The State from Columbia, South Carolina • 9

The 8tt Columbia 3C Tuesday September 8 1992 3C COLLEGE FOOTBALL I South Carolinians In minor league baseball Citadel defeat proved final straw for Crowe By HARRY KING The Anoclatad Praia Kiries goes to work prepping for USG wm a scout and assignment day for the varsity and a scrimmage day for the younger The Razorbacks (0-1) are looking to rebound from their seasonopening 10-3 loss to The Citadel South Carolina (0-1 0-1 SEC) also lost its season-opener 28-8 at the hands of SEC rival Georgia Saturday's game will be the first ever meeting between the Razorbacks and Gamecocks On offense Kines Hid it will be important for the Razorbacks to concentrate on getting the ball into the end zone need to try and speed things up around here and get some zip he Hid need a quicker tempo on the practice field These guys worked bard today I met a player yet who likes to practice but you've got to do Tho AttoclBfd Ptbbb FAYETTEVILLE Ark first practice under new head coach Joe Kines wm a two-hour Labor Day workout in preparation for its inaugural Southeastern Conference football game The Razorbacks take on fellow SEC newcomer South Carolina on Saturday in Columbia SC on I didn't know where I wm supposed to go" said Kines who was named interim head coach Sunday after Jack Crowe wm fired once we started scrimmaging I felt OK still have to finalize our game plan but I feel that oily about a half a day behind we tried knocking some rust off the younger players and just let them Hid Kines are drills but got to get the ball across the stripe It AA opponent the Razorbacks made 287 yards They completed 11 of 23 passes and their wide receivers caught one ball Early Sunday afternoon Broyles and Crowe talked At a news conference with reporters he handled questions without giving a clue that his tenure wm over Afterward the announcement wm crafted the company line wm that Crowe had stepped down is obvious the program is not where we want it to be and not where it should Crowe said In his one-paragraph statemenL is in the best interests of all concerned that the head coaching responsibility be turned ova to someone Crowe and I have discussed the status of the football program during his tenure head coach and I agree with his Broyles Hid in his statement A couple of hours lata Broyles introduced Joe Kina interim head coach When asked if Crowe wm fired its final three games Linebacka Ernest Dixon Hid it wm like facing a bad hangova wed lata the feeling is still have been beaten by The he Hid Tailback Rob DeBoer Hid the Gamecocks are better off forgetting what happened to Arkansas think we need to involve that in our game preparation" he Hid than anything it makes us aware going to come at us a little DeBoa is more interested in tuning an offense that failed to reach the end zone on three trips inside the 10-yard line during 28-6 sea-son-opening Iom to Georgia really made me mad when we got that close and put points on the he Hid be a great team going to need to do that When we get shot yards we need to get tough and go fa DeBoa want questioning the decision to settle fa a field goal on we are at this And dulled overconfidence unlike 1990 when a 59-0 blasting of Long Beach State preceded a 20-7 Ioh at Virginia we played Appalachian State a Temple and blew them out and go play Florida State our hopa would have been so high teat we probably Broyles Hid both agreed that we weren't at the point that we should be The decision wm made He gave anotha rambling answa to a similar question but slipped up when he Hid the Razorback Foundation would pay Crowe's 84000-a-year contract Foundation is by contract committed to fulfilling contracts in the case of he said ArkansM lost Saturday when a defensive end picked up a fumble and ran 34 yards fa a touchdown Broyles uid his and Crowe discussed at length whether one game did in Crowe wm a decision of the 90 season the 91 season the progress that we hoped to be he Hid He also mentioned attendance of 35828 one of the smallest Fayetteville crowds in years hard-core fans were there but the ona that pick and choose he said not any one fault an accumulation of the last five fourth-and-one from the Georgia 1-yard line in the first quarter But he added think I ever can be stopped also hungry tor respect in the SEC now I think we have any respect inside the league and fa good DeBoa said like to establish That man DeBoa feels more pressure to bat Arkansas like saying The Citadel bat a (in 1990) and we bat West Virginia so The Citadel could bat West DeBoa Hid In otha words DeBoa said it be a facta Turnipseed