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THE TIMES Sports WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1 995 3C Chimelis leaves Giants as a pariah Captains' REPORT TL STANDINGS i 1 Eiitirn Division Team Shreveport 36 Arkansas 30 Jackson 25 1 Tulsa 19 GB 55 10.5 17 20 25 30 37 2 i 3 3 Pet. .643 .545 .455 .339 ,544 .626 .526 .421 Weatern Division 1 9 't Midland 31 26 San Antonio 30 27 El Paso 30 27 Wichita 24 33 MONDAY'S RESULTS Shrtvtport 9, Jackson 1 El Paso 9. Wichita 8 Midland 13, San Antonio 10 Arkansas 15. Tulsa 2 TUESDAY'S RESULTS Jackson at Shrtvtport Wichita at El Paso 1 San Antonio at Midland Tulsa at Arkansas TODAY'S GAMES Jackson at Shrtvtport, 7:35 p.m. Wichita at El Paso San Antonio at Midland Tulsa at Arkansas XT.

1 Vl 7 7 3K i fa BOX Captains 9, Generals 1 Former Captain, a replacement during strike, got cold treatment when called up to majors. By MICHAEL MARTINEZ Knight-Ridder Tribune News Wire SAN FRANCISCO In his brief and controversial stay with the Giants this week, Joel Chimelis simply by walking through die clubhouse doors at Candlestick Park became a kind of instant pariah, a player with no teammates, no friends and no sense of belonging. By late Monday afternoon, his ordeal was over. The Giants sent Chimelis back to the minor leagues, less than 48 hours after calling him up from their Triple-A team at Phoenix. He wasn't in town long enough for a cup of coffee.

"Everything is back in order," Giants outfielder Mark Carreon said when he got the news. "I've never been associated with a replacement player, and I wasn't about to. A lot of us made sacrifices for eight So maybe it was best this way. In two days on the roster, Chimelis the first replacement player to be summoned by the Giants this season had been the cause of three meetings, two of them coming Monday morning before the team's 7-2 loss to the New York Mets. But all of it is suddenly over.

Chimelis is gone. End of controversy. "It was good while it lasted." Chimelis, 27, said as he stood outside the clubhouse. "I feel like maybe I can come back here later in the season." But it wasn't good, not for Chimelis and clearly not for the players, who were collectively disturbed by the team's decision to bring him up and threaten their chemistry. Management apparently was so concerned that Peter Magowan, cause us to make five errors," Baker said.

Chimelis, a third baseman who was hitting .294 at Phoenix, never got into a game. But that really didn't matter. He just wanted to feel accepted, wanted his teammates to treat him as they treat one another. And he wanted to see his name stitched across the back of a Giants uniform. He finally got it.

But when a clubhouse attendant brought him a white jersey with "Chimelis" sewn above his number, it was followed by the news from Baker that he was going down. "I didn't know it would be this quick," Chimelis said, "but baseball is a weird game. It's unpredictable. You never know what's going to happen." The Giants insisted the move had nothing to do with the players' collective distaste over Chimelis' appearance. Baker said they needed pitching, that he was likely to keep 12 pitchers on the roster through the week, including right-handed starter William VanLandingham.

who replaced Chimelis. But the Giants knew last week that VanLandingham was going to be called up; they could have picked anybody to sit on the bench for these two days. So it is hard to view the demotion as anything less than an attempt to restore calm to the clubhouse. "All I can say is it's great to have William back," said Thompson. "We had a players' meeting to address the situation.

Other than that. I don't have a lot of comment." Dewey said, "I don't hold grudges. You make decisions in life. Sometimes they result in consequences that are not good." "It's a sensitive issue," Chimelis said. "I respect their opinion and how they feel about the whole situation.

But it was better to have a couple of days here than not to be here at all." Then someone asked if he thought they would be more accepting next time. Chimelis nodded. "I sure hope so," he said. SHREVEPORT JACKSON abrhbl abrhbl 3010 Johnson.ss 4 000 i 501 1 4000 4020 1000 422 1 5110 4120 4332 3122 3123 0000 Murray.ct Cruj.rl Williams.lf Aurilia.ss Canizaro.2b Wllson.lb Jerrsen.c Bourgeois, Pote.p The Shreveport Captains' sale saga took another turn Tuesday. Local businessmen Eddie Lyons and Jimmy Patterson met with Shreveport mayor Bo Williams.

