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Look for REDMOND TERRACE Monday-Friday 8:30-6:00 Redmond Terrace Barber Shop 1408 Texas Ave.-College Station 693-4400 The Battalion | Ads that get action Campus and community news The Battalion 216 Reed McDonald 409-845-2611 A&M volleyball team has lively scrimmage Associated Press Anthony Wilson A maroon team consisting of re turning lettermen Yvonne Van Brandt, Kelli Kellen and Cheri Steensma defeated the white team 15-5, 15-13 in a Texas A&M volley ball team intrasquad scrimmage Monday night. times with neither team leading by more than three points. Head coach A1 Givens said the game was basically “a dress rehears al.” “It was an opportunity to ge and look at some different The event, called the media game, was a chance for the public and me dia to watch the team in organized competition for the First time this season. The maroon team was coached by KBTX-TV sportscaster Jeff McShan and A&M assistant coach Fran Ralston. The white team was coached by Bryan Eagle sports writer Larry Bowden and A&M as sistant coach Tom Dumper. .ret in uniform combinations to check relationships and see how the chemistry is coming along,” Givens said. “I think there were moments this evening where you could see that we have the potential to be really good,” he added. “There’s definitely a lot of talent on the court. But there’s so many new faces that I think the key is going to be how well everyone meshes. The maroon team jumped to a 7-0 lead in the first game behind Kellen and Steensma’s spikes and Van Brandt’s blocks. The white team came back to score four straight points before the maroon team cruised to the win by scoring eight of the last nine points. In the second game, the lead switched hands five “I don’t think our problem is going to be offensive in nature. I think it’s going to be getting to know people and playing more mature.” Givens pointed out that an intra squad scrimmage doesn’t necessarily tell much about the team. Players know the weaknesses of their team mates and try to exploit them in or der to win a starting position, he said. Cowboys back to old form in preseason shellacking ■ PITTSBU] ■ire sale, noi ■General N nsists the wh IRVING (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have regressed to their miserable 1986 form. The Cowboys, who have scored only two touchdowns in three preseason games, committed 17 penalties for 163 yards in Sunday night’s 34-10 NFL preseason loss to the Los Angeles Raiders. “We were poor from an execu tion standpoint and we were poor from an effort standpoint,” said Dallas quarterback Danny White. Dallas still doesn’t have a pass ing touchdown in its 1-2 presea son. “I have confidence that every body will do whatever is necessary to get this team back on the right track," White said. “I’m going to worry about me and what I have to do, and that’s a lot right now." Offensive guard Crawford Ker said the team just had a letdown after a rough training camp. “I’m optimistic that we’re going to have a heckuva season,” Ker said. “We did have a tough camp, but we should be putting the ball into the end zone." ide dealing White said he thought the team ^iisburgh’s v could be ready for its season jl s jgned to opener against St. Louis in two ^ e face. weeks. "I think we’ll be OK," White jThrift in said. “My wrist is not botheringiqtided for t that much on my throws. My if|ve last-plao problems against the Raiders art winning were decision problems and some iot keep losin inexperience problems by the \ guys I was throwing to.” ■‘'We re mak W’hite suffered three intercep-c|ub. We’re tions by the Raiders and Steve nr he said. Pelluer was picked off two times. jLatelv, the “It was a good case of not being vaining. on the same page with my receiv-H l hev car rh ers," White said. "This hasgottoiing streak a change, otherwise there are going ajita Monday to be a whole lot of people who jSince April will be looking for moving vanstvjay what in; and new houses and everything hi heart of else. I know Coach (Tom) Landn rei tainly, the is not going to stand for thistypt 61 of performance." White added, “I don’t knok ]The team’s that I've been as embarrassed asi jliycrs — Foi was against the Raiders. I’m no:hiT Don Ro very patient right now because l»y —are goi don't think we've got the luxunislimated S3.: of time to be patient.” ■aries. ^;iln their pla J ft chad's you ■jftvest-paid te. Saints, Falcons should challenge NFC West SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of these seasons, the New Orleans Saints might reach the NFL playoffs and make San Francisco 49ers Coach Bill Walsh look good. “It seems like I say this every year, but I think New Orleans is on the verge of breaking out and getting