Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1988)
Wednesday, August 24, 1988/The Battalion/Page 11 Tyson breaks hand in brawl, Bruno on hold NEW YORK (AP) — Heavy weight champion Mike Tyson broke a bone in his right hand during a street fight early Tues day with former boxing oppo nent Mitch Green, the champion confirmed Tuesday night. Tyson appeared at a news con ference wearing a cast on his right hand, and said the injury was a hairline fracture of the third metacarpal. Tyson’s manager. Bill Cayton, said he didn’t know whether Ty son’s Oct. 8 fight against Frank Bruno in London,. England, would have to be rescheduled. The cast, stretching from the hand to within about 4 inches of the elbow, is to be on for three weeks. The break was described as mi nor and the boxer said he felt no pain. Tyson claimed that Mitch Green, a one-time Tyson oppo nent, ripped his shirt and started the fight as Tyson was getting into his car early Tuesday morn ing. The pair exchanged punches, Tyson said. Tyson said the fight occurred around 4:30 a.m. outside a 24- hour clothing store. Green’s version, according to police, was different. Green told investigators the fight took place outside an after- hours club in Harlem, said police spokesman Sgt. John Clifford. Dickerson sits out while Colts pass INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — With the Indianapolis Colts’ emphasis on their passing game this year, Eric Dickerson has been all but ignored in three NFL preseason victories. The Colts have used three quar terbacks. Fifteen receivers, including Dickerson, have caught at least one pass apiece. But the perennial All-Pro running back, who could reach 10,000 career rushing yards this season, has spent most of his time on the sideline as the Colts sort out the pass-catch pecking order. It’s a situation he knows and un derstands. “Even when I was with the (Los Angeles) Rams, we never really worked on our running game that much (in preseason),” says Dicker- son, who has carried the ball only 17 times for 60 yards in his three brief stints against Tampa Bay, Green Bay and New Orleans. “We wanted to work on our passing game. “Here with the Colts, we’ve worked on the passing game a lot. I think the running game will kind of catch on, but the passing game takes a lot of precision and timing, so that’s why we worked on it mostly,” he said. Part of the reason, too, has been an unexpected shuffling of players along the offensive line. Pro Bowl guard Ron Solt is still a holdout and tackle Chris Hinton, a four-time Pro Bowler, suffered a slight knee sprain in the second game, then left camp for four days and asked to be traded. Hinton returned on Monday, along with tight end Mark Boyer, another veteran holdout. But wide receiver Matt Bouza still hasn’t signed. “We may have some guys in and some guys may be out, I don’t know,” said Dickerson, starting his first full season with Indianapolis af ter the trade with the Rams. “But I’ll do what I have to do. I’ll play with the guys who are here. But the guys who are out, I understand. I can un derstand their problem.” Dickerson rushed only four times for a net gain of one yard in the Colts’ 18-6 victory over New Orleans on Saturday night. A victory at Denver Thursday night would give the team its first unbeaten preseason since 1969, when the franchise was in Baltimore. The three quarterbacks — veter ans Gary Hogeboom and Jack Tru deau and rookie Chris Chandler — have completed 60 percent of their passes for 637 yards and three touchdowns. Hogeboom, making his first start since he was injured last November, hit 12 of 17 passes for 170 yards and a touchdown against the Saints last week. The leading rusher in preseason, with 113 yards on 37 carries, has been Melvin Carver, a free agent who is battling for a backup spot be hind Dickerson, Albert Bentley and George Wonsley. With the acquisition of Dickerson last year, the Colts finished 9-6 and won the AFC Eastern Division championship. Olympic flame-lighting ceremony kicks off torch run to end in Seoul ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — The Olympic flame began its 7,000-mile trip to Seoul Tuesday, sparked by a blazing sun in a cere mony featuring folklore from Korea and Greece. As temperatures reached 100 de grees Fahrenheit on the floor of the stadium where the first Olympians competed 2,700 years ago, an