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Patriots ’ Mowatt denying harassment charge
BOSTON (AP) — Tight end Zeke
Mowatt, ending his silence on the al
legations, denies he made lewd re
marks to a reporter in the New En
gland Patriots’ locker room.
Lisa Olson of the Boston Herald
said she was harassed as she sat on a
bench interviewing defensive back
Maurice Hurst on Sept. 17, a prac
tice day.
“I am deeply troubled by what has
been said about and attributed to
me,” Mowatt said. “The only com
ment I made to the reporter was:
‘You are not writing; you are looking
(at us).’ That is all I said and all that I
personally am aware of.
“In hindsight, perhaps that was
inappropriate. And I apologize for
NFL commissioner’s decision expected to be later this week
any embarrassment that comment
caused her,” he said.
The reporter said Mowatt stood
close to her, exposed himself and
made lewd remarks.
She said several other players
whom she could not identify made
similar comments. Reports indicated
Mowatt was fined $2,000.
The Herald said five players were
involved.
Mowatt said that his “religious va
lues and my character would never
allow me to do or say anything as dis
respectful as has been reported to
any human being.”
Mowatt, who said he was “equally
hurt by this situation,” said he hoped
that it could be resolved so that he
could do what he came to the Patri
ots for — help them win a
championship.
Earlier, NFL commissioner Paul
Tagliabue ordered Mowatt to report
to the NFL office in New York by
last Friday. But the meeting was put
off until the counsel was appointed.
“We’ll probably have a decision
early (this) week,” an NFL spokeswo
man said.
On Thursday, Patriots owner Vic
tor Kiam said the team would coop
erate fully with the independent
counsel, who will be appointed by
the league.
But Kiam’s remarks, five days af
ter the incident, helped to ignite the
situation.
He was quoted in an interview
with the Herald as saying, “I can’t
disagree with the players’ actions.”
“Your paper’s asking for trouble
sending a female reporter to cover
the team. Why not stand in front of
her if she’s an intruder,” he said.
After last Sunday’s 41-7 loss in
Cincinnati, Kiam called Olson “a
classic bitch,” according to at least
two reporters standing near him in
the Patriots’ locker room. Kiam has
insisted he said only that he called
Olson “aggressive.”
Kiam’s remarks spurred the local
chapter of the National Organiza
tion for Women to urge women not
to buy goods made by Remington
Products Ific.
Remington makes electric shavers
and targets much of its business to
women.
NOW condemned the players’ be
havior as “intolerable and illegal,”
and called for them to issue “a for
mal and substantive apology.”
In a written statement Thursday,
Kiam said, “We look forward to the
opportunity to present the facts as
we know them to the independent
investigator.
“I repeat my apology to the re
porter, Lisa Olson, and regret any
remarks which I made which may
have been misconstrued as having
condoned the locker room actions. I
am truly sorry that any offensive in
cident occurred. We have a wonder
ful team and organization com
prised of many outstanding
individuals.”
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By NADJA SABAWALA
Of The Battalion Staff
BATON ROUGE, La. — The temper
ature in Louisiana State’s “Death Valley”
stadium brought even the most sedate
players to boiling point. Just ask Texas
A&M’s Darren Lewis.
The senior tailback was ejected in the
second quarter of the Aggies’ 17-8 loss in
a game which flew almost as many flags
in the state of Texas.
The sellout Tiger Stadium crowd of
77,703 was treated to a penalty showcase
as LSU picked up four 15-yard penalties
for unsportsmanlike conduct. A&M had
one when Lewis threw a punch at an
LSU player who had pushed him out of
bounds.
Aggie head coach R.C. Slocum said
Lewis claimed he was tackled out of
bounds and tried to push his tackier
back.
“Sure, I’m upset with Darren,” Slo
cum said. “Those are things that you talk
about and you work on. You can’t make
those kinds of mistakes. It’s a mistake
that a young player made in a crucial sit
uation, and you can’t do that.”
Added to the loss of Lewis, A&M’s of
fense failed to*‘capitalize on the free
yardage handed out by an overanxious
Tiger squad. Senior quarterback Lance
Pavlas went into the game without an in
terception but left with three — the first
on his first pass of the game.
