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Wednesday, June 6, 1984/The Battalion/Page 9 pies, ten- tgles anti m room ierson at cer elec- , present Sports Must stop fastbreak TANK »FNA»LUIA X by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds Celts face slowdown ATTEK More Ti4AM 300 AW,£*JC£ ^ ticket Molpers pem^mpep tuqk MONJET BACK, ow TdG TMEV ALREAPV KMf ' &0INJG1D mg at ? x“ made. >k They’re nil tits upalot. United Press International INGLEWOOD, Calif. —Three Janies into the NBA championship ■eries with the Los Angeles Lakers, llie Boston Celtics have shifted Hhoughts from showdown to slow- 4 down. ^ “They just speed by you like cabs, Ind you’re standing there, with no line stopping,” Boston forward Ce- llric Maxwell said of the Lakers, who lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 after % romp last Sunday in Game 3. J The fourth game is Wednesday ” headdei Blight at the Forum. The series then rightno»| switches back to Boston Carden, iterest rats \ “They run on every situation you pushed «| Kve them,” said Boston’s Larry Bird, timing a! jjvhose 30 points weren’t much of a iO-yearb factor in Game 3. “They beat us at 14 percet llieir own game. What can you do aymentsfo Jvhen they’re scoring 3 V-z points ev il,000 loai iery minute?” ith, he said Something you can do is hope the le taxesaii: Lakers gel swelled heads. Los Art icles coach Pat Riley admits it’s a at a 12 peBossibility. lypaymetiTi “I’m concerned about us feeling rcent inteiltoo good about our game,” Riley paid. “It goes back to (Dave) Cowens the mark |nd (Bill) Russell. To play the Bos- id for be- guy on ill the perat on the be. ?S losure am ;aid rn Feb. li. -. and Mn icers mai ton Celtics, we have to be ready physically and emotionally. If you get caught half-stepping with them, you’re in trouble.” Riley knows his team’s fast break is something special. “It happens all of a sudden,” he said. “For example, if James Worthy gets the ball, bang! It happens.” It happened Sunday when the Lakers ran to a championship series game record of 47 points in the third period. Los Angeles went on to give the Celtics the worstbeating in NBA finals history, 137-104. “The key to the fast break is not to make it fancy,” said Magic Johnson, whose record 21 assists in Game 3 at tests that he’s a man in the know. “It’s the basic pass, one that just gets it to the man and lets him carry it in. “I really don’t know its impact on Boston, but it gives us a great feel ing. It brings everybody up to an other level. You want the ball back again so you can continue and keep it going.” Boston center Robert Parish, held to 9 points Sunday, said his team can’t keep up with the Laker sprint ers. McEnroe and Connors make French semi’s losure, tk :l contini* kj ( ;es in usinessop ower, ami al repua an notyfl unount d the resui the “inleit are askiif : damage the suit. 3xan! ie tests ait s said, we c s were al : still leaf scores re tstigation. nething I s superin- dence of tommeml United Press International PARIS — Arch-rivals John McEn- oe and Jimmy Connors, the two top \merican southpaws, scored Itraighl sets victories Tuesday to set up a semifinal clash in the $1 million fiench Open Tennis Champion- Ihips. McEnroe, the 25-year-old world o. 1, claimed his 4 1st straight vic- lim this year in defeating fifth- eeded compatriot Jimmy Arias, 0-3, 3-4, 6-4, to make the semis for the irsl time in four attempts, while the Bl-year-old Connors ended a run of hree quarterfinal defeats here by reating ninth-seeded Swede Henrik sundstrom, 7-0 (7-4), 0-1, 0-4, in 2 hours 11 minutes. McEnroe and Connors are tied |12-12 since they first met in 1977 nd they have not faced each other an clay for five years. But McEnroe jdmitled: “Every lime we play on day I lose to him. He returns a serve so well that I can’t count on my serve lo attack him. I shall just stick to my game.” Connors, running out of time in chasing the only major crown to have eluded him, would make no forecast about Friday’s confronta tion on the slow soft red day of Ro land Garros. “We have both beaten each other on everything, but we have never played in a major clay court event like this in the past. It is a matter of going out and doing it,” he said. Connors had to be close to his best to win Iris match, which was halted by rain at 4-4 in the first set after both had gained service breaks. Neither gave any ground when principals ise classts j the stu- en simpb program lybody io ethics.’ t are in to cheai : or not. 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Texas Avenue at Brentwood Brazos Square Shopping Center College Station Also visit Dallas, Plano, Waco, Lubbock “The difference is they’ve got more foot speed and more people who can run the court,” Parish said. Riley said the teams think alike. “The philosophy is the same as Boston’s: try to get the ball out and then go,” he said. “You want to get as quick and easy a shot as you can, an opportunity shot.” He said the Lakers’ break is based upon the players “not confusing the outlet passer with who is coming to the ball. It’s structured, which some times inhibits the break, for a fast break is usually rebounding and spraying the hall to the first outlet guard. “We are inhibited some (by always using Johnson to control the break) hut it keeps us organized enough to get the hall into Kareem (Abdul-Jab- bar) and the other scorers,” said Ri ley. Worthy said running can help the Lakers psychologically. “The fast break is the most excit ing part of a game, and if your tran sition game is good, it helps a team’s morale,” Worthy said. ... CrsPLRATE ToURKJAMEMr OFFICIALS TOOK TMt UNPRECEPEklTec? STEP OFOFFERIWG THE lkMMC|BLE MARTI MA NAVRATiUDVA 100W-APFEAPAMC£ Moi&T... Aggies revive old rivalry By TRAVIS TINGLE Sports Writer Texas A&M University and Loui siana State University announced Tuesday an agreement to play a seven-game series between 1986 and 1997. The first game will be on Sept. 6, 1986, in Baton Rouge, La. The sec ond meeting will be in Kyle Field on Sept. 5, 1987. The remaining five games scheduled will be played at undetermined sites. Officials with LSU and Texas A&M are negotiating with represen tatives of the Superdome in New Or- the match resumed before Connors reeled off three successive points to take the tie-breaking 13th game with a forehand pass, a double-fisted backhand crosscourt drive and a punched volley. Sundstrom lost his touch in the second set, which Connors won eas ily, and the American broke in the opening game of the third, only to lose his own service three games later. Connors responded to the chal lenge by breaking the Swede again to lead 3-2, and he held on for the victory. Sweden’s fourth-seeded Mats Wi- lander, champion in 1982 and run ner-up last year, swept aside Span iard Juan Aguilera, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3, in earlier fourth round action to earn a revenge quarterfinal date with title- holder Yannick Noah. The French man edged Hungarian Balasz Ta- roezy, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-3). The other quarterfinal in the bot tom half of the draw features sec ond-seeded Ivan Lendl of Czecho slovakia against Andres Gomez, the No. 7 seed from Ecuador. Women’s action Tuesday saw fa vorite Martina Navratilova avenge her only defeat of last year by dis patching fellow American Kathy Horvath, 6-4, 6-2, to earn a semifinal spot in her pursuit of a grand slam $1 million bonus. The Prague-born left-hander faces her former ballgirl, 1981 champion Hana Mandlikova and de fending champion Chris Everet Lloyd, who is chasing her sixth French crown, will play 16-year old Carling Bassett. Photo by DA VE SCOTT John McEnroe disputes a call during the WCT tournament held in Dallas in April. McEnroe won the tournament by de feating Jimmy Connors in the finals, but the two players square off again in the semi-finals of the French Open. ^f>e < W&rd is getting around... CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST A weekly meeting designed to help Christians learn how to experience a more abundant Christian life and learn how to communicate their faith to others effectively. Meets Thurs day—7p. m. MSC 206 Help spread c tf)e ‘Word leans, the Astrodome in Houston, the Cotton Bowl in Dallas and Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas. Texas A&M Associate Athletic Di rector John David Crow said the five games played