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By DAVID WALKER
We usually like to devote our Batt
sports pages to coverage of college
athletics but I’m going to jump away
from the college ranks for the sec
ond time in a row to talk about the
Astros.
As I reported last week the Hous
ton Astros are close to financial
ollapse. I also reported that they
would be sold by the end of last
week or early this week.
Well, those two times have come
and gone and there has been no
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been sold.
There is still trouble in Astrotown
and the Astros are hurting for mon
ey just as bad this week as they
were last week. I don’t have any
concrete reason to give you on why
the team wasn t sold but you can
bet it will be.
One possible reason is the Astro-
world deal. The principle stock
holder of the Astros is Roy Hof-
einz, who owns Astroworld. He
recently dumped the Wonderful
World of Fun on the Six Flags
people for twenty years at two
million a year.
While two million a year would
probably hold me over it could
just be saving the Astros. It would
depend on how much, if any, mon
ey was in the deal for the immediate
taking. Meaning if the two million
for this year has already been given
to the Astro boss it could be enough
to keep the team under his hat for
awhile.
★★★
Some people are screaming for
the head of Astro manager Preston
Gomez while others want the same
from general manager Spec Rich
ardson. One Houston paper last
week facetiously said that it could
even be equipment manager Jimmy
Lake’s fault.
Everyone wants the head of the
boss but no one seems to know who
the boss is. Some say Hofeinz runs
the show, some say Richardson
some say Gomez. One thing is for
sure, you are never going to have
a winner until the manager runs it.
You have to have a manager who has
control of his players and their
respect. You’ve got to have a owner
who does nothing but own and a
general manager who works closely
with the manager.
If Hofeinz does run the show then
the Astros can never be expected
to do any better than .500. As for
Richardson it all depends to what
extent he operates the team and for
the field manager Gomez, he is the
only one who has his work out in
the open for everyone to see. It’s
not really fair to the manager,
especially in this case where it is
doubted as to just how much he is
really allowed to do.
★★★
It’s kind of sad to see the Hofeinz
baseball career to end this way.
(If it does end) The man is respon-
ible for getting pro baseball to Texas
back in the early 60’s. The Astro
dome was his idea and the building
of it was his baby. He has given
the state of Texas and the city of
Houston the number one tourist
attraction in the Great Southwest
for the past ten years and at times
an exciting baseball team full of
promise. It’s too bad, but if Hofeinz
does in fact run the Astros like
Bud Adams runs the Oilers it is just
as well that he does step down be
fore the entire Astro organization
has to have a complete overhaul,
if it’s not too late already.
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Wedermann takes honors
College Station Swim Club
gets fifth at invitational
Lakers get Jabbar,
lose four in trade-off
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kareem
Abdul-Jabhar, three times an All-
American at UCLA and three times
the Most Valuable Player in the Na
tional Basketball Association at
Milwaukee, became a Los Angeles
Laker Monday in a trade that sent
four players to the Bucks.
Jabbar, 28, signed a 5-year,
multi-million dollar contract with
the Lakers in the deal that sent
center Elmore Smith, reserve
guard Brian Winters and two 1975
first round-draft choices, 6-foot-8
Dave Meyers and 6-5 Junior
Bridgeman to the Bucks.
Besides Jabbar, Los Angeles also
received his backup at center with
Milwaukee, 6-11 Walt Wesley.
Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke
announced the trade in a news con
ference on the floor of the Forum.
Li|hts were extinguished and a
spotlight played on Abdul-Jabbar as
he entered the arena he now will
call home.
He is expected to make at least
$500,000 a year with the Lakers al
though no one, including the 7-3
center, would divulge details of the
pact except its length.
“In my opinion, he is the best
basketball player in the world today
and as far as I know he could be the
best basketball player of all time,”
Cooke said.
Jabbar said, “Everybody has pat
ted me on the back on coming here,
and I hope I can live up to it. I think
I can.”
