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VO s We Deliver • 846-5273 • We Deliver • 846-5273 « 6&M Stcakhousc 108 College Main Chicken Fried Steak Dinner Special incl. Baked Potato or Fries, Salad, Texas Toast, iced tea 5pm-9pm $2.99 with this coupon • We Deliver • 846-5273 • We Deliver • 846-5273 • co Texas A&M Sports Car Club School of Offensive Driving! Anyone with any type of car is welcome to come out and learn to drive their car how it should be driven. Following the school will be a low speed driving event (AUTOCROSS). Cost for either or both events is $8.00. When: Sat., Oct. 8,10:00 am Where: Kleberg Lot 71 (across the tracks) For more information come to our meetings the 2nd and the 4th Wednesday of the month, 7:00 pm, Rudder Tower. Or call: 696-RACE or 822-5226 Page 8/The BattalionAVednesday, October 5, 1988 VAIL/BEAVER CREEK ^COLORADO® MUM !•! ■ LODGING • LlflSVi^MjMIES ■ PICNIC • BICE • MORE! TOLL FREE INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS 1-800-321-5911 or contact our local Sunchase campus representative or your favorite travel agency ALSO AVAILABLE: WINTER PARK, KEYSTONE AND STEAMBOAT 7/ze $600,000 Flight insurance with every ticket...FREE! Gold VISA Card...FREE! Traveler's checks...FREE! Travel seminars...FREE! Parties...FREE! Travel research and consultation...FREE! Ticket delivery to your office ...FREE! ITS Luggage Tags and Passport cases...FREE! in association with S. TRAX/EL. MB United Citizens Bank ‘Ask your United Citizens Bank Representative how you may qualify Member FDIC Call or come by any branch of United Citizens Bank or ITS Tours & Travel: 693-1414 764-9400 Sure, the pennant race is heating up, but they should’ve lit the fire in August The major-league pennant races are winding down, and the World Series is right around the corner, with the Final four teams beginning their quest foi the World Series this week. Who cares? Every year, I look forward to baseball and apple pie, and the grand ole American pastime getting underway in April. But each August, I get on the Field are the outFielders and the middle inFielders, whose positions require quickness. It seems to me that close plays at the plate are the only exciting things that happen in baseball, and they don’t happen that often, if at all. The boys of summer don’t know how to Fight, either. Jeff Miller ^gorts^yiewgoint^ tired of those hot summer days, and start thinking about explosive offenses and have-no- mercy-for-the-weak linebackers in the cool fall. Let’s face it — baseball season is a month too long. Those nine-inning games start to get long and boring, there’s no band or rivalry to keep the games interesting, and scoring is about like pulling teeth — it doesn’t happen very often. Baseball Fights aren’t as exciting as football, unless the player throws his bat at the pitcher or punches are thrown. They usually involve the batter charging a pitcher who beaned him and the entire team surrounds in one big pile where blows can’t be seen. In football, every play could end in a good brawl. They usually evolve from a late hit, or a defensive lineman hitting the quarterback late, or a little back and forth taunting between cocky players. There aren’t many heated rivalries to look forward to, either. Also, there are a few players that really need to go on a Herbalife diet, or start using a weight control device such as Fernando Valenzuela, Sid Fernandez, and the infamous Terry Forster, who was finally sent to a Fat Farm. On many teams about the only good athletes I look forward to the games like OU-Texas, Auburn-Alabama, Army-Navy, and, of course, Texas A&M-Texas. There are traditions, bragging rights, large crowds, and much more intensity in football than baseball. Besides Cleveland Municipal Stadium (a football stadium),I’ve never seen or heard of a Major League Baseball team with an average crowd of more than 60,000, mainly because there aren’t many baseball stadiums that seat t fans. But don’t get me wrong — I like baseball. I just think its season lasts way toolongaljl takes away from the spirit of the sport when people get tired of it because it lasts throughi middle of the anxiously-awaited footballseasorj Many people go to a baseball game to relax, have a few beers and enjoy a quiet game-Onihfl other hand, I don’t know of many footballfansf who go to football games to relax; they go 10% I explosive offenses, hone-crushing hits, blood sweat, mud, and be a part of an enthusiastic crowd. Let’s face it — football is more exciting. It’s not too often during a football game tluii| camera