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Page 14 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1981 Sports TANK MFNAMARA YEAH, KYL^, WE'RE TALKING TO YOU! YDU n S^DOMiNlp?l\iear^ '' MVKIC9 WtrMM£. > nC- by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds YEAH, OVER HERE. j|§^ R^J'T 'itXJ ^MOIA/ THAT 06SCENJE AMP ?T HECKLING OF THE vienTiNo PLAYef?£> i9 fAjerop TUE EUM OF &&£>£RALL *? Pr YOU ii®y , 'e>* WUtll' MUM Group trying to move bowl game to Houston United Press International HOUSTON — Houstonians and Dallasites enjoy debates over which is the better Texas city. Now comes the debate over which is the better site for the Southwest Conference’s Cotton Bowl. The proposal to move the game to ffouston, which might give the Cotton Bowl a $5 million payoff by the 1983 game, pits two successful businessmen — Lan Bentsen, the son of Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D- Texas, against John Scovell of Dal las. Both attended Harvard Busi ness School after their undergra duate studies at Southwest Con ference schools. Lan Bentsen, president of the Greater Houston Bowl Associa tion, said Tuesday his group’s offer of $1 million a year to the SWC to move the game from Dallas is a “add-on” to the annual multimil- lion-dollar payoff from the game’s revenues. He countered the scoffs of Scovell, Cotton Bowl Athletic Association president, saying Southwest Conference schools — not Scovell’s organization — will determine whether the traditional New Year’s Day game is moved to Houston. “It’s not that we’re trying to steal something from the South west Conference, Bentsen said. “We re offering to give the game a new home.” A move of the Cotton Bowl would require a vote of six or seven member schools. “In reading the bylaws, we’re unsure exactly how many schools have to vote to change a bylaw,” Bentsen said. Scovell has said, “They’ve (Houston Bowl Association) got a better chance of picking up the Cotton Bowl itself than moving the game to Houston.” Bentsen said he had an hour conversation with Scovell Sunday and it “got pretty rough.” Bentsen tried to counter argu ments about the game being tradi tionally played in Dallas by saying, “Tradition is a measure of the past. What we re talking about is the future. People who don’t differentiate between the past and the future are in trouble.” Bentsen’s group for years has sponsored the Bluebonnet Bowl and he said that game would be replaced by the Cotton Bowl if the game was to move. “We want to establish a major conference relationship,” Bentsen said. “That’s the only way to get into the Big Four of bowl games.” Officials of the Houston bowl group apprised the nine SWC members of their proposed payoff Saturday and a decision whether to change the SWC bylaws, which associate the game with the Dallas stadium, probably will not be made for months. “My gut feeling is this thing is going to come down to the alumni living in Dallas pulling against the alumni living in Houston,” Bent sen said. “I can envision an alum calling his school and saying, ‘Move the game to Houston and I won’t contribute anymore. ” A large portion of the Cotton Bowl payoff is divided among SWC member schools. Bentsen said his $1 million a year payment would be made on top of that payoff and in advance of the game. The Bluebonnet Bowl, which annually is played on New Year’s Eve between two at-large teams, had a payoff last year of approxi mately $400,000 a team. The Houston bowl group has given the conference until Jan. 11, 1982, to give an answer so its members can raise the $1 million. Members believe they can have the money distributed in $110,000 increments to the schools by April 1982 before the first game would be played in Houston after the 1982 season. SPECIALS Sun. ■bmp _ Lone Star Longnecks Dime Beer Noon to 7. 7 to 9 Mon. ... Drinks SOt Beer Men’s Nite “Monday Nite Football” On Our Big Screen TV! Tucs. 50<: Drinks Ladies Nite Wed. *1 Margaritas Thurs. 2 for 1 ’til 10 p.m. “UNESCORTED LADIES FREE” HAPPY HOUR 4:00-7:00 Pool, Pinball, 3 full bars, waitresses & 1000 sq. ft. of dance floor on which to kick up your heels! OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK “The Finest Night Club Within 100 Miles!” “A Touch of Country Class!” Hwy. 6 Across from Texas World Speedway Rangers outlast Mariners United Press International SEATTLE — Locker room con versation by the Texas Rangers af ter their win over Seattle Tuesday in the Kingdome centered on the exploits of two rookies, even though veterans had supplied most of the heroics. Bobby Johnson and Wayne Tol- leson each collected their first ma jor league hit during a two-run, ninth-inning rally that gave their club some extra cushion in the 6-2 decision. Johnson was pressed into ser vice when starter Jim Sundeberg was ejected for arguing over whether he had swung at a third strike during the seventh inning. Johnson’s hit came in his second time at bat in a Ranger uniform. Tolleson filled in at third for Buddy Bell, and his first major league safety came on his third trip to the plate in the game and sixth of the season. Still, it was a pair of 32-year-old right-handers who combined their pitching skills for the win, and it was third-year outfielder Bill Sam ple’s bat that provided the punch. Starter Doc Medich, 10-6, went seven innings, limiting the Mariners to six singles. Jim Kern finished up, giving up one more harmless hit as he registered his sixth save and second in as many nights. Sample’s three-run