Following the meeting, the pair announced they were no longer interested in buying the team, along with Eric Margenau of United Sports Inc. in New York City. Captains president Taylor Moore, meanwhile, is continuing his efforts to sell the team. "As far as I'm concerned, I'm in the same boat I was in yesterdayMoore said. "I'm still in the situation of trying to sell the team.

Hopefully somebody will come forward to buy the team." ON THE BASES Shreve-port's Mike Thibodeaux was the bases umpire Tuesday night. Thibodeaux, who referees college basketball and umpires col- lege baseball games, made his Texas League debut. He filled in for umpire Rick Moore who was ON THE MEND Captains third baseman Bill Mueller was held out of the starting lineup for the third straight game. "He's day-to-day," Captains manager Ron Wotus said. "He's available." Wotus said Mueller coufd possibly be in the starting lineup tonight.

Mueller is hitting .318, ninth best in the Texas League. Captains pitcher Jeff Richey is scheduled to have arthroscopic shoulder surgery today. HOT HITTER Captains catcher Marcus Jensen has been one of the team's hottest hitters. Jensen has raised his average from .205 on May 20th to .268 going into Tuesday's game. Dur-, ing that span, Jensen has hit IN THE COMMUNITY The first Captains caravan is Friday.

Wotus, second baseman Jay Canizaro and catcher Doug Mirabelli will be at Monco Motors in Center, Texas, Friday after- noon. Hitting coach Frank Cac- 4 ciatore and pitchers Edwin Corps and pitcher Carlos Valdez will be at Mansfield Motors on Saturday. LEADERS The Captains continue to lead the Texas League in ERA at 2.89. Carlos Valdez and Steve Bourgeois are 1-2 in ERA. Valdez leads the league at 1 .40 and Bourgeois is second at 2.20.

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Att. 2,154. the team's managing general partner, called an early-morning meeting Monday in his office with Manager Dusty Baker, General Manager Bob Quinn and three influential players: outfielder Barry Bonds, injured second baseman Robby Thompson and player representative Mark Dewey. At about noon, there was a players-only meeting with Chimelis excluded. Players declined to comment after their session, but their unhap-piness appeared to be with club officials as much as with Chimelis.

Here they were in first place, with their most productive player (Matt Williams) suddenly injured, and the team was forcing a replacement player on them, a scab. "I had some (reservations) about it," Baker said before the game, "but I don't have a crystal ball. I thought he was the best player available to help the team win. "If there's a problem, I'm as much at fault as anyone here. I feel responsible, and I feel bad, but I'm not perfect.

I don't know what's going to happen." After the game, when someone asked if the uneasiness in the clubhouse had been a factor in sending down Chimelis, Baker answered with a terse "no." But had he been a distraction? "His presence certainly didn't Hall of Fame inductee offers help to youths second in victories at seven and Shawn Purdy is second in saves with 12. Jackson's Billy Wagner leads the Texas League in strikeouts with 69. Shreveport's Jacob Cruz is sixth in the Texas League in hit- ting at .327. UP NEXT The Captains and Generals meet in the third game of the series tonight at Fair Grounds Field. Jamie Brewing-ton (2-2, 3.75) pitches for Shreveport against Tyrone Nar-cisse (1-5, 2.71).

Scott Ferrell Silas 1: Louisiana Sports Hall f'N of Fame inductee ufit I James Silas has had skC" his jersey number re- Ji tired by both Stephen F. Austin and the San Antonio Spurs. He still holds numerous SFA ivfli ft records: I CAREER POINTS Silas 1,884 HIGH GAME 49 points SEASON AVERAGE 24.5 FREE THROWS GAME 18-for-18 MOST FREE THROWS CAREER 499 Mantle in stable condition, may need liver transplant I Continued from Page 1C wards. Six-foot-6 twins Ervin and Marvin Pol-nick alternated at the other guard position. All except Huffstetler, a good outside shooter who lacked speed, were taken in the NBA draft along with a sixth member of the team.

