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uesday, November 7,1989 The Battalion Page 9 mii M^NAMAILV by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds -m&V PLAV REAL &A3EE3A UL IK) TME MEUO g»£KOlOR^ PFcDF£53^lOKJAU e-A^ESAu, t€A&ue. but 5>i»oce mo OME IKJ -r^E i-EAGUE CAM &G '/OOMGER TAAM 35... uT^j. I IT III! mu’ iiiii 1 ffe'r TAE 0MPIRIM)6» CK&UJ vaJill 6£ A q|^\ HT-TEE PlFfe(?EM'T ontana looks sharp in win ■AN FRANCISCO (AP) — Joe Montana returned harper than ever from an injury layoff, throwing for hree touchdowns and running for another as the San Francisco 49ers rolled over New Orleans 31-13 Monday light to pile up a three-game lead in the NFC West. Hlontana found a familiar target, fleet Jerry Rice, for wo TDs and John Taylor for a third. Montana raced iround right end for the 3-yard clincher in the fourth icipod. ■lontana had played only one half in the previous hree games, not at all since being carried off the field mi p stretcher in the second quarter of an Oct. 22 vic- ory over New England at Stanford w ith a sprained left inet. But the NFL’s top-rated quarterback quickly dis- jellcd any notion he might be rusty or ailing by going '6-tor-19 for 223 yards and three touchdowns in a bril- iant first half, finishing 22-for-3 1 for 302 yards. Ban Francisco, 6-0 on the road but winless at Candle- tick Park in its only other game there this season, taated fast w ith impressive touchdown drives of 78 and 55Jards the first two times it had the ball. Bice had the first two scores, catching Montana’s hop t pass over the middle on the 22 and slipping three tackles en route to the end zone. The Saints tied it late in the first period on Dalton Hilliard’s 1-yard burst over the middle. Then San Fran cisco took charge for good with 10:31 left in the half when Montana connected on all seven of his throws, punctuating the drive with a 14-yard bullet to Rice at the 2 and then a short flip to his favorite receiver on the right side for a 2-yard score. Morton Andersen’s first of two field goals, a 39- yarder, cut it to 14-10. But Montana directed an incisive drive in the final two minutes of the half, taking the *team 85 yards in six plays. On a first down from the *rsew Orleans 45, Taylor took his pass over the middle, broke two tackles and dragged safety Dave Waymer the final four yards, stretching his right hand with the ball into the end zone to make it 21-10. Andersen and Mike Gofer traded field goals and then Montana capped it with 6:35 left in the game by racing around defensive end for a touchdown to make it 31-13. Saints’ quarterback Bobby Hebert threw two second- half interceptions. He was 20 for 33 for 183 yards. Cowboys attain huge win for organization - IRVING (AP) —Jimmy Johnson’s tdeal is finally over. He’s the proud ,>vn« r of a Pete Rozelle autographed FIL game ball. iBhe rookie coach of the Dallas mvylxjys had to wait until the ninth eek of the season to get his first vic- >ry, a 13-3 upset of the Washington ?edfekins on Sunday night, i Quarterback Steve Walsh and de- •nsive back Bill Bates gave a grate- il Johnson the game ball after the Iqpoint underdog Cowboys had ambled the Redskins on national levision. Johnson in turn gave the team ton day off. I “It’s been a hard, frustrating year id there will still be some rocky ays ahead but the future of the am is bright,” Johnson said. “It’s >0d for the team to hawe some suc- :ss because they’ve worked so hard, ow. we can got about our busi es.” Johnson said the key to the victory as just what he had been preach- g, no turnovers and eliminate mis- kes. ■ “I’ve never coached a game where team didn’t have a penalty that was xrepted against us, and, of course e|: never turned the ball over,” )hnson said. “We never did that /en at Miami.” Johnson said the victory was more f a relief than the jubilation he felt hen he won the national title at the diversity of Miami. “We had been taking some heat but I knew what I was getting into when I took the job,” Johnson said. “Everybody forgets this is the same team that lost 10 straight games last year. It takes time to get things turned around. We knew we weren’t going to change things overnight.” Bates, who had an interception, said the team was relieved that talk of a winless season could be stopped. “We got that 0-for-the-season monkey off our backs,” Bates said. The Cowboys 0-8 start was the second poorest in franchise history. Dallas’ worst record in the 30-year history of the club was 0-11-1 in 1960. The Cowboy’s were 3-13 last year. “The way our defense has been playing I felt we had a good chance,” Johnson said. “The defense is really starting to come together.” Dallas’ defense hasn’t allowed a touchdown in the last nine quarters. Johnson will decide this week whether Walsh will start again even hough rookie quarterback, Troy Aikman, is fully recovered from a broken finger on his left hand. “I like those kind of quarterback controversies when you have two quarterbacks who can play,” Johnson said. “I like having to make those kind of decisions.” The Cowboys play at Phoenix on Sunday. The Cardinals beat Dallas 19-10 two weeks ago. Apology due for racial slur HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Oiler defensive end Sean Jones can expect an apology for a racial remark directea at him by Detroit lineman Eric Andolsek, Lions coach Wayne Fontes said Mon day. “In the fourth quarter, he called me a nigger,” Jones said. “He said ‘Come on you...nigger.' I’ve been called