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Page 8 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1980 TANK IfrFNAMARA by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds V, 3UT PONT THINK ABOUT THE PRESSURE. JUST PRETEMP THI£ IS PRACTICE,AND YOU'RE RX5LIN& AROUNR OKAY ? Smith named Exec of Year Bears begin to ‘believe’ on their way to Cotton United Press International Next weekend will bring us Bowl Saturday and the Baylor Bears have already chosen the one they want. But in case there was any doubt, the t-shirts being worn around Baylor Stadium last Saturday ended the speculation. “Cotton Bowl ’81,1 Believe,” read the shirts, and the Cotton Bowl is where the Bears will be on Jan. 1 if they beat the Rice Owls in Houston next Saturday. Baylor has already clinched at least a share of the South west Conference championship (its fourth in history) and need only one win in its last two games to clinch the New Year’s trip to Dallas. But there will be other bowl hope fuls next weekend, SMU and Texas chief among them. The Mustangs, assurred of their best record in eight years and poss ibly heading toward their best mark in 32 years, could well be tendered an offer to a bowl game following their meeting with Texas Tech in Lubbock next Saturday. And the Longhorns, having ended their two-game losing streak and eli minated the two-time defending champion Houston Cougars from any Cotton Bowl expectations, will also probably pick up a bowl invita tion after their game with TCU in Fort Worth. But if Baylor should happen to lose to the Rice Owls, Texas and SMU could still be in the race for the Cot ton Bowl spot and in that case any bowl offer they accept would be con tingent on the happenings for the remainder of the season. One team that will not be going to a bowl is TCU, but the Horned Frogs had their own bowl game last Satur day — winning for tbe first time this season. The 24-17 decision over Texas Tech, in which all the TCU points came in the fourth quarter, was par tially inspired by the wearing of pur ple helmets for the first time since the days when the Horned Frogs were a powerhouse. Author Dan Jenkins, who attended TCU, had told a fellow alumnus not long ago that all of TCU’s championship teams in the past had worn purple helmets. Coach F.A. Dry ordered the team’s silver helmets changed to purple for the game. “The kids were excited about it,” said Dry. “I think they felt that they were a part of the TCU tradition.” But it also helped to have two spectacular catches by Stanley Washington and another by Bobby Stewart in the fourth quarter. All three of them went for touchdowns, Washington’s second reception going for 82 yards and the winning Baylor’s 42-15 win over Arkansas, combined with Texas’ 15-13 triumph over Houston, brought the Bears only their second title in the last 56 years. And Baylor coach Grant Teaff, re flecting on the difference between this crown and the one his team won in 1974, said there was no compari son between the two. “This was no miracle,” Teaff said. “We’ve been ahead from the start. It wasn’t like we were standing around waiting for something to happen to somebody else. In 1974 we lost three of our first six games and we were coming off a 2-9 season the year be fore. “This year we were coming off a Peach Bowl championship. ” Despite that the Bears were pick ed as low as seventh this season in the SWC and winning the crown was heady business for the Baylor. “I’d say things are pretty electric,” said Teaff. It was also a pretty good day for the SMU Mustangs, who improved their record to 7-2 with their 34-14 win over Rice. SMU’s two losses have been a total of six points. It was the third straight win for SMU since freshman quarterback Lance Mcllhenny took over the starting job. Other than the Rice-Baylor, SMU-Texas Tech and TCU-Texas games next week, Texas A&M and Arkansas will face each other in the Frustration Bowl at Fayetteville. The Aggies, 2-6 for the year, hope to have quarterback David Beal back for the Razorbacks, who could be en route to one of their rare losing sea- United Press International NEW YORK — Tal Smith, fired two weeks after bringing the Hous ton Astros the most successful season in their 19-year history, has been named UPI’s major league Execu tive of the Year for 1980. Smith, 47, until two weeks ago the president and general manager of the Astros, received eight of 44 votes cast by a panel of sports writers around the country to edge out John McHale, president and chief execu tive officer of the Montreal Expos, by one vote. Gabe Paul of the Cleveland Indi ans finished third with six votes. Smith, who has spent 23 years in baseball, saw a long association with the Astros come to fruition this sea son when the club survived a weekend collapse at the end of the season and won a one-game playoff with the Los Angeles Dodgers to gain its first-ever title. The Astros then proceeded to en gage the eventual world champion Philadelphia Phillies in a thrilling five-game National League playoff in which four of the games went to extra innings. Just two weeks later, however, Astros owner John J. McMullen made the stunning announcement that Smith would be let go and for mer Yankee executive Al Rosen would assume the post of general manager. “It’s a great honor and obviously I’m very pleased,” Smith said upon receiving the news. “I would have to confess that the satisfaction has been dulled somewhat by the events of the last few weeks. We haven’t really had much of a chance to savor what would have been our finest hour in baseball after 23 years. I appreciate the honor and it has great meaning to Under his guidance, the Astros rose from a 64-97 record in 1975 to establish themselves as a winner and contender for years to come. Although they tripled their attend ance in four years, it was not enough for McMullen. “I was obviously stunned,” he said. “I had no reason to expect or anticipate it. It wasn’t the result of any direct confrontation or clash or anything of that nature. Within 24 hours of our loss in the final playoff game he was in touch with Al Rosen. I had no knowledge of that. “I thought it was a great year for this franchise. I think it follows that after ayear like that, you expect to be judged by the results.” McMullen, in announcing the de cision, indicated that Smith’s con tract formed part of the problem. Smith discounts this factor. “There were still 13 months to run and we never had any discussion or deliberations,” he said. “I feel that’s an artificial issue.” McMullen also complained that Smith had not accomplished enough in five years. “He said that if I couldn’t win in five years, I couldn’t win in 10,” Smith said. “Well, I think the vast majority of the people who follow the Astros do feel the club was a winner and had made progress.” Smith said he would take his time before making any decisions regard ing employment. A&MfeniXi finish tom, f with twoii The Texas A&M sent some of its novice met 1 louston last weekendfortt Dad’s Club Tournament is; away with two first place tt Denise Ehrlich claiie] women’s foil title, and An took first in the epeet Aggies. The event was strictly (tt| competitors. That is, ( have fenced for less thanltj can compete. 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