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REMARKS: WICHITA STATE BASEBALL
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WHITE HOUSE ROSE GARDEN
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1989
SENATORS DOLE AND KASSEBAUM, MEMBERS OF THE KANSAS
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, PRESIDENT ARMSTRONG, COACH
STEPHENSON, SHOCKER PLAYERS AND STAFF, FRIENDS.
WELCOME TO THE WHITE HOUSE. AND HEART-FELT
CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING THE NCAA BASEBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
- 2 -
MOREOVER, LET ME ASSURE YOU: As A TEXAN, I DON'T TAKE
IT PERSONALLY THAT YOU SENT THE LONGHORNS OUT TO
PASTURE.
IT IS A SPECIAL TREAT TO BE HERE. FOR AS YOU MAY
HAVE HEARD, I LOVE THE GAME. IN FACT, WATCHING GREG
BRUMMETT'S [BRUM-ET] FASTBALL LAST WEEKEND REMINDED ME
OF ANOTHER PITCHER WHO THREW THE HIGH, HARD ONE WHEN I
WAS GROWING UP -- THE FABLED DIZZY DEAN.
- 3 -
As A PLAYER, OL' DIZ FRACTURED OPPONENTS' BATS.
LATER, AS A BROADCASTER, HE FRACTURED THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE. ONCE, DEAN SAID OF A HOME-RUN HITTER: "HE'S
STANDING CONFIDENTIALLY AT THE PLATE." AND HE
DELIGHTED LISTENERS WITH HIS TRADEMARK QUOTE: "THAT
RUNNER SLUD INTO THIRD."
WELL, MY FRIENDS, BY WINNING WICHITA STATE'S FIRST-
EVER NATIONAL BASEBALL TITLE, YOU HAVE "SLUD," HEAD-
FIRST, INTO THE SPORTS HEART OF AMERICA.
- 4 -
THEY'RE CALLING IT SHOCKER SUCCESS. OR MIDWEST
MAGIC. REMEMBER HOW JUDY GARLAND ONCE SAID OF KANSAS,
"THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME?" WELL, WITH APOLOGIES TO
SENATORS DOLE AND KASSEBAUM, YOU'VE PROVEN THERE'S ALSO
NO PLACE LIKE OMAHA AND THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES.
BELIEVE ME, I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. FOR IN 1947 I
PLAYED IN THE FIRST COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FINALS, THEN
IN KALAMAZOO. NEXT YEAR, AGAIN OUR YALE TEAM REACHED
THE TITLE GAME. ONLY ONE PROBLEM: WE LOST BOTH TIMES.
- 5 -
YES, I KNOW FIRST-HAND HOW BASEBALL CAN KEEP YOU
HUMBLE.
WELL, IN 1989 YOU KEPT OPPONENTS HUMBLE. OVER A
58-14 REGULAR SEASON. AND FIVE VICTORIES IN THE
COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. BATTING, FIELDING, AND PITCHING
YOUR WAY INTO BASEBALL HISTORY.
GREG BRUMMETT, OF COURSE, LED YOU THERE: ONLY THE
7TH PITCHER To WIN THREE GAMES IN A COLLEGE WORLD
SERIES [PAUSE]
- 6 -
...
GREG, THAT PICKOFF MOVE OF YOURS WOULD NAB RICKY
HENDERSON. AND HELP CAME, Too, FROM THE SHOCKERS'
ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, "How DO YOU SPELL RELIEF?" JIM
NEWLIN: ONLY THE FOURTH PITCHER TO GET THREE SAVES IN
A COLLEGE WORLD SERIES.
THEN, THERE'S CATCHER ERIC WEDGE. AND SHORTSTOP
PAT MEARES, [MEERS] CLUBBING A HOME RUN IN THE TITLE
GAME [PAUSE]
- 7 -
...
PAT, THIS MORNING I CALLED NASA [PAUSE]
...
THAT BALL IS STILL IN ORBIT. AND OUTFIELDERS JIM
AUDLEY AND TODD DREIFORT [DRY FORT]. EACH OF THE FOUR
AN ALL-TOURNAMENT SELECTION.
DON'T WORRY: I'M NOT FORGETTING MIKE WENTWORTH.
ONE WEEK AGO, YOU STARTED READING THE COMIC THAT COVERS
A PIECE OF BUBBLE GUM. AND YOU CAME UPON THIS FORTUNE:
"SOMETHING MAGICAL WILL HAPPEN."
- 8 -
HOURS LATER, YOU BELTED A THREE-RUN HOMER TO HELP BEAT
TOP-SEEDED FLORIDA STATE.
AND THE NEXT DAY, GENE STEPHENSON'S TEAM COMPLETED
THE MAGIC ACT -- BECOMING THE FIRST NCAA BASEBALL
CHAMPION IN 23 YEARS NOT LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA, TEXAS,
ARIZONA, OR FLORIDA. LAST WEEK GENE SAID: "WE WANTED
TO PROVE TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT SOMEBODY
OUTSIDE THOSE STATES CAN PLAY BASEBALL." DON'T WORRY,
COACH: You DID.
- 9 -
You KNOW, IN THAT FINAL GAME, BRYANT WINSLOW HAD TO
LEAVE BECAUSE OF A STRESS FRACTURE IN HIS RIGHT LEG.
ONE OF FOUR MAJOR INJURIES TO HIT YOUR CLUB. HE HAD
TEARS IN HIS EYES. DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE. BUT BRYANT
LED HIS TEAMMATES FROM THE BENCH.
A WRITER ONCE OBSERVED: "THE KANSAS SPIRIT IS THE
AMERICAN SPIRIT DOUBLE-DISTILLED." MY FRIENDS, YOU
EMBODY THAT SPIRIT. AND IT -- AND YOU -- HAVE MADE THE
SHOCKERS NUMBER ONE.
