European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 22,1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 Ashe offers advice to playground u. By Ken Denlinger the Washington Post Washington what if major universities that consider sports important offered in the fall a course called football there it would be in the Cata log somewhere Between geometry 112 and French 314. With prerequisites that include two health Knees and a thick neck. If football were treated As any other subject Given the amount of time spent inside classrooms and on Grassy labs each week it would be Worth 20 credits. At least. Which Means that anyone playing big time football and carrying the usual academic Load actually is burdened each autumn with about 35 credits. Arthur Ash approached the matter from a differ ent Angle. Nevertheless he posed both a relevant question and its obvious answers How in the world do you expect that kid to do Well when he comes i with an sat score of barely 700 and a High school Grade Point average of 2.0? it can t be done. Some thing s got to give. An evening with Arthur Ash As his lecture last week in the National museum of american history was billed always is instructive. His latest session also was hopeful the audience was targe and sophisticated 19 the Point that he did not have to de Fine proposition 48. Ash and others now Are Able to talk about the unsettling High school and collegiate conflict academics versus athletics on a higher level. Ash s emphasis was on Black athletes and he made his Points known. A typical Black athlete comes from a family that is eight times As Likely to push him toward a career i sports seeing it As the Only Way out. The screen ing process for Young Black athletes is so Good and so coldblooded that Only the very Best arc playing postage 14. By 12 through 14, we know who the Best Black athletes arc and what they can do. Everybody else on the playground is told in effect you sit Down. You re not Good enough " so Ash said promising Young Black athlete must be identified Early no later than the eighth commentary Grade and told the facts of life what is expected if they expect a College  and the almost pathological preoccupation of Young Blacks with sports should not be dismissed he added Given that sports and entertainment were the Only avenues available to Blacks for so Long. The percentage of Black High school teachers across the country is less than 5 percent he said and the percentage of Black male teachers is less than in percent. So while teachers need to be sensitized to this special yearning this cultural craving Young Blacks do have for sports. Not to View that As something so frivolous or ancillary that it does t deserve serious  Don t dash dreams he seemed to be saying but also repeat reality that one in 3,400 Black men Between age 20 and 34 is an athlete. Ash was especially critical of scheduling at the College level saying 85 baseball games and Well Over 30 basketball games a season Are common. That s about half of what the pros play. He said 11 regular season games was acceptable in football except that s nearly 70 percent of what the nil has. The Black colleges were not exempt from criticism by Ashe who said that Many of them in the Early years also used non students. A Black football immortal Ben Stevenson had a College career that lasted seven years. Quite a few Black schools used Money earmarked for National Merit scholarships for athletes Ash said. Nearly everyone except those who control the finances agrees that freshmen at every College at every level of Competition should neither practice for nor participate in varsity sports. Solutions to most other issues arc More Complex. For instance a Way to solve the problem of poor athletes being Able to get spending Money seems Sim ple enough eliminate the Mcaa Rule that keeps them from holding jobs. The Day of a typical freshman football player Dur ing the fall and Spring practice mandatory breakfast Between 7 and 8 . Classes most mornings and Early afternoons. Football meetings and practice from about 2 30 until 6 30. Study Hall from about7 45 until 10 15. When is there time for a Job Ash s idea of a modest monthly stipend is no original but seems to be More acceptable to influential collegiate officials. Something in the Range of $300 a month for athletes helping to generate several million each year hardly seems out of line. The pointed Lack of motivation to study for pre College athletes and a deep cynicism that they will be accepted even with Lousy grades and test scores is recent Ash said. It began in the 70s, with baseball free Agency and basketball players suddenly being allowed to enter the pros before their academic class graduated. More Money and quicker Access to it tends to Dull the academic senses. Ash has some modest proposals make High school coaches partially responsible for the academic Success of their athletes. Give High school letter jackets to More than ath letes. Expand that Reward system to those who make the Honor role or Excel in non sports activities. Have academic Counselor in College report 1othe president instead of the athletic director. Give the athlete s Home District some responsibility during his College years. Establish people Pecan Call collect to lean on for emotional support. Have fewer varsity sports in Black colleges but More and