Long-rumored, the trade has
been in the works several weeks. A
stumbling block was that Mil
waukee demanded that both All-
American Meyers of UCLA and
Bridgeman of Louisville be signed
to contracts before the exchange
could be consumated.
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The College Station Swim Club
(CSSC) placed fifth among 17 teams
in the weekend College Station In
vitational Championship Swim
Meet at Art Adamson Municipal
Pool.
Don Wedermann of CSSC took
individual high-point honors in the
top boys senior “A” division. He was
first in the 50, 100 and 200 meter
freestyle and 100 meter butterfly
and second in the 200 fly.
The North Houston Dolphins
won the team championship, fol
lowed by Bayshore (Pasadena), Au
stin Aquatic, Dads Club (Houston)
land CSSC, among the top finishers.
Other CSSC award-winners in
the boys senior “A” division were
Ed Kahil, fourth in the 100 breast
and fifth in the 100 fly; Mark
Robeck, fourth in the 100 fly and
fifth in the 100 free; and Chris
Stephenson, sixth in both the 200
and 400 free. Bill Harper was sec
ond in the senior “B” 50 free. In the
“B” division for boys 10 and under,
Ricky Pietras placed first in the 50
free and second in the 100 free. His
brother, Robby, was fifth in the 50
free. J. Axley was eighth in 11-12
age “B” 100 backstroke.
In the girls events, Olgi Oliver
was second in the “A” senior girls
free, third in the “A” 50 free, “A”
200 free and “B” 100 back and
seventh in the “A” 100 breast.
Mann tops
LPGA field
by 2 shots
MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — Carof
Mann, handling heavy winds that
destroyed her inexperienced rivals,
scored her 35th Ladies Professional
Golf Association victory Sunday,
grabbing the $50,000 Medina Open
by two shots.
The 34-year-old LPGA president
failed to let winds gusting to 40
miles per hour bother her. She
posted a two-over-par 74 for a
54-hole total of 217, one over on the
Weymouth Valley Country Club
course.
That gave her a two-stroke mar
gin over Judy Rankin, another vete
ran who breezed by the faltering
young contenders. She had 219,
shooting a closing 74. Sandra
Palmer, leading 1975 money win
ner, finished with a 72 for third
place at 220.
Meanwhile, newcomers Jo Ann
Washam, Cathy Postlewait and
Laura Baugh couldn’t cope with the
gusty conditions and fell from con
tention for their first tour victories.
Cindy Hallaran was first in the
senior “B” 100 back, third in the “B”
100 breast, fourth in the “A” 200
breast and sixth in the “A” 100 free.
Donna Dotson was seventh in the
“A” 100 free. Bonnie Bryant was
sixth in the “B” 50 backstroke for
ages 10 and under, seventh in
the“B” 50 breast and eighth in the
“B” 50 free.
In relays, second place in both
the freestyle and medley went to
the senior boys “B” team of
Wedermann, Dennis Light, Larry
Scheuckler, and Tom Sanders.
Seventh and eighth place finishes
were chalked up by the “A” team of
Robeck, Stephenson, Kahil and
David Stewart. The boys 10 and
under team, which included Vau
ghn Bryant, Chris Trost and the
Pietras brothers, placed third. The
senior girls “A” team placed
seventh, consisting of Hallaran,
Oliver and Donna and Diana Dot-
son. The girls 10 and under medley
team took second. It included Bon
nie Bryant, Diane Conway, Kim
Galindo and Becky Van Doren.
The meet was jointly sponsored
by CSSC, the City of College Sta
tion Parks and RecreationDepart-
ment and the College Station Re
creation Council.
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each steak in our own batter, fry it to a golden brown
and deliver it to your table hot and ready to eat. The
chicken fried plate also includes a generous serving of
french fries, fresh green salad and a roll.
And the price is about the same you’ve been paying
for a pre-breaded steak: $1.95.
If you like chicken fried steak (and nearly every
Aggie does) you’ll find a home at the 3-C Corral.
3-C Corral
29th Street to Barak Lane
Across from Bryan High School
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