“It was bad play on my part and I take
responsibility for those interceptions,”
Pavlas said. “Sometimes it happens and
you’ve got to bounce back. Our team did
a good job of not letting the turnovers
make us quit.”
A&M and LSU (both 3-1), played an
uneventful first half, with the greatest
yardage occurring on penalties. The Ti
ger bench was flagged in the first quarter
tor unsportsmanlike conduct, damaging
what was shaping up to be a scoring
drive. Instead, LSU was forced to punt
from their own 44.
After Lewis’ ejection, the Aggies at
tempted an end-around pass on a re
verse. Wide receiver Felton Ransby’s
pass to Shane Garrett was tipped up and
intercepted on the LSU 9-yard line.
The Tigers drove into field goal range
with 1:29 remaining in the first half, but
the kick was blocked by A&M’s Derrick
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LSU’s Wayne Williams breaks up a second quarter pass to Cornelius Patterson.
Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack
Slocum: Lewis
call should have
been offsetting
By RICHARD TIJERINA
Of The Battalion Staff
Texas A&M head football coach R.C.
Slocum said Sunday he thought the ref
eree should have called offsetting penal
ties on the play where Darren Lewis was
ejected from A&M’s 17-8 loss to Loui
siana State.
“I was very disappointed that he was
ejected in the game,” Slocum said of the
play early in the second quarter. “I
thought it should have been off-setting
penalties. But that’s a judgement call
and obviously I wasn’t wearing the
striped shirt.”
The play occurred when the Aggies
were driving deep into LSU territory for
the first time of the night. Lewis ran
around the left side for a five-yard gain
when Tiger cornerback Derriel McCor-
vey pushed him out of bounds.
Words were exchanged, and Lewis
threw an at into McCorvey’s head. The
Aggies were penalized 15 yards for un
sportsmanlike conduct, and Lewis was
thrown out of the game.
The game was called by an all-South-
west Conference officiating crew.
“Both teams were getting after each
other,” Slocums said. “People were fly
ing around and hitting each other. One
of their players got right in Darren’s
face, slapped him upside the head and
said something to him. Darren retaliated
and got caught.”
Slocum said the call was crucial not
only because Lewis, who had gained 31
yards in the game, was ejected, but it
halted the Aggies’ drive. On the next
play, LSU intercepted an A&M pass on
the nine-yard line.
“At that time we were moving the
football into scoring position,” Slocum
said. “On that play, it’s going to be sec-
ond-and-five at the 25, and it turned out
to be second-and-20 back on the 40.”
Backup running back Randy Sim
mons came in for Lewis, and ended up
with 77 yards on 15 carries.
“Darren was making some plays,” Slo
cum said. “Darren has a particular feel
for running a number of the plays we
run. It certainly took away from our of
fense. We had an All-American tailback
sitting on the bench for almost three
quarters.
“That’s a distraction to your team. Not
only do you lose him on the field, but it
takes away from your team a little bit
mentally.”
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rom Staff and Wire Reports
Texas A&M junior tennis player
latt Zisette defeated LSU’s Johan
telbrink 6-3, 7-5 at the All-Ameri-
an Tennis Tournament in Austin
aturday, and A&M tennis coach
)avid Kent said the win should give
■isette the confidence to have a good
par.
Melbrink, LSU’s No. 1 player, fin-
ihed last year ranked No. 17 in the
Country.
The Aggie tennis team also saw
tion in the A&M Five-Way tourna-
I Blent, which included Baylor, Rice,
■exas Christian and Oklahoma
State. A&M freshman Mark Weaver
1st 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the semifinals to
ISU’s No. 2 player, Justin Stead.
) The A&M doubles team of fresh-
iian Adam King and senior Steve
tennedy, unseeded in the doubles
paw, advanced to the semifinals
Bid will play the top-ranked doubles
lam of Stead and Eric Fahnestock
fom OSU in the finals.
The match begins at 9 a.m. at the
mar Smith Tennis Center.
|| Fahnestock and Stead also will
face each other in the singles final
imorrow. The time for the match
snot been determined yet.
By SCOTT WUDEL
Of The Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M women’s volley
ball team found that a change of
scenery may have been just what the
doctor ordered.
The Lady Aggies went unde
feated in three matches to win the
Texas A&M-Hampton Inn Invitatio
nal this weekend at G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
The Lady Aggies won the tourna
ment for the first time in the four
years the school has hosted it.
