1998 Volume 121 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

Baseball
The day before he was scheduled to pitch
Cincinnati's opening game, Dave Burba,
Ohio State '88, was traded to Cleveland
and joined the Indians' starting rotation.
Mike Timlin, Southwestern '88,
started his seventh big league season as
a middle inning reliever for the Seattie
Mariners.
Mark Brandenburg, Texas Tech '92, opened the season
on the Texas Rangers' disabled list and had not been able
to pitch as of mid-June.
Los Angeles Dodgers' farmhand Dan Hubbs, Southern
California '93, began his third season as a relief specialist
with Albuquerque of the Pacific Coast League.
In his third year with a Colorado Rockies farm team is
third baseman Clint Bryant, Texas Tech '96, who is with Salem
of the Carolina League. Bryant was a Harmon-Rice-
Davis and Troutman Trophy recipient in 1996, the first time
both major Phi sports awards went to the same person.
After missing last season with an injury, lefty Matt Miller,
Texas Tech '96, a former Tigers second round pick, is off to a
good 5-3 start with West Michigan of the Midwest League.
Pitcher Jeff Andrews, Davidson '96, is with the expansion
Arizona Diamondbacks' South Bend farm club of the Midwest
League (where his manager is Roly deArmas, Georgia
Southern '77).
Administrators
Completing a successful first year as commissioner of the
Atiantic Coast Conference was John Swofford, North Carolina
'71. He had served as director of athletics at his alma
mater for 17 years, beginning in 1980, and was instrumental
in building the UNC program into one of the nation's most
successful.
Named as athletic director at the University of Oklahoma
in late April was Joe Castiglione,
Maryland '79. He had spent the previous
17 years in Missouri's athletic
department and had been Mizzou
athletic director since 1994.
At the end of the school year. Rich
Lucas, Penn State '60, retired after
many years as an assistant athletic
director at his alma mater. A 1959
All-America quarterback, he played
two seasons with the Buffalo Bills of
the AFL and was a 1986 inductee into
the College Football Hall of Fame.
Mildren
On June 11, Jack Mildren, Oklahoma '72 was inducted in
the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame. A former
Sugar Bowl MVP, he played three years in the NFL as a defensive
back and later became lieutenant governor of Oklahoma
before making a run for governor in 1994.
Phi Doak Walker struggling after January ski accident
BEFORE IT WAS FASHIONABLE TO STRIKE THE "HEISMAN "
pose in the end zone in college football there was a man
who was so lionized they had to add 20,000 seats to the
Cotton Bowl just to accommodate the people who wanted
to see him. Fifty years ago, they gave him the Heisman
Trophy not just for great passing or rushing stats, but for
leading college football in rusthing, passing, punting,
punt returning, kick returning, field goals, extra points
and interceptions.
That man is Doak Walker, SMU '50. He is strugging to
do the simpliest tasks following a skiing accident in Colorado
this past January. He severely bruised his brain stem
and is unable to walk and must talk though a tube, according
to Rick Reilly's column in the May 18th issue of
Sports Illustrated. Reilly reflected on Brother Walker's endearing
humble style.
"He was so shifty you couldn't have tackled him in a
phone booth, yet so humble that he wrote the Associated
Press a thank-you note for naming him an All-America,"
Reilly wrote.
Walker is a refreshing contrast to today's prima donna
athletes.
An accident this
winter has left
gridiron hero Doak
Walker unable to
move. Fax him best
wishes from Phi
Delta Theta: (303)
789-8330.
Brother Walker was one of seven charter members inducted
into the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame in late May. The
first Heisman Trophy winner to play in the Cotton Bowl, he
was the game's MVP in both 1948 and 1949. He was represented
by family members at the induction.
In his SI column, Reilly suggests faxing Doak Walker best
wishes as he struggles through his rehabilitation. The
number is: (303) 789-8330.
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