jports i ntz da i i aliun Page 15 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1981 Id institm >8 fa move e said, clerical fag, ndle stral eand iesto iround o away before il A&M second baseman, Clint Heard, iws to first in an attempt to complete a i .ouble play in Tuesday night’s game. Univer- Tien shfl S° u ^ ern Alabama’s Darren Thames that. \\ Staff photo by Greg Gammon slides to break up the throw. Thames was out but the batter was safe at third. The Aggies won the game 9-3 and will play USA again today at 1:30 p.m. to conclude the series. alone leads Houston ast Kansas City, 97-78 ■ United Press International ■ANSAS CITY — Twenty-nine mts, 12 rebounds, an empty Th pail and a bus ride home, fust another day on the job for aj Moses Malone Construction ^tkinaj—afirm that specializes in the the NBA fortresses. ie j s (rJMafane’s latest demolition on ifafafrllright shift Tuesday propelled g Houston Rockets to a 97-78 is de^«, oi y° ver the Kansas City Kings nnallifelr 16 °P enin g game of the West- givc Conference finals. ;e j veu J .Houston’s human wrecking hall nlor( p ll-of-17 shots and also col- „en 30 two steals and two blocked meCortW 5 as ^ ie fi° c ^ e t s won their (i] t() ;Jxtli road game in the current i(i . on ,..post-season. ■Houston had previously beaten (ged/’AI&e fakers in Los Angeles twice to uldnoitw 1 the best-of-three mini-series ;x ” and then beat the Spurs in San Gleibew'fafafao three times to capture author,(faa 1 best-of-seven series. The | father!'? 0 ®! news for the Rockets is that ieirclitw nsa s City has the home-court ■vantage in this series, ite conife Moses Malone gets the least jsedisahto'Hint of publicity of any great ;ed soWpyn that’s ever played the 8 a,n ". said Houston coach Del worldi!| pris. “People seem to be realiz- loesn’t h ng what kind of player he is now ;vote to 11 — but that’s only because he’s playing in their living rooms (on television during the playoffs).’’ Malone single-handedly kept the Rockets in the game in the third quarter with 13 points and three rebounds. After Mike Dun- leavy bit a 3-point basket 35 seconds into the second half to move Houston from a 3-point half time edge into a 47-41 lead, Malone collected a dunk, a re bound, a blocked shot and a steal in the next SVz minutes to give the Rockets a 53-43 advantage. Malone added 11 of Houston’s 13 points during the final five mi nutes of the period to keep the Rockets in front through 36 mi nutes, 66r60. . That enabled the Rockets to blow the game open in the final period with a 13-2 run over a four- minute span midway through the quarter, expanding a six-point lead into an 86-69 advantage. Malone left the game for good with 6:01 remaining, but not be fore collecting his final four points and three rebounds in the period. “People say, ‘As Moses Malone goes, so go the Rockets,”’ said Harris. “Some even call us, ‘Moses Malone’s Rockets.’ But that’s not true. I wish it was. If we went as Moses goes, we’d have been 75-7 this year instead of 40- 42. He has a good game almost every time out. In my opinion, he was the most valuable player in the league this season. ” Robert Reid added 19 points, Dunleavy 13 and Allen Leavell 10 for the Rockets while Ernie Grun- feld topped the Kings with 20. Scott Wedman added 19 and Re ggie King 16 for Kansas City, which hosts Houston in Game 2 tonight. Aggie bats come alive in win, 9-3 By FjtANK L. CHRISTLIEB Battalion Staff Whep the bats of the Texas Aggie baseball team come alive like th^y did in Tuesday night’s game \v)th the University of South Alabama, there’s no question ab out whp’s going to win. Scorjpg all their runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, the Aggies beat the Jaguars 9-3 in Olsen fHeld in front of only about 200 people. Comjng into the game with a 30-12 record and coached by for mer professional baseball player Eddie gtanky, USA put on a ma jor-league performance with their conduct, but their performance on the field couldn’t match the dis play pqt on by the Aggies. The well-disciplined Jaguars showed what it’s like to have a former major-leaguer for a head coach by standing along the first- base lipe for the playing of the national anthem, and also by dis playing a hustle-at-all-times atti tude oq and off the field. Jaguar starting pitcher Joe Brown, entering the game with a 7-2 record, retired the Aggies on only two hits through the fifth in ning, apd took a 2-0 lead into the sixth. Rut after two outs in the sixth, Brown