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Texas A&M 4E5 M f( The Battalion Sports Wednesday, June 22, 1983/The Battalion/Page 11 Contenders? m illion acei dless peas: icated sob d be coil ndownen. Reform l of ejidos- 1 that are* men in sib : certified, of tradijf other i ause the injackelsi! ern Wont is next yen ectinea* :) decide.' those who eferendiiu Astros defeat Braves 5-0, begin thinking of pennant contention United Press International HOUSTON — Several of the Houston Astros players feel the club is working as a unit and still has a chance to larstokeep: mentsoni! ireigndek make a pennant run. And id J)ey played like a contender Tuesday night. Phil Garner hit a homer and scored two runs and Mike Scott fired a six-hitter to boost Houston to a 5-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Scott, 3-3, hurled his second shutout and Villicams icond complete game of the 'ear. He was aided by three double plays, allowed no walks and struck out none. The Braves did not have a funner reach second base. “This was definite Astro,” Scott said. “The fastball was working well tonight and the guvs made the plays behind me. Three double plays really ? team helped. It is great to pitch a shut- Itit against anyone in this league, but we definitely need t^> beat the Braves and Dod- e sucha?i| g ei 's in the next two weeks to Jve us a chance in the divi- |on race,” he said. I Astros first baseman Ray 5 billion,l Knight agreed with Scott’s iseum M:|assessment. e, so wtB “Our club as a unit has been ie athlete 1 ! Paying extremely well for the d in. Ifsii; P ast three or four weeks,” he said. “I just hope that we are not too far back of the top jteams in our division. Right fcow, I feel that we are one of the top five teams in the ■arandom league.” and prizes B Garner lined a leadoff The gras home run in the second off i hehind-tk 184 Sum* dies ce ng Loop w 400 da* afficer, i former. w j ptlanta starter Phil Niekro, 2- Astros’ Phil Garner says defense key to 5-0 win 6. The homer came on a 3- and-2 pitch with none out. In the fifth with two outs, Garner walked and stole second base. Jose Cruz doubled down the left-field line to score Garner, and Ray Knight — who went 4-for-4 — followed with a single to right, scoring Cruz. “We played great defen sively tonight, especially in the outfield,” Garner said. “Those guys made some tough plays.” Atlanta outfielder Dale Murphy also had praise for the Houston defense. “Scott pitched a good game against us,” he said. “We hit the ball Ray Knight: Astros one of five top NL teams hard several times, but the Astro defense was great and they stopped us.” In the eighth, Knight led off with a single, Denny Wall ing ran for Knight, and adv anced to third on a single to right by Alan Ashby. Craig Reynolds followed with a dou ble to rightcenter, scoring Walling. Omar Moreno was walked intentionally and Terry Puhl followed with a single to right, scoring Ashby. Niekro pitched 4 and 2-3 innings, giving up three runs on eight hits, walking four and striking out three. Rams reportedly looking to deal No. 1 choice Dickerson BOSTON (UPI) — The Los Angeles Rams, who have been pnable to come to terms with top draft-pick Eric Dickerson, have 111 let Davim* t lard f| nt in tk y ston rnan dantin charges' ito tfiec^ is riding* eopleinD 1 dhandgt 5 Valentine other NFL teams dethey are illing to deal the former SMU running back, the Boston Globe reported Tuesday. The Globe said Dickerson, the No. 2 pick in the draft, feels he should be get ting somewhere between the $550,000 received by No. 3 pick Curt Warner and the $1 million a year given to No. 1 pick John Elway. The Rams reportedly have offered less than $500,000 OPEN HOUSE 4 to 6 Daily 12 to 6 Weekends Priced from the $40s :00 7! Mill Creek is a new neighborhood just two minutes from the University. It’s close enough to the campus for anyone to walk or bike. 