- 10 -
THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND, AGAIN,
CONGRATULATIONS. GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
# # # #
(Smith/Blessey)
June 14, 1989
Draft Two
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WICHITA STATE BASEBALL
WHITE HOUSE ROSE GARDEN
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1989
Senators Dole and Kassenbaum, Members of the Kansas
Congressional Delegation, President Armstrong, Coach Stephenson,
Shocker players and staff, friends.
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Welcome to the White House. And heart-felt congratulations
STATE
on winning the NCAA baseball championship. Moreover, let me
assure you: As a Texan, I don't take it personally that you sent
the Longhorns back to the corral.
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heard, I've loved baseball flater since I was a kid. In fact watching
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broadcaster, he fractured the English language. Once, Dean said
of a home-run hitter: "He's standing confidentially at the
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plate." And he delighted listeners with his trademark quote:
"That runner slud into third."
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national baseball title, you have "slud," head-first, into the
sports heart of America.
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Remember how Judy Garland once said, "There's no place like
Kansas?" Well, with apologies to Senators Dole and Kassenbaum,
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World Series.
Believe me, I know how you feel. For in 1947 I played in
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again my Yale team reached the title game. Only one problem: We
lost both times. Yes, I know first-hand how baseball can keep
you humble.
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happen. Hours later, you belted a three-run homer to help beat
top-seeded Florida State.
And the next day, Gene Stephenson's team completed the magic
act -- becoming the first NCAA baseball champion in 23 years not
located in California, Texas, Arizona, or Florida. Last week
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Gene said: "We wanted to prove to people all over the country
that somebody outside those states can play baseball." Don't
worry, Coach: You did.
You know, in that final game, Bryant Winslow had to leave
because of a stress fracture in his right leg. One of four major
injuries to hit your club. He had tears in his eyes. Didn't
want to leave. But Bryant led his teammates from the bench.
"You guys have got to win this thing," he told them. "Don't
you dáre lose this game."
Well as they say on the Kansas prairies "them's fighting
words." And today, the baseball world is crying unconditional
surrender.
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A writer once observed: "The Kansas spirit is the American
spirit double-stilled." My friends, you embody that spirit. And
it -- and you -- have made the Shockers Number One.
Thank you for coming here and, again, congratulations. God
bless you, and God Bless America.
#
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Draft One
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: WICHITA STATE BASEBALL
WHITE HOUSE ROSE GARDEN
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1989
D. Worren Armstrong
Senators Dole and Kassenbaum, President , Coach
Stephenson, Shocker players and staff, friends.
Welcome to the White House. And heart-felt congratulations
on winning the NCAA baseball championship. Moreover, let me
assure you: As a Texan, I don't take it personally that you sent
the Longhorns back to the corral.
It is a special treat to be here. For as you may have
heard, I've loved baseball since I was a kid. In fact, watching
Greg Brummett's fastball last weekend reminded me of another
pitcher who threw the high, hard one when I was growing up -- the
fabled Dizzy Dean.
As a player, 01' Diz fractured opponents' bats. Later, as a
broadcaster, he fractured the English language. Once, Dean said
of a home-run hitter: "He's standing confidentially at the
plate." And he delighted listeners with his trademark quote:
"That runner slud into third."
Well, my friends, by winning Wichita State's first-ever
national baseball title, you have "slud," head-first, into the
sports heart of America.
2
They're calling it Shocker Success. Or the Midwest Miracle.
Remember how Judy Garland once said, "There's no place like
Kansas?" Well, with apologies to Senators Dole and Kassenbaum,
you've proven there's also no place like Omaha and the College
World Series.
Believe me, I know how you feel. For in 1947 I played in
the first College World Series, then in Kalamazoo. Next year,
again my Yale team reached the title game. Only one problem: We
lost both times. Yes, I know first-hand how baseball can keep
you humble.
And that's you did: Keep opponents humble. Over a
-
regular season. And five victories in the College World Series.
Batting, fielding, and pitching your way to baseball's Mount
Olympus.
Greg Brummett, of course, spurred the climb: Only the 7th
pitcher in win three games in a College World Series [PAUSE]
Greg, that pickoff move of yours would nab Willie Sutton
Willie
And help came, too, from the Shockers' answer to the question,
Mayes
Lon
"How do you spell relief?" Jim Newlin: Only the fourth college
Brock
World Series
pitcher to save three post-season games.
Then, there's catcher Eric Wedge. And shortstop Pat Meares,
clubbing a home run in the title game [PAUSE]
Pat, this
morning I called the weather bureau [PAUSE]
that ball is
still orbiting Omaha. And outfielders Jim Audley and Todd
Dreifort. Each of the four an All-Tournament selection.
3
Don't worry: I'm not forgetting Mike Wentworth. One week
ago, you started reading the comic that covers a piece of bubble
gum. And you came upon this fortune: "Something magical will
happen.' Hours later, you belted a three-run homer to help beat
top-seeded Florida State.
And the next day, Gene Stephenson's team completed the magic
act -- becoming the first NCAA baseball champion in 23 years not
located in California, Texas, Arizona, or Florida. Last week
Gene said: "We wanted to prove to people all over the country
that somebody outside those states can play baseball." Don't
worry, Coach: You did.
You know, in that final game, Bryant Winslow had to leave
because of a stress fracture in his right leg. One of major
injuries to hit your club. He had tears in his eyes. Didn't
want to leave. But Bryant led his teammates from the bench.
"You guys have got to win this thing," you told them.
"Don't you dare lose this game."
Well, as they say on the Kansas prairies, "them's fighting
words. And today, the baseball world is crying Unconditional
surrender.
A writer once observed: "The Kansas spirit is the American
spirit double-stilled." My friends, you've bottled that spirit.
And it -- and you -- have made the Shockers Number One.
Thank you for coming here and, again, congratulations. God
bless you, and God Bless America.
#
#
#
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June 12, 1989
TO:
JOSEPH W. HAGIN, II, Deputy Assistant to the
President for Appointments and Scheduling
FROM:
FREDERICK D. MCCLURE, Assistant to the
President for Legislative Affairs
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REQUEST:
To meet with the Wichita State University
baseball team, members of the Kansas
delegation and other guests.
