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(617) 253-5046 Page 10 Wednesday, December6.15; NHL franchise for Houston and Dallas possible HOUSTON (AP) — The presi dent of the NBA’s Houston Rockets said hopes of landing a National Hockey League franchise in Texas probably rests on Houston and Dal las sharing a team. Rockets president Ray Patterson is representing Rockets owner Charlie Thomas in a bid to get a new NHL franchise. The league’s board of governors may consider expansion of pro hockey when it meets later this week in Florida. “I don’t think Houston or Dallas has a chance of getting a hockey franchise on their own,” Patterson told the Houston Chronicle on Mon- day. “But if they try to share one, with 20 or 21 games in each city, I think the NHL might go for that. And I think we can sell a 21-game package here.” Patterson said if the NHL gover nors approve an expansion plan to include Texas, he’d contact potential investors in Houston and Dallas to try to put his idea together. The NHL has not had a presence in the South since the Atlanta Flames fizzled in the late 1970s and moved to Calgary, Alberta. In the 1970s, Houston had a team called the Aeros in the defunct World Hockey Association. “I remember when the Aeros out- drew the Rockets by 2,000 a game,” Patterson said. “Now we’re selling out. Who knows what hockey could do here now?” Patterson is looking for dates to fill the Summit, the Rockets’ arena, because the National Basketball As sociation team gets 49 percent of the receipts for events held there. “The Rockets’ net revenues have been dropping because The Summit has too many empty dates,” he said. He also sees a Texas hockey team as opening the sport for television exposure in the South. “We can put a hockey into a lot of homes in T exas, Oklahoma, Loui siana and Arkansas,” he said. TANK M C NAMARA® W&'R’e M&F?E LIVE lU LA^ ^ VE-GWb FG>f? TH& Fi&HT-F/AM FjeeuMi to tme LEOMARO-PURAjO FIGHT... Cowboys (Continued from page 8) Cowboys punter Mike Saxon also said two Eagle players contacted him and told him about the bounty. Johnson already has filed a complaint with the NFL, but said he’d like to file a comment or two with Ryan. Johnson tried after the game; Ryan just left the field. “I would have talked to him after the game, but he wouldn’t stay on the field,” Johnson said. “He just took his fat butt into the dressing room.” However, don’t look for the Cowboys to go delivering any cheap shots. “I don’t want us to be intimidated, but if we ever resort to going after an opponent to injure him and take him out of the game, then I’ll get out of coaching,” Johnson said. “I really don’t have any respect for him.” Still, I like a lot of Dallas fans. I would love to see Zendejas go into Philadelphia and on his first kickoff, set his sights for Ryan on the sideline and take out Ryan’s knees. Instead, I’ll have to suffer through another humiliating defeat ... at least until the Cowboys regain their previous form as champions, “It’s history as far as this incident is concerned,” Johnson said. “We will remember it though. “And someday, we will be good enough to have our time.” Bow (Continued from page 8) left in the game, and the Gents capi talized on their sudden rebounding advantage. The smaller Gents outrebounded the Aggies 55-48 in the game, and Centenary Coach Tommy Vardenan thought the Gents’ smaller size only helped them in the fast-paced game. “It’s to our advantage in a fast- paced game,” Vardenan said. “When you’ve got big guys playing from free throw line to free throw line, they can’t get in there (quick enough). The little guys have the ad vantage in a game like this.” A&M found itself down by nine points with two-and-a-half minutes to play, and suddenly started playing inspirfed basketball. The Aggies turned to a full court press, and the Gents were rattled a nit by the sudden pressure. Freshman Brooks Thompson stole an inbounds pass, and dished off to an open Milton driving to the lane. But Milton missed the easy layup. “Our shots not falling was taking something out of us,” Milton said. “We kept shooting, and unfortu nately they weren’t falling. Our in tensity went down.” Metcalf agreed, saying that when the Aggies started pressuring them, the Gents played better. “If anything, we slowed down a little bit,” he said. “We came to life when we got scared, but they defi nitely picked their game up a couple of notches. They whipped us on the offensive boards.” Rhea said the rebounding advan tage the Gents had was a big factor in the loss. Although the Aggies were optimistic at halftime, he said, they couldn’t keep up their intensity in the second half. “We just let it drag in the second half,” Rhea said. “We came out ag- gresive, but got soft. We let them beat us on the offensive boards. We just let it slip.” That they did. After a missed three-point shot by Suber, Rhea grabbed a big rebound in heavy traf fic, then went back up and cut the lead to 82-78 on a thundering dunk. But Milton picked up his fourth foul while preventing an easy layup, and the Aggies still found them selves down by four after a Patrick Greer free throw. Suber got the ball at the top of the circle, and pump faked twice to throw Greer and Byron Steward out of the play. He hit the ensuing jump shot to keep the game within four points. However, Milton fouled out of the game as he tried to steal the ball from Robinson in the backcourt on an inbounds pass. Robinson’s two free throws all but sealed the Gents’ victory — giving Gentenary a 86-80 lead with 37 seconds left. All hopes of an Aggie miracle died on the next A&M possession. Thompson tried to shoot a three- pointer, but couldn’t get around the defender. He instead tried to dump it off to Suber in the paint, but the Gents stole the ball and made two free throws after a Thompson brea kaway foul. After a Ricks free throw with 19 seconds left that cut the lead to 89- 82, Centenary ran the clock out. A&M senior forward Ray Little, who finished with three points and seven rebounds, said the Aggies need to find the right combination of players. Once they do, he said, they’ll start winning. “It’s going to be just like last year we’ve got to come together and we’ve got to blend,” Little said. “When we do, it’s going to be a good ballclub. There’s no doubt about that. “It just takes time.” Milton, who finished with 19 points and 10 assists, said the Aggies need to find that right five — soon. “We just need to find one combi nation that we can stick with,” he said. “You get one set of five consis tent players who play all the time, and just go with it. 