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ports THE BATTALION Page 15A FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1981 ties Ml i-U70,Si >2, Astros extend United Press International MONTREAL — Jose Cruz Inds it hard to explain why he lays superbly against the Mon- eal Expos. Cruz, Houston’s left fielder, apped a two-run homer in the ixth inning Thursday night, lift- jig the Astros to their eighth win a row, a 2-1 victory over the ontreal Expos. With the two RBI Cruz now has | career total of 49 against Expos’ itching. “I can’t explain why I do so well ‘Cruz’ to 2-1 victory, skein to eight straight against Montreal,” Cruz said. “I just go out there swinging and he (Scott Sanderson) gave me a high fastball. ” Cruz now has 12 home runs for the shortened 1980 baseball sea son but feels he is pressing into his pre-campaign predicted goal of 20. “I think I still have a shot at 20 but it sure took me a long time to get my first home run in the second season,” he said. Before the strike in June, Cruz had 11 home runs. But even more important, Cruz feels the Astros are on the way. “We are just starting an impor tant road trip. It’s always good to win the first game of a road trip but we are hot right now.” Astros’ right-hander Vern Ruble worked the first six innings and brought his record to 3-3. Dave Smith tossed the final three innings to get his sixth save of the year. “This is the kind of a game we have to win if we are going to get the pennant,” said Ruble. “We know we have a job to do and we have to prove ourselves. There is a lot of character on this team. ” Sanderson’s record fell to 7-5 and Larry Parrish hit his fifth hom er for the Expos in the fifth inning. Montreal manager Dick Wil liams felt that Sanderson did an excellent job. “Sanderson pitched an out standing game,” Williams said. “He only gave up four hits. We had our opportunities but we failed to capitalize on them.” Rangers’ comeback falls short, 8-5 United Press International ARLINGTON — The Detroit h Tigers seem to own the Texas langers this season, but Tigers nanager Sparky Anderson can’t 'xplain why. The Tigers, riding an uncharac- eristic display of offense, rolled to an 8-5 victory Thursday night, TexasA4 sparking their seventh win in nine ;ames with the Rangers this year. Anderson, whose team has won 5-4,235,) 26 of its last 36 games and sits atop he st with a 16-8 second 1-3,240,Si ;eason mark, said there was no 5-2,245,ji jarticular reason for Detroit’s 270,S()[i nastery over the Rangers, but he 207,Sopl 11,197 11,189,| 5-0,190,] did offer some insight. “Our pitching has been the key all year,” he observed. But it was the Detroit hitting that pleased Anderson Thursday night. “Our offense has not scored many runs. This was our biggest night in a long time,” he added. Jack Morris, 11-4, baffled the Rangers for six innings, yielding just three singles in giving the Ti gers their fifth straight win. Morris lost a shutout bid in the seventh when Texas scored three runs. Morris, who has won 10 of his last 11 starts, left in the ninth after giving up another run. “I thought I was running out of gas in the fifth,” said Morris, who was touched for three straight hits in the ninth before being relieved by Dave Tobik. Kevin Saucier relieved Tobik to earn his 13th save by getting pinch hitter Bill Stein to ground into a game-ending doubleplay. “Our bullpen has been out standing all year, but I was ner vous from the first pitch to the end. I never thought the game was in the bag. Too many things can happen — like Texas scoring five runs in the last three innings,” Anderson said. The Tigers pounced on Texas starter Jon Matlack for a 5-0 lead after three innings. Mick Kelleher singled in Tom Brookens to make it 6-0 in the fifth. Detroit’s last two runs came on a two-run single by Whitaker in the eighth. Bump Wills’ single drove in two Texas runs in the seventh and another scored on an infield grounder by John Ellis. Jim Sund- berg singled in a run and Ellis added another RBI grounder in the ninth before Saucier stopped the rally. Major League Baseball American League National League East 16 8 13 10 14 11 12 10 12 12 12 12 10 12 West 13 11 Detroit Baltimore Milwaukee Boston New York Cleveland Toronto Kansas City Oakland 11 11 Chicago 11 12 California 10 11 Texas 10 12 Minnesota 10 15 Seattle 8 15 Thursday’s Results Detroit 8, Texas 5 California at Cleveland, ppd., rain Oakland 10, Baltimore 0 Seattle 7, Boston 7, susp., 19 inngs. Kansas City 3, New York 2 Chicago 4, Toronto 3 Milwaukee 4, Minnesota 