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Thursday, December 8,1988 The Battalion Page 11 Taylor, Knoblauch are hits in Taiwan baseball tourney ady Aggies ? gostPanAm jlhe Texas A&M Lady Aggies S, 1 be looking to run their record 4-2 tonight as they take on a Jess Pan American team at ),m. in G. Rollie White Col- The l-ady Aggies recently re ed from a 1-2 road trip in :h they defeated Kanstts State versity but suffered losses to University of Minnesota and University of North Texas, he fust stop on the road trip A&M was m Denton, where Lady Eagles handed a 60-53 to the A&M teiun. Diane De~ came off the bench to add 10 tsand grab 14 rebounds. The Lady Aggies bounced to beat Kanas State 65-62 in opening round of the Dial ssk held at the University of nnesota. Freshman Dena m set a school record for -point shots made in a single hitting 4-for-4 from the -point stripe, the tournament title game it the hosting Minnesota ers, A&M watched a 14- k halftime lead disappear as ley tost a 79-67 decision. Donna iper led the Lady Aggies with a ison-htgh 29 points and was med to the all-tournament | im. Roper leads the team with average of 31 points per game. The Pan American Lady ones (0-4) will be looking to ap a 33-game losing streak, te Lady Aggies lead the series ). Last year, A&M defeated the idy Broncs 110-50, breaking ■e school records along the way. “Pan American isn’t me caliber team that we faced last week," dy Aggie coach Lynn Hickey- d. "Bat you never want to drop ur guard and go into a game nking you don’t have to practi- re wort- utfielder he bc S | d to tlie and lei. hurt the *ndance, i city a; Beshaies - him jo but as a ■ader on n. We're i made a Ryan in By Patti Easterling Reporter Two Texas A&M baseball players have returned from the Interna tional Harbor Baseball Tournament in Taiwan, bringing with them a list of outstanding achievements. Aggie second baseman Terry Taylor and shortstop Chuck Knob lauch returned Tuesday after being chosen to compete with the 20- player United States team. “I was really surprised when I found out because I wasn’t even aware of the tournament,” Taylor said. Baseball players from colleges across the United States who were chosen to represent their country. “Getting there a couple of days before the tournament started gave us time to practice and get used to playing together,” Taylor said. The tournament was held from November 25 to December 4. The United States team defeated Mexico, Japan, Puerto Rico, the Do minican Republic, Taiwan “A” and the Taiwan “B” team twice, sending them into the championship game against the Taiwan “A” team with a 7-0 record. “We beat the Taiwan ‘A’ team in the winner’s bracket playoff but they played really well in the championship game and won,” Tay lor said. Both players were honored to get the opportunity to help the United States team capture the silver medal. “It was a real honor to be chosen for the team, but it was an even greater honor when we did so well,” Taylor said. A&M Head Baseball Coach Mark Johnson says the accomplishments of Taylor and Knoblauch provide a boost to the A&M baseball program. “I think it’s a great honor for Terry and Chuck to be chosen to represent their country in this tour nament,” Johnson said. “From the standpoint of both the baseball program and Texas A&M, it makes our program feel really good that two of our players were chosen for this honor.” Taylor hit .290 in the tournament highlighted by a grand slam. Knob lauch batted for a.240 average and scored an eighth inning, game-win ning run in the first round of the medal round against Puerto Rico. Knoublach led the Aggies with a .365 batting average last season and Taylor finished the season with an impressive 17 home runs. Jeffires hopes future is now HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Oiler wide receiver Haywood Jef fires would like to get out of the team’s future file. “They call me the future here, and I tell everybody I’m not the fu ture, I’m the present, so I’d like to get off the future stuff,’’ Jeffires said. Jeffires will get his chance Sunday when he returns to the active roster against the Cincinnati Bengals. When wide receiver-punt re turner Willie Drewrey suffered a dislocated elbow in Sunday’s 37-34 loss to Pittsburgh, Jeffires got his chance to get back on the roster. “I’m willing and ready to play,” said Jeffires, a first-round selection