focuses on a spectator tliat is in R E M. sleep. Every play can result in one of thosebone crushing hits, long touchdown runs,orafiglii between two players that weigh a combined® I pounds. That’s exciting. There aren’t any overpowering teams in baseball. There is almost no chance of any tcaul no matter how good their hitters area through the season undefeated. In prof essional football, it is very unlikely,fel it has happened. Baseball hasn’t been knonfel teams that haven’t been beaten in two years at home, and the crowds at baseball games usual don’t play a part in the visiting team’s performance. Lewis (Continued from page 7) Two key plays in an otherwise-av erage game turned the season around for the Aggies. One was when Richardson scrambled 82 yards for a touchdown, telling the A&M coaching staff that there was an answer to the team’s quarterback dilemma that hadn’t been consid ered yet. The other was when Lewis plowed into a pile of Golden Eagles and came out the other side to run for a 77-yard TD. Everyone knew he could run past people. No one knew he could run through people. From then on, it was obvious who the star was in the tailback position. Woodside was the starter, but Lewis was the man. And thus the scene was set for this year. In a conference full of talented running backs — James Rouse of Arkansas, Lorenzo Cyphers of Rice, James Gray of Tech, Kimble Anders of Houston — Lewis emerged alone at the top of the heap. Except for a certain high-jumper from the University of Texas. And the comparisons between Le wis and Eric Metcalf are somewhat unavoidable. Both are the offensive stars of their teams, both sport im pressive yardage and yards-per- carry numbers. Both have moves that leave fans — and defensive players — speechless. And each has a support group that suggests he could be the First Southwest Conference Heisman winner since Earl Campbell. But like everything else, things don’t seem to affect very much. “I haven’t just sat down thought about it,” he said. those Lewis and “You have to be consistent to be a Heisman candidate. I’m just trying to stay injury-free. If my senior year rolls around and I’m a legitimate Heisman candidate, then that’s something I’ll really be striving for.” Perhaps that attitude is what makes Lewis so pleasant to be around. He always seems to be smil ing, no matter what the situation. “If you keeping a smile on your face it makes the day go by faster,” he said with a smile. “Shucks, I’m just trying to have fun.” It seems to be working. Mets win NL opener on Carter hit in 9th LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gary Carter’s bloop double to center Field with two outs in the ninth in ning scored two runs and gave New York a dramatic 3-2 victory over Los Angeles Tuesday night and 1-0 lead in the National League playoffs. The Mets had been shut out for eight innings by Dodger starter Orel Hershiser, who came into the game off a record streak of 59 consecutive scoreless in nings. Gregg Jefferies, who had three hits, led off the ninth with a single and moved to second when Keith Hernandez grounded to First. Darryl Strawberry doubled to right to score Jef feries. Jay Howell relieved Hershiser and walked Kevin McReynolds. He struck out Howard Johnson and had two strikes on Carter. The Mets catcher then bloopda short fly to center that John Shelby, playing deep, failed to catch with a diving attempt. The ball dribbled pastShelbyi I few feet and, with the runnen moving on the play, McReynoldi came all the way around from First and just beat Shelby’s thron to the plate. Game 2 of the best-of-sevense ries is scheduled Wednesdat night at Dodger Stadium, starting at 10:05 EDT. The Mets willsd David Cone, 20-3, against roolio Tim Belcher, 12-6. Randy Myers pitched two in nings in relief of Dwight Gooden I to get the victory. Howell tookthe ] loss. Gooden allowed only four hits | and struck out 10 in seven in nings of a game that more than lived up to its billing as a pitchers duel. The Student Chapter THE AGGIE CLUB The Aggie Clul Student Chapter General Meeting October 5 7:30 p.m. Meet at the 12th man statue (located at the North end of Kyle Field) We will be touring the Press Box and discussing the Arkansas road trip. For more information call the Aggie Club / r i ten rec< abu dra the I rat 1 gro ann put 196 / Pea last C w mis! men prot wea; non port rials B part they 0 offit wan facil whit shut set, that nty any cou spol Ene S Call Her the hea issu seer E the con Hit pro whi wea / dur gre anc ( me' use tior ,nat 90( the me / ab fre thi of as dc M