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Friday, May 6, 1988/The Battalion/Page 11 r biggest its here ait >mpetitiv e in ultimate ie said. 1 J. Some oil guys that: 10 years,| in practitt] : against t ir to footbii ith theenipti id said, An team score| s needed tti '1 club, the, tization, stt| nd tournauli s for thev at 6 p.m.l| on the Si® kland invite.' >ur deals,! e fun." ■ 1 — i iii (Oiler camp move to SWT {final, says school regent li SAN MARCOS (AP) —The Houston Oilers and lems with San Angelo. To get there, the Oilc SAN MARCOS (AP) —The Houston Oilers and outhwest Texas State University have reached fegreement on a plan to move the Oilers’ pre-season raining camp to the school’s Central Texas campus, n SWT regent said Thursday. The Oilers have held their summer camp at An gelo State University in San Angelo for the past 10 ars. Jack Martin of Austin, a member of the Texas fate University System Board of Regents, said SWT tfficials informally approved an Oilers’ proposal hursday. Formal approval by the full board should ome at its May 19 meeting in Huntsville, he said. “I see no opposition at all,” Martin said. SWT officials have scheduled a Friday news con- erence to discuss details of the agreement. ] Chip Namias, media relations director for the Oil- rs, said Thursday that no final agreement had been peached. He said Southwest Texas State is “definitely a ront-runner,” but “you can’t call anything a done deal until the contracts are signed.” In San Angelo, the impending move sparked dis appointment and a prediction that the Oilers would Vegret the change. ' “I expect we’ll be hearing from them again (in the future),” said Mark McLaughlin, a San Angelo anker and president of the West Texas city’s cham ber of commerce. “After they experience some other training camps, they’ll recognize the advantages they ihad here,” He listed the advantages as low humidity and “re moteness.” The latter, he said, makes it easier for coaches to “keep up with the extracurricular activ- lities of their players.” But Namias said remoteness is one of the prob lems with San Angelo. To get there, the Oilers had to fly from Houston to Dallas and get a commuter flight to San Angelo. “You run players in and out quite a bit for tryouts and guys getting cut,” he said, adding that air service to San Marcos is better because it is 30 miles south of Austin and 60 miles north of San Antonio. Namias said the Oilers looked for a new summer home because “when you come off a long-term con tract, the nature of it is to take a look around and see what else is out there.” “We were by no means unhappy with San Angelo. They were really great to us,” he said. Namias acknowledged that San Marcos is more humid than San Angelo, but said the Central Texas city has lower average summer temperatures. The finalists in the Oilers’ search were Southwest Texas State, Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo., and Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich. The team prefers a Texas site because owner K.S. “Bud” Adams likes it that way, Namias said. As part of Southwest Texas State’s pitch for the Oilers’ camp, the San Marcos City Council has ap proved $120,000 to upgrade three practice fields at the university. “It adds a lot of prestige to the university and San Marcos,” Martin said of the move. He also said school and Oiler officials have discussed holding an Oilers preseason game in San Marcos. In San Angelo, McLaughlin said he would miss his occasional trips to Oilers practices. “It’s just very impressive to see those gifted ath letes move. They’re like gazelles bounding around out there on the practice field,” he said. Rose bumps Brenham ace off SI cover BRENHAM (AP) — Cincinnati Reds Manager Pete Rose has knocked record-setting high school pitcher Jon Peters off the cover of Sports Illustrated. Peters, a Brenham junior who is 37-0 in his high school career, was scheduled to be on the May 9 cover of the magazine until Rose was sus pended for 30 days for shoving an umpire last Saturday, according to Jane Gilchrist, public relations direc tor for the magazine. “If (Rose) hadn’t acted up, Jon Peters would have been on the cover,” she told the Bryan-College Station Eagle. John Papanek, Sports Illustrated’s baseball editor, said the Peters cover was all ready. “We’re going to send a facsimile of it (to Peters) and mount it next to the one with Pete Rose on the cover,” Papanek said. The Peters cover would have said, “Kid K — Texas High School Pitch ing Phenom Jon Peters.” On April 12, Peters broke the na tional record of 34 consecutive wins by a high school pitcher. Gilchrist said Peters would have been the first schoolboy baseball player on the magazine’s cover. Lewis may retire on top next year e VVegma:. ; tt walked Surhoff v: tnd Brock i off the cec vond Ode: 1 reach, a Witt's *i un. WittlM vho moved!; teld out at ntner's bfc 1 and Dff oefore Bra;; t over there ete Incavip ; his third : .ncreased fl )tal to 20. htwin itop sign, tie inches, was the * 4. The Air ading A’s *' : 16 games ar: land club if with the drove in and Jose Gl and two nc ■ HOUSTON (AP) — Carl Lewis, a four gold- medal winner in the 1984 Olympic Games, said Thursday he will consider retirement after his 2jlth birthday on July 1, 1989. I “If I compete at the best level possible next year, there’ll be nothing to stand around for, nothing more to accomplish,” Lewis said. ■ “I’ve always admired athletes like Walter Pay- tpq (Chicago Bears running back) and (Julius Ei ving) Dr. J. They stepped out on top.” ■ Lewis said, however, his plans remained flexi ble. I “I just told myself several years ago that I’d think about it at 28. I could go another year and ybu can