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Ryan evokes winning spirit in the ballclub, Texas manager says i deal tisate dinners — Consumer ed over a mi; lal contest t lore than II y believe the n, the attomt 1 Thursdax. y cooperatin as not intend ny's part,” A: Mattox said contest tick# i packages d d in grocer newspaper an i contest us Kraft leant: lad given hun vinnmg ticker ' the voluntan nent — whit! ally signed - olify Kraft I Kistmarked I with proof o :ts will be coir, aid. h winning tid ill receive Consumers wt r other gifts*; ahold $50, |i ittox said, ets of all the : included in o be held ues ir vans, 400 h ateboards ao of processe ARLINGTON (AP) —Bobby Valentine says Nolan Ryan brings out the winning spirit in the Texas Rangers. “He’s such a good competitor that everybody rallies around the atmosphere,” the Rangers’ man ager said. Ryan started the Rangers dou bleheader sweep of the California Angels Wednesday, finishing a 10-game homestand in which Texas won seven. Ryan, 42, and Charlie Hough, 41, combined for 5-1 and 6-3 victories over the An gels. The Rangers began the home- stand by losing two of three to Oakland. But as the team pre pared to leave for a series in New York Thursday, Texas was just 4'A games behind the Athletics the American League West. “Nolan Ryan is a pro. As the long as the Rangers have him they’ll be in the pennant race,” Angels manager Doug Rader said. It was only the third time in the last 56 years that a pair of pitch ers 40 years of age or older started a doubleheader for the same club. “Both Ryan and Hough were incredible,” Rader said. “Nolan is really something at his age.” Ryan improved his record to 8- 3 with a victory over Chuck Finley 7-5 in the opener. Hough, 4-8, went seven shutout innings in the second game to beat Kirk McCas- kill, 7-3. Jeff Russell saved both games to build his total to a league-lead ing 16. Ryan put his name in baseball’s record books again but didn’t consider it a big deal. Ryan became the sixth pitcher in major league history to defeat all 26 major league teams. “The only way 1$ accomplish beating all 26 tearps is to be in both leagues with two clubs in each league,” Ryan said after the seven-hitter. “It’s no great accom plishment. It should happen if you hang around long enough and pitch well.” Ryan pitched for the Angels seven years. His last season with the team was 1979. “Even though I’ve been away for a while I’ve always followed the organization,” he said.“It’ll be more strange when I go into Ana heim Stadium.” Texas outbid California to sign Ryan as a free agent in the offsea son. Rader said the Angels faced Ryan when he was at the top of his form. “Ryan threw awful well,” Rader said.“He has a tremendous changeup that sets everything up. He’s been throwing the changeup for quite some thing and that’s the pitch that will keep him going. He’s just an excellent, ex cellent pitcher and his fastball doesn’t tell the story. “He’s not just a thrower. He’s a real pitcher. He’ll throw the change on any pitch in the count.” Hough said he would have liked to go all the way but tired in the nightcap. “My arm started getting a little sore and I didn’t want to risk going on,” Hough said. “I had a really good knuckler. It was mov ing but I kept it over the plate. “I’ve had a tough time going even three or four innings this year. It’s a first time in awhile that I’ve had a little arm speed and could throw a knuckler that could break more than once. It was the first time in a month or two months that I had a chance to strike out a guy when I needed to. “It’s been a tough little grind for me. At least my arm felt better tonight than it has all year,” Hough said. GET LUCKY WITH STAR TEL 13* r rnation contact or Internationa tat 846-9273. iformation con’ r :30 p.m. at It* nt Bible study ■(nation contad eed McDonald Ye onlypuk't' o. What's Up : lissionsaren’ y will run. 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He said his plan, presented Wednesday, would have 215 schools in the top di- The key reason for the top con ference is to reduce disparities in the enrollments of competing schools, Griffin said. “In the past, we have had schools twice as large as smaller schools in the same conference,” Griffin said, adding that only in 6A would such a wide range of enrollment continue to exist. Using 1987 enrollment figures, Griffin’s plan would have 145 schools with 876 to 1,571 enrollment in 5A; 145 from 443 to 875 in 4A; 145 from 262 to 442 in 3A; 210 with 130 to 261 in 2A; and 118 with 129 and under in 1 A. Only two classifications, 6A and 2A, would have as many as 32 dis tricts, allowing them no byes in the state playoffs. UIL attendance