European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 11, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 21 Mcaa puts Texas a a on probation for a year for basketball breaches College station. Tex. Api Texas am University was put on one year probation by the Mcaa monday but sports officials at the school received the penalty on  basketball program with some Relief saying they were glad the investigation was  it has been a frustrating disconcerting experience said athletic director Emory Bellard. There were no sanctions attached to the probation meaning am could still participate in any Mcaa postseason playoff and appear on television. The Southwest conference already had placed a one year suspension on the two players involved Karl Godine and Jarvis Williams. The school also was ordered by the Mcaa to sever All relations formal and in formal with certain representatives of the University s athletic interests involved in the violations of Mcaa  the certain interests private Citi Zens May no longer help the school s recruiting or other athletic Booster efforts. The violations included improper Mone tary gifts to prospective athletes and Theloan of an automobile to a student athlete. The penalties imposed undoubtedly would have been More severe had not pre Vious action been taken by the Southwest athletic conference and had not the University been fully cooperative in applying rules to the eligibility of the student ath an Angel steals Gil flares of the California Angels steals second As he slides under he royals Freddie Palek who leaps High for the throw from Catcher Darrell Porter in monday s game at Kansas City. The Angels won 5-3. A hobos Fly sensational in Relief cards Deal reds 6th straight loss by Fred Down up sports writer reliever Al Hrabosky turned in Cne of his most sensational performances monday night when the St. Louis cardinals beat the Cincinnati reds 6-5 on Ted Sim Mons Homer leading off the Bottom of the 10th inning and dealt the two time world champions their sixth straight loss. Hrabosky struck out George Foster Johnny Bench and Bob Bailey with the bases filled in the ninth inning and got the extra break he needed in the 10th when right fielder Mike Anderson threw out Ray Knight with the potential winning run at the plate. Keith Hernandez had tied the score at 5-5 for the cardinals with a Homer off rawly East Wick in the eighth. Teams in rival loops Trade soccer players los Angeles a the los an Geles sky Hawks of the american soccer league have traded Star sweeper Back Steve Ralbovsky to the Chicago sting of the North american soccer league in an unusual three Way Swap. U was believed to be the first time that teams in the rival professional soccer leagues traded players. Ralbovsky from Brown University was the no. 1 draft Choice of both leagues in 1976. He signed with the sky Hawks and helped them win the Asl championship but had asked to be traded. I dream of these tight situations said Hrabosky after the game. I be tried to program myself As a Relief specialist. Foster Bench and Bailey Are All top Guys. I threw the Ball where i wanted. This is the first time i be struck out the Side with the bases  he added. I gave it my Best shot. I Felt i did everything i could to defeat the batters. I talk to the Gypsy War gods when i walk around the major league Roundup Mound. I work myself into a controlled rage and when they step Back and Forth in the Batter s Box they Are changing their concentration. The biggest compliment on the Road is a standing boo he laughed. This year now that i m clean shaven they Don t recognize me. They have to wait until my name is announced before they boo me. That  the win in the nationally televised game moved the cardinals to within one game of the first place Pittsburgh pirates in the National league , the Chicago cute downed Houston 6-1 in the Only other National league game while in the american league the Chicago White sox put away Texas 6-3, Toronto dumped Seattle 104, California downed Kansas City 5-3 and Oakland nipped Boston 2-1.cubs 6, astros 1 the cubs took advantage of three walks a hit batsman and a wild pitch to score four runs in the second inning in route to their fifth straight Victory. Rick Reuschel. 5-1. Needed three innings of one hit Relief from Rookie Willie Hernandez. White sox 6, rangers 3 Jim Essian snapped a 3-3 tie with a two run sixth inning double while Jorge Orta drove Home three other runs for Chicago with a two run Homer and a single. Ken Brett 4-2, spaced nine hits As the White sox recorded their sixth win in their last seven games All on the Road. Bloc jays 10, mariners 4 Doug Ault hit a three run Homer in the fourth inning his sixth of the season and fellow Rookie Al Woods drove in two other runs on a pair of singles in the first match Between the new Al expansion clubs. Ault now has 24 rib while Woods who was 4 for-5, is hitting .376. Angels 5, royals 3 Terry Humphrey hit his first Homer of the season a Solo shot in the second inning and Rookie outfielder Gil Flores scored two other runs in the Angels Victory. Joe Rudi also doubled in an insurance run for Cali fornia in the eighth his 29th rib of the year. Wayne Simpson with Relief from Paul Hartzell was the Winner squaring his record at 2-2. A s 2, red so 1 Mitchell Page knocked in both the a s runs with a first inning single and a fifth inning triple and Vida Blue pitched a six hitter for his third Victory in five decisions. Butch Hobson homered for the red sox As Reggie Cleveland suffered the loss. Letes involved said Arthur r. Reynolds chairman of the infractions committee of the Mcaa. Texas am has taken a position of Complete cooperation throughout the investigative process said to Bellard. Who is also the football coach. We feel the Mcaa decisions represent a very mini mum action on the technicality involved. Texas am will continue to try to adminis Ter  athletic department with proper consideration of rules and re Gull  alleged recruiters not Given warning Houston up three local businessmen reportedly involved in the 1975 illegal recruitment of two Texas am University basketball players said monday they have not been told by the Mcaa to steer Clear of the school. You caught me off guard. I did t know anything about the ruling said insurance executive . Feinstein who was mentioned with George Gilliam and Wesley Boyd by a Southwest conference commit tee As aiding in the illegal recruitment of the two players. The Mcaa issued a Brief summation of  finding monday. The basketball team was placed on a one year probation but was spared any penalties such As a ban from postseason playing the Mcaa tournament. The Mcaa did say however that Texas am was required to sever All relations with unnamed persons who violated Mcaa rules. Gilliam who owns a furniture store reportedly paid am recruits Karl Godine and Jarvis Williams exceedingly Large wages for working in his store. I denied the charges then and i will deny them  Gilliam said. I think the whole thing was politically motivated to Start with. I was confident All along that the Mcaa would not penalize the  Williams and Godine. Two highly recruited schoolboys from Houston Kashmere. Helped the aggie win the Sec title in the 1975-76 season both were declared ineligible before the postseason tournament in 1976 and the ban lasted through the 1976-77 season. Am lost in the 1976 postseason tournament finals and this past year dropped to fourth place in the conference. The two players roommates in the am athletic dorm in College station remained at the school and will play next season. Neither could be reached for comment. Hawaii quintet placed on probation for 2 years by Mcaa Honolulu a the president of the University of Hawaii athletics Booster club says if he is guilty of violating rules of the National collegiate athletic association then the Island spirit is guilty ton. In Hawaii people do something for other people when they Are in  said club president Art Woolaway who was accused by the Mcaa of arranging for a basketball player to pay reduced rent on an apartment. Woolaway said he Only arranged it but never actually paid the rent. The violations were announced saturday by the Mcaa which placed the University s basketball team on two year s Proba Tion. The team is prohibited from Post season games and All television appear ances until april 5,1979. Other violations included the Purchase continued on Page 23