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Campbell’s Ozarks Country Jubilee Satuarday, Jan. 28th 2 Shows: 3-5 p.m. or 7-9 p.m. Admission: $5 in advance $6 at the door Where: Bryan Civic Auditorium 800 S. Coulter Bryan Advance tickets available: Tip Top Records 1005 S. Coulter, Anderson Trailer Sales, 106 Royal Mikes Grocery, 707 East 23rd Street For Information call 693-0777 Come out and enjoy this great family entertainment! Theta Chi Fraternity Going Through Rush? RUSH Before you make one of the biggest decisions of your college career, come out and talk to the men of Theta Chi. Tonight 7:30 “Billiards with the Boys” at Click’s (next to the Edge) Open to all A&M Students For more info call Pat: 693-1239 or Carl: 696-2179 Texas Original Wargaming Convention February 3, 4, and 5, 1989 proucCCy welcomes the return of special guest L<ATlTUJ BOT4D, creator of H*ATlPOON, the naval tvargame. Mr. Bond will be giving a presentation on modem Naval warfare at 12:30pm Febmary 4th in 601 Rudder, followed by a talk by Dr. Roger Beaumont on WWII Naval warfare at 5:00pm. Events at WARCON include an assortment of war- ^ames, board games, and Fantasy/roleplaying games such as: AOSfD. (Star Fleet Battles, Champions. Advanced (Squad Leader, Battletech, Dobotech QPG, Microarmor, Illuminati, Nuclear War, Nuclear Monopoly, and many other historical and tactical games and simulations as we can peck into three days of challenging excitement Wancon also offers Contests, Miniatures, Live Qole Playing, and our ever-present fully-stocked Dealers Doom! Tickets are $11 at the door. For more information call: (409) 845-1515 Experience III Attention CPA Candidates i Lumbers CPA REVIEW FTear off and mail in or call 800-345-4564 to receive your own copy of the com bined May and November 1988 CPA Examinations absolutely free. We'll also send you infor mation about Lambers CIA Review. You'll have your degree soon — now let Lambers help you turn it into a career. Name Home Address City/State/Zip Phone School , Year of graduation Lambers CPA REVIEW 809 Turnpike Street, North Andover, M A 01845 Page 10 The Battalion Wednesday, January 25,1989 Rangers optimistic about 1989 season By Steven Merritt ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The 1989 Texas Rangers Winter Caravan made a stop in College Sta tion yesterday, on the third leg of a four city tour for the team. Caravan participants included pitching coach Dick Egan, pitchers Craig McMurtry and Jeff Russell, catcher Geno Petralli and play-by- play announcer Mark Holtz. Egan, who is completing his 29th year in professional baseball and his fourth with the Rangers, said the ad dition of strikeout king Nolan Ryan to the pitching staff can only add to the credibility of the organization. “Everything about Ryan emulates success, dedication and hard work and that’s one of the things that the Rangers haven’t had before, a sepa rate leader,” Egan said. “Charlie Hough is a veteran slow-moving, soft tossing and unique type of pitcher. He is a specialist and will still remain our opening day pitcher. Ryan throws the ball just as hard today as he did when he was 19 years old.” You can only do that through ex ceptional dedication and hard work and that’s the one ingredient he will bring to the Rangers. He will estab lish leadership within the clubhouse and on the bench.” Other pitching acquisitions made by Texas during the offseason in cluded left-handers Jamie Moyer and Drew Hall from the Chicago Cubs. “We gave up Paul Kilgus to get Moyer, so the worst the situation can be is half and half,” Egan said. Egan said he felt along with the Ranger organization that Moyer is more poised and smoother, thus making him a more consistent per former in his starting role with the club. “Drew Hall, who will give us help in the bullpen this year, has the ca pability of being as good or better than Mitch Williams, who we also gave up in the trade,” Egan said. “Williams had a little more publicity and major league success, but tended to be a problem child.” Ranger pitching wasn’t helped by the team’s offensive slump in run production in 1988, but the 654 walks allowed by Ranger pitchers didn’t help either. “Reducing the number of walks is going to be a major goal for our staff this season,” he said. “Our pitchers don’t give up a lot of hits, so cutting down on the number of walks will really help.” Egan also said that the early games of the season should deter mine who the bullpen stopper will be, but no decision has been made as yet. “The pitching personnel won’t be the problem this year,” he said. Pitcher Craig McMurtry, who compiled the lowest earned run av erage of any pitcher on the Rangers’ staff at 2.25, echoed Egan’s thoughts. “I think our starting pitching will be very strong this year, maybe even comparable to the staff in Oakland,” McMurtry said. “The rotation looks good on paper, but it’s going to take a successful spring training to find out how good we are.” McMurtry said that the new addi tions can only help the revitalized staff. “Jamie Moyer is a strong pitcher. Some say he has the best cnange-up in the National League,” McMurtry said. “All I know about Hall is that he looks like a string bean and throws extremely hard. And what else can you say about Nolan Ryan? His presence could change the work ethic of many on this team.” McMurtry said one of his main goals for the season will be to get in 50 games as a reliever and to work on his change-up. “Toward