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Friday, April 17, 19877The Battalion/Page 7 6 Q> iid in (hf dftctive.Sfj, Mascltui vtrball on said, Wh imtis ifcouniilK wive tel® jMondat] «trouKfi ctivestata “8 to (lie ni ■ In fact, I* sign the if pted, 'tgued tk liat cotien to satisfy (Is [nbankU just haves s.lhaveijt iknonisj! es said tin 3ise ■usei Iv lint teleph Scott not concerned with encore season LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Scott says he is not going to worry about a 1987 encore to his Cy Young Award-winning campaign of 1986. “I’m not even going to think about it,” the Houston Astros’ split-finger fastball wizard said. “I’m certainly not going to stop and look at all my stats and see where I was last year at the same time. “I’m just going to take it game- by-game, inning-by-inning. I’d be real surprised if I matched last season.” Scott wound up the 1986 cam paign with an 18-10 record and major league highs of 306 strike outs and 275.1 innings, and a ma jor-league low earned-run aver age of 2.22. If his start in 1987 is any indi cation, he may do even better this year. Scott tossed a one-hit, one-walk shutout at the Los Angeles Dodg ers Wednesday night, striking out 10 in Houston’s 4-0 victory as he ran his record to 2-0. He had oeaten the Dodgers 4-3 in the sea son opener in Houston nine days earlier. “My one goal when I went into spring training was to have a de em start this season,” he said. As long as I’ve played, I’ve never jotten off to a very good start. I tad a terrible start last year. “I’ll take this start.” He lost his first two decisions Ind had a 7.20 ERA to begin 986, then was just 5-4 on June 6. But he rallied with the devel opment of his new split-finger lastball to win 13 of his last 15 de- lisions. I Although Scott is 2-0 already Jiis season and was masterful in ;jhc‘ one-hitter against the Dodg ers, catcher Alan Ashby thinks he ill be even better later in the sea son. Ashby said that Scott, who lim ited the Dodgers to a third-inning single by Mariano Duncan and retired the final 15 batters, was not as dominant as he was late last year. “I’m just going to take it game-by-game, inning- by-inning. I’d be real surprised if I matched last season.” — Mike Scott ‘I don’t think he’s as overpow ering now as he was then,” Ashby said. “Stuff-wise, this game didn’t compare to his no-hitter (last Sept. 25 against San Francisco.). “He just had them (the Dodg ers) hitting the ball at people the whole game this time. But the re sults were outstanding. “He’s still mighty good right now, and I think he’ll get even better as the season goes on.” As usual, there were claims that Scott was doctoring the ball, and balls that had been fouled and taken out of play were scruti nized in the Los Angeles dugout. Dodger pitcher Rick Honey cutt, who wasn’t in the game, ex amined the ball a number of times. “The scuff marks were all iden tical,” Honeycutt said. “I don’t know what grade of sandpaper he (Scott) was using, but it was a finer grade.” Los Angeles Manager Tommy Lasorda, though, didn’t want to downplay the fine piching per formance. “He pitched a heckuva game; you can’t do anything about that one. The guy was too tough for us,” L^asorda said. Senior Liong excels in role os LodyAg student-athlete By Ed Bodde Assistant Sports Editor It’s somewhat of an accomplish ment these days if a student can graduate in four years. It’s even a greater feat when it’s a student-ath lete, who must learn to budget time for athletics and for school. Well, Laura Liong, a senior on the Lady Aggie tennis team, is graduating on time this May, with a 3.65 grade- point ratio in finance to boot. Ironically, Liong, who is from Singapore, wanted to come to the United States to go to college be cause she said the Singapore society puts too much emphasis on school. “I kind of wanted to come to the United States for school because I never really fit into the (Singapore school) system because it’s so pres surized,” Liong said. “Study! Study! Study! I was kind of like the black sheep because I played so much ten nis. I just never fit into the grind of things there when you’d study 24 hours a day. The only thing that mattered was your grades, and I couldn’t do that.” Liong also wanted to be able to play tennis — competitive tennis. She didn’t start playing tennis un til the age of 13, but she didn’t take the game too seriously back then. “I just started playing because there was a court at my high school, so I took up tennis,” Liong said. Two years later, Liong got her first real tennis lessons when