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Si8P» fv)V^ cu ' 209 W. Carson, Bryan VJe Print Agency Quality ;>o^ST<'vvvNN'v%-' , v , Vv^^vVVvVSrvvS'STvT^?vSr , vvyi ».VS.N X.VWS-'N N X 'S VX.WS.S-N.VN V^.VVVS.N..VX.VVN.WS.S-S.WN V VX N •<] Battalion Classified 845-2611 DOC DOC DOC DOC DOC DOC DOC HUMANA HOSPITAL Bryan-College Station Has an immediate opening for 1 BOSTON — Michael Young, the /’ Boston Celtics’ top pick, said Tues- day he wasn’t surprised that he was /I drafted late, despite being highly y rated. ✓ “I know that on the day of the £| draft anything can happen,” said /; Young, who played at the University y of Houston. “I really wasn’t disap pointed at all.” He said that after the first 18 se lections had been made, he hoped no team would choose him before the Celtics, who had the 24th pick. Young said Houston played a running game similar to Boston’s fastTbreaking style, and that should help him. “I think I’ll fit in with this ballclub well,” he said. Young arrived in Boston from New York for a brief news confer ence Tuesday evening. Young said the Philadelphia 76ers Lang Printing SPECIAL PROCEDURES TECHNOLOGIST (ARRT) in the Radiology Department. Position is full time and does involve call. Would accept part time employment with flexible hours during daytime. Contact Personnel Office EOE 775-4200 M/F DOC DOC Get Your Xerox Copies at Northgate Above Farmer’s Market Inexpensive, High Quality Copies We Specialize in REPORTS and DISSERTATIONS Also: Self-service copying, typing, reductions and enlargements, binding, resume writing, editing, business cards, wedding invita tions, stationery and many other services. One stop service for reports and dissertations. ON THE DOUBLE 331 University 846-3755 HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-IO p.m. Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. s PLITT TMiATRES 'll CINEMA I 315 College North 846- mi 46- 6714 | STARTS FRIDAY He taught him the secret to Karate lies in the mind and heart. Not in the hands. RALPH MACCHIO NORIYUKI “PAT’ MORITA the Karate Kid A Jerry Weintraub Production of a John G. Avildsen Film Starring RALPH MACCHIO NORIYUKI "PAT' MORITA ELISABETH SHdE COLUMBIA PICTURES TIMES EACH DAY 12:05-2:30-4:50-7:20-9:50 Rockets grab Akeem to no one’s surprise United Press International Michael Young and San Diego-Los Angeles Clippers had expressed interest in him, and told him they hoped to draft him. Sixers coach Billy Cunningham had flown to Houston to talk with the 6-foot-7, 200-pound Young, who played forward and some guard in college. Young’s agent, Bob Woolf, said he expected Philadelphia to take Young with either its 10th or 22nd picks in the first round. Asked why he thought Young did not go earlier in the draft, Woolf said, “I don’t know. He just slipped through. He’s not a head case or anything like that. It was just Celtic luck.” “There was no indication that Mi chael would last until 24. He is the steal of that whole draft, there’s no doubt,” said Woolf. “I think if you had asked 500 basketball writers be fore the draft, none would have said Michael would be picked that low.” The agent promised, “He'll make this Boston club. He can shoot like hell.” Young said he would rather be chosen by the world champion Cel tics, a team he may not be able to make, than another weaker team. “I look on it more as a challenge,” he said. “I’ll come in and do every thing to try and keep the great tradi tion going here.” Young was the Cougars’ leading scorer last season, averaging 19.8 points per game. He was a third- team All-American choice by UPI. A four-year starter for Houston, Young is only the fourth player in the history of the Southwest Confer ence to score more than 2,000 points, finishing with 2,043. HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets didn’t surprise anyone Tuesday by using their second con secutive top pick in the annual NBA draft to claim Akeem Olajuwon fromthe University of Houston. The Rockets won a coin flip for the second year in a row to gain the rights to the NBA’s first round selec tion. In 1983, the Rockets chose the NBA rookie of the year, Ralph Sampson. Olajuwon accepted a Rockets’jer sey with No. 34 on it from Tracy Thomas, daughter of team owner Charlie Thomas. The 7-foot center, who helped the Houston Cougars to three straight appearances in the NCAA Final Four, said he was very happy to be staying in Houston. Thomas and General Manager Ray Patterson have said negotiations would begin immediately with Ola juwon, whose agents are rumored to be asking for a four-year contract worth $1.5 million a year. Sampson’s base salary is about $800,000 a year. Coach Bill Fitch said he did not believe there would be any problems signing Olajuwon. “I’m not worried about signing Akeem. If Akeem didn’t want to play here and money was the only question, there might be a problem. I don’t think there will be,” Fitch said. But Fitch said there were limits to the Rockets’ pocketbook when nego tiating with Olajuwon. “The toughest job for a general manager is signing something that is meaningful for the player and the team,” he said. Fitch said his concerns now were blending the talents of Olajuwon, projected to play center for the Rockets, and Sampson, who will probably move to power forward. “Now we’re talking about some thing that is my problem,” he said at a news conference at The Summit. “I believe both can be in the lineup at the same time. I don’t think either can have the impact in the NBA individually that theycantai playing together,” he said. “If Ralph had had Akeemlopt with in his rookie year, I thinkli would have had an even greatersti son.” The Rockets did not select agi in the draft until the second picii the third round, having tradedtki second-round pick to Newjerseyti forward James Bailey. Apparently, Houston felt Olajuwon was all the center it woii need, taking four forwards three guards with its remain picks. The Rockets did not have lections in the second or sit rounds. The Rockets look forwards jn Peterson, of Minnesota, and WI Jackson, of Centenary, in the tin and fourth rounds, respective They then