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journalism.
Bryan-College Station’s KBTX
television station sent sports director
Ron Crozier to Hawaii last week to cover
the Texas A&M — Hawaii football
game. No problem there ... if you forget
the fact that Crozier left Tuesday for
Saturday’s game.
He probably needed to acclimate
himself to the time change so he
wouldn’t fumble around words when
trying to give his Hawaiian report.
So KBTX sent a crew to cover
Crozier’s Sendoff from the airport.
You’ve gotta be kidding.
We’re not talking about the president
making a historic trip to China. We’re
not talking about an American hostage
returning from years of captivity in the
Middle East.
We’re talking about a sports director
flying to Hawaii a week early to “cover
the game.”
1 use the phrase “cover the game”
loosely.
You see, Crozier was the host of the
Aloha Aggies Report — a snipet here or
there of quality sports journalism.
Crozier asked all the hard-hitting
questions of local natives.
“Do you know who the Aggies are?,”
Crozier asked the local beach population
that was more intent on the Hawaiian
surf than some guy with an ugly hat and
a tourist lei wrapped around his neck
wanting to know if they knew about us.
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Tanuvasa, some Hawaiian announcer,
coming to A&M and asking you if you
knew what a Rainbow Wahine is?
Iguess I wouldn’t be so bitter if I had
the opportunity to travel to Hawaii to
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HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Oilers
have discussed a possible three-way trade
involving Oilers running back Alonzo
Highsmith and linebackers Jesse Solomon
of the Dallas Cowboys and Lawrence Tay
lor of the New York Giants, a newspaper
reported Sunday.
The Houston Chronicle said the trade
would send Highsmith to the Cowboys, So
lomon to the Giants and Taylor to the Oil
ers. The transaction also would include ex
tra draft choices for the Giants, the
Chronicle reported.
During a meeting Saturday afternoon in
the Oilers’ hotel before Houston’s exhibi
tion game in Irving, Texas, against the
Cowboys, general manager Mike Holovak
talked with Taylor’s agent, Joe Courrege,
talked about the possibilities, the newspa
per said.
“The problem with a three-way deal is
that three sides have to agree,” Holovak
said. “It’s hard enough to get two sides to
agree on anything.
Asked about the odds of Taylor ever
wearing an Oilers’ uniform, Holovak said,
“About the same odds as getting a hole-in-
one. Maybe not a million-to-one odds, but
something close to that."
Holovak added:
‘Tve got to give Joe Courrege credit,
though. He’s working real hard on some
things. He’s got some good ideas. The big
gest thing in any deal (for Taylor) is still the
money. I haven’t talked to George Young
(Giants general manager) yet, but I plan on
calling him.”
Taylor, a nine-time Pro Bowl selection, is
trying to renegotiate his contract with the
Giants. He wants close to $2 million per
year.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones confirmed
Saturday that he has talked with Houston’s
management about Highsmith. Oilers
coach Jack Pardee said a stumbling block in
a two-way trade with Dallas was his insis
tence on a front-line defensive player in ex
change for Highsmith.
The Oilers nave already turned down the
Cowboys’ offer of Solomon for Highsmith.
Solomon, who came to the Cowboys in the
controversial Herschel Walker-to-Minne-
sota trade last year, is a free agent who has
not signed a new contract.
The Cowboys have offered a second-
round draft choice and a conditional
fourth-round pick that would escalate as
high as a No. 2 depending on how many
yards Highsmith gained.
“We want a player, not draft choices,”
Pardee said.
Holovak said he met briefly with Dallas
coach Jimmy Johnson before the game Sat-
First-class ticket to paradise
No. 13 Aggies impressive in first win
T
From Staff and Wire Reports
R.C. Slocum said he didn’t think it was
going to be paradise. But Hawaii greeted
Texas A&M in true island spirit Satur
day, handing it an easy 2S-13 victory,
and a lei.
The Aggies entered the University of
Hawaii’s Aloha Bowl with doubts and
uncertainties. Slocum said he felt the
trip, combined with the time change,
might take a heavy toll on his team.
But in crossing five time zones to meet
the Rainbows, the No. 13 Aggies didn’t
lose a step.
Darren Lewis rushed for 117 yards on
24 carries, including 101 yards and a
touchdown in the first half. He finished
with his 18th 100-yard game,
Curtis Dickey’s school record of 1 1
Lewis also bolstered his career stats to
3,438 yards rushing, just behind Dick
ey’s A&M record 3,703 yards.
Fullback Robert Wilson, along with
Lewis, punched through the Hawaii de
fensive line for a combined 18 points —
12 scored by Wilson in the first half.
While giving the running backs a rest,
the Aggies went to their two tight ends,
transfer Derek Ware and senior Dennis
Ransom. Ware had a total 47 yards and a
touchdown in the second quarter for his
first TD as an Aggie.
