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nt to think about, so at mid-season
wt started contact again, and our de-
Jnse really started to improve. I will
t make the mistake this year that I
id last year in stopping contact
en the season starts.”
The ’90 Cowboys will be a team
thout stars now that Ed “Too Tall”
Ines has retired.
Quarterback Troy Aikman is per-
ips the best known Cowboy and he
isyetto win an NFL game.
Steve Walsh, who took over when
ikman broke a finger, led the Cow-
ys over the Redskins.
Their duel for the starting job will
mtinue through the season but
■alsh admits his starting chances
Jobably hinge on Aikman's health.
Walsh showed what he could do
hen Aikman was hurt in the first
eriod of a preseason game against
ie Los Angeles Raiders, throwing
to touchdown passes in a 16-14
is.
“The competition really isn’t wide
aen,” Walsh said. “But I have to be
adv for any opportunity I have.”
The quarterbacks will be helped
uhe signing of second-round draft
ick Alexander Wright of Auburn, a
icedster Johnson hopes will stretch
lemy defenses.
On defense, the Cowboys got rid
: their only marquee name, de
cisive back Everson Walls, who was
eked up by the New York Giants in
anB. Somehow, the Cowboys need
develop a pass rush. Third round
raft pick Jimmie Jones of Miami is
eingexpected to produce one.
Offensively, top pick Emmitt
mith of Florida has been a holdout
nd Johnson hasn’t been over
helmed by Flagler and free agent
’immy Smith.
Smith set a Super Bowl rushing
ecord years ago but was let go by
Washington because of a weight
iroblem. He looked good early in
raining camp but has just about dis-
ppeared.
lagler has disappointed Johnson,
tho bristled because Flagler was
titical of the coach’s scrimmage-a-
ninute training camp.
Lorenzo Hampton was added to
he roster but the former Miami Dol-
ihin has been less than spectacular
lehind Dallas’ makeshift offensive
ine.
The schedule is easier with
Tampa Bay twice, Atlanta, the New
fork Jets and San Diego, although
he Cowboys do draw two-time de
ending champion San Francisco in
November.
Battalion Hie photo by M. Mulvey
Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson hopes for a 100 percent team im
provement. Two victories would pass last year’s 1-15 record.
Just how good will the 1990 Cow- said.
b °y s be? Before the season, the rookie
owner said, “We’ll win more games
Owner Jerry Jones won’t predict. i n the first quarter of the season than
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fight from ring
to state court
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A
dispute that pits the Florida Ath
letic Commission against Olympic
silver medalist Roy Jones Jr. and
his boxing promoters may end up
in court.
Jones and Square Ring Inc. vol
untarily gave up their state box
ing licenses after the Pensacola
fighter knocked out an impostor
at2:02of the first round of a July
Rjunior middleweight bout.
The promotors, however,
hink they have found a way for
ones to legally fight in Florida
without a license or the commis
sion's sanction. If they try it, the
commission would seek a court
order to block such a fight, said
land’s executive director, Don
lazelton.
“This whole thing is more silli
ness, more one-upmanship,” Ha-
zelton said Tuesday in T ampa,
where he was supervising a fight
card. “It’s not unexpected at all.”
Pensacola lawyer Fred Levin,
chief negotiator for Square Ring,
said Jones, 9-0 as a professional,
could return to the ring as early
as Sept. 11 in a fight that may be
held in Pensacola.
Levin contended the match
could be held without the com
mission’s sanction under a clause
in Florida’s boxing law that he
said allows such lights if pro
moted by a nationally chartered
veterans organization registered
with the state.
Hazelton said the provision is a
loophole in the law and not in
tended to let unlicensed boxers
fight in Florida.
“What they are basically saying
to the Unitea States of America is
that they can’t abide by the rules
and regulations,” Hazelton said.
“What’s the sense of having a
state commission if somebody can
[et an organization and say it (the
ight) is for charity?”