PURPOSE:
To congratulate the team on their NCAA
championship baseball season.
BACKGROUND:
Senator Dole & Kassebaum requested this
opportunity to congratulate the team for
winning the NCAA baseball championship for
the first time. The University is located in
the Senator Kassebaum's hometown.
DATE AND TIME:
Friday, June 16.
DURATION:
5-10 minutes.
LOCATION:
Rose Garden
PARTICIPANTS:
The Kansas Congressional Delegation, the
Shockers, their family and other guests.
REMARKS REQUIRED:
None
RECOMMENDED BY:
Frederick D. McClure
OPPOSED BY:
None
TO:
PROJECT OFFICERS
FROM:
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SUBJECT:
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arrangements for any event involving press coverage. Please coordinate with them from
the time your event is approved in order to avoid the need for last-minute modification.
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Associated Press.
June 12, 1989, Monday, PM cycle
ADVANCED-DATE: June 12, 1989, Monday, PM cycle
SECTION: Sports News
LENGTH: 906 words
BYLINE: By TOM VINT, AP Sports Writer
DATELINE: OMAHA, Neb.
KEYWORD: BBC--CWS Texas-Wichita St.
BODY:
That wasn't Orel Hershiser on the mound for Wichita State. It only seemed
like it as Greg Brummett made the College World Series his as much as
Hershiser owned last year's postseason.
Brummett held Texas to six hits for his third victory of the Series as
Wichita State won 5-3 Saturday for its first NCAA championship.
"I didn't think he was the best pitcher we faced all year," said Scott
Bryant, the designated hitter and starting pitcher for Texas. "He threw a great
game. He didn't give us much of the plate to hit the ball. His slider was
breaking hard away from you. He did what he had to do at the right time."
And by doing it, Brummett, 18-2, was named CWS Most Valuable Player. He is
one of seven pitchers to win three games in a national tournament. Brummett
allowed six hits, four walks and just one earned run as he struck out six.
"I thought today he was a very outstanding college pitcher," Texas coach
Cliff Gustafson said. "I have had a great deal of respect for his style since I
watched him last year at the College World Series. I thought he would be a
very effective pitcher against us, just his style of pitching, and he was. He
was everything today that I was afraid he would be."
He was more than Shockers coach Gene Stephenson could have hoped for.
"I really only expected him to go six or seven innings," Stephenson said. "We
wanted him to get us to the seventh with a chance to win. We had (relief ace
Jim) Newlin in the bullpen and ready. But he's (Brummett) got a big heart, an
awfully big heart."
Brummett was helped by several emotional lifts in the game, including a
pickoff in the first inning with nobody out.
Lance Jones and David Tollison singled to lead off the game for Texas. With
Jones at third, Brummett picked Tollison off first, then fanned Bryant and
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Arthur Butcher to get out of the inning without a run.
"He gained confidence after he picked that guy off first," Shockers catcher
Eric Wedge said.
Wichita State became the first team not from California, Arizona, Florida
or Texas since 1966 to win the CWS.
"It's the first time in 23 years somebody outside the Sun Belt states - four
or five states - has won it," Stephenson said. "We proved to people all over
that somebody outside those states can play baseball. "
Texas, 53-18, is a believer after a pair of unearned runs and a two-run homer
by Pat Meares gave Brummett all the cushion he needed to lift the fourth-seeded
Shockers, 68-16. The Longhorns were the second seed of the tournament.
The Shockers scored first when P.J. Forbes walked with one out, Wedge walked
with two outs and Bryant Winslow singled home Forbes in the first inning.
Two errors by Texas third baseman Craig Newkirk led to two more runs in the
second. Mike Jones' grounder bounded off Newkirk for two bases leading off the
inning. Jones later scored when he was caught in a rundown between third and
home but Newkirk fumbled a relay from Texas catcher Jon Prather and Jones slid
home.
"We just didn't play well early. We gave them a couple of runs with my walks
and a base hit, then a couple of errors in the second inning," said Bryant, who
lasted just two-thirds of an inning. "In a game like this you can't afford to do
that, but that's the way it goes sometimes."
Texas pulled within 3-2 with two unearned runs in the fourth. Bryant singled
after his foul fly ball was dropped by right fielder Todd Dreifort. Butcher
singled and Newkirk singled before David Lowery hit a sacrifice fly to score
Bryant. Butcher came home when Winslow misplayed a groundball by Steve Bethea
for Wichita State's second error.
In the Texas fifth, Lance Jones led off with a bunt single and collided with
Winslow at first. Winslow, playing on a stress fracture in his right leg, tried
to stay in but hobbled tearfully to the bench after one pitch.
"I know it had affected me personally very much," Stephenson said. "I know he
was a source of inspiration for a long period of time once we found out he had
that stress fracture."
Joey Wilson went to left field and left fielder Mike McDonald moved to first,
where he made several sparkling plays on hard-hit balls.
"I was scared to death," McDonald said. "I just wanted to do the job. I
hadn't played first base all year. I played it last year but I was still scared.
I didn't want to make any errors, but they were hitting bullets to me."
Wilson also singled with one out in the fifth in his first at-bat and scored
when Meares homered over the left-center-field fence.
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"I think I just started not giving up on myself after two strikes," Meares
said after hitting the 2-2 pitch off reliever Brian Dare.
"I was a little lazy and tried to throw a changeup," Dare said.
"He got a changeup up and left it right over the plate for me and I just went
at it," said Meares, who also homered against Florida State in a 12-9 win in
Friday's semifinal.
Texas added a run in the sixth when Newkirk walked and Lowery and Shults
singled, but Brummett was untouchable the rest of the way.
Dare worked the final 7 1-3 innings, giving up six hits, four runs and
striking out seven.
The championship game was the eighth for Texas, which won in 1949, 1950, 1975
and 1983, while finishing second in 1953, 1984 and 1985.