3 667 565 560 545 500 500 455 .542 .500 .478 .476 .455 .400 .348 2*/ 2 2 Vi 3 4 4 5 Vi IVi 1 Vi 2 3 Vi 4 Vi St. Louis 14 7 .667 Montreal 12 10 .545 2V* New York 11 12 .478 4 Chicago 11 13 .458 4W Philadelphia 8 15 .348 7 Pittsburgh 8 17 .320 8 West Houston 16 8 .667 San Francisco Los Angeles Atlanta Cincinnati San Diego 14 9 14 10 13 10 12 11 7 18 .609 .583 .565 .522 .280 IVi 2 2 Vi 3 Vi 9 Vi Friday’s Games Thursday’s Results Friday’s Games Detroit at Texas Milwaukee at Minnesota Oakland at Baltimore Seattle at Boston California at Cleveland New York at Kansas City Toronto at Chicago Houston 2, Montreal 1 Pittsburgh 7, San Diego 3 San Francisco 12, Chicago 0 Cincinnati 9, Philadelphia 3 St. Louis 5, Los Angeles 3 Houston at Montreal Pittsburgh at San Diego Chicago at San Francisco Cincinnati at Philadelphia Atlanta at New York St. Louis at Los Angeles Area Golden Gloves Club opens season Texas 41 i-4, Parents of former football star file claim Thn Mnnri United Press International SIGNAL HILL, Calif. (UPI) — ree months ago, police re- iprted college football star Ron tiles hanged himself in his jail i-4, 240) cel) after being arrested for speed- 256>Sop jng His parents never believed •4.239,5.' that story. [0,205,5:J Thursday, supported by a roner’s inquest ruling, Donnel d Helen Settles filed a $50 mil- |n claim against the police, leusing them of killing their only 0, MjRild. 200,Sop® The claim alleged Settles ’ was KyleVjstrangled or choked to death in DavidHi some manner by Officer Jerry Lee Brown (the arresting officer) and several other officers of the Signal Hill Police Department, thereby resulting in his death.” I The city has several weeks to I r\ either pay the claim or reject it, L V B 1 ^ wou ld open the way for a lawsuit. « I Police claimed Settles, 21, hanged himself with a mattress ver three hours after his arrest last June 2 for allegedly assaulting an officer during booking. He was ppped in his car for speeding and came violent while in the police station, officers reported. But Wednesday, a coroner’s in quest jury ruled, 5-4, that the Long Beach State running back died “at the hands of another, other than by accident.” The district attorney’s office! said after the verdict the investiga tion is continuing but no decision had been made on whether the officers involved, all white, or any one else would be charged in Set tles’ death. Relatives and friends testified Settles was looking forward to a football career and was not the type of person who would kill him self. Signal Hill police officers cited their Fifth Amendment rights and refused to testify at the inquest, which is not legally binding. In their claim, Settles’ parents said their son’s death was caused by “the negligent hiring and re tention of Brown, as well as Offic ers Steven Owens, John Parker, Patrick Shortall, cadet Jerry Fleisher and all members of the department including Chief Gaylord Wert.” According to the claim. Settles died because of “the negligent conduct of Brown and the other officers in applying a police carotid or choke hold on Ron Set tles.’’ The police would not comment on either the verdict or the claim. The Bryan Golden Gloves Boxing Club has started training for the fall boxing season, and coach T.J. Watt hopes to attract many people from the Bryan-College Station area to participate in the club. He says the club is open to anyone intersted in learning the skills of boxing and in competing with other boxers in the same age group. The organization currently has only eight members, but Watt says “the ideal situation” is to have fighters in the 11 boxing weight groups, including heavyweight, lightweight and featherweight classifications. He wants the club to begin participating in boxing tournaments by October or November. Although the club isn’t in a particular region of box ing teams, Watt says: “If we can work up a team with good enough boys, we ll participate in a re- gion.” Watt, who has coached profes sional and amateur boxers for a number of years, says the club contains three college students, and he hopes that several more will join the club. He has coached ►"TATTE Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. MAIN 822-6105 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 8 a.m.-l p.m. They"' ion LToaf s shaped Corps ig. It W nous, /eretei y inferi nen.”- (exas 4 C. Del) N wei Clas-I iiSW the Bryan Golden Gloves Club for about a year, and the club has been in existence for a year and a half. 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