4 12 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday October 26, 1999 Colleges increasing funds for women's sports teams 1. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Athletic scholarships to women at the nation's major colleges have increased more than 140 percent since 1991-92, more than twice the rate of increase in aid for men over the same period, accord- ing to a gender equity report released yesterday by the NCAA. The report for the 1997-98 school year shows men received 59 percent of the scholarship money at Division I schools, but the gap has continued to narrow since the first survey in 1992 when men had a 69-31 advan- tage and another report in 1996 that showed a 62-38 advantage for men. "As we move closer to proportion- ality, we recognize improvements will not be as dramatic. At the same time, we must do better," NCAA president Cedric Dempsey said. Male athletes received an average of $1,320,688 in scholarships per school, but the bulk of that amount was for football ($939,606), which has no comparable expenditure for women. Women, however, received more scholarship money than men in Division I basketball, fencing, golf, gymnastics, skiing, soccer, swim- ming and diving, tennis, volleyball, track and field and cross country. The number of women competing in Division I sports rose to 40 percent of the total number of athletes, up from 37 percent in 1996 and 31 per- cent in 1992. "The good news is that we have seen a nine-percentage-point improvement in women's participa- tion in the last seven years," Dempsey said. "But the bad news is that we have only seen a nine-per- centage-point improvement." The average number of athletes at Division I schools in 1997-98 was 241 men and 158 women, compared with 250 men and 112 women in the first report. For Division II, the average num- ber of male participants dropped from 167 per school to 159, while the number of females increased from 79 to 95. In Division III, the average number of male athletes dropped from 216 to 199 while the number of women rose from 116 to 132 per school. "We've made some progress but must continue to press for compli- ance," Dempsey said. "We must do a better job of increasing the rate of growth for participation by women and the amount of resources dedicat- ed to women." Football and men's basketball brought in 48 percent of the S9.7 mil- lion revenues and accounted for 81 percent of athletic operating expendi- tures at Division I schools in 1997- 98, although in each division females now receive a higher proportion of scholarship dollars than their propor- tion within the total population of athletes. Seventy percent of recruiting expenses in Division I were directed to men's programs, down three per- cent from the previous survey, and 60 percent of the head coaches salaries were for men's sports, the same as the 1995-96 report. Overall, however, salaries for men's Division I head coaches rose an average of 49 percent since 1991- 92, compared with a rise of 81 per- cent for women's coaches. The average head coaching salary in basketball was $120,857 for men and $74,187 for women for all of Division I. For the largest schools, Division I-A, the average salaries were $164,927 for men and $100,235 for women. The average salary for a head foot- ball coach in Division I-A was $195,057, up from $141,624 in the previous study. In Division I-AA, the average salary for a head football coach was $71,311; for a men's bas- ketball coach, $88,439; and for a women's basketball coach, $56,377. "Any growth or gain is a positive action for female student-athletes," said Cheryl Levick, senior associate athletic director at Stanford and chairman of the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics. "But the rate of growth in participation numbers and dollars spent is much too slow" AP PHOTO Michigan State guard Mateen Cleaves will likely not play until the Big Ten season in January due to a foot injury. Cleaves out 8-10 weeks Payne Stewart dies in plane crash CRASH Continued from Page 11 over the death of Payne Stewart," PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said from PGA headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. "This is a tremendous loss for the entire golfing community and all of sports. He will always be remembered as a very special competitor and one who contributed enormously to the positive image of professional golf." The plane, a Lear 35 built in 1976, left Orlando at about 9:20 a.m. ET, according to Stewart's family and Federal Aviation Administration offi- cials, and the last communication came was the Lear 35 was over Gainesville, Fla., said Tony Molinaro, an FAA spokesman in Chicago. The jet had flown as high as 45,000 feet and the crew did not respond to repeated inquiries from air traffic controllers, said Paul Turk, an FAA spokesman. An Air Force fighter jet from Tyndall, Fla., was diverted from a routine