Wichita State had been in one previous championship game, losing to Miami
in 1982.
The 1989 tournament set an all-time attendance record of 132,865, including
13,701 who saw the championship game.
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Associated Press.
June 12, 1989, Monday, PM cycle
SECTION: Sports News
LENGTH: 747 words
BYLINE: By MICHAEL BATES, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: WICHITA, Kan.
KEYWORD: BBC--Shocker Homecoming
BODY:
When the team bus crested the last hill near Wichita State University on
Sunday the stunned Shocker baseball team stared at thousands of celebrants
packed into their home stadium.
The College World Series champs exploded into cheers and shouts at the
thrill of nearly 5,500 people turning out to welcome them home from Omaha.
"It's starting to sink in," relief pitcher Jim Newlin said as he scanned the
bleachers in awe.
"This is an incredible reception," catcher Eric Wedge said. "I never thought
we'd get this kind of a reception."
The WSU bus had to park on the busy four-lane street that passes the stadium
because of the throng of fans gathered in the parking lot to meet it. The team
still was mobbed as it tried to get in a far left field gate.
The senior players each addressed the crowd once ceremonies started inside
the stadium.
"It always seems like it always happens to somebody else," Mike McDonald
said. "But by God this time it happened to us."
Several players including Wedge, final-game winning pitcher Greg Brummett and
crippled inspirational leader Bryant Winslow basked in sustained standing
ovations as they were introduced.
"I was so happy last night when we won, but I'm even happier now," said
fifth-year senior Mike Wentworth, who was a Shocker walk-on. "We heard on the
radio a few people were coming out to welcome us back. I never anticipated this
many people. This is unbelieveable."
Wentworth, whose two home runs came at key points in the WSU bid for the
title, told the crowd he was grateful for sophomore first baseman Winslow.
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Playing the whole series with a stress fracture of the right ankle, Winslow
had to leave the championship game after a collision with another player.
"When Bryant went out in that last game, we could see how much he wanted it,"
said freshman pitcher Darrin Paxton. "That sort of got into the rest of us
then."
Coach Gene Stephenson called Winslow's courage "a great example of the heart,
desire and want these kids had."
The raucous crowd cheered and applauded when it caught sight of Winslow
entering the stadium with a cast on his right leg. He had one arm around
Stephenson and another around teammate Jeff Williams as he hobbled along without
crutches.
Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole sent a congratulatory telegram and said he
couldn't wait to discuss the victory with President George Bush, a Texan and
former College World Series player.
Wichita State battled back through the losers' bracket and beat Texas 5-3
for the title.
Coach Stephenson, who came to Wichita State 12 years ago to build a
baseball program, shook hands with each of his players before speaking to the
crowd.
"When the chips were down and things were at their worst, they came back and
made things work. They found ways to win," Stephenson said of his players.
"These guys, I love 'em and they know it," the coach said.
Besides Winslow's injury, the Shockers were without aggressive shortstop Mike
Lansing and standout outfielder Jeff Bonacquista, both of whom were disabled by
injuries before the series began.
Stephenson recalled coming back to WSU after his team lost in the
championship game of the College World Series in 1982. There was less than a
busload of people there to acknowledge the second place effort, he said.
But that was in the days when the Shocker home stadium consisted of a field,
fenced dugouts and chairs set up on flatbed trailers for spectators.
The team now plays in a $$750,000 facility completed in 1985. Stephenson
calls the stadium improvements and the rise of his program "a minor miracle" and
"a rags to riches story."
"I think we've certainly proved good baseball is played in the Midwest," he
said.
"We might get a little respect now," said Wichita auto dealer Rusty Eck who
donated $$200,000 toward the cost of the new stadium that bears his family name.
Joey Wilson, senior outfielder, got the biggest laugh from the crowd when he
mentioned the celebration after Saturday's win.
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"Last night was the first time I've ever thrown up with a smile on my face,"
he said.
Some of the celebrants looked skyward for a jet plane flyover as a roar
erupted in the stadium. They weren't used to the sound of diehard Shocker fans
ethusiastically stomping on the metal bleachers.
WSU Athletic Director Tom Shupe faced the ethusiastic crowd and made a
prediction that drew an explosion of yells and applause.
"This," he said, " is not going to be the last time we win this national
title."
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The materials in the AP file were compiled by The Associated Press. These
materials may not be republished without the express written consent of The
Associated Press.
June 11, 1989, Sunday, BC cycle
SECTION: Sports News
LENGTH: 632 words
HEADLINE: With CWS Bjt
BYLINE: By TOM VINT, AP Sports Writer
DATELINE: OMAHA, Neb.
KEYWORD: BBC--CWS- Wichita State
BODY:
Wichita State put some ghosts to rest with a miracle NCAA College World
Series baseball championship that left Coach Gene Stephenson numb, Most
Valuable Player Greg Brummett limp and first baseman Bryant Winslow in pain.
The Shockers overcame very hurdle this season after losing twice in the
semifinals a year ago to Arizona State when one strike could have put Wichita
State into the 1988 championship game. Saturday they erased those nightmares
of a year ago with a 5-3 win over Texas on Brummett's six-hitter.
"We were determined to win the tournament," Brummett said. "I was tired. I
just had to suck it up. I was pitching on guts out there. I've pitched on three
days' rest before this season but the results haven't been this good."
Brummett and relief ace Jim Newlin each gained a share of a CWS record with
three wins and three saves, respectively, in the tournament.
"I'm numb. It's a marvelous feeling just to be part of it," Stephenson said.
"To be a part of these guys and see what they've done in the last six weeks, to
overcome the things they've had to overcome. You didn't see the best team we had
this year but you saw a team with a big heart, a very strong-willed team that
wouldn't quit no matter what."
Stephenson said the Shockers were determined to return to the College World
Series this season after the disappointment of a year ago. But shortstop Mike
Lansing was injured and lost for the season. Right fielder Jeff Bonacquista was
injured and lost for the season. First baseman Winslow suffered a stress
fracture in his right leg in regionals, but refused to sit on the bench until a
collision with Texas' Lance Jones on a bunt single finally demanded the rest in
the fifth inning of the championship game.