6-9 reserve Narvis Anderson. "It was the first time I'd ever heard of that many being drafted off one team." said Brown. "I just feel fortunate to have been there during that time," said Silas, an NAIA All-American who still holds numerous SFA records including most career points points in a game (49) and highest season scoring average (24.5). Drafted by Houston following his final season at SFA, Silas found himself in a bad situation at training camp. "They were loaded with guards," he said, mentioning Calvin Murphy, Jimmy Walker, John VaUery and Stu Lance.

They released me, but it turned out to be good for me and my career. Dallas of the ABA picked me up Cm 1972-73)." The Chaparrals moved to San Antonio for the 1973-74 season, were renamed the Spurs and Silas became one of the Alamo City's first basketball heroes. He made the ABA All-Rookie team and was the first Spur to be a first-team all-league pick. He was the first Spur to score 2,000 points in one season and the first to have his jersey retired. Including two seasons in Cleveland, he scored over 11,000 points in his 10-year pro career and made the all-league squad twice.

Other members of the Hall of Fame Class of 1995 are football's Fred Dean and Sammy White, coaches Ron Maestri of UNO and Walter Ledet of Northwestern State, horse racing's John Franks and old-timer multisport athlete Bobby Lowther of LSU. Tickets for the induction banquet are $20 apiece and can be obtained by writing to Hall of Fame Chairman Doug Ireland at Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, La. 71497. Tallulah native and ex-SFA great James Silas is commissioner of Midnight Basketball in Austin, Texas. By JIM McLAIN The Times Tallulah native James Silas has had a sizable slice of basketball glory.

Now he's giving something back. Silas, 46, whoU be inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches June 24, played on one of Texas' greatest collegiate basketball teams at Stephen F. Austin (1968-72) and was the first member of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs to have his number retired. This summer he's bringing a much-talked-about youth rehabilitation program to Austin, Texas. "I'm commissioner of Austin Midnight Basketball and executive director of Athletes Services Network of America, a non-profit organization that does fund-raisers for at-risk youths," said Silas, whose number is the only one ever retired at SFA.

Midnight Basketball is more than just disadvantaged kids playing late night games to keep them out of trouble, though, he said. "It's actually an education program. In order to participate, they have to go to our education classes," he said. "We have basic classes on up to computer classes. We have on-the-job training for whatever a person feels his best opportunities lie in.

"If a kid has been out of school for a long period, we push him to get his GED If they have been out a short time, we urge them to go back to school." Silas said basketball is just the bait to get David, said at the time his father was doing much better. He called his father's stomach ailment "just one of those things." Mande joked during his playing days that he would have taken better care of himself if he knew he was going to live this long. He comes from a family with a history of health problems and he has had a variety of troubles in recent years, including a highly publicized bout with alcoholism. In April 1987, he was admitted to an Irving hospital after complaining of chest pains. Tests that year revealed he suffered only from exhaustion and mild pneumonia.

York Yankees center fielder, said in a statement that doctors have characterized Mantle's condition as progressive liver failure due to infection. True could not immediately be reached for comment True quoted Drs. Daniel DeMar-co and Kent Hamilton, specialists in gastroenterology, as saying Mande may require a liver transplant. They said he will remain hospitalized until treatment has occurred and he has sufficiently recovered. Mantle was hospitalized in May with stomach problems.

His son, kids into the program. "We target guys from the ages of 17 to 25, get them jobs, get them off the streets and get them back in the classrooms. So far, the program has done a tremendous job," he said. When Silas arrived at SFA as a freshman out of Tallulah's McCall High in 1968, he was the last piece of the puzzle for Lumberjacks coach Marshall Brown. "He was.

the most talented player we ever had," said Brown, who coached the Lumberjacks from 1959 to 1978, compiling a 345-168 record. A 6-foot-2 point guard with great jumping ability and deceptive speed, he became the leader on a team loaded with talent. One-on-one, he was virtually unstoppable. On the 1969-70 team that went 29-1 and was a NAIA national finalist, were 7-foot George Johnson at center and 6-7 Surry Oliver, also of Tallulah, and Harvey Huffstetler at the for Shreveport Runnin' Rebels advance to AAU nationals Area basketball fans like the Magic touch AutoCAD1 Classes Starts June 13, 1995 Introduction classes: Day classes Wednesday Friday mornings Night classes Tuesday Thursday Advanced classes June 26 29 evenings CAD Masters 31824 5575 AHh-Qrs esnsr. From Staff Reports The Shreveport Runnin' Rebels knocked off the defending national champion Louisiana Breeze en route to the state AAU 17-year-old boys basketball title this past weekend in Baton Rouge.

