European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 27, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 17 a a shortstop Walt Weiss soars As he makes throw which failed to get George Brett at first. Royals Kevin Seitzjr was out at second. Rickey runs help a s Clinch West division title by the associated press Kansas City to. Mix some Rickey runs with the  of Dave Stewart and out comes a third straight division title for the Oakland athletics. Rickey Henderson was 3 for 3 and scored twice and Dave Stewart scattered five hits As the a a clinched the american league West with a 5-0 Victory Over the Kansas City royals on tuesday night. A the makes the runs. We Call them Rickey runs a Oakland manager Tony la Russa said. A a he a been doing it All year. In a just glad people had a Chance to see it  the a a title is anything but old hat to la Russa. A every time it gets better a la Russa who also won a title with the Chicago White sox in 1983, said. A you think of All the combinations of All the ways it can go. The twins always play hard. They did their part Minnesota beat Chicago 4-3 and we Al Roundup did our part. A at some Point you have to admit you be got yourself in a position where its going to happen. Its just like having a Lead m a game with a great bullpen. You know you re going to  the a a had a nine game Lead Over Chicago with eight to play. Oakland which has won the last two Al pennants became the first team since 1978 to win three straight division titles. The new York Yankees royals and Philadelphia Phillies All won consecutive titles from 1976-78. A Long standing baseball tradition was broken when Champagne was banned from the clubhouse by american league president Bobby Brown. In response the a a quickly left the main part or the clubhouse and secreted themselves in a closed area to celebrate. A i done to like it the ban on Champagne a Mark Mcgwire said. A you can shake that stuff Spray it around and its cold. Its been a part of baseball since baseball started. You Spray it cheer and jump on top of each other. I done to think too much of that stuff is  Stewart won a career High 22nd game and has four straight seasons of 21 or More victories. Stewart struck out six and walked two in pitching his 10th Complete game and fourth shutout. The 10 Complete games tied Detroit a Jack Morris for the Al Lead. Henderson who was 3-for-3, singled in the seventh inning stole second and scored the a a third run on Harold Baines single. Henderson has 63 stolen bases and 934 in his career four behind Lou Brocks All time record. Royals Rookie Kevin Appier 11-8 lost his fourth straight after a six game winning see Al on Page 22 Rybek lifts bucs closer by the associated  Pittsburgh Doug Drabick teammates have nicknamed him Rybek a As in by Young award Winner a but the Pittsburgh pirates Are one step closer to winning the National league last because of shitting. Drabick became Pittsburgh a first 21-game Winner in 34 seasons pitching a four Nitter and scoring twice As the pirates beat the Chicago cubs 5-3 tuesday night and reduced their magic number to six. The pirates rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the second inning As Drabick 21-6 in no Roundup proved to 12-2 since the All Star break e has lost Only twice in 17 starts dating to june 28. Drabek the pirates winning St starter since Bob Friend went 22-14 in 1958, allowed just one hit a Mark graces third inning single a after giving up three runs and three hits in the first two innings. He struck out seven and walked three in his eighth Complete game. Drabek batting .212, had two hits and started the pirates rally with a fifth inning double off Steve Wilson 4-9 As the National league East leading pirates won for the fifth time in six games. A at the plate i was just trying to make Contact and put the Ball in play because you can give yourself an extra inning or two by doing that a Drabick said. A when he came Over Here from the Yankees in 1986, he  hit a foul Ball a pirates manager Jim Leyland said. A but he a worked hard on his hitting and now you done to have to pull him out of a tight game in the fifth or the seventh for a Pinch hitter. He a helped himself win four or five games that  Van Slyke batting .375 in his last 11 starts went 2-for-3 and now has 27 of his 73 runs batted in with Drabick on the Mound. With the score tied at 3, Drabick singled to Start the seventh and advanced on Gary re dust sacrifice bunt. Bill Long see no on Page 22 an sports television baseball a Chicago at Pittsburgh 1 50 . Friday. Radio baseball a Chicago at Pittsburgh 1 30 . . Carolina joins Southeastern conference Columbia . Apr South Carolina accepted an invitation to join the Southeastern conference on tuesday accomplishing its goal of becoming a member of an All sports league. Sec presidents voted earlier in the Day to ask the school to join the league which on aug. 1 added Arkansas to its poster. Since then the  had been searching for a 12th member to give it an even number of schools. South Carolina and Miami of Florida were the front runners to become the 12th team. A today is a great Day for South Carolina a said Arthur k. Smith the schools interim president. A this afternoon on behalf of the 10 member universities commissioner Roy Kramer of the Southeastern conference extended an invitation of membership to the University of South Carol a. A on behalf of the University of South Carolina. I enthusiastically accepted that invitation. This decision culminated More than three months of growing expectation during which the University and the  became increasingly convinced that our membership in the  would be very Good for both of us a Smith said at Wil Liams Brice stadium. More than 100 fans and school officials including athletic director King Dixon football coach Sparky Woods trustees chairman Michael Mungo and Kramer were in attendance when Smith made the announcement. Said Dixon fighting Back tears a this is an emotional moment for me. I am absolutely ecstatic. This is a giant step. A new Era. Lets go  Kramer said the  Hopes to integrate All South Carolina sports except football into the league for the 1991-92 season. The schools participation in football probably will be delayed because of scheduling problems Esaid. Kramer also said the vote was unanimous and on the first ballot even Arkansas which could not cast a ballot approved South Carolinas inclusion. Sec member institutions did not vote on any other school tuesday Kramer said. South Carolina had been a member of the Atlantic coast conference from its inception in 1953 until it withdrew june 30,1971, becoming the Only school to Ever leave the acc. South Carolina then joined the metro conference on april 14,1983. The metro does not include football a sticking Point to South Carolina which wanted to become a member of a league that included football. South Carolina was founded in 1801 and is the oldest state institution in the United states to be continuously supported by Public funds. The school features nine campuses across the state with 25,613 students attending the Columbia Campus