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IBM and Personal System/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Page 8/The Battalion/Tuesday, October 4, 1988 Sports Cole leads Ag defensive revival Player of the Week Leon Cole By Doug Walker Assistant Sports Editor Hallelujah! The Texas Aggie defense used a dose of some old-time religion by de fensive coordinator R.C. Slocum in an effort to motivate a unit that had allowed 102 points and 1,015 yards in the first three games of the sea son. Defensive end Leon Cole proba bly hopes Slocum makes it a weekly event. Cole had three quarterback sacks in last Saturday’s game against Texas Tech to lead a solid perfor mance by the defensive line as A&M shut down quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver and the Red Raider offense. Slocum wishes he had done it ear lier. “We had an old fashioned prayer meeting on Thursday,” Slocum said after the game. “The whole thing was that we weren’t getting it done. I think our players felt strongly that it was time to start playing like we’re supposed to play. “If we had done that earlier, we would have had a lot better chance to beat the other teams we played.” The play of Cole and the entire Aggie defense earned Slocum’s praise and allowed him to show off a new addition to his coaching ward robe — a “Wrecking Crew II” hat. Slocum decided to wear it for the home opener as a challenge to the defense. “I couldn’t wear it (before Satur day),” Slocum said. “The way we played the first three games, the ‘Wrecking Crew’ never showed up. I put it on before the game and told them it was time to start wrecking somebody again.” Cole had a lot to do with the re turn of the “Wrecking Crew” as he pressured Tolliver even when the Aggie linebacker corps wasn’t blitz ing. He played a big part in stopping a Raider offense that had attacked him in last year’s upset loss in Lub bock. “I was getting revenge for last year’s game,” Cole said. “I didn’t have good technique last year, and they were coming off the ball at me.” Head Coach Jackie Sherrill said the success of the defense was made Phulo by Eric Swellander See Cole, page 10 Leon Cole had a lot to celebrate Saturday. The senior defensive end sacked Tech quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver three times Saturday. Astros begin search for Lanier’s successor HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros started their search Monday for a manager to replace Hal Lanier with early speculation centering around As tros first base coach Matt Galante, former second baseman Joe Mor gan anti New York Yankees Man ager Lou Piniella. Lanier and three members of his coaching staff were fired Sun day after the Astros faded in the final month of the last two sea sons. General Manager Bill Wood said the Astros had no timetable for replacing Lanier, who led the Astros to the National League Western Division title in 1986, his rookie year as a manager. Galante could be the choice if the Astros decide to pick a new manager from within the organi zation. “Matt will be retained on the staff, and he is among those to be considered,” Wood said. “We’re looking for the best man avail- Morgan and team owner McMullen are friends althi o Morgan turned down anofferto become the team’s assistant gen eral manager three months ago. NIG Piniella remained manager of the Y ankees Monday, but there has been speculation that he would be dismissed. The Astros retained coach Yogi Berra, pitching coach Les M oss and Galante and released third base coach Denis Menke, hitting instructor Gene Clines and bullpen assistant Marc Hill. Wood said the first step would be to decide what kind of man ager the Astros need to return them to competitive status. “We’ll narrow the list down and make a decision, the sooner the better,” Wood said. "Part of the process will be trying to deter mine the type of characteristics we’ll be looking for in a manager. We have a completely open mind. 1 here is no prepared list al ready.” G & £ wide £ lor nig one ot basis • restt 'musi •crarr G* FOR/ CEPT PARI STUD »oralc •comf •blooc •pap £ •close Volunt Steroid scandal made Olympics-watching far too strenuous Whew! The Olympic Games are at an end. It is a bit sad that the games are finished, but I can’t help breathing a lengthy sigh of relief. The tension has been relieved. Needless to say, the Summer Olympics wet e not a peaceful meeting of world athletes that came off without a hitch. It Cray Pixley Sports viewpoint was a battle to even try and watch the competition, not to mention interprete the results. The games of Seoul were confusing, intriguing and eventful. At every tur n the unexpected pounced. But then, the expected also was glaringly present. The top issue was the spreading use of steroids. These 1988 Summer Games were so hampered by the issue of steroid use that no sporting event could be taken at face value. The seemingly obvious result of a contest and its winner could not be taken for granted. There always seemed to be the question of whether the athlete’s stellar performance was aided by steroids. For me, the specter of steroids spoiled the XXIV Summer Olympics. It was always in the background waiting to point its finger at a triumphant athlete. I couldn’t help it. While watching any track event, wrestling or boxing match, or anything beaming from Seoul, I was wondering whether or not the gold medal winner would test positive or just who would be Jhe next star of the Seoul Doping Center. It’s disconcerting to feel you are judging the brillance of an athlete’s performance by the criteron of whether or not some unpronounceable drug is kicking in like a large dose of Wheaties. Throughout the Olympics I tried not to let the issue cloud my enjoyment of the events, but it was difficult. Each event final had to be taken with a grain of salt in case steroids were in use. Like, “Oh don’t get to excited over that world and Olympic record — it may be because the guy’s on drugs.” It seemed as if everyday was marred by a great steroid scandal. It got to the point where the journalists in Seoul could have had a preprepared story about a gold-medal-winning athlete testing positive for a banned drug and then crushingly stripped of the medal. All the media dudes had to do was fill in the blanks of the athlete’s name, home country and sport. The choice of filling in the blank for sport category could even lie narrowed to weightlifting, boxing or track — the sports with the most prevalent steroid use in the Seoul Olympics. More firquent drug testing it would seer, What is so distressing is why theseworlij lass athletes would take the chanceof SK G&S a sti you t ditior volur It is alljust a sad affair that still hangs on now that the Olympics have ended. The biggest steroid scandal was Big Ben Johnson. No one is sure what is going on or no one is saying. Johnson at first said there was something in his refreshment drink and now he says he hasn’t knowingly taken banned drugs. There is no out for Johnson — he lost his record, his medal, and the priviledge of running for Canada. Where is the real story? How can the Olympics be cleaned up? disqualification by taking performance enhancing ( hemicals. It sounds like a nai\t question, but the answerseemssimple.lt doesn’t pay to lake the chance. An athlete may get lucky and slip through once but it will catch up withth and it may be after they have captured Olympic gold. Illegal drug use in the Olympics muslin cleaned up, but there don’t seem tobeai easy solutions. t here will never he an officialOlyrapK event called the 200-meter sprint for steroid users— I hope. But it did almost seem as if steroids temporarily won thebii events and pulled the stars fromtheskvii Seoul. 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