expanded intramural programs. During the question and answer period a father told Ashe that his son was not permitted to play sports unless he had a b average. Into Ash s mind came the no pass no play Rule adopted in som areas requiring a c average to play sports. Ash asked what enlightened system required such lofty eligibility standards. Replied the father  Al from Page 21 one run on five hits until they broke Loose in the seventh. He also tied a Tea record by picking off two runners. Joyner opened the seventh with a sin Gle and Chili Davis reached on third baseman Terry Jorgon san s error. Tony armas who spent two stretches on the 15-Day disabled list and missed 60 games with a hamstring pull and leg Strain ear Lier in the season singled for a 2-1 Lead. Lance Parrish walked to Load the bases and Jack Howell was hit by a pitch Kent Anderson met Mike Cook with an rib sin Gle and Brian Downing hit a sacrifice Fly. Armas hit another rib single in the eighth and Joyner hit his 16th Home run in the ninth. Red sox 10, Blue jays 3 Toronto Dwight Evans Hom ered and drove in three runs and Wade Boggs ended a 2-for-29 slump with a pair of run scoring singles leading Roger Clemens and Boston Over Toronto. Boston got 14 hits including five Dou Bles and at 8 i games behind kept its faint Al East Hopes alive. Clemens 16-10, gave up three runs on nine hits in eight innings. Jimmy key. 12-14, was tagged for six runs on 10 hit sin three plus innings. Boggs went 2 for 5 and raised his aver age to .323. Third Best in the Al. His average had dropped from .336 to .322 during the slump. Athletics 8, indians 6 Cleveland Tony Phillips hit a bases loaded triple to Cap a five run rally in the sixth inning and storm Davis won for the ninth time in 11 starts As Oakland kept its West Lead at 2vi games in sweep ing its three game series with Cleveland Davis 18-7, gave up three runs two of them earned on seven hits in five plus innings. He is 15-4 since he came Bac from a strained hamstring in june. Den Nis Eckersley Oakland s sixth Pitcher went one inning for his 30th save. White sox 7, royals 2 Kansas City to. Ivan Caldy Ron and Ozzie Guillen drove in two runs each As Chicago chased All Star Mark Gubicza with a six run second inning and dealt Kansas City a costly defeat. The loss combined with Oakland s Vic tory at Cleveland dropped the royals 4vi games behind in the West with 10 to play. The royals have lost five of seven. Clido Perez a former Royal improved to 11-13 with his fourth straight Victory. He gave up six hits struck outline and walked two in beating Kansas City for the second Lime without a loss this season. Gubicza 15-11. Who had begun experiencing soreness in his Chest on sept. 12, left after throwing just 30 pitches. He leads the majors with 37 starts and 256 innings. Rangers 3, mariners 2 Arlington Texas Ruben Sierra hit a tic breaking sacrifice Fly in the seven thinning increasing his league leading rib total to 113 As Texas beat Seattle. The rangers won their fourth straight game their Best Streak since july 20-23. Mike Juffcoat 9-5, allowed two runs and eight hits in seven innings. Jeff Russell got his 36th save and the rangers tied a team record with their 42nd save in 1989. Rain in new York new York wednesday s scheduled double header Between the Milwaukee Brewers and the new York Yankees was postponed because of rain. The teams were to play a double header on thursday. Boston s Luis Rivera. Safe with a triple no from Page 21 said. I m not saying a word about  but he tipped reporters off to what might have been on his mind at the meet ing when he complained lately Ever time you look up we re four or five runs behind. We re not pitching Well. We give up seven eight nine runs every Day and you can t expect to come Back from  Don Carman 5-15, pitched 2viscoreless innings for the Victory. Todd Frohwirth pitched two plus innings and Roger Mcdowell got the last three out for his 19th save astros 7, braves 6,14 innings Atlanta Alex Trevino led off the 14th inning with a Home run giving the Houston a Victory Over Atlanta. The astros kept their faint Hopes alive in the West race. They entered the game i third place six games behind front running san Francisco. Trevino who had struck out his pre Vious two times up connected on a 1-2 pitch from Joe to Cvar 4-11, the braves sixth Pitcher. Larry Andersen 4-4, the astros seventh Pitcher got credit for the Victory. Brian Meyer pitched the final inning for his first save. Pirates 9, expos 1 Pittsburgh Bobby Bonilla s three run Homer highlighted a five run first inning that carried Pittsburgh past Montreal further diminishing the expos Hopes for a division title. The expos lost their third straight and 10th in the last 13 As they remained in fourth place in the East seven games be Hind. Padres 3, reds 1,10 innings Cincinnati Jack Clark scored the winning run on third baseman Lui Squinones throwing error in the 10th in Ning As san Diego handed Cincinnati its ninth straight loss. The reds loss assured them of their first losing season since 1984, when Pete Rose returned As player manager. Greg Harris 7-8, allowed one hit in the ninth and got the Victory and Mark Davis pitched the i oth for his 41st save in 45 opportunities. An sports television baseball new York Yankees at Baltimore 1 30 am. Saturday. Radio baseball Toronto at milwaukee.2 30 . Saturday