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THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1976 Page 7 t JCl U.S.^ sail llo n cony .“OfW !,000 woil ^Idl ^ ihe law o' said, in wliidi' the sports Mighty strikes Pete out United Press International Pete Rose’s seven-week odys- in pursuit of Joe DiMaggio’s untouchable 56-game hitting ship t slrak has ended, but while it ich a stnBted vvas a joyous sidelight in a luseball summer. union'sLarry McWilliams surew|j P l i Gene Garber having taken ig to ai tlmr place alongside Jim Bagby altenJd Al Smitli in the record loks, Rose, the Cincinnati Reds ■d everyone else can get back to Hat the baseball season is ulti mately all about — pennant Hes. ..■McWilliams, the rookie iTt/squthpaw, and Garber, the ^ \iflilarded sidearmer, comhined to Hickle Rose with an 0-for-4, appm'iHting the 37-year old marvel’s ummitteiHtmg streak at 44 games Tues- H' night, while their Atlanta uldcam Bjave teammates were pounding one siM out 21 hits en route to a 16-4 drubbing of the Reds. "Of course I’m disappointed,” said Rose, who will have to settle for a share of the alltime National League consecutive-game hitting streak with Wee Willie Keeler. "I knew it was going to end someday and it’s just as well it happened in a 16-4 game we lost, than to have my strikeout hap pen in a 1-0 game where it might have meant the difference.” The strikeout Rose referred to was his last attempt. After Garber struck out Junior Ken nedy and Vic Correll to start the ninth inning. Rose came to the plate for one more chance — but went down swinging on a 2-2 count to end his challenge to DiMaggio, which began back on June 14. O’Brien sets deadline United Press International HOUSTON — If the offer isn’t to the liking of the Golden State War riors, NBA Commissioner Law rence O’Brien will designate how the Houston Rockets should com pensate the Warriors for signing their star forward, Rick Barry. In a directive issued Tuesday, O’Brien said if a settlement was not reached by Monday he would as sume "complete jurisdiction.’’ Houston must re-pay Golden State in any combination of draft choices, players or cash. Negotiations between Rockets President Ray Patterson and Golden State’s Scotty Stirling, assistant to the president, reportedly were nowhere near a resolution. One Houston newspaper report said Stirling sought starting guard John LuCctts and starting center Moses Malone for Barry. Rockets Coach Tom Nissalke said the tranfer of a player to a different team vis an invitation to become a defendant in a lawsuit. “I think a player would have a good lawsuit if he were awarded as dl hxk ise iean Anil ifefending champ faces . D.| TWS competition lire, 'gpand eredtl* isive sq groups i is 2Q-w_ ii H eleventh race for the In- prize money during last season, h dmApo/ij Championship cars of the H’ s ULS season started on a sour the i, L'(< / States Auto Club Citicorp note at Phoenix March 18 as he spun h, saiiflffif Texas Grand Prix, will hi J , ~ in wnaHflt Texas World Speedway, $17.5 J of College Station, on Sun- m iis, the S ( •cond Annual Texas Ik/ Prix will he a 200-mile race M m world’s fastest speedway. k is the second in a series of Ik on the top contenders ex- mi to compete in Sunday’s race, «/»/»H ii scheduled to start at 3:15 inf loin Sneva is the defending ‘ncv ■'# n Gup winner and the big 1 tin! front of his new Norton Spirit "WereHe is emblematic of his winning HtakeiBsHT USAC National (diam ine.'’ fc 1 ' raseviVyear, Sneva became the first j n g ai jS to officially shatter the 2(X) (t , n h iphniark at the Indianapolis Motor I imiBway, winning the pole start- comi 'g spot for the Indy 5(X) and then ^Hing second to A.J. Foyt in the nee. Itself. He also placed third at ,,, i«,California 500 after winning the nn inaefev 500 at Pocono, Pi-nn., to M , aim the Triple Crown honor. This Ij tiarlie set a new qualifying record lifey taking the pole at 202.156 phland finished second in the jjneva earned the 1973 National Ipionship “Rookie of the Year rorand also set a blazing trail for Ppring Car competitors that sea- Jvinning six features in a rear- led sprinter. 