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Thursday, July 17, 1986/The Battalion/Page 7 J,S. Women's tank m^namaua ==!)pen golf Dhamp set for Boston classic K6LL£V'5» 001(00 f0 6AT 6XPGCT1MG A LlTTj^'aAijO MU^lC^RCM TOG. \&EP P(TC4-\C by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds (('tUe PitATc ?■/»>• • 7/ - -r AR& ^MpOR^ifOG „ PR’lEP CMICKEM, OR UUfWT ind ■ANVERS, Mass. (AP) — Jane ■des, the new U.S. Women’s ■n champion, and Pat Bradley, ■ LPGA’s all-time leading money "^Tinner gunning for Player of the v ®»ar honors, head a field of 133 in he $275,000 Boston Five golf clas- P« J c . ^ Illi “1 still haven’t come down from Hclouds — I believe I won, but I stllllit ijrjr’t believe it was the Open,” v Hdes said upon her arrival here nob rom Monday’s playoff victory over . deli fteran Sally Little. C n r . '" ■radley, a local favorite from nikrby Westford, said: ‘‘I don’t look ( | ( down the road for any type of an v (n ending, but, hopefully, the final (7h HP ter c ^' s y ear w iH be Player of the Year.” ■leddes, 2b, a former Florida ithG:,Be star, is returning to one of her die l lavprite courses, where the tourna- I" meni begins Thursday, after win- ■torP ning for the first time on the LPGA ddvn tour in the U.S. Open. ^Bradley, whose herpes of a wom- s v enp golf Grand Slam ended with a ih, k tie for fifth in the Open, is enjoying ■ annual homecoming hoping for ■ter luck on the 6,008-yard, par 72 Femcroft Country Club layout. | ■der best finish here was a tie for wd in 1983. However, she has ■n the hottest golfer on the tour ■ Byear, becoming the first LPGA a ' plaver to go over $2 million in career -npi earnings. : the i! earlin Cowboys shed QB controversy with Pelluer backing up White THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — With Gary Ho- geboom out of the picture and an enthusiastic Steve Pelluer throwing his full support behind Dallas Cow boy Danny White, the quarterback controversy may be a thing of the past. “I am going to support Danny White until the cows come home,” Pelluer said. “I feel that’s my job. Danny and I don’t have any real conflicts with each other.” There was friction between White and Hogeboom last year as both vied for the starting quarterback post. But Hogeboom w'as traded to Indianapolis in April and if Pelluer holds any aspirations of being the No. 1 quarterback, he isn’t hinting at it. “You’ve got to understand that my personality is a little bit different from Gary’s,” Pelluer said. “When it comes to football, I try to do my business on the Field because the coaches will make the ultimate decision. So I have to prove to them more than anyone else what my abilities are. “The way I approach it is that 1 could be the No. 1 quarterback by the end of the year. Danny could get hurt, or 1 could beat him out. But why worry about it?” he told the Dallas Times Herald. The White-Pelluer relationship is much like the Roger Staubach-White camaraderie of the 1970s, when White was more like a caddie to the top man than a thorn in his side. During the off-season, White and Pelluer play rac- quetball, although White spends most of his free time with his family. The plan this season is to groom Pelluer for White’s job making sure White is comfortable as No. 1, Cow boys coaches say. “The single most important thing this season will be to focus on one leader,” passing coordinator Paul Hackett said. “The nature of the game of football is to have one leader. But that doesn’t mean that when Pel luer is in there, we won’t be a good football team.” Last year, with both quarterbacks injured, Pelluer led Dallas to its winning touchdown drive in the final quarter against the Giants. “If there ever was an example of the value and im portance of a third-string quarterback, it was last year. A lot of teams don’t have that kind of depth at quar terback,” Hackett said. (he! shai) 2nd half of season begins with Mets in command, other clubs in dogfight ■(AP) — The second half of the livium baseball season starts Thursday with tin New York Mets leading Mon- 1 treal by 13 games in the National n ntxl f,■ague’s Fast Division, the NL West in a scramble, the Boston Red Sox tiling to hold off the four teams in ■ American League East, and a vateran California team clinging to a slim lead in the AL West. S ll he only thing the Mets, whose It postseason appearance was in 1973, have to guard against is a late- Htson collapse similar to the 1964 (im(l |iPhillies, who blew a 6!