she participated in an eight-week tennis camp in Australia. After returning to Singapore, she continued to play three or four times a week at a local club. But tennis was more important to her now. “When I came back from Austra lia, I played in the junior tourna ments, but more seriously,” she said. “I mean I was thinking about win ning them. And then I almost beat the No. 1 junior in Singapore. I was more interested in it (tennis), and I got a lot of press because I got bet ter.” After finishing high school at 16, Liong went to Florida to play in the Orange Bowl Tournament and later met A&M men’s tennis coach David Kent at the Nick Bollettieri tennis camp. “That’s really when I started to know about tennis scholarships,” Li ong said. “Before that, I never knew anything of scholarships.” Kent ended up offering her a scholarship, and she accepted. “I never really looked anyplace el se,” Liong said. “I knew of A&M aca demically. You here of some schools, and I knew (A&M) was a good school. When I took a recruit trip here, I liked it. Hey, if they want to pay my way through school, I’m going to say,‘Sure.’ ” With the decision to get an educa tion about 9,000 miles from home came the realization that she wasn’t going to see her family too often. Li ong, who hasn’t been home in 2!/2 years, said it’s been difficult being away so long. But Liong said adjust ing to life in a different country hasn’t been too hard. As the No. 1 player in Singapore, she had aleady traveled quite a bit, playing junior tournaments in Ja pan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. She also got to play in the Wimbledon ju niors in England. “It was more of having to adjust to being away from home,” Liong said. Now, after four years at A&M, Li ong is on the edge of graduation and faces some important decisions in her life. She has applied to the University of California, UCLA and USC for graduate school. She hopes to get her master’s and do some invest ment banking. Liong also said she would like to give the pro tour a try, but admits she probably started tennis too late. “1 think part of it is I started too late,” she said. “I think I’m too far behind to catch anyone to do real de cently on the pro tour. But I’m going to try it this summer.” An extremely emotional player, Liong often talks to herself to get pumped up during a match. “If I end up winning Wimbledon, I’ll play for a few years and put the MBA on hold,” Liong said, laughing. Whatever Liong decides to do, she certainly has two good choices in front of her. Ags, 'Horns may sell out Olsen Field A record crowd may greet Texas A&M and the University of Texas when the two baseball teams play a three-game series to day and Saturday at Olsen Field. The Aggies, 36,-14-1 and 9-3 in the Southwest Conference and ranked l()th by ESPN, are com ing off a 14-11 setback on na tional television at the hands of top-ranked Oklahoma State. The Longhorns, ranked sec ond in ESPN’s poll, come in with a 44-7 record overall and an 11-1 SWC conference slate. A&M and UT will play a single game tonight at 7 p.m. and will play a double-header Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. All reserve seats for the series have been sold out, but general admission tickets will go on sale at 5 p.m. today and noon Saturday at Olsen Field. Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for those high school age and under. Lady Ags take pair from Bearkats The Texas A&M softball team took a pair of games from Sam Houston State University in Hunt sville Thursday by 6-0 and 7-0 mar gins. • The Lady Aggies chalked up 22 hits in the two games, including 6 doubles. Shawn Andaya got the win in the First affair to up her season record to 23-4. Julie Carpenter earned the win in the second game as she allowed only two hits. Carpenter improved to 14-2 on the year. A&M has won 26 of 27 games on the road but is only 10-5 at home; A&M is 37-6 overall. A&M Coach Bob Brock said the pitching, especially Carpenter’s out ing, was the key. “Both of our pitchers did a very good job,” Brock said. “I think more people all the time are seeing what kind of job Julie Carpenter can do for us.” A&M will play at Northeast Loui siana Saturday and Louisiana Tech Sunday. A&M cyclers to host race The Texas A&M cycling team will host the Aggieland Stage Race this weekend in Normangee. Saturday’s races will consist of 10- mile time trials, a 33-mile road race and a 66-mile road race. Sunday’s races will be held on campus and will feature a 40-mile race around the campus drill field. More than $3,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded, and preregis- tradon for the event will be held to day from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. in room 300 at the Manor House Motor Inn and at every race site. For more information, call Cycles Etc. at 846-2453. ness M phone i®' xmk MarlS.Fo mil meii an contEj .ffordabk i ovided I)' j idem tel work ents in to 30 c® JostsH 4004 ffarvev Rrf. 776-8979 11-9:45 Closed Monday Fajitas T-Bone Steaks fcnmitf Downtown Br 5 an Serving The Finest Mexican Food to Texas A&M Students and Faculty for over 15 years House Specialities Include: Rtid Snapper Chalupas Compnestas Tostadas dt* Folio Closed Mondays Attention Aggies! S(y, OUTFITTERS * NEW fishing Department - Fully Stocked for all your needs! Enchiladas NoHettas Menus vary between restaurants. Please call for information & Daily specials Jose’s features a foil service bar and banquet facilities for up to 130 people. Please come and join us in our coun- tr. setting, only 1 Vj miles east of Post Oak Mall on Harvey Road. OFF CAMPUS CENTER ► OFF CAMPUS AGGIES ► LOU POTS CONNECTION □ □ □ a a SO ... DO YOU WANT YOUR SECURITY DEPOSIT BACK? Steps to follow to get your i i security deposit back Write a letter of intent of vacancy at least 30 days prior to the end of the lease. (Sample Letter) 2. Make sure that all your roommates on the ease sign this letter as well. 3. Give the letter to your manager and keep a :opy signed by the manager. If you prefer to send the letter by mail, use certified mail with eturn receipt. Make an appointment with the manager to aspect the apartment. You should be present during the inspection. Pay all rent owed until the end of the lease. 5. Give your forwarding address in writing to four manager. 7. Vacate the apartment at the end of the lease. 8. Clean the apartment according to your lease agreement. 5. Inspect the apartment with your manager. 10. Wait 30 days to receive your security de- aosit back. 11. If you don't receive your security deposit aack after 30 days, call or visit the manager o remind him/her of the return of your security leposit. 12. Write a letter to the manager, reminding lim/her of your security deposit. Have your nanager sign your copy. If you prefer to send he letter by mail, use certified mail with re- jturn receipt requested. 13. Wait 30 days more. 14. If you fail to receive your security deposit aack, stop by the Off Campus Center, at Pur- itar Hall (across the street from YMCA build- ng) or call for an appointment (845-1741). Student's name St Address Date (at least 30 days in advance) name St Address of Manager * Date moving out * Cleaning * Inspection * Time for appointment * Another lease? * Student's name and * Forwarding address Sample Letter EriKa Gonzalez-Lima 3333 Student Blvd., Apt. #845 College Station, TX 77840 April 7, 1987 name of Manager Day Duck Apartments Management Office 1111 Landlord College Station, TX 77840 Dear Manager: According to the terms of my lease, I will vacate my apartment, no. 845 "Day Duck Palace Apart ments," on May 17, 1987. I will clean the apartment in accordance with the move-out cleaning instruc tions. I would like to make an appointment with you to have the apartment inspected in my presence. I am available every day after 3:00 pm. Please let me know when it is convenient for you. I am not interested in leasing an aprtment again. I would like to thank for your courtesy and services during the period of my lease. Sincerely, Erika Gonzalez-Lima Forwarding address for the return of my security deposit: Erika Gonzalez-Lima 2222 Parentslove Street Sweethome, TX 09999 ——— Cutfif Save■ "«"■«" —■ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LOUPOTS’ BOOKSTORE” at Northgate sponsored the “Connection”. Stories and artwork are provided by the Off Campus Center April 17,1987 Editor: Erika Gonzalez-Lima ¥ (-* r* * * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ F ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ \¥ Sporting rifles, black powder firearms, complete line of archery equipment, hunting and folding knives, reloading equipment We also carry turkey hunting equipment Open 10:00-8:00 Mon.-Sat. 10% Discount with Texas A&M I.D. DEALERS IN FIREARMS Outfitters (Under the Moose) 3602 Old College Rd. 260-9831 LUNCH BUFFET Noon -2 p.m. Except Sat. SUNDAY NITE BUFFET s-ap m More Than 12 Items 25 v3 1f . Senior Citizen & Children Under 12 $3. 2S DAILY LUNCH SPECIAL $2." DINNER SPECIAL $3. 95 Hours: Lunch 11:30-2 Dinner5-10 Closed Monday 2322 Texas Ave. S./College Station/746-1121 Battalion Classified 845-2611