homer was the game-winner, coming in the second inning after Sundeberg and Leon Roberts had walked. Women’s soccer team beats SWTSU 8-0 The Texas A&M University women’s soccer club shut out Southwest Texas State University 8-0 Saturday in San Marcos, as new coach Jim Butts opened the season with an easy win. Carol Smith led the effort with three goals, while five of her team mates scored one goal apiece. Aggie goalie Lucy Bourne stopped several Bobcat shots on goal en route to the shutout. Also scoring for the Aggies were Jenny Engler, Carol Gittinger, Sue Niles, Laura Estes and Lynn Vester. The club hosts Stephen F. Au stin State University Saturday in Kyle Field at 1 p.m. in its first home match of the 1981 season. Major League Baseball American League East National League East Detroit 28 20 .583 — St. Louis 26 21 .553 - Milwaukee 28 21 .571 Vi Montreal 26 22 .542 K Boston 27 21 .563 1 Chicago 22 25 .468 % Baltimore 25 22 .532 2 Vi Philadelphia 22 25 .468 % Cleveland 25 24 .510 3 Vi New York 22 26 .458 4 New York 24 24 .500 4 Pittsburgh 20 29 .408 6K Toronto 20 24 .455 6 West West Kansas City 27 21 .563 — Houston 31 17 .646 - Oakland 24 21 .533 114 Cincinnati 29 18 .617 Hi Minnesota 23 26 .469 4 Vi San Francisco 27 20 .574 in Texas 21 25 .457 5 Los Angeles 25 23 .521 t Seattle 21 27 .438 6 Atlanta 22 25 .468 8« California 19 27 .413 7 San Diego 14 35 .286 m Chicago 20 29 .408 7 Vi Tuesday’s Results Wednesday’s Games Tuesday’s Results Wednesday Can Texas 6, Seattle 2 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 2 Oakland 5, Toronto 1 Cleveland 3, New York 2 Detroit 14, Baltimore 0 California 5, Chicago 1 Boston 7, Milwaukee 2 Texas at Seattle Kansas City at Minnesota New York at Cleveland Baltimore at Detroit Boston at Milwaukee California at Chicago Toronto at Oakland San Diego 2, Houston 1 Houston at Cincinna:: Los Angeles 5. Atlanta 3 St. Louis at Philadtl^. Cincinnati 4, San Francisco 3 Montreal at Pittsbm' New York 7, Philadelphia 0 San Francisco at Alki Pittsburgh 10, Chicago 6 Chicago at NewYtti St. Louis 8, Montreal 4 San Diego at Los Aapi Astros lose home finale United Press International HOUSTON — San Diego Padres pitchers Rick Wise and Gary Lucas combined to make the Houston Astros’ regular season home finale a downer and to send the firstplace Astros from town a little less sure they would return to play ball. Starter Wise pitched 6 2-3 in nings Tuesday allowing four hits, and Lucas pitched near spotless rehef the rest of the wav for a 2-1 win, and unless the Astros hold their IVi game lead over the final five games, the game was their last at home this year. Houston plays two games against the second-place Cincin nati Reds Wednesday and Thurs day, and three final games against first-half winner Los Angeles Dodgers. Holding the lead means Houston would open a best-of-five divisional series in Houston next Tuesday. “Going to Cincinnati is like playing the Los Angeles series last year,” Astros right fielder Terry Puhl said. “It’s a different style series, though. Cincinnati is a dif ferent style team than LA. They’re a team that can blow you out. They’re a scary team. If they’re up for a series, watch out.” The Astros feel they must split the two-games at Cincinnati so they do not venture to Los Angeles trailing the Reds by V2 a game. To play against the Reds as they did against the Padres — 10 Astros hits in two games — would be trouble, Puhl said. “We’re got to play the same way they came into Houston. They played very, very tough," he said of the Reds’ last scries in the Astrodome. While Houston’s hats were slumbering, the Padres got to pitcher Bob Knepper, 9-5, for two runs in the first inning. Luis Sala zar’s triple knocked in Gene Richards, who had walked. And then Salazar scored on Barry Evans’ single. Wise, 4-8, got the win, and the only mark against him was an un earned run in the second. Errors by shortstop Ozzie Smith and second baseman Juan Bonilla allowed Cesar Cedcno to score from third off Craig Reynolii rifice fly. Wise got Alan Ashby top out with Jose Cruz on thirds the sixth, and then with N on first base and two out: seventh, Lucas came on e pinch hitter Gary Woods: out. Lucas picked up his 124| and drew high praise from h ger Frank Howard. “We’ve had a rough year t out Gary Lucas 1 donta where we’d be. Every ma ought to be fortunate en;.: manage a Gary Lucas Weigh tlifting club loses close match The Texas A&M Weightlifting Club lost a close home meet with Louisiana Tech’s Powerlifting Team Saturday, but the competi tion was close throughout the day. Texas A&M lifters l^ane Tho mas and Steve Bellotte successful ly lifted all three of their attempts in the squat, bench and deadlift, with the 123-pound Thomas total ing 816 pounds and the 132-pound Bellotte lifting 882. Only 18 athletes competed in the event. Other top Aggie totals in the meet were 1450 lifted by Bubba McGough (242-pound class), 1372 lifted by Jeff Schmidt (198-pound class) and 1306 pounds life* Mark Costa (220-pound cli Two members of therW compete Saturday in M Cup Weightlifting meet, hi Austin. Steve Lumpi" attempt to break the W deadlift world record d i pounds in the 181-pound class, while Freddy Cortes to break the bench press rettr 325 pounds in the Ilf weight group. The Texas A&M clufc "fe the Region IX collee:-:: Dec. 5. r TEXAS A&M BOOKSTORES E FI LX: DOUBLE-DIGIT SAVINGS ON OUTSTANDING BOOKS Has inflation cut your book buying budget? 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