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Creighton 2-0 fROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS What a difference a week can sake for A&M baseball coach Mark ohnson. Just seven days ago, his Aggies noved up to their highest national anking since last year, when they pent 11 weeks in the No. 1 spot. In ast week’s ESPN/Collegiate Baseball Kill,A&M was No. 8. The Aggies headed into a week- •ndroad trip with a perfect 9-0 re- :ord, and sporting confidence de- pke warnings that their offensive induction was more than suspect. A&M’s pitching, which had been pectacular up to that point, seemed rood enough to make up for the tarn’s lack of offense. But over the weekend, those fears inally caught up to Johnson. A&M went 1-4 against win less tarns in Louisiana. That included a itar-sweep by lowly Louisiana Tech, nd a doubleheader sweep by fortheast Louisiana Sunday. The Aggies, now 10-4 on the year, plummeted 14 spots on Monday’s poll. No. 22 A&M hosts No. 11 Loui siana State at Olsen Field this week end. Play starts Friday at 3 p.m., and a Saturday doubleheader starts at 1 p.m. It will be a rematch of last year’s regional final, where the Tigers beat the Aggies at Olsen Field to earn a berth in the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. Defending national champion Wi chita State has moved up to first in this week’s baseball poll. The panel of 105 coaches, sports writers and sports information di rectors moved the Shockers into the top spot after previously top-ranked Stanford lost two of three games to Southern California. The Shockers — who have out- scored opponents 40-17 in their five games — received 492 points, one better than Southern California (12- 3). The Trojans, sixth last week, jumped four rungs to the No. 2 posi tion. Aggies in- 6-9 overall Conference e tied for rence with ix day rest Regular season nearing strike three ... Halted talks put season in danger istian Uni- Inesday in ;ars are 3-3 faced the won three ifter drop- to confer- Arkansas, aying very few weeks, iiomentum of the sea- ich Lynn the series uly Aggies r meetings A&M won , 90-77 in dlas in the heir streak r the Lady n at Hofli- lior gaurd outing in d on 9-of- >f-11 free r-high 28 tcted four teals and n her way y^er of the NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Jkscame to an abrupt halt Monday Bid threw the start of the regidar tason in danger while three Pitts- nirgh Pirates wondered w hether the ifht over salary arbitration was rorth it. “The season is in very heavy jeop- rdy,” Commissioner Fay Vincent lid. Owners and players did not meet sexpected Monday and union chief lonald Fehr left town, saying he ouldn’t return to the bargaining ta le until management makes new' toposals. Fehr, scheduled to meet with the aion’s executive board Tuesday in ; benix, agreed the stalemate might istpone regular season openers on pnl 2. “I think it’s been in jeopardy for me days now.” he said. “I don’t low if it’s gone, but it’s in some opardy.” But on the 12th day of the owners’ dout, Pirates pitcher Neal Heaton id he is anxious to play. Tm kind of leaning toward, ‘Let’s jn,”’ he was quoted as saying by the Ssburgh Post-Gazette. “This is get- igridiculous. I’m ready to go.” However, Pirates’ player rep- lent it the of- between by Grier Richard m. a permis- tep up to e,” Kiam -39 under would be ig job. An .earns the erry’s de- /2 seasons with Kan- iteelers in ~N Bright says he ranted Landry Sredin 1987 DALLAS (AP) — Former Dal las Cowboys owner H.R. “Bum” Bright says he wanted to sack Tom Landry in 1987, but couldn’t talk Tex Schramm into doing it, and that’s his one regret. Now, a year after selling the Cowboys to Jerry Jones, Bright says his one regret is that he didn’t just go ahead and do it kimselt He didn't do it because Schramm, who was the team’s general manager at the time, told Sim he didn’t nave a replacement ready. Jones continues to take crit icism for firing Landry and instat ing his longtime friend and for mer Arkansas Razorbacks teammate Jimmy Johnson at ■ad coach. “If I had known there would be been this much heat over Tom, I’d have taken it myself,” Bright told The Dallas Morning Hews Sunday. “I know that Jerry doesn’t de serve all this stuff. It wouldn’t be been as hard for me as it has Been for Jerry, because he was le one continuing. I just didn’t realize,” Bright said. Bright said he “didn’t talk to Tom Wi times the whole period I »as owner.” resentative Mike LaValliere said he spoke with Heaton and two other players who expressed similar senti ments — Bob Kipper and Jay Bell — and believed they would support the union if it came to a vote. “When you’re dealing with 26 teams and 24 players on each team, of course you're going to have varied responses and different opinions,” LaValliere told The Associated Press. LaValliere also said he would tell the dozen Pirates at the site of the team’s camp in Bradenton, Fla., to go home Friday if there was no settlement. Owners and players each say a minimum of three weeks of spring training is needed plus several days for players to travel to camps. The exhibition season was scheduled to start Thursday — those four open ers have been canceled — and plans were to be made Tuesday about fu ture spring-training games. Talks have stalled over salary arbi tration eligibility. The union wants players again to be eligible'for arbi tration after two years, as they were before the 1985 agreement, which increased the requirement to three years. Vincent sympathized with fans, saying