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Show Page C4 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Wednesday, November 4, 1992 Female alleges win a round in court ' :- ( ' . - - By JEFFREY BAIR Associated Press Writer t r The score is PITTSBURGH 1 state a female athletes , university 0 in efforts to level the playing field for both sexes. U.S. District Judge Maurice Cohill on Monday ordered Indiana University of Pennsylvania to restore funding for women's gymnastics and field hockey. "We plan to go over all elements of the case carefully with our counsel to determine what, if any, our next legal steps will be," IUP spokesman William Swauger EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. said today. The New Jersey Nets tradIndiana, which has about 14,000 (AP) students, pleaded poverty in Au- ed Mookie Blaylock to the Atlanta Hawks for Rumeal Robinson togust when it dropped the two women's teams along with men's soc- day, thus giving the starting point cer and tennis to save $350,000. job guard to Kenny Anderson. In addition, the Nets sent injured The nationally ranked football hockforward the over team promptly took Roy Hinson to the Hawks. Hinson did not play last season field for ey practices. Football coach Frank Cignetti is because of a knee injury and has also the athletic director and has seen limited action over the past three years. said IUP aspires to become a memthe The move effectively makes Anber of NCAA Division next highest level of competition. derson a starter for new coach Chuck Daly, just one year after the The Indians have reached the Divisecond pick in the 1991 draft spent sion II playoffs the last three sea mm. ; t ? v u;;- - ' s - j '.M ' 'If ' I i .... - r- V f ! r i - L - The judge said while football and basketball bring IUP cash and A group that tracks Title IX cases applauded Cohill's ruling and agreed with the judge that removing the programs worsened an al- e sports represtige, main important for education and student life. Schandelmeier, of Altoona, agreed. "It was something that enhanced my whole college experience from managing my time to a break from studies to exercise," lower-profil- ready unequal balance among men's and women's sports. "If you cut something when one party had less to begin with, that's clearly not equal," said Kathryn Reid, advocacy director for the Women's Sports Foundation. she said. In a reading of his ruling, Cohill rattled off statistics like a baseball junkie and described IUP as a place where male jocks and their field generals get most of the breaks. te Nets, Hawks swap three players :'; f 7 sons with no championships. Cohill said money problems and a desire for football prestige were not excuses for violating U.S. Title IX, a federal law that forbids sex discrimination at schools like Indiana that get federal money. "The judge is saying that IUP was way out of line," said Wendy Schandelmeier, a junior gymnast who on Oct. 5 sued IUP with three other women after the cutbacks. - - most of his rookie season sitting on the bench under Bill Fitch. Blaylock, the No. 12 pick from Oklahoma in the 1989 draft, averaged 13.8 points and 6.8 assists in 72 games last season. He is expected to start for the Hawks. Robinson, whose claim to fame at Michigan was making two free throws against Seton Hall that gave the Wolverines the 1989 NCAA "Men's athletics have reaped the benefits said. of favoritism," Cohill For example, Cohill said: Before the cuts, men held 62 percent of roster spots and reof athletic scholarships. The women's share of roster spots dropped to 36.5 percent after IUP's move. About 55 percent of IUP's student body is ceived 79 percent championship, averaged 13 points and 5.5 assists last season. Robinson, the 10th pick in the 1990 draft, plays both point and shooting guard. J i AP Photo m North Carolina basketball trainer Bobby Dawson proudly displays the shoes Magic Johnson gave him after Friday's LakersCavs Johnson's final NBA game. game in the Dean Smith Center Spectators didn't know, but preseason tilt was Magic's last NBA game '. ; By TOM FOREMAN AP Sports Writer ; Jr. - What Phil ..RALEIGH, N.C. Ford thought would be the start of Magic Johnson's second run at an NBA career is now a game Ford can share with his grandchildren. "1 think it's one of those types of things where you get someone .who's going to be a legend. I think it's an honor." said Ford, assistant basketball coach at North Carolina. "Twenty-fiv- e years from now, you can say you saw Magic Johnson play." Johnson, who returned to the LaI.ers in September after missing last season with the AIDS virus, announced his permanent retirement Monday from the NCA be- American point guard at North Carolina who along with a group of spectators lingered after the game to get Johnson's autograph in the Lakers' lockerroom. For UNC trainer Bobby Dawson, Johnson's retirement takes on new meaning. Dawson was working in the Lakers' lockerroom after the game when he noticed Johnson had left his basketball shoes behind. Dawson gathered them and then got a Johnson signed the surprise shoes and gave them to the senior from LaG range, N.C. "It seemed like I had died and went to heaven. I've been his No. fan in North Carolina," Dawson said Monday afternoon. "I wanted him to sign some cards I had. When he gave me the shoes, I wanted to cry , real ly . " Dawson said he's hardly slept since he's received the shoes, and he greeted word of Johnson's announcement with mixed emotions. 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