after 1987 should be played at neutral stadiums large enough to accommodate the tre mendous followings of the universi ties. “We’re trying to negotiate for a neutral benefitting the fans of both schools,” Crow said. “It’s possible that all the games could he played at one spot. But we’ll definitely have the fans in mind when the final deci sion is made.” Texas A&M Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Jackie Sherrill said he’s excited about renewing the old rivalry with the LSU. The Ags and the Tigers met every season from 1960 to 1975. “It should never have been stop ped,” Sherrill said. “There were alot of crushed hearts when it was. It will bring back alot of people and excit ing times for both schools.” “Both schools are so similar with great tradition, proud alumni, out standing students, and goals of ex cellence that it didn’t take much talk ing for us to decide on playing dates.” Texas A&M has a 14-22-3 overall record against LSU, dating back to the first meeting in 1899. OSU coach gets position at Miami United Press International MIAMI — Jimmy Johnson, who turned Oklahoma State into a win ner in just five years, accepted a mil- lion-dollar deal Tuesday to coach the national champion University of Miami Hurricanes. Johnson, 40, resigned from Okla homa State to accept the reported 5- year, $200,000-a-year contract to re place Howard Schnellenberger, who jumped ship last month to join the ranks of the United States Football League. Johnson compiled 30-25-2 record in five seasons at Oklahoma State, his first head coaching job, and guided the Cowboys to two post-sea son bowl games. Oklahoma State went 8-4 last season, including a vic tory over Baylor in the Bluebonnet Bowl. Johnson told a packed news con ference he was thrilled with the op portunity to coach the defending na tional champions. “I think it’s a very exciting time for me and for the university,” John son said. “It’s an honor for me and my wife to be at the University of Mi ami. I’m happy to be here and ex cited about getting to work. “I plead with everyone to be pa tient and to approach it with a posi tive attitude. It’s going to take time.” Johnson replaces Schnellen berger, one of the most popular ath letic figures in Miami. Schnellenberger, whose resur rection of the Miami football pro gram culminated Jan. 2 when the Hurricanes shocked previously un beaten Nebraska in the Orange Bowl to win the NCAA championship, an nounced last month he was leaving UM to accept a lucrative contract to coach the USFL WashingtonTeder- als. “It is a happy day for the Univer sity of Miami, its athletic program, its athletic department and the foot ball program,” said an elated UM President Edward T. Foote. Athletic Director Sam Jankovich, who was responsible for the coach ing search after Schellenberger quit on May 25, said he talked to many national figures in college football and Johnson’s name surfaced more than any other. “He is not only a great on-the- field coach, but he will fulfill his re sponsibilities under the NCAA guidelines and fulfill the commit ment to his student athletes,” Janko vich said. Johnson was named Big Eight coach of the year in 1979. He led Oklahoma. State to the Indepen dence Bowl in 1981. Before going to Oklahoma State, Johnson was an assistant at Pitts burgh, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Iowa State, Wichita State and Louisiana Tech. Schnellenberger took over the lowly Hurricane program in 1979 and immediately began his rebuild ing job. He compiled a 41-16 record, including an 11-1 mark last year that resulted in Miami’s first-ever na tional football championship. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH Welcomes You (A Member of the Anglican Communion) EPISCOPAL STUDENT CENTER CANTERBURY HOUSE 902 Jersey, College Station 696-0774 The Rev. J. Mark Wilburn - Chaplain Wednesday Evening Eucharist with supper following - 6:00 p.m. Student Center Chapel, St. Jude's, open 24 hours Study space & TV. room open until 10:00 p.m. BRYAN—COLLEGE STATION PARISHES AND MISSION ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH 217 W. 26th Street, Bryan 822-5176 The Rev. 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