THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1978
Page 7
the sports
Texas pro football this weekend
Houston Oilers
Dallas Cowboys
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United Press International
HOUSAND OAKS, Calif. —
Dallas Cowboys wanted their
■xl ibition season opener against the
In Francisco 49ers at Texas
jtjdium Saturday to be a contest
je ween four former Heisman
fr phy winners.
■he Cowboys’ Roger Staubach
Tony Dorsett are to be paired
linst the 49ers’ Jim Plunkett and
Simpson but reports from the
i Francisco training camp indi-
3 Simpson may not play.
We’ll make a decision (on
ipson) when we get to Dallas,”
rs Coach Pete McCulley said
wimmer
sets record
United Press International
■OODLAND — Steve
■dquist, 17, of Jonesboro, Ga.,
■a world record in the 200-meter
Hvidual medley Wednesday in
■iminary competition on the first
■ of the AAU long course swiin-
Bg championships.
Tuesday. “We’re not going to make
any decision at this point.”
“I don’t think I’ll play,” Simpson
said. “Considering the amount of
work I’ve done, if I played 1 don't
think there is much I could do at all.
And I honestly can’t recall the last
time I played in the first pre-season
play.”
The 49ers say there is nothing
wrong physically with Simpson, but
that they just hope to work him
slowly into the lineup. During con
tact drills, Paul Hofer usually steps
in for Simpson in the first-string
lineup.
Dorsett, the NF’C rookie of the
year and a 1,000-yard gainer last
season, suffered a knee bruise
Monday but worked out Tuesday
and was listed as probable for the
game.
Cowboys linebacker Mike Heg-
man and running back Larry Brin
son were sidelined Tuesday. Heg-
man has had back problems and his
status for the game was uncertain.
Brinson is doubtful with a groin
strain.
Second-year tackle Jim Eidson
was taken to the hospital Tuesday
when he injured his neck.
raster ini
penalized
Untied Press International
SAN ANGELO — Sinking tbe
cue ball during a recent early-
night blllards game haus cost
Houston Oilers quarterback Dan
Pastorini more than just a little
sleep. Oilers head coach Bum
Phillips confirmed Wednesday.
Two Houston sportswriters
were having a 12:45 a.m. game of
8-ball in a local disco last week
when in walked Pastorini. Cur
few for the Oilers is 11:30 p.m.
“OK, I’ll tell you what TO do,”
Pastorini told them. “If either
one of yon can heat me, you can
write the story that I’m here. But
if l win, you guys got to promise
to keep it to yourselves.
Methodically, the quarterback
ran the table on the first
sportswriter and then the sec
ond. On the last shot of the sec
ond game, however, as he sank
the winning 8-ball, the cue boll
fell In a pocket, causing him to
lose.
“It's no big deal,” Phillips said.
"But I do have to fine him.”
United Press International
SAN ANGELO —’The absence of
Billy White Shoes” Johnson and his
1977 backup, Eddie Foster, from
practice sessions has moved former
TCU wide receiver Mike Renfro
into the Houston Oilers’ starting
lineup for Saturday night’s exhibi
tion game against Denver.
Renfro said he was not expecting
quite so quick an introduction to pro
football.
T came to camp thinking about
just making the team and then I was
going to worry about beating the
other guys out,” said the 6-0, 185
Southwest Conference pass receiv
ing record holder. “As it has turned
out, I'm getting a lot of extra work
and I have a chance to prove myself
right away.”
He 11 start (before an expected
sellout crowd in the Astrodome) on
the other end of the offensive line
from all-pro Ken Burrough.
“I couldn’t have asked for much
more,” Renfro said.
The favorable situation for Renfro
and a group of other talented young
receivers was caused when Johnson
boycotted training camp in a con
tract dispute and when Foster step
ped in a gopher hole while jogging
exas well represented in race
and hurt his knee. Neither player
has suited up for one day of practice.
Johnson, a two-time all-pro who
led the NFL in punt return averages
last season, this week reaffirmed he
will not report to camp until he has
renegotiated and signed a new con
tract. He is in the final option year
of his contract, which reportedly
would pay him about $50,000.
Phillips said he felt before he saw
him practice that Renfro, the son of
former all-pro receiver Flay Renfro,
was a good pro prospect.
“He's like a thoroughbred. He’s
got a helluva blood line,” Phillips
said.
Receivers coach King Hill said
the Oilers feel lucky to have been
able to draft Renfro in the fourth
round.
“We play 16 games and to survive
you have to be durable. Mike hurt
his back in our first scrimmage and
he got his foot stepped on the other
day, but he keeps taking his regular
turn,’’ said Hill.
“I understand he’d asked some
teams not to draft him. That worked
out pretty well for us, too. I don’t
think we would have had a shot at
him under different circumstances.”
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hfadiMpmpete in Sunday's Texas Grand
st \u!l» at Texas World Speedway
imltl*Mh e best way to describe A.J.
Mt is probably to call him the
latest American race car driver of
|time. One look at the record
Iks will reveal him as the all-time
Her in nearly every category,
pinner of a record fourth In-
lapolis 500 in 1977, Foyt owns
one Championship car victory
it Texas World Speedway in six
ts, but his August Texas Twin
win in 1976 followed a Stock Car
11-mile win, giving him the only
jdoubleheader sweep in USAC
rtflClarnpfonship Stock Car history.
Ul\ He won the 1976 Texas 5CK) USAC
Stock Car race and repeated that
ius,u«Hie March 12 Aggieland 250
vsedl at ' exas World Speedway this year.
gBrobably the most versatile driver
of ill time, Foyt owns victories in
the Le Mans 24-Hour Endurance
race, the Daytona 500, Sprint Cars,
Midgets, and every other type of
machine. He’s the all-time Cham-
^pionship point leader, has more
1 USAC victories (59 in Chain
'd i' ons hlp Cars alone) than anyone by
hr and is the leading money winner
A.J. Foyt
JSAC history — well over the $2
lion mark. In addition to his six
iAC National titles, Foyt also
is championships in the Sprint,
ampionship Dirt, and Stock Car
isions of USAC. He is currently
ding in 1978 Stock Car Division
nts for the national title with
;32,S 15 at California, Mosport, and
his
be
Johnny Rutherford is the all-time
leader in USAC Championship rac
ing at Texas World Speedway. He
won both the World Series of Auto
Racing 200-rniler in late 1976 at
TWS and the American Parts 200
last July. He crashed in the April
1978 Coors 200 and finished 19th
but previously had never finished
lower than fourth in six races.
Two-time winnner of the In
dianapolis 500, Rutherford is the
fourth ranking money winner in
USAC history and ranks sixth in the
all-time Championship point
standings. He also won the 1974
Pocono 500 and was USACs 1965
Sprint Car champion.
He has a total of 15 career Cham
pionship race victories to his credit
and has 15 starts at Indianapolis.
"Jupfnamba
Eddie Dominguez ’66
Joe Arciniega ’74
Johnny
Rutherford
In 1970, Rutherford, a F'ort
Worth native, narrowly missed
winning the pole position at Indy,
and, in 1976, he did win the pole at
the then record speed of over 199
mph and went on to win the race.
Never a USAC National Cham
pion, Rutherford is determined to
capture that elusive prize in 1978.
He has been second in the final
standings two of the last three years
and wants the Citicorp Cup this
time around.
Getting off to a slow start this sea
son, he has come on strong in the
last two races with two second place
finsishes at Milwaukee and Pocono.
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