maintain the speed until you’re 30 of 31.” H Lewis said he would maintain a heavy meet schedule in 1989, since it could be his last. ■ “Next year will be much more intense.” Lewis said. “I’ll compete a full indoor and outdoor schedule. I don’t want to miss any meets before I retire.” University of Houston Coach Tom Tellez, Le wis’ mentor since he competed for the Cougars, said Lewis still had the capability of a 30-foot longjump. “It’s just a matter of interest,” Tellez said. “The running events are hard to maintain, but if he decided to just longjump, you could see him in the next three or four Olympics.” Lewis will compete in the long jump for the first time this year at the Houston Invitational meet May 21 on the Houston campus. Lewis has a 52-meet winning streak in the long jump. Lewis, who jumped 28 or more feet 17 times last year, also feels capable of a 30-foot jump. “I think it’s more possible this year than be fore,” Lewis said. “I had my first workout last week,” Lewis said. “Coach Tellez said ‘That’s mid-season form’ after only four jumps.” Lewis also will compete in the Houston Chron icle Indoor Games, announced Thursday, for Jan. 28, 1989, in Astroarena. The meet will be part of a post-Olympics cir cuit, featuring many of the medal winners from this year’s Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Lewis, making a surprise start in a Houston all comers meet Wednesday night, ran a 10.05 100 meters, the fastest time in the world this year. Lewis finished fifth in the Mt. San Antonio College Relays in his last 100 meters race. “I knew the blocks slipped at Mt. SAC and I just decided to come home and run a good race,” Lewis said. Jackson unanimous on All-Rookie team NEW YORK (AP) New hooked uf; z said. Then rel Futuritd by a neck, s going inti I. ire was ad® Id beat us,”®’' second and 1 ic one-ana'* stands tne th. ugh trip," 1 ': it in the e# : h the first tip ty anythin? nt to make led to thedf lydar was I because ^ d to third, fore takinj It in thenj eighth wit as fourth t eded wing I Alydar W m behind' ieve he w# ade ah"' allenge l in the Be n he was 1 York Knicks guard Mark Jack- jgson, who broke two records set by Hall-of-Famer Oscar Robertson, was a unanimous choice to the 11988 NBA All-Rookie team, the ; league announced Thursday. Jackson set NBA records for dirst-year players with 868 assists and an average of 10.6 assists per game. He broke Robertson’s rookie records of 690 assists and 9.7 assists per game, set in the 1960-61 season. Joining Jackson on the All- Rookie team, selected by the NBA’s 23 head coaches, were Greg Anderson of San Antonio, Armon Gilliam of Phoenix, Kenny Smith of Sacramento, and Dferrick McKey of Seattle. 14 rookies received at least one |V6te from the coaches, who were tasked to vote for the top five rookies regardless of position and ■were not permitted to vote for ‘ players from their own team. ''Jackson received the maximum 22 votes, Gilliam and Smith had ■16 apiece, Anderson 15 and Mc- ■Key 11. T n Reggie Miller of Indiana was riext with nine votes. Others re- ceiving votes were Horace Grant, Chicago, 8; Scottie Pippen, Chi cago, 7; Winston Garland, Golden State, and Kevin John son, Phoenix, 3; Tyrone Bogues, Washington, 2; Mark Acres, Bos ton; Olden Polynice, Seattle, and Joe Wolf, Los Angeles Clippers, 1. Jackson, who helped lead the Knicks to their first playoff berth in four years, ranked third in the NBA in assists and sixth in steals with an average of 2.50 per game. His total of 205 steals fell only six short of the NBA rookie record of 211 set by Dudley Bradley of Indiana in the 1979-80 season. Anderson, who started for the Spurs at all three front-court po sitions during the season, was San Antonio’s leading shot-blocker with 122. He also averaged 11.7 points and 6.3 rebounds. Gilliam, who missed the early part of the season with a broken bone in his left foot suffered on opening night, came on strong in midseason and finished with av erages of 14.8 points and 7.9 re bounds per game, the best of any rookie. NFL owners find profit easiest by selling team DALLAS (AP) — Owners of Na tional Football League franchises are finding that the quickest way to make a profit is to leave the NFL — and sell the team. “I always use as an example that people who appreciate art will pay millions of dollars for a Van Gogh, put it on a wall, and it doesn’t pay a return except in the form of plea sure,” said Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell. “If you are lucky and resell it at a profit, then it was an astute move for a knowledgeable collector. It’s the same thing for a sports team. The only appreciation is on resale. The return while you own the team isn’t much,” Modell said. He and other owners around the league say anyone looking for a good investment should look else where, the Dallas Morning News re ported Thursday. “There are far better invest ments,” said Modell, who purchased controlling interest in the Browns in 1960 for $3,925 million. “Nobody should go into pro sports for investment purposes. . . . The prpfits are only in the form of intangible pleasure and the pros pects of selling at a higher price. If BASEBALL CARD SHOW BUY—SELL—TRADE SATURDAY, MAY 7,1988 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM ADMISSION $1°° HOLIDAY INN 1503 S. TEXAS AVE. COLLEGE STATION, TX. 10% ! StiAhi;-:ii:I::«‘i::::I:: : DISCOUNT With student I.D. on all work with this coupon. Expires 5-31 -88. Read-Test *FREE* Analysis TRANSMISSION SERVICE 1507 Texas Bryan 779-0555 t Hj M mm P IH M CLINICS AM/PM Clinics Minor Emergencies 10% Student Discount with ID card 3820 Texas Ave. Bryan, Texas 846-4756 401 S. 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