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Xincy “i»mes a k J those lej 016 Co., an le increase ( '“mist Julie] Percent lw esternBf hr so-ca| tiuthoraj ® perceat lie mericanCi aiission, iesta. i parade u iarro gr® 'fthebori oic King mes from! nillion damage fca 'ea Tuesdj said a sum re desl nes ini FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1979 Batt Fix Sean Petty Mark Patterson dp WEEK 3 .A&M by 1 Texas A&M-Penn State Penn St. by 17 Penn St. by 21 Arkansas-Oklahoma St Arkansas by 14 Arkansas by 11 Arkansas by 7 Baylor-Alabama Alabama by 20 Alabama by 7 Alabama by 14 Rice-LSU LSU by 31 LSU by 9 LSU by 10 SMU-North Texas St SMU by 6 SMU by 4 SMU by 7 Texas-Iowa State Texas by 21 Texas by 29 Texas by 14 TCU-Tulane Tulane by 5 TCU by 6 Tulane by 10 Texas Tech-Arizona Tech by 2 Tech by 10 Arizona by 2 Houston-Cincinnati Houston by 7 Houston by 6 Houston by 3 Dallas-Cleveland Dallas by 8 Dallas by 13 Dallas by 3 Last week’s record 8-2 Season percentage 750 .8-2 .750 .6-4 .600 A tough place to play Ags head for Mt. Nittany n DUNOMIO ]E stato By MARK PATTERSON Battalion Sports Staff The Battalion, Thursday night, (I p.m. — I just got off the phone rith a gentleman who lives in State liege, Penn. His dad is an Aggie, roommate is an Aggie and he has illowed Aggie football for the past , 8 years. He called long distance to ask if, n my opinion, the Aggies had a hance this weekend against Penn itate. I had to be honest with him. It loesn’t look like a good weekend in Jniversity Park for the Aggies. Picked as 10- to 27-point under logs by the bookies across the state, he Aggies venture into Beaver itadium looking for their first ictory of the season. It won’t come asy against Joe Paterno’s Nittany ions. With one outing under their Its, a 45-10 victory over Rutgers, ic Nittany Lions are ranked fifth his week in the national polls. Their ushing defense rates as the lecond-best in the country with an ight yard per-game average. Yes, ight yards a game. "There’s no question that Penn State is deserving of their- ranking,” Aggie coach Tom Wilson said. “There’s not a whole lot we can do bout Penn State. “They run a multiple-set defense. Sfou have to limit yourself somewhat oyour blocking assignments can be idapted to their defense. That limits what you can do on offense. “Were going to have to put the jail in the air. We re not going to be hie run with the ball or play a ball- icntrol offense. Nobody’s been able :o control the ball against Penn tate.” The Caller, his optimism sinking, asked if there was any chance that the Aggies could pull off an upset. Could the Aggies somehow snap Paterno’s magic spell (he’s never lost to a Southwest Conference team, in six games, since he became Penn State’s head coach) and come away winners? I told him that the signs don’t look good. This will be the first time since the Virginia Tech game, the Aggies second game of the 1977 season, that the Aggies have played on a grass field. It’s a fact that has Wilson worried. “Our team relies on speed,” Wil son said. “There’s no doubt that playing on artificial turf helps us be cause turf is so much faster. “Our main adjustment this week has been getting used to wearing cleats (opposed to turf shoes). Some of our players have NEVER worn cleats. “This is an important game for us. Pizza Planet presents their SMORGASBORG All the pizza, spaghetti, soup and salad you can eat for only ^£60 Mon.-Fri. 11-1:30 303 Villa Maria between Texas and College 779-3812 COME BE A PART OF THE GOOD NEWS! 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I hope he has something to yell about this Saturday afternoon. United Press International HOUSTON — A three-game se ries beginning tonight against the Cincinnati Reds is the last hope for the pressing Houston Astros, who owned a 10-game midsummer lead over the National League West but watched the bottom drop out slowly and agonizingly. Early season winners of a string of heart-stopping triumphs, the Astros trailed Cincinnati by 2V2 games going into Thursday night but still were trying to become one of the least offensive championship teams in recent Major League history. Manager Bill Virdon said the 10- game lead his team held on July 4 misled people. “I don’t think anybody ever thought we would ever have that big a lead. Our club had played well, there’s no question about that,” Virdon said, “but there was nobody else in the division winning at that time.” The Reds played better in the second half while the Astros, usually a second-divison finisher able to relax and play solid baseball near season’s end, slumped. Since July 4 the Astros are 31-37. Since July 6, no Astro other than a pitcher has hit a home run with a runner on base. Virdon disagreed with critics of the team’s winning formula: speed, defense and pitching. “It’s always effective, regardless of where you are in the standings. It is always potent if you have consis tent hitting. You don’t necessarily have to have power, just consis tency,” he said. “In the first half of the season we were not hitting for average but we were hitting consistently. Whether the Astros win their first pennant in 18 seasons or not — and they have 9 games to go — they rate as one of the lightest hitting conten ders ever. The 1973 New York Mets, the epitome of a non-power division winner, hit 85 home runs. Kansas City’s 1975 division winner hit 65. Chicago Cub Dave Kingman had 47 this season. The Houston Astros have 46. The last team to go through a sea son with more triples than home runs was the 1949 Chicago White Sox. Houston, with 50, could do it again. Pitching has been Houston’s pri mary strength but only J.R. Richard has thrown consistently since the All-Star break. He is 16-13 and is scheduled to oppose Tom Seaver, 15-6, in tonight’s game. Saturday night Joe Niekro is scheduled to go for his 20th win. “I’d love to win 20 games but if we don’t win the division it won’t matter whether I do or not,” Niekro said. Barcelona APARTMENTS NEWLY REMODELED ! ALL UTILITIES PAID and... Individual Heating and Air, Cable T.V., 3 Laundry Rooms, Swimming Pool, Security Guard, Party Room, and Close to Campus. 693-0261 700 Dominik, College Station HAS ANOTHER 6mr r D % L 0 u?* OFF ANY PURCHASE r OVER $20.00 ! 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