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SPORTS
On Saturday, Georgia's men's and women's swim team will face
the Florida State Semlnoles In a meet In Tallahassee, Fla., while
the men's basketball team will take on Vandy In Athens.
TENNIS
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turned late in the 1988 season to
help his teammates clinch a confer
ence title and NCAA berth.
Georgia coach Manuel Dial is
happy for Parker but feels it is too
early to be looking at the rankings.
"It’s a reward for all the good
play he had this fall,” Diaz said.
"It’s too early in the season to be
looking and dwelling on the rank
ings. I just look at it as a step in the
right direction."
Missing from the rankings,
which reflected the results
achieved during the fall season, are
defending NCAA singles champion
Donni Leaycrall of LSU and pre
season No. 1 Mike Brown of Ar
kansas. Both dropped from the
rankings because of lack of play
and injuries.
Al Parker: Georgia's own top-ranked singles player in ac
tion. Parker is also on the No. 2-ranked doubles team.
Jensen and Parker's
fall season as a
doubles team was
highlighted with a
victory in the Southern
Collegiates and a semi
final appearance in the
Volvo Championships.
Ranked No. 2 in the poll is San
Diego’s Jose-Luis Noriega, who de
feated Parker in the semi-finals of
the DuPont National Clay Court
Championships. Noriega is fol
lowed by Steve Bryan of Texas,
Todd Martin of Northwestern and
Gilles Ameline of Wake Forest.
Rounding out the top 10 are
Volvo finalist Jonathan Stark of
Stanford, Jeff Chiang of Columbia,
Cha Boon Im of Arkansas, Michael
Shyjan of Harvard, and South Car
olina’s Stephane Simian.
Jensen and Parker’s fall season
as a doubles team was highlighted
with a victory in the Southern Col
legiates and a semi-final appear
ance in the Volvo Championships.
‘They proved to be an excellent
team,” Diaz said. "I guess it settles
it, they’re staying together this
season.”
Jensen believes he and Parker
can bump offT the top-ranked team
of Doug Eisenmann and Matt Lu-
cena of Cal-Berkeley.
T think we con beat them on any
given day if we play well together,”
Jensen said. “There’s only one
place to go from here and that’s No.
1 and we can do that."
Jensen and Jack Frierson, run
ners-up at the Rolex Regional
Championships, are ranked No. 14
in the poll, while Jim Childs and
Hector Nevares are No. 16.
New Alabama coach forthcoming
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Ala
bama football fans who want a
coach with ties to the late Bear
Bryant apparently will get their
wish.
Published reports Wednesday
said that Gene Stallings, who
lnyed for the legendary Bryant at
exas A&M and coached under
Bryant at Alabama, is the choice to
succeed Bill Curry, who quit
Sunday to coach at Kentucky.
Alabama Athletic Director
Hootie Ingram had promised to
have a new coach by the end of this
week, and reportedly he will an
nounce the selection of Stallings,
along with members of the new
Crimson Tide football staff on
Thursday.
The school did not immediately
schedule any news conference to
announce a new coach.
The Tuscaloosa News and The
Birmingham News both reported
that Stallings will be named to suc
ceed Curry. The Huntsville Times
quoted Richard Williamson, a top
candidate for the Alabama job, as
saying Ingram informed him that
Stallings was the choice.
—The Associated Press
US News story challenged,
graduate writes a response
By ROB KREMER
Sports Writer
Several players from the 1980 National
Championship Georgin football team have spoken out
against the Jan. 8 U.S. News and World Report article
since its release. The article implied that tne athletes
were not prepared for the real world.
In the story, author Alvin SanofT states that “sev
eral of the players are deeply frustrated by their expe
rience."
One player after another has stated different opin
ions about the football team thnn the feelings por
trayed by the article, including players written about
in the story.
Chris Wei ton, class of 1981, is currently a lawyer in
Atlanta.
