THE CHRONICLE Mission Accomplished Blue Devils Sting Yellow Jackets 68-67 for Conference Crown
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SEE SPORTSWRAP FOR MORE BASKETBALL COVERAGE Monday March 10, 1986 Vol. 81, No. 109, 20 pages Duke University Durham, North Carolina Free Circulation: 15,000 THE CHRONICLE Mission Accomplished Blue Devils sting Yellow Jackets 68-67 for conference crown By CHARLEY SCHER Georgia Tfech coach Bobby Cremins was GREENSBORO - In a season in which not displeased with the shot Neal took, Duke has continued to outdo itself, the Blue although he would have preferred to have Devils did it again Sunday, toppling Price shooting with the game on the line. Georgia lech 68-67 to walk away with the "Ideally we wanted to get the ball to Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament [forward Tbm] Hammonds or [center John] championship. Salley and then throw it back out to Price The top-ranked Blue Devils (32-2) pre for the jumper," he said. viously had won the Big Apple NIT "We had to go with the penetration and tournament, the ACC regular-season title I thought he had it but Duke played great and an emotional home finale over North defense and rotated and that left Neal wide Carolina, but no victory had been as sweet open. Neal can make that shot. I wish he or as rewarding. The win marked Duke's would have put it on the floor hard one time first ACC Tburnament crown since 1980. and then went up. But he can make it." The outcome wasn't decided until tourna Alarie's basket couldn't have been more ment MVP Johnny Dawkins made both timely or more difficult. The senior forward ends of a one-and-one with :07 left and Duke went up over 7-footer Salley and 6-8 Ham clinging to a tenuous 66-65 lead. Duke monds and buried an 8-foot turnaround to allowed Georgia Tech's Mark Price to score move Duke into a lead it didn't relinquish. a basket at the buzzer for window-dressing. Had he missed, the Yellow Jackets would Dawkins' free throws followed a 20-foot have had the ball and a 65-64 advantage miss by Yellow Jacket guard Craig Neal at with a half-minute to go. the :10 mark. Down by one after Duke "David [Henderson] got the ball to me forward Mark Alarie had lifted the Blue inside, I pivoted and shot-faked. Neither Devils with a baseline turnaround jumper, Salley or Hammonds went for it," said Tech took possession with :35 to play and Alarie, who was first team AJl-Tburnament had the opportunity to hold for one shot. along with Dawkins, Henderson, Tech's Du Price, Tech's All-ACC guard, penetrated ane Ferrell (16 points and eight rebounds with Dawkins on him and was met at the in the final) and Maryland's Len Bias. "I free throw line by Duke point guard Tom- went up for an 8-footer and they didn't my Amaker. With no chance to shoot, Price challenge me. I felt confident in my shot." fed Neal, who was open on the right base "I think David said Tm gonna get the ball line. Neal misfired, Dawkins claimed the to Alarie,"' said Blue Devil coach Mike rebound and immediately was fouled by Krzyzewski, who saw his team win the first Price. ACC Tournament title in his six years at "I saw Price trying to penetrate, and I Duke. "Any one of our big three [Dawkins, have to give the credit to Tbmmy Amaker," Henderson or Alarie] could have taken the said Dawkins, the game's high scorer with shot. It wasn't a play, because we run sets 20. "[Price] had a step on me, but Tbmmy and play the defense." picked him up and made him throw it to See page 1 of LANCE MORITZ/THE CHRONICLE Coach Mike Krzyzewski celebrates the Blue Devils' down-to-the-wire triumph Neal" over Georgia Tech for the ACC championship by cutting down the net. Trustees act on S. African investment, Sea Level By SHANNON MULLEN shares in that involvement by investing in them, he said. a "phase down" rather than a "phase out" ofthe acute care At its quarterly meeting 10 days ago the University "The majority ofthe committee was quite convinced that program. Board of Trustees approved proposals to reduce costs at given the [apartheid] structure it is impossible [for Budgeting for acute care support services is based on a the ailing Sea Level Hospital and cut ties with companies companies in South Africa] to do more good than harm." census - or daily occupancy rate - of 18 beds. The actual operating in South Africa who refuse to sign the Sullivan "[Total divestment] is clearly the most dramatic act," he census has been below 10 for some time, and was only 6.2 Principles, a non-racist labor code. said. in February. The census for the 50 extended and emergency The investment recommendation was one of 10 in