turned to the guards,gc ting New Hampshire’s A1 McClain the fifth round and Long Bes State’s Joedy Gardner in these enth. Mavs hope Perkins and Stansbury will fill holes United Press International DALLAS — Heading into the NBA draft, the Dallas Mavericks felt they had three big holes to fill. With their first-round picks it appears they went directly to those needs. Dallas, coming off its best season and an NBA playoff berth, tabbed North Carolina’s Sam Perkins as the fourth overall selection in the draft and then made Temple guard Ter ence Stansbury the No. 15 pick. “As you may know, we tried very hard to get the No. 5 or No. 6 picks, too,” Maverick General Manager Norm Sonju said after announcing that his team had taken Perkins. “We felt we needed a shooting guard, power forward or center.” You can read that last “or” as an “and.” The most obvious weakness Dallas had last year was the lack of a dominant rebounder. Perkins is ex pected to take up some of that slack but not all. “We felt very strongly that he was the finest player we could chose,” Sonju said. “He can play both for ward and center but I think proba bly he’d be considered a forward with us, although he is better than the centers we have now.” Dallas Coach Dick Motta later hinted that Perkins, who turned 23 last week and currently is in Bloo mington, Ind., working out as the U.S. Olympic team center, would be in the middle for the Mavericks. “I don’t know about being the missing link down there,” Perkins said of his selection by Dallas. “But I think I can play either center or for ward. I just have to go down there and do whatever Coach Motta tells “There had been a lot of specu lation that Dallas would pick me, but I kept an open mind about it,” Per kins told the Dallas media via tele phone hookup. “I’ve heard that (Olympic) Coach Bobby Knight and Coach Motta are similar in some re spects, so I’m looking forward to playing in Dallas. “He has the wingspan of a kid 7-7 tall,” said Motta. “I think he’ll start next year. He’ll be our best shot blocker, and I’d hate to have to com pete against him for a starting job.” Perkins, an All-America each of the past two seasons, averaged 15.9 points a game while at North Caro lina. But the Mavericks will need more rebounds than points out of Perkins. “Obviously, he’s a great player,” said Maverick guard Rolando Blao man. “We need a player who come in right away and help us.” Dallas forward Mark Aguirre Perkins will be an improvement, the Mavericks won’t be a power the frontline. “We’ll still hurt in the midi Aguirre said. "We still won't be great rebounding team, but this help.” With the cream of the centercn going even before Dallas' four pick, the Mavericks went theolh way when their second first-rom choice came up. In Stansbury, tl got a career 48 percent field f shooter who is slated right awayn backup for Blackman, the teai shooting guard. Vol 79 lUF''*' Stansbury’s best season at Tern]) was his junior year when he arc aged 24.6 points a game. Thefr! 170-pound guard Finished his col giate career with a 15.7 scoringavf age. “I feel quite confident that we 1 found a capable reserve forRo," Motta. “Terence is the kindofpla) we can bring along behind Ro. Wd handle him like we did DetS Harper. Olympic hopeful selected by Spurs United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Former Uni versity of Arkansas guard Alvin Robertson hopes he can approach the success two other ex-Razorback backcourt stars have achieved in the National Basketball Association. Robertson, a 6-3 product of Bar berton, Ohio, was chosen in the first round of Tuesday’s NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs. He will join a third ex-Razorback guard, Ron Brewer, on the San Antonio roster. Robertson spent Tuesday\at the Olympic basketball trials at Bloo mington, Ind., where he is one of 16 finalists for the 12-man United States roster in the Los Angeles Olympics. He mentioned former Ar kansas stars Darrell Walker, an All- Rookie selection in 1984 for the New York Knicks, and all-NBA guard Sidney Moncrief of the Milwaukee Bucks when asked for his reaction to the selection. “I’m very happy to have played with Darrell Walker and to have been in the same program as Sidney Moncrief,” Robertson said. “I hope I can have success like they’ve had in the NBA. When I was a kid, every shot I took I thought about the NBA. I was always emulating NBA players. “Playing against really good col lege players in the all-star games and in the Olympic Trials has given me the feeling I can play with great players,” he said. “Hopefully I can improve.” Robertson struggled with incon sistency for most of his three years as a Razorback. He began to attract na tional attention last season when his 10 assists, including one for the win ning basket with three seconds left, helped the Razorbacks knock off un beaten North Carolina, 65-64, at Pine Bluff, Ark., in a nationally tele vised game. Robertson, noted as a defensive specialist and good passer, set Ar kansas school records for single sea son assists (191) and career assists (341). He became the 10th leading scorer in Arkansas history with 1,097 points in three seasons after transferring from Crowder College (Mo.) A surplus of guards in the Spur camp may prevent Robertson from stepping into an immediately promi nent role, he said. “San Antonio has lots of guards. I hope they trade a couple,” he said, chuckling. “The bottom line is mak ing the team and playing for them. “I’m very happy to be a member of the San Antonio Spurs. Hopefully I can go down there and contribute.” The second team United Press In ternational All-America selection said his strength as a player is his “aggressive man-to-man defense” 9 I Alvin Robertson OPENING SOON The Mongolian House A completely unique dining and taste experience featuring Mongolian Bar-B-Q Chinese Buffet * It’s a new taste sensation and dining experience. * It’s fast, friendly service in a relaxing atmosphere. * It’s All You Can Eat for an incredibly low price. Coming Soon to the Holiday Inn - College Station i You’ve Waited Long Enough Bryan/College Station Work the ne 1 By* 7-