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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1980
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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 }
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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
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have an ego,” said McMullen,
whose news releases refer to him as
“Dr.” McMullen in recognition of
his engineering Ph.d.
“That (ego) is not my problem and
never has been. I’m a relatively sec
ure person. The people with egos
are always the people who are very
insecure. This (Smith’s firing) has
nothing to do with me personally.”
Repeatedly, McMullen was asked
where Smith went wrong, what mis
takes had been made in transform
ing 1975’s fifth place finishers into
1979’s second place team and 1980s
NL West champs.
“I’m just not going to go into all
these details,” he said. “It serves no
purpose at this point. I apologize
and I appreciate your interest in
finding out, but I just don’t choose
to go into every single one of these
details.”
Considering the team’s accom
plishments, could Smith’s firing be
characterized as inconsistent, un
usual or surprising?
“I can accept that, that could be
an interpretation, yes,” McMullen
said. “But on the other hand there
could be — look, Tal’s been here for
five years and as I keep saying, I
think it’s my responsibility to try to
do better. Certainly I feel like what
I’m doing is an improvement for the
organization.”
And later:
UPI: What can Al do for you,
what difference can he make?
McMullen: I don’t know, you’ll
have to ask him.
UPI: You hired him.
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Ag Reunion Rodeo
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S* 1 By RICHARD OLIVER
i.i i • j Sports Editor
j S j T ^11 brings us football, sweaters
ards ready LjI coo j wea th er This weekend,
tealfplans■fojjjjj brings us the annual All-
jAggie Reunion Rodeo.
? s t l' e -Jiff Sponsored by the Texas Aggie
ime and - : Rodeo Association and the Texas
•\k)A Rodeo Club, the event will
y nine hot j )r j n g together Aggie riders from all
ecially totover the country to participate in
what is becoming a Texas A&M
ce heholdij tdition.
lomeupp The rodeo, to be held in Snook at
8 p.m., starts Friday and will con-
t l lrou 8l 1 Sunday. Events are
jBen to past and present students,
.wulty and staff.
PI On Friday, one of the main
clients takes place — steer riding,
rat contest is open to four-man
irps outfits, clubs or simply indi-
Ifduals, with prizes awarded to win
ners. There will be divisions for
ftn, women or mixed. The indi-
mual entry fee will be $10, and
, ,, ,teams of four will be $40.
Z. Dngni 1 A [ S0 p r j c ] a y ! the Association will
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McMullen: I know I did.
UPI: You must have been sold on
him. You got rid of one of baseball’s
acknowledged best executives.
What has Al shown you?
McMullen: Well, he hasn’t shown
me anything yet. That remains to be
seen and next year will be the test
and I happen to think it will be
better. If I’m wrong I’m sorry but I
don’t think I am. But I made this
decision and I think it’s the proper
decision.
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Other events featured during the
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team roping, girls breakaway, steer
wrestling, barrel racing and goat ty
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range from $20 to $30.
Persons interested in participat
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p.m. today through Thursday. For
additional information, call 696-
2188.
Tickets for the dance may be
picked up at a booth the rodeo club
has in the MSC, at Court’s Western
Wear or from any club member.
Club member Rick Ensor will be
riding across campus on a horse to
day passing out leaflets concerning
the rodeo. He will leave the Animal
Food and Science Center at approx
imately 12 noon and ride over to the
drill field.
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