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Wednesday, April 17, 1985/The Battalion/Page 11 Sports of spring can’t compare to golf Legends rise roffs . .it lull strength.la •avis, lairry Nani and Maurice LuqI oi I lobbied, it will' .akers don’t sweep. >. San Antonio (7)- iven't won in SanAi H, but with three« n Denver, they dori uit streak to advantt nind. The Spursatt at guard. The Nuj t offensively, them to press efiei c. Tbe Midwest Dir hi Id win in four, vs. Utah (6) - Hit e Twin Towers j)h Sampson ad )lajuwon, against th Utah, Mark Eatoa tbe single-seasei •cord. But more® vu are missing three 5 specialist Darrel i injury. ThatsI s win in four. Portland (5)-Tlii the homecourtad nggled at the endd i ig four of their to >rtland, expected akers for PacificDiv- this season, les behind in secorr eared to jell in : )f the season. Tri t sacrifice fly and Walt T errell, with relp from Aurelio Lopez, won his irst American League game Tues- lay night as the Detroit Tigers beat he Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 to re- nain the only undefeated team in :he major leagues. Terrell, 1-0, who was obtained in he off-season trade that sent How- ird Johnson to the New York Mets, worked the first 6 2/3 innings, scat- ering three hits and allowing just me unearned run. leeds ague Dti National league -d out by the enemy - tyer belongs in air iber of the defend home runs in three ■ist waiting to he’s doing.” before the Braves - y hefty, even fora driven in 13 runs, walks, scored nine ily struck out once =. out 134 times Iasi *ead with 36. 1982 and 1983 he ■ tswer is the same, ■ ferent. I just keep assure on him d, which had been said. “There wasn'i year and got off to die spring as usual week of the rej md has allowed onh nd baseman Glenn metimes you forge' Photo by RONNIE CROCKER Reach For The Sky Texas A&M’s No. 1 singles player Grant Connell hits an overhead smash during his match against Arkansas over the weekend. Connell and the rest of the No. 9 A&M men’s ten nis team (35-19) travel to Fort Worth Friday to play TCU. By DENNE H. FREEMAN Associated Press Sports Writer DALLAS — Let’s see, down here in the Texas spring sports world we’ve got three teams in the National Basketball Association playoffs and the American League and National League baseball seasons have started. Norm DeBryin’s Houston Cou gars are the surprise leaders of the Southwest Conference baseball chase and spring football is just about over. The professional tennis people have been on the scene at Dallas and Houston and the McDonald’s High School All-Star basketball showcase game is history. The Pro Bowlers have come call ing and the Major Indoor Soccer League is finally in the books. We’ve had the Women’s Final Four and NCAA Swimming Cham pionships in Austin and the Midwest Regional in Dallas and are currently “enjoying” United States Football League games. Roy Martin ran wild at the Texas Relays in the 100 meters and there’s more to come in May at the Univer sity Interscholastic Meet in Austin. The storied old Texas League is underway and don’t forget profes sional boxing that keeps drawing the national television cameras to our There’s a dizzying schedule of WCT, NBA, NL, AL, MISL, TL, SWC, UIL, PGA, PBA, USFL, etc... But now we’re finally getting down to the Texas event I’ve been waiting for all spring. No, it’s not Earl Strom refereeing a Dallas Mavericks game with glue in his whistle. No, it’s not abolition of the USFL. What it is, is, Mickey Wright and Kathy Whitworth trying to beat the good old boys down at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf next week at Onion Creek Club. Now folks this is intriguing. It’s not just one game in a 162 contest major league schedule, tru Or just another NBA playoff game. Or just another, yawn, USFL ef fort. It’s the two best women golfers in history (forgive me Babe Zaharias fans), breaking through the old stuffy traditions of men’s golf to compete on an equal footing. Get the lockerooms tidied up and the cigar butts in the trashcan, boys, the ladies are going to play for some of that $500,000 in cold cash. Wright and Whitworth, both members of the World Golf Hall of Fame as well as the LPGA Hall of Fame, will bring these credentials: Wright won 82 tournaments, in cluding 13 in 1963. She once shot a 62 in Midland, Texas. • Whitworth was the first member of the LPGA to win $1 million, was player of the year seven times and won 85 tournaments, an all-time re cord. No, Wright and Whitworth won’t win the better ball tournament. (Each player plays a hole and takes the best score). Not with such teams as Don Jan- uary-Gene Littler, Arnold Palmer- Dow Finsterwald, Sam Sneed-Lee Elder, Miller Barber-Bob Goalby, Peter Thomson-Kel Nagle, Art Wall- Doug Sanders and Billy Casper-Gay Brewer in the tournament field of distinguished players 50 years of age and over. But the course is not a long one. It demands straight tee shots and accu rate seconds to the green and a deft putting touch. Professional women golfers have always had everything but the length off the tee. Can they put a scare into the best jnen’s senior golfers in the world? It will be curious to see how well Whitworth and Wright hold up around what is expected to be a big gallery of curiosity seekers. Major Leagues (continued from page 9) Royals ended a four-game losing streak with a 2-0 triumph over the Boston Red Sox. Jackson, 1-0, held Boston hitless for 5 2/3 innings before Dwight Evans singled to center. The other Boston hits were singles by Bill Buckner in the seventh and Mike Easier in the ninth. National League Reds 2, Braves 1 league high, in the second inning and six singles. He struck out eight and walked two. Davis broke a 1-1 tie when, as the first batter to face reliever Rick Camp, 0-2, he led off the sixth with a blast over the left-field fence. It was Davis’ first home run of the season. Murphy had two hits in four at- bats to make him 13-for-27 for the season, along with 14 RBI. Mets 2, Pirates 1 Royals 2, Red Sox 0 KANSAS CITY — Danny Jackson fired a three-hitter and Steve Bal- boni slammed a two-run homer Tuesday night as the Kansas City ATLANTA — Mario Soto pitched a seven-hitter and Eric Davis homered to break a sixth-inning tie Tuesday night to give the Cincinnati Reds a 2-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves. 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