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Wednesday, April 11,1984AThe Battalion/Page 17 by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds Pearson discusses accident United Press International :ss Internatioml — Bengal idy ut a Ion i inning oi it Tigers' 12 minutes to the rest of right along tarts! ihet Lemon » # i lue.hegeii, mrs remain unbeaten Isa lot. — enter fielder Tigers' 5-1 via tide Tom Her except it was the nine-year he has been li we want start malt [inning of the: ‘/s; games Ml wonder whyil Detroit slams Texas, 5-1 United Press International DETROIT — Darrell Evans 1 a three-run homer in the rst inning and Dan Petry tched a four-hitter Tuesday d for tonseot Telp the unbeaten Detroit Ti- ^rsrun their winning streak to games with a 5-1 vic tory over inished seco#; i ' exas u A crowd oi 51,258 turned l for Detroit’s first home tmeand saw Evans, the club’s rst major free agent acquisi- m,belt a 1-0 pitch into the up- Jcr deck in right after Texas yor ColemanJ arter jy ave Stewart had out tht* cereii|| 1 || (e( | t | ie f n sl lwo batters, h for 1 uei Kirk Gibson singled with one out and Stewart walked three more hatters in the inning to give the Tigers a 4-1 lead before being relieved. The six victories at the start of the season marks Detroit’s best start since 1911, when the Tigers also won their first six games. Detroit raised its lead to 5-1 in the third when Larry Hern don doubled and Dave Berg man singled him home. Evans, who played out his op tion at San Francisco last year, has two home runs and eight RBI for Detroit. Petry raised his record to 2-0 and allowed just two hits after the first inning. He struck out seven and walked three. Buddy Bell singled with one out in the first, went to second on an infield out by George Wright and gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead when he scored on Larry Parrish’s single. But Petry allowed no more hits until Gary Ward opened the seventh in ning with a single. Texas Detroit IDO 401 000 000 000 — 1 OOx —5 (Uinc-ifinniiiff Rlil — Evans (2). I.OH— 1 exns (i. Oil roil li. 2R—I lei nclon. UK—Evans (2). SB—llerniUm. IIHI’- hy Henke tLemon). Wl‘~ Henke. I'h Ymt. T—2:32. A—al.2:SS. Drew Pearson limped slightly as he walked in to make his first public appearance since the March 22 accident in which Garey Mark Pearson, 27, was killed and the Dallas Cowboys’ All Pro wide receiver was se riously injured. Pearson said the major injury he suffered in the accident was to his liver, but doctors have as sured him that it will be healed in two or three months. He also suffered a slightly separated claviCal and had stitches in his knee and thigh, but “those are types of injuries I wouldn’t even tell the trainer about.” “I know this is going to set me back as far as off-season condi tioning is concerned,” he said of the liver injury. “But knowing myself and knowing how my body heals, I feel I will be strong toward the end of Sep tember and be ready to give the Cowboys the type of football they expect from me.” Pearson said he remembered little of the accident, adding that he apparently fell asleep at the wheel. Pearson’s car rammed into the rear of a trac tor-trailer parked near a high way exit in Dallas. Carey Pear son was declared dead at the scene. “I remember getting on the freeway but that’s all I remem- as roundlyb ed. crowd was I first ha oil s iSOIl. nuch he paitll a new adveni evolving bra iger Stadiui enter field tstros still faltering, lose 3-1 words... -7 media pti( United Press International PHILADELPHIA — Mike bmidt says there’s nothing tile like lacing Nolan Ryan ben the game is on the line. Before going up against yan Tuesday with two on in eighth inning, Schmidt had meO-for-3 while stranding six iserunners to touch off some altered disapproval from the iwd of 37,236 that turned out |r the Philadelphia Phillies’ me opener. But the fourth time up, Ihmidt won the duel with mg** Ouston’s fireballing ace. He ] acked a three-run homer into r f !r e left field seats to give the t jillies and John Denny a 3-1 luh's best sti dory over the Astros. “There’s no at-bat like an at- is probablyi 1 a S ainst Nolan Ryan,” I’ve ever™ pmidtsaid. “1 just don’t know nine 278 »l r t0 describe it. He’s a and eight rt ^ ler - a garner. I got one hit h of his boi | beat him today but there’s twomenon. 