everything in the book since I’ve been playing foot ball, but nobody’s ever called me that.” Andolsek acknowledged that he used the term but said he didn’t mean it in a racial wav. “Yeah, I called him that, out it’s not a racial remark,” he said. “You get upset out there, and words come out of your mouth you don’t really mean to say.” It didn’t matter to Fontes how Andolsek meant his remark. “I talked to Eric and he will apologize to Sean Jones and he will apologize to our entire foot ball team,” Fontes said. “I know Eric and he’s not that kind of per son. I don’t think this will hurt this team.” Fontes said he also would per sonally call Jones to “straighten it out. There’s no place for that in the NFL.” Jones declined to talk further about the incident on Monday. “I said everything I wanted to say yesterday and I’m not going to spend the rest of the season talking about it,” Jones said. ech intending to stay ranked JlUBBOCK (AP) — Their tuxe- los are on, the music has started and he Texas Tech football team isn’t ibjbut to sit this one out. ■Tech climbed into the national ankings for the first time in 12 ears by beating the Texas Long- lorns on Saturday in Austin. The led Raiders are ranked 23rd going ntu a home game Saturday against Pexas Christian, and Coach Spike )ykes said Monday he wants to stay n )he Top 25 for a while. ■‘We don’t need to get kicked out f the big black-tie ball the first hance we get to go,” he said. “We ieed to dance a little bit.” ■The last time the Red Raiders /Ore their black ties, they were anked 16th in the Nov. 14, 1977, •oil. They lost that week to Houston, ropped out of the rankings and idn’t reappear until this week. ■Tech (6-2 overall and 3-2 in the outhwest Conference) beat their )ird ranked opponent this season y defeating 22nd-ranked Texas nd knocking the Longhorns from the Top 25. Tech also beat Arizona and Texas A&M. To hear Dykes tell it, the Red Raiders could be in danger of de feating a fourth Top 25 team — themselves — if they savor the 24-17 victory over the Longhorns too long and fail to take TCU seriously. “TCU got beat 55-10 last week (against Houston) and you’re going to say, ‘You say they’re good?”’ Dykes said. “I say they’re good. They played Air Force three weeks ago, Air Force was ranked 15th in the na tion, and they beat Air Force, 27-9. I’m talking about rare back and beat ’em. “The big thing is going to be to convince people that TCU is for real, and that we’ve got to play our tail off to play them, to beat them. I think our players understand that. I hope they do. They’ll hear it more than once, I promise you that.” Dykes did not want to speculate whether Tech will receive a bowl bid later this month. And he didn’t want to talk about Southwest Conference championship, which Tech conceiv ably could still win. Tech has thrown the Cotton Bowl race into turmoil by beating A&M and Texas. “I think we better worry about TCU,” Dykes said. “I don’t know who to pull for on Saturdays. Boy, I was pulling for A&M to beat Hous ton, and they said, ‘Well, you moron, that’s not what you want.’” Saturday’s highlight for the Raid ers was Jamie Gill’s 65-yard touch down pass to Anthony Manyweather on a third-and-26 with 4:26 remain ing in the game. It put Tech ahead 21-17. But Dykes said the defense kept the Red Raiders in the game. Line backer Charles Rowe recorded 15 tackles, 12 solo. Cornerback Sammy Walker had six tackles and two sec ond-half interceptions. The coach stressed that Tech needs similar efforts on offense and defense against TCU to keep its ranking. T’s Jones hurt, may miss UH game AUSTIN (AP) — Going into Saturday’s game with Houston, which has college football’s most potent of fense, the Texas Longhorns may be without their deep threat on offense and a couple of key defend- trs. I Texas coach David McWilliams said senior flanker [Tony Jones is doubtful for this weekend’s contest |vith No. 15-ranked Houston after spraining an an kle in Texas’ 24-17 loss to Texas Tech. I Jones, who injured his left ankle just before half- |ime after stepping on a sideline marker, was on frutches Monday. | Although Johnny Walker has been quarterback Peter Gardere’s main target this season, Jones is the Longhorns’ long-distance scoring threat. I “Well, you really can’t replace Tony,” McWilliams |old a news conference Monday. “That’s not taking anything away from anybody else, but it’s hard to re place his speed.” Jones has had some of his best games in the Astro dome, scene of the Texas-Houston game. In 1987, when Texas lost to Houston 60-40, Jones caught five passes for 173 yards. A month later, in the Bluebonnet Bowl against Pittsburgh, Jones was named the game’s most valuable player after making eight receptions for 242 yards and two touchdowns. The Longhorns, 4-3 overall and 3-1 in confer ence, will be without reserve safety Bubba Jacques. The sophomore suffered a knee injury on the open ing kickoff Saturday and will be lost for the year. Starting defensive tackle Rocky Allen also is doubtful with an ankle sprain. Junior safety Stanley Richards could return for the first time since spraining an ankle against Arkan sas two weeks ago. The Cougars, 6-2 and 3-2, have averaged 63 points a game in their last two victories over Texas, including a 66-15 mauling last season in Austin. Come See Us at our New Location! BUY • SELL •TRADE LESSONS - RENTALS - REPAIRS Guitar • Bass • Banjo • Fiddle • Mandolin • Amps P.A. 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