry Diagnosed With Cancer of the Colon
tion by Manager Joe Torre before an
afternoon workout here Thursday.
T o n e ’s voicecracked as he spoke, and
several players began weeping.
Shortly thereafter, the Yankees
emerged from their clubhouse and went
through their workout in almost com
plete silence, the only sound being
that o f bats striking balls during bat-
tingpractice. Theircommunication was
Green Bay
Investigation
P ack ers re p o rted ly are being
in v estig ated by the Internal R ev
en u e S erv ice for not d isclo sin g
au to g ra p h incom e.
T he sta tio n also said the IRS
is in v e stig a tin g o th e r p ro fe s-
| sional a th letes in th e M ilw aukee
area, c u rre n t an d form er, w ho
w ere p aid to p a rtic ip a te in a u to
g raph se ssio n s.
WNBA in Brazil
N ew Y o rk ’s R ebecca Lobo
j scored 13 points in the second h alf |
Friday night to lead a W N B A team
to a 90-77 victory against Parana in
the finale o f their three-gam e Bra-
| ziliantour.
Lobo, w ho finished w ith 19
I points, scored tw o baskets w ith 14
m inutes rem aining in the gam e to
give the W N B A squad the lead for
1 good.
Tyson Psychiatric
Reports Delayed
N evada boxing authorities will
I have to w ait a little lo n g e r to see
w h at a team o f p sy c h ia trists has
to say ab o u t the sta te o f M ike
T y so n ’s m ind. R eports from a j
five-day evaluation o f the form er
h eavyw eight cham pion sent four
I days afte r th ey w ere due.
Darryl Strawberry, the 36-year-old
Yankees outfielder, was diagnosed
with cancer o f the colon Thursday.
Doctors say his prognosis for recov
ery is excellent, according to Charisse
Strawberry, theplayer’s wife.
Strawberry hopes to have surgery
Saturday, or Monday at the latest, for
the removal o f a walnut-sized tumor,
and according to his wife, doctors at
Colum bia Presbyterian M edical Cen
ter in New York are confident he will be
able to resume his career next season.
Strawberry’s teammates, who will
play Game 3 o f their American League
Division Series against Texas here Fri
day night, were informed ofhis condi
“ T here ’ s g oing to be som e em -
I b a rrassin g th in g s in the rep o rt,
I I ’m su re,” Jim m erso n said.
Basketball Hall of
Fame
B ird has alw ay s d efle cte d at-
I te n tio n
to w a r d
h is
te am m ate s.L a rry B ird is a coach
now , and a good one at that. B ut
his leg acy as one o f the g a m e ’s
g rea test forw ard s follow s him
1 into the B a sk etb all H all o f Fam e
in d u c tio n in S p rin g fie ld , M ass.
E ven in h is sh in in g m om ent,
I B ird alw ays a te a m -first p la y er
gives cre d it to o th ers. ‘I t’s not
ab o u t m e p lay in g . I t’s ab o u t me
| and m y te a m ,’ he says.
NBA regular
season virtually
assured of late
start
T he sta rt o f th e N B A se aso n is
I alm o st c e rta in to be d elay e d for
the first tim e in h isto ry , w ith la
bo r talk s n o t sc h ed u le d to re-
I sum e u n til O ct. 8.
T he good new s on th e N BA
I lo ck o u t fro n t is that the sides
areb ack sp eak in g to one another.
T he b ad new s is th a t tim e is get-
| ting short.
Monica Seles,
Overcoming
T he q u est to reg a in her form er
I N o. 1 ran k in g , h o w ev er, is “un-
| c h a rte d te rrito ry .”
inferred.
Pitcher David Cone, Strawberry’s
longtime teammate with the Mets in
the past and now with the Yankees,
stood alone, emotion covering his face.
“Darryl is going to have a lot o f confu
sion and he is going to be scared," said
Cone. “We are all scared. But the prog
nosis is good. From what we hear,
there has been early detection and
there is an excellent chance o f full
recovery.”
In a statement, Yankees’ owner
George Steinbrenner said: “I have al
ways said that this is a good man of
great character and this has certainly
proved to be true. He is fac ing a serious
crisis and his concern is for his team
mates. This is extremely upsetting to
me and it really shows that baseball is
only a small part o f life.”
Strawberry, expected to be re
placed on the team ’s roster by the
outfielder Ricky Ledee, will remain in
the hospital for six days following his
surgery. According to his wife, doc
tors believe the tum or is ofG rade A or
G rade B variety, rather than the more
serious Grade D, and that a colostomy
— removal o f part o f the colon —
won’tbe required. Charisse Strawberry,
speaking in a telephone interview from
the Straw berry’s N ew Jersey home,
said doctors believe the tum or has
existed for about two years, develop
ing from a polyp: and that regular
chemotherapy treatment w on’t be nec
essary. They added that Strawberry
would need only a one-time radiation
treatment.
