1986_02 The Daily Collegian February 1986

              Sports
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February 3, 1986
The Daily Collegian
FSU leveled
to .500, by
UOP, 63-52
FSU alumni come home
n Vort
Still   Ih
Satin;
ahon-like head-
id labeled BENNETT. Scott Buss.a
graduate who is cuircntlv playing
'    Seattle Manners single A club in
s. described life in minor league
ill as being hectic and hard to gel
eating at McDonald's and 7-11's con¬
stantly." Buss said.
Fresno Stale's all-lime leading hit¬
ter. Joe Xavicr, from last year's 'Dogs
squad, and now with the Oakland A's
organization, pointed out that there is
"At Fresno Stale they help you more
with fundamentals, while in the minors
you cither come through or you warm
team suffered a 63-52 setback in Stockton
Saturday as the Tigers of the University ol
the Pacific dealt the Bulldogs their fifth
loss in 10 Pacific Coast Athletic Associa-
Prevention cure to drugs
nos Center. The 'Dogs slipped to 5-5 and
12-9 overall.
Two three-point baskets by Jos Kuipers
moved the 'Dogs to within four (55-51)
with 2:40 remaining but UOP was able to
penetrate the Bulldogs' interior defense in
• the waning moments to ensure the win
Brian Salone led the Bulldogs in scoring
with 22 points and had a leam-lcading
eight rebounds. Kuipers was the only
other Bulldog to score in double figures
Rich  Anema led the Tigers with  21
Ihe Bulldogs will host the Titans of
Fullerton State, 11-11,4-6 in PCAA play,
tonight in Selland Arena. George Mc-
Quarn's Titans arc coming off a 75-58 win
Little sings a
winning tune
By Darryl Howerton
Contributing Sports Writer
Well. They Call .Mr Spider  Cause I Spin
That A Utile Really Goes A Ijmf- Hoi
Me And The Guys Won The Uagur Ims
Against the
Ropes	
■e Didnt Come Here looking lor Trou-
'eJust Came To Do The Back-To-Back
15 y
A    B
i (assuming he has
ic home one day and said he had a
ihlem Would he stop being your
>uld you throw him out and forget
m forever'' I hope not.
is part of the problem. And now w
If the players have an obligatior
into every game looking foi
and gol them. Wc learned at
John Hannah and eagerly av
arc being mentioned in the same •
with drugs. lhc Patriots say as mi
learn members are having drug problems.
tescr. the fact is the team, and most major-
league sports, have drug problems and
something has lo be done about it.
What are the answers?
John Candelaria. the herky-jerky left-
handed pitcher for the California Angels
had a suggestion last summer. "They
should throw them all out of the league."
tuman. They
, and. despite
Take major league baseball players for
example. The pressure is far greater than
most people realize. The players are on the
families very often during the season.
They must perform everydat on the field
or they arc subject lo booing. How many
other people can say they get booed on the
Though!so
And what about the minor leagues?
Baseball players aren't born in the big
Icauges Most of them pay Iheir dues in
ihe  minor leagues before reaching the
1 don't know what you've heard about
ihe minor leagues, but it certainly is no
picnic. Eight-hour busrides are almost the
don't get enough to eat.
Some of the very few minor I
find themselves with-a whole Ic
real  Expos, said  he spent as  much as
S40.000 on cocaine in a single year.
Now Tim Raines is not stupid. Quite
the contrary. He's also a very nice polite
pers.
Hcl
be if somebody had got¬
ten to him and educated him before the
fact, things would have turned out dif¬
ferently. .
Major league sports should conduct
seminars during the offseason for its play¬
ers. The young players, especially should
be taught how better to utilize their money
and also the hazards of drug use.
Major league sports is big business and
owners, understandably, want to get the
best out of their employees. Drug usage is
preventing that from happening.
