Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 49, Ed. 1 Monday, April 4, 1983 Page: 3 of 16
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Burleson Star, Monday, April 4, 1983- 3A
With
_Star Sports Editor
Snafu forces reschedule
SPOUTS FANS usually do
not got much of their sports
information from Thr
tllaiilic. Thr tilmiin is
better known for its con
troversial interview with
budget director David
Stockman and for its other
stories on politics, social
issues, and the arts
Yet this magazine had an
interesting article on the
world of sports in its April
issue Thr tihmiii article
explained why the Texas
Hangers have their opening
day game on the opening day
of the major league season
You may have wondered
why the Hangers will start
their season tonight on the
date usually reserved for
Baltimore and Cincinnati to
inaugurate the baseball
season The reason is that a
scheduling snafu forced the
American League to allow
Texas and Oakland to have
ballgames* on the opening
day of the season
Traditionally, Baltimore
opened the American
League season w ith the idea
that the President will travel
north a few miles and throw
out the first ball Cincinnati
has gotten the honor in the
National League because it
is the oldest team in profes-
sional baseball
Tin: KXPI. A NATION for
the Hangers' early start is a
bit complicated but less so
than the reason that the
Oakland A s are playing on
opening day, according to
the article by Michael
Lenehan
Texas was scheduled to
play the Chicago White Sox
on April IS. 0, and 7 On April
H, the White Sox were
scheduled to play in Detroit
The Tigers wanted then-
home opener in the after
noon, because of tradition
and the chilly Michigan
nights this time of year The
Hangers wanted (he April 7
game at night as are most
home games in Arlington
Stadium because of the in-
tense summer heat
But the White Sox could
not play a day game right
after a night contest liecause
of the contract between the
players and the owners, so
the American League asked
the Hangers to push the
April 7 game to r> p in. to
qualify as a day game
Texas officials demurred,
saying that no one would
come to a r> p ni game on
Thursday They suggested
instead that the game lie
moved to Monday. April 4
At the winter baseball
meetings in Honolulu, the
American League owners
unanimously approved this
change in the rules and the
National League owners
voted unanimously against
it. Lame-duck commissioner
Bowie Kuhn broke the tie,
siding with the junior circuit
TIIK KCHKIM'I.IM; of the
major league schedule of M2
games for each of the 2fi
teams is a complicated
business and often backfires
as it did in April of li)H2 when
April snowstorms disrupted
the opening of the baseball
season The schedulers have
responded to this by trying to
have opening series in seven
"warm weather" cities, in-
cluding Arlington.
Besides considerations of
weather, such things as
political conventions and the
travel convenience of the
halldubs have to be con
sidered In addition, each
team has a "wish list" of
scheduling preferences.
The Boston Bed Sox want
an It a m game on Patriot's
Day <April 1!)> which will
start shortly after the
conclusion of the Boston
Marathon The Baltimore
Oriole's prefer to lie on the
road during the I’reakness
horse race.
The Rangers asked to lie
home during the Republican
National Convention in
Dallas in 1984. The Tigers
asked to be away when the
Republicans met in Detroit
in 1980
Why do the Rangers want
to be home when the national
Republicans an* in nearby
Dallas Perhaps it's liecause
majority owner Kririie Chiles
is an avid Republican
Baseball
results
ItASKIiAl.l. KKSI’I.TS
Drownings decline
AUSTIN - Drownings and
water related fatalities do
creased duringl9H2, the Tex
as Parks and Wildlife De-
partment said
Water safety officials doc-
umented 531 drownings dur
ing the year, compared to 572
in 1981 and 575 in 1980
Swimming accounted for
the most victims, with lf>4
deatlfe; falls, 75; fishing, 53;
wading. 44, and 36 miscellan
eous. A total of 27 persons
died in accidents where mot
or vehicles fell into the* wat-
er.
There were 181 deaths in.
lakes: % in rivers; 60 in
tanks, ponds and pits; 54 in
the gulf and bays, 54 in
creeks, bayous, resacas and
streams and 52 in pools
Approximately 67 percent
of the fatalities involved |x*i
sons under 25 years old Of
these. 73 percent were males
and 27 percent were females.
Drinking* and/or drugs
were involved in the chain of
circumstances leading to
116 deaths, or 13 percent.
Officials said this may not lx*
entirely accurate since some
witnesses are reluctant to
R«v. E. Roy Darden,
Pastor
CHURCH
OF THE
NAZARENE
“Burleson’s Friendly Church '
Sunday School
9 4b a m
Morning Worship
10 50 am
Sunday Evening
7 00 p m
Wednesday Evening
7 00 p.m
295-1977 127 S.W. Thomas 295-5443
tell officials that their rela
live or friend was intoxi-
cated
Good servicv.
good coverage
good price
that's State
Farm
Insurance
LES SELLS
230 SW Wilshlie
In Basden Plaza
295-7181
Sift* »i>w< intti'ior* C
Ntm« Qhxtt • i>o» ngto" HI nt>|
llovs
I)oii blrs Team
I ictorious
The No. ;i Imvs doubles team
ol Itoy Sponsler Hop photo)
and Roll Jaeekel (left) won
its match Ip help the
Burleson High netters to a
9 1 victory over Irving
Mae Arthur March 28. The
pair defeated Butler and
Marshall of MacArlhur 6-1,
6 I, 6-2. The I!Ik netters im-
proted their spring dual
mulch record !o nil.
