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i The Independent Record. Heleno, Wednesdoy, June 25. 1986 9 cions that he was again using cocaine. In a decision made by the head of minor league baseball and approved by Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, Howe won reinstatement Tuesday with the San Jose Bees of the California League and said he expects to be back in the big leagues soon. Howe, who will take the mound Thursday night against the Fresno Giants, was banned from play on May 15 by John Johnson, president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, because of a disputed drug test.

Winners, losors a American League Baltimore 2, Detroit 1 Toronto 8, Milwaukee 0 New York 8, Boston 1 Minnesota 2, Chicago 1 Oakland 8, Kansas City 4 California 12, Texas 3 Seattle 8, Cleveland 7 National League Montreal 6, New York 2 Philadelphia 7, Chicago 6 St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 2 Houston 8, Cincinnati 4 Los Angeles 6, Atlanta 2 San Diego 3, San Francisco 0 5TEVE CARLTON, the only four-time Cy Young winner as his league's best pitcher, has been released by the Philadelphia Phillies, the team announced today. Carlton has given up 25 earned runs and 37 hits through 20 1-3 in his last five starts, and the Phillies have had several meetings over the last in Have tn American Legion Pioneer League Scarlets 12, Senators 3 Helena 6, Billings 3 discuss his status with the club. Carlton 1 1 ysgy In short THE ACADEMIC COUNSELOR to the University of Maryland men's basketball team has stepped down, saying academics had too low priority for Coach Lefty Driesell and citing philosophical differences with him, according to a published report. Wendy Whittemore, who had served for a season after the resignation of former academic counselor Larry Roper, tendered her resignation Tuesday.

THE UP-AND-DOWN WORLD of pitcher Steve Howe is on the rise again now that he has been cleared of suspi Dd 2i florin) ira fllh power Bock's $2- SCORE 3 vLjJ IS? 'TrYTTi in Clark, Olson homer to pace Helena victory By BILL BOWMAN IR Assistant News Editor It was time for the power to take over. The Helena Gold Sox used power pitching and power hitting to down the Billings Mustangs 6-3 in the Pioneer League home opener for the Gold Sox Tuesday night. A crowd of 1,112 watched as starting pitcher Brian Drahman pitched five strong innings to his second victory in as many outings. Drahman limited Billings to five hits and one earned run. But it was the power of third baseman Isiah Clark that brought the crowd to its feet.

Clark, batting in the third inning with Helena nursing a 2-1 lead, padded the lead with a two- run, line-drive home run over the left field fence. That blast, Clark's first home "run, gave Helena a 4-1 edge that Drahman and three relievers made stand up. "1 hit it pretty good," Clark said with a sly smile. "I've been swinging the bat pretty good, but I must be a little nervous because I'm not hitting as well as I But, he's on a more positive note now. "The home run took a lot of the pressure off," he admit-' ted.

"Now maybe I can go up to the plate a little looser and make solid contact." The Gold Sox made solid con-1 tact off Dodd for three innings, ibut relievers Dwayne Williams "and Ken Mullins limited the Gold Sox to just two hits over the last five innings. One of those hits was a ing home run by catcher Warren Olson in the eighth. Olson also A ...7 i 4 fa Li.i"m '4 ri Billings' Jeff Richardson dives into second base with a stolen base throw is Helena shortstop A.J. Richardson while Gold Sox first by Roy Pace) during Tuesday night's Pioneer League action. Waiting for the baseman George Canale (20) delivers the late throw.

(Staff photo Gold Sox manager Dave Hup- home run." pert was tickled with the out- Now, Huppert wants the Gold come, as well as the pitching and Sox to start a winning streak, hitting. "Our pitching has been Helena won the first and third our strong point and now the hit- ting has come around. I was wondering when we'd get our first (More on POWER, page 10B) added a double while Terry Brown and George Canale also added two hits each for the Gold Sox. Don Brown and Jeff Richardson each had two hits for NFL loses another Heisman winner By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer Oops, there goes another Heisman Trophy winner, slipping through the suddenly fumble-prone fingers of the National Football League. Commissioner Pete Ro-zelle can only hope the attorneys representing his league in current litigation brought by the rival United States Football League are more persuasive with the jury than the Tampa Bay Bucs were with Bo Jackson.

Mr. Jackson, a football player of some considerable ability, threw the Bucs a curve and decided instead to try and hit curves, signing a baseball contract with the Kansas City Royals. He thus becomes the fourth consecutive Heisman recipient to shun the NFL, a rather troubling trend. The other three Herschel Walker in 1982, Mike Rozier in 1983 and Doug Flutie in 1984 were lured to the USFL by fat contracts. Money, however, did not figure in Bo's equation.

Baseball, once lavish in its financial treatment of veteran free agents, always has been rather penurious when it came to kids. There are indications that Kansas (More NFL, page 11B) Bo Jackson heading to Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The president of the Southern League's Memphis Chicks says the arrival of Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson in the lineup next week should help the team on the field as well as the ticket office. "There is no doubt that having Bo in a Memphis uniform will stimulate more interest in the Chicks and hopefully he'll help us win more games," George Lapi-des said. Lapides said word that Jackson would be playing in Memphis already has started a rush for tickets and news media requests for credentials has outstripped the stadium's tiny press box.