The Aggies dominated from the be
ginning despite a 36-yard kickoff return
by UH’s Larry Khan-Smith. The Rain
bows were forced to punt after four
plays.
On its next possession, Hawaii run
ning back Jamal Farmer took a handoff
to the left and was hit by A&M line
backer Anthony Williams, who forced a
fumble. Albert Jones recovered the ball
for the Aggies on the Hawaii 32-yard
line.
Seven plays and two minutes later
A&M was on the board after Lewis dived
over the line for a 1-yard touchdown.
Again the Rainbows w-ere held to four
plays before punting back to the Aggies.
Receiving the ball on its 36-yard line,
A&M drove 64 yards with a 10-yard TD
run by Wilson around the left side.
Hawaii coach Bob Wagner said that
he was not suprised by the power of the
Aggie squad.
“I didn’t think that there were any su
nrises," Wagner said. “We made a play
nere and there, but not enough of them
consistently, and didn't take care of busi
ness.’’
Hawaii got its first score in the second
Photo by Phelan M. Ebenback
Linebackers William Thomas (11) and Otis Nealy (56) sack Hawaii quar
terback Garrett Gabriel in the first quarter. The Aggies won, 28-13.
quarter. Quarterback Garrett Gabriel
connected with Jeff Sydner for a 32-yard
gain, eventually setting up a 47-yard
field goal by Jason Elam and the score
stood 14-3, A&M.
A&M defensive back Chris Grooms
blocked a UH punt, setting up the next
Aggie drive at the Hawaii 16-yard line.
On the fifth play, quarterback Lance
ght befo
Pavlas rolled right
See Aggies/Page 10
fore making a short
Mac stages return
by beating No. 7
Sanchez at Open
NEW YORK (AP) — Mac magic is alive
at the U.S. Open.
John McEnroe came out roaring, his
racket spinning winners and his voice bark
ing at officials. Four hours, 20 minutes
later, after a noble comeback and five-set
triumph over a usually tireless Emilio San
chez, McEnroe seemed as if he were about
to float off the court.
No one would have been amazed if he
did after watching him, at age 31, unseeded
and on the edge of retirement, recover his
skills and find enough energy to beat the
No. 7 Sanchez of Spain 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 4-6, 6-
4, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals.
McEnroe, a four-time U.S. Open cham
pion who began the year by getting thrown
out of the Australian Open, held his temper
in check after an early blowup over a line
call.
Beyond style and touch in his range of
shots, he showed the resilience lacking in
recent years as he refused to fold after fall
ing behind two sets to one.
“It’s my biggest win this year,” McEnroe
said. “The crowd was very into it. At the
end, they were very wrapped up and that
put me in another gear. At 4-4 (in the
fourth set) they gave me a big hand. I
dropped two quick points and was worried
for a second. Maybe it was a goodbye hand,
since he could have been serving for the
See McEnroe/Page 10
SWC makes even record
in first-weekend games
Associated Press
The Texas Aggies showed they could en
joy paradise and play football at the same
time.
Rice tailback Trevor Cobb showed he
could be one of the surprise running backs
in the Southwest Conference this year.
The Baylor Bears showed some class and
brought a measure of pride to the SWC by
making No. 7 ranked Nebraska struggle.
Texas Christian showed no offense.
Thanks to the Aggies and the Rice Owls,
the SWC broke even in the first, test against
intersectional rivals on Saturday.
A&M roughed up the Hawaii Rainbows,
who are always tough on their home island,
28-13 while Rice whipped Atlantic Coast
Conference foe Wake Forest 33-17 as Cobb
rushed for 175 yards and the Owls snapped
a 14-game home losing streak.
Baylor played Nebraska tough, but lost
13-0 because the offense couldn’t get going
under sophomore quarterback Steve Need
ham, subbing for the injured Brad Goebel.
Washington State thumped Texas Chris
tian, 21-3, in the only other game involving
conference clubs .
In games next week, Texas opens up up
at Penn State in an 11 a.m. regionally tele
vised clash, TCU is at Missouri at 1:30 pm,
Texas Tech is at Ohio State in a 2:30 p.m.
(regional TV), Nevada-Las Vegas at Hous
ton at 4 p.m, Tulane at Rice at 6 p.m, Van
derbilt at SMU at 7 p.m, and Baylor at Ari
zona State at 9:30 p.m.
The 13th-ranked Aggies will have two
weeks off before they play again on Sept.
15, hosting Southwestern Louisiana.
Darren Lewis rushed for 117 yards and
scored a touchdown for A&M while full
back Robert Wilson scored twice and pro
vided the blocking for Lewis’ runs.
Lewis set a school record for 100-yard
games in his career—his 18th, breaking a
mark he shared with Curtis Dickey.
“We accomplished what we set out to
do,” said A&M coach R.C. Slocum. “We had
a good time and controlled the ball with our
running game. Our -defense played pretty
well, too.’