they would view the logjam as “two giant organizations over whelmed with riches, fighting in cir cumstances where there’s a national obligation or trust at stake.” Fehr paid a courtesy call to Vin cent on Monday before leaving for Arizona. He said he expects to brief players around the country after Tuesday’s meeting; he did not say when he would return. “My expectation is that after the Phoenix meeting the great likeli hood is that I will see players in two or three other places before coming back to New York,” Fehr said. Management negotiator Chuck O’Connor said he would wait for Fehr to call about another bargain ing session. “It really depends on his meet ing,” O’Connor said. “At the earliest, I probably could hear from him Wednesday. But, yes, it could be a week before we get together again. I hope not, but it could be.” Asked what it would take for the union to return to negotiations, Fehr said, “It has to take an indication from the clubs that there’s some thing meaningful to talk about.” Spring lockout allowing Ryan to work in ‘bullpen’ HOUSTON (AP) — The owners’ spring training lockout has allowed Nolan Ryan to spend more time in the bullpen. The best cattleman in baseball is tending to his other busi ness these days — raising and selling livestock. Ryan, in town for a livestock sale, was asked by fellow ranchers about the spring training lockout and pros pects for a contract settlement. “They’ve still got to work out what percentages will be taken from the television cut for the pension fund,” Ryan told them. “Then they’ve got to make a decision on what to do about arbitration. I hope it gets worked out soon.” But until then, Ryan’s getting the most out of raising and selling cattle, as he did Saturday in the Astro Clas sic Beefmaster sale at the Astrodome Marriott. Chuck Howley, a former Dallas Cowboys linebacker-turned-cattle man, said Ryan attracts people to livestock shows the way his appear ances on the mound draw fans to the ballpark. “Nolan always draws a great crowd,” Howley told The Dallas Morning News. “But maybe most of them just want his autograph on their hats.” Howley, a cattleman for 11 years, says Ryan, who has been raising cattle since 1972, is regarded in live stock circles with the same respect he commands in sports. “He stands behind everything he sells,” Howley said. “He’s good for the business, good for the breed.” Ryan, reared in the rural town of Alvin, south of Houston, said he be came interested in cattle because of summers spent on his uncle’s dairy farm. The man who fanned Oakland’s Rickey Henderson last summer to collect his 5,000th career strikeout now has three ranches. He said he enjoys watching his cattle develop into either a championship bull or a heifer, “Plus, I just always liked the people in this business,” he said, shrugging. Only a handful of onlookers got into the bidding Saturday. But Wayne Fisher of Houston, who co sponsored the sale with Ryan, said the buyers were not in it simply to acquire a Nolan Ryan keepsake. “You’re dealing with professional cattle people here,” Fisher said. “I don’t think they’re buying for any other reason.” Ryan’s 15 lots drew $32,050, less than what he expected. The payoff wasn’t exactly a loss, but Ryan almost took it that way. He turned to a fel low cattleman as the auction ended and frowned. “I thought it could have been a lot stronger,” he said. Frevino’s putter working magic SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Lee Trevino’s putting has I'en a big boost to his daughter’s driving. Trevino capped another lucrative weekend on the jenior PGA Tour by rolling in a 15-foot birdie putt Way on the final hole of the Chrysler Cup to win a •fivLeBaron convertible. The car went to the player with the lowest final fund. Trevino tied Don Bies for the honor with a 3- Wer-par 69 and won the contest because he birdied *0.18, the tiebreaker hole. Easy come, easy go. The hottest player in golf said fllgive away the car. Tve got all the Toyotas in the world,” said Trevino, does commercials for the Japanese automaker, i'egot a daughter, Lesley — 23 years old, and she’s her asked me for a thing. I think my daughter needs % car real bad.” At the rate he’s making money this year, Trevino can fiord to give away a few more cars. His $50,000 share If playing on the winning United States team in the ■IryslerCup increased Trevino’s earnings to $280,000 •11990, his first full year on the Senior Tour. “I’m kind of on a roll right now,” he said. “I’m hitting it pretty good. I hope March isjust as good.” Trevino, who turned 50 on Dec. 1, swept his three Chrysler Cup matches. He leads the Senior Tour in five of its 10 statistical categories, including scoring (68.3 strokes per round), putting and greens in regulation. Trevino has already won more money than in 1970, when he led the PGA Tour in earnings. “My best year on the tour was 1980 — I won $385,000 that year,” Trevino said. “And I’m actually playing better now. My scoring average that year was 69./3, and my scoring average now is lower than that.” Trevino isn’t surprised to be doing well — he pre dicted that his first year on the Senior Tour would be a big one. His peers aren’t surprised, either. “Lee Trevino has always been in a class of the Ho gans and the Sneads and the Nelsons and the Venturis —t people that were artists instead of just golfers,” said Chi Chi Rodriguez, who teamed with Trevino for two rounds last weekend. “This guy can do drawings wfith a golf ball. 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