THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1981
Sports
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All-Star
receiver
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warms up prior to a recent
workout. The Aggie three-
year letterman returns as
one of the top receivers in
the conference this fall. The
Ags begin fall drills Monday
when the veterans report.
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Falcons prepare for Jets
as preseason woes continue
United Press International
The way Atlanta Falcons coach
Bennett talks, you’d
think the New York Jets were a
•winning team last season. But
then, against the Falcons, the Jets
ivere.
The Falcons, 12-4 in 1980, take
an the Jets Saturday night in
Atlanta and Bennett wants his
team to take the game more se
riously than they night normally
egard a preseason game.
“The Jets gave us a tough time
astyear, ” Bennett said of the 14-7
ipset loss to the Jets, “so this will
ie a good test. They have great
peed at wide receiver and that
rill be good for our young defen-
iive backs.”
The Falcons lost both their pre-
nous exhibition games to Cleve-
and and Oakland, while the Jets
von their only preseason game, a
13-7 decision over the Denver
ironcos in which they controlled
he ball for 44 minutes.
Atlanta will start Steve Bart-
;owski, who has seen only limited
iction this pre-season, at quarter-
ack.
“Our other two quarterbacks
Mike Moroski and June Jones)
ilayed well at Oakland, ” said Ben-
Inett, “but we’ll start Steve this
r eek so he can get to work on his
iming. I’m comfortable now with
lur backup quarterback situa-
ion.”
Meanwhile, the Jets will try to
put their dreadful 1980 season be
hind them and build on their im
pressive showing in Denver.
“We’ve just got to forget about
last season,” said poach Walt
Michaels. “We were a young team
and we just never bounced back
after our opening loss to Balti
more.”
In other NFL training camp
news, Baltimore Colts’ wide re
ceiver Roger Carr returned to
training camp, but left before offi
cials found out if he would return
for good.
Carr, who is an unsigned play
er, left camp Tuesday without per
mission, apparently because he
has a problem with his contract,
according to a team spokesman.
“Roger showed up for a couple
of minutes, but he left again be
fore he talked to anybody. Nobody
knows what’s going on,” the
spokeman said. “The holdup is de
finitely the contract. But he did
talk with head coach Mike McCor
mack Tuesday night and it was a
positive conversation. It appears
Roger does want to be in.”
Philadelphia Eagles Coach
Dick Vermeil says he intends to
have a replacement available for
Bill Bergey in case a knee injury
prevents the veteran linebacker
from playing Saturday against the
Pittsburgh Steelers.
“I had planned to play him in
the second quarter, but I don’t
know whether I will now,” Ver
meil said. “It’s an ache that’s
bothering him.”
Bergey missed the team’s work
out at the West Chester State Col
lege training camp because the
Eagles’ physician was examining
his injured left knee.
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Pinch-hit carries Astros
past Giants in finale
free agent rookie defensive end
Dan Anders of the University of
Northern Arizona to trim their
training camp roster to 79.
The Cowboys are expected to
make another ctit later this week
before Saturday’s exhibition game
against the Los Angeles Rams.
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ters to 60 by next Tuesday.
United Press International
SAN FRANCISCO — Figures
can be deceiving, and a perfect
case in point is Denny Walling’s
batting average.
Counting a pinch-hit single in
the eighth inning Wednesday that
drove in the run that gave the
Houston Astros a 5-4 victory over
the San Francisco Giants, the 27-
year-old Walling is hitting .224.
Now, that’s not anything to
write home about, and Walling is
the first to admit he is a little
embarrassed with his average be
cause he feels he is a better hitter
than the numbers indicate.
“I don’t think you can look at a
man’s batting average if all he is
doing is pinch-hitting,” said Wall
ing, who never has had more than
284 at-bats in any of his five pre
vious big league seasons. “There
are more important things.”
In the case of the Astros, and
especially manager Bill Virdon,
the important number on Wall
ing’s statistics is 14 RBI on 20 hits,
and that’s why Walling is Virdon’s
No. 1 pinch-bitter.
“He’s had a great deal of success
as a pinch-hitter,” said Virdon,
“especially against lefthanders,
although I think he can hit right
handers, especially those who
throw hard. No question, he is a
big help on our club.”
With the score tied at 4-4 in the
eighth Wednesday, the Astros put
runners on first and third with on
out when Virdon called on Wall
ing. Facing Greg Minton, San
Francisco’s top reliever and one of
the best in the National league,
Walling fought off an inside pitch
and looped it to center to score the
winning run.
“I had all I could do to get my
bat on the ball,” said Walling.
“Minton made a helluva pitch.”
“I don’t know how he hit it at all,
let alone get it to the outfield,”
said Minton. “Give the man cre
dit. Anyone that could hit that
pitch deserves a hit.”
The Astros jumped to a 4-0 lead
on Vida Blue and Fred Breining in
Wednesday’s games on an RBI
each by Tony Scott, Jose Cruz, Art
Howe and Terry Puhl, but the
Giants caught up with Vem Ruble
in the sixth to tie it on an RBI
single by Jack Clark, a two-run
homer by Darrell Evans, his 10th,
and a solo homer by Jerry Martin.
Joe Sambito was the winner for
the second time in three days (3-3)
while AI Holland was the loser (3-
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