agreed botha he Hid they bat The Citadel 80-0 a lost to Notes: Tailback Rob DeBoa (bruise left knee) is questionable tor Saturday's game Tight end Boomer Foster (bruised ribs) is probable would have had a Smite Hid we see we have a lot to larn and a lot to work on That can do nothing but help us We know not going in there and push anybody After bating Ball State 24-10 few expect that from the Tigers LITTLE ROCK Ark Saturday Arkansas football fans were complaining They were stung by a 10-3 loss to The Citadel Fire Crowe they Mid Upstairs on the fourth floor of the pressbox Jack Crowe looked like a man In trouble But he still prepared for his television show And be was talking with his co-host about changes he wanted to make There was no inkling that he would be out of work one game deep into a new five-year contract Saturday night athletics director Frank Broyles met with sane of the Arkansas hierarchy The subject was Crowe and the football program The meeting resumed at 7:80 am Sunday and continued until noon Associate AD Wilson Matthews was present So wm senior associate AD Terry Don Phillips associate AD Bill Gray and Razorback Foundation president Chuck Dicus discussed the options that we had to play for the rest of the Broyles Hid think the primary focus wm if we were going to make a decision whether it be in the middle of the season or at the end of the season then the program would be much better off if we made it now to let the new coach have a full season to accomplish his pals were either going to make it now or at the end of the Arkansas wm 3-8 in 1990 and some people wanted scalp before the 1991 season ended the Ra-sorbacks' last in the Southwest Conference before starting play this season in the Southeastern Conference The hard core want to hear that Arkansas wm 5-3 before quarterback Jason Allen tore up his knee After three straight losses there wm talk that Crowe would be canned if the Razor backs handle Rice They did 20-0 and wound up in the Independence Bowl against Georgia Still there were grumblings ArkansM hired Greg Davis offensive coordinator and switched to the one-back offense More than once the ArkansM offense wm mentioned in the ume breath with that of the Washington Redskins During the summer Broyles said the Razorbacks were in the offense of the 21st century On Saturday against a Division I- Gamecocks From 1C USC coach Sparky Woods who took the Ioh to The Citadel harda than any in his career uid sure their ego is bruised badly after a disappointing loss How It will affect them I really know I anticipate ArkansM will respond to a tough Arkansas interim coach Joe Kines a forma Clemson assistant expects no less any kind of distraction affects he said know if anything other than the hurricane that hit Miami could have been more But young people always amaze me with their ability to bounce USC bounced bade from its Ioh to The Citadel with a 38-29 loss at North Carolina State and a 41-10 setback to Florida State before winning two of Tigers From 1C looming and seeking current game film were trying to win the game and help out a lot of our offensive he uid The offensive line paved tee way for 255 yards rushing 47 yards pa arry Three Hall Jeff Fortna and Stacy See gars were on field fa every offensive play The defense had seven players in fa at least 71 of 91 plays Only ufety Robert play the entire game among the secondary and he missed just three plays But underclassmen uw time too Twenty-two players debuted including nine first-year freshmen and eight redshirt freshmen (tee Ball State game) showed us that the young guys who got to play that we an count on them to play against good Buckna said mentioning among others: linebacka Derek Burnette nose guard Carlos Curry and tackle La-marick Simpson Smite said the Tigers will need the underclassmen to relieve the starters in orda fa them to remain effective And finally the Ball State game effectively showed the Tigers that they still need work "It gets back In the mind to just play Buckna uid "When we need to play we could do It instead of just going out there and bating somebody 58-0 It helped show where Former baseball head Kuhn praises decision and Kuhn gave way to Peter Ueberroth on Oct 1 1984 could have hung on and fought but what I decided after looking at the convictions of the handful of teams against me wm that would be more Kuhn uid obviously thought the ume this print in time I respect decision to step Hid Jackie Autry of the California Angels a Vincent opponent and the wife of team owner Gene Autry Gene and I wish him the very best in future she said all of us