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sports THE BATTALION THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1978 Page 9 rophy finalists don’t like play offs United Press International HOUSTON — The four Lom- di Award finalists all say the col- e football season is long enough Jd should not be prolonged by a 1 ntional championship playoff. ' re flBrad Shearer of the University of "" Texas says, simply, the national mpionship is not worth all the omotion. All the rankings are for the press way. It’s all for fun and publicity, iple shouldn’t live and die by it,” e all-American defensive tackle d Wednesday. “This year was an cellent year for the press. In the jeseason polls, they picked Notre lame to be No. 1.” [Shearer could be excused for iwnplaying the status of a national lampion since his Texas Long- jirns lost the nation’s top ranking to [Dtre Dame in a 38-10 Cotton Bowl feat Jan. 2. Ken MacAfee, the Irish’s pre- ere tight end, naturally dis- rl(l reeC *' intlSl “I personally would have thrown 3es * I the personal awards out the win- yCT shifts m dow to achieve the national cham pionship,” MacAfee said. “But I think a playoff would put profes sionalism into college athletics. Plus every team in the playoffs would run into problems with finals.” MacAfee, Irish teammate Ross Browner, Shearer and Kentucky’s Art Still are the candidates to re ceive the Lombardi Award Thurs day night as the outstanding line man in the country. Browner and Still, two giant de fensive ends, shared MacAfee’s dis like of a playoff system similar to the one used by the pros. “If you have a playoff,” Browner said, “Sooner or later people will start thinking that going to college is just for football. Browner is a Lombardi finalist for the second straight year and he ap peared to have the inside track to win the award, which is named for the late Vince Lombardi. “I don’t necessarily think I will win it,” Browner said. “The voting was done before the end of the sea son. Heck, at that time Texas was No. 1. All four of the finalists made great contributions to their teams. I’m thrilled to be a finalist twice.” Browner is only the second player in the seven-year history of the award to repeat as a finalist. Ne braska s Rich Glover won the Lom bardi following the 1972 season after being named a finalist the season be fore. Wilson Whitley of Houston was last year’s winner. Ohio State is the only school to boast two Lombardi winners. Jim Stillwagon 1970 and John Hicks 1973 won the award. The other pre vious winners were Notre Dame’s Walt Patulski 1971, Glover, Mary land’s Randy White 1974 and Okla homa’s LeRoy Selmon 1975. Following this past season, Shearer was the recipient of the Outland Trophy as the outstanding college lineman. Five of the past seven Lombardi winners were Out land winners. MacAfee was awarded the Walter Camp Trophy as the outstanding of fensive lineman following this sea son. The Lombardi is selected by a cross section of 82 sportswriters and collegiate head coaches. brmat ynoti United Press International KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The ?00,000 WCT-World Doubles ampionship is changing its format the 1978 tournament with a shift m single elimination to round- iin competition. |The new format would guarantee :h of the eight teams a minimum three matches at the richest dou- is competition in the world. The irnament will run May 3-7 with 10,000 going to the winner, 000 to the loser and between 1,000 and $19,000 to each of the laining six teams, n extra session Saturday evening be added to the 1978 tourna- mt agenda and the total number matches will increase from eight in 1977 to 13 this year. Dick ikton and Vijay Amritraj teamed win the 1977 tournament. he field will be divided into two Ur-team sections. Each team will tty the three other teams in its own ptor once and the team with the St record in each section at the |d of round-robin play will ad- Ve into the finals. ylfany number of teams are tied &|the best record in their section, |re is a three step formula to de- de the championship game partici- mt: 1, head-to-head competition; I total sets won; and 3, total games 'On, Bound-robin competition will e place the first three days of the ornament with two matches ednesday and three on both mrsday and Friday. GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK, AGGIE! It looks like a great year tor the Texas Aggies The Dallas Morning News 822-3191 SUBSCRIBE TODAY SEMESTER RATE: $6.60 SPRING SEMESTER (Excludes Spring Break) Jan. 16 - May 5 Subscribe now to The Dallas Morning News. s Books (formerly Simon’s Paperback’s) Paperbacks 3529 Texas Ave. Price Ridgecrest Center 10-5:30 (T.-S.) 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