THE BATTALION Page 13 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1980 TANK MCNAMARA MORAL AMERICA, lit. 19 ^ ' GRADING WE BASKETBALL IEAM'5 MORAL RERJRT CARPS... b> J»H Milter» BIN Hind. Texas JQQ scheduled Texas World Speedway will hold the Texas 100 on Nov. 9. The race will feature the best short track drivers from Texas and surrounding states, and will be con tested in two halves around the Global 250 at the Speedway. Several name racers will partici pate in this year’s race, including Robin McCall, a female racer who made her mark last year when she graduated to lull size stock cars after starting out in midget categories. McCall won the National Quarter Midget Championship two years ago. She was the first lady ever to louston angry over Smith firing McMullen says Astros' team ‘not a winner' enter the Texas Race of Champions Terry Edwards, 16, who hails from last March in College Station, which Castroville. He finished third for is the state stock car racing cham- the year at the HiWay 16 race track pionship. in San Antonio, and was voted Another racer present will be rookie of the year at that track. BE SURE TO VOTE } p g/^J FOR j t j J 0I,N M. Barron, Jr.} ■ ,(A&M CLASS OF'71) yL Brazos County Attorney J (Pol. Ad Paid by John M. Barron, Jr., Box 4146, Bryan, Texas 77801) United Press International HOUSTON — Forget the stand- ;s. Forget first place. Forget the rilling, five-game National Lea- championship series against iladephia. Houston Astros owner |hn McMullen says his team is ict a winner. ” And in the sense that the Astros 93-70 instead of 162-0 in 1980 i -j lid that they made baseball’s Final mockedo!|o Ur but not its Final One, the DickersoiBiite-haired millionaire from New rds so (ailork was correct. ■But wasn’t this the Astros’ great- ■t season? Didn’t they win their Rst ever division title? S ■“That’s diflerent. That’s not a jmnner, McMullen said. |0n a Tuesday afternoon in the lurity-tight bowels of the As- dome, reporters trickled in and Jt one or two at a time for sched- Red 15-minute audiences with the Km who 24 hours earlier fired — /’saidlenPliout giving a reason — Tal all TuesdsB 1 ’^. president of the Astros and the National League’s executive of Texas AMP year. ■With new Astros President Al Ro- slowly. Ttif sen sitting mutely at the side of his erence rjttl ew ^ oss > McMullen apologized for best playtA’ interview format. He thought norters might be “inhibited” at a ■ws conference. McMullen invited i 20 nationi^ 5 8 uests to P^V "devil’s advocate” e Agsoutti! 41 ^ denied that his need for adula- ifm required Smith be canned — alf wants! an ev£ d ua d° n ma de by McMullen’s in (the ranl own P artr| ers in the team’s owner- m the startup' . . . T their semul n Irst P ace * don t think I write 1 w improvel