As Winslow hobbled off the field one pitch after having refused to come out
just after the accident, he received an ovation from the 13,701 fans in
attendance. There were few dry eyes for those who knew the story of his efforts
to play.
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"He wouldn't come out," Stephenson said. "I told him to just stand on the
base, don't move, but after one pitch he put some weight on it and realized he
couldn't do anything."
"Personally it was hard for us to control our emotions," Brummett and catcher
Eric Wedge said when coaches and teammates helped Winslow from the field. "He
was a tremendous inspiration to the whole club."
"I know I had a lump in my throat," Brummett said.
"He had tears in his eyes," Wedge said. "What he said was 'You guys have got
to win this thing. Don't you dare lose this game.
Wichita State was ahead 3-2 at the time, then Winslow's sub, Joey Wilson
singled with one out in the bottom half of the inning. He scored on Pat Meares'
second homer of the tournament for a 5-2 difference and the eventual winning
runs.
Stephenson said his 1989 team taught him an important lesson.
"It taught me nothing is impossible. Nothing," he said. "I believe that if
you have the will and you have the drive and you have the determination, nothing
is impossible. Never giving up, no matter how bad the situation looks, just keep
going and it will turn out fine.
"I tip my hat to these guys. They just wouldn't quit. It's the players, the
guys deserve all the credit. To a man, they were determined to get back here
again after last year. Now, it's going to be the greatest moment of their lives,
maybe forever."
The Shockers also dominated the all-tournament team. Brummett and Newlin were
the two pitchers selected, Wedge was the catcher, Meares was at short and Todd
Dreifort and Jim Audley were named in the outfield.
Other all-tourney selections were Texas' David Lowery at first, Craig Newkirk
at third, Arthur Butcher in the outfield and Scott Bryant as designated hitter;
and Rocky Rau of Florida State was named at second base.
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Copyright (c) 1989 The Times Mirror Company;
Los Angeles Times
June 11, 1989, Sunday, Home Edition
SECTION: Sports; Part 3; Page 2; Column 3; Sports Desk
LENGTH: 672 words
HEADLINE: COLLEGE WORLD SERIES;
SHOCKERS DON'T REQUIRE SUN TO WIN TITLE
BYLINE: By GARY KLEIN, Times Staff Writer
DATELINE: OMAHA
BODY:
The Wichita State baseball team came to the College World Series intent
on proving that you don't have to play in a state with year-round sunshine to
win the national championship.
The Shockers, with all due respect to past champions from California,
Arizona, Florida and Texas, were anxious to gain some national respect of their
own.
"All these warm-weather schools have won the Series year in and year out,"
Wichita State pitcher Greg Brummett said. "We just wanted to come in and show
the people that the Midwest has got a baseball team. A baseball team that's
from Wichita."
The Shockers defeated Texas, 5-3, Saturday before a crowd of 13,701 at
Rosenblatt Stadium to win Wichita State's first National Collegiate Athletic
Assn. title in any sport.
Wichita State's victory marks the first time since 1966, when Ohio State
did it, that a Midwestern school has won the Series.
Brummett, a senior right-hander, was the dominant player Saturday. He tied a
Series record by recording his third victory of the tournament, beating the
four-time national champion Longhorns.
Brummett (18-2) allowed only one earned run on six hits. Mixing his fastball,
slider and changeup, he struck out six and retired 16 batters on ground balls.
"He (Brummett) was everything today that I was afraid he would be," said
Texas Coach Cliff Gustafson, who tied former USC Coach Rod Dedeaux with a record
15th appearance in the World Series.
Meanwhile, Texas starter Scott Bryant (1-1) was unable to find the strike
zone and was removed after just two-thirds of an inning. The senior
right-hander, an All-American designated hitter who was pressed into service as
a pitcher late in the season, gave up a run and a hit and issued four walks
before he was replaced by Brian Dare.
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Shortstop Pat Meares provided the game-winning hit in the bottom of the fifth
inning when he followed a one-out single by Joey Wilson with a home run over the
left-field fence to make the score 5-2.
Texas, which had made only two errors in the tournament entering the
championship game, committed three in the second inning, enabling the Shockers
to take a 3-0 lead.
The Longhorns were already behind, 1-0, the result of a first-inning,
run-scoring single by Bryant Winslow, when third baseman Craig Newkirk's
fielding error on a ground ball allowed Mike Jones to reach first base. Later,
Newkirk failed to handle a throw during a rundown between third and home plate,
allowing Jones to score. The Shockers added another run on a throwing error by
second baseman David Tollison.
"I really don't know how to explain that.
Gustafson said of his
team's breakdown. "That really turned out to be the difference in the ballgame."
Wichita State (68-18), seeded fourth in what began as an eight-team,
double-elimination tournament, beat No. 5 Arkansas in the first round, then lost
to top-seeded Florida State. The Shockers had to defeat Arkansas again and beat
Florida State twice to win the East Division and face No. 2 Texas, which went
unbeaten through the West Division.
"We faced elimination in California (in the West II Regional at Fresno) in a
hostile environment on three separate occasions and overcame it," said Wichita
State Coach Gene Stephenson, who has a 681-216-3 record in 12 years with the
Shockers. "We faced elimination here three separate times and overcame it.
.We're just as proud as we can be."
College World Series Notes
Total attendance for this year's World Series was a record 132,865,
breaking last year's mark of 132,698
Wichita State All-American Greg
Brummett, who was 3-0 against the Southwest Conference (he beat Arkansas twice
and Texas once), was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Wichita State first baseman Bryant Winslow, who played the entire tournament
with a stress fracture in his right leg, was forced to leave the game after a
fifth-inning collision at the bag with Lance Jones.
Texas
finished
53-18.
The 18 losses are the most in Cliff Gustafson's 22 years as head coach.
