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Page 10/The Battalion/Friday, October 5, 1984 * 1 Battalion Scientific Football Picks . 4 - \0 M > ri / f i > - Travis Tingle Assistant Sports Editor Peter Rocha Sports Photographer Reveille d.p. Ed Cassavoy Sports Editor Tony Cornett Sports Writer Texas Tech at Texas A&M A&M by 17 A&M by 7 Ags by 3 A&M by 7 A&M by 3 A&M by 10 Texas at Rice Texas by 31 Texas by 28 'Homs by 15 Texas by 21 Texas by 20 Texas by 35 TCU at Arkansas Arkansas by 3 TCU by 10 Froggies by 2 Arkansas by 10 TCU by 3 TCU by 10 Houston at Baylor Houston by 7 Baylor by 14 Bears by 2 Baylor by 7 Baylor by 7 Baylor by 3 Ohio State at Purdue Ohio State by 14 Ohio State by 14 Buckeyes by 4 Ohio State by 17 Ohio State by 14 Ohio State by 12 Georqia at Alabama Georgia by 3 Alabama by 3 'Dawgs by 3 Georgia by 1 Georgia by 10 Georgia by 10 Auburn at Mississippi Auburn by 9 Auburn by 10 War Eagles by 1 Auburn by 13 Auburn by 7 Auburn by 14 Miami (Fla.) at Notre Dame Notre Dame by 7 Notre Dame by 7 'Canes by 5 Miami IFla.l by 1 Miami (Fla.) by 15 Miami (Fla.) by 3 Oklahoma State at Nebraska Nebraska by 1 Nebraska by 21 Pokes by 1 Nebraska by 6 Nebraska by 12 Nebraska by 21 Stanford at UCLA UCLA by 6 Stanford by 3 Bruins by 6 UCLA by 7 UCLA by 3 UCLA by 10 St. Louis at Dallas Cowboys by 13 Cowboys by 10 Cards by 1 Cowboys by 3 Cowboys by 7 Cowboys by 7 Houston at Cincinnati Oilers by 3 Bengals by 3 Bengals by 1 Bengals by 3 Bengals by 6 Bengals by 14 Fifth Week Totals Overall: 44-16; Pet. — .733 Overall: 41-19; Pet. — .683 Overall: 39-21; Pet. — .650 Overall; 39-21; Pet. — .650 Overall: 38-22; Pet. — .633 Overall: 35-25; Pet. — .583 Tigers head back home for a ‘Royal’ coronation United Press International DETROIT — Home for what should be a coronation, the Detroit Tigers took the day off Thursday while Kansas City hoped to prolong the American League playoff series with a Royal quirk. The Royals trail 2-0 in the best-of- five series and not many people ex pect them to become only the second team in history to win a playoff after losing the first two games. Nevertheless, Kansas City — for reasons not quite clear — captured five of six games in Tiger Stadium this year. So one of the few things in the Royals’ favor is a knowledge that they can win in the Tigers’ home park. “If we win three in a row we’ll be in the World Series,” Kansas City manager Dick Howser said. “That’s what it will take. We’ve won three in a row before in Detroit and maybe we’ll do it again.” If so, they must begin Friday night with National League castoff Charlie Leibrandt (11-7) on the mound. Detroit, seeking its first AL pennant since it captured the 1968 World Series, has named right hander Milt Wilcox to oppose him. Wilcox compiled a career best 17-8 record as the club’s No. 3 starter. The weather forecast called for seasonable temperatures and a 20 percent chance of showers in the af ternoon. If the Tigers can wrap up the series, they will be thwarting the weatherman as well as the Royals. The forecast for the rest of the weekend is less than wonderful. Almost as satisfying as the Tigers’ two victories was the way in which each was forged. Tuesday night’s 8-1 decision was a runaway built on a re lentless offense and the combined pitching of Jack Morris and Willie Hernandez. Wednesday night’s 11-inning, 5-3 triumph was a tense struggle in which Detroit escaped despite a rare failure by Hernandez. This ability to find ways to win, combined with the enthusiasm of the home fans, should make Detroit dif ficult to beat. An enthusiastic crowd in the hun dreds greeted the Tigers on their ar rival Thursday morning. The throng waited until past 4 a.m. EDT for Detroit’s charter plane. The crowd was big enough to force air terminal officials to ask the pilot to land in another area of the airport to avoid the crush of fans. The crowd still managed to find the Tigers’ charter and gathered to chant for the team as club officials and media people left the plane. It's little wonder the fans found themselves so worked up. Not only do they love the Tigers, but Game 2 was by far the best of the four play off games in the majors this fall. Hal McRae’s pinch RBI double off Her nandez added to the drama. “To tell you the truth, Willie Her nandez shouldn’t even have been in there,” Detroit manager Sparky An derson said. “He had a temperature and a strep throat. “I called down there (to the bull pen) to ask him to warm up and let me know how he felt when he was ,done. He said he was all right — but I knew' he would. But I knew he didn’t feel well by the way he threw.” Fortunately for the Tigers, they have two aces and not just one. Au- relio Lopez replaced Hernandez in the ninth and held Kansas City until his teammates figured a way to han dle Royals’ reliever Dan Quisen- berry. “It’s like pitching coach Roger Craig says,” Anderson said. “When it comes to heart, the ‘Mexican Raven’ has one of the greatest.” The Tigers finally passed their “Quiz” in the 1 1th on Johnny Grubb’s two-run double. Quisen- berry, as effective with a quip as he is with his pitches, kept his sense of hu mor. “It was a sinker that ended up in right field,” Quisenberry said of the pitch to Grubb. “I could have turned around and thrown it there if they w'anted me to. It gets catalogued in the ‘mistake’ category. “I didn’t know where the pitch ended up but it wasn’t low and away like it was supposed to be. If it was, I take my hat off to him.” Ch ubb has been used for two sea sons by Anderson as a part-timer. Sometimes he plays the outfield, sometimes he’s the DH and he often pinch-hits. “Last year Sparky used me pretty much the same way,” Grubb said. “And that helped me get used to it. With a great ballclub like the Tigers, I’m just happy to help in any way I can.” “John has done a tremendous job for this club since I’ve been here,” Anderson said. “I hope to God he’ll stay here. We need him.” The only team to overcome a 2-0 playoff deficit was the 1982 Milwau kee Brewers against California. But that w r as orf their home field. Still, Detroit wishes to take no chances. DELI SHOP 846-0447 _ m D + . . 