walked two and gave up a single. Stanky brought in reliever Dave Czosek, who gave up a three-rpn double on his first pitch to Joey Szekely and a run-scoring single to Kevin Smith. Czosek had more trouble in the seventh, when ho gave the Aggies two runs on doubles by Clint Heard and Rodney Hodde, and an RBI ground ball by David Kennard. Heard was 4 for 4 in the game with three singles and the double. The Aggies scored again in the eighth, as Szekely hit a two-run homer to end the game with five RBI. Aggie pitcher Marvin Keller, 2-1, pitched a strong seven in nings before being relieved by Bobby Taylor. A&M, now 26-15-1, will play USA again today in a single game at 1:30 p.m. in Olsen Field. On The Double Northgate 846-3755 XEROX COPIES, TYPING We specialize in Resumes, Theses, Dissertations Open M-F, 7 a.m.-IO p.m. Sat., 9-6 ■BS decision causes eartaches for Rocket fans United Press International fiUYSTON — CBS-TV’s decision to televise the Houston Rockets ises. I fastern Conference final series games from Kansas City on a taped- n optiH elay basis caused the Rockets offices to be beseiged by phone calls uesday. butjn* Rockets General Manager Ray Patterson said his staff fielded 100 son said alls from angry fans, but there was no recourse. iat mod* * M ” , It’s the network’s policy to show the games on a delayed basis. j -fay can do it now. They can do it for the NBA championship game if dne# hey want,” he said. “The Rockets don’t like it, but there’s nothing we ies the) : an j,, - r visit* 1 * ^itei! ? He said he was told by CBS that the ratings of NBA playoff games ,custffl) Vere Hot good enough to preempt prime time shows. Several of the Rockets’ previous playoffs games this season have >een televised on local station KHTV, but CBS’s contract with the | NBA gives it exclusive rights, Patterson said. 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He expects another let ter in the mail from Kim mo Alkio of Finland. “I am real excited about this group, ” he said. “They have been winners in the past against quality competition and I predict some great wins in the future from this bunch.” Kent said a coach has to have good players to have a good tennis program. With the additions of the three new signees, the team is filled with good, quality players. “This will be the first year here, I will have recruited all the players on the team,” he said. “And these new freshmen are the best I have ever recruited. ” He said the freshmen will play on the tennis circuit in the sum mer and come to Texas A&M “tournament tough”. “I am really looking forward to next year,” he said. Alkio is from Lukupurontic, Finland and is an outstanding prospect. He is on the Finnish Davis Cup team and is the num ber one junior player in Finland. He went to high school for six months in Florida and won 23 straight matches. Kent said he was not beaten in the six months until the finals of the high school tour nament. Alkio was highly recruited and has recorded wins over the top players at the University of Geor gia and Southwest Louisiana Uni versity. Pazourek is a friend of Texas A&M’s top player Brian Joelson. Kent said he is also of the same quality as Joelson. “He is left-handed, tall and strong,” said Kent. “I will label him as a can’t miss prospect. We sure got a good one in him.” Pazourek was highly ranked and recruited last year. He also beat Tim Gullickson, a pro on the tour. Hill is the sleeper of the three. Not many teams heard about the young Kentuckian until he was already in the A&M camp. “Greg played basketball in Kentucky and never devoted his full attention to tennis,” said Kent. “We got the inside track due to some connections in Flor ida I have with a high school coach there who saw Greg play.” He said Hill is easily in the same class as the other two recruits and could be the strongest. “He has one of the strongest serves I believe I have ever seen,” said Kent. Hill has a lot of potential, he said, and has played the nationl tennis circuit but an injury cut his playing short. He will play the na tional circuit this summer to pre pare for his entry to college tennis. “I could be wrong about these recruits,” Kent said. “But I don’t believe I am.” •SEE^WF&y's 15% current rates for summer lease. Call Jean or Shirley now. 693-6716 .APARTMENTS 1601 Holleman, College Station, Texas 77840 jfWISC AGGIE CINEMAT "THE GRAPES OF WRATH" vvy>, WEDNESDAY APRIL 22 7:30 P.M. 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