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touse, orris lonors ssociated Press 1'K, Ark. (AP)- inson had a dost’ i Greg Thomas I to James Roust Texas Tech 46, ng right there os aid Brinson, win .rkansas runnint I took ever)’ siep like a busted plat, because halfrad lidn’t adjust aii ck on Tech's the defensivettr wheeled arouni p another blod t-roped down k ole of guys wentit im and he pulld lem. The saftit i and he drug lus He really plait: Wednesday, October 14, 1987/The Battalion/Page 9 Pokes’ Landry says he is unsure how much White, Dorsett will play against Washington IRVING (AP) — Dallas Coach Tom Landry said Tuesday that this is the wildest year he can re member in 27 years in the Na tional Football League, and that “I get up every morning wonder ing where I’m at.” As the NFL players’ strike en ters its fourth week, Landry said he isn’t certain whether he’ll start veterans Danny White and Tony Dorsett against the Washington Redskins Monday night in their NFC East showdown. "They will play some, but how quick and how early I don’t know,” Landry said. Both players were booed in last Sunday’s 41-22 victory over Phila delphia when they started the sec ond half, and “they’ll probably get their boos again. But they’ll play some,” Landry said. The coach said his three weeks of working with replacement players “has been fun. It’s been a pleasure coaching this team. We’ve had a great chance to get a good look at players we would never have had. We’ll now have a backlog of people who will help us in the future.” Wide receivers Kelvin Edwards and Cornell Burbage, linebackers Chris Duliban and Dale Long, de fensive tackle Mike Dwyer and quarterback Kevin Sweeney have caught Landry’s eye. “They have really played well,” Landry said. “If the rosters are expanded, then I’d say they would have as good a chance as anybody. I’m sure happy the (New Orleans) Saints let Edwards go. He could be a good player for the future if he keeps playing like he has.” Edwards has caught eight passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns in two games. Landry also praised place- kicker Luis Zendejas, who was cut in training camp. “Luis has changed his kicking style and has really been produc ing,” Landry said. “We will have to consider keeping him also.” Dallas and Washington are tied atop the NFC East with 3-1 re cords, and if there are no big changes in the replacement teams. Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs thinks the Cowboys will own a big edge. “There is a serious difference in caliber of the two teams,” Gibbs said in a telephone call at Land ry’s press luncheon. “I’d be shocked if we won.” Landry quipped, “Joe makes me feel like I don’t have to have a game plan this week.” Landry pointed out that the Redskins defeated a St. Louis team that had 13 veterans on it. “Washington beat a good team in St. Louis that had a lot of veter ans on it,” Landry said. “Of course, if a lot of Washington vets return, then I’d have to say the Redskins should be favored.” Landry said he was worried about his pass defense. “I saw where we were 28th in the league and that’s not very good,” Landry said. “We’re going to have to improve on that against Washington.” Dallas wide receiver Edwards earns praise from Landry, Falwell following Eagles game IRVING (AP) — Dallas Cow boys wide receiver Kelvin Ed wards is drawing praise from his coaches, fellow players — and even his former college chan-. cellor, television evangelist Jerry Falwell. Edwards, who has scored three touchdowns and set up three oth ers while playing for the replace ment team during the National Football League Player’s strike, is a graduate of Falwell’s Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Edwards said he was in his ho tel room Sunday night after the Cowboys’ 41-22 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles when Falwell telephoned him. “Dr. Falwell said that he an nounced my name in church that morning,” Edwards said. “He tied 28 yards ail s’ second fields . Rouse gained s! arries in the k as built a 24-0 W a 31-0 victor), lit t 111 on 16 earns, t game as a Ratoi- fbrmance, the S named The Aso )ffensive Player«: he Southwest Cot sive Player of tk i Morris of Tea ■rback, Morris b acker much of ti Houston and ci assisted tackles,) e sacks. A&M.tijt week by Tech, ( m 22-17. :he SWC Newco® is a freshman afe ai ds and averajn ’r play. He plaitij tes last year beat one in his leg. some of that intt: u don’t play,” Bi ’hen you're anucIS generate 4.4 spffl (hief negotiators, management’s »ver some people Hack Donlan and the union’s Gene came into his t'iiitJpshaw, exchanged volleys like a expect him lobs tennis match, Donlan accepting said everybody started cheering in church. I said, ‘Wait a minute! People were cheering for me in church?” Told that Falwell has taken a deep interest in one of his most talented replacements, Cowboys coach Tom Landry said, “That would help. We’ll take all the help we can get.” Landry is also a close friend of the evangelist. He and his wife, Alicia, traveled to Israel three years ago on a tour organized by Falwell. Edwards sprinted 62 yards on a reverse for a touchdown on the opening play of Sunday’s game. He also set up a touchdown with a diving 37-yard pass reception at the Eagles’ 5-yard line. In the first game for the re placement Cowboys, Edwards scored two touchdowns and set up 10 more points when New York Jets defenders were penal ized for interfering with passes aimed at Edwards. He is playing so well that he is expected to stay on with the Cow boys after the strike. “You’d have to say he’s on the top of my list,” Landry said. “There’s nothing I’m seeing that says something is going to hold this guy back,” said pass of fense coordinator Paul Hackett. “What I’m most impressed with is here’s a guy who wasn’t in train ing camp, so he’s had our offense for two weeks. Yet he makes very few, if any, assignment mistakes.” A deeply religious player, Ed wards has opened all his post game interviews with “I would just like to praise the Lord.” One reporter counted 18 “Praise the Lord” comments dur ing Edwards’ interview after