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ports Wednesday, May 2, 1984/The Battalion/Page 15 NFL draft pick results See page 16 NGTON - doctors whi evoked in out e and prai , often treatifl poor in K imgrams.agi iporied Tuai of the Senate|': on Agin; at Sen. PeteVp ed “a glaring law” and vo» don to prot« elderly and erved by Mb d programs, ral Accounlii vestigative ar ■leased to tilt lee a stud) ■nis — indi edicare and being treat >y doctors wto revoked wl ed cassavoy sports editor JSFL gimmicks ard to believe I Now I know the USFL has to aggressively market its £eams, but I find this newest mmick a little weird. other state Iged incompe lonstrates thti locking ini ents in ft lealth progi* Other than being treated ee chairman j to an action-packed football ■ame, fans can expect some Medical AsBther entertainment goodies, icsiihing lA'ho can wail for the half- e, said theulj time tug of war contest or the lings of tlie®iance to win one of the would suppa 10,000 free “Where’s the law to prevcj Beef’ bandanas? un practicintp I But rather than condemn lall perceniafOi ridicule these promotions, physicians: 1 think they didn’t go far DAO reponpnough. I want more, nly about lip Why not have male and he ctors lost tml'ale strippers sell the hot sciplinary radogs, with a five dollar cover ■barge. itudied328lili Warming to this scenario the inajorilfltlie Assistant Sports Editor licenses wenjcliimes in that there could be tended fonthorse racing on the track sur- fichigan, Oljfounding the field. Imagine between Jajdie chaos created by this ember 1982. Bouestrian rabble stampeding at 122 ofthtj 3 round camera crews, ises in slatesicbeerleaders and the tug-of- ■ that look M' dl teams. and were all Chariot races headlining >ther stale, the Madman from Olympus g action bifentling the Raving Alien aulomaticaP’om Cleveland could be ioning by ifcdded attractions. Maybe a the same pilpbu-series could be clevel- censes," GAllped. Sort of the Dukes of fimmermanBaiezard go to Rome, iionals were® Maybe the teams could for trea!r;:f§ 1 ing in circus rides and a Medicaid pal P eri 'is wheel , kids under 12 reld a valid Setting two free rides after :ause theDf eac b interception by the 1th and Hipie team, nly excludejpi The Gambler game soi l of acts con fumed out to be a good—bad jgrams and e »Lerlainment experience, lie GAO said Tie Gamblers put on a good udy cited i pow, but decided to lose in the end. ; license nf * think one way the USFL 1980 in Mil iled to use indiscrimi jgs and i racier for ngage in l of an ou oved to held a ractice. He >oul $15,i i doctor’s dicine ed in June e medical ntaliy im] ed in both! billing Mei d)00 from RUN AND SHOOT FOOTBALL With a playoff berth at stake! MONDAY NIGHT AT 7 IN THE ASTRODOME Billy Cannon picked by Pokes in 1st round los Angeles Quarterback Houston Quarterback JIM KELLY The 40 Miron Dollar Man I The Master of Run and Shoot THE HOUSTON GAMBLERS Tied for first In th« Central Dtvfoion; Mot 1 in Scoring No>1 In OffenMt No. 1 Querlerfceclq No. 1 Receiver; Hex 1 Scorer. VERSUS THE LOS ANGELES EXPRESS A 1984 DODGE CHARGER AND A ROUND TRIP FOR TWO TO RIO DE JANEIRO VIA PAN AM IN OBLIGATION-FREE DRAWINGS A HALF-TIME TUG OF WAR CONTEST BETWEEN TEAMS FROM COLLEGES IN THE HOUSTON AREA could increase fan interest would be to set the score of the game before the two teams actually play it. The teams playing each other would be expected to have this pre-determined score at the end of the game. Each team would be ex pected to pick their best three players of the game. The three on the winning team would be traded immediately to the Dallas Cowboys. The three best on the losing team would be traded to the San Antonio Gunslingers. And if you ever got tired of trying to figure out any USFL game, just go home and mow the lawn. United Press International DALLAS — Aggie linebacker Billy Cannon Jr. hoped to hear his name called somewhere near the end of the second round of the NFL draft Tues day. Instead, the Texas A&M line backer became a first-round se lection of the Dallas Cowboys — who had not used their initial pick to choose a Southwest Con ference player since 1961. The early pick was somewhat of a surprise. Experts predicted Cannon to be chosen sometime in the second round. But A&M Defensive Coordinator R.C. Slocum said he wasn’t too sur prised. “We get a lot of input from scouts and coaches,” Slocum said, “so we knew that several teams were very interested in him.” Cannon’s value increased greatly this spring when he spent the off-season months lifting weights, something he had never done before because of playing on the A&M baseball team. Slocum said the 6-foot-4-inch Cannon now weighs about 