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The Battalion
Page 11
Racing Father Time
Rogers wanting to be the best of the old-timers
BOSTON (AP) — Bill Rodgers no
longer runs the Boston Marathon to
win. Like Lee Trevino and Jack
Nicklaus, he just wants to be the best
of the old-timers.
Rodgers, 43, a four-time winner
of the race, is one of the favorites in
the Masters Division, which starts at
age 40 — 10 years younger than the
seniors limit for golfers like Trevino
and Nicklaus.
But like seniors golf, Rodgers says
running iti the Masters Division “is
like starting my career over.”
“I can compete against my peers;
1 don’t have to worry about open
running,” said Rodgers, who makes
his 14tn appearance in the Boston
Marathon on Monday.
“1 had some good peers during
my 20s and 30s. But I’m not intim
idated by any of them now. I hope I
can run well. ... And I would like to
break the American record for a
Masters runner.”
Rodgers’ best time in the Masters
division was 2 hours 18 minutes 17
seconds, when he was second in the
1988 Boston Marathon.
His best time as an open runner
was 2:09:27 in winning in 1979. His
other Boston victories came in 1976,
1978 and 1980. He also has won the
New York City Marathon four times
(1976-79).
Overall, Rodgers has run 54 mar
athons and won 21. He has 28 sub-
2:15 clockings.
“I need one more,” he said, know
ing the American Masters record is
Barry Brown’s 2:15:15. “I would
love to do it at Boston. If not, I will
try at New York (in November).
“If I get the American record,
maybe I will stop marathoning.”
It is not likely -that Rodgers will
et the record Monday, but if he
oes, it’s not likely he will end his
marathon career, either.
He admittedly is not in top shape,
not having done the hard, gruelling
work he did when he was the king of
the marathoners from the mid-
1970s to the early 1980s.
“I like Masters running,” the still
boyish-looking Rodgers said. “I
don’t have to push it. Before, my
whole life evolved around running. I
didn’t do anything else.
“Now, I like it, because I don’t
have to keep pushing. I can just go at
my own pace. If I don’t feel like run
ning one day, I don’t. I didn’t do
that in the past.”
The joy that Rodgers gets out of
running may keep him in the sport.
“Masters running is the nice side
of the sport,” he said. “It’s like when
I started running nearly 20 years
ago. We don’t have all the negative
things, like drugs and steriods, that
have hit our sport in recent years.
“It’s fun running in the Masters.
It’s more normal.”
One runner who could step to the
forefront is John Campbell, 41, of
New Zealand. Campbell never has
lost to a Masters runner, and last
year, he swept the Masters divisions
in the Los Angeles, Boston and New
York City marathons. In finishing
fifth overall at Boston, he set the
.course record of 2:14:19 for a Mas
ters runner.
Nets have shooting woes
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
(AP) — Chris Dudley should have
watched the halftime show dur
ing New Jersey’s game with In
diana on Saturday.
He might have learned some
thing.
A halftime, a fan was blind
folded, spun around three times,
and stationed at the foul line- He
made one of seven free throws.
Dudley, the NBA’s worst foul
shooter, was one for 18 in the
Nets’ 124-1 13 loss to the Facers.
He also missed his final 13 free
throws.
“It’s the worst I’ve ever done,”
Dudley said after what might be
the worst free-throw perfor
mance in the 54-year history of
the NBA. “I was just thinking
about too many things. I’ve been
working on a lot of things and I’m
not confident yet.”
According to the NBA record
book, the worst performance is 0-
for-l() by Witt Chamberlain in
1960,
Concentration is among the
theories put forth to explain
Dudley’s horrific free-throw
shooting. But Dudley is currently
the only Ivy Leaguer in the NBA,
havingbeen drafted in 1987 from
Yale by Cleveland.
“Ed shoot one and it would
come up short,” Dudley, whose
free-throw percentage dropped
from .378 to .342 (55-of-161),
said. “The next time Ed think
about it and it would hit off the
back of the rim.”
In missing his last 13 attempts,
Dudley had one airball -— it
brushed the bottom of the net —
and four bricks that left the back-
board shaking.
Dudley’s problems got so bad
that referee Dick Bavetta once
handed the ball to the 6-foot-11
center and offered words of en
couragement.
Chris Morris, a 71 percent
free-throw shooter for the Nets,
was seen clasping his hands as if
to pray for his teammate. At an
other point, teammate Purvis
Short tried to sneak to the foul
line after Dudley was fouled, but
Bavetta caught him.
