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$$$ Petal Patch $2°° OFF Florist Page 8 The Battalion Friday, April 21,1989 FOR YOUR BOOKS AT LOUPOT’S Bookstores Northgate • Southgate Redmond Terrace 707 Texas Ave Suite 125 Across from campus ALL RING DANCE CORSAGES 696-6713 $ !#• AM/PM Clinics Mt, CLINICS LOUPOTS Our New College Station location f \ ^ Bookstores offers Buy Books At Birth Control Counseling Women’s Services Northgate • Southgate Female doctors on duty Redmond Terrace Student 10% discount with ID QQ3’**0^0^ D MSC Political Forum SARAH WEDDINGTON featured speaker on ROE v.WADE Where It’s Been Where It's Going Monday, April 24 MSC 201 8:30 p.m. Reception to follow This program is presented for educational purposes, and does not necccssarily reflect the views of MSC Political Forum. Oilers try reloading after Plan B HOUSTON (AP) — There’ll be a new look to the Houston Oilers this season because of the Plan B free agency system. The Oilers lost 15 players, mote than any other team in the NFL, to the plan that allows other teams to sign unprotected players. The Oilers signed seven Plan B players and will use the NFL college draft beginning Sunday to add depth to their depleted numbers. Barring last minute trades, the Oilers will pick 23rd in the First round and have a selection in all 12 rounds. The two-day draft begins at 11 a.m. CDT Sunday. No round will be gin after 8 p.m. and the remaining rounds wdll be held on Monday. “We need to get some depth in the offensive line and the defensive line and at linebacker,” General Man ager Mike Holovak said. Holovak has been engineering Oiler drafts since 1981, but this is his first as general manager since the resignation of Ladd Herzeg. Holovak has cleared the first hur dle of his tenure by signing quar terback Warren Moon to a five-year, $10 million contract. The Oilers also want more de fensive depth after matching the Chicago Bears’ offer sheet and sign ing defensive end Ray Childress to a five-year, $4.7 million contract. Now Holovak is looking to the draft to help replace Plan B losses. The Oilers lost two starters to Plan B, tight end Jamie Williams and safety Keith Bostic. Bostic signed with Indianapolis and Williams went to San Francisco. Special teams, a team strength last season, lost Spencer Tillman, line backer Walter Johnson and Mark Dusbabek. The Oilers have a strong starting offensive line, with Pro Bowl guards Mike Munchak and Bruce Mat thews, tackles Bruce Davis and Dean Steinkuhler and center Jay Penni- son. But Davis is 33, Steinkuhler plays despite chronic knee problems and the Oilers lost three offensive line men to Plan B. Other Plan B losses were lineback ers Toby Gaston, Kurt Crain, tackles John Davis, David Vaiene and Doug Williams, wide receiver Willie Drew- rey, cornerback Audrey McMillian, quarterback Brent Pease, fullback Ray Wallace and defensive end Rob- I ert Banks. ' The new Oilers from Plan B are fullback Carl Byrum, defensive line man Mark Garalczyk, wide receiver Kenny Jackson, tight end Calvin Ma gee, linebacker Matt Monger, nose tackle Colin Scott and center-guard George Yarno. 12th Man Scoreboard Fencers shred opponents at Championships The Texas A&M fencing team took first place in five of six divi sions at the 1989 Gulf Coast Divi sional Championships April 8-9 in Houston. Kelly Fergason placed first in the men’s foil and sabre divisions while Todd Vogt won the men’s epee. Aggies also placed third in each men’s division: Kevin Ma- zurkiewicz in the foil, Greg Dil- worth in sabre and Fergason in the epee. Peter Satitpunwaycha placed fourth in epee. A&M’s women also won their foil and sabre events with Melissa Evans taking first in foil and Missy Waschka winning sabre. Ann Marie Walters and Waschka took second and third place, re spectively, in the women’s epee. Waschka placed second in the foil. Each fencing team member above qualified for the national tournament in Orlando, Fla.,this Rugby team kicks Ponies before falling A&M’s men’s rugby team com peted in the 21st annual Austin Fournament Saturday and upset No. 2-ranked Southern Method ist before losing their other two matches. Marty Paris, Will Gunter and Kevin Kuehn scored in the Ag gies’ 14-11 upset over the Mus tangs. A&M lost to Southwest Texas State 14-6 in their second match where Kuehn and Raul Garcia scored. A&M fell again in a close game against Stephen F. Austin. Kenny Evans and Kuehn scored, but the Aggies fell short 12-10. For anyone in College Station this summer, the Aggies will host the “Hottest Rugby in Texas" tournament July 15. Women sailors cruise to 2nd at UT meet The Texas A&M women’s sail ing team cruised to a second- place finish in the women’s dis trict meet hosted by the Univer sity of Texas at the Austin Yacht Club. The Aggies were second to UT, which automatically qualified for Nationals by virtue of their first-place finish. The Aggies may still receive an at-large bid. A&M competed in the 420 class, which is a two-person craft. Vanessa Linsley and Carrie Nolan claimed second place in the A division while Stephanie Pasicznyk and Mary McKenzie sailed to second in the B division. Offseason acquisitions pay off for Rangers ARLINGTON (AP) — The Texas Rangers used to welcome days off to recover from another flogging. On Thursday’s off day, they wished they could have played two. With eight games left on the schedule this month, the rollin’ Rangers are one victory shy of tying the club record for the most victories in April (13). Texas was 13-8 in April 1974 un der Billy Martin. The Rangers were 12-9 in 1983. Texas defeated Milwaukee 5-1 on Wednesday night to win its fifth se ries of the year and improve its ma jor league-leading record to 12-2. “When you’re going like we’re going you hate to take a day off,” said Rangers manager Bobby Valen tine. Shortstop Scott Fletcher said, “We have confidence now when we play a team that we’ll find a way to beat them. It’s something new for us.” The Rangers have owned sole possession of first place in the Amer ican League West for 1 1 days. They are three games ahead of defending AL champion Oakland. T exas’ off-season trades and free agent dealings have paid off. Free agent Nolan Ryan is 1-0 while Jamie Moyer, who was ob| tained from the Chicago Cubs, is3- 0. Moyer has filled in for Jose Guz man, who hasn’t played because of arm trouble. Second baseman Julio Francoand first baseman Rafael Palmeiro, both acquired in trades, have added clutch hitting to the Rangers'lineup. “They’ve got a good team mixed with power and speed,” said Milwau kee pitcher Mike Birkbeck. “Their starters and bullpen are good; the; have all the components.” Speedy Cecil Espy, who replaced; the traded Oddibe McDowell in cent ter field, has ignited the Rangers’at tack from his leadoff position. He has 1 1 stolen bases and is batting .345. “Cecil is our jump-starter,” Valen tine said. “He gets us going.” TANK MCNAMARA by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds nMWA&FRS [fckl'TWIS) Of? 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