237- pounds, up from the 220- pounds he played at this past season. And it is all muscle, Slo cum said. He also said Cannon consistanly runs the 40-yard dash in 4.6. Cannon’s biggest asset, Slo cum said, was his toughness. “He’s a tough son-of-a-gun,” Slocum said. “And that’s the starting point for playing line backer. Billy has some finesse, but he can take on some block ers and jam some people.” As for any weaknesses Can non might have, Slocum said his inexperience at the linebacker position might be a disadvan tage. Cannon only played line backer his senior year after be ing switched from free safety. Slocum said Cannon did an ex traordinary job this season. “For a guy to come in to a new position, without spring training, and do the job he did is incredible,” Slocum said. “It he would have played four years at linebacker, he would have been an All-America.” Even though more highly publicized linebackers were available when Dallas picked 25th in the opening round, the Cowboys snapped up a player who once thought his future was in baseball. “He was the one we wanted,” said Dallas personnel director Cil Brandt. “I wasn’t all that surprised he lasted that long, but I was still worried somebody might take him. A lot of clubs were high on him.” The irony of Cannon’s selec tion was that he became the first Texas A&M player ever taken by the Cowboys and that he was the first draft choice under the ownership of Texas A&M board of regents chairman H.R. “Bum” Bright. “Bum got to make the first pick,” joked Dallas coach Tom Landry. “It was part of the sale. When you spend $80 million you ought to get to make the pick” Cannon is no stranger to the public eye. His father, Billy Cannon Sr., was the greatest football hero in the history of Louisiana State University. Cannon won the Heisman Trophy in 1959 and his punt return that beat the University of Mississippi that year is a ma jor part of Louisiana football lore. When the younger Cannon was a senior in high school, the state of Louisiana was outraged that he chose Texas A&M over his father’s alma mater. He did so after choosing to abandon a career of professional baseball. During his sophomore year at Texas A&M, Cannon gained notoriety by knocking an A&M cadet to the ground after the ca det had threatened an SMU cheerleader with a sabre. J^ast year Cannon’s father, a Baton Rouge orthodontist whose wealth totaled $3 million, pleaded guilty to mastermind ing an inexplicable $6 million counterfeiting scheme. The elder Cannon is now serving a five-year federal prison term. “Billy did the greatest job in the world last year,” said Brandt, referring to his ability to perform despite the personal tragedy. “Opposing players tried to bait him and he refused to react to it. He is an outstand ing person in being able to han dle it the way he did.” Cannon has refused all com ment about his father’s activities and he did so again Tuesday af ter the Cowboys drafted him. “I am very surprised and very happy to be drafted by Dallas,” said Cannon. “I was thinking I would be drafted in Photo by DEAN SAITO Billy Cannon breaks through the Rice offen sive line in action this past season. Cannon was Dallas’ first round pick in Tuesday’s draft. the low second round.” After producing a poor track record with first-round picks in recent years, Landry indicated the Cowboys did not go after a player with “potential.” Instead, they went after a player they were positive would help them at a position where they needed help. “We have to have proven players coming out of training camp,” said Landry. “We are ilot going to take chances. We are going to come out of camp with a solid set of linebackers.” Ags pick Johnson United Press International Associate athletic director John David Crow announced Tuesday that assistant coach Mark Johnson will succeed Tom Chandler as Texas A&M’s head baseball coach at the end of the season. Chandler, A&M’s head coach for 26 years, resigned prior to the Rice series last weekend. His resignation is effective Aug. 31. “We are extremely fortunate to have a person of Mark John son’s ability to be able to step in for Tom Chandler and assume the direction of our baseball program,” Crow said.” Johnson was an assistant coach at Mississippi State for six years before coming to Texas A&M in 1982. He also coached at Arizona — the 1976 national champions. “I’m extremely honored and proud to be asked to represent Texas A&M as its head baseball coach,” Johnson said. “It is also an honor to succeed a man of Tom Chandler’s caliber, and I will make every effort to main tain the many high standards established here by him.” Why Settle For Less? 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