figures for the 1988-89 and 1989-90 schooL years have schools with 1,470 and above in 5A; 740 to 1,469 in 4A; 300 to 739 in 3A; 145 to 299 in 2A; and 144 and below in 1A. Policy committee members voted to ask the UIL Legislative Council, which formulates rule changes, to set up a committee to study the pro posal. Griffin said polls he has con ducted among his fellow coaches in dicate 70 percent favor the addition of a 6A division. Bill Farney, UIL athletic director, said the six-conference plan has been discussed previously but pre sented travel problems and never has been put to a vote by UIL mem ber schools. Schools three years ago voted down a plan to set up a sepa rate state football playoff bracket for the state’s larger schools. Committee members also asked the UIL staff to study a proposal to change a four-year-old rule that grants waivers allowing foreign ex change students to compete in UIL events. Paul Smith of the Texas Tennis Coaches Association asked that the ban on foreign students be re instated because “we feel that Texas students are being restricted in par ticipation in UIL competition and being robbed of scholarships.” Ann Grabhorn-Friday, soccer coach at Anderson High School, said “a major purpose of the foreign ex change program is for us to be am bassadors of American and Texas goodwill. Nicklaus one stroke off lead in U.S. Open ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Jack Nicklaus, the grizzled old Golden Bear himself, was calling on mem ories of another golfing era as he came ambling through a misty, driz zly rain. “I figured if I could win by seven shots back then,” in the 1980 PGA national championship “well, even if I’m seven shots worse now, at least that puts me in contention,” Nick laus said. And that’s where he found him self Thursday after a 3-under-par 67 — one stroke off the lead in the first round of the 89th U.S. Open golf championship. With about half the field of 156 still out, West German Bernhard Langer, Jay Don Blake and Payne Stewart shared the top spot with rain-aided 4-under-par 66s. “The greens are so soft, it’s like throwing darts out there,” Stewart said. “That’s the reason this course is yielding so many red numbers,” he said of the sub-par scoring on the East course at the Oak Hill Country Club. It was on this same course that Nicklaus finished second to Lee Tre vino in the 1968 U.S. Open, and here than he won a record-matching fifth PGA national chammpionship. “I know I can play this golf course. I know I can play well on this golf course,” said the man who holds a record 18 major professional titles and is competing in a record 33rd consecutive U.S. Open. But can he still win? At age 49 can he hold on for three more rounds? Can he once again harness the magic that once was his? “Damn right,” Nicklaus said, slap ping his hand on a table in mock se verity. Then he shrugged. “I don’t know. I don’t know what I’m going to shoot tomorrow. I don’t know what I’m going to shoot the next day,” Nicklaus said. “But this was a good round in the U.S. Open. This was a lot of fun. This shows me I can still play.” TANK MCNAMARA® Nicklaus acknowledged that time has changed his attitude. “A few years ago I’d be sitting here saying I’m going to be grinding on it the next three days, looking ahead to the next round. “But right now, I’m just kind of enjoying this round.,” said Nicklaus, whose last victory came in the 1986 Masters. “I guess he’ll be all right,” Scott Simpson said, tongue in cheek. “If he doesn’t get too nervous under the pressure the next few days.” Simpson also had an early 67 and was tied at 3 under par with Nick laus, Joey Sindelar and Tom Kite, the Tour’s leading money-winner. Curtis Strange birdied his last hole to escape with a 71. Seve Ballesteros, PGA champion Jeff Sluman and Lee Trevino were not so fortunate. Trevino, returning to the site of his first professional triumph, shot 74. Sluman, a Rochester resident on the rebound from recent surgery, took a 75. And Ballesteros, the Spaniard who holds the British Open title, scowled and frowned his way to a 5- over-par round. Masters champion Nick Faldo of England, Tom Watson, Australian Greg Norman, Ben Crenshaw and Mark Calcavecchia all had late start ing times. by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds £\/&RY TiM£ A HiT£ A HOMIER, THG- €>TAPIUM\ Akbdouwcef? savs/l£-t's> POP TH£ Top ON) A M£AW eeep for... * amp u&'u. say the players mame . COMMIT TO BE FIT! Summer Special $58.00 or join for the whole year for as low as $17.95 per month. • Classes 7am-7:45pm • High & Low Impact Aerobics • Hydra-fitness Equipment • Tanning . 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