They lost only one game in three
victories over the University of
Northeast Louisiana, the University
of New Orleans, and Southern Illi
nois University.
The Aggies defeated UNL 15-6,
8-15, 15-7, 15-6 Friday night. Satur
day A&M was victorious over UNO
15-13, 15-11, 15-7, and SIU 15-6,
15-8, 16-14.
Last Wednesday following A&M’s
loss to Sam Houston State and its
seventh loss in the last eight tries,
Coach Al Givens said he wished he
was a psychologist so that he could
help the team with its woes on the
court.
Givens said he was pleased with
the Aggies’ performance in the tour
“As far as winning the tournament, that feels
great. We needed these three wins in a row to
pick ourselves back up after the losing
streak.”
Elizabeth Edmiston,
tournament MVP
nament.
“Each match we progressed and
got better during the tournament,”
Givens said. “And the level of play
on our side of the court and the flow
isjust so much better.”
The Lady Aggies appeared ready
to play in front of the borne crowd in
their first match against Northeast
Louisiana.
Both teams dueled it out until the
Lady Aggies scored five straight
points and took the lead 6-3 in the
first game with impressive play from
the A&M frontline.
The Aggies blocked shots contin
uously throughout the night to keep
the Lady Indians off balance.
Elizabeth Edmiston’s service ace
ended the second game quickly and
the Lady Aggies appeared to have
the momentum to end the match in
three games. But the Lady Indians
surprised the Aggies and took the
third game.
The Lady Aggies let Northeast
Lousiana make the mistakes that
would turn into Aggie points. Ed
miston and Krista Hierholzer com
bined to block a UNO kill and win
the match.
A&M converted one out of every
four kills it attempted in the match.
Outside attacker Kim Mitchell
had seven of A&M’s 53 kills and said
the team was ready to come home
and play in more familiar surround
ings.
“We’ve been on the road a lot, and
played some tough teams and tough
matches,” Mitchell said. “It is just
nice to be at home. It felt so much
better.
“We just decided amongst our
selves that we were going to have fun
and enjoy the game and play as good
as we can,” she said.
Amy Cumings had a game-high
14 kills and Hierholzer posted 49 as
sists.
Saturday the Lady Aggies contin
ued their aggressive play.
UNO had jumped out to an 8-2
lead in the first game, but Raychelle
Michalke came off the A&M bench
to give the Aggies a boost and tie the
game at 11. The Aggies held off the
Buc-kettes to win the game.
A&M was down in the second
game, 10-6, but pulled out another
win.
A&M wasted no time finishing the
match, grabbing an 8-2 lead with the
help of Diane Robertson’s kills.
Michalke again came in to add im
portant kills to the Aggie offense be
fore Genny Wood’s long kill gave the
Lady Aggies the final point and the
match.
Edmiston led the Aggies with 13
kills and Sheri Hermesmeyer was
impressive on defense with 16 digs.
Saturday night the Lady Aggies
had to beat SIU to ensure them
selves of the tournament victory.
Hierholzer led the team through
out the match with her play — blocks
at the net, kills and assists.
Cumings ended the second game
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Razorbacks
sloppy, but
win anyway
LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Ar
kansas Coach Jack Crowe wanted
to use Glen Ray Hines to do the
punting in the second half against
Colorado State, but he never got
the chance.
“I like punting much more
than the alternative we chose in
the second half,” Crowe said.
He was referring to Four Ar
kansas turnovers — Quinn Gro-
vey’s first pass interception of the
season and three fumbles.
Still, the Razorbacks survived.
Grovey made the key plays in a
six-play, 74-yard drive that broke
a 17*17 tie in the third quarter.
Tailbacks Ron Dickerson and Aa
ron Jackson turned in some big
runs in the 83-yard drive that
wrapped up a 31-20 decision over
the Rams.
“We felt we could wear them
down and would have the oppor
tunity to control the game with
our running game in the fourth
quarter,” Crowe said. “That’s
what happened. Our backs did a
good job of running in the fourth
quarter.”
Dickerson, who netted 80
yards on 13 carries, got the final
TD drive started when he ran
over a defender on his way to a
30-yard gain.