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Superior Service for Today’s Cars maintenance, service, and repair on imports and domestics Superior Auto Service 846-5344 111 Royal Bryan across S. College from Tom’s Barbeque Page 12 The Battalion Wednesday, November 2,1988 Landry gives Pelluer vote of confidence ELECT Justice Bob Thomas Chief Justice OF THE 10th COURT OF APPEALS 86.7% of the lawyers in a recent poll by the State Bar of Texas voted Justice Bob Thomas “Best Qualified" for Chief Justice. Here is why-- Bob Thomas Opponent Experience on the 10th Court of Appeals 6 years None Number of appellate opinions written 300+ None ...experience is the difference. IRVING (AP) — Dallas Coach Tom Landry strongly endorsed quarterback Steve Pelluer on Tuesday despite the Cowboys’ five-game losing streak, pre dicting “he’ll blossom out and make the key plays to make a difference. ’ ’ Landry said Pelluer is “tough men tally and will fight back. Of course, the supporting cast has to come along, too. ’ ’ Backup quarterback Kevin Sweeney will get a chance only if Pelluer is not operating “effectively,” Landry said. Landry said, “I can’t predict when that would be. It would have to be from a feeling I have in the arena. ’ ’ He said Sweeney, who has looked good in practice, can’t handle as much offense as Pelluer. “We would have to work from a re stricted game plan for him although he (Sweeney) is well-trained,” Landry said. “He has spent his life in football. 1 still won’t do anything that I don’t think is in the best interest of the team to From the Bleachers Give OU and Boz credit SPORTS EDITOR: In response to Cray Pixley’s No. 3 item on her list of gripes, peeves and sundry quibbles: You know, I get sick and tired of people making generalizations on the University of Oklahoma based on Brian Bosworth’s actions during his stay there. Cray, do you know anything at all about the university you were ragging on in your column? Have you ever even visited the campus? Or is your dislike for the university somehow tied to your dislike of Mr. Bosworth. Since we are on the subject of sports, let’s just say that the University of Oklahoma had a great football tradition before Mr. Bosworth’s arrival and will have a great football tradition long after he’s gone. And speaking of fooball celebrities doing embarassing things to a university’s image, let me just say that the few mistakes Mr. Bosworth made during his stay at OU pale in comparison to what Mr. Sherrill and company have done to i tarnish A&M’s image. Allow me to sneak a cheap shot in by saying that the Aggies do not even belong in the same football field with any Oklahoma team — past, present or future, and with or without Brian Bosworth. Finally, in defense of Brian Bosworth, let me |i) (OUSTON (AF just say that it is the idiot sportswriters who wc him that body have been instrumental in creating The Boz, B terribly pleased namely by focusing on his lapses in judgement B q t h aM* and neglecting the many positive things he Irie^ii^sai, accomplished — not only for OU, but tor the ■q e paused. He s sport of football as a whole. Hid and contemp Finally, a little food for thought for Cray: Do vied still left on his you realize that by buying his book you made doesn t eat Mr. Bosworth a few dollars richer than he SIX timt r s . a already wasr Sixto Ortiz Hd, without gettir Graduate studenmeause of all those Letters to the editor should not exceed 300 words in length. Thi ^ ul111 ' ' vlui editorial staff resen>es the right to edit letters for style and length, 11 but will make every effort to maintain the author’s intent. Each H^ ut lnain Y ’ lc c ' letter must be signed and must include the classification, addm || Cod gave me and telephone number of the writer. >'^JH|H ISC ^ eS )' ma ^ e to rip,” he’t iB,, limousine ride t ■ “But I believe i B ►efore you consider this: A HONDA C1VI1C DX A NISSAN SENTRA E A TOYOTA COROLLA (n^rKST. £~\ <j\3 *Based on a comparison of competitive manufacturer's suggested retail price for 4-door models including air condi tioning, metallic paint and destination charges. Price excludes taxes, title and dealer prep. Equipment levels vary. consider this: the lower priced Fox GL. w German engineering. The Volkswagen way. BudIWard Under