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at San Marcos campus
Jeffires’ good hands shine
SAN MARCOS (AP) — Wide
receiver Haywood Jeffires came
to the Houston Oilers camp as a
No. 1 draft pick last season not
realizing the level of intensity it
takes to play in the NFL.
Now he knows.
“I’m a better listener, a better
practice player — in everything
right now,” Jeffires said between
workouts at Southwest Texas
State University. Jeffires compli
cated his status by crossing the
picket line during the NFL play
ers strike, angering Oiler veter
ans in general and quarterback
Warren Moon in particular.
Add a broken bone in his wrist,
and it was an unfortuate first sea
son for Jeffires.
But now he has reached peace
with himself and Moon and ex
pects to have the kind of season
that was anticipated a year ago.
“It’s all behind now,” Jeffires
said. “It’s not like I killed some
one’s brother or sister and they’re
going to hate me for life. These
guys love me and I love them.”
Moon questioned Jeffires’ work
habits last season publicly and
Jeffires fired back a response in
public.
“I finally learned what he was
talking about,” Jeffires said. “He
just told me ‘you’ve got all that
talent, it’s time to use it.’
“Maybe he spoke in a way I
could understand, like, ‘you are
man now, grow up and act like
one.’ ”
Jeffires caught seven passes for
89 yards last season and dropped
many more, part of it due to a
broken wrist he suffered in train
ing camp.
He developed bad habits, try
ing to catch the ball with his body
instead of his hands, receivers
coach Milt Jackson said.
“I don’t think most people
knew about the broken bone in
his wrist,” Jackson said. “It
wound up making him not look
like as good of a player as he
really is. He’s healthy now and
playing well.”
Moon can see a big difference
in Jeffires, even early in training
camp.
“If the guy is trying, he can be
one of the best in the league,”
Moon said. “Now he’s having a
great camp and we’re trying to
utilize his talents.”
New cornerbacks see 1 st practice
AUSTIN (AP) — Newly ac
quired cornerbacks Elbert Foules
and Evan Cooper saw their first
practice as Houston Oilers Mon
day, but Coach Jerry Glanville
said it will be some time before
they Fit in.
“We’re doing something they
haven’t done,” Glanville said. “It’s
something brand new and it’ll
take them a while to adjust.”
The veteran corners came to
the Oilers in a deal with Philadel
phia Saturday for two undis-
dosed 1989 draft picks. Both
suited up for Sunday’s practice
but did not participate.
The Oilers obtained Foules
and Cooper to shore up their de
fensive backfield situation with
half of last year’s starting second
ary — Steve Brown and Patrick
Allen — holding out.
Quinton Jones of Pittsburgh —
the Oilers second-round pick — is
also holding out.
Until Foules and Cooper are
ready, Oiler veterans Richard
Johnson and Audrey McMillen
are the frontrunners.
Although most of the af
ternoon practice concentrated on
the shotgun formation, Glanville
felt the defense was dominant.
“The tempo of practice was set
by the defense,” he said. “There
was intensity there.”
Glanville also has been pleased
with first-round draft pick Lo
renzo White of Michigan State.
“He’s good,” Glanville said.
“All those people who wondered
why we drafted him should have
been here this morning. He’s an
excellent athlete.”
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Astrodome spectacle to end
HOUSTON (AP) — The plug soon will be pulled on
the Astrodome’s giant scoreboard, putting an end to
the Texas-style light shows that have hailed the home-
team’s triumphs for more than 20 years.
Sometime during the next two months, workers will
disconnect the center field scoreboard in use since the
Astrodome opened in 1965.
Gone will be the largest scoreboard in the world, the
14,000 light bulbs, the ride-’em cowboys, the snorting
steers and electronic pyrotechnics of the Dome’s trade
mark, home-run spectacular.
In its place will be installed 10,000 seats, part of $60
million in Astrodome renovations designed to keep the
Houston Oilers from moving to Jacksonville, Fla.
And a promised high-tech replacement spectacular
has been postponed because of lack of money, Harris
County officials said Monday.
Architects initially consulted Hollywood special ef
fects whiz George Lucas about a $2 million-to-$8 mil
lion laser display. But unforeseen costs for asbestos re
moval and other items have eaten up the light show
budget, project manager Jack Watkins of the county en
gineer’s office said.
There is a slight chance a new spectacular scoreboard
will be built if the remaining work comes in under bud
get, Harris County Judge Jon Lindsay said.
Meanwhile, work on dismantling the scoreboard will
begin during an Astros road trip in either August or
September.
That would mean farewell to the scoreboard against
either San Diego bn Aug. 15, Cincinnati .on Sept. 6 or
,Atlanta on Sept. 22.
“It’s extremely sad,” said Harris County Commis
sioner E.A. “Squatty” Lyons, the only current commis
sioner on the court when it approved Dome construc
tion. “I really hate to see it go.”
Costing $2 million, the scoreboard included the first-
ever large-screen stadium television, the spectacular
light show and two flanking information panels.
The scoreboard stands more than four stories tall,
covers one-half acre of wall space, weighs 300 tons and
originally included 1,200 miles of wire and more than
50,000 light bulbs.
Paul Darst, manager of Astrodome scoreboard and
video operations, said a new spectacular scoreboard will
be built someday. The old one, meanwhile, will be re
placed by four animated, strip scoreboards.
“It won’t be a tradition,” Darst said. “But there’s no
ballpark that can afford the kind of wall space the origi
nal scoreboard took up.”
A big retirement party is being planned for the final
game.
“We’ll send it out with style,” Darst said.
‘Rocket’ Roger leading
Bosox charge in East
ARLINGTON (AP) — The Bos
ton Red Sox, baseball’s hottest team,
are following the vapor trail of a
rocket.
“Rocket” Roger Clemens leads the
majors with seven shutouts after
blanking the Texas Rangers 2-0
Monday night. It was the l/th com
plete game shutout of his career.
Clemens, 14-5, struck out 14 to in
crease his major league-leading
strikeout total to 219.
He teased the Rangers in the
ninth, allowing a Pete O’Brien lead-
off double. But Clemens got Ruben
Sierra on a fly-out, then set down
Pete Incaviglia and Geno Petralli in
what is, for him, typical fashion —on
called third strikes.
“Once I see the end coming, I just
get after it,” Clemens said. “I always
want to be around for the finish.”
During Clemens’ latest streak,
there’s little suspense as to the out
come. Among American League
pitchers, Clemens and Minnesota’s
Frank Viola (16-2) form a division of
their own.
Clemens outdueled Rangers
starter Charlie Hough, who yielded
only four hits but was bested by
Clemens’ three-hitter.
Hough could only sit back and ad
mire Clemens’ work in the ninth.
“This is how great the guy is,”
Hough said. “He gives up that lead-
off double, then he says, ‘Poof.
Enough of that.’ ”
Behind Clemens’ lead, the Red
Sox have used their longest winning
streak in 40 years to get back in the
American League East race.
Clemens, a two-time American
League Cy Young winner, is 4-0
over his last six starts.
“I’ve really been in a groove,”
Clemens said.
Monday night Clemens was also as
hot as the game-time temperatures,
which reached 100 degrees.
“The hot weather is something I
really like, something I’m used to,”
said the native Texan and former
University of Texas star. “I pitch my
best when the weather is like this.”
Nevertheless, Clemens had a vig
orous workout, throwing 161 pitches
on a night when he estimated he lost
“seven or eight pounds.”
Red Sox manager Joe Morgan
marvels at Clemens’ competitive na
ture.
“He’s amazing,” Morgan said.
“He’s a great competitor. He always
seems to find a way.”
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