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alias’ Harris quits ... THE BATTALION Page 13 THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1980 United Press International K DALLAS — All-pro free safety Cliff Harris, a charter member of the f“Doomsday Defense,” Wednesday announced his retirement from the uJt Dallas Cowboys, sending another :a!ft shockwave through a Cowboy squad itoJhat on Monday may lose quarte tes| back Roger Staubach. leifik Harris, 31, a 10-year veteran, advised the Cowboys at midafter- lina noon that he would not return to thel professional football next year. He heir, scheduled a news conference at Dal- he las-Fort Worth Airport for later in nd the day where the announcement inf would become official. , BfcIIow safety Charlie Waters, who was not given advance word of the retirement, rushed out to the airport ,, when he received word in a vain attempt to talk him out of it. With ^ 'reporters crowding around, the two ‘ talked about five minutes but Waters could not dissuade him. uTM If * t s U P to me > I m R°* n g to talk him into coming back,” Waters said, fflut I’d rather find out from him erS ®^ere he’s coming from.” ‘‘It came as a complete surprise to us,” said a Cowboys spokesman. “We had no indication this was com ing. None at all.” Last year the Oua hita Baptist College (Ark.) graduate was said to have had an off year with the Cowboys, intercepting only two passes and returning them a total of only 35 years. Harris during his career made 29 interceptions and returned them a total of more than 280 yards. In 1976 he led the Cowboys in tackles. Harris, whose entire career was a Cowboy, played in five Super Bowls and appeared in five Pro-Bowls. Staubach has scheduled a news conference for Monday to announce whether he would retire. Team offi cials, including coach Tom Landry, have indicated they expect Staubach to leave the team. “Professional football has been a great world to be in, but it’s not a real world and it can’t last forever,” he told reporters. “I have to think of my career and the rest of my life. I found something, not like football, but something I’ll enjoy.” Harris said he was going to work for U.S. Companies, an oil com pany. He said his duties would involved going around the country and the world looking for oil fields and then raising the money to drill. “I want to pursue the oil business like I did football,” he said. “I don’t want to pursue it halftime. “I’ve been real lucky, enjoyed ev ery minute (of my career). It wouldn’t have been the same work ing for any other team. The Dallas Cowboys are a great team, it’s a great organization.” He said he had been thinking ab out retirement for the past few years and made his decision at the end of last season, although waiting until now to announce it. He said Landry took the news without emotion. “He didn’t start crying, but he didn’t laugh either,” Harris said. “He hasn’t in the past 10 years so I suppose if he had, I would have been shocked. ” He also said Staubach was one of the people he talked to about retire ment but the fact that Staubach may retire had nothing to do with his decision. ... Staubach may THURSDAY LADIES NITE!! Unescorted Ladies come to the Studio — GET IN FREE 2 FREE DRINKS Happy Hour starts at 4 p.m. 4 FOR 1 in the Doux Chene Complex United Press International KDALLAS — Dallas Cowboys [Coach Tom Landry and General Manager Tex Schramm apparently don’t expect quarterback Roger Staubach to return for another a Hod coach y hise Staubach, 38, has called a news conference at Texas Stadium for Monday to announce whether he will retire or play another season. 3n ? 111 Speculation has increased that ,rarai Staubach will quit. Paejlu a Dallas Times Herald column im hosp* F ran k Luksa, Landry was asked if 1 would be surprised if Staubach, lur times the NFL’s leading passer, umed. “Yes, I would be at this stage,” [ndry responded. His inkling all the time was that he would retire. I haven’t seen any- hesakTBng to say different to this point, rell r But I don’t know.” f the defy lutlinebi ir, hadii erall ht ace, belong to United Press International OUSTON — The Houston kets used a balanced sco/ing ck led by Moses Malone and >ert Reid with 19 points each dnesday night to beat the San tonio Spurs, 113 to 101, and to |ve into fifth place in the Eastern iference playoff standings, he Spurs defeated Houston by 19 juts Tuesday night in San Antonio, three first-quarter fouls on Spurs’ :enter John Shumate allowed lalone, who also grabbed 16 re- KJiinds, to have room to spark the kets to a 19-point lead in the first “Generally you don’t call a press conference to announce you’re going to continue to play,” Schramm said. “I still have hopes he will consider playing another year because I think it’s very important to the team and all Staubach fans, myself included. ” Although his overall conditioning is considered excellent, Staubach has suffered several concussions in games in the past two seasons and has said he is concerned about his health. He underwent a series of tests during the winter to determine the effects of concussions. Staubach also has indicated he would like to spend more time with his family. If he does choose to retire he will perhaps choose to try his hand at broadcasting. A local report last week indicated CBS-TV was willing to hire Staubach at $10,000 per game as an analyst for NFL games. revenge Rockets half. Five other Rockets scored in dou ble figures with Rudy Tomjanovich i adding 18 and Calvin Murphy scor ing 16. With the victory, Houston moved one-half game ahead of the New York Knicks in the playoff picture. Hous ton, 39-41, has two games remaining while the Knicks, 39-42, have one. San Antonio, the fourth-place team in the Eastern Conference and already assured of a playoff berth, was led by George Gervin’s 20 points. 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