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Wednesday, August 20, 1986/The Battalion/Page 1 Bills trade Crlbbs to 49ers (AP) —Joe Cnbbs. the contro- venuil running back who became superfluous m Buffalo with the former L SKL players, who have a two-week exemption it of the Srrfting of Bonnie Harmon, was traded i Tuesday to Gre£ Bril and NFL the San Francisco The deal, for undisclosed draft choices, came as NFL teams scrambled to get down to the 60- piayer rosters limit bv 4 p m EOT. The limit does not include Meanwhile, two former A*M players were placed on injured reserve while another was cut from his team. Domingo Bryant, the 1966 Cotton Bowl Most Valu able Defensive Player, was placed on injured reserve bv the Pitts burgh Steelers. as was tight end Rich Siler by the St. Louis Cardi nals Jimmie Hawkins. ARM's re- See NFL Roundup, page 14 Judge: NCAA violation records open to public AUSTIN (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tues day that NCAA recruiung infraction records are pubhc information, but an NCAA lawyer said re porters should be barred access to many of the records they are seeking L\S. District judge lames Nowlin of Austin said in his order that the NCAA an d Southwest Conference are covered by the Texas Open Re cords Act But he said he is continuing his review of the NCAA and SWC records to see if any of the documents are covered bv exceptions in the Open Records Act. The suit was filed by The Datlhu Morning News, the Daiias Time* Herald and Bek> Broad casting of Dallas Nowlin agreed with the news organisations that SWC and NCAA records are pubhc because the twa groups spend pubhc money. - NCAA and SWC of ficials testified at hearings that the records should remain confidential. Nowlin said. “The information sought in this action also concerns a legitimate public concern athletic recruiung violations in Texas universi ties." ‘‘In this court’» view, there is no more vital or legitimate public concern than the education of this state * citiaens.' he .said in overruling the NCAA's claim to a right of privacy. Nowlin said he would issue a separate opinion after reviewing specific NCAA and SWC docu ments concerning recruiting investigations Austin attorney Robert Roller, representing the NCAA, said “a vast bulk" of the records are not covered bv the Texas Open Records Act be cause thev are inter-office memos or involve stu dents. “There are exceptions to cover all the suhatan- tive documents that thev seek," he said of the news organisations seeking the records. Student-athletes who cooperated with NCAA investigators were promised the records would remain confidential. Roller said NCAA officials testified that their ability to conduct f uture inves- dgauom of recruiting infractions could be weak ened if the records are released “Much of the information in the files may or may not be verified.’ Roller said, adding that some unverified information in the records “would be very damaging to reputations if made public.“ Texas baseball championship series not an impossibility DALLAS (AP) •— Dreams of a Texas In terstate 45 professional world championship collision haven't peppered these brainwaves since the 1978 NFL sea son. As you recall, the brash Houston Oilers of Bum Phillips kicked and bullied their way into the AFC title came Sport* Analysis against the Pius- HnaanMn^HmamaamiM burgh Steelers. But on a cold, blustrrv Jan 7. 1979. the Steelers held Earl Campbell to 62 yards on 22 carries and crushed the Oil ers 54-5. The Dallas Cowboys blanked the Los An geles Rams 28-0 to win the NFC title and qualify for Super Bowl XU. losing to Pitts burgh 35-31. Alas, no Oilers to complete the Texas doubleslam The bigger-than-the-Alamo happening of an All-Texas Super Bowl wasn't to be Seven years later. Texans have another fairy tale to chase. Can the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers overcome the incalculable odds to please the Sesquicemennial Baseball Gods on the Lone Star State s 150th birthdai with an 1-45 World Series? Before vou fracture a rib laughing, con sider the grit of the 1986 versions of the National League Astros and the American League Rangers Consider: in the second week of August, the Astros were leading the NL West with only two starters. Mike Scott and Bob Knepper. who have gone the full season without injury. Ace Nolan Ryan has been on the disabled list not once, but twice, yet the relief corps of Dave Smith. Charlie Kerfeld and Aurelio Lope/ has kepi the Astros in almost every game, despite a team batting average ranked in the lower half of the league Also, consider that something must be going the Astros' way if Glenn Davis can hit IS of his 24 home runs in the Astrodome, the hardest place to crank a ball over the fence in the NL. Consider the Rangers have come from behind to win 30 games after the seventh inning. No Texas team in history has shown such an ability to handle adversity in the late innings Texas' starting pitching has been atro cious vet. in the second week of August, the Rangers were trailing the AL West-leading ( alifornia Angels bv only two games The Astros and the Rangers have excel lent schedules in the last two months of the season. Houston doesn’t play any more of the power teams in the feast, and has 16 games remaining with Pittsburgh. St. Louis and Chicago, the bottom three teams in the East. While Houston has a 59-50 balance in road and home game victories, the Astros are the best of the contending teams on the road Their excellent patching and strong defense makes them a tough team to han dle even away from the Astrodome where they are 10 games over .500 The Rangers have been amatingiy resil ient on the road, but are deadly in Arling ton Stadium, where they don’t believe they can lose , Texas doses the season with seven straight games at home, with the final four against the California Angels The Rangers figure il they cagr jQst stay ckise until their final homestancT thev can handle the An gels. who have been living off the stingiest starting puching in the AL For the Rangers to win their first division title in history, something must be done about a starting pitching staff that went IS straight games without finishing a game Of course, winning the division is o the start. The Astros would likely have to beat the New York Mets, baseball's best team, in the NL championship senes. * The Ran gers probably would be pitted against the Boston Red Sox in the AL title match. Granted an 1-45 Series sounds a little daffy — but not much more loony than an All-Missouri World Series, which took place last year. only THINGS TO DO 7234^ Jca/nt % ‘TtoWCa** (Mom. ur. lki 171 ^ Uwilinn*- Movie in the Park Patton Friday, August 22-Admission Free Time: Dusk Location: College Station Central Park -• 1000 Krenek Tap Road by the pond * Rated P.G. * Bring your own lawn chair * Concessions available Sponsored by: College Station Parks & Recreation Department / TAMU SPECIAL The IBM Personal Computer. 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