—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Oct. 19, 1988
Lady booters ready
for jump to varsity
By JIM BARNES
Collegian Sports Writer
More than anything else, the
women's soccer club is ready. Not
only is it ready for any opponent it
may face in a demanding 17-game
schedule; it is ready for the move to
varsity status.
Coach Laurie Pinchbeck believes
that if upgraded to varsity status
the team "could be strong regional
ly in one to two years and nationally
in four to five years."
The only question that remains
is: Can Penn State's already strain
ing athletic program support anoth
er varsity team?
Pinchbeck said that in January
she submitted a proposal to the
athletic department outlining facts
supporting the team's request for
advancement to varsity status. In
cluded in this proposal was a clause
specifying that her team would not
need equal financial treatment with
the men's varsity team right away.
Assistant Athletic Director Herb
Schmidt agreed that such an idea
might solve the problem, but added,
"While it satisfies the present play
ers, future generations may see it
as an equal opportunity issue and
request equal treatment."
Pinchbeck, a team administrator
for the U.S. women's soccer team,
said that if the team is not advanced
to varsity status by January she
will leave the program for one of
several positions that has already
been offered to her.
Ex-Tiger Denny McLain in trouble again
By FRED GOODALL
AP Sports Writer
TAMPA, Fla. Former Detroit Tigers pitcher
Denny McLain pleaded guilty to federal racketeer
ing and cocaine charges yesterday, 14 months
after an appeals court overturned his conviction
stemming from a 1984 indictment alleging base
ball's last 30-game winner engaged in loan-shark
ing, gambling and drug dealing.
In a plea agreement accepted by U.S.District
Court Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich, the gov
ernment recommended the two-time Cy Young
Award winner receive a prison term not to exceed
12 years.
McLain, 44, was convicted in March 1985 and
served 29 months of a 23-year sentence before his
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She believes the departure of the
current coaching staff "could set
the program back three or four
years."
Schmidt said of Pinchbeck's pos
sible departure, "She is in a fine
position as far as marketability.
While I hate to see her go, I under
stand the opportunities out there for
her."
A move by Pinchbeck would then
put the full burden of coaching on
assistant Coach Brent Capehart.
Capehart said he would be able to
maintain the quality of the team for
some time, but was not sure how
long.
Team co-captain Crissy Rossini
believes that remaining at the club
level is hurting the program in at
least two ways. Rossini said if she
had played soccer for all four years
in high school, she wouldn't have
atttended Penn State.
She added that she knows several
players who went to other universi
ties so they could play varsity soc
cer.
In addition to losing players Ros
sini said that, as a club, the team is
missing out on possible opponents
because games against clubs are
counted as scrimmages for varsity
teams.. With the number of scrim
mages limited by scheduling rules,
universities with varsity programs
are reluctant to schedule games
against Penn State's club.
Schmidt stressed that "since 1980
(the athletic department) has done
regular reviews of finance and sup-
release from the Federal Correctional Institution
in Talladega, Ala.
Kovachevich, whose handling of the case is
criticized in McLain's recently published book
"Strikeout," set sentencing for Dec.ls.
"This needs to be over with," McLain, accompa
nied by his wife, Sharyn, and one of the couple's
four children, said after a 20-minute hearing. "It's
been living hell the way we've been living. We can
now look forward to some kind of future.
"I would never put this family through what I
put them through before," he added. "Whatever
happened happened, whatever it is. It's time for us
to move on."
Prosecutors contended during a 14-week trial
that McLain charged loan shark victims interest
as high as 150 percent; ran a sports bookmaking
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Penn State women's soccer team member Angie Downing (N 0.9) dribbles
the ball past a Drew Univ. opponent during a game earlier this season.
port" of varsity athletics. These Field. Becky Fox led the team with
reviews, which he compared to cur- a goal and an assist, including the
riculum reviews, are designed to squad's opening tally at the 8:18
determine if Penn State's athletic mark of the first half. Renee Biltger
program is serving the needs and tallied the assist.
interests of the community. Chrissy Rossini scored the second
Schmidt added that continued goal (at the 12:14 point in the first
growth of high school women's soc- half) on an assist from Fox. Mes
cer and increasing interest at the siah returned with a score at the
collegiate level would definitely be 38:51 first-half mark, and that was
taken into consideration in future the end of the scoring.
reviews. The squad is now 8-4-1 and travels
■ ■ ■ to Delware this Saturday. The team
The team ousted Messiah Col- returns home for a 1 p.m. Sunday
lege, 2-1, yesterday at Jeffrey matchup with Lehigh.