actress dressed in the robes of a Greek high priestess lit the first of some 3,100 torches that will carry the symbol of the Games to Asia for only the third time. “It was fantastic,” said Kim Chong-ha, the president of the South Korean Olympic Committee and a leader of the Seoul delegation to the fiame lighting. The public portion of the cere mony was held before more than 5,000 spectators, who sweltered through a half-hour delay and sought shade under umbrellas, wide-brimmed hats and the cypess trees that ring the ruins. “All of these people came out in this heat,” Kim said. “It shows that people have helped us all along as we prepared for the Games. Today was a moment we had waited for a long time.” Katerina Didaskalou, portraying the priestess, lighted the torch from a small black bowl, carried to the sta dium from the neighboring Temple of Hera where it had been ignited in a concave mirror by the rays of the sun. “Cod of sun and light, Apollo, send your rays and light the sacred flame in the hospitable city of Seoul in Korea,” Didaskalou said in recit ing a prayer to the Greek god of fire. “Give peace to all the peoples of the world and crown the winner of the sacred contest.” As she handed the torch to mid dle-distance runner Thanassis Ka- loyannis for the first leg of the relay, a Korean folk dance group paraded into the stadium. Major League Baseball 7-run Cub 7th sinks Astros CHICAGO (AP) — Damon Berryhill’s two-run homer and Vance Law’s two-run single high lighted a seven-run seventh in ning Tuesday night and the Chi cago Cubs beat the Houston Astros 9-3. With the score tied 2-2, Chi cago had seven hits to fuel its big gest inning of the season. Mark Grace’s RBI single broke the tie and Rafael Palmeiro hit a sacri fice fly before Law’s single and Berryhill’s fifth home run. Mitch Webster’s run-scoring single made it 9-2. Jamie Moyer, 7-12, gave up 12 hits and three runs, striking out seven in his third complete game. He is 2-7 at Wrigley Field, and both victories were complete games. Danny Darwin, 6-10, gave up 11 of Chicago’s 16 hits, allowing six runs in six-plus innings. Kevin Bass gave Houston the lead with a two-run single in the first. Grace hit a run-scoring sin gle in the bottom half and Chi cago tied it in the second on Daw son’s 20th homer run. Dawson has hit 20 or more homers for four consecutive seasons and seven of the last eight. Jim Pankovits hit his second home run of the season in the ninth. Forsch, Brunansky lead Cards past Braves ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bob Forsch pitched a six-hitter and Tom Bru nansky drove in three runs, in cluding two with a first-inning homer, as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 7-0 Tues day night. Forsch, 8-4, struck out five, walked two and allowed one run ner past second base in first com plete game since he shut out Pitts burgh on Aug. 10, 1987. Forsch, who has 19 careeJi shutouts, is 4-2 as a starter this season with victo ries in four of his last five deci sions. John Smoltz, 1-4, pitched 1 2-3 innings and gave up six hits and four runs. Nine of the 14 batters he faced reached base. LaPoint, Van Slyke lead Bucs over Reds 2-0 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dave LaPoint won his second consec utive game since his trade to Pitts burgh and Andy Van Slyke hit a two-run homer Tuesday night as the Pirates ended a 25-inning scoreless streak and beat the Cin cinnati Reds 2-0. LaPoint, 2-0, gave up four hits Greenwell’s 100th RBI BOSTON (AP) — Mike Green- well’s 100th RBI put Boston ahead in the fifth inning and Jim Rice, Rich Gedman and Todd Benzinger homered Tuesday night as the Red Sox routed the California Angels 10-2. in 7% innings, struck out three and walked two. Jim Gott fin ished with one-hit relief for his 24th save. Van Slyke’s seventh-inning homer drove in Pittsburgh’s first runs since the fourth inning of Sunday’s loss to Houston. highlights Bosox win Greenwell, who leads the ma jor leagues in RBI, went 3-for-4. His run-scoring single capped a three-run fifth that made it 3-2. Wade Boggs also had three hits, increasing his American League-leading average to .359. Carter’s 2 doubles lift Indians over Brewers MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rich Yett pitched five-hit ball for seven innings and Joe Carter doubled twice Tuesday night, leading the Cleveland Indians