training flight to check out the jet, Air Force officials said. Two fighters from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., then took over to follow it and they later handed off the monitoring to two Air National Guard F-16s from Tulsa, Okla. About four hours after takeoff, the plane crashed in a grassy field two miles west of Mina, S.D., in the north-central part of the state, said Gene Abdallah, superintendent of the South Dakota Highway Patrol. There were no survivors, South Dakota Gov. Bill Janklow said. "The plane had pretty much nosed straight into the ground," said Lesley Braun, who lives about two miles from the site. "There's not a lot of debris spread out a long ways. She said her husband was among those who saw the plane coming down. "They saw it nose down so they hopped in the vehicle and raced toward where it was going down and were the first ones on the scene," she said. No one on the ground was hurt, White House spokesman Joe Lockhart said. Stewart was one of the most recog- nizable players in golf because of his trademark clothing. He won 18 tour- naments around the world, including three major championships. In June, he won his second U.S. Open, prevailing over Phil Mickelson with a 15-foot putt, the longest putt to ever decide that championship on the final hole. "I'm proud of the fact that my faith in God is so much stronger and I'm so much more at peace with myself than I've ever been in my life," Stewart said after the win. "Where I was with my faith last year and where I am now is leaps and bounds." Visitors, including fellow golfer Mark O'Meara, began arriving at Stewart's home in an exclusive Orlando community in the hours after the crash. A neighbor, visibly upset, jumped into a car next door. Stewart and his wife, Tracey, had two children, Chelsea, 13, and Aaron, 10. Planes that fly above 12,000 feet are normally pressurized, because passengers would have difficulty breathing the thin air above that alti- tude. If there is a pressurization problem, those aboard the aircraft could slowly lose consciousness or, if an aircraft broke a door or window, perish in sec- onds from hypoxia, or oxygen defi- ciency. Once reaching a cruise altitude, pilots often switch on the autopilot. If they passed out, the plane would cruise until it ran out of fuel. John Nance, a commercial airline pilot and aviation author, said he can't recall an incident in which a civilian jet depressurized in flight. The twin-engine plane was made in 1976. A Lear 35 can seat 10 people. EAST LANSING (AP) - Michigan State guard Mateen Cleaves, the only returning All-America from last season, suffered a stress fracture in his right foot and will be our eight to 10 weeks, after successful surgery on his right foot last night. His doctor, Herbert Ross, said that the insertion of a pin and a bone graft, which took about 90 minutes, "could- n't have gone more successfully," in a statement released by the University. Cleaves was sent home after the operation. He was awake and resting comfort- ably, sports information director John Lewandowski said. The injury will give the Spartans a chance to see how good they are, Izzo said. "Do we just have a program, or do we have a team. Ever since I've been in this game, people have told me that a program is bigger than one person, one player, one coach. We're about to find that out," he said. "I don't want any- body feeling sorry for us. I don't want anyone changing their expectations of us." Cleaves likely won't play until shori- ly before the Spartans begin the Big Ten season Jan. 5 against Penn State. He likely will miss games against North Carolina, Kansas and Arizona in December. The Spartans play Kentucky in 8 1/2 weeks on Dec. 23. Cleaves, a two-time All-American who led the Spartans to a 33-5 record and a Final Four appearance last sea- son, is expected to be on crutches for three to four weeks. No matter how quickly he returns, it will take him a while longer to get in game shape, Izzo said. "I don't think anybody comes back after four, six, eight, ten weeks without missing a beat." Doctors said Cleaves probably injured the foot about three weeks ago and it got progressively worse. He complained Sunday about it being sore and went to a doctor yesterday, Izzo said. Izzo said he expects Mo Peterson and Charlie Bell to take up the leader- ship void, although he said Cleaves will still attend practices and games. "There's no doubt he's our leader by actions, he's our leader by words. He's going to be a very talented assistant for eight or 10 weeks," Izzo said. Cleaves met with the team Monday before the surgery, Peterson said. "He just told us that other guys are going to have to step up. Freshmen will have to step up and not play like fresh- men," Peterson said. Dave Thomas, a junior who redshirt- ed last season, will fill in for Cleaves. Gray not sony about interview _ You rareyget a second chance - to make a first impression -- r - - - IResume PackageI 31II - _we "25 Copies (B/W) - I "25 Sheets (Resume Paper) " 25 Resume EnvelopesI x 'r 12/30/4 YOU CAME TO COLLEGE WITH A, LOT OF STUFF. UNFO RTUNATELY, ACNE CAME ALONG FOR Some people simply don't TRIIE. "grow out" of their acne. It remains well into their twenties. Sometimes longer. Truth is, it's a medical condition. 