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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 1976 Page 7 Metcalf talks about shootout By TONY GALLUCCI Battalion Staff Writer T’m sure it’ll be a real good ballgame. There’s a lot at stake,” was the appraisal of Head Basketball Coach Shelby Metcalf at a press con ference Wednesday afternoon. Metcalf did not comment at length on the proceedings of the night be fore when the Aggies lost a hard- fought game against SMU appa rently due to the inadequacies of the officials. Metcalf reiterated earlier com ments about the Tech game being the game that mattered, ie; the game of the season. It is the big matchup yet to be played this year with the two teams in a virtual tie for first place, each with two losses. Tech Injunction blocks transfer of Giants Photo by Steve Krauss The Ags face Texas Tech here Saturday in a crucial match. aseball negotiatovs meet Associated Press HEW YORK — Negotiators for league baseball owners and 'Players Association met again Rlnesday with the owners pre- iting a new proposal on the con- [ersial reserve clause, hey presented an idea . . . not ^nprehensive one, but something to consider,” said Marvin Mil- lexecutive director of the Players iation. John Gaherin, chief negotiator for Owners, termed the atmosphere Wednesday’s meeting as “con- ctive.” lid that mean progress had been 5? Bfs hard to say,” said Miller. Meanwhile, time is becoming a ior factor in the start of spring ing. be owners have played it coy so refusing to announce camp re- :ing dates but denying that they sing the opening of training as a tiating tactic. rivately, however, some of them lave pledged not to open camp until " contract agreement is reached. ' They point to 1972 when camps | pened while negotiations con- j niied and the players struck just 1 lefore the start of the regular season, i If camps do not open on time, pibition games could be canceled, quitting into an important source of lerfMamc for the clubs. At the same .(jdiinje, however, the teams would ( lave training camp expenses by (eeping the doors shut. he Players Association is an- ed at the cat-and-mouse game ing played over spring training. [Her has scheduled a six-city, week tour beginning Monday to late players on the current status alks. )!V i The player relations cpmmittee said Wednesday it would follow Mil ler to continue negotiations. Ses sions have been set for Friday in New York, termed by the owners as “lucky Friday, the 13th.” Then the two sides will meet in Los Angeles next Monday and Wednesday, and back in New York on Saturday, Feb. 21. Talks so far have been monopolized by the controversial re serve clause, an issue that has kept the players and owners constantly at odds over the last few years. At the heart of the matter is the decision of arbitrator Peter Seitz granting free agent status to pitchers Andy Mes- sersmith and Dave McNally. That decision was upheld by Judge John W. Oliver in Kansas City last week, but the owners have said they would appeal that ruling to the Circuit Court. The players have suggested that all other matters involved in the ex pired basic agreement be negotiated first with a reopener clause in the agreement enabling the parties to deal with the reserve clause later. The owners have rejected that idea, preferring to deal with the most troublesome issue first. Miller has argued that continued litigation would delay the negotia tions. Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Former major league owner Robert Short and San Francisco businessman Robert Lurie brought an $8-million offer for the San Francisco Giants to court Wednesday and Judge John E. Benson issued an injunction block ing the proposed transfer of the baseball team to Toronto. Short and Lurie were brought to gether at the last moment by San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, who took the stand first in Wednes day’s Superior Court hearing and re vealed their bid, which would match the basic offer of the Canadian group that includes Labatt’s Breweries. The offer by Short, former owner of the American League’s Texas Rangers, and Lurie, a member of the Giants’ board of directors, was not available in writing at the hearing. But Short said from the witness stand, “I’d be glad to do that if you’d give me four or five minutes.” The Canadian offer of $13.25 million — including $5.25 million set aside for court costs — was accepted in principle Jan. 9 by Giants Presi dent Horace Stoneham and the team’s board of directors. But a tem porary restraining order obtained by the city three days later prevented the Giants from taking the offer to other National League owners for approval. The Short-Lurie offer is subject to acceptance by the current Giants ownership and to the approval of the league. Lurie, besides being on the team’s board of directors, is a close friend of National League President Chub Feeney. Short and Lurie met with a Giants’ attorney, James Hunt, immediately after the court hearing. National League owners are scheduled to meet next Wednesday in Chicago, and 9 of the other 11 owners in the league must give approval for accep tance of any sale. Short moved the Washington Senators to Texas in 1972 and sold his interest in that franchise in 1974. The City of San F rancisco, in seek ing the preliminary injunction issued Wednesday, had cited the Giants’ 35-year lease to play in city-owned Candlestick Park, specific wording in which Stoneham promised the team would play nowhere else through 1994. Short and Lurie said they would be equal partners in ownership of the Giants and would start interviewing candidates for the vacant manager’s job as soon as possible. Spring train ing is scheduled to open in two weeks. /uptnamb* SP gains first place numerically by vir tue of a one game advantage in the win column. Metcalf emphasizes the wider playing range of Tech, “They’re re ally deep. Geolf Houston’s playing good which gives them additional depth at guard. And this kid, J.C. Eakins has really come on for them. He wasn’t eligible until the term, and he didn’t play against us up there (Lubbock). ” In answering a question about how the teams will match up, Metcalf re- plied, “Well, I don’t know how Tech’s gonna start. ” Two Red Raider starters have been hospitalized re cently with the flu. Rudy Liggins and Grady Newton however did get some playing time in against Texas on Tuesday and might conceivably be back in the starting lineup against A&M. “There’s no doubt it’ll be more de liberate. I look for it to be one of those games where both teams get down in the trenches and battle it out,” said Metcalf. Bullock? “I think Bullock is one of the premier players in the confer ence. Pie’s always played well against us,” concluded Metcalf. Bul lock scored 31 in a losing effort against the Aggies in Lubbock. The game will be the second televised game for the Aggies this season, both against Tech, and according to Met calf, “It’s gonna be aclose ballgame. ” WANT AN ENGINEERING CAREER THAT’S DIFFERENT? 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