/2-game lead Id the pennant to St. Louis in the It two weeks of the season, an AHw'When the season started, I fig- li> ( i ured we would have to be about Uilu-eight to 12 games over .500 by the w mm'bleak, and we’ve done that,” said LM in i Montreal Manager Buck Rodgers, mil'll who has led his team to a 46-38 re- lacartcord. “But I didn’t Figure on the Mets playing .700 ball, lies \t«‘ We ’ re not i n a good position. It’s ' going to take a complete collapse by the Mets for us to catch them.” ||The rest of the NL East is just a jad pit memory, as the Philadelphia Phillies I. Mam-are one game under .500 and 4'/2 be- [ ouis v hind Montreal. Chicago, St. Louis but ll and Pittsburgh are all playing leapf- rog in the cellar, 23 games out or ^ more. ’’T i T While managers in the East plan 'j" foi 1987, management in the NL r get nti fi o hit 111 lon'l lit- I his ad'i Will the Mets slide easily into the National League pennant? West has more immediate concerns. “I’ve told them about the 1914 Miracle Braves, what they accom plished,” said Manager Tommy La- sorda, whose Dodgers are expecting power hitters Pedro Guerrero, Franklin Stubbs and Bill Madlock to return from the disabled list soon. “I’ve told them that in 1983 we gained 10 games in 11 days against the Braves,” Lasorda said. “It’s been done before and it could be done again. It’s a matter of how bad they want to do it.” “Flip a coin and pick us,” said Manager Chuck Tanner of the At lanta Braves, in fourth place, six games behind. “We’ve got as good a shot as anybody.” San Francisco leads Houston by a game, with San Diego three back, Atlanta ahead of Cincinnati by a per centage point and Los Angeles at the bottom, eight games out. The Reds are one of the hottest clubs in the West, having won seven of their last 10 and turning around a horrendous 8-21 start. In the AL, Boston’s Roger Clem ens doesn’t appear to be slowing from his blistering 15-2 First-half pace. Clemens, who started the year 14- 0 with a record 20-strikeout game Boston's 'Oil Can' Boyd suspended indefinitely against Seattle, had three perfect in nings in the All-Star Game to kickoff the second half. “Pitching, just one word, pitching, that’s the reason we’re in First place,” Boston Manager John McNamara said. The Yankees (seven games back), and the rest of the AL East, have been chasing the Red Sox since May 11. With Wade Boggs hitting .363 and Tom Seaver joining the Red Sox staff, Boston appears headed for its First divisional championship since 1975. ' After a 17-8 start, the Cleveland Indians have slipped a bit to thir present third place position, nine games behind Boston. Baltimore and Toronto have remained close, but must overcome inconsistent pitching to get back in the race. In the AL West, California, which is holding a 1 V^-game lead over youthf ul I exas, is eagerly awaiting a chance to extend that advantage in the second half. Recently activated pitchers Don nie Moore and John Candelaria are supplying a renewed confidence to the Angels. Rookie Wally Joyner has hit 20 home runs and driven in 72 runs, an Angel rooie record. The Chicago White Sox are 13-7 since Jim Fregosi took over for Tony LaRussa June 22, and have rallied from 9 Vi games down to within 7 Vi. EDS I BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox continued indefinitely Wednesday the suspension of pitcher Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd as police announced plans to charge him with assault and battery on a po lice officer and disorderly conduct. ■ General Manager Lou Gorman said Boyd would remain suspended until “certain issues are clarified to the satisfaction of the Red Sox orga nization.” He refused to discuss those issues. ■Shortstop Rey Quinones, who lives with Boyd, said “a lot of police” were present Tuesday night when the car he and Boyd were in was stopped in front of their condomi nium in nearby Chelsea. llThe Boston Herald reported that the players were stopped at about 7:30 p.m. by narcotics officers who apparently conducted a “pat-down” search of the players but didn’t Find drugs. Chelsea Police Chief Charles H. Wilson said Wednesday, “To be truthful, I can’t comment other than generalities. Applications have been made to the clerk of court for an ap plication to press charges of assault and battery on a police officer and disorderly conduct.” He would not give details of the incident. Boyd arrived at the Red Sox club house at 1:26 p.m. as players were preparing to leave for a flight to Seattle, where the Red Sox open a four-game series Thursday night. Three minutes later, Gorman, team owner Haywood Sullivan and club physician Arthur Pappas en