from North Carolina State in 1987. “I’ve been practicing hard on the field, hoping they’d take me off the injury list. ” “I don’t know how much I can do with the type of offense we have and with guys like Drew and Ernest,” Jef fires said. Jeffires will be available for the Oilers’ “Red Gun” offense that in cludes four wide receivers. Hill and Givins have been among the most potent receiving duos the past three seasons. Hill has 985 yards and 61 recep tions this season and is nearing his third, 1,000-yard season in four years. Givins has 797 yards and 50 catches. “I think they are two of the best things going in the NFL right now,” Jeffires said. “Those guys have pro ven themselves and they are doing a good job.” “I don’t come in and say I’m as good as Ernest and Drew, even though in my mind, I think I am,” Jeffires said. Jeffires says working against Houston’s outstanding secondary gives him confidence, although he has little playing time. “It’s hard to get an ankle well be cause you have to keep working on it,’’ Jeffires said. “I definitely feel I can get past those guys and there’s no better defensive backs than these Oilers.” The Oilers, 9-5, still have a chance to win their first AFC Central Divi sion title if they defeat Cincinnati and Cleveland and Cincinnati also loses its finale to Washington. ihomases lead finalists for Lombardi Award both men ) Players i countriei ed to npetition. ;rs such as eady y, thev ae intense, rs of the OUSTON (AP) — Nebraska backer Broderick Thomas, a |uston native, is coming home for istmas and hopes to find a Lom- li Award awaiting him Thursday it. gfhomas, the outspoken leader of e Comhusker defense, is one of | finalists for the award, given lually to the top collegiate line- in the nation, he other finalists afe defensive ;s Mark Messner of Michigan Tracy Rocker of Auburn and backer Derrick Thomas of Ala- ■tocker was a finalist last year Ohio State linebacker Chris hnanwon the award, errick Thomas earlier was ed winner of the Dick Butkus rd as the nation’s top linebacker. |From the time I left (home), I al- said that one day I’d be back i the Lombardi Award,” Brode- :k Thomas said. “I’ll be back home rsday night. Hopefully, it will be lick up my trophy.” Tie trophy is named in honor of Vince Lombardi, the former coach of the Green Bay Packers and Wash ington Redskins who died of cancer in 1970. The dinner benefits the American Cancer Society. Lombardi was a member of the Fordham line that was called the “Seven Blocks of Granite.” The tro phy is in the form of a 40-pound block of granite. Broderick Thomas, 6-3, 250, leads the Nebraska defense in nine categories including 98 tackles, 10 quarterback sacks and 17 tackles for losses. Rocker, 6-3, 278, was a finalist for the honor as a junior. He finished with 342 career tackles and 20 quar terback sacks for the Tigers, who will play Florida State in the Sugar Bowl. Rocker was named winner Wednesday of the Outland Trophy, which also honors the nation’s out standing lineman. “Auburn has had more outstand ing defensive linemen than any other team in the country the last eight years, and Tracy Rocker may be the very best,” Tennessee Coach John Majors said. Rocker’s tackle production is off this season because of the Tigers’ ef ficient offense. Rocker played only eight plays in a 56-7 victory over Kansas. Rocker was the only junior among last season’s finalists. He led the Ti ger tacklers as a freshman and earned nomination last year despite an injury. Derrick Thomas helped the Ala bama Crimson Tide earn a spot in the Sun Bowl against Army on Christmas Eve. “My season started not-so-hot,” Derrick Thomas said. “I wasn’t very productive against Temple, but starting with the Kentucky game I had a game I couldn’t even imagine. “Since then, it’s been all downhill. Now teams are having to do things to stop me and my teammates.” Messner, 6-3, 244, is Michigan’s all- time leader with 69 tackles for losses of 375 yards. He has 36 sacks for 273 yards in losses. Messner describes his style as all- out. “Hustle compensates a lot for mis takes,” he said. “When I was little, my mom was always saying, ‘Don’t spill the milk. Don’t spill the milk.’ You naturally made yourself avoid spilling the milk. “Now it’s Don’t lose contain. Don’t lose contain.’ ” Ohio State’s Jim Stillwagon won the first award in 1970. 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