a "Symbolism for the sake of symbolism frankly does not care beds is better, usually 4748, Winfree said. report by the Social Implications of Duke Investments impress me a whole hell of a lot," said trustee Milledge "Although we can't guarantee that this will be the only (SIDD committee. Walter Dellinger, law professor and SIDI Hart during a brief discussion ofthe report. But she added action taken, it's certainly a very necessary and right sort chairman, delivered the report to the board Feb. 28. that the board should publicize any action it takes on of action," Winfree said after the trustee vote The board will wait until its May meeting to act on SIDIs divestment. About half of the staff reductions were in nursing other recommendations, which include a call for total At the board's March 1 meeting, Robert Winfree, services, with the remaining in various support services divestment from all companies doing business in South assistant vice president for health affairs, planning and throughout the hospital. Winfree said he spoke with those Africa unless apartheid there ends soon. administration, discussed strategy to end or at least slow affected at Sea Level and that one or two expressed an But after hearing the report, board members moved to fiscal drain from the University-owned Sea Level Hospital. interest in relocating and working at Duke Hospital. Uni approve the report's first two recommendations, the one "Sea Level Hospital has been and continues to be in versity officials will work with hospitals near Sea Level dealing with the Sullivan Principles and one that pre serious difficulty," he told the board, and if changes aren't See TRUSTEES on page 3 cludes the University from financial dealings with South made at the facility, the hospital "will be out of business African corporations or corporations whose principle ac within a year." tivities are in that country. Sea Level, a gift to the University in 1969, lost $297,000 Duke holds no stock in such companies. In addition, it in fiscal year 1984-85. Its net losses amount to $129,000 Weather has pursued an unwritten policy of restricting its invest in the seven months since then. The University is pledged Glory days: Although we realize it's uncouth to ments to Sullivan signers since the summer. The board's to maintain the 76-bed facility until 1989 but there has gloat, what could be finer than a coliseum full of long- action merely formalizes these policies. been speculation in recent months that the hospital might faced Carolina fans? Or stung Yellow Jackets? Even the In his presentation, Dellinger said his committee decided close or be sold. predicted spring-like temperatures pale in comparison: to go beyond suggesting that Duke limit its investments Winfree's plan, unanimously endorsed by the board, the high will be in the lower 70s, and skies will be partly to companies' that have signed the principles because moves 10 beds from acute care use to extended and cloudy today and tonight. Tomorrow the weather will "there is substantial reason to believe that that is not emergency care use and reduces the support staff by 24. be as warm as today's, yet cloudier, with a 40 percent enough." Low occupancy in the 26-bed acute care unit has chance of showers or thunderstorms. Fame and fair He said all companies in South Africa are involved in significantly contributed to the hospital's losses. weather are both fleeting; enjoy them while they last! apartheid because they profit from racist wage scales. Duke Winfree said reducing the number of acute care beds is Remains of shuttle's crew found World & By WILLIAM BROAD NY Times News Service Francis W. Scobee, whose son Francis R. was the CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Divers have found the crew Challenger's commander, said that the family would make National compartment ofthe space shuttle Challenger containing no decision on funeral plans until the remains are remains ofthe astronauts who died after the craft exploded identified. "It just opens up a lot of wounds again," the Page 2 March 10, 1986 high above the Atlantic 40 days ago, space agency officials father said. said on Sunday. Besides Scobee and Smith, the members ofthe Challen Efforts were under way Sunday night to retrieve the ger crew were Dr. Judith Resnik, Dr. Ronald McNair, Dr. cabin, which is resting in 100 feet of water about 25 miles Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe, east of here and to return the remains for positive a New Hampshire schoolteacher who was aboard the craft Newsfile identification, the officials said. It was unclear when the as an observer.