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The Cowboys, having a 4-1 record compared with the Cardinals 2-3, are a touchdown favorite to con tinue that trend and stay atop the NFC East going into their game next week with the Washington Redskins. “But you can’t look upon the Cardinals as a tune-up game,” Dallas coach Tom Landry said. “They are one of the highest scor ing teams in the league. They scored 28 points against Miami last week and didn’t even have (running back) Ottis Anderson in there. “They are as good as anybody in our clivision at the skilled posi tions.” St. Louis has, indeed, been scoring points at a high rate this year. The Cardinals’ 146 points are tops in the NFC and are sur passed only by Miami and San Diego in the AFC. But the Cardinals have lost two straight scoring battles, to New Orleans and Miami, at least partly because the injury bug has plagued the team’s defense. “We have got to get ourselves going,” Cardinals’ coach Jim Ha- nifan said. “We have been doing a lot of things good, but we have to put it all together. Last week, for instance, I think (quarterback) Neil Lomax had his best game as a member of the Cardinals. But we fell down in other areas." Anderson, bothered by a pulled hamstring, is expected to return to the St. Louis lineup this week and attack a defensive unit that allowed Chicago’s Walter Payton 155 rushing yards last week. Nevertheless, it is because of the defense and special teams that Dallas has managed to forge its winning record thus far this season. The Cowboys are averaging 101 yards per game on the ground and Tony Dorset! is aver aging only 3.4 yards per rush. Last week against the Bears he picked up just eight yards on eight carries during the first half. “Eight for eight,” said Dorsett. “It sounded like I was coming to bat in the second game of a dou ble header.” The absence of the running game, however, is no laughing matter. “Sometimes when things are not going right, the tendency is to blame other people,” Landry said of his team’s inability to move the ball on the ground. “When peo ple start thinking that they may may be the ones that are having problems and work to cure those problems, then we may get this thing resolved.” The Cowboys’ aerial game, however, has picked up some of the slack with Dallas. 200 KEGS of When: Friday, October 5, 8 p.m.- Midnight Yell Where: Brazos Co. Pavilion featuring PIRANHA contact Delta Zeta Sorority for Tickets and Information Tickets $5.00 Advance 764-3928 $6.00 Door or 764-8660 Proceeds to Benefit Gallaudet College for the Deaf & Sheltering Arms Center in C. 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He knew we 1 ; could make a difference,, heavil; There are only 45,0001 agents registered voterslii]j Brazos County (which r alone makes up this State Representative District.) There arei 37,000 students at ASH. 1 so ob viously if we I register to vote and vote we can makea'i ll difference. As it tuma! out, many Aggies did« register to vote and voted absentee for Aggie Richard Smith ’59. He is the only experienced, conservative, independent candidate who can go to Austin and get the joh done. To Richard Smith A6?M isn't just a part of the district, A&M is a commitment and a concern that all * Aggies share. It ended up i that over 13,000 people voted last March. Our candidate, Richard Smith, lost by 29 votes (to force a runoff). By two tenths of one percent of all the votes cast last March our candidate lost i The conservative Republican lost to Mark White’s chosen Democrat, Neeley Lewis. That was the Special Election. The Battalion Editorial Board c ailed the scheduling of the Special Election by the, Democrats “an attack oei K/h' Texas AfiPM students, staff and faculty members.” The Student»| Senate passeda 1 ' resolution in opposition to the setting of the election date when Aggies could not vote. Governor White (Dem.) refused to even see the student government leaders concerning the issue. The Biyan-College Station Eagle Editorial Board said, “Let’s face it, this whole thing smacks of partisan politics at its most petty level.' “...Democrat Party officialsi had described March 10 as a ‘convenient day’for the election.” Convenient to keep the Aggies from voting. Convenientfor the Democrats to unfairly help Neeley Lewis. On Nov. 6, we have a chance to prove that we won’t be pushed around again. Richard Smith and Neeley Lewis are on the ballot again--this time in a fair fight. We will determine the winner, if we register to vote (the deadline is Oct 6) and then vote on Nov, 6. Mark White and the Democrats can’t set this election when the Aggies can’t vote. It’s up to us! ;WA gon s; [)Hei:e use by have t :ause heir c MORAL: TOGETHER WE GAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, jf jf >f J If you want to help jf make a difference, * join Aggie OOP or J call tlie Smith jf Headquarters at J 846-0047. if. Political ad Paid For by jf- The Richard Smith Campaign T#