GRAPHIC: Photo, A happy Greg Brummett gets a lift from catcher Eric Wedge after
pitching Wichita State to the College World Series championship. Associated
Press
TYPE: Game Story
SUBJECT: BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS; WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY; COLLEGE WORLD
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ments of my senior year came when his teammate, "Babe"
ther vet-
Ruth, visited Yale to give the school library the original
with one
manuscript of his autobiography. It was the afternoon of
ins. That
our home gaine against Princeton, and as team captain, I
took part in the pregame presentation ceremony. When
1e lacked
Ruth turned the manuscript over to me, his hand trembled
forty to a
and his voice could barely be heard. It was obvious that he
like each
was dying of cancer; but some of the young, free-spirited
Babe" was still there, very much alive. 'You know, he
d lasting
address
said, winking, "when you write a book like this, you can't
he presi-
put everything in it. The ceremony was one of his last pub-
lic appearances.
A few weeks later, I put on my baseball uniform for the
campus;
dy to stir
last time. Yale was playing in the 1948 NCAA College
But aside
World Series, at Hyames Field in Kalamazoo, Michigan. We
gs of the
were competing for the national championship the second
urope to
year in a row. As Eastern Region champions, we'd played in
Most of
the first-ever College World Series in 1947, losing to Califor-
re mem-
nia. A turning point in that series came when we gave up an
S to the
intentional walk to fill the bases, with two out. We were
ent Gen-
playing percentages: Cal's pitcher was coming to bat, and
or didn't
we figured that he'd either strike out or pop up. But scout-
fter four
ing in those days wasn't what it is today. Cal's pitcher was
me back
Jackie Jensen, who later became one of the Boston Red
e and go
Sox's best right-handed power hitters. The last time I saw
family to
the ball it was headed for downtown Detroit.
We had no better luck in 1948, this time losing to
nics, but
Southern Cal in a best-of-three series, two games to one.
ed hard,
Sparky Anderson, who went on to manage the Cincinnati
nd other
Reds and Detroit Tigers to world championships, was then
nly tech-
batboy for the Trojans. They kept him hopping with a three-
an went,
run rally in the ninth inning of the first game. But bottom of
the ninth, we came back. Bases loaded, nobody out-then,
vas Lou
just like that, Southern Cal pulled off a triple play to end the
yed col-
game. With Frank Quinn pitching, we won the following
cellence,
day, but the Trojans took the third game and the title.
the ideal
Losing the national championship the second year run-
d come
ning was a letdown, but just taking part in a title game was
er.
something our team felt proud of We'd beaten the best
gest mo-
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first on a potential double play
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to-back singles. With Jones at
Texas cut the deficit to 3-2 in
third base, Brummett picked off
Tollison at first, then struck out
the fourth. With one out. Bryant
singled after right fielder Todd
Scott Bryant and Arthur Butcher
Dreifort dropped his foul pop for
to get out of the inning without
an error Butcher and Newkirk
being scored on.
also singled, loading the bases.
"He gained confidence after be
picked that guy off first," said
Bryant scored on David Lowery's
secrifice fly and Butcher came
Wichita State catcher Eric
home when first baseman Wins-
Wedge
Brummett went on to pitch a
low misplayed a ground ball by
Steve Bethea.
complete-game victory as the
Lance Jones led off the Texas
Shockers defeated the Long-
fifth with a bunt single and collid-
horns, 5-3, before a crowd of
13,701 that raised tournament at-
ed with Winslow, who was play-
ing with a stress fracture in his
tendance to an all-time record of
132,865.
right leg. Winslow tried to stay in
It was the first NCAA baseball
the game but had to be helped to
championship for Wichita State
the bench after just one more
pitch.
(68-16) and the first time since
1966 that the title was won by a
"He had tears in his eyes,"
Wedge said of Winslow, "What he
school not located in California,
Arizona, Texas or Florida.
said was, 'You guys have got to
win this thing. Don't you dare lose
"It's the first time in 23 years
this game.
somebody outside the Sun Belt
Wichita State made it 5-2 in the
states has won it." said Shockers
bottom of the fifth when Jones
Coach Gene Stephenson. "We
singled and Pat Meares hit a
proved to people all over the
home run over the left-field
country that somebody outside
fence. Meares also homered in
those states can play baseball."
the Shockers' 12-9 seminal vic-
Brummett (18-2), who became
tory over Florida State June 9.
only the seventh pitcher to win
Wichita State dominated the
three games in a College World
Series, gave Stephenson more
all-tournament team with Six rep-
resentatives. Brummett and New
than he expected.
"I really only expected him to
lin, who became only the fourth
pitcher to get three saves in a
6345
go six or seven innings," Stephen-
College World Series, were se-
son said. "We wanted him to get
lected as the pitchers. They were
us to the seventh with a chance to
joined by Wedge (catcher).
win. We had (relief ace Jim)
Meares (shortstop), Dreifort and
Newlin in the bullpen and ready.
Jim Audley (outfielders).
But (Brummett's) got a big heart,
Texas had four players select-
an awfully big heart."
ed to the team-Lowery (first).
Brummett certainly took some
Newkirk (third), Butcher (out-
5-1
of the heart out of Texas (53-18)
field) and Bryant (DH). Florida
with his first-inning escape.
"Looking back at that, it was a
State's Rocky Rau (second base)
rounded out the team.
big play," Longhorns Coach Cliff
Gustafson said of Brummett's
pickoff. "We started out with both
barrels blazing. We worked the
College World Bories
hit-and-run to perfection to get
(At Omaha)
JUNE 2
guys on first and third. In all real-
East Division
ity, you figure you're going to
Florida State North Carolina 2
score at least one run out of it and
Wichita State Arkansas 1
JUNE 3
we wind up not getting a run."
