European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 22, -1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 31cotton bowl May be Irving bound Dallas apr Cotton bowl officials have proposed moving the Jan. 1 game from its longtime downtown Home to suburban Texas stadium in Irving where the cowboys play the bowl associations president said monday. The Cotton bowl athletic association submitted the plan monday to the Mcaa division i a conference commissioners said association president John f. Crawford. The proposed move would take effect Jan. 1, 1996, Crawford said. However in the face of last minute lobbying from mayor Steve Bartlett and other City officials Crawford said he would submit to commissioners any City counterproposal to keep the game in downtown Dallas. The Concession came As Bartlett lobbied Crawford and other association members before and after Crawford a scheduled announcement of the proposal monday. Bartlett fired Crawford on Friday from the chairmanship of a City panel considering the need for a new indoor Arena. Cotton bowl officials must compete this year with other bowls for the right to remain a top rank new years Day College football bowl game. The conference commissioners have said they expect to retain Only three new years Day bowls to go with the Rose bowl in Pasadena Calif. A Over the past few weeks its become abundantly Clear that if we were to make the first Cut we had to consider moving the game to Texas stadium a Crawford said. Since 1937, when the event was founded by oilman Curtis Sanford Crawford a father in Law the game has been played in the fair Park stadium whose name it shares. A without question the football game has enjoyed a great tradition. However i think its important that we be Clear that the tradition is the game itself not where the game is played a Crawford said. A the Bottom line is if we done to have a game we wont have to worry about where to play  a major Issue in the decision was the a a perception among College football and network television officials that the downtown stadium is too exposed to inclement Winter weather Crawford said. Bartlett said Friday that Crawford had Quot betrayed a the City with the decision to move the Cotton bowl game to the suburbs. However Crawford told reporters on monday that lie warned Bartlett last year that a move to Texas Staci uni was possible and again two weeks ago that such a move was a a Strong  after the news conference Bartlett said he had responded then by offering Crawford the City s help in keeping the game in Dallas a the said he understood a Bartlett said. Quot i assumed from that that either that option would be taken off the table or at least the Cotton bowl would come Back to the City with an Opportunity to discuss it. Neither of those two things  Crawford conceded that he might not have spoken clearly to Bartlett. Quot i think the shortfall in the process was that the mayor and perhaps others did not have the Opportunity to talk Agam before we made the final decision a he said. By Bill Peterson the Cincinnati Post the Cincinnati reds have agreed to terms with former Atlanta braves outfielder Ron Gant the one time National league All Star who has yet to play this season while recovering from a broken leg. Reds owner Marge Schott said late monday that she is pleased to sign Gant although she said she Wasny to certain How he would fit onto the club. A a we la see How it works out a said Schott a we had him Over Here a few weeks ago and he seemed like a real Nice Guy. That Means a lot to me. I think you believe in someone and that makes a  Gant will Begir his tenure with the reds being paid at the rate of the major league minimum $109,000 while on the disabled list Atlanta television station web to reported. Once off the disabled list which is expected around All Star game time he will be paid $10,000 per Day for the remainder of the 1994 season then guaranteed $3.5 million in 1995. Depending on whether the players strike the reds obligation to Gant this season could be minimal. The signing of Gant for 1995 leaves the reds with considerably less motivation to sign left fielder Kevin Mitchell when he becomes a free agent at the end of the season. Gant like Mitchell is a left fielder. During a visit to reds general manager Jim Bowden on june 3 at riverfront stadium Gant said he would Only be interested in playing for a club that would put him in the lineup every Day. It appears however that Gant wont be Able to take an every Day position with the reds until next season. The reds Are committed to Mitchell in left Field Deion Sanders in Center and Reggie Sanders in right. Gant broke in at third and could fill in there behind Tony Fernandez when healthy Gant is one of the most versatile and dangerous offensive players in the game. He has twice reached the 30-30 plateau at least 30 homers and 30 stolen bases in the same season. When he first pulled it off in 1990, with 32 homers and 33 steals he became Only the 13th player in major league history to do it. Gant also hit 32 homers with 34 steals in 1991 and made the National league All Star team in 1992, when he batted .259 with 17 homers and 32 steals. Last season he had 36 homers 26 steals and batted .274. The 29-year-old became a free agent during Spring training when the braves Cut him Loose after be had broken his right leg in the off season by crashing his motorcycle into a tree. By releasing Gant in Spring training the braves who had