“My stay at the University of Georgia was far dif
ferent from the magazine portrayal,” Welton said. “I
got everything I wanted from my stay at the Univer
sity and accomplished everything I wanted. I went to
law school and have been in practice for five years
now. And winning a national championship is some
thing every football player strives for.”
Ronnie Stewart, class of 1985, runs a fire and water
restoration service for ServPro of Atlanta.
“My stay at the University of Georgia prepared me
for life and the real world,” Stewart said. ‘The four or
five years you spend in college are important because
they determine what you’re going to be for the rest of
your life. If I had it all to do over again, I’d still choose
to go to school and play football at Georgia."
Former All-SEC roverback Scott Woerner played
five years of professional football before receiving his
B.S. in education from Georgia in 1989.
“I have nothing but good memories of the Univer
sity of Georgia,” Woerner said. “I wish I could go back
now and have four more years there. Many of the
friendships formed there still carry on today and are
very important to me.”
JefT Harper, who was featured in the article, felt be
trayed by the article’s exploitation of his story. Harper
failed to receive a degree because he played four yenrs
of professional football after his senior season. He is
currently the owner of Capital City Stucco, Inc. in At
lanta. In his letter to the writer of the story Harper
wrote:
“What a slap in the face we have received from you
and your publication. We welcomed you into our home
supposedly to recollect a wonderful experience from
my past. In return, you included me in an article
whicn portrays me as a failure in life as a result of an
allegedly irresponsible and incomplete college career.”
Later in the letter Harper writes, “How can you,
with any conscience at all, totally disregard all of my
positive experiences and accomplishments which we
discussed in detail for two hours?"
According to the magazine story, Harper said that he
was under intense pressure and threw up before every
practice.
Talented netter comes
By RANDY WALKER
Sports Writer
Patricio Arnold, a highly tal
ented Argentinian junior tennis
player, joins Manuel Diaz’s
Georgia men’s tennis team this
quarter after being led astray by
tne Nick Bolletteri Tennis Aca
demy.
After a successful 1988 junior
season when he finished No. 8 in
the world junior rankings, Arnold
derided to attend the Bolletteri
Academy in Bradenton, Fla. on a
promise from Bolletteri that he
would receive a scholarship and
get to play on their traveling tour
nament team.
“He (Bolletteri) promised me
that I was going to play tourna
ments,” Arnold said. “In one year
at the academy, I played one tour
nament. The rest of the time he
used me to play with Monica Seles
(world-class tennis player), run
ning her around ana not paying
any attention to my game."
Arnold became frustrated at the
academy and decided to attend col
lege. When he informed Bolletteri
of this, the head of the academy
“got really mad and starting yel
ling at me.”
After Bolletteri threatened to
send him back to Argentina, Ar
nold packed up and left for his
girlfriend’s house where he plotted
out his next move. He simply called
the NCAA and asked for a list of
the top 15 tennis schools and
started searching for scholarships.
Arnold did not have to look long
down his list before he was able to
speak to Diaz, who after receiving
a good recommendation from
South Florida men’s coach Eric
Hayes, derided to sign Arnold with
the Dogs.
“Patricio is going to be a big
asset to our team this year,” Diaz
said. “He’s a great prospect and a
good young man.”
Arnold gives the Dogs the much
needed depth they need for a suc
cessful season. With the loss of
Wade MaGuire for the season and
the loss of David Wolf from compet
itive play indefinitely, Arnold’s
presence is very welcome.
to Georgia
Arnold gives the Dogs
the much needed depth
“He’s going to have a big impact
on our team,” Diaz said. "It gives
us more depth and we are very
short on depth.”
Although Arnold idolized Guil
lermo Vilas as a child, he does not
idolize his type of play as Arnold
chooses not to hit with excessive
top-spin. Most of his shots are
driven with only slight over-spin
and he does not shy away from the
net, unlike the 1977 U.S. Open
champion.
“He’s an all-court player with a
very good forehand," Diaz said.
“He’s not your typical serve and
volley player but he can volley very
well.”
The Buenos Aires native said he
feels very happy and relieved to be
at Georgia and is confident with
the upcoming season.
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