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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.
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