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CARNABY SQUARE Page 8 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1978 A Rose by the same name United Press International NEW YORK — If'you asked Pete Rose to choose between his kids, like most fathers, he wouldn’t. He’d tell you he’s crazy about them both. Fawn, his 13-year-old daughter, and Pete, Jr., his 8-year- old son. But all his hopes, all his dreams, are clearly entwined with devilish, captivating young Pete, who wears a replica of his father’s Cincinnati uni form practically to bed with him and is a major leaguer in the making if ever you saw one. The two kids could be one of the reasons Pete Rose and his wife, Karolyn, are back together again. They had broken up briefly, but the Reds third baseman says the prob lem is all over. “It was my fault,’ he admits. “She’s a good lady. Sometimes I think she’s too good for me. ” Rose’s wife was with him for the All-Star Game in San Diego and so was Pete, Jr., wearing his uniform that Frank Torre, vice-president of Rawlings, had specially made for him. Young Pete was never more than a few feet away from his father’s side ;in the clubhouse before last Tuesday night’s contest in San Diego and for that, the man the Reds’ switch- hitter had to thank was National League manager Tom Lasorda. “He let my little boy come into >—} If your style is fashion, but not faddish . . . femi nine, but not frilly . . . and the look of quality is impor tant, then we've got the coat for you. A whole collection of them. Extra-touch detail ing gives them a European flavor, a new contemporary flair. If you're the kind of woman we have in mind, you'll want to see them all./ ASK ABOUT OUR LAYAWAY PLAN SALE 20% OFF the clubhouse and I’ll never forget him for that,” said an appreciative Rose, shining his baseball shoes in front of his locker before the game. “I told him (Lasorda) I didn’t want Petey to get in the way and he said to me, T love the kid.’ “I said to him, Are you sure it’s no imposition for him to be in the clubhouse, because I can under stand how it would be if all the ballplayers brought their kids in,’ but he told me it was perfectly all right.” Until this season, Pete Rose’s boy had been a familiar figure in the Reds’ clubhouse in Cincinnati, but now it’s different. Sparky Anderson, the Reds’ manager, laid down a rule whereby the players children are al lowed in the dressing room only after a game, and then only if the Reds win. “I don’t blame Sparky,” Rose said. “I have a lot of respect for him, but I think this new rule of his all goes back to winning and losing. One day last season after we lost a ballgame, Sparky walked through the clubhouse and saw 25 people in it he didn’t even know. He said, ‘That’s it. From now on, no unau thorized people in the clubhouse. No exceptions. I told him I didn’t think he could put a member of my family in the same class as outsiders. He said if he made an exception for one, he’s have to do it for all and he wasn’t going to do that.” For the last few years, Rose’s son accompanied his father to spring training in Tampa, Fla., and served as bat boy for the Reds. This spring the boy made every exhibition trip with the club until the Reds traveled across the state to Fort Lauderdale and Anderson said no children would be allowed. “It broke the kid’s heart,’’ Rose said. T said to Sparky that one of the advan tages of being a ballplayer is that you can expose your son to baseball. That didn’t make him change his mind, though. “Look,” Rose added, getting back to the present, “I want my boy to he a ballplayer. Why would I want him to be anything else? It was good enough for me, wasn’t it? It’s a great life. ” At that moment, Pete, Jr., walked over to his father. He had just come from Lasorda’s private office in the home team dressing room in San Diego Stadium. “Mr. Lasorda’s gonna make a trade for you,” the boy told his old man. “You want me to go? Rose asked, still shining his shoes. “No,” said Pete, Jr. When the youngster ran off again. Rose put the shoes inside his locker and talked about his boy some more. “Petey said he wants me to be a Dodger instead of a Red. I never heard him say a thing like that." Doctor J in spoil United Press International HOLLYWOOD — Julius Liv ing, the razzle-dazzle Dr J. of the Philadelphia 76ers, will make his movie debut in a musical comedy called The Fish I hat Saved Pittsburgh,” it was an nounced last week. The film is budgeted at $4 mil lion and will feature other NBA stars and Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters. Erv- ing and Lemon will come to Hol lywood for rehearsals this week and shooting will start in Pittsburgh July 3i Jerry I at kanian t * v t;rsit> of Nevada will serve as teoC In the film, Ervii'^O'* will be members 10 F basketball team Pittsburgh Pisces I on hard times, fak doing poorly at thti 14-year-old boy , ow ue, to rebuild hi* Living with 1 the Pi set O’Shaughnessy hono\5 United Prc*» International MISSION, Kan. — Ni O’Shaughnessy, who won sev Southwest Conference indivldi track championships as an undi graduate at the University of Arki sas, has been awarded a po graduate scholarship from t NCAA. The $1,500 award was one of Tht r ALL FUR, WOOLS AND ALL WEATHER COATS NOW ON SALE THROUGH JULY 31 CARNABY SQUARE ltd. CULPEPPER PLAZA* COLLEGE STATION Q BEER GARDEN Hi* 4410 COLLEGE MAIN 4 BLOCKS NORTH OF CAMPUS FEATURING LIVE ENTERTAINMENT THUR. - FRI. - SAT. OPEN STAGE WEDNESDAY GOOD FOOD & COLD DRINKS HORSE SHOE PITCHIN’ PORCH SWINGS OPEN FOR LUNCH 11 A.M. (SUN. 4 P.M.) 30 tf/NUTt FREE DELM ttalic s ini 846-7785 Will There Be Blood If You Need It? LLAS •k up used .... only if there’s a volunteer donor to provide it. Like yourself. Blood has to come from another human being. It cannot be manufactured. You can be that volunteer donor on July 19-20. That’s when the Texas A&M Blood Club has its Summer blood drive. Wadley Central Blood Bank is proud to have been associated with this Man tradition of service to humanity during the past 18 years. We look forward to continuing to participate in^4^' the Texas A&M Blood Club drives for s »f r many years to come .... and we join Mind 11 with all Texans in saluting this )“{* unparalleled gesture of generosity anCim*' concern for one's fellow man! AGGIE BLOOD DRIVE JULY 19 and 20 LOCATION: MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER TIME: 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. O