The win earned them a trip to the National AAU 17-year-old Tournament July 15-22 at Winston-Salem, N.C. Coach Mike Theus' team defeated the Baton Rouge-based Breeze 97-83 in overtime in the semifinals before edging the Louisiana Stars 75-73 in the championship game, i Haughton senior-to-be Terrance Simmons, cousins Derek and Fred Smith of Class state champion Atlanta and Bossier's Patrick Stephens were among the Rebels' leaders, The Runnin' Rebels also defeated Team Louisiana 73-50 and the New Orleans Spartans 82-81 in the tournament. Other members of the team are Huntington's Eric Tietjen, Parkway's Keith Greene. Atlanta's Marcus Smith, Rayville's Chris Hayes, Pineville's Charles Haywood, Gibsland-Coleman's Marvin Harrison, Stanley's Joey Burch and Kingston Christian Academy's Paul Webb. AREA BRIEFS JOSEPH HONORED Northwestern State outfielder Terry Joseph, the Southland Conference Player of the Year, has been elected to the GTE Academic second All-America team.

LSU second baseman Warren Morris was also voted to the prestigious team by a 60- member national panel of the College Sports Information Directors of America. A Marrero-Archbishop Shaw product, Joseph was a third-team GTE Academic All- American following his sophomore season. Joseph has signed a contract with the Chicago Cubs and will report to the Cubs' Class A New York-Penn League team in Williamsport, next week. JUNIOR CLINIC SET Champion Links will hold a free junior golf clinic Monday from 9 a.m. to noon as part of the PGA Gulf States Section Junior Golf Blitz program.

Nine local PGA and LPGA professionals will serve as instructors, according to Champion Links pro Martin Stewart. For more information and to register, call Champion Links at 865-7888. Local Plus Nationwide Roaming Service I OP IB2S8 It SSL! form. nis Scott on the post. If you let Penny with his height look the floor over, you've got problems." When asked what he would do if he was Houston coach Rudy Tomjanovich, Theus said" "Unfortunately, you can't play zone in the NBA I'd try to do a real good job of denying their guards the ball." Haughton senior-to-be Terrance Simmons and Bossier senior-to-be Patrick Stephens both favor Orlando because of its guards.

"I think that's one of the biggest factors because Houston hasn't played against big guards and those guards can post up on Houston's," said Simmons, who was first-team all-city in basketball. "When Penny Hardaway gets it in the post, I'd double down on him. But I don't want to leave Dennis Scott open. "Houston's going to have matchup problems." Said Stephens, second-team all-city: "Orlando's going to let Olajuwon score his points and hold everyone else in check because Kenny Smith can't match up." But Centenary assistant coach Willie Jackson and AAU coach Herman Ealy believe Houston has enough to repeat as NBA champion, Jackson because of Olajuwon and Ealy because of Houston's experience. "Olajuwon can get Shaquille (O'Neal) in foul trouble, and Orlando doesn't have anyone else who can take up the slack," Jackson said.

"Everyone has counted the Rockets out in every series they've been in. I've liked them since Day One." Orlando gets the nod over Houston in NBA Finals. By ROBERT WALLACE The Times Houston's Dream may come through, but four out of six area basketball fans contacted Tuesday night don't believe the Rockets' dream will come true. The Magic touch, they say, will make Houston's hopes to repeat as NBA champion disappear. "I like the bulk of the Orlando team," said Coach Bobby Joe Rusley, whose Bossier High boys basketball team made the 3A state semifinals earlier this year.

"They have guys who can really bang the boards, and they have the size to dominate the boards." Rusley said Houston center Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon will likely get his 30, 35 points but that Orlando could probably shut down everyone else. He added that Orlando guard Anfemee "Penny" Hard-away will present big problems for Houston. Mike Theus, who coaches two summer-league teams, said the Magic's height is a factor with Hard-away (6-foot-7) and reserve point guard Brian Shaw (6-6). The Rockets counter with Kenny Smith (6-3) and Sam Cassell (6-2). "Houston might have better shooting guards, but Orlando's height might come into play," he said.

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