Avron Fogelman, the Chicks' owner and co-owner of the world champion Kansas City Royals, announced Tuesday that Jackson would begin his professional baseball career in Memphis on Monday night when the Chicks play Columbus, Ga. "I hope to see him in the major leagues before Sept. 1," Fogelman said. Jackson, who signed a contract with the Royals last week, was placed on the temporary inactive list and will not be eligible to play until Monday, Fogelman said. Jackson, a former Auburn Ail-American running back, was the National Football League's No.

1 draft choice and turned down $7 million in guaranteed money from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to sign with the Royals, who drafted him in the fourth round (More on JACKSON, page 11B) (HI i wm I I ii XJ imWI drive off the bat of Texas' Scott back he's going to be a big factor from now on." Houston's victory, coupled with San Francisco's 3-0 loss to San Diego, put the Astros one-half game behind the Giants in the National League West. In other NL games, Los Angeles trimmed Atlanta 5-2, Montreal downed New York 6-2, Philadelphia nipped Chicago 7-6 in 10 innings and St. Louis defeated Pittsburgh 5-2. In the American League, California trounced Texas 12-3 and tied the Rangers for first place in the AL West, Oakland ended a 15-game road losing streak by defeating Kansas City 8-4, New York whipped Boston 8-1, Baltimore edged Detroit 2-1 in 10 innings, Toronto blanked Milwaukee 8-0, Minnesota shaded Chicago 2-1 and Seattle edged Cleveland 8-7. Padres 3, Giants Eric Show and two relievers combined on a four-hitter against the Giants, who scored 18 runs a day earlier.

In breaking the Giants' five-game winning streak, the Padres scored off rookie (More on RYAN, page 10B) A 0 rU.U UUX JL Drahman wasn't overly impressed with his outing, but feels a win is a win. "I did have the curve working, but I threw too many balls. I want to work on throwing more strikes. But, I'll take the win." California's Wally Joiner comes Fletcher. Ryan back By The Associated Press Nolan Ryan, just off the disabled list, won his first game since April 25 and Glenn Davis hit a two-run homer Tuesday night to lead the Houston Astros over the Cincinnati Reds 8-4.

Ryan, 4-6, had been on the disabled list with an elbow problem. He pitched five innings and gave up one earned run, one unearned run and two hits while walking four and striking out five. Davis had three of Houston's 12 hits. His 16th homer and second in two days capped a five-run fifth inning. Tom Browning was the loser, allowing six runs all unearned and six hits in five innings.

In the Houston fifth, Cincinnati left fielder Eric Davis misplayed Billy Hatcher's liner for a three-base error, allowing two runs to score. Hatcher came home on a single by Phil Gamer and Davis followed with his homer. Houston Manager Hal Lanier said Ryan "felt fine and he didn't have any discomfort. That's what's important. He had good velocity and his control will im- Probe shows Bias died very quickly BALTIMORE (AP) The cocaine that caused the death of Len Bias acted with deadly quickness, killing the superbly conditioned University of Maryland basketball star within minutes of taking the drug in his dorm room, the state medical examiner says.

Dr. John Smialek, outlining what he believes happened last Thursday as Bias and a group of friends celebrated his new career with the Boston Celtics, said the reaction would have begun almost immediately after Bias snorted the cocaine and it entered his bloodstream. Within seconds, it would have reached his brain, interrupting the normal electrical activity of the nervous system and sending confusing signals to the heart. Within seconds, the heart would have begun to beat irregularly and then stop. Again, within seconds, with the flow of blood cut off to the brain, Bias would have begun to experience seizures and then lapse into unconsciousness.

"All in all, you could have been talking about (as little as) two (More on PROBE, page 11B) up short as he dives for a line on winning track Prank costs Kingman $3,500 fine KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Oakland slugger Dave Kingman has been fined $3,500 for sending a small rat to a woman sports-writer and will be released by the team if a "similar incident" occurs, the A's announced Tuesday night. Kingman had the rodent delivered in a pink box to Susan Fornoff of The Sacramento Bee during the first inning of Monday night's Oakland-Kansas City game. Fornoff said Monday night that Kingman has told her he doesn't believe women belong in the clubhouse. prove.

If he continues to throw like that and gets his control Drugs: A tough battle to win By The Associated Press With the death of All-American basketball player Len Bias attributed to cocaine, the war against drugs in sports is gaining momentum. But those who are trying to control it concede they are fighting a difficult battle. "We try to every deterrent we can," LSU basketball Coach Dale Brown said Tuesday. "We purchase the most expensive drug detection equipment in the world, for blood and urine and skin samples, you name it. "However, they've got the Berlin Wall around East Germany and they still get over the wall.

They're still going to whip the system. There's nothing infallible." Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles called the death of the University of Maryland star "one of the most regrettable incidents that I can ever remember happening to a young athlete. Broyles, an advocate of drug testing for college athletes, said (More on DRUGS, page 11B) Will 'li'WHS.