'thing like hitting against him. company - he man who# it Tigers. run and Dan -hitter to II He lets you know he’s coming at you. , “He throws you a ball on the hands and then lie pitches you away. Sometimes the other guy deserves the credit. The man broke seven bats today and struck out 11. That’s 18 outs that are absolutely no contest.” Ryan, 1-1, who had a 4-hitter after seven innings, walked Juan Samuel to lead off the eighth. L.en Matuszek then bun ted but the ball nicked Ryan’s glove for an infield hit. Schmidt then worked the count to 2-2 and belted the next pitch into the stands. “I tried to go away with a fast ball on the outside part of the plate but it tailed back in,” Ryan said. “You can’t pitch from be hind against Schmidt and get away with it. As soon as I re leased it, I knew it was gone.” The homer came on the last of the 127 pitches thrown by Ryan but Houston manager Bob Lillis said he did not think about lil ting him. “It’s tough to take a guy out when he’s throwing 95 miles an hour, has a shutout and has struck out 11,” Lillis said. “It would certainly be demoralizing if I would have done it. He was out there to win it or lose it. He challenged Schmidt, and Schmidt hit a home run.” Denny, 1-1, the 1983 Cy Young Award winner, matched Ryan by shutting out the Astros until the eighth, when Graig Reynolds hit his first home run of the season. But no other Houston runner managed to make it past first base. After Denny allowed a lead- off single to Terry Puhl in the ninth, manager Paul Owens lifted him in favor of bullpen ace A1 Holland, who picked up his first save. “Denny pitched a great game and he earned the right to start the ninth,” Owens said. “But there was no way he was going to continue if a man got on be cause I had the guy who can save it.” In Houston, Astros shortstop Dickie Thon, struck by a pitch Sunday night, is scheduled to undergo surgery today to re pair a bone fracture about his left eye, a club spokesman said. Thon was hit by a pitch from New York Mets’ pitcher Mike T orrez in the third inning of a game Sunday in the Astro dome. Houston 000 000 010—1 Phillies 000 000 03x—3 Gnine-winning RBI — Schmidt (2). E—Maius- zck. LOB—I Houston 5, Bhiludclphiu 6. HR— Reynolds (1), Schmidt (2). SB—Samuel (7).T— 2:21. A—37,2-16. ISFL honors Cara no , who likeE" tn the Nat® iter, walked 1 he faced befc i 1-0 pilch ts in the tij United Press International 111 iggling," Ew “He didn't ni ew he wasgoi me in NEW YORK — Pittsburgh tilers quarterback Glenn rano has been named the Football League’s player of week, it was announced lesday. Carano completed 35 of 48 ises for 388 yards and two touchdowns Sunday in the Maulers’ 27-24 loss to the New Orleans Breakers. The quar terback also ran one yard for a touchdown in the game. Garano, who played seven years with the Dallas Gowboys in the NFL before signing with Pittsburgh in the off-season, has connected on 122 of 202 passes Call Days Evenings & Weekends ^tordSey-H. mpum Classes scheduled to begin week of Apr. 21 Educational Center TEST PREPARATION SPECIALISTS SINCE 1938 Call 696-3196 707 Texas Ave. 301-C In Dallas: 11617N. Central Expwy. 3! College Republicans present mi joe Barton an T" If < :>■ r fftk' m: Candidate for U.S. Congress, Sixth District * Thursday, April 12 * 7:00 p.m. * Room 301 Rudder yle. || ;e new con ning, clubs, bus route ft't'.r i ; the most 39,950, you most con- , automatic Durls and a rewl M S — Chosen by President Reagan as a White House Fellow. — Assisted President Reagan's Cost Control Commission, the Grace Commission. — Proven Cost Cutter Come meet and talk with Joe! Republican ^jIIiru.S.Congie ss Jo* B» ,,on >aldlofW F ** n p.O Bo*' 4 * her until I woke up and my brother was lying on my shoul der. I tried to wake him up, too, but of course I couldn’t. Pearson said the only obstacle to him playing for Dallas this season would be contractual. He completed his 11th season with the Cowboys last year. He is currently in the option year of his contract. “I’m still considering re tiring,” Pearson said. “Inside, I’m very sore. But I feel I have an obligation to play. “I have an obligation to the fans who have shown support for me and I feel like I have a personal commitment to carry on my brother’s name. “It gives me something new to play for. When you’re 33 years old, you need different reasons to play. It’s something to grasp and a good positive reason to play,” he said. Pearson stressed that his con ditioning program would be a long one. “1 really have a birdcage chest to go with my bird legs,” Pearson said in one of the few light moments of the news con ference. “It was very tough mentally. At night I’d lie there in inten sive care and coulcl’t sleep. When I did sleep, I would have nightmares. “There is no question that all this (football-related activities) is going to occupy my mind, but not enough to make me forget what happened or what I have been through.” Pearson made several refer ences to his faith and how that helped him cope with Carey’s death. “You have to understand that He has a plan for all of us. There’s a reason I awoke from that accident and my brother didn’t. It has nothing to do with Drew Pearson. 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