A&M’s suspect defensive line helped
hold Hawaii to only four yards rushing.
Baylor was applauded by the crowd of
70,000 fans in Lincoln for its tough fight
against the Cornhuskers.
“They had two big plays and that was it,”
said Baylor coach Grant Teaff. “We played
tough defense. And I thought Steve did a
against a home
ling record for a
freshman last year with 545 yards.
“This year he really khows what to do,”
said Rice coach Fred Goldsmith. “There is
no hesitation when he hits the line.”
urday night.
“We talked about the same thing we
talked about the last two or three days —ex
actly the same. There was no headway. Ei
ther I say yes, or I say no. They want him,
no question,” Holovok said.
The Oilers are listening to offers for
Highsmith. Such teams as Dallas, Denver,
Chicago, Miami and New England have
shown the most interest in Highsmith.
“If I had a preference, I’d trade him to
an NFC team, Holovak said. “I could make
a deal for draft choices now, but I still want
a player.”
Highsmith played college ball at the Uni
versity of Miami when Johnson was the
coach there.
Highsmith was told before the game that
a trade was a likelihood and that he would
not be playing against the Cowboys. He was
in uniform, but didn’t play.
“I could easily play for Jimmy,” Highs
mith said.
Lady Aggies
swept by No. 2
Hawaii broom
The Texas A&M volleyball team will re
member its trip to Hawaii.
Not so much for the beautiful, tropical
scenery the Aggies saw, but for the lessons
they learned playing a team like the Rain
bow Wahines.
The Lady Aggies opened the 1990 sea
son with two losses to second-ranked team
in the nation.
Hawaii defeated A&M 15-5, 15-9, and
15-9 Friday night and 15-5, 15-11, and 15-8
in Saturday night’s match.
Coach A1 Givens opened his fifth year as
the Lady Aggies head coach hoping to use
the matches in Hawaii as a learning tool for
a young team.
What he saw was some strong individual
performances in the hard fought losses.
Hawaii grabbed the lead from a nervous
A&M team in each of the three games Fri
day night and only relinquished it once be
fore running off six straight points in the
third game to take the match.
A&M could not stop the Rainbow Wa
hines offensive attack.
Hawaii’s Karrie Trieschman and Malin
Fransson combined for 26 of the team’s 42
kills, while Hawaii’s setter Cheri Boyer
added five kills to her 31 assists to help the
UH effort.
A&M sophomore Elizabeth Edmiston re
corded 16 kills in 23 attempts in the first
match.
Edmiston got a lot of help from senior
setter Krista Hierholzer, who had 19 assists.
Edmiston and Hierholzer again led the
Aggies’ attack in the second match. The two
players combined with senior middle-
blocker Amy Cumings for 25 of the team’s
39 kills.
Hierholzer also had 17 assists. Redshirt
freshman Sheila Morgan and transfer Di
ane Robertson made their prescence felt
with five and four kills, respectively.
But as the Lady Aggies began to get
more confident, so did the Hawaiian team.
The Rainbow Wahines had seven players
with positive hitting percentage, lead by
Trieschman with 17 kills in 27 attempts.
UH also covered the court with 62 digs, al
most doubling A&M’s 32.
The Lady Aggie Volleyball team returns
to College Station today and will begin pre
paring for two matches this weekend at G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
The Aggies will face North Texas Uni
versity in their season opener on Friday and
will play the University of Idaho on Satur
day. Both matches start at 7 p.m.
Cowboys make
final cuts to get
to 47-man roster
IRVING (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys
got down to the 47-man limit on Sunday
with their final cuts, which included vet
eran running back Terrence Flagler,
tight end Steve Folsom and running
backs Lorenzo Hampton and Broderick
Sargent.
Other cuts included wide receiver
Derrick Shepard, linebacker Randy
Shannon, guard Greg Johnson, tackle
Mike Graybill and guard Dave Franks.
The Cowboys also made injury set
tlement offers to tight end Keith Jen
nings, linebacker Willis Crockett and
wide receiver Michael Williams. If the
offers aren’t accepted, then the Cowboys
will waive all three.
Offensive lineman Louis Cheek made
the club but won’t be on the club’s active
roster for the season’s start; the NFL sus
pended him through the first three
weeks of the season for steroid use.
Flagler, who drew Coach Jimmy John
son’s ire by criticizing his practice meth
ods in training camp, came to the Cow
boys from the San Francisco 49ers in a
trade that also included defensive end
Daniel Stubbs.
“I knew it (the cut) was coming when I
didn’t play last night (in the Cowboys-
Houston Oilers exhibition game),” Flag
ler said. “It all started when I missed cur
few in training camp. The next day I was
on the third team and things went down
hill after drat.”
Flagler said he knew that he was not a
great blocker, but added: “I tried.”
Johnson said Stubbs was “the primary
reason” for the trade with the 49ers.