West Division
Texas, which was playing in its
Texas 7. Long Beach State 1
eighth World Series champion-
Miami (Fla.) 5. Louisiana State 1
JUNE 4
ship game. self-destructed as
Arkansas 7. North Carolina 3
Bryant, the starting pitcher, had
(North Carolina eliminated
Florida State 4) Wichita State 2
an early streak of wildness and
JUNE
5
the Longhorns committed four
Louisiana State B. Long Beach State 5
errors.
(Long Beach State eliminated)
Bryant walked four batters-
Texas 12, Miami (Fla) 2
JUNE $
one was caught stealing-and
Wichita State 8. Arkansas 4
was relieved after only two-thirds
(Arkansas eliminated)
of an inning (he stayed in the
Louisiana State 6, Miami (Fle.) 3
(Miami aliminated)
game as the designated hitter).
JUNE 7
Wichita State took a 1-0 lead
Wichita State 7, Florida State 4
JUNE 8
when Bryant Winsiow's single tot-
Texas 12, Louisiana State 7
lowed walks to P.J. Forbes and
(Loulaiana State eliminated)
Eric Wedge.
JUNE 0
Wichita State 12, Florida State 9
Two misplays by Texas third
(Florida State eliminated)
baseman Craig Newkirk contrib-
JUNE 10
uted to two more Wichita State
Championship
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BASEBALL
pearance. McDonald ended
man rotation in Double A to
told broadcaster Bill Camp-
up losing two games and al-
rest his arm.
The first in-
bell of Philadelphia's WIP, "I
lowing 15 earned runs in 12
dication that there may be
may be doing my radio show
after McDonald threw 138
innings of postseason play.
problems between Yankee
with you sooner than you
pitches in a losing outing,
The O's plan to give McDon-
manager Dallas Green and
thought. You never know
Bertman warmed him up
ald three weeks off after he
owner George Steinbrenner
what will happen with this
three times for a relief ap-
signs, then keep him in a five-
came last week when Green
guy [Steinbrenner]."
CHEWING UP THEIR FOES
At the time, the Shockers were clinging to a one-run lead.
Then up came Meares in the bottom of the inning to hit that
homer, and soon it was all up to the ace of the staff, Greg
F YOU BELIEVE IN OMENS, WICHITA STATE BECAME A TEAM OF
Brummett. "I wanted to finish this game worse than anything
destiny in the College World Series when Mike Went-
in my whole life," said Brummett, borrowing a page from
worth popped a pink piece of Bazooka bubble gum into
Winslow. "Nobody was gonna get in my way."
his mouth last Friday, read the comic that came with it,
After Brummett got the final out, Winslow hobbled onto the
and then let his eyes drop to the fortune: "Something mag-
field with his right leg in an inflatable cast and waved a crutch
ical will happen today."
in jubilation. And Pat Cedeno, a senior pitcher, had an I-told-
Hours later, Wentworth, a light-hitting catcher forced into
you-so grin on his face.
the Shockers' lineup by injuries, launched a
three-run homer just inside the rightfield
foul pole at Omaha's Rosenblatt Stadium.
That blow, off stunned Florida State ace
ANTHONY WESTE
Clyde Keller, tied the score and helped cat-
apult Wichita State to a 12-9 elimination-
game win over the top-seeded Seminoles.
The next day, in the championship game
against Texas-another Cinderella team-
Wentworth was only semimagical, hitting
two singles and scoring a run. His unex-
pected success, however, seemed to inspire
his teammates, especially shortstop Pat
Meares, whose two-run homer sealed a 5-3
victory. Said Meares, "It's unbelievable
how people kept picking us up--a different
guy every day."
Last Saturday's big emotional pickup
came from first baseman Bryant Winslow,
who had played for weeks with a painful
stress fracture in his right shin. In the fifth
inning he collided with Longhorn base run-
ner Lance Jones and fell to the ground
writhing in pain. But Shocker coach Gene
Stephenson couldn't persuade the stubborn
sophomore to quit. "I knew he couldn't
play, but he wouldn't come out." Stephen-
son said afterward.
"Tears were streaming down his face. I
Inspired by Wentworth's Bazooka blast, Meares burst Texas's bubble with a homer in the final.
finally gave in I told him to stand on the
bag and not try anything, and I'd decide what to do at the end
"Me and Wentworth have been looking at these fortunes all
of the inning."
week," Cedeno said, reaching into his pocket. "You saw the
On the next pitch, Winslow staggered when he tried to
weather today? Real cloudy?" He held out the fortune, which
plant his injured leg, and he realized he couldn't go on. He was
read: "A cloud with a silver lining hangs over your house."
helped off the field to a standing ovation, and as he left he told
"Hey," he said, beaming. "We chewed a lot of gum to get to
his teammates, "Don't you dare lose this game."
this fortune."
-JOHN GARRITY
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LENGTH: 1119 words
HEADLINE: WHEN RIGHT GOES WRONG;
FACED WITH RACIAL TENSION, COLLEGES DEBATE HOW FREE STUDENT SPEECH SHOULD BE
BYLINE: By LEE MITGANG, Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW YORK
BODY:
Stung by an outbreak of bigotry on U.S. campuses, universities are taking
steps to curb bias even if that means curbing free speech.
Civil rights advocates and civil libertarians, normally fast allies, have
become adversaries as schools try to limit the views students can express and
set penalties -- including expulsion in certain cases --- if those views slur
female, black or other minority students.
Such sanctions have stirred a bitter, highly complex debate within higher
education: Are anti-bias curbs likely to help, or hurt? Are college campuses so
different from the rest of society that students' First Amendment rights can be
abridged? Are colleges abdicating their role as bastions of ideas, no matter how
unpopular or even hateful? Finally, are anti-discrimination rules
constitutional?
"I don't believe freedom of speech on campus was designed to allow people to
demean others on campus," said Robert W. Ethridge, director of the equal
opportunity program at Emory University in Atlanta, which adopted anti-bias
rules last fall.
No Graffiti
"We just wanted to ensure that at a time when other universities were having
problems that we made it clear that we wouldn't tolerate graffiti on walls or
comments in classes," he said.