the game with the Jets. Edwards had offers to play football at Pittsburgh or Tennes see after he graduated from high school in East Point, Ga., but said he chose Liberty because his mother wanted him to attend a school that emphasized religion. “She had always given me what I wanted all of my life,” Edwards said. “So when it came time for me to go to college, I let her pick the place.” IFL owners reject union’s latest offer as strike drags on NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL trike continued to drag on Tuesday when the owners rejected the play- rs’ demand for binding arbitration d the players’ union declined to nd the players back to work. It was a day on which the two at every week, id that many p® that Rouse hail* : year and thatTfi fifth game of ning back, youut 1 of things take pin fans don't rd J! ing is on cue no*, s worked tin i some areas. M d to correct tl® getting to thept'! he complete bad' 1 be.” de a first down m ries. the ball pitcheJ ing we’ve beenW re got here,” Br® end result was ; three of the union’s four conditions for an end to the walkout, but the union leader sending it back. | “It’s in his court again,” Upshaw said at a Washington news confer ee, about three hours after Don- n had told him that he would ac cept mediation to settle the dispute but not arbitration. : Upshaw said he would be back in touch with Donlan in hopes of find ing another way to get the players back in the absence of a contract agreement. i But no date was set for another bargaining session and Donlan said he saw no reason to resume the talks, which broke off last Sunday, unless the union changes its position on key issues. I The league said the strike- replacement games would go on again for the third weekend with free agents and those veterans who issed the picket line. “They’re intent on busting the ion,” Upshaw said. “It just shows people that are in control don’t nt to reach agreement.” The union’s new proposal came after a six-hour meeting Monday in which the players voted to go back to work if management would accept a series of conditions. The crucial condition was the me diation-arbitration clause. The union said it would accept the me diator it had previously rejected if the owners would agree that if there was no settlement after six weeks, the entire dispute would be sub mitted to binding arbitration. But the Management Council’s executive committee, which had pre viously rejected arbitration, quickly did so again. The owners claim that to allow an arbitrator to make deci sions on issues is to give up control of the game. “It’s very simple,” Donlan said. “They want binding arbitration and we don’t want any part of it. We’ve told them that many times when they’ve proposed it. The only sur prise is that they’d come back to it now.” Donlan also rejected another idea he said Upshaw had made on the phone — arbitration on non-eco- nomic issues only. But Upshaw responded that, without arbitration, the players would not return to work, even though management had accepted its proposal to keep the 1982 agreement in effect and not engage in reprisals against strikers or player representatives. “We cannot agree on returning to work with the 1982 agreement in ef fect forever, and that’s what he has proposed,” Upshaw said of Donlan’s new position. But Upshaw added he would be in touch with Donlan in an other attempt to find a way to get the players back without a full contract settlement. Among the other items included in the union proposal was a demand that the jobs of the 45 players on a team’s roster at the beginning of the season be protected. The union was concerned that some strikers would lose their jobs to replacement play ers who have played since the strike began. But management offered to guar antee the salaries of striking players only for two games. The owners also acceded to a union request to protect player rep resentatives and union officials, say ing they would guarantee their sala ries for the rest of the season even if they are cut. They also said players would not be disciplined for strike activities if the union doesn’t disci pline its members who crossed the picket lines. And management agreed to ex tend the 1982 contract until a new agreement is reached, as the union had asked. An indication of what the owners’ response would be came before the executive committee met. “I’ve told Gene many times that we won’t go to arbitration and I don’t think we’ll do it this time,” Donlan said early Tuesday. Joe Robbie, owner of the Miami Dolphins, said as he arrived for the meeting: “I do not want compulsory binding arbitration. I think that’s putting business out of your own hands.” But at least one committee mem ber, Dan Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers, was cautiously optimistic before the meeting. “I think it’s something we should look at very seriously,” said Rooney, who was instrumental in ending a 57-day walkout in 1982. “I’m en couraged because they have tried to do something to take a step toward us.” Moreover, Tex Schramm, presi dent of the Dallas Cowboys and one of the executive committee’s hard liners, seemed to soften his position as time progressed. After first reject ing it outright, he later said that the owners would have to study it more closely. “I think it would be presumptu ous to feel that a decision could be made that would affect this Sunday’s games,” Schramm said. “But we have to study all the ramifications of the proposal and then we’ll give the union an answer.” Meanwhile, with Tuesday the reg ular day off for most teams, the number of players who had re turned to camp increased to 136, about 9 percent of the 1,585 players under union jurisdiction, when three more Steelers and two Los An geles Raiders reporting. The dead line for reporting and getting paid this week is Wednesday a 1 p.m. EDT. nch Fries ’ancakes nch Fries mch Fries ered Fish ich Toast iat Sauce 1TUDENT NMENT UNIVERSITY HOWDY WEEK’87 >2*. sent this The Traditions Council and area merchants ;want to thank you for keeping the “Howdy” tradition alive! 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