into the playoffs,” Walsh said in a preseason look at the 49ers’ National Football Conference’s Western Divi sion foes. Walsh is heading into his ninth season with the 49ers, who won their fourth NFC West title in the last six seasons by finishing 10-5-1 last year and edging the Los Angeles Rams, 10-6. The Rams have one division title and four second-place finishes so far in the 1980s. The Saints, in their first season under Coach Jim Mora, were 6-5 at one point last year but faded out of the division race and finished 7-9. In 20 NFL seasons, the team has never posted a winning record or made the playoffs. The Saints have, besides Walsh’s encouraging words, a highly re garded defensive line and lineback ers, 1,000-yard rusher Rueben Mayes and their superb placekicker, Morten Anderson. David Wilson and Bobby Hebert again are competing for the starting quarterback job. Hebert, former USFL star, was knocked out of the starting lineup by a broken foot last season. The two passers combined for 12 touchdowns and were intercepted 25 times. Lonzell Hill, a rookie from Wash ington, could break into the lineup as a starting wide receiver, and seve ral rookies are getting shots at win- ningjobs in the defensive backfield. The Falcons, the Saints' perennial conference rivals, last made the play offs in the strike-shortened 1982 season, and haven’t had a winning season since. Last year, the Falcons went 7-8-1, and an off-season change brought Marion Campbell back for his sec ond tour as head coach. Atlanta’s 25-year-old quarterback David Archer was another of the many NFL quarterbacks injured during the 1986 season. He helped the Falcons get off to a 5-1 start, but the team was 5-5-1 when he suffered a shoulder injury in November, and backup Turk Schonert took over. The Atlanta passing offense ranked 25th in the NFL, and the quarterbacks were sacked 56 times. The Falcons’ strong rushing at tack is led by Gerald Riggs, who has surpassed 1,000 yards three straight seasons. Second-round draft pick Kenny Flowers from Clemson joins the running back contingent this year. Defensively, Atlanta ranked in the middle of the NFL pack statistically last year with a mix of veterans, such as linebackers Buddy Curry and Joel Williams, and young players, includ ing linemen Rick Bryan and Tony Casillas. Campbell, who was head coach in Atlanta from 1974 to 1976, returned to the team last year as defensive coordinator. Coach John Robinson of the Rams has a new offensive coordinator, Er nie Zampese, formerly with the San Diego Chargers, hoping to give the team a passing offense to comple ment NFL rushing champion Eric Dickerson. The Rams' passing of fense ranked dead last in the NFL last season. Jim Everett became the Rams’ starting quarterback late in his rookie season and is the undisputed No. 1 passer going into his first full NFL season. The Rams should have full-time play from Henry Ellard, the wide re ceiver who missed the early part of last season because of a contract holdout. Ellard caught 34 passes for 447 yards in nine games last season, after gaining 811 yards on recep tions in 1985. He’s also got a career 12.7-yard average on punt returns, best mark in NFL history. The Los Angeles offensive line is one of the league’s strongest and most experienced. Tackle Jackie Slater and guard Dennis Harrah are heading into their 12th and 13th pro seasons, respectively. The defense, which ranked fourth in the NFC last year, includes safety Nolan Cromwell, linemen •II o< Reggie Doss and Gary Jeter i linebacker Carl Ekern, all Mil least 10 seasons of experience. San Francisco's veteran playen; 1 , elude several who starred on tht' ^ i>er Bowl championship tearrc in ‘ anxi<)US - 1981 and 1984. Quarterback, 11 ^ 1 took .. a P 1: Montana, 31, heads that list 1,1< cl JftDallas Cow ■The Cowbo ftp became But it’s unlikely that Walsh CoT k ! e tu),dot sioned more than a year or twc^ nda > af I u ‘ rn backup duty for Steve Young wf M, 1 , 1 * 1 ,<) . ! Ml ! he traded with Tampa Baylor:, 'V. ^.‘ ll " oe u -iirto m. Noona J5-year-oId quarterback, fortrul'’, u .:Tu _ a ■■ a • TBwbovs are Brigham Young All-America i • ircti \r , wien it comes i USFL p ayer. Young was a staTjX shernre most of last season and took picl , , , of lumps, being sacked 47 timesap e held out several more seasons. unlikely that Walsh r! j iq* , hi v eventua intercepted 13 times while throw.,I r o doo j , • , wanted. It worl tor 2,282 yards and eight oiii fx T . ’ 6 Noonan, clowns. i rtlseguard at Montana had back surgery inSt£ QI ,' v ^ al "• temher and played only eight ’ 1 " 1 a< l ’ lar season games last year, vet pas^ r ° XIIWa,e ' ^ r o oar j on r one-year c tor 2,23h yards. ... , / f . Keith Fahnhorst, the 35-year-tt j, ( . <)n 1 ee , offensive