he Battalion Wifi; pubir "s (Jpj are- ednesday, May 16,1990 PORTS 5 College underclassmen go pro to escape NCAA rules Skeeter Brown Sports Writer Jones wises up, Ikeeter ponders lowboys fate lomeone please hand Dallas I Cowboy owner Jerry Jones some common sense. The Cowboys opened their 1990 veterans camp yesterday and Jones, in Dallas’ new training facilities in Austin, told reporters that last years 1-15 season had not diminished his enthusiasm. What does it take Jerry ... a 0- 16 mark? Give him some credit though. Jones has come a long way from statements made last year. Like a true rookie, Jones came in as the Cowboy’s owner, taking [ charge of a feeble and frail Dallas team that had just suffered a 3-13 record and predicted it to become a playoff contender team in the i first year What did Jones base his predictions on? The Cowboys went through the preseason 3-1. But I believe Jones has finally learned his lesson. “We don’t make predictions anymore,” Jones said at the Southwest Associated Press’ Sports Editor Convention. Bravo, Jerry. But now 1 must confess. 1 am not as strong as Jones. And besides, it’s only May and no one will remember my predictions come August anyway. Look for the Cowboys to finally be playoff contenders under the league’s new playoff system. Dallas may not be able to win the Eastern Division, but a wildcard spot is not an unlikely scenario. Troy Aikman, in his second year as the Cowboy’s franchise quarterback, will show Dallas why he is paid $ 11 million to lead the offense. The Cowboys have made dramatic strides to obtain an offense that is not only speedy, but could be considered a triple threat. With speedy receivers, talented backs and Aikman’s ability to scramble, defenses will be kept honest. That’s a big change from last year, when opposing defenses blitzed Dallas’ offense on almost every single down. The Cowboys had no receivers, a young line and no healthy backs. Hence the worst offensive output in the NFL and the worst record in the league I’m not calling for a Super Bowl appearance in ’91 but the Cowboys have made moves that appear to be rebuilding the club for another decade of NFL dominance. And who knows? Dallas could be to the 90s what the San Francisco 49ers were to the 80s. Someone please give Battalion sports writer Skeeter Brown some common sense. NEW YORK (AP) — Some are es caping “wicked sanctions” against their universities. Others need the money, or are ducking school work. They are college underclassmen, and they’re all seeking one thing — a job in the NBA. “I made the decision to turn the page on this part of my life and open a new chapter,” Maryland’s leading scorer, sophomore forward Jerrod Mustaf, said Thursday in announc ing his decision to turn pro. Citing wicked NCAA sanctions, Mustaf said he would make a formal application to the NBA by Sunday’s deadline. The complete list of un derclassmen declaring themselves el igible for the June 28 draft will be available next Thursday. So far, several potential stars al ready have announced they’ll come out early: Chris Jackson of LSU, Sean Higgins of Michigan and Mar cus Liberty of Illinois. Others may will follow. Perhaps they’ll be Larry Johnson of UNLV or Dennis Scott of Georgia Tech. “1 guarantee you that some of these guys will change their minds four or five times before the dead line,” player agent Eric Fleischer said. Thirty-eight college under classmen declared themselves eligi ble for the NFL draft, and 18 were taken. Fewer are expected to be taken in the NBA draft, which is only two rounds long. The 6-foot-10 Mustaf averaged 18.5 points and 7.7 rebounds for Maryland last season, but he may have cost himself a top-10 pick by coming out a year early. “My feeling is that if a player who has the potential to be a lottery pick later on comes out early, it could cost him a substantial amount of money,” Washington Bullets general man ager Bob Ferry said. “If you know a team is going to draft you, that’s fine. But if you’re shooting craps, it’s a tough situation.” Mustafs father, Shaar Mustaf, was quoted as saying his son would not come out early unless he was as sured of a First-round selection. Only the day before, the 6-8 Lib erty, who led Illinois in rebounds and assists, announced his decision to turn pro. Financial problems re portedly were the