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Aggies face
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in Houston
The Texas A&M volleyball team
hopes to get back on the winning
track tonight when it travels to
Houston to face the Rice Owls at
7:30 p.m. in Autry Court.
The Aggies, 20-8 overall and 5-2
in the Southwest Conference, are
coming off a loss Monday to the Uni
versity of Texas at Arlington.
Tonight’s match could determine
the second-place team behind Texas
n the SWC because Rice also holds a
3-2 SWC] record. The Owls are 17-12
sverall.
A&M returns home for two tough
matches this weekend. The Aggies
host 16th-ranked Pepperdine Friday
and 19th-ranked Arizona Saturday,
both matches begin at 7:30 p.m.
NCAA Volleyball Poll
Division I
The following are the standings of this
week's NCAA volleyball poll, with
team ranking and record.
1. Pacific
Record
23-3
2. Brigham Young
29-2
3. San Diego State
33-5
4. San Jose State
20-4
5. Texas
16-4
6. UCLA
24-7
7. Cal-Santa Barbara
20-8
8. Hawaii
20-5
9. Nebraska
19-4
10. Cal-Polytechnic
19-9
11. Stanford
14-7
12. Arizona State
18-5
13. Illinois
24-2
14. Oregon
17-9
15. Penn State
27-2
16. Pepperdine
16-11
17. Colorado State
24-5
18. Texas A&M
20-8
19. Arizona
12-8
20. Georgia
24-6
McNamara gets AL manager award
Rangers' Valentine second
BOSTON (AP) — This time, John
McNamara won a close contest.
Eight days after his Boston Red
Sox were edged by the New York
Mets in the seventh game of the
World Series, McNamara scored a
narrow victory Tuesday to become
American League Manager of the
Year.
“That was the furthest thing from
my mind,” he said of the award. “I
would have rather had a win and let
somebody else be manager of the
year.”
But the win didn’t come in the
sixth or seventh games of the World
Series, even though Boston led both,
and some of McNamara’s decisions
were questioned.
“You’re going to be subject to sec-
ond-guessers, but you stay with what
got you there,” he said at a news con
ference. “That’s what we did.”
McNamara, 54, is the man who
got the Red Sox to within one strike
of the 1986 world championship af
ter they finished in fifth place in the
American League East in 1985. That
accomplishment brought him the
first manager of the year award in
his 13 seasons at the helm of a major
league team.
The self-effacing leader of the
surprising Red Sox beat Bobby Val
entine of the Texas Rangers by a sin
gle first-place vote in the balloting
conducted by the Baseball Writers
Association of America before the
postseason games.
Each got eight second-place votes
and six third-place votes from a
panel of 28 sports writers, two from
each AL city. But McNamara re
ceived 13 first-place votes, one more
than Valentine.
McNamara had 95 points based
on a system awarding five points for
a first-place vote, three points for
second and one point for third. Val
entine had 90 points.
Gene Mauch of the California An
gels, who were beaten by the Red
Sox in the AL playoffs, received two
first-place votes and 44 points. Pat
Corrales of the Cleveland Indians
got the other first-place vote and 18
points.
The only other manager to re
ceive votes was Lou Piniella of the
New York Yankees. One voter had
him in second place and two others
in third for a total of five points.
What separated McNamara from
his peers in the managing business?
“Roger Clemens,” he said.
Clemens, who was 24-4, was the
ace of the Red Sox’ staff and is ex
pected to win the American League’s
Cy Young Award, to be announced
next Wednesday.
The last two Series games were a
depressing conclusion to a season in
which the Red Sox overcame adver
sity to reach their first World Series
in 11 years.
Few forecasters had predicted
Boston would win its division. Se
rious injuries to starting pitchers
Bruce Hurst and A1 Nipper, Dennis
“Oil Can” Boyd’s mid-season sus
pension by the club, and a weak
bench tested McNamara’s ability.
But the Red Sox took over first
place in the AL East on May 15 and
never gave it up. Despite losing the
last four games of the regular season
to the New York Yankees, Boston
won its division title by 5'A games
with a 95-66 record.
In 1985, Boston was 81-81 and
finished IB'A games behind the first-
place Toronto Blue Jays.
ecision favors media in SWC case
AUSTIN (AP) — A federal judge
jruled Tuesday that certain informa-
Ition on Southwest Conference re-
Icruiting violations sought by the
Inews media is of “substantial public
Iconcern” and should be made pub-
|lic.
U.S. District Judge James Now-
{lin’s ruling would protect the privacy
lof students and their families but
jwould open up NCAA and SWC
Ifiles on completed investigations of
jtoaches, “boosters" and "informers.”
