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United Press International
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. —
Cowboys defensive tackle
I Randy White, a nine-year veteran
who has been to the Pro Bowl the
ast seven seasons, failed to report
to the team’s training camp as sched
uled Thursday.
■ Coach Tom Landry said White
would be Fined $5,000 a day until he
appears.
P White is on the option year of his
|contract, but negotiations have been
Underway the past month for a new
witract.
The Cowboys side of the negotia-
[ons are being handled by an attor-
who has taken care of other club
usiness, while White is represented
|y agent Howard Schusher.
B “I guess I shouldn’t he surprised
amsidering his agent,” Landry said.
H Landry was unaware that White
had not joined the rest of the veter-
1ns, who reported to camp Thurs-
ay, until informed by reporters.
White had told various friends on
ic team, including defensive line-
anjohn Dutton, that he would not
port and those teammates spread
e word when they reached Thou-
nd Oaks.
“That is not very good news,”
Landry said when told. “I didn’t
think that would he like Randy, but I
guess he has left things in the hands
of his agent.
“He will he fined like any other
player. We won’t make any excep
tions.”
Cowboys personnel director Gil
Brandt did not show any surprise
when told of White’s decision.
“Maybe we will make him an offer
today,” Brandt said.
The rest of the veterans reported
to the campus of California Lu
theran College Thursday. Counting
White, there are 10 players who
completed the 1983 season with Dal
las who were not present in camp.
Five of those are retirees offen
sive tackle Pat Donovan, defensive
end Harvey Martin, wide receiver
Drew Pearson, tight end Billy Jo Du-
Pree and fullback Robert Newhouse.
Wide receiver Butch Johnson was
traded to Houston and there were
three defections to the United States
Football League — quarterback Glen
Carano, linebacker Bruce Huther
and defensive lineman Larry Be
thea.
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The Cardinals, who have won
games, close out the regular
The College Station Cardinals, regional
champions as members of the National
Baseball Congress, will take a 20-7 overall
record into the state tournament in Ker-
rville, Texas, beginning this Wednesday.
10 straight
season this
weekend against the Beaumont Exporters at
Olsen Field. Friday’s game begins at 8 p.m.
and Saturday’s doubleheader starts at 2 p.m.
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DETROIT — Lance Parrish hit a
hree-run homer and Kirk Gibson
granting tli >elted a two-run shot to help the De-
lus to Robe roit Tigers to a 9-2 victory over the
leering; Gn Texas Rangers Thursday night.
The Tigers have now won six of
jheir last seven games, while the
dangers have dropped six of seven.
‘ Milt Wilcox scattereci eight hits
jver 7 1/3 innings and struck out
even to improve to 9-6. Willie Her-
■reciation(($ nandez and Aurelio Lopez finished
up for Detroit.
Ruppert Jones’ second double of
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inning after rookie Doug Baker
walked and Lou Whitaker rapped
the second of his three singles. Don
Scott was then charged with a passed
ball that allowed the second run to
score and Dave Stewart (4-11) un
corked a wild pitch to score Jones for
a 3-0 lead.
In the fifth, a walk and two singles
loaded the bases and chased Stewart.
Odell Jones relieved and gave up an
RBI grounder by Dave Bergman.
Gibson hit his 14th home run af
ter Jones singled in the sixth to make
it 6-0, and Parrish added his 19th
homer off reliever Joey McLaughlin
following singles by Whitaker and
Jones in the eighth inning. It was
Jones’ fourth hit.
Astros 3, Expos 2
HOUSTON —Jerry Mumphrey
drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly
and a single and Mike LaCoss
pitched a six-hitter Thursday night
to lead the Houston Astros to a 3-2
victory over the Montreal F,xpos.
LaCoss (5-0) pitched his first com
plete game of the year, striking out
three and walking one.
The Astros broke a 2-2 tie in the
eighth inning off Expos reliever
Gary Lucas (0-3). With one out Craig
Reynolds walked and advanced to
second on an infield grounder by
Denny Walling. After a two-out walk
to Jose Cruz, Mumphrey lined a sin
gle to left to score Reynolds.
The Expos took a 1-0 lead in the
third. Mike Ramsey singled to left,
advanced to second on a walk to
Bryan Little, to third on an infield
grounder and scored on a single by
Miguel Dilone.
The Astros tied the score 1-1 in
the fifth on an unearned run off Ex
pos starter Charlie Lea. With one
out, Mark Bailey walked, advanced
to second on a sacrifice by LaCoss
and scored when first baseman Pete
Rose booted a grounder that went
into left field for an error.
The Astros took a 2-1 lead in the
sixth on a leadoff bunt single by
Walling, who advanced to third on a
single to right by Cruz, his third hit
of the night.
In the eighth, the Expos tied the
score 2-2. Pinch hitter Tony Scott
led off with a single to left, advanced
to second on Bailey’s passed ball,
moved to third on a long fly by
Andre Dawson and scored on Di-
lone’s double to right-center.
Three players
lead field in
British Open
United Press International
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Greg
Norman, Peter Jacobsen and Bill
Longmuir shared the lead Thursday
after shooting 5-under-par 67s in
the first round of the 113th British
Open golf championship.
There was a group of players at
69, including Spain’s Seve Balleste
ros, Nick Faldo of Britain, American
Tom Kite and Brazilian Jaime Gon
zalez.
Bill Rogers, winner of this title
three years ago, hit three balls out of
bounds en route to a 12 at the 14th
hole. He carded an 82 and threat
ened to pull out of the tournament.
The three leaders had entirely
different rounds on the 6,933 yard
links course, which was bathed in
sunshine and cooled by a gradually
increasing, but not disruptive wind.
Norman, the 29-year-old Austra
lian who lost a playoff to Fuzzy Zoel-
ler for the U.S. Open championship,
recovered from a dropped shot at
the second to turn in a 1-under 35,
and then unleashed a savage assault,
collecting five birdies in the first six
inward holes by sinking putts of up
to 28 feet.
But the powerful Queenslander,
who won the Kemper Open and the
Canadian Open, ran into trouble at
the notorious 17th, the Road hole,
and dropped a shot with a five.
Norman said his good round was
built on exceptionally good driving,
a relaxed, confident approach, and
the fact that he has learned how to
play a links course.
But he thought publicity of his
success on the U.S. Tour had exag
gerated his real form at the moment.
“I don’t think I’m playing as well
as I did at the end of last year,” Nor
man said, but added that one differ
ence here was, “I’m not scared of
winning tournaments anymore.”
Jacobsen, a 30-year-old American
who won the Colonial National Invi
tation earlier this season, made
steady progress throughout his
round, picking up shots at the first,
third, fourth and ninth, where he
sank a 20-foot putt.