tackle, center Fred Q- 1111 11 i . , n XT ■ a, 'tpt car now, lan, tight end Russ r rancis and ^ • tx • u. gi l Tdesn t own a c receiver Dwight Clark are amo }‘M\ wile I veterans nearing the end of theirc , , 0 Mace picked oi ree J:f’ An , | j i block away fi I he 49ers most talented yout-r c . , ’ . . , , t.4Cc j s. She s as i players include wide receiver Jt' Rice, the 1986 league leader in r ceiving yardage with 1,570, Roger Craig, and defensive line! Michael Carter and Charles Hi hic< Abandoned SMU facilities termed 'ghost town puts DALLAS (AP) — Former South ern Methodist defensive back Franky Thomas left his East Texas home recently to report to preseason practice with his new team, the Uni versity of Houston Cougars. But he couldn’t resist a last swing by Dallas and SMU’s athletic facili ties for one last look at the school where no Southwest Conference football will be played this fall. “It was like one big ghost town. It made me kind of sad,” Thomas said. He scaled a six-foot chain link fence surrounding Ownby Stadium, where he spent the first three sea sons of his college career practicing for a football team that no longer ex ists. He sat alone for an hour, remi niscing about the days before the NCAA suspended the Mustangs’ football program for repeat recruit ing violations. “That was the first time the reality of the situation really hit home,” Thomas told the Fort Worth Star- Telegram. “I sat there thinking about how a lot of guys had shed a lot of blood, sweat and tears on that field. Then, some guy comes along with a pen and a piece of paper and takes it away from you.” At last count, the brunt of SMU’s 56 scholarship football players had scattered to 26 different universities — from Columbia University in New York (def ensive end John Robinson) to the University of Hawaii (line backer Ken Masterson). SMU players were allowed to transfer anywhere in the United States with immediate eligibility af ter the NCAA announced on Feb. 25 that it was shutting down the pro gram for a year. The decision was based on a $61,000 slush fund in volving 13 members of last year’s team. Faced with departing players and a loss of scholarships, SMU officials voluntarily canceled the 1988 season as well. When SMU opens its doors for jpe fall classes, it will have no athletic di rector, no football coach and no football team. One of three scholarship player who did not transfer is linebacker Ricky Roden. He spent most sum mer afternoons this year lifting weights at the tiny training facility at Class 2A Godley High School. Roden will have two years of eligi bility remaining when SMU resumes football. He made a couple of trips to SMU in early summer hut did not return, he said. “It was sad to be over there. There are big signs all around saying ‘SMU Football’ but no one in there has anything to do with SMU football,” he said. With the rest of the SWC in train ing camp, Roden got an uneasy feel ing in his stomach every afternoon, he said. “This is the first year I haven’t played football since the fifth grade. I’m used to going to practice doesn’t feel natural not to bee there,” he said. Wide receiver Mitchell Gliebe: another who didn’t transfer and* have eligibility in 1989, when Si! football returns. Defensive endBi Kershaw is the other. “This whole place is desertrt Glieber said. “It’s hard to work® HOUSTO Sandberg’s fi Established a ago record —]ubs defeats Tlay night, se Iheir season- loss. when there’s nothing to get rea for. Your mind really isn’t intoii 1 Sandberg’s miss the other guys. The noise tht Lave the Cub used to be when the place was Bt hicago’s pre and everyone was joking wither Ivassetin 195 other.” IG The Natio He added, “This program for a 162-gar ranked No. 1 in the nation got |nl966byth< into the 1985 season. It’s hardtop Chicago rc lieve it’s come down to this.” Defensive tackle Robert McDafi who joined Thomas and offens tackle Del Montgomery as part Houston’s “Three Mus(tang)l ( ; teers,” said his heart goes outtok den, Glieber and Kershaw. »>-l, allowed t In TVs innings i Lee Smith lor his 32nd s Eleni Gatzoyiannis tried to organize the escape of her children from Greece and its civil war, but was discovered and executed by Greek Communist guerillas. 1985's Eleni, starring Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich and Linda Hunt is the story of her son's journey to reveal her story and obtain retribution. Directed by Peter Yates. ELENI Tuesday, September 1,1987 7:30 p.m., Rudder Theatre Tickets $2.50 Tickets are available at Rudder Box Office the week of the feature and starting at 45 minutes before showtime. All International films are co-sponsored by the Jordan Institute for International Awareness. 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