signed him to a one year Deal for $5 million reduced their obligation to $833,333. Quot we All wish Ronnie Hadnot run that Bike into a tree a said braves general manager John Schuerholz whose club missed Gantus right handed Bat so much that it dealt Deion Sanders to the reds to acquire right handed hitting Center fielder Roberto Kelly on May 29. The reds and the Boston red sox were the two clubs most seriously pursuing Gant. The reds flew Gant to Cincinnati on june 3 for discussions with Bowden and his special assistant Gene Bennett along with an evaluation of his leg and medical records from reds medical consultant or. Scott Jolson. A a he a such a great Talent that to have him on the free agent Market and not take a look at him would be stultifying ridiculous Quot said Bowden. Gant said at the Lime that he would be ready to play in about a month though he added he wanted a Deal within a couple weeks so he could begin working out with his new club and taking batting practice. About his medical condition and the word from Jolson at the time Gant said Quot they said they saw nothing that would hinder me from running once in a recovered. I feet like i could hit right now but i  run the  Gant said he and agent Eric Goldschmidt initiated discussions with the reds. Pac-10 punishes Asu extends Usu ban 3w or Quot Snyder Tempe Ariz. A Arizona state head football coach Bruce Snyder says the close scrutiny that led the Pacific-10 conference to repro n Mand his program a shows its strength. The conference announced monday it was placing Arizona states football program on probation for a year for recruiting violations including making too Many Telephone Calls. Athletic director Charles Harris called the decision a fair and reasonable and said the school a will take the appropriate Steps to Correct those things we have done  during the one year probation Arizona state has agreed to submit to a compliance review. A i Pride myself in running a program within the spirit of the rules a said Snyder hired As the Sun devils coach in january 1992 after seven seasons at Utah state and five at California. A i will implement the proper measures for Fine tuning some of our  the conference said Arizona state has reprimanded its football coaching staff and forbidden coaches from telephoning recruits or their parents from july 1 through july 21, the first three weeks such Calls Are allowed during the 1994-95 football recruiting season. Mark Brand an Arizona state athletics spokesman said the conference action constituted a a slap on the wrist Quot and Snyder apparently saw it much the same a Way. A no program in be been associated with in my 32 years of coaching has been scrutinized this Way a he said. A the scrutiny does prove that Arizona stale has a solid football  of the violations found during the 1992-93 academic year conference officials were most concerned about the Lack of monitoring of Telephone Calls to recruits commissioner Tom Hansen said in a statement. The conference found that on a numerous occasions members of the Arizona state football coaching staff contacted prospective student athletes by Telephone More than once a week. Mcaa rules allow Only one Call a week. Among other violations 1. Football coaches made four in person off Campus contacts to the Home of former Arizona state receiver John Liv Ingston. Three off Campus visits Are the limit. Two of the contacts derive from the same visit a Jan. 10 trip by head coach Bruce Snyder that went past the Midnight curfew. Livingston left the Sun devils in january to Transfer to Nebraska. 2. On Jan. 9, sandwiches were Meliv Rcd to an Arizona state student Al let and recruit and the Bill was paid for by someone believed to be associated with the school. 3. A former assistant football coach gave a Box of Arizona state souvenirs to Livingston a  gets 2 More years Walnut Creek Calif. A Washington state already on probation for breaking Mcaa scholarship rules had two years added to its probationary period for letting ineligible athletes play the Pacific-10 conference said monday. As a result the University will remain on probation until june 1997. The school said it reassigned Bobbi Bonace director of compliance and eligibility after the conference claimed she knowingly certified a football player As eligible even though she knew he failed to meet the no aah a satisfactory Prog Ress Rule. The athlete played in eight games in the 1992 football season. Two Washington state athletes who failed to comply with the satisfactory Progress Rule a and were therefore ineligible a played football in the 1992 season the Pac-10 said. Also a baseball player competed in two scrimmages in the fall of 1993 and in nine games this Spring even though As a Transfer student he was ineligible the conference said. Washington state citing matters of privacy said it would not name the athletes involved. The Pac-10 found that the University lacked an a adequate system of checks and balances in keeping track of its athletes eligibility for Competition. The school a self reported the violations to the conference and subsequently has made staff adjustments and reorganized its compliance operation and reporting lines a the Pac-10 said in a statement. The University s athletic program was already on Proba inn for awarding tin Many scholarships in baseball and track and Field. A universities on probation arc subject to More frequent review of department procedures and additional reporting requirements