tered a back room where Boyd had gone upon his arrival. Gorman and Sullivan left it at 1:54 p.m. and Gor man announced the continued sus pension one minute later. “Never a dull moment around here,” Sullivan said. At 2:39 p.m., Boyd left the club house through a rear door and spoke briefly with reporters as he walked to his car. “I just want to pitch, man,” he said. “I can’t pitch.” Asked if he felt he had been treated fairly, Boyd said, “I don’t know'. That’s Boston.” As Boyd headed for his car', a tele vision cameraman got in his path. Boyd pushed him against a wall and pointed a finger at him. Boyd then drove away while his teammates headed for the airport. The Red Sox had suspended Boyd without pay for three games on Friday, one day after he left the clubhouse in anger after being left First Presbyterian Church 1100 Carter Creek Parkway, Bryan 823-8073 Dr. Robert Leslie, Pastor Rev. John McGarey, Associate Pastor SUNDAY: Worship at 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Church School at 9:30 AM College Class at 9:30 AM Bus from TAMU Krueger/Dunn 9:10 AM Northgate 9:15 AM Jr. and Sr. High Youth Meeting at 5:00 p.m. Nursery: All Events i TEXAS AVI 2 2 S CAKUI( CREEK PKY 32nd ST. 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He added that he didn’t know if Boyd would be paid during his continued suspen sion. Asked for Boyd’s reaction to the developments, Gorman said, “he feels he’s being persecuted by them (police).” He did not elaborate. Police said Tuesday night’s inci dent was a “threshold inquiry,” meaning the officers got a tip or had seen suspicious activity in Boyd’s car, the Herald reported. Police added that no arrests were made, according to the newspaper. s s s s si s s Y S 8 8 HeyAgs! LAST CHANCE TO LEARN TO DANCE JITTERBUG AND ADVANCED C&W DANCE CLASSES BEGIN SUNDAY, JULY 20 AT GRAHAMS CENTRAL STATION Jitterbug Sunday 5-6 p.m. Adv. C&W Sunday 6-7 p.m. Classes 4 weeks long $12/person - partners required Call John Havel (775-7233) For Information Aerobics Howe considers retirement after positive cocaine test mg ave 1 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — In the wake of possibly new drug-related problems, beleagured former major league reliever Steve How'e seemed to be ready to throw in the towel Wednesday. 1 “It’s time to put down kid games and go on,” Howe said. “I’m tired of the false hopes.” p Howe told The Associated Press by phone from his Montana home that he was considering “a lot of things right now” other than base ball. He would not specify what they were, however. ■ “I’ve been ridiculed by the press and the media, but I still think I’m a pietty good person,” Howe said. “Right now, I’m just relaxing with the family, and that’s good enough ? or me.” Howe’s future in baseball was clouded when one of two drug tests he took earlier this week showed positive for cocaine use. The positive result was on a test administered Monday morning by the San Jose Bees of the Class A Cali fornia League, for whom Howe has been pitching this season. Another urinalysis taken Monday night by the Bees was negative, the San Jose Mercury-News reported. The second test did not change Howe’s mind about his situation. “I’m still considering retirement,” said Howe, who reportedly had been close to signing with the Toronto Blues Jays. “That (second test) hasn’t changed anything.” KHill AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division East Division W L Pet. GB W L Pet. GB Boston 56 31 .644 — New York 59 25 .702 — New York 50 39 .562 7 Montreal 46 38 .548 13 Cleveland 46 39 .541 9 Philadelphia 42 43 .494 i7y 2 Baltimore 46 41 .529 10 Chicago 36 48 .429 23 Toronto 47 43 .522 W 2 St. Louis 36 50 .419 24 Detroit 43 44 .494 13 Pittsburgh 35 50 .412 24y 2 Milwaukee 41 45 .477 1454 West Division West Division California 48 39 .552 — San Francisco 48 40 .545 — Texas 47 41 .534 iy 2 Houston 47 41 .534 1 Chicago 40 46 .465 754 San Diego 45 43 .511 3 Kansas City 40 48 .455 854 Atlanta 42 46 .477 6 Seattle 39 51 .433 1054 Cincinnati 40 44 .476 6 Minnesota 37 51 .420 ny 2 Los Angeles 40 48 .455 8 Oakland 34 56 .378 isy 2 Wednesday's Games Wednesday's Games No games scheduled No games scheduled Beginning Aerobic Exercise Mon/Wed, July 21, 23, 28, 30, Aug 4, 6, 11, 13 6:45-7:45 p.m. McCasland Tues/Thurs, July 22, 24, 29, 31, Aug 5, 7, 12, 14 6:45-7:45 Blakely Advanced Aerobic Dance Tues/Thurs, July 22, 24, 29, 31 Aug 5, 7, 12, 14 5:30-6:30 p.m. Gammon Beginning Aerobic Dance Mon/Wed, July 21, 23, 28, 30, Aug 4, 6, 11, 13 5:30 6:30 p.m. Gammon Register Now 845-1631