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Page 16 THE BATTALION THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1981 Sports Malone, Rockets 'Bird talk’ in 106 avenge 104 win Padres hope Williams can reverse recent SD trend I'nitcd Press International SAN I)IECO — Dick Williams, the guiding force behind the re surgence of the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos, has been asked to perform another sudden turnaround. Williams, 52. fired Sept. 7 as manager of the Expos, agreed to a 3-year contract w ith the lowly San Diego Padres Wednesday. The contract calls for an annual salarv of Slot).000. Williams became manager of the Expos in 1977 after Montreal lost 107 games the previous Sea son. He guided Montreal to 20 more victories in 1977 than in 1970 and by the third year the team was a contender in the Na tional League East. This season the Expos came within a game of going to the World Series. In Williams, the Padres get a manager with 14 years of experi ence in the major leagues. Before taking the Montreal job. he man aged at Boston, Oakland and Cali fornia. winning two World Series at Oakland and a surprising Amer ican League pennant at Boston in 1907. The situation here is similar to what I found when I went to Mon treal, Williams said. “The Padres have an abundance of good young players that need to develop. I did some research on San Diego s minor league talent and Tm im pressed by what I see. I know the organization is going in the right direction by developing our own talent. And we will start develop ing a winning habit the first day of spring training. Williams said he would insti tute a return to fundamentals for the young Padres and would make the game as simple as possible. Tt means means execution of fundamentals and using the statis tics in a way to help the team ex ecute, he said. “Come down and watch us this spring. If it takes walking every player to home plate and saying, “This is home plate, then we ll explain it that way. We ll give them the ABCs of baseball if we have to. Padres President Ballard Smith said the team has a proven winner in Williams. "We want to have a man who had two (qualities — one, major league experience, and two, a proven winner, said Smith. “ That’s what we think we have. As recently as two weeks ago, Williams said from his home in Tampa, Fla., that he was ready to “hang it up” because no club seemed particularly interested in naming him manager. He also said that if a club did offer him a managerial job, he would insist on a multi-vear con tract. He had only a one-year pact with the Expos when they let him K<>- Williams, who had been re ported in line for the New York Yankee managership, said he was not offered that job when he met “socially with Yankee owner George Steinbrenner at the De- nver-Tampa Bay football game last Sunday in Florida. After being fired by the Expos, Williams toured the country for speaking engagements while also appearing in television commer cials and playing golf. In 1973, he signed a three-year contract with Steinbrenner after resigning as Oakland A s manager. But Charlie Finley, then owner of the A s, said Williams had two years to go on his Oakland contract and sought an injunction to keep the Yankees from hiring him. United Press International BOSTON — The Houston Rockets believe in the adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try again. The Rockets returned to the Boston Garden Wednesday night for the first time since their loss to the Boston Celtics in the NBA fin als and grabbed a 106-104 victory from the defending champs. The main force in the Houston win was center Moses Malone, who netted a game-high 37 points while grabbing 11 rebounds. The triumph had a particular sweet ness for the 6-10 center. In a post playoff public celebration last May, Boston’s Larry Bird inferred that Malone had strange dietary habits which became the thrust of a tasteless entrepreneur who sold T-shirts bearing that infamous quote outside Boston Garden prior to Wednesday’s game. “It’s always nice to come to Bos ton to play, said Malone, “and it’s nicer when you win. The Celtics are the world champs and a classy team. Bird should have more class than he did, but he’ll grow up in three or four years. Right now he’s eating crow and there are a lot of ignorant people who will have to go home with Moses on their chests.’’ Motivation aside, the Rockets still had to overcome a 64-49 third- quarter deficit and it was Malone who did the lion’s share of the work, scoring 14 points in each of the final two quarters. He was aided by newcomer Elvin Hayes, who scored seven of his 18 points in the second half “We felt that in the third period we had to make their defense work. They had their big men in foul trouble and we wanted to work on them, so it was up to me and Elvin and fortunately we were able to do the job, Malone said. For his part, Hayes felt reborn with his new team. “It’s a great feeling to be wanted and be back in Houston where it all started for me in college,” said the 13-year veteran who was acquired from Washington in the off-season. “I 5UY. SEll,TRADE OR RENT THROUGH THE - ES31 1=1 zXZ Fashions! To add sparkle to your holiday season. Lengths to fit your festivities. 7S£e Open 10-6 M-F, 10-4 Sat. 2305 S. Texas Ave., College Station 693-9358 MSC ARTS presents DAVID GRIMES CLASSICAL GUITARIST Nov. 18 Workshop 1-5 p.m. Nov. 19 Concert 8 p.m. Rudder Theatre Tickets & Information MSC Box office 845-1234 ZACHARIAS GREENHOUSE elub & game parlor “IF you want to lay back. . . come by Zack’s!” TONIGHT! ZACH'S SURPRISE HAPPY HOUR! From 7-11 every Tues. Sr Thurs. ZACH'S Bartender will ring his bell and then for l hour . . . 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The loss was the Celtics’ second this season and the first one in front of their home crowd, but it snapped an eight-game winning streak. Boston coach Bill Fitch said his players took the loss hard. "I was worried about how the team would take it, said Fitch. "You could have cut the bitterness with a knife. We've lost twoballgajjj and if they had doubleheadersj’j hate to face us ri^ht nowifall had to do was change jerseys. "There’s no hook in liereii hang losses on. They beat us. time we beat them, we j credit and they got the They beat us tonight and nothing you can do about it. Tfe made it hurt because itlookedlfe we had the game under control, 1 An experience you will never forget THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PROJECT SUMMER 1982 Applications are now available in the TRAVEL COMMITTEE CUBICLE i Room 216 MSC. for more info call 845-1515 We support the 12th Man in their stand for the Aggie team MPACT 24 hr. 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