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The 6-foot-2, 235-pound se nior who made 163 tackles this season, grew up just 10 minutes from the Pro Football Hall Of Fame in Canton, Ohio. He said he had always looked up to But kus, Jack Lambert and Mean Joe Greene. “They were my idols, my lx>y- hood heroes, and 1 always wanted to be like them,” Snow said tint ing a telephone hookup with the Downtown Athletic Club of Or lando, which presents the award. Snow was picked by a 13-mem ber panel over Keith MeCants of Alabama, James Francis of Bay lor, Ron Cox of Fresno State and Andre Collins of Penn State. Snow collected four first-place votes and 27 points, MeCants had four first-pte votes and 21 points, based on a 5- 2-1 system. “He’s a good student, a good citizen and should be thefirstde tensive player selected in the NR draf t,” said Michigan State coad George Perles. ’“He gets a trt menoous break on the ball am! creates an explosion throughtke line.” “I haven’t seen any better said Michigan coach Bo Schem- bechler. Snow said he had hoped to w;- the award, “but the team came first.” He also said he believed de tensive players should get mort consideration for the Heismat Trophy. Only one defemitt player — Leon Hart of Note Dame in 1949 — has won the Heisman and Snow said the award designation should befot best offensive player. Astros may be considering trade offers for pitcher Scott HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros are contemplating a trade in volving ace pitcher Mike Scott to ei ther the Boston Red Sox or the Phil adelphia Phillies, according to a published report. The Houston Post, in a report from Nashville, Tenn., site of the an nual winter baseball meetings, said the Astros were discussing a trade of the right-handed pitcher to Boston for outfielder Mike Greenwell or to Philadelphia for Von Hayes and a left-handed pitcher. “Any time we talk to any team, we always try to improve our offensive situation, but 1 won’t mention the specific players we discussed,” As tros General Manager Bill Wood said Monday. “I don’t feel good about the con versations we had today ever leading to anything, but you never know. What you thought was a routine dis cussion might blossom into some thing else the next time you talk.” While Wood listened to offers of Lil from other teams about Scon, said the days’ discussions did leave him optimistic about sole the nagging offensive problemiBto has plagued the club since it wonii National League West in 1986, Wood told The Post he woii trade Scott or any other starffi Eg pitcher only in the right circu: th< stances and that the Astros want! be an offensive outfielder and api pitcher in return. Scott, a Cy Young Award wits in 1986, finished second in the; ing for the award as top Natioi League pitcher in the 1989season The Phillies said the Astros w looking for a left-handed hilt (Hayes) and a left-handed pitdit possibly Don Carman. “We talked to Houston, don’t see us doing anything« them,” Phillies General ManaJ Lee Thomas said. “I’m not saw they don’t have any good plate but 1 just don’t see how we' tible.” Lady Ags (Continued from page 8) de lio bounds of her own to aid the Lady Aggies in their victory. “Madison and Russo both looked great on offense tonight,” Hickey said. A&M controlled the ball from the start of the game, but the Sooners stayed close with heads up play and fast breaks. After exchanging the lead several times in the first half, the Lady Ag gies had trouble stopping OU’s Tammy Rogers, who led the Sooners with 30 points. “Rogers was tough,” Hickey said. “We even tried to recruit her.” The Lady Aggies were able to pull away by seven points going into half time with the score 48-41. The second half led off where the first hall ended, with A&M stretch ing the lead to as much as 16. How ever, with more sloppy play by the Aggies, the Sooners closed the gap to seven, 62-55. “ I he game was ours, said. “All we had todowasexec the plays.” A&M did just that, with Mails hitting 26 points out of her33ini last half. The Sooners struggled to c« back by throwing up several il point attempts, but failed to ground as the Lady Aggies ran do’ Of the clock taking the victory. “This was a big win against a Eight team,” Hickey said, “andi ;hc helps us a lot. “Our kids played hard. Espe® comining off a long road with finals and all.” This win brings A&M to4-2 ; the year, and 4-0 at home/ Sooners drop to 2-3 on the year foi ■io ,o hr for The Lady Aggies will have•o next three days off before travel to Baton Rouge where they'l the Louisiana State Lady Tigers! urday, Dec. 9, in a 7 p.m. the Pete Maravich Assembly Get" on the LSU campus. The MSC Visual Arts Committee PRESENTS P) Of MONUMENTS IT Kr Cr n< A SELECTION OF WORKS BY HEATHER RYAN KELLEY up DECEMBER 6, 1989 - JANUARY 2,1990 RECEPTION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6,7 P.M. an MEMORIAL STUDENT CENTER VISUAL ARTS GALLERY TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY