Thursday, November 18, 1999 - The Michigan Daily - 19A
jraves third baseman named NL MVP
EW YORK (AP) - Chipper had two firsts and 269 points. They (1982 and '83) and Terry Pendleton September when he homered four
sees won the National League Most were the only players picked on (1991). times in Atlanta's three-game sweep
1riuable Player Award in a landslide every ballot. Jones hit .319 with 110 RBIs, 116 of the New York Mets.
gday following a season in which he Cincinnati's Greg Vaughn was runs, 25 steals and 126 walks, He When the Braves went to Shea
r 45 homers and carried Atlanta to fourth with 121 points and St. Louis' finished third in homers behind Stadium the following week and
'eighth straight division title. Mark McGwire was fifth with 115, Mark McGwire (65) and Sammy returned in October for the NL
Tones received 29 of 32 first-place followed by the New York Mets' Sosa (63) and third in walks; fourth Championship Series, Mets fans
Oics and finished with 432 points in Robin Ventura (113), Mike Piazza in slugging percentage (.633), on- taunted him with slow chants of
*ting by the Baseball Writers' (109) and Edgardo Alfonzo (88). base percentage (.441) and total "Lar-ry. Lar-ry," his real first name.
ociation of America. He also Chicago's Sammy Sosa was ninth at bases (359); seventh in runs; and "I think those four home runs were
eceived two second-place votes and 87. 10th in batting. huge," Jones said. "I'd like to think Chipper Jones
ne third. "Matt Williams is one of the guys After June 15, he hit 30 homers my name was already on the map couldn't quite
"It's awfully hard to believe,"Jones I try to be like. Just to be in the hunt and drove in 79 runs. before that, but that kind of jump- lead Atlanta to
aid. "To have this in your corner, to with him is an honor in itself," Jones "The guy picked a great time to started everything" the World Series
slways be able to say you won an said. "I didn't have a real good first get hot," teammate Brian Jordan With Andres Galarraga out the title, but he got a
VIVP, is a tremendous honor." half. Baggy put togther a full year." said. "It's a special time in anyone's entire year and Javy Lopez missing nice consolation
,Houston first baseman Jeff The 27-year-old third baseman career when you have the sense you the last two months of the regular wize yesterday
3agwell was second with one first became the fifth Brave to win the can do no wrong at the plate. He has season and the postseason, Jones at National eawonte
md 276 points, followed by Arizona award, joining Bob Elliott (1947), a lot of confidence." times seemed like Atlanta's only MP l eague
bird baseman Matt Williams, who Hank Aaron (1957), Dale Murphy Jones gained momentum in offense. Plsia P
t.S. drug czar demands major changes in Olympic narcotics agency
White House chief drug adviser McCaffrey: "You shouldn't have your marketeer being the independent drug testing person"
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - U.S. tified to U.S. Congress last week going to end up with a situation we "There's a lot of goodwill here," a point already accepted by the IOC. Asia, Africa, North and South
rug chief Barry McCaffrey will and did a splendid job," McCaffrey all find attractive," McCaffrey said. Gosper said. The government agencies that America and Oceania, had helped
:1; for the removal of Dick Pound said of Pound, the IOC's vice presi- "That'll be a good thing for the IOC McCaffrey has been critical of the attended the summit established a widen the Eurocentric focus of
i chairman of the International dent. and a good thing for the rest of us." current form of WADA and said he steering committee to be led by WADA.
aapic Committee's drug agency "He's smart, he's a potential Samaranch has embraced the sup- would make his point in the meet- Australia and Canada. "It filled the gap that WADA
v en he meets with IOC president future president of the IOC, but he's port and invited a delegation, ings with Samaranch. Dates for the Australia hosted and organized started off with being European ori-
uan Antonio Samaranch. also the marketeer. He negotiates including McCaffrey, to discuss meetings have not been set. the summit while the delegates fol- entated," Gosper said. "The
McCaffrey, the White House's $1.08 billion in television rates out plans for WADA, which was estab- "I'm going to see them to listen, lowed a proposal submitted by Europeans understand now how
hief drug adviser, made the com- of U.S. television alone. You should- lished last week. be respectful and say here are our Canadian secretary of state for ama- important it is to take the rest of the
nent Wednesday as 26 nations n't have your marketeer being the Australian IOC president Kevan concerns from the Sydney (sum- teur sports Denis Coderre. world on board.
igned an agreement to play a lead- independent drug testing person." Gosper, speaking after the doping mit)," McCaffrey said. "If we want Jo participate, we "This was truly a world represen-
g role in the new World Anti- McCaffrey said he was optimistic summit ended Wednesday, said Chief among the concerns are the have to put the emphasis on the 'W' tative group saying what they
)oping Agency (WADA) during a that a solution suitable to all sides Samaranch had been fully briefed need for an independent chairman - the world agency," Coderre said. expected of WADA, what they
frg-in-sport summit. will be worked out. throughout the meeting and was and the necessity to move the Gsper said the summit, which wanted of WADA, but with full sup-
"Mr. Pound is brilliant - he tes- "When we're done with this we're "very pleased." agency from Lausanne, Switzerland, included countries from Europe, port for WADA."
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