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i Tuesday, September 6, 1988/The Battalion/Page 13 Sports Persont e e H rep< ' ^ aesip. ta l insen rar > whost •ended n issing ha. leaped,; ? krooni .g aqua sat r thonji waitin?' f soleii bentna. ' s s,"Nii!, •good is 5 with th »ple an soles at; 1 buy so ses abot 5 a weet ailor.Kh: dial iikk ist alter f id waist ts. he fidlt ance tie; obsele:: itch nc» rs in ir is, Castrt only ok scratch, he vearl' tedt.; ts h Osgood By Hal L. Hammons Sports Editor The Texas A&M offense, to put it bluntly, wasn’t very good Saturday. But one bright spot showed up in the second half. Chris Osgood came out of the locker room after halftime as the A&M starting quarterback and pro ceeded to move the team — some thing Bucky Richardson and Lance Pavlas had not been able to do in the first half. He rushed for 14 yards on his first carry and, after missing on his first three passes, went 8-for-12 and 110 yards. But more than anything else, he settled the offense down. Richard son and Pavlas had looked extremely flustered by the Louisiana State de fense, with All-America linebacker Ron Sancho being the main terror ist. Osgood had seen this team be fore, though, under similar circum stances. Richardson and Pavlas had seen the Tigers play; Pavlas had taken the field against them last year at Kyle Field. But Osgood had seen this team many times in the University of Mis sissippi’s service. And he was ready. No, he didn’t lead the Aggies to any points, although one drive al most certainly would have yielded a field goal had not Head Coach Jackie Sherrill opted to go for the touchdown on fourth and goal from the two yard line. But he may have shown the A&M coaches a way to establish some con tinuity in the offensive backfield. Osgood was not satisfied with his showing, though. “Offensively we didn’t move the ball as well as we should have,” he said after the game. “We turned the ball over way too many times. We couldn’t move the ball in the air or gave life to Ags at LSU Photo by Dean Saito A&M quarterback Chris Osgood rolls out on an second half and took the team on its only penetra- option against LSU. Osgood played the entire tion inside LSU’s 40 yard line. on the ground. “I was displeased with my outing. After sitting out for a whole year, I think I should have done better.” But not all of it was his fault. He credited much of A&M’s difficulty to circumstances. “It was mostly misfortunes. A fumble here, an interception there. We beat ourselves mostly, but I can’t take anything away from LSU.” He threw one interception, but that was toward the end of the game when hope was nil. That hope was lost on the two yard line. “After we weren’t able to punch it in, we lost a lot of momentum offen sively and defensively,” he said. vetera:' | (s bnn:\ ‘icaaE ideu! S, whocS ’• actui. a sa::| y har.il the k 1 tv won | by monl espor.i i in thi Viera I it ofiki| in thtl hill righbo:' get c l prist* jy ■ neir Id crir use it; I loreo: i -ups oil Bad weather not only at Open Wimbledon has long-standing tradition of rain By Cray Pixley Assistant Sports Editor Tennis and rain go hand in hand. The U.S. Open was rained out Sunday and play resumed on a clear but windy Monday. Wimbledon without at least one day washed out is not Wimbledon. Play must be halted one day or people will begin to worry that they are at the wrong tournament. This past Wimbledon, the men’s final was de layed and those spectators at the gates and those watching at home waited breathlessly for the im pending outcome. Who would win? The rain. The players and the world had to wait an en tire day for the crowning of the new champion. It was a tough wait for avid tennis fans, but then Wimbledon is all about waiting — and scan dal of course. Non-ticketholders must trek out to Wimble don and line up with a few thousand others in hopes of getting through the gates for a thrilling, if not soggy, day of matches. Regardless of the weather, the lines of people are waiting. Some arrive in the early, dark morn ing hours to await the late morning to early af ternoon start of play. Tickets to this coveted event can be had if one has the time and the patience to wait. The early matches are the ones to hit because as Wimble don gets into full swing, the harder the competi- An American sports writer in London Second part of a five-part series tion for tickets. At times it seems that obtaining a ticket is as hard as winning the championship. Both the U.K. and the U.S. have a love affair with Wimbledon. People who don’t even like tennis take time to watch the matches. .From the opening day to the final set, the cov erage was both in-depth and shallow. There was coverage of the play, the antics and the gossip. The match of Wimbledon 1988 was the clash of former champion Boris Becker and the then- defending champion Pat Cash. The match was controversial for the open an tagonism between the two