over the Mil waukee Brewers 6-2. Yett, 8-4, walked three and struck out three. The Indians ended a three-game losing streak. Conner says legal battle helps sport NEW YORK (AP) — The lengthy court battle over the America’s Cup confused the public and shook up the tradition-bound sport of sailing. But skipper Dennis Conner says the controversy may be the “best thing that’s ever happened” to yacht rac- ing. “The America’s Cup is bigger now than it’s ever been,” he said Tues day. “We’ve been on the front page of USA Today 37 times in the last year. “Sure, there has been controversy and bizarre twists. And sure, some times it was like a soap opera. But like Harry Truman used to say, T don’t care what you write about me, just spell the name right.’ ” When the best-of-three series be tween Conner’s Stars & Stripes and Michael Fay’s New Zealand boat be gins Sept. 7 off the coast of San Diego, it will spell relief for both sides. After Fay issued his challenge to the San Diego Yacht Club in July 1987, it took a year for a judge to set tle a rules dispute. “I’m happy it’s finally going to be decided on the water instead of in the courtroom,” Conner said. “I think everyone is glad about that, with the possible exception of New Zealand.” New Zealand enters the series as a heavy underdog because of the court ruling, which allows Conner to race a multihull 60-foot catamaran against Fay’s monohull 120-foot sloop. Some sailors say it’s like racing a Ferrari against a pickup truck. But while Conner’s 6,000-pound boat has a distinct speed advantage, Fay’s 70,000-pound yacht is less prone to mechanical problems. “You always have the possibility of a breakdown with a small boat,” Conner said. During practice sessions, masts have broken, gears have failed and the boat has capsized. “As soon as you fix something, there always seems to be a problem somewhere else,” Conner said. Another major concern is the con ditions off the San Diego coast, where Conner is hoping for moder ate winds of 7-11 knots and smooth water. “If the water is rough, we could be in trouble,” he said. “The New Zea land boat is much heavier than ours, which means it’s much more stable.” MSC Styling Center A professional salon locMed in the lowVT level-MSC Welcome Aggies, Faculty 8c Staff Early 8c Late Appts. Available 268-2051 WE USE AND RECOMMEND PRUL MITCHELL SALON HAIRCARE PRODUCTS 'OFF: .culptiired I with antpon with coupon OFF P <)0 Cut 8c Blow Dryj with coupon Inter-Varsity Christan Fellowship Presents ★ Ice Cream Bash ^ ★ Memorial & SATURDAY /3 Memorial Student Center AUGUST 27, 1988 Student Center Rm 225 7:00 PM (®S® Rm. 225 $2.00 COVER Ice Cream, music, games and much more!!! Sponsored by Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship ★ Freshmen Picnic Spence Park & SUNDAY Between on the AUGUST 28, 1988 •P 3 Mt. Aggie & Texas A&M 3:30 PM Visitors Campus (direl $2.00 COVER J w Parking hot-dogs, watermelon, music, games and much more!!! In case of rain goto MSC 225 Sponsored by Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Fall Kickoff :T J LARGE GROUP FRIDAY LARGE GROUP ROOM 410 SEPTEMBER 2, 1988 ROOM 410 Rudder Tower 8:30 PM Rudder Tower 8:30 PM Friendshio. worshio. and much more!!! 8:30 PM Sponsored by Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship FURNITURE ■= —BARGAIINS— r ^ STOP SAVE 40%, 50% UP TO 80% on Floor Samples, ONE-OF-A-KIND, Dents & Scratches FREIGHT DAMAGED & DISCONTINUED PCS. r ^ SAVE Do not Throw Your Money Away On Rental Furniture. Come see the option of buying furniture while saving money. FINANCING available. Save on names like Broyhill, Bassett, Berkline, Pulaski, Mason Tyler, Null, Universal, Kenline, Florida, Riveside, Mayo, Schweiger, and many more. SOFA & LOVESEATS BOTH PCS. STARTING AT $ 24995 Fully Warranted TWIN OR FULL SIZE BEDDING STARTING AT $ 4995 BUNK BEDS HEAVY DUTY WITH BUNKIE MATTRESS $ -j 9995 & PC LIVING ROOM GROUP SOFA, CHAIR, ROCKER, COCKTAIL, 2 END TABLE, 2 LAMPS $ 64995 4 DRAWER CHEST s 5995 TABLE LAMPS $ -1 495 3 PC, WHITE MISCELLANEOUS 5 PC. DRESSER, TABLE SET DAY END TABLES MIRR1R, HEADBOARD* COCKTAIL &2 END TABLES BED VALUED FROM . 199.99-239.95 DINETTE 4 DRAWER CHEST 4 PC. BEDROOM STARTING AT $ 9995 $9995 $ 39 95 $ 99 95 ^ GROUP $ 269 95 BARGAIN FURNITURE CLEARANCE CENTER 211 N. Main Next to Twin City Furniture Downtown Bryan Mon.-Sat. 9-6 Limited Quantities Same Day Delivery 775-0572