Many agree.
At Stanford University, where white students displayed a racist caricature of
Beethoven near black students' rooms last fall, minority students have been
pressing the school to enact sanctions for the last year.
The University of Wisconsin, where a white fraternity held a mack slave
auction last year, is considering anti-bias sanctions. The University of
Oklahoma is considering tightening existing ones.
But last month a University of Michigan graduate student sued his school with
the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, arguing that a recently
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enacted six-page anti-bias code is so broad it violates the First Amendment.
The student, identified only as John Doe in court papers, raised a
hypothetical question: Do Michigan's anti-bias rules bar a male student from
saying in class that men outperform women in a particular field?
Michigan's policy empowers the school to punish students guilty of
"discriminatory conduct" in classroom buildings, libraries and university
housing, but allows for more uninhibited speech in student publications and
open-air campus forums.
It details behavior deemed discriminatory: Any act that "stigmatizes or
victimizes an individual on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, handicap or
Vietnam-era veteran status."
Even Michigan's law school dean, Lee Bollinger, will not bet on who will
prevail in the lawsuit. "The case law on what speech can be restricted is quite
unclear,' he said.
The constitutional debate centers on the so-called = fighting words"
doctrine. The U.S. Supreme Court coined the term in a 1942 ruling, Chaplinsky
VS. New Hampshire, which stated that the First Amendment did not protect
"insulting or fighting' words those which by their very utterance inflict
injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace."
The justices reiterated that view in Brandenburg VS. Ohio in 1969, and in
Hess vs. Indiana in 1973.
The University of Wisconsin filed a brief last March to the state board of
regents and cited the = fighting words" doctrine as buttressing its proposed
anti-bias rules.
Students' Rights Protected
But in other decisions, the Supreme Court has protected students' rights --
even the right to protest the draft with obscene signs.
In Tinker V5. Des Moines Public Schools in 1969, the court upheld students'
right to wear black armbands to protest the Vietnam War because the schools
failed to show any evidence of serious disruption to the educational process.
But such apparently pro-free-speech rulings may also have 50wn the seeds for
restrictions. By inference, the court indicated it might sustain free-speech
curbs on campus, said Bollinger, if schools can show that certain speech leads
to "serious disruption" of education.
A 1988 Supreme Court ruling involving a Hazelwood, Mo., principal who
censored an article from his high school's newspaper held that "a school need
not tolerate student speech that is inconsistent with its basic educational
mission even though the government could not censor similar speech outside the
school."
The Hazelwood ruling left unclear, however, whether that principle applied
equally to colleges.
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At worst, civil libertarians fear a future where free-speech restrictions
could turn America's campuses into "re-education camps" where only
right-thinking people feel free to speak out.
"Does this mean you eventually ban a Louis Farrakhan, or a Meir Kahane,
because they might upset some students?" asked Sheldon E. Steinbach, vice
president and general counsel of the American Council on Education, the chief
Washington lobby for higher education.
"Where are campuses going if they cannot discuss issues openly, even in a
provocative manner? If you erect these kinds of potential punishments, aren't
you creating a chilling effect on free speech on campus? If I say the number of
Jews killed during the Holocaust was overstated, am I baiting? Will I be judged
post facto to have said something that is offensive?" Steinbach said.
Insults Commonplace
But the slights and insults minority students say are commonplace at all too
many campuses convinced at least one civil liberties advocate that anti-bias
restrictions are needed.
John Schwartz, a Dallas lawyer whose usual stock-in-trade is defending
newspapers in First Amendment suits, wound up drafting the University of
Michigan's anti-bias rules last spring.
Schwartz said in an interview that his bedrock allegiance to absolute First
Amendment rights was shaken after spending hours hearing black students at the
Ann Arbor campus. They described, among other things, how they felt after racist
jokes were broadcast over a university radio station last year.
"I think what tipped it for me was that I had been looking at the problem
wrong," he said. "I always thought that students ought to be able to shrug these
(racial) comments off. But minority students are incredibly isolated on a mostly
white campus. I was floored by the fact that minority students deal with this on
a regular basis."
To Bollinger and others, the essence of the debate gets down to what ideals
universities ought to represent:
"Should the university be the place in society where there is ultimate
protection of free speech, or is it a place where you want to preserve civility
and discourse? Those are two very different models, both with strong appeals,"
Bollinger said.
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LENGTH: 252 words
HEADLINE: Stanford Seeks Only to Curb Insulting Epithets;
Fighting Words
BODY:
To the Editor:
A number of universities are attempting to deal with racial slurs and other
unfortunate remarks (front page, April 25), which leads to the fear that
attempts to control this will lead to a curbing of freedom of speech in the
university.
In dealing with such situations, the United States Supreme Court evolved the
concept of fighting words - that is, words that fall outside the protection of
the First Amendment. In Chaplinsky V. New Hampshire (315 United States 568) the
Court developed the idea of fighting words. At issue was the action of a
Jehovah's Witness in calling a police officer a ''God damned Fascist'' and a
''damn Fascist.
The Court agreed that such language could constitutionally be prohibited
because these were ''insulting or fighting words - those which by their very
utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace.
The Court added further that these words are not ''in any proper sense
communication of information or opínion safeguarded by the Constitution.
Almost 20 years earlier in Schenck V. the United States (249 United States
47, 1919) Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, writing for the Court, contended that
speech becomes punishable only when there is a ''clear and present danger.
Such unfortunate language as has been used on some campuses would seem to create
a clear and present danger in relations between the two communities and could
precipitate violent reactions.
SAMUEL A. PLEASANTS
Teaneck, N.J., May 2, 1989
TYPE: Letter
SUBJECT: FREEDOM OF SPEECH; CENSORSHIP; MINORITIES (ETHNIC, RACIAL, RELIGIOUS);
DISCRIMINATION; BLACKS (IN US)
ORGANIZATION: STANFORD UNIVERSITY
NAME: PLEASANTS, SAMUEL A
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