reason. While Johnson has said repeat edly he plans to stay at UNLV for a Final season, there has been specu lation that he would turn pro, espe cially since the Runnin’ Rebels won the national championship. “I understand Johnson has de cided to stay in school,” said Fleischer, who represents many NBA players through International Management Group. Scott, a 6-8 junior who averaged 27.7 points for Georgia Tech, said he would announce his decision at a news conference on Monday. Last month, Higgins announced he would skip his final year of eligi bility at Michigan to play in the NBA draft, and Jackson made the same announcement in March, bypassing two years of NCAA eligibility. Higgins, who played on Michi gan’s national championship team two years ago, liked campus life but apparently wasn’t particularly fond of school work. He began college life ineligible to play academically. Jackson apparently felt there was nothing more to accomplish in col lege. In two seasons, he was a two- time All-American and scored 1,854 points. “My college career has turned out better than I expected, and I just fig ured now was the time,” Jackson said. “Things just started floating through my mind.” UIL soccer faces ban DALLAS (AP) — Gina Mazzolini often has defended soccer in her po sition as the assistant in charge of the sport for the University Interscho lastic League. She now finds herself accused of trying to ruin the sport in Texas. Mazzolini has recommended that the UIL place soccer on probation next season. Her frustrations with the conflict between high school pro grams and club soccer had peaked this year with increasing reports of related misconduct involving play ers, coaches and spectators. A UIL ad-hoc committee agreed with her and made an official recom mendation that will be voted on by a 24-meinber legislative committee in October. “Some coaches have called and said, ‘You were our only friend in (the UIL) in soccer, now you turned against us,”’ Mazzolini said. She said she had hoped her recommendation would draw attention to the prob lem, not lead to the downfall of the sport. The UIL' and club officials have been trading accusations since soc cer’s sanctioning in 1983. T he main stumbling block has been the UIL’s rules prohibiting concurrent play on club and high school teams. Mazzolini claims club officials do not appreciate the UIL’s efforts to establisfi guidelines and make soccer fit within the League’s educational goals. Glub coaches want easy access to both programs for players. They claim if the UIL really cared about soccer, it would quit forcing the play ers to choose between programs. “Every time (the UIL puts) in a piece of (soccer) legislation, I sit back and wonder, ‘Who the hell put the time into thinking of this,?’ ” said John Cossaboon, former director for the North T exas State Soccer Asso ciation that involves 80,000 youths. “Surely they’re not considering the student.” Club coaches say their higher- quality teams are weakened when players participate on high school teams. High school coaches admit in experience among their ranks has led to many of the current problems. Lady Ags earn berth in NCAA Regional tourney From Staff and Wire Reports The Texas A&M softball team re ceived an invitation from the NCAA notifying the Lady Aggies that they were among 20 teams that would be competing in eight NCAA Regionals Friday and Saturday. The Lady Aggies will travel to La fayette, La. and open their first re gional game against the Florida State Seminoles at 4 p.m. Friday. The win ner of the A&M-FSU game will play the LIniversity of Southwestern Louisiana at 8 p.m. Championship play will be held at 2 p.m. on Satur day. Regional champions will travel to Oklahoma City May 23 to participate in the NCAA College World Series. A&M enters the regional match with an overall record of 47-18 and finished ranked 10th in the NCAA’s weekly poll. Their opening oppo nent, FSU, is 43-14 and is ranked 14th in the polls. “We’re just glad to be in the play offs,” A&M softball coach Bob Brock said. “It would have been nice to have been able to play at home, but USL comes in ranked higher than us.” The Lady Aggies haven’t had much success with either FSU or USL. A&M lost earlier this year to the Lady Seminoles 3-1 and the Lady Cajuns handed the Lady Ag gies a pair oflosses, 2-0 