'pc has started five of the seven bpionship races run at Texas I Tom Sneva |d Speedway to date and is the Tiding champion in the Texas Bd Prix. He ranks fifth among ; drivers who have competed at |S. leva was the second biggest ty winner in 1977 US AG rae- tmassing a total of $311,693 in out on lap 12 and placed last in the 22-car field, but he came hack in the California 200 to place second. Smooth and a consistent top finisher, Sneva finished second in the Coors 200 here in April, second at Indianapolis, third at Trenton and Pocono, and fourth at Milwaukee to hold a narrow' lead in defense of his Citicorp USAC National Cham pionship. Al Unser Al Unser recently became a three time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and a (wo time winner of the Pocono 500. He has now' won three 500- mile races in a row, having won the California 500 last year. This Sep tember he will try to win in Califor nia back-to-back and become the first ever winner of a Grand Slam — all three 500-milers in one season. Unser owns back-to-back victories in the Indianapolis 500 (1970-1971) and is a former USAC National Driving Champion (1970). During his career with USAC, he’s won more prize money than anyone except A.J. Foyt, and is the only driver besides Foyt to eclipse the $2 million mark in total earnings. Unser won the first USAC Cham pionship race ever held at Texas World Speedway in April 1973 but has not returned to the Winner’s Circle at TWS since, although post ing a 2nd and 3rd. He missed the Coors 200 in April when he crashed in practice. Brother to Bobby Unser, Al is the only other driver besides Foyt to own victories in all three 500-mile races comprising the Triple Crown of auto racing. He was the 1973 USAC Dirt Car Champion, has been on the pole at Indianapolis, won the Pikes Peak Hill Climb twice and was USAC’s 1967 Stock Car “Rookie of the Year". He has won 34 USAC National Cham- Summer Foosball & Nineball Tournament Aug. 4-5, 1978 $1.00 entry fee per tournament For more information, contact MSC Bowling & Games Sponsored by: MSC Recreation Committee compensation,” Nissalke said. “In all honesty, I really don’t think they (Golden State) will take a player. ” Patterson was quoted as expect ing to lose two quards, possibly Lucas and either substitute forward-guard Mike Newlin or starter Calvin Murphy, but it was known that he would not give up more than one of those players without a fight. Lucas, 24, and a third-year pro out of Maryland, said the Warriors had contacted him. “I knew they were interested in me from the jump, he said. “Number one, they’re rebuilding. And number two, we re trying to win in a year or two. Barry, 34, played for Golden State eight years and led them to the NBA championship in 1975. But he became a free agent following last season and jumped to Houston in June for a two-year contract re portedly paying him $500,000 per year. Patterson obtained him to join rebounding center Malone and shooting forward Rudy Tomjanovich on the Rockets front line. If the compensation dispute goes to O’Brien’s desk, it will be the sixth such case that the commissioner has settled in two years. In four of the five cases draft choices and cash satisfied the team which lost a free agent. The exception was O’Brien’s awarding of New Orleans’ Ron Be- hagen and $175,000 to Atlanta for Leonard Robinson’s jump to the Jazz before last season. Astros win United Press International HOUSTON — JR. Richard struck out 11 batters to push his major league-leading total to 205 and aided his own cause by driving in one run and scoring another Tuesday night in leading the Hous ton Astros to a 4-2 win over the San Francisco Giants — their eighth straight triumph. Richard, 11-9, yielded only four hits but walked nine before giving way to Joe Sambito with two outs in the ninth. Among Richard’s strike out victims was Jack Clark four times. pionship races, which places him second on the all time victory list, ahead of Mario Andretti with 32 and behind Foyt with 59. He finished second in the 1977 USAC National Championship Citicorp Cup Series points. He is currently fourth in total points won at Texas World Speedway. He’ll be wheeling the First National City Travelers Checks Lola, fielded by Texan Jim Hall, the same car in which he won at Indianapolis and Pocono. Gordon Johncock leads and wins lots of races. He won the opening race of the 1978 campaign, the "Jimmy Bryan 150" at Phoenix International Raceway. It was the first outing for his new sponsor. North American Van Lines, who has nicknamed his car the “Pacesetter”. He had a tremendous duel here in the Coors 200 before dropping back and then went on to win his second race of the season at Trenton. Johncock has proven to be a pacesetter during his career, win ning the Indianapolis 500 in 1973 and compiling a total of 19 cham pionship race victories since joining USAC in 1964. He is the second ranking driver in USAC Championship races held at Texas World Speedway, finishing third in the Coors 200 and second in K~ Gordon Johncock the October 1976 and July 1977 200-milers. He is consistent and is over due for a win in the Texas Grand Prix. On USAC’s first visit to Texas World Speedway in April 1973, Johncock won a 200-mile USAC stock car race on this 2-mile, high banked oval. He was the first winner of the co veted Citicorp Cup, as USAC’s Na tional Champion in 1976, and a win in the Texas Grand Prix could help him win it again in 1978. 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