the end of last year I be gan to use the change-up more,” he said. “This year I hope to use it more often and more consistently.” Right-hander Jeff Russell isn’t set ting his goals so far into the future. “Right now I’m just looking for a contract,” Russell said. “I would love to continue playing for Texas. I like the Ranger organization.” Rangers’ play-by-play announcer Mark Holtz said that he has seen im proved interest in Ranger baseball in this area, one that is primarily Hous ton Astro territory. “The acquisition of Nolan Ryan as well as two .300 hitters in Rafael Palmeiro and Julio Franco has really peaked interest around the state,” Holtz said. “Ryan is a future Hall of Earner and the Rangers haven’t seen hitters like this since A1 Oliver and Mickey Rivers.” Holtz said that interest in the Dal las/Fort Worth area has recently shifted from manager Bobby Valen tine to general manager Tom Grieve because of his attraction of top-rated players through trade and free- agent signings. “Both Valentine and Grieve real ized that they had to make some de cisions or they wouldn’t be around much longer,” Holtz said. “Last year’s team definitely needed to be looked at.” Hershiser named 1988 AP Athlete of the Year NEW YORK (AP) — Orel Hershiser, a picture of perfection on and off the field, was named The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year on Tuesday, finishing far ahead of his Olympic competition. The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher became the first non-Olympian to win the honor in an Olympic year since Denny McLain in 1968. Hershiser, who set a record with 59 consecutive shutout innings, is the 22nd baseball player to win the award in its 58-year history and the first since Dwight Gooden in 1985. Hershiser got nearly twice as many votes as his World Series rival, Jose Canseco: 67 first-place ballots and 465 points, with Canseco — the first player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in a season — getting 30 first-place votes and 233 points. Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders, who set all-time college re cords for rushing yards and touch downs, was third with 207, followed by Olympic swimmer Matt Biondi with 152, NB A star Michael Jordan with 91 and Olympic diver Greg Louganis at 59. Voting was done by sports writers and broadcasters on a 5-3-1 basis. The AP’s Female Athlete of the Year will be announced Thursday. “This caps a year of fantastic awards,” Hershiser said. “It is a tre mendous honor to be recognized with an award which covers all sports.” Hershiser spent the 1988 season setting records and collecting tro phies. His wholesomeness and his hymn-singing earned him adulation among children and adults. Hershiser’s record streak, 23-8 re cord and 2.26 earned run average made him the unanimous National League Cy Young winner. He also was named the most valuable player inboth the NL playoffs and the World Series. Schottenheimer named new Chiefs head coach KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Marty Schottenheimer, the winning- est coach in the American Football Conference the past three seasons, was named head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs Tuesday. “Our goal for 1989 is to become the champions of the National Foot ball League,” said Schottenheimer, who resigned as coach of the Cleve land Browns at the end of the season in a dispute with owner Art Modell. Schottenheimer, 45, took the Browns to the playoffs in each of his four full seasons as coach. His 32 x 15 regular season record the past three years is unmatched in the AFC and trails only the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers among all NFL teams. His resignation from the Browns was triggered by his refusal to hire an offensive coordinator, a role he was filling. Asked if he would hire an offen sive coordinator with the Chiefs, Schottenheimer broke into a grin. “We will have an individual to fill that role,” he said. “Rest easy. Marty Schottenheimer is not going to call the plays. Someone will have that role, if not the title.” Asked why he would change from the approach that led to his depar ture from Cleveland, Schotten heimer said he thought remaining offensive coordinator for the Browns “was the best thing to do.’ The naming of Schottenheimer completes a house cleaning that owner Lamar Hunt began in Decem ber with the resignation of team president Jack Steadman and the fir ing of General Manager Jim Schaaf. Eleven days later, Hunt hired Carl Peterson as president and general manager. The Chiefs, a power in the old AFL and winners of the fourth Su per Bowl, have made only one play off appearance since 1971 and have consistently been at or near the bot tom of the AFC West. “I see a gathering of talent here that can make us competitive. I mean in 1989,” Schottenheimer said. “My primary reason for selecting this opportunity is I believe we can win here and win quickly.” Peterson, who enjoyed great suc cess in the USFL with the Philadel- phia-Baltimore Stars, retains ulti mate authority on draft day decisions but Schottenheimer will be able to select his own staff. | • We Deliver • 846-5273 • We Deliver • 846-5273 o h- e« m oo fi&M Steakhomi 108 College Main, Northgate Chicken Fried Steak incl. Baked Potato or Fries, Salad, Texas Toast, Iced tea Dine in only Expires 1/31/89 • We Deliver • 846-5273 • We Deliver • 846-5273 CLINIC: 84! 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