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The interview came moments after Rose was announced as a member of baseball's All-Century team. He received the longest ovation of any baseball hero introduced at Atlanta's Turner Field - longer even than Atlanta Braves legend Henry Aaron, baseball's all-time home run king. It was another indication that fans seem willing to forgive Rose, banned for life from the sport for gambling. Rose has never admitted to gambling on base- ball, and didn't again when asked by Gray on Sunday. Rose told Gray he was "surprised you're bombarding me like this" on a fes- tive occasion. Switchboards at NBC affiliates across the country were bombarded by phone calls from people angry at Gray - two hours nonstop atWLWT in Cincinnati, where Rose collected most of his Major League record 4,256 hits for the home- town Reds. STUDENTS WITH CROHN'S DISEASE ORULCERATIVE COLITIS Please join Dr. Ellen Zimmermann Asst Professor of Gastroenterology, U of M for an informal discussion of topics including: In an e-mail to The Associated Press, one fan wrote of being enraged that Rose was "blindsided" during what should have been a proud moment, and said it gives the press a bad name. "I hope NBC buys a collar and leash for the bulldog," the writer said. New York Yankees catcher Jim Leyritz said the questioning was "barbaric" and said he had confronted Gray about it. Gray said Leyritz never spoke to him and neither did any other Yankee, to his face. "We were pretty much all disgusted with Jim," said Yankees outfielder Darryl Strawberry. "It was a night of celebration for Pete Rose. Every player who ever plays cares about Pete Rose. It was embarrassing. It didn't sit too well in this clubhouse." Yankees manager Joe Torre said it was uncalled for. "For some reason, we've lost sight of the word 'respect.' We deal too much in shock value." Gray's colleague, NBC analyst Joe Morgan, a teammate of Rose's with the Cincinnati Reds, was careful not to place the blame on either person. "I was cringing and hoping that Pete would have the right answers," Morgan said. "I was just hoping the interview would be over the next second." But critics were tough on Gray. Phil Mushnick of the New York Post called it a "mugging," while Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News said it was a case of a reporter "trying to become the moment and make himself bigger than the game." Others leapt to Gray's defense. "I thought it was the best TV interview I've ever seen," said Murray Chass, baseball writer for The New York Times. "It was appropriate. It was not overdone. Rose has put himself in position to be pressed like that. John Dowd, the investigator whose 1989 probe of Rose led to the ban, said he tipped his hat to Gray. "I thought he had more guts than any guy I've ever seen," Dowd said. Former baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent said Gray knows how over- whelming the evidence is against Rose. "For Pete to just stand there and look Jim Gray in the eye and deny he bet on base- ball, it's obviously a challenge that any interviewer can't let go. I recognize it was aggressive, but Rose was aggressive." Gray won a Sports Emmy in 1998 for sideline reporting after his relentless interview of Mike Tyson following the "Bite Fight" with Evander Holyfield. He said he thought it was the proper time for Rose to address questions about why he had been banned from baseball. "I tried very hard to be very fair to Pete last night and I think I was very fair,"* Gray said. "The fact that he doesn't like it doesn't mean it wasn't fair." Gray said Rose, who he has inter- viewed more than 50 times in his career, didn't appear angry when the camera switched off, but remarked that he knew the interview was going to be all about gambling. "I felt I did my job and I did my job well but it wasn't a satisfying feeling to walk away from that," he said. 0 Women's golf places seventh in Hatter By Benjamin Singer Daily Sports Writer As the Michigan women's golf team finished its final tournament of the fall season, it left room plen- ty of improvement opportunities for by the time spring practice comes around. The Wolverines finished seventh out of 14 teams in the Hatter Fall 72 course. Cortney Reno crept close behind with a 163 tally for her season best. Junior Amy Talbot netted a 165. The Wolverines faced a new atmosphere at the tournament host- ed by Stetson University. Michigan hadn't traveled to the south yet this season. "Florida courses are different," A i~rnS..,."