Jones, Square Ring and other
fighters promoted by the Pensa
cola company turned in their
state licenses after the commis
sion accused the promoters of
doing business with matchmaker
Gerome Peete of Memphis,
Tenn., although repeatedly
warned that Peete had been
banned from boxing in Florida.
Levin said the licenses were
surrendered because the commis
sion has dealt unfairly with his
group.
Brrmrrr!
Rockets president,
owner in joint venture
HOUSTON (AP) — Retirement
for Houston Rockets president Ray
Patterson means only that he is leav
ing basketball for hockey.
Patterson announced Wednesday
night that he was retiring from the
Rockets to devote full time to his
joint venture with Rockets owner
Charlie Thomas to bring a National
Hockey League expansion franchise
to play in The Summit.
He begins a two-year challenge
Saturday.
“I always envied Dallas because
they had a year to get ready for their
expansion (to the NBA),” Patterson
said. “I like the luxury of having
time to do it right.”
The World Hockey Association
Houston Aeros shared the Summit
with the Rockets in the late 1970s.
“I thought hockey went well the
last time it was here,” Patterson said.
“The Aeros out-drew the Rockets.
Had circumstances been different
with the ownership of the club,
they’d have stayed.”
Patterson, 69, helped the Rockets
to reach the NBA finals twice and
built the franchise from the ground
up in Houston.
Now he wants to do the same for
hockey.
“I guess I like building the house
more than maintaining it,” Patterson
said. “I like this stuff. I like doing it.”
Patterson has been the Rockets
chief operating officer for 18 years
and has been in the NBA 22 years.
The 1981 and 1986 Rockets lost to
Boston in the NBA finals.
Patterson turned over the duties
of general manager to his son Steve,
33, last year.
“I think it was time to have Steve
fully in charge of the program and I
also think there could be a conflict if
I started working full time on
hockey,” Patterson said.
Patterson built the Rockets from
an attendance low of 3,855 fans per
game in the 1973-74 season to a re
cord 16,611 in the 1987-88 season. It
was the first year in franchise history
that the home season was sold out.
Thomas has owned the Rockets
for the past eight years and is seek
ing to bring hockey to The Summit.
“I am looking forward to working
with Ray in pursuing the new hockey
franchise for Houston,” Thomas
said. “I feel Ray can bring the same
enthusiasm to hockey as he has in all
these years to basketoall. I feel this is
the end of one era and the begin
ning of another.”
Patterson said the highlight of his
Rockets career was winning the coin
toss for Ralph Sampson in 1983.
“That was the highlight and the
low point was when Ralph got hurt,”
Patterson said. “It set us back in mar
keting the Twin Towers.”
Sampson missed the 196-87 sea
son witn injuries and never returned
to form. He was traded to the
Golden State Warriors in December
1987.
Ryan
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an option on his services for next
season at a salary of $3.3 million. He
is earning $ 1.4 million this season.
“I try not to get excited about
what somebody else has to do,” man
ager Bobby Valentine said. “But if
he finishes strong, I’m pretty sure
he’ll come back. I don’t have any
concerns about that.”
The Rangers have made it clear
that they want the 43-year-old
hurler to return. He is second on the
team in victories with 12 and has
held opponents to a league-low .198
average.
Plus there is the fan appeal.
The Rangers are likely to draw
two million at home for the second
consecutive season. In the fran-
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chise’s previous 16 seasons, all with
out Ryan, the Rangers never drew
more than 1.76 million.
Ryan has been bothered with back
problems this season, but he has
pitched a no-hitter and reached his
milestone 300th victory on July 31.
“I would still like to pitch in an
other World Series,” said Ryan, who
appeared with the New York Mets in
the 1969 series. “That’s always been
a goal of mine. I think with our bal-
Iclub we’re not too far from being in
that type of situation.”
“Some of the factors that come
into play each year are how I’m
holding up physically, my perfor
mance, the ballclub’s attitude and
my family situation, whether every
body’s still enjoying it,” Ryan said.
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