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operation and threatened violence to collect debts.
The former baseball star testified in his own
defense that he had been involved in bookmaking
from time to time, but maintained he was innocent
of the charges in the indictment.
In overturning McLain's conviction for racke
teering, extortion and drug dealing, the 11th U.S.-
Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled he was
denied a fair trial.
McLain, who had been scheduled for retrial on
0ct.24, alleges in his book that Kovachevich tried
to publicly humiliate him.
Assistant U.S.Attorney Ernst Mueller said if
McLain is sentenced to the maximum 12 years
stipulated in the plea agreement, he normally
would be required to serve at least one third of the
term or four years.
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Brister to begin
throwing today
By The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Bubby Brister, who has
missed two games with a fractured finger, will resume light throwing today,
but his status for Sunday's game against Denver remains uncertain.
Brister has said he expects to be ready, but Steelers Coach Chuck Noll
doubts whether Brister can play.
"Bubby's finger is still a problem," Noll said.
If Brister remains sidelined, Noll said Todd Blackledge probably will make
his third consecutive start, although Blackledge and Steve Bono will continue
to divide snaps in practice.
"I think he ( Blackledge) can get done what he has to get done splitting it 50-
50," Noll said. "We want both of them to be ready."
Brister was one of the AFC's top-rated passers until chipping a bone in the
middle finger of his right hand in the Steelers' 23-9 loss to Cleveland on Oct. 2.
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losses to Phoenix, 31-14, and Houston, 34-14. The Steelers' six-game losing
streak is their longest in 20 seasons.
Brister has completed 66 of 135 passes for 1,065 yards, five touchdowns and
seven interceptions in five games. Blackledge is 29 of 62 for 365 yards, one
touchdown and two interceptions.
Meanwhile, guard John Rienstra and tight end Jeff Markland, who are on
the injured reserve list, are expected to resume practicing today.
Rienstra has been sidelined since Sept.2o with a broken right leg. Markland
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Opponent's injury costs
Hearns shot at sth title
NEW YORK ( AP) Thomas Hearns
will not get a shot at a fifth title
because of a rib injury to Fulgencio
Obelmejias, promoter Bob Arum said
yesterday.
Hearns was to fight Obelmejias, of
Venezuela, in a scheduled 12-round
bout for the World Boxing Association
super middleweight title on Nov.s .
Hearns would have been trying to
become the first fighter to win at
least a piece of five titles, an honor
that can go to Sugar Ray Leonard
should he beat Donny Lalonde on
Nov. 7 at Caesars' Palace.
At stake will be the World Boxing
Council light heavyweight
championship held by Lalonde and
also the vacant WBC super middle
weight title.
"There's no question there is an
injury," Arum said from his New
York office. "Whether it's as serious
as the doctor says, I don't know."
Arum was searching for another
opponent for Hearns and said, "The
show will got on. -
"We have confidence that Bob
Arum will be able to present an
equally exicting and entertaining
card," Bruce Banke, a Hilton official,
said yesterday.
Also scheduled on the Nov. 4 card
are Michael Nunn's International
Boxing Federation middleweight title
defense against Juan Domingo Rol
dan and Matthew Hilton's IBF junior
middleweight title defense.
"The fight card has not been
canceled and the Michael Nunn-Juan
Domingo Roldan middleweight title
fight and Matthew Hilton-Robert
Hines junior middleweight fights will
go on. An announcement by Bob
Arum will be forthcoming on a re
vised or replacement bout," for
Hearns, Banke said.
The Hilton also will present a box
ing show 0ct.20, featuring Julio Cesar
Chavez, the World Boxing Associa
tion lightweight champion, against
Jose Luis Ramirez, the World Boxing
Council champion.
Obelmejias has said that a rib
injury sustained in a bout with South
Korea's Chong Pal Park prevented
him from fighting Hearns. Arum in
sisted on seeing the X-rays, Luis
Spada, the champion's personal pro
moter, said early yesterdy.
"Martinez showed him the X-rays
with a fracture in Obelmejias' rib
cage, and Arum decided the fight
could not go on," Spada said.
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