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si, \ THE BATTALION Page 11 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1981 3 BY£ _ 3AY A OJf*/ Dogfight continues tonight daperfo victory,l it was 4 lay will end of tin] overtabi dpcUxU! , UJ&'ajL, cm, CrtOL* (ATOM-s/lru/! dp mBi iainst he ACW ie nation Royal support! ve of Phillips, is silent about Saints rumor , shut®' in itsfe squad it! United Press International AUSTIN — Former Texas Lon- horns Coach Darrell Royal said londay he was glad the New Weans Saints had hired Bum Phil- gainstSs ips and declined to comment on a ie scored and irnoldas ■ason, M June Va dost. Cd run. lb eld fort!' :o seal thesprio! ts the siE eport that he could have had the job he had wanted it. The Houston Chronicle Monday uoted Saints owner John Mecom as aying he had offered Royal the head oach and general manager positions rith the New Orleans club before hillips was finally hired to coach the eleaguered Saints. Nah, I’d rather not comment on hat,” Royal said. “Bum Phillips is rookies:§h coach and the best man he could etin the world for that job, and I’m lelighted he has got Bum. I’m not nvolved in that at all.” The Saints, who posted a 1-15 sea- jon last year, dismissed Coach Dick Wan with four games remaining in iy Sundt ne campaign. The week before the luperBowl Saints General Manager jteve Rosenbloom quit and two days fore the NFL championship game Th e d!iMecom announced the hiring of LaBarge, T200d mps. Phillips was fired by the Houston Modilid ^ ers on N ew Year’s Eve after lead- LaBarj) iig his team into the playpflfs for ndwitll 'ree consecutive years. “Darrell and I had talked before, ” iidMecom in the Chronicle report. Ihelast time must have been about mr years ago. So I was right out font with him. “I told him I wanted him to come ji and help. I told him he could have oth jobs (head coach and general lanager) or either job. “I told him (Royal) the philo- iphical differences between Mr. osenbloom and me were widening. 3 the point, I told Darrell he could isolve those differences by coming 'the Saints. T told him that my choices were to ill the club to Mr. Rosenbloom and it Steve become the natural owner, ‘Bum’ Phillips a golf tournament down there, but Tm not involved in that (the coaching decision) at all.” Mecom said his differences with Rosenbloom had begun long before a coaching change was made. “What took place a week and a half ago (Rosenbloom’s resignation) didn’t just happen,” Mecom said. “It had been building. Bum had no con nection with it.” Mecom also described his conver sation with Royal as “long and hard. ” New franchise buys ads to attract potential players compeft 1 to speak. Or I could run the team ;ht of To ithout Steve.” Rice, Viifl Royal, now special assistant to the talph Bp Diversity of Texas president, down- layed his conversation with ; and 20i l ecom > b ut did not deny that the oversew idling offer had been made. John and I are good friends so we sit,” Royal said. “I called him on jwn ID !ver al things and he has called me, joints ini ^ that’s probably where the confu- is. He called me about some eople, and we’ve talked about the :y in Tec fofession. I’m helping him organize . The sen 5 points the me v.;. v.% V.;.. '« ce in Tei scoring assists ini ?'.■ oad '81 itional jit , e Uni veI " rge -s like s, will season, nday. u golf 01 * 3 17 seasefc.;: beco® el drei 10 rear of 22 d rcted eight United Press International DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys would never resort to seeking play ers through the classified advertising section but the Dallas Jets are far from being on the Cowboys’ level. The fledgling Jets have no sche dule, no uniforms, no equipment — except for a few footballs — and no certain salary. But they are part of a new Continental Football League in cluding teams in San Antonio, El Paso, Oklahoma City and “maybe teams in Alabama and Florida and one up in the Northeast some where,” said Aaron Gersh, the team’s coach. Gersh, who claims to have played for North Texas State and the Cleve land Browns although team officials say they have never heard of him, placed classified ads in newspapers to lure players. “Semi Pro football team looking for players, especially linemen. Call 696-3729, Aaron or 369-8596, Ed,” it said. Ed is owner and general mana ger Ed Claybo. Gersh said the classified ads work. More than 100 men showed up Saturday at the Jets’ practice at Tho mas Jefferson High School. “This might sound silly,” he said of the ads. “But it works. By God, it works.” EXTRA MONEY 3, ATTENTION — Students, Faculty, Employees of the Texas A&M System, and others: WOULD YOU LIKE TO EARN EXTRA MONEY? If you, your parents, relatives or friends own 500 acres or more and would be interested in leasing for oil and gas, we will pay you a finders fee for just a name, phone number, and location of the tract of land if in the event we buy the lease. # tilt* !! : \ -p 10 1B eigh 1 r two tij olay erS | ft'', JT. TM™ ck a» ll, f . CALL COLLECT: GARRY OR LARRY KENT 713-723-2388 DAY OR NIGHT 713-652-4969 HAROLD KENT 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. United Press International Rice is playing well and Baylor isn’t and they meet each other tonight. The Owls figure to be a slight favorite, which means they will probably lose. Houston is sizzling mad because of its loss in Lubbock last Saturday night and SMU was drubbed its last time out. In addition, the Cougars are still pretty hot over the triple overtime loss to SMU the last time they met. So Houston should be an easy winner when those two teams tangle tonight at Hofheinz Pavilion, but don’t count on it. There are plenty of chances for more upsets in the Southwest Conference this week, and whenever there has been a chance for an upset this season it has usually happened. “I think there might be three or four teams with five losses fighting it out for the lead at the end of the race,” said Arkansas Coach Eddie Sutton, whose Razorbacks have a pretty tough task ahead tonight as well. The top two finishers in the SWC regular season race earn byes to the semifinals of the league s post-season tournament. The third-place finisher will have a bye past the first round. The bottom six teams, however, must win four games to capture the tournament and winning four games in a row has not been easy for any club. Everybody,” Sutton said, “has been playing in spurts.” The week begins with Houston (7-2) owning a one-game lead over the surprising Rice Owls (6-3). Another half-game back comes Arkan sas (5-3) and then there is Baylor (5-4). Houston will try to protect its advantage Tuesday night at home against SMU (3-6), while Rice — winner of all four of its SWC road games — will visit Baylor. The Bears have lost four in a row after winning their first five in conference play. Arkansas, meanwhile, will visit Texas (4-5) and Texas Tech (4-5) will be at TCU (4-5). Texas A&M, which won only its second league game of the year last Saturday night, will take Tuesday off. “It looks like Texas is playing well again,” Sutton said. “Our game with them is important since the second and third place spots are vaulable places to be. It’s important for Texas, too. But every game is important.” PASlAS PIZZA i SPAGHETTI LASAGNA OVER- 30%= WEI U HI Off DISCOUNT Is not a matter to be taken lightly There is no one solution to YOUf flTSt weight loss. COnSllltatiOll understand this. You can lose up to 30 lbs. in 40 days. WRITTEN GUARANTEE! is FREE! 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