European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 11, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 25mccalister shoots 65, grabs Lead Carlsbad Calif. A Blaine Mccallister converted an exceptional Short game into a 7-under-Par 65 and a one stroke Lead thursday in the first round of the opening event on the 1992 pea tour the elite tournament of champions. A a in Mas surprised As anybody a said Mccallister who got up and Down from four bunkers and Aid not make a bogey. A i ranked about 160th in Sand saves last year and Here i go 4-for-4. A Heck of a Way to Start the year a he said. Mccallister who qualified for this win ners Only event with a Victory in last years Texas open said he had played Only once in the last two months and a did no to expect to Knock the rust off this Quick. A but in a not making any predictions Guys. No sir. In be got a Long Way to go to get where i want to be a he said. Tom Purtzer Winner of two titles last season one putted 10 times and put a string of 10 �?o3�?Ts�?� on his card in a round of 66 that left him in second place. In a separate but simultaneous Competition for senior tour winners from 1991, Chi Chi Rodriguez got the help of an old Friend in taking a one stroke Lead with a 2-under-Par 70. Blaine Mccallister drives from the 17th tee in route to a one stroke Lead in the tournament of champions  by Doug Tucker Anaheim Calif. A Mcaa schools Over the bitter objection of Black educators charging discrimination voted this week for the toughest academic standards in the history of College sports. Drawn up and championed by the Reform minded Mcaa presidents commission the new rules will strengthen both freshman eligibility requirements and the standards athletes must meet beyond their freshman year. They were adopted overwhelmingly by division i schools the major athletic Powers. A i think its a very historic Day a said Gerald Turner of Mississippi chairman of the presidents commission. A for the first time we have an accurate statement to kids about what it takes As a minimum foundation to have a Chance to graduate from our  Black educators joined by a few White colleagues charged that the standardized test scores used to determine freshman eligibility Are racially and culturally discriminatory. Its a controversy that has raged since proposition 48, the freshman eligibility Rule was first adopted Over the objection of Blacks in 1983. A this proposal disproportionately affects Black students a said or. William Delauder president of predominantly Black Delaware state who predicted that As Many As 70 percent of Black athletes could be denied Access to Mcaa schools. A this is clearly a discriminatory  currently under proposition 48, freshmen can be eligible for sports if they have a 2.0 or a a cd average in 11 College preparatory or a a cores High school courses and attain a 700 on the sat and a 17 on the act. Virtually without opposition schools voted to raise the number of Core courses to 13, adding either English math or science. But More than 90 minutes of debate preceded a 249-72 vote to raise the required Grade Point from 2.0 to 2.5 with a sliding test score Index. In a late session wednesday schools adopted another key component in the package raising the satisfactory Progress requirements. Beginning with next Falls freshmen athletes will have to Complete at least 25 percent of the requirements in a specific degree program entering their third year 50 percent entering their fourth year and 75 percent entering their fifth year. A a lot of people believe this could turn out to be the most significant part of the whole package a said Chuck Neinas executive director of the College football association. The satisfactory Progress Rule might especially affect Junior College Transfer athletes. A i think the nation should take great Comfort that the educational Opportunity of Young people has been reaffirmed As an essential Mission of the athletic program and that we will greatly increase the Opportunity in years ahead that Young people Are going to get a degree As Well As participate in intercollegiate athletics a said or. Thomas Hearn president of Wake Forest. Beginning in 1995, freshmen will need a 2.5 if they have a test score of 700 on the sat and 17 on the act. The scale descends to where a freshman with a 2.0 Grade Point will need a 900 sat and a 21 act to be eligible. A the combined 2.5 and 700 sat will eliminate More than 70 percent of the Black athletes is. Only 18 percent of White athletes a Delauder said. A this is clearly a discriminatory proposal. And its not just a problem for Black kids. A lot of White kids from the inner City and from poor Rural areas will also be discriminated against by this  a i think this is a resounding Victory for the improvement of Quality in the american High schools colleges and universities a said Hearn a member of the presidents commission. A if i were convinced this legislation would disadvantage Black youngsters id be against it. I believe its going to advantage  Delauder and other Black educators first tried without Success to have the proposal tabled for another year. A in the Case of the Black student ath Lete research indicates that even though relatively High sat a May be a Good predictor Low sat a Are not a Good predictor a said or. Edward fort Chancellor of predominantly Black North Carolina a amp to. At the opening of the 86th annual Mcaa convention the presidents commission suffered a rare defeat when schools voted to restore a full time assistant football coaching Job abolished the year before. By a show of hands that appeared to be at least 2-1, division i a schools overturned the vote the presidents had won in the 1990 convention reducing the full time staff to eight assistants from nine. The 106 i a football programs will thus retain their one head nine assistant and two graduate assistant coaches. More than 2,300 delegates arc attending the convention which was to end Friday afternoon. Galaxy will draft 5 nil players feb. 19-20 b i rom a  Rhino in his a ton by Walt Morrissette staff writer the world league of american football will stage an enhancement allocation draft of nil players feb. 19-20 As part of an agreement with the nil to give its players the Chance to gain More experience and to give More name recognition to world league rosters. The Frankfurt Galaxy world league defending Champion London monarchs Barcelona dragons and the seven North american world league teams will each draft five nil players. That draft will bring team rosters to 60 players plus three operation discovery players each for Frankfurt London Barcelona and Montreal. There will be subsequent cuts to 48 then to 40 players for the preseason game when Frankfurt hosts new York new Jersey March 15 then the final Cut to 36 players plus three operation discovery players to Start the regular season. The Galaxy opens against Barcelona at Mont juice stadium site of the opening ceremonies for the summer olympics March 21 and visits London March 28. Frankfurt hosts Birmingham in its Home opener april 5. A of the 15 players competing in the final operation discovery tryout tuesday in Frankfurt Hochst Only three will be chosen to go to new braunfels Texas for training Camp feb. 16-March 7, not six As previously reported. These three will occupy the Galaxy a operation discovery slots for the 1992 season. A Frankfurt head coach Jack Elway is Back in Germany from his Home in Mountain View Calif., to run the final operation discovery tryout. Elway and general manager Oliver Luck will make the final Cut and will also conduct a coaches clinic in the Munich suburb of Erding this weekend. A the three operation discovery players will Hook up with the 26 players on the Galaxy a protected roster in Camp. They include last years starting quarterback Mike Perez and backup Alex Espinoza and team leading rusher Tony Baker. Frankfurt will also pick up players during the world league draft feb. 4-5 in Dallas. A fans can join the Galaxy in training Camp feb. 16-March 7 in new braunfels. Fifty dollars per Day will get you double occupancy at team Headquarters the ropeway inn plus breakfast lunch and dinner at a Molly Joe so restaurant. Call the Galaxy Public relations office in Frankfurt at 069-530-9959 before feb. 16 to sign up for the Caine. Travel agent Thomas Rostek of Detour is handling air travel to san Antonio or Austin Call 069-95883662 or fax 069-95883606 for details