and 1-0. Stewart casts off Texas jinx, eyes Colonial FORT WORTH (AP) — Payne Stewart, is a big Favorite going into the Colonial National Invita tional on “Hogan’s Alley.” Stewart recently overcame his Texas voodoo by winning the By ron Nelson Classic at the TPC Course* in Las Colinas. The former star at Southern Methodist University had lost in a playoff at the Nelson five years ago. He has twice lost in playoffs at Colonial Country Club. Stewart has the lowest career scoring av erage of any player at Colonial, a tty 69 J 9 for six years. *T love the golf course and maybe it's my time to win,” Stew art said. The Colonial starts Thursday. “Let’s see — it’s sponsored by Southwestern Bell. I won the MCI at the Heritage Classic and the GTE Byron Nelson. “Maybe something is going on here with telephone services, he said. Stewart would like to have his name on Colonial Country (Tub’s famed "Wail of Champions.” The brick wall is just behind the first tee box. There are 50 names going back to 1941 on the wall, with only six spots remaining to he filled. “After 1991 only three will be available,” said Colonial President Wally Schmuck. Two spots will be used in 1991 for the Colonial champion and another lor the winner of the 46 th United States Women’s Open, which will be conducted at Colonial in July after the May PGA Tour stop. The women’s winner will be come the second U.S. Open champion’s name to be displayed on the wall. The first position be longs to Craig Wood, who won the 1941 U.S. Open at Colonial. Last year’s champion was Ian Baker-Finch. Hr CLINICS AM/PM Clinics • Minor Emergencies • General Medical Care • Weight Reduction Program 10% Student Discount with i.D. Card (Except for Weight Program) 846-4756 693-0202 7794756 3820 Texas 2305 Texas Ave S. 401 S. Texas (next lo Randy Sims) (next to 1/ Rent M) College Station (29th & Texas) SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE Contact Lenses Only Quality Name Brands (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Bames-Hinds-Hydrocurve) °%f 0 A A A A A -S A A A A A A A A A XVA AZX A Don't forget FEE OPTION 23 for your VHS copy of 1989-1990 Texas A&M University's Video Yearbook $118°° $138 00 TOTAL COST - Includes eye exam, free care kit, and std. daily wear soft lenses. OR TOTAL COST - Includes eye exam, free care kit, and std. extended wear or tinted soft lenses. ALSO AVAILABLE: Bifocal Soft and Astigmatic Soft Lenses SAME DAY DELIVERY ON MOST LENSES Sale ends June 1, 1990 Call 696-3754 For Appointment < CHARLES C. SCHROEPPEL, O.D. H DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY P.C. 707 South Texas Ave., Suite 101D ^ College Station, Texas 77840 1 block South of Texas & University Dr. intersection «o College Station, Texas 77840 m SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE # seLnatt Tokyo mm ■ tr S i*)5?B g»IJl£* 40 flSSWffit* * ® © * T ^ K £ 1992if 3 £ *-C ic :£ * (Bachelor lil_L©^ffiSSf8) T$©S¥£ etrassm. • as* £t>lc»ttT'-8gftfa (***''=>« $400, BrtA'e, (i ¥ 20.000 £ T'3tts ®T$) •tSlCT^S^ii*< rest'. y v is urats® l±it* To • ttea • • jtfeia TEL. 1 -800- 537-2186(Toll Free) £f=ia 03-234-5071 B*l$M/9:00~18:00 c'a«< fcg I'. tr.O'*-MJ. S. A. taa/ixm TEL. 1-800-344-724 HToll Free) 212-986-5520 NYB%M/9:00~17:00 ■ NY*t|C±R| • B8KIJI»S*T„ CPI photo finish one bour photo _ % ! Save 50 on color processing & 4x6 prints Each picture is the best it can be or we reprint it free... now! 4x6 Color Prints 50 % off regular one-hour price I I I I No limit on number of rolls discounted with this coupon. Print length varies with film size. C.4 1 in Lib process only, not combinable with ( other processing and print offers. Coupon good through .July 21. 1990 CPi photo finish K *dMh 1 1010603 e hoar photo one hour services: photo finishing • enlargements • reprints • double prints also available: wallet photos • instant color passport photos • \ideo transfer • copies from prints • cameras and accessories * film Summer CPI Film Sale! Save 25% when you buy 3 or more rolls Example Prices: (35mm - 24 exp.) 3 Rolls lOO ASA $6.95 (reg. S9.27) 200 ASA $7.85 (reg. SIO.47) 400 ASA $8.75 (reg. 811.67) Disc Special - $1.49 each Choose from 35mm I lOO. 200 and 400 ASA) and 1 lO mix or match. Discounts do not apply to 12 exp. 35inm. and are not combinable with other film oilers. Sale ends June 9, 1990 10106