Tossing out Ihe drug users won't help
prevention will. '
To borrow a line from  Rocky IVs
Burning Heart them song, FSU wrestling
respect has been "rising like a spider"since
the junior 167-poundcr rejoined the team
FSU entered the Top 20 for the first
time (at No. 18) when Little put on a Bul¬
ldogs uniform Jan. 4. Several weeks later,
Fresno State downed four Top 20 teams
(No. II Southern Illinois, No. 12 Utah
State, No. 13 Arizona State and No. 20
Stanford), then moved up to No. 16.
The Bulldogs still have a couple of
weeks in wrestling until they attmept to be
the first FSU wrestling team to win back-
See LITTLE, page 7
Oregon
statejMifcK-:      .:;.''■■.:■/■■:
The road trip evens the' Bulldog*'
NorPac record to 3-3. The "Dogs are
IS-S overall.
Against Oregon, Wendy Martell fed
rPacpair
the temjn with 13 point* while Yvette
Ro*erU\added \l points and a game-
bjgb'tl'taoJMW.
' IntneOreten^ate'tame,Shannon
Heinrichs 12.
The 'Dog»willtraveMo Stanford for
a non-conference game Saturday.
February 3, 1986
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Little
Continued from page 6
to-back PCAA titles when they defend
their 1985 crown Feb. 27 in Logan, Utah.
Little feels the Bulldogs' chances of
repeating are so good that his confidence
comes oTf soundinglikc a broken record.
"Welljbeat Utah State. We will beat
Utah State," echoes Little of the now-No.
13 Aggies, the top thr
at the PCAA champi
"I hope our guys have got
attitude since we're a set team now. When
wc get to the Nationals, 1 hope we can get
■in the Top 10. We will if we get our act
together."
ecognition is
Getting national
deal to Fred, both t
ually. And because he hadn't wrestled for
the first half of this season. The Spider's
name has not been among the Top 8 All-
American rankings list at the 167-pound
weight class, although he is ranked No. 9
currently.
But that's not good enough for Fred.
He wanted t 	
this weekend on FSU's road trip to Okla-
h'qnlaVnrJOklahoma State. But, as Coach
Dennis DeLiddo puts it, "They avoided us
again." In other words, neither Cowboy
Mark Van Tine (No. 3 in America) nor
Sooner John Laviolette (No. 7) faced the
Bulldogs standout who was on a "Get
Fred Rated" campaign.
"1 don't know if they avoided me inten¬
tionally," begins Little, "But one guy
(Laviolettfjlhad a cast on his leg while the
other one/Van Tine) just came up with the
overnight flu. He wrestled two matches
the day before so... I feel it was kind of a
bum deal."
So what did The Spider do? He juM
preyed on the quality backups instead,
increasing his win streak to eight and
overall record to 17-3-1.
Since getting down to his normal 167-
pound weight, Little ha* gone 10-1. That
one loss was a controversial one when he
had a 6-1 lead with 50 seconds to go before
penalty points awarded to Oregon State's
Marvin Seal gave the Beaver the eventual
6-5 win. Little has forgotten that tempor¬
ary setback. He only says, "I'm on a tear
right now. I'm kicking butt and taking
A BYU Cougar is slated next to get on
Little's web (victim) chart, when Brigham
Young University invades the North Gym
Wednesday night. FSU then departs for
the Biola Invitational this weekend where
he may face Darryl Pope of CS Bakers-
field, the No. 2 167-pounderin the nation.
"That's the wrestler I need," Little said.
You may be asking yourself right now,
"But, Fred, how did you get your nick-
id, 'I hate wrestling Lit-
so long, and he's so lanky.'That's what he
said," revealed   Little, a  '85  PCAA
Starting Wednesday night at home. The
Spider will continue his quest to be ranked
FSU up in the team rankings
han its all-time high No. 16
ne March, I think llldeserveto
n the Top 5 in my mind." Little
ition to his Top 10 predictions,
sonally don't think there are
that can beat me when March
NCAA champion and top-
irty) Kistler may be better than
round. Maybe! But the second
round. 111 have an answer for his
>c and gonna' hack this
find out what's happen¬
ing. Real Quick."
Fred Little woujd like nothing better
than facing a ranked opponent to show
that's the end of that tune.
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