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Page 12/The Battalion/Wednesday, January 11, 1984 Gretzky extends streak, scores in all 43 games United Press International DETROIT — Wayne Gretzky is an act only Wayne Gretzky can top. Gretzky holds virtually every season scoring record of signifi cance in the National Hockey League and, despite being just 22, should close in on some career scoring standards before reaching the age of 25. Yet his incredible streak of having scored in every game played by the Edmonton Oilers this season is gripping the nation much as a consecutive-game hit ting streak by a baseball player. “We’d been on the West ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ WALLET SIZE COLOR PHOTOS 994 USE KODAK PAPER AT K. Wolens 226 North Main Bryan, TX 77801 lues., Jan. 17 4" Coast since Dec. 15 and it was kind of quiet about the streak out there,” Gretzky said. “I didn’t realize how much public ity the streak was getting back East. Now I’m starting to think about it.” Gretzky extended the streak to 43 games Monday night with a pair of unassisted goals and an assist in leading Edmonton to a 7-3 trouncing of the Detroit Red Wings. Gretzky has redefined the word “offense” in hockey. He’s been player of the week so many times the NHL would be smart to name the award after him so other players could know what it Was like to win it. Yet there remain those who believe Gretzky only excels be cause today’s hockey is so offen sive-minded. “Hockey was great 20 years ago. It was great 30 years ago. It was great 10 years ago. And it’s great today,” Gretzky said, get ting into his rebuttal. xx Ijp SOC evelopment oundation ‘Meeting the Needs of Texas A&M pamsvm = mips ms, w>iw Tfflmsl xtc rXK: “ Today and Tomorrow” Office of Development Texas A&M University 610 Evans Library 845-8161 rx K~.. _ w x w- Magic spurs LA comebad WHY PAY MORE? ST BOOKSTORE ' ! : V; AA A; HAS SHOP EARLY AND SAVE $$$! AND WE RE STILL PAYING CASH FOR USED BOOKS NOW! NORTHGATE ONE-HOUR FREE PARKING BEHIND THE STORE over Rockets United Press International HOUSTON — Magic John son hit a 12-foot jumper with 1:08 left in overtime to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a come- from-btmind 136-132 win over the Houston Rockets Tuesday night. The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the West Coast franchise. Bob McAdoo, a reserve for ward for Los Angeles, led all scorers with 32 points. It was his first game back in action after missing three contests to an in jury. The Rockets were led by Lewis Lloyd with 28 points, in cluding two free throws with three seconds left in regulation time. The Rockets raced to an early 20-point lead in the first quar ter, opening a 28-8 advantage with 4:42 remaining and led 35- 21 at the quarter break behind 10 points by Lloyd and Ralph Sampson. The Lakers cut the lead nine, 58-49, at halftime* McAdoo contributing 9 poi and James Worthy contributi 10. Kareem Abdul-Jabbarscori 1 UI1S ’ Ui BEI1 imder li JSS Ne Tattnall jive-ind lions eas Lt.C pokesrr larine: he war “Tin Imount founds t ounds,’ Druzt }te Beit brines 16 |M)inls in the third quai after being held to 5 the end first half and J ohnson hill three-point goal from midcod to cut the Rocket lead to 92-911 the end of the third quarter. The fourth quarter wasas# saw affair, with both teamsspif . ring at both ends ofthecouii lre ’f (, >'< Jamaal Wilkes of the Lakersad JwLiO Elvin Hayes sparked their Lh spective teams, with Wilkes ing 8 in the fourth quarteran Hayes scoring 9. The second battle betwm Rocket rookie Sampson am bar ended late in the fod|L^ lift' quarter when they both fould out. For the game, Sampson b* 20 points and 1 1 rebouni while Jabbar had 21 pointsai only 3 rebounds. Educators push NCAA reforms United Press International DALLAS — For the college presidents intent on reforming intercollegiate athletics, Tues day was a .500 day at the NCAA convention. While Proposition 35, a prop osal drafted by the American Council on Education to estab lish a 44-member board of col lege presidents empowered to enact and suspend NCAA legis lation, failed, the university ex ecutives did become a function ing entity within the NCAA structure. That came by way of Proposi tion 36, an NCAA proposal to counter the board of presidents by creating the panel, but giving it only advisory power. “Whatever presidents do from now on, it’s legitamized,” said Stephen Horn, president of California State University at Long Beach. “And it’s legita mized by a two-thirds vote of the NCAA. This makes presidents a part of the apparatus. “This is clearly a win, though we didn’t get everything we went in to get.” Though the ACE failed go gain even a majority, much less the two-thirds vote needed to pass Proposition 35, the presi dents were able to modify Prop osition 36 so that the university executives, and not the NCAA, will select members of the presi dents commission. Another amendment overwhelmingly passed under Proposition 36 gives the presidents the power to n gagir londal balone) The. »sers in tortmo. The call for a roll-call vote on issues. It was the absence of power Tuesday that throttld the effort to pass Proposition!: T-'i’ ‘‘ l which failed by a vote of 321 j, v 313. “I think we were dii appointed that we never chance for a roll-call vote," sai j.W. Pehason, president of lb ACE. “ We would have gotten majority on a roll-call vote.” Peltason said an ACE pol presidents prior to the comet tion indicated 69 percent those surveyed were in favort establishing a board of pres dents. He said the two convet tion votes denying motions roll-call vote allowed some waffle. “We were very upset was no roll-call,” said Xavit University President the Re' Chalres L. Currie. “I think tb was part of the NCAA arP gance " Peltason said the ACE pro| Wyard osal also lost support from Di' sion III schools because many the presidents of those instil* tions were unable to attend b* cause of budgetary constrainis But Horn said the amenil ment to Proposition 36 allowin presidents to demand a rolkJ vote on major issues will helpet force the desires of absent pres dents at future conventions. “We’re t hrough the last ye* of covering up your vote,” said. 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