the watertower in College Station 1912 Texas Avenue 693-3311 Landry said Pelluer should bounce back from his worst performance of the year. Pelluer suffered two interceptions in a 16-10 loss to Phoenix and completed only nine of 31 passes. Dallas made only one of 13 third- down situations. Pelluer suffered a sore shoulder during the game but should be ready to start against the New York Gi ants on Sunday. “Like most quarterbacks he has his good days and bad days, just like Joe Montana and some of the others,” Landry said. “He can’t use the sore shoulder as an excuse. I can remember Roger Staubach and Don Meredith all banged up hanging out there on a limb throwing the ball. ” Landry said Pelluer was handicapped when starting center Tom Rafferty had to leave the game with an injury. Rafferty snaps in the shotgun formation so Pelluer had to go from the T-formation in ob vious passing formations. Brown regrets leaving KU in wake of serious sanction IcQuinn said quid eyes on yours with you to doubt his sin ■ Anyway, shcddii for hordes of adorii ■st step toward I Hint to leave my “The timing is different and using the spread formation gives the quarterback an extra second to read the defense,” Landry said. “We’ll have to work on that this week with the new center (Bob White).” Although the Cowboys are in the Troy Aikman sweepstakes with a 2-7 ledger, Landry said he wants to win as many games as possible. Quarterback Aikman of UCLA is expected to be the top pick in next spring’s NFL draft, a spot which goes to the team with the worst record. SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former Kansas basketball coach Larry Brown, who gave a student-athlete $364 for a plane ticket to see his dying grandmother, said Tuesday he was dis appointed by the NCAA sanctions imposed on the university’s basketball program and never would have left Kansas if he felt the penalties would be so strong. Brown, who led the Jayhawks to the NCAA championship last spring, accepted in June a $3.5 million, five-year contract to coach the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs. Kansas on Tuesday was put on a three-year probation for recruiting violations and will not be allowed to defend its title. It will be barred from postseason play in the first year of the probation. It also will not be allowed to give paid campus recruiting visits in 1989 and will be stripped of one scholarship during that period. Reports have linked former Memphis State guard Vincent Askew to the probe although the NCAA announcement did not identify anyone. Askew was recruited by Brown and spent the summer of 1986 on campus. He then returned to Memphis without play ing for the Jayhawks. round-trip ticket and we told the NCAA about it. The grandmother who raised him passed away a short time I’d give it to anybody if they told me his grandmotlm passing away. It was something I wasn’t trying to hide “lam sorry that the present players and staff must the consequences of these penalties, and had I knownthf tent of the penalties at the time, I would not have left the versity of Kansas to bear these penalties alone.” Brown, who brought his three assistants with him to Antonio, said they repeatedly have been bashed by theKa administration that did not appreciate them delivering a ning program “I just know that we ran a clean program and Ikno» expense the NCAA went to try to investigate our progra he said. Brown said although he did not feel the sanctions wot major, he now realizes that the university would be s nized because of past problems ROWNSVILLE noi es coming from “lird Man” McK( H feathers of his ne new neighbor Brown defended his program and said he reported to the NCAA the payment of $364 to Askew and felt sanctions would not be major after he discussed the basketball program with members of an NCAA committee. “It says in the infraction (report) about a kid visiting his grandmother because she was ill,” Brown said at a news con ference. “I gave him exactly $364, which was the price for the The Kansas football program served a two-year prot£® ressec * onc day r from 1983-85 and newly NCAA rules state that when a Hi she heard comi is convicted of two major violations within five yearsthfj|f i ns * ste d that V ond sport penalized is subject