Eric Davis, a longtime friend o f
Strawberry’s since both grew up in
Los Angeles and, recently, an out
fielder with the Baltimore Orioles, was
diagnosed with colon cancer in 1997,
and a third o fh is colon was removed.
He rebounded this year to rank among
the American League batting leaders.
Strawberry has evolved in his adult
life under the constant scrutiny ofN ew
York baseball fans and media. Selected
by the Mets as the first pick in the 1980
draft. Strawberry ascended to the m a
jors three years later am id great expec
tations. which he seemed destined to
fulfill. He hit 26home runs in his rookie
season and played center stage when
the Mets won the World Series in 1986.
But his inability to cope with the
success led to problems with drugs
....... I nto in
Late in the aAoa/vi
season, Straw berry’s
and alcohol. W ithin two years after
playing
time
decreased,
and Torre had
Strawberry left the Mets in 1990, he had
a
sense
something
other
than a chronic
becom e a shell o f the player he once
knee
problem
was
bothering
Straw
was, riddled with injuries and over
berry.
In
fact,
Strawberry
suffered
from
whelm ed by his personal problems.
abdominal
pains
for
about
two
months,
Strawberry was suspended from base
pain that he d idn' t reveal to teammates
ball in 1995 for substance abuse, and
or the club’s medical staff.
he lost what remained o f his fortune
Strawberry wanted to remain on
after being charged by the Internal
the roster for the playoffs, wanted to
Revenue Service with owing substan
remain a productive m em ber o f the
tial back taxes. At 33 years old. Straw
lineup. But on M onday, he decided to
berry was an untouchable in baseball,
tell the Yankees o fh is pain.
his career seemingly over.
A CA T scan perform ed W ednes
Steinbrenner agreed to give Straw
day
afternoon revealed a mass in his
berry another chance, however, and in
colon,
and Strawberry told Torre he
1996, he hit 11 home runs in 202 at-bats,
w
ouldn’t
be able to play in G am e 2 o f
re-establishing himself. He had be
the
Division
Series, but that he hoped
com e more devoted to his faith and
that
after
a
colonoscopy Thursday,
was a m em ber o f Alcoholics A nony
doctors would clear him to play in
mous. A knee injury sidelined him for
G am e 3 Friday. Following the proce
virtually the entire 1997 season, but
dure Thursday morning, however, a
this year. Strawberry slugged 24 home
physician informed the Strawberrys
runs in only 296 at-bats, and he had
that the walnut-sized tum or found in
become aquiet leader, deeply respected
his colon was cancerous.
by teammates.
Around the Corner
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g ives up and she k eeps im prov
in g ,” S eles added “ I ’m a fighter
too, and it b rin g s out th e b est in
I b o th o f u s.”
7,057-yard M ountain View course at
the Callaway Gardens resort. Funk
finished with a 69.
Elkington players on the bubble
also the 1994 winner, parred the 432-
yard, par-4 18th hole in the playoff.
Funk ’ s tee shot wound up in a fairway
bunker, and his second shot hit the lip
and b ounded sidew ays about 20
yards.
The Australian, w ho makes his
hom e in Houston, becam e only the
th ir d tw o -tim e w in n e r in th e
tournam ent’s history (Hubert Green,
1975 and 1984; and Jerry Pate in
1977-78 w hen it was known as the
Southern Open).
Despite the four-shot deficit enter
ing the final round, Elkington felt he
had a chance after shooting a 65,
including a 30 on the back nine, in the
third round Saturday.
“The last 27 holes have been the
best I could play,” he said.
“I’ve been around long enough to
know that no lead is safe. No lead is big
enough. Y ou can alw ays be caught,”
said Elkington, who won for the ninth
time in his career, the first since last
year when he won the Doral-Ryder
Open and The Players Championship.
The $270,000 first prize gave
Elkington $695,000 for the year in 15
events and raised his career total to
more than $7 million.
Bill Glasson shot a 69 to finish
third at 268, one shot behind the lead
ers. J.L. Lewis had a 68 and was
another shot backat269. Skip Kendall,
who had the day’s best round with a
63, was next at 271.
L e a d in g
m o n e y -w in n e r
David Duval was another two shots
back at 273 after a 69.
Elkington had seven birdies w ith
out a bogey in his round, including
five birdies on the back, keyed by a
15-footeron 18 that forced the tie.
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