Acting on a suit filed by The Dal-
j Ins Morning News, Dallas Times
Hera/d and A.H. Belo Corp., Now-
lin said the Texas Open Records Act
requires the deletion of the "names
of students, student-athletes, pro
spective student athletes and tneir
| family members, as well as all tran
scripts, phone numbers, bank ac
count numbers, social security num-
jbers, and geographical and
biographical information about
t these individuals."
Nowlin said the name and loca
tion of the student’s school also
would be exempt from public disclo
sure.
NCAA extends Tech's time
to respond to allegations
LUBBOCK (AP) — The
NCAA has given Texas Tech
three more months to respond to
allegations of illegal recruiting,
school officials announced Tues
day.
"We have been notified that
due to the NCAA’s heavy sched
ule, our reply has been delayed
until Feb. 1,” Athletic Director T.
Jones said.
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The original deadline was Nov.
Jones said Texas Tech has
completed its own inquiry into the
allegations, none of which in
volves either the current coaching
staff or academic irregularities,
he added.
The inquiry concerns the re
cruiting of blue chip running
back Chris Pryor of San Antonio
two seasons ago. Pryor — consid
ered by many to be the state’s top
running back —signed with the
Red Raiders but was ineligible
and never enrolled in college be
cause he failed to graduate with
his high school class.
“The court can perceive no legiti
mate public interest in disclosure of
the identity or personal data of stu
dents or their families,” Nowlin said.
However, he said in granting the
media’s request in part, “There is no
question that the public has a legiti
mate and vital concern about educa
tion, the role of athletics in educa
tion, and specifically the nationwide
Freshmen &
Sophomores
Freshmen and sophomore photos for the 1987 Aggieland have
been extended until November 7. Photos will be taken at AR
Photography, 707 Texas Ave., across from the A&M Polo Field.
scandal involving recruiting viola
tions.”
Nowlin said the public’s “legiti
mate interest” in information about
others’ “involvement in recruiting vi
olations is much more apparent.” He
again mentioned high school and
college coaches, alumni, “boosters”
and “informers.”
“The public has a legitimate inter
est in knowing who recruits illegally,
how these unscrupulous individuals
operate, which institutions tolerate
or encourage such activity, and
what, if any, sanctions are imposed
upon these individuals or institu
tions when discovered," Nowlin said.
In his conclusion, Nowlin said cer
tain documents, which were identi
fied by number, would be exempt
from disclosure by the attorney-cli
ent privilege.
The judge ordered the SWC and
NCAA to edit out the personal in
formation about students involved
in investigations and make it avail
able to Belo and the Dallas newspa
pers within 60 days.
Ag golfers finish 4th
in Austin tournament
The Texas A&M men’s golf team
finished fourth in the Harvey Pen-
ick Intercollegiate Golf Tourna
ment Tuesday at the Morris Wil
liams Golf Course in Austin.
The tourney was cut short to 45
holes from the scheduled 54 due to
the weather, but the University of
Texas won with an 881.
Oklahoma State was second with
an 894, Oklahoma fired an 898 for
third and A&M shot a 906.
Medalist honors went to Bob
Estes of Texas with an 8-under-par
172. A&M’s scores were as follows:
Randy Lee, 179; Randy Wylie, 181;
Randy Lee, 182; Neil Hickerson,
185; Andy Cooper, 187; and Scott
Lee, 188.
The top five scores from each
day of the two-day event were tab
ulated to determine team scores.
Aggie men's tennis team
finish tourney finals today
The final round of the Sun Bowl
Invitational was rained out Sunday,
but play will resume today with the
singles final beginning at 1:30 p.m.
at the Omar Smith Tennis Center.
An all-Texas A&M final round
will feature Dean Johnson and
Dean Goldfine in the singles final
and the team of Goldfine and Mar
cel Vos going against Johnson and
Brent Haygarth in the doubles final
at 3 p.m.
Super seats to see
the SuperStar!
November 6
Rudder Auditorium/8 p.m.
Jesus Christ Superstar, the sensational opera that rocked the seventies, will open
the 1986-87 MSC Town Hall/Broadway Season.
Don’t miss this powerful production of the greatest story ever told. A few good
seats are still available. This “Superstar” combines spellbinding scenes with Broad
way’s most dazzling visual effects and unforgettable musical scores.
This season MSC Town Hall/Broadway will present “Romeo and Juliet” February
14, 1987, Cole Porter’s “Can-Can” March 1, 1987 and William Windom as
“Thurber” April 23, 1987.
Tickets for “Jesus Christ Superstar” are on sale at the MSC Box Office, 845-1234.
VISA and MasterCard accepted. Catch this Superstar!
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