to being suspended. Hi been crying all d Brown said he was relieved that the violations didnocM * sa *d- * doubt volve any player from his five-year Kansas coaching stkH e 8 e ' n l >cnns yl “The saddest thing about it is that they spent twcyearlir- this thing and when I left Kansas to accept the jobandcom San Antonio I was led to believe this was no big dci.. , ne1 ^,, 1 0 ' Brown said. that all the ruck “I now realize that every time you are investigated NCAA that it’s a big deal. ” Oilers looking for consistent pla HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Oilers’ key word this week is “consistency,” but they hope the word doesn’t apply to their series with Cleveland, the oppo nent Monday night in the Astrodome. Houston has won only two of its last 10 meetings with the Browns, who have a string of seven non-strike victories over the Oilers. Oiler quarterback Warren Moon, however, says the Oilers do want to end their up and down pattern of los ing big one week and winning big the next. “What we have to do is put two games back to back,” Moon said. “I think the key word this week is consistency.” If the form chart holds, the Oilers should be ready for a dive after Sunday’s 41-17 victory over Washing ton. “If we come out and play like we played (Sunday) with a lot of emotion and enthusiasm and error-free, we’ll have a good game against Cleveland,” Moon said. The Oilers have been feast and famine en route to their 6-3 record. They won back-to-back games to open the season, then lost to New York 45-3 and came back the next week with a 31 -6 victory over New England. The Oilers dipped again with a 33-23 loss in Phila delphia, followed up with victories over Kansas City and Pittsburgh and spiraled to a 44-21 loss at Cincin nati. The Oilers careened back to the top Sunday night with their best game of the season against the Super Bowl champions. Now it’s another nationally televised game against the Browns, the only team to beat Houston in the As trodome in the Oilers’ last 14 non-strike home games. “This was by far the Best team win I’ve ever been involved with, probably in football,” Oiler defensive end Ray Childress said of the Oilers’ victory over Washington. “Now it’s just if we can do it every Sunday, I don’t know. Cleveland is a bigger challenge than the Redskins.” NO RISK edkbmckell & NEW BOHEjft JANS Shooting Rubber Bands At The Stars From the Dallas underground scene to college radio darlings, Edie Brickell and the boys bring their pop, folk & jazz inspirations to this delightfully irresistible debut. Includes the hit, “What I Am.” She wouldn’t b Hitatocry,” he sail Hivita, an adult p; H;Kelvey’s scores i H has more than 5' ■0 more at work. ■McKelvey, the ne ftdys Porter Zoo, Childress had three fumble recoveries, a sad i.afL ionado and peril five tackles against the Redskins. Ha looney bird hi Last year’s game with the Browns in the Astrodupjds to do almost ; also had playoff overtones and the prospect of a ri«|§ to guest appear;: game but the Browns blew out the Oilers 40-7. H rson an ^ David 1 I H>ws, as well as Both teams had 6-3 records before last year’spiitMister Rogers, the I “I don’t even remember that game,” Childresssi£rs “I don’t know of any problems with Cleveland,Of, jfcvita, for instanci see Cleveland as just another team. They’re a pHte lyrics to “Dor team and we need to play great to compete jjaitina” and “Rock them.” fcs like, “Kitty The Browns will present a greater challcngebea^ow,;” “Give me of their ball control tactics, Childress said. doing, huh?;” “A “Cleveland will be more of a team that wantstoH?'.” “Help! Help the ball and hide it from us,” Childress said. ‘‘TkWina fly way, v want to run the ball, run the clock. It’s goingtottth ea ‘ : and “I wann big challenge.” ||jShe tells McKclvi Bhut up,” mimn Houston’s only victories over the Browns in thepfr'Ml and when she five years were 34-27 in 1983 and last year's iiAl es ’” s he says victory by the replacement Oilers. Hther. ‘With Evita 1 n rfanity or any psy raseology . . . B js up in a tree am ftptist hymn, that K Jetty bird,’ ” he sa Evita also paints. “She doesn’t p: ff,” McKelvey es the paint brush t it around on tl minutes she gi |ts the paint brush. 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