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Although Australian stand ing in world tennis has dipped since the 1950s and 1960s, a new wave of promising youngsters is emerging. Pat Cash, Craig Mil ler, John Fitzgerald and Masur are all still in contention, although Masur’s tenure in this year’s tournament seems sure to end on the center court when he faces the No. 1 seed Wednesday. While Connors should be claiming a third-round place, his main rival for the singles title, No. 2 seed John McEnroe, will be playing a doubles match. McEnroe teamed with Peter Fleming in first-round action against Britain’s Chris Bradnam and David Lloyd. McEnroe renews his quest for the singles crown Thursday when he faces Florin Segar- ceanu of Romania. Fleming will be coming to the doubles action after a second round encounter in the singles with Nduka Odi- zor, the unranked Nigerian who Monday shocked fourth-seeded Guillermo Vilas of Argentina. Third-seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia is idle, and with Vilas now a spectator, No. 5 Mats Wilander of Sweden is the next highest ranking player in action. Wilander frittered away a two-set advantage over John Fitzgerald of Australia Tuesday night, wasting five match points and allowing the 22-year-old to even the match at two sets apiece. In women’s play, Chris Evert Lloyd, seeded to meet Martina Navratilova in a repeat of last year’s final, should not be undu ly troubled by Marcella Mesker of Holland, especially if she re produces the form that brought her a 6-2, 6-1 victory Tuesday over fellow American Alycia Moure. Third-seeded Andrea Jaeger, who won, 6-1,7-6, against Susan Rimes, faces another American, Pam Casale. There was not much in the way of surprises Tuesday although two of the high- ranking women’s seeds dropped out of contention. Fourth- seeded Tracy Austin withdrew with a pulled shoulder muscle : — she is still troubled by a chronic bad back — and sixth-seeded Bettina Bunge of West Germany was eliminated by Switzerland’s Christiane Jolissaint. Otherwise, matters proceeded very much to form. Navratilova fashioned a 6-1, 6-0 demolition of South African Beverly Mould, conceding only 17 points as she bombarded her opponent with strong volleys. In men’s play, Lendl joined Con nors and McEnroe in the second round, carving out a 7-6,6-1,6-0 victory over South African Ber- nie Mitton in one hour and 37 minutes. Eighth-seeded Vitas Geru- laitis had to struggle to avoid be coming the fourth men’s seed to lose. Two others —Jimmy Arias and Gene Mayer — previously withdrew. Gerulaitis edged di- minuative Ramesh Krishnan of India, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3. Martina Navratilova bombed Beverly Mould, 6-1, 6-0 The most unusual sight on the courts was that of American Trey Waltke playing in long trousers against the 1972 cham pion, compatriot Stan Smith. Waltke reached the second round when Smith withdrew be cause of a strained back in the fifth set. Prep star gearing up to better ‘unbreakable’ shot-put record United Press International BOSSIER CITY, La. — Shot- put champ Arnold Campbell is competing against his own re cords, inching closer to a mark considered by many track au thorities to be unbreakable. Campbell, 16, is the top- ranked prep shot-putter in the nation and his toss of 71 -10 !/4 with a 12-pound shot is nearly 7 feet farther than any other high school athlete in the country has recorded. At the recent Louisiana Peach Festival meet in Ruston, he beat his nearest com petitor by more than 30 feet. The junior at Airline High School in Bossier City is a favo rite in his speciality this weekend at the U.S. National Junior Track and Field Championships at the University of Pennsyl vania. The nation’s top high school and college freshman perfor mers will be competing in that meet this Saturday and Sunday, vying for berths on the U.S. Na tional Junior team that will com pete against Canada and Italy later in the summer. Campbell will be throwing a 16-pound shot, used by colle gians, with which his career best is a mark of 61-5‘A. “I believe I can reach 62 this weekend,” he said. “If I do, I’ll be plenty satisfied. I want to fin ish first or second in order to represent our country against the Canadians and Italians.” Campbell is spurred by com ments that he has reached his potential. “I had college coaches from all across the country come up to me after my freshman year and said it would be impossible for me to do much better as I got older,” he said. “The next year, I rubbed it off on them. When somebody tells me I can’t do something, well, itjust makes me try that much harder.” Campbell, who can bench press 410 pounds, is aiming for the all-time high school record of Sl-SVb, set by Dallas’ Michael Carter four years ago. a year. The Globe said discussions with the New England Patriots could begin next week when Rams’ owner Georgia Frontiere visits Foxboro, Mass., for the de dication of Sullivan Stadium. Dickerson played under Pat riots’ coach Ron Meyer at SMU. Hidden Bank Charges Are No Picnic. Most of us can live within our budget — it's the "surprises" each month that cause the problems. 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