associated with baseball we must now strive to find solutions to the problems that confront us Hopefully with the coopaa-tion of individuals throughout the industry we will reach that accord" General Motors fired its chairman and nobody knew what was going on until it happened It's unfortunate baseball operates in a public light and people feel like leaking this to the Reinsdorf was one of Vincent's earliest opponents as was Bud Sdig of the Milwaukee Brewers the chairman of the Player Relations Committee Vincent has made a statesmanlike decision and I respect him for Selig said the best interest of baseball it is important that we now focus our energies and efforts on the myriad of significant issues confronting the Kuhn was not offered a renewal after his two seven-year terms and finally gave up the fight for re-election Owners then extended his term twice until they found a successor HALF PRICE SALE EVERY ITEM IN THE STORE AT LEAST Vi PRICE TIES SOCKS BELTS SWEATERS SHIRTS PAJAMAS CAPS ROBES SPECIAL GROUP OF SUITS VALUES TO NOW SPORTCOATS VALUES TO NOW SHIRTS VALUES TO 25N NOW NO ALTERATIONS ALL SALES FINAL COPELAND CO 1114 WASHINGTON ST By HAL BOCK The Aaaodatad Pram NEW YORK Bowie Kahn forced out commissioner of baseball eight yean ago said Monday he thought Fay Vincent did the right thing by resigning Monday think what he did was Kahn Mid in Ponte Vedra Fla the 18 against him had to begin to gather more as his supporters thought on it He realised Owners voted 18-9 with one abstention last week for a resolution of no confidence that urged Vincent to quit "I wish it could have been avoided but baseball is so said Jerry Reinsdorf of the Chicago White Sox a leading Vincent opponent wish it could have been handled internally Vincent From 1C will the board shrug that owners will be owners Suppose the clerk realises that Chicago and St Louis are west of Cincinnati and Atlanta will the board agree with National League realignment? Or will it order Rand McNally to redraw Its maps? As the ringleader of palace coup Jerry Reinsdorf the White Sox owner who also owns the Chicago Bulls has touted David Stan the National Basketball Association commissioner as an ideal administrator understandable When a Bull named Michael Jordan was linked to high-stakes golf and poker gambling the NBA even peek under the rug No wonder Reinsdorf likes Stern no wonder Reinsdorf like Fay Vincent who suspended Reinsdorf baaetiall buddy George StMnbremer Of all the criticisms of Vincent the lowest was that he was FFeeiServIcefAfteiitKeTsale! 1989 mistake wm believing the language of his contract: that he had the authority to make decisions the best interests of a phrase that made him the conscience of baseball What Vincent didn't realize is teat the owners want a conscience What he realize is that the owners want a prophet they wanted a profit In his wisdom Vincent supported what hM kept the National Football League aflat financially: television revenue-sharing by all its teams But by next season the Tribune Co which owns the Chicago Cubs and which took the commlssiona to court when he put its team in the National Lague West will own the rights to the local television contracts of six other teams (Yankees Dodgers White Sox Angels Phi Ilia and the expansion Colorado Rockia) How dare Fay Vincent expect tee Tribune Company to share that television revenue with otha dubs That would be in the best interests of basebalL But in the worst interests of the owners when he went to games During batting practice be sat in a golf cart (because of his tortuous back ailment that required his use of a cane) and chatted with players and members of the news media Then he visited the room before watching the game Imagine a baseball commissioner who enjoyed baseball and Its people No wonder the owners understand or appreciate him If the owners understood or appreciated baseball the Industry be in the mess it is: too many clubs struggling to meet their multimillion dollar payrolls for overpriced players who earn their money despite the clubs having a monopoly on what is advertised as the national pastime in all of major markets If Fay Vincent had created this mess the owners would have had a right to ask him to resign as they did last week In an 18-9 vote But after the owners created this mess they tied a tin can to Fay Vincent as their scapegoat As the successor to the late Bart Giamattl in Metric Black ALL SEASON 155-80x13 165-80x13 175-70x13 2988 3184 3550 3664 3856 4035 4235 urate 185-70x13 185-70x14 195-70x14 205-70x14 locations to sirvi you uj lyjAnwMrwwigrfuwM1 AR-K ARE1-' JLijthji rH.