Coach Bill Fitch, using Dudley
to replace the injured Sam Bowie,
diplomatically stressed Dudley’s
defense against the 7-4 ftik Smits,
who had 14 points.
Stewart claims
second straight
Heritage title
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.
(AP) — Payne Stewart birdied two
layoff holes to beat Larry Mize and
teve Jones on Sunday and become
the first winner of consecutive Heri
tage Classics.
Stewart, who started the day two
strokes in front, nearly had a hole-
in-one on No. 17, the first playoff
hole. Mize made an eight-foot birdie
putt before Stewart tapped in.
Jones fell out of the playoff when
he pushed his tee shot into the
crowd on the right of the green and
had no chance for a birdie.
Stewart, who struggled to an
even-par 71, won the tournament
with a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-
4, 484-yard 18th. Mize just missed a
20-foot putt for birdie, giving Stew
art his first playoff victory in six
tries. Mize is 1-2 in playoff s.
Stewart, Mize and Jones finished
regulation at 8-under 276 at the
6,657-yard Town Golf Links.
“It’s very special,” Stewart said.
“I’m very pleased with the way I
played. 1 didn’t make any putts all
day long and then, all of a sudden,
boom, boom.”
Stewart picked up $180,000 for
his first PGA Tour victory this year
and sixth overall.
Stewart and Jones, playing in the
final twosome, had a chance to win
on the 18th, but they missed birdie
opportunities. Stewart’s 17-foot putt
slid by the hole, then Jones pulled
his four-footer.
Ag-Gee golf team
takes fifth place
From Staff and Wire Reports
Texas A&M’s Bobby Gee
posted a final-round 72 Saturday
to clinch individual honors as well
as help the Aggie men’s golf team
finish fifth at the Southwest Con
ference Post-Season Golf Tour
nament.
The Hills of Lakeway golf
course in Austin was the setting
for the 54-hole Tournament that
included all nine SWC schools.
The Aggies finished above
conference rivals Arkansas,
Southern Methodist, Texas Tech
and Rice. A&M shot combined
rounds of 311 -302-297 for a tour
nament 910, 17 strokes behind
winner Texas.
Gee’s rounds of 76-70-72—218
dominated the Aggie team. 14
strokes over teammate Mark Mill
er’s 82-79-71—232.
Ags
(Continued from page 9)
Dressendorfer said.
Dressendorfer was in command
throughout the entire ballgame. He
had chalked up nine strikeouts after
six innings, and got his 13th when
Thomas went down looking for the
first out in the ninth.
Dressendorfer could have gotten
more. Williams and Rollen each
fouled off a two-strike pitch before
flying out.
Still, Dressendorfer said he wasn’t
trying to keep the total to 13.
“I didn’t really know how many
strikeouts I had,” he said. “I thought
that I had eight or nine.”
A&M pitcher Ronnie Allen must
have crossed paths with a black cat
after the third inning.
Up until the fourth frame, Allen
matched Dressendorfer pitch-for-
itch, retiring the first nine Long-
orns in order.
Then Lance Jones led off the
fourth with a lined single into left
field. Murray’s sinking looper got
aw’ay from Witte, sending runners to
first and second with no outs.
Texas third baseman Clay King
came to the plate and failed to get
the bunt down the first time. Wil
liams and Pyle charged, expecting
the bunt while Marsnall shifted to
cover third.
King’s second bunt attempt was
well placed, dribbling between Wil
liams and Allen. Although both were
within easy reach of the ball, neither
touched it and it rolled through the
vacated shortstop spot into short left
field.
Jones scored and the throw to the
plate got away from Wood, allowing
Murray to go to third and King to
second.
Tollison followed with a single to
score Murray. Mike Moreland’s dou
ble down the right field line brought
home both runners and made the
score 4-0.
A&M managed a run in the fifth
inning.
The Aggis took advantage of two
Longhorn errors. Pyle reached on
one of them and scored when Brous
sard’s grounder got past shortstop
Kyle Moody. Marshall followed with
a single, but the rally ended when he
was picked off by Texas catcher
Roger Luce.
“We had some baserunning mis
takes, but Texas played some good
defense in places,” Johnson said. “It
was frustrating to have the pickoff,
because we had talked befored the
game about Luce liking to throw like
that.”
The Aggies never threatened
again, as Dressendorfer retired 12 of
the next 13 Aggies.
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