opponents. Becker and Cash marched onto the court as if they were already enemies. As the match pro gressed it was apparent that this statement was grounded in truth. The play heated up and so did the Becker- Cash tempers. Becker was joking his way through the match in a way that was clearly annoying to Cash who struggled to put games on the board. As Cash became frustrated, insults began to fly between the two. The match was not a good showing in man ners for either of the players. The defending champion eventually fizzled out to Becker and then stormed off the court to blast Becker’s behavior in a post-match press conference. Cash, wearing a red mop wig in imitation of Becker’s coiffure, stated that the West German had rudely insulted his family and interfered (????) with play. Insults do not win a match. This was a breath of John McEnroe-type scan dal. Two champions in a battle and Cash de throned. Wimbledon didn’t enjoy this, but it was the most interesting of the competitors’ antics. Not much else happened the entire fortnight to get fans and the media lathered up. Becker was unable to regain the title even though he dispathed Cash. Ivan Lendl failed to win yet again, and a new champion was ushered in. Stefan Edberg, the Swedish icicle, took his throne quietly and happily rode off into the driz zly sunset with his newly won title. Another Wimbledon was complete and the fans could go home. id the' youth.' Tyson knocked out in car accident Sunday NEW YORK (AP) — Heavy weight champion Mike Tyson, who has avoided injury in the ring, was knocked out in a car wreck that left him with minor head and chest wounds, according to friends and relatives. The wreck occurred about 11:20 a.m. Sunday near his training camp in Greene County, and Tyson was brought to Manhattan where he was hospitalized overnight at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, offi cials said. Dr. Carolyn Britton, assistant pro fessor of neurology at the medical center, said Tyson was being kept there for observation and diagnostic tests and that his condition was “quite stable.” “He suffered minor trauma to the head and the chest wall,” Britton said. “He’s neurologically normal.” Britton said Tyson, who was recu perating from a broken bone in his right hand suffered in a street fight two weeks ago with heavyweight Mitch Green, was brought to Colum bia after his car skidded off a slipp ery road. Dan Klores, a spokesman for Ty son, said Tyson’s car was the only ve hicle involved and no one else was present. Camille Ewald, a family friend whom Tyson has been close to since he started training in Catskill eight years ago, said Tyson’s wife, actress Robin Givens, and his mother-in- law, Ruth Roper, wanted Tyson taken to Columbia Presbyterian be cause they know the doctors there. A state police trooper said the ac cident had not been reported to any police agency and was not under in vestigation. Givens was in the back of the am bulance with Tyson as he was being transferred to New York and she tried to put a sheet over the windows to keep camera crews from photo graphing her husband. A few moments later, Tyson was wheeled into the hospital on a stretcher with a sheet over his body and a towel over his face. As cameramen pressed forward Givens pushed them back, shouting “Give him a break.” Steakhouse 108 College Main Announces A Dinner Special! 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Pauli Research will per- $200 f orm FREE Urinary Tract Infection Testing for those will- $200 ing to participate in a 2 week study. $200 incentive for $200 those who qualify. $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 HEARTBURN STUDY $10 0 $100 $100 ncLP\n i DVjniN o i kju i $100 $100 Individuals with frequency occurring heartburn to partici- 51 qq $100 pate in a 4-week study using currently available medica- $100 $100 tion. $100 incentive for those chosen to participate. $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME STUDY $100 Wanted: Symptomatic patients with physician diagnosed ^ 100 $100 with Irritable Bowel Syndrome to participate in a short j 100 $100 study. $100 incentive for those chosen to participate. j-jqq $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 ALLERGY STUDY $100 $100 individuals with Fall weed Allergies to participate in one $200 $200 of our allergy studies. $100-$200 incentive for those cho- $100 $100 sen to participate. $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $100 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 S3oo ULCER STUDY $300 Individual with recently diagnosed duodenal ulcers to ^goo 5300 participate in a short research study. $300 incentive for jgQQ $300 those chosen to participate. 5300 $ 3 0 0 $ 3 0 0 $ 3 0 0 $ 3 0 0 $ 3 0 0 $ 3 0 0 $ 3 0 0 $300 FREE WEED ALLERGY TESTING Children (6-12 years) to participate in short allergy study - no al lergic children welcome. 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