Netters
take
another
IRVING The Burleson
High School tennis team
defeated MacArlhur High
here March 28 bv a 9-3 score
In improve its spring dual
match record to 11-1 1
The Klk netters won all
seven girls matches and add
ed two more boys mulches
for the nine points Vic-
torious in girls singles were
Tricia Davis and Patty Pen
ney i two wins apiece* and
winning in girls doubles
were Karen Kennedy and
Alisha Luedtke, Tumi
Broyles and Sherry Hudson,
and Davis and Penney
Donnie Moore won and
Kenny Knglish lost in boys
singles while Roy Sponsler
and Rob Jaeekel took a
doubles match Ryan Boone
and Richard Ray were
beaten in three sets while
Burleson's Lonnie Kinkade
and Frank Smith were nar
rowly defeated in five sets
The district meet for girls
is Thursday and Friday
while the boys will have
district competition next
Monday and Tuesday at
Rear Creek
Vaulter looks at 19 feet
By STEVE BRAND
Copley New* Service
Pole vaulter Billy Olson
admits he's scared of 19
feet.
Not afraid he'll hurt
himself Nof awed by the
dizzying height Not even
by the fact no American
has ever cleared that
height and left the bar on
the standard
"Yes," he says in his
thick Texas drawl, "Fm
scared I'll go so far over 19
feet one of these nights I'll
put the record way out of
reach That would hurt ev-
erybody "
Olson is the world’s No 1
pole vaulter and for
openers this year, he
pushed the indoor record to
18- 10V« He's attempted 19
feet on numerous occasions
but never succeeded The
world record outdoors is
19- 045
"Oh, I'll get 19, it's no big
deal," says the 24-year-old
from Abilene "The thing
is,” says Olson, "when I get
hoi and go 19, I might be
able to go 2 or 4 inches
higher
"Look what Bob Beamon
did to the long jump It was
a dead event for a long
time because he put it out
there so far it discouraged
young jumpers who
thought it was impossible
to reach
That could happen to
the pole vault, too I prefer
to slice the cake, take a lit-
tle at a time off the record
like Dwight Stones did."
Stones would push up the
record a centimeter at a
time, bowing out after im-
proving the mark. The next
night he would thrill anoth-
er crowd with another
€
Burleson Independent
Soccer Association
OFFICER
ELECTIONS /
and
BY-LAW
CHANGES
Tuesday
April 5, 7:30 p.m.
at
St. Matthew
Presbyterian Church
380 N W Tarrant
PMN TO ATTEND!
Speaking
kZflh Of Sports
record
Recently, however,
Stones has wondered aloud
if he didn't make a mistake
not trying to push the
record as high as he could
while he was hot Olson
sees that side, too And he
sees a monetary side.
"According to the rules
of the Mobil Grand Prix,
you get bonus points for
records," says Olson, who
collected 110,000 last year
and could pick up another
113.000 if he wins the in-
door circuit this year
"I could lose the Grand
Prix if 1 set the record at
19-4 and then lost too many
meeLs However, if I con-
tinued to inch up the
record, I’m more likely to
win if
“Obviously, if I have a
chance I'll go 19 feet I'll go
19-1, too. I'd never purpose-
ly miss "
Olson thought it was sig-
nificant he cleared 18-10V«
in the opening meet.
"I'd had a really lousy
winter of training," he ex-
plained. “I was worried.
About 67 times I tried a
height and missed in prac-
tice. Were talking 14 feet
or whatever I just couldn't
clear a bar
"But the fans pumped
me up and I know all the
weight framing (fellow
vaulter) Brad Pursley and
I did over (he winter paid
off The reason I'm so con-
fident about 19 feet indoors
is I should go much higher
when I get my form and
speed back (o where they
were last year '
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Richland 2. Ilallont I
Bowie I. Sant Houston n
Iatmar 7. Arlington 4
Crowley 2, Cleburne 1
Slephenville 4, Joshua :t
Granbury 8, Mansfield 7
Richfield 3, Everman 2
DISTRICT 7-5A
Baseball Standings
Trinity < 11 2 > 5
LI) Belli It) 51 5 2
Richland (6-5) 5 :t
Ilaltom (6-4) 5 .3
Bowie (5-5) 4 I
Burleson 16 8i 3 5
l-amar < 5-5 > 3 >
Sam Houston (5-7i 3 5
Arlington (2-9) 2 6
A*
ICTORY
IN JESUS
Over:
Depression
Fear
Loneliness
Divorce
Drugs/ Alcohol
Aimlessness
Revival
April 6-12, 7 p.m.
Calvary
Baptist Church
116 N Clark, Burleson
295-0134
PRE-SCHOOL SCREENING
WHO: All Burleson children who will be 5 years of ago by September 1.
1983
WHEN: April 1 1, 1 2, 1 3, 1 4, 1 5, 1983
WHERE: Special Services Building
125 S Dobson St
PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO AVOID A LONG WAITING LINE.
ALL APPOINTMENTS MUST BE MADE BY 3:45 p.m., APRIL 8. 1983.
DATE
Monday. April 11
Tuesday, April 12
Wednesday, April 13
Thursday, April 14
Friday, April 1 5
HOME SCHOOL
CALL FOR APPT.
295-5261
295-8191
295-1178
295-5276
295-7836
Nola Dunn
Mound
Frazier
Norwood
Make-up day
IMPORTANT: EVERY 5 YEAR OLD CHILD LIVING IN THE BURLESON
SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE PRE-
REGISTRATION SCREENING.
IMPORTANT: Bring an official birth certificate from the Bureau of Vital
Statistics The hospital certificate is not an official birth
certificate.
IMPORTANT: All children must have a complete immunization record. This in-
includes oral polio, DPT, rubeola, rubella, and mumps. This must be signed by
a physician
ALSO INCLUDED: All children who will be entering first grade who have not at
tended public kindergarten.
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