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Page 10 The Battalion Monday, January 29,19; C'MON GANG AGGIE BASKET-BALL. IS NOT COLLAPSING / FORG.ET THOSE COUG-ARS... WE GOTTA GO TO LU80OCK O/V WEDNESDAY AND BEAT THE RAIDERS / Texas’ Mays hurt; doubtful for Houstoi AUSTIN (AP) — Texas Long horns coach Tom Penders says he doubts guard Travis Mays will be ready to play against Houston Tuesday night. Mays, Texas’ all-time top scorer who leads the Southwest Conference with a 24.8 average, sat on the bench with an injury to his shooting hand as his team mates struggled past Rice 96-84 Saturday night. Mays hyperextended his right index finger when he tried to brace a fall just before halftime in Thursday night’s 109-100 loss to Arkansas. He sat out the second half against the Razorback$, fin ishing with one point. “His hand is better, but it’s still sore,” Penders said. “I seriously doubt he will play Tuesday.” Dressed in jeans, a turquoise shirt and a Panama hat, Mays couldn’t even lift his finger andl bruised knuckle to help the Lon J horns, who shot poorly and traf iled Rice by two points at the half, j “It was very frustrating," saiJJ Mays, who was squeezing a 1 exercise his finger after the game j “But I told the guys to keet shooting and the ball would fal The 6-2 senior from Ocala r° nt 01 Fla., said that he is not even closeB* scu . ss to being 100 percent. “We’ll just have to wait andH ^ * ie see,” said Mays. “I want to plaiB 011 ^* 11 and I am doing everything I catB' 01 . 11 do to get ready to play. Hope | a y fully, I can be ready to go againstB' e ' s ^ 1 Arkansas (on Feb. 4).” |l Against Rice, forward LanceB rawa ^ Blanks moved over to Mays’oft [ guard slot and 6-8 Hank Dudel was inserted into the starting I lineup and responded with twoj points and five rebounds. 49ers (Continued from page 9) years. The Ian. 1‘ Armour sizzles in Phoenix, wins U.S. Open SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tommy Armour III, the husky grandson of one of golfs legendary figures, scored a five-stroke victory in the Phoenix Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory. The younger Armour, who led or shared the lead all the way, quickly made the tournament a race for sec ond place with his 3-under-par 68 over the final 18 holes at the TPC of Scottsdale. He led by three strokes when the day’s play started, by four after two holes, by five after six and held a minimum five-shot lead over the back nine. Armour, 30, who played around the world in the six-year period he was unable to qualify for his Ameri can playing rights, had a 267 total, 17 strokes under par. The victory — only his second in 10 years as a professional — was worth $162,000 from the total purse of $900,000. It was, by far, the largest check of a career that included non-winning three-season stints on both the Asian and European tours. His only pre vious professional title was the 1983 Mexican Open. Armour’s grandfather, the great Silver Scot, won the U.S. and British Opens and the PGA between 1927 and 1931 and was one of the game’s premier teachers and club designers. Success did not come easily to his namesake grandson, however. The younger Armour, who said he met his famous grandfather only once, lost his Tour playing rights due to lack of performance after the 1981 season. He played in dozens of countries in Asia and Europe before regaining his PGA Tour card in 1987. His best previous American per formance were a pair of runner-up finishes, one in 1988, one last year. But there was little doubt about this one. Armour, trailed by wife Helena and infant son Tommy IV, played the front side in a blistering 31, four under par. the time the leaders reached By tne the turn, only one man, Jim Thorpe, was within seven strokes of the run away leader. At that point it was no longer a question of “Who?” but “How many?” and, with the Super Bowl telecast a couple of hours away, hun dreds of spectators began to stream through exits to the parking lots. Armour’s only lapse came on the 16th hole, where he was bunkered, came out long and two-putted for a bogey that made no difference at all. quarter to earn yet another spot in the record book. Fullback Tom Rathman also scored twice, on runs of 1 and 4 yards. And Roger Graig had a 1- yard TD run. In fact, just about everything [fiat happened had some historical signif icance. Rice’s three touchdown catches set a Super Bowl record and gave him four overall, tying Franco Harris of those great Steeler teams for career touchdown catches in a Super Bowl. Rice’s three touchdowns also tied — who else? — teammate Craig, who had three in the 1985 game. But none of that was new for Denver, which two years ago lost to Washington in a game in which the Redskins set a record for setting re cords. This year, Denver ap proached that — the 24-point half time margin was the second largest only to the 35-10 margin by which the Broncos trailed Washington two years ago. Not that it wasn’t expected, al though San Francisco’s win was the first since 1973 over Denver in a game that counted. The Bi oncos entered the gai;|| knowing they couldn’t miss tackle or drop passes, hut that’s exact! what they did, giving San Fran® the opportunities that no one ci give the 49ers. And it wasn’t all offense. The San Francisco defense, pat ticularly the secondary, total shackled F.lway. Elway had time to throw but whet he did, Don Griffin, Ronnie Lott Tim McKyer or Chet Brooks vi there to knock the hall away. Elwai only completion in his first lOpasiel was a 27-yarder on which he she eled the ball to Bobby Humphre j who ran for most of the yards And he finished the half just 6-0 20 for 64 yards. Then he had first pass of the second hall intet cepted by Michael Walter, settingu: over Montana’s 28-yard TD pass to Rit; Four minutes later. Brooks pidi off Elway and Montana responde with a 35-yarder to Taylor. Elway’s numbers were built most! against a defense that knew it ha: only to prevent big plays. He ran yards for Denver’s only touchdow in the third quarter. 7 Wit ★★★ * AGGIE WATCH January 29th - February 5th RESIDENCE HALL ENGRA VE 8c SA VE 7:00pm - 9:00pm Aggie Watch workers will be in the residence halls between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm on the following days to assist you in engraving your valuables (stereos, computers, VCR’s, TV’s, etc.). 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