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Feb. 6 LARGE 32 oz. 20 FLAVORS $3.50 4501 WELLBORN RD. 846-1816 Page 8 The Battalion Wednesday, February 6, Strickland undergoes surgery ••• from BOP to MCH SALE... CD’S/CASSETTES MAJOR LABELS TOP ARTISTS gery. Strickland suffered a broken first metacarpal — the bone just below the thumb — in a fight early Satur day outside Illusions nightclub in San Antonio, authorities said. AFFORDABLE PRICES Something for Everyone Pop, Rock, Folk, Jazz and Classics He is the second starter sidelined because of an injured hand. Forward Terry Cummings has a fractured second metacarpal in his left hand and had missed four games as of Tuesday afternoon. Strickland was expected to have his hand in a cast after the surgery. It was not known how long he would have to wear the cast or how many games he would miss beyond the five required by being placed on the in jured list, Sperisen said. Spurs owner Red McCombs has said he was disappointed about Strickland’s injury but that he would not take any disciplinary action. “He felt, yes, it was an unfortu nate thing to happen,” Sperisen said, “but (he’s) not upset at Rod.” Strickland, a third-year player from DePaul, came to the Spurs a year ago in a trade that sent point guard Maurice Cheeks to the New York Knicks. first time.” -Anonymous history majors A STIMULATING EXPERIENCE. (If you’ve never 4711 ’d, come to JCPenney and learn how. While supplies last, get a free T-shirt with any 4711 purchase.) TANK M C NAMARA® by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San An tonio Spurs guard Rod Strickland underwent surgery Tuesday to have a pin inserted in his right hand, which he broke during a fight out side a nightclub. The Spurs, meanwhile, signed guard Clifford Lett to a 10-day con tract Tuesday to fill Strickland’s ros ter position. Oo°og Cfc>»oC>' OCLO - r 1989-90 season for Pensacola in the Continental Basketball Association and was CBA rookie of the year. He played on 10-day contracts in April 1990 with the Chicago Bulls, and last fall was with the Denver Nuggets be fore he was waived in October. Strickland, the starting point guard, will be out indefinitely be cause of the injury and was placed on the injured list. Spurs spokesman Matt Sperisen said Tuesday afternoon team offi cials had not heard from team doc tors about the outcome of the sur- Lady Aggie netiers destroy SWTS By Michelle Bergeron Of The Battalion Staff The Texas A&M women’s tennis team opened the spring season with a decisive, 9-0 win over Southwest Texas State at the Omar Smith Ten nis Center Tuesday. The Lady Ags overpowered the Bobcats, winning every match in straight sets. The closest match SWT could muster only produced three games. A&M Head Coach Bobby Klei- necke said he was pleased with the Lady Aggies performance. “I feel like this was one of the best starts we’ve ever had with everyone coming out on top,” Kleinecke said. “We came out and took control from the start, and I am very happy about that.” As far as the rest of the season, Kleinecke said obviously the matches will start getting harder and harder, and he is cautiously optomistic about what they have in store. The Aggie women dominated the singles matches. A&M’s top seed Lynn Staley defeated SWT’s Tracey Martin 6-2,6-0. A&M’s second seed Tammi Agassi ousted SWT’s Mara Lencina 6-0, 6- 2. A&M’s number three player Cindy Churchwell trounced SWT’s Jennifer Bowman, 6-1, 6-1. Janine Burton-Durham, the fourth Aggie, ran over Bobcat Te resa Claiborne 6-3,6-3. Jenny Graf, A&M’s number five beat SWT’s Tara James, 6-2, 6-1. Lady Ag sixth netter Anna Schlumpf blanked Bobcat Brenda Haag 6-0,6-0. In doubles play, the team of Bui ton-Durham/Staley defeated Bow man/Martin 6-1,6-2. Lady Ag partners Churchwel 1/Graf stomped Bobcats Claiborne /Susie Scott 6-0, 6-1. “It’s a great opportunity foil Lynn,” Kleinecke said. "She is prof ably not as sharp as she was at the end of the fall season, but that! mainly because of the Christina) break. “One thing about Lynn, you she will give it her best shot.” Big East forms football league PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The 30-year dream of an Eastern football league became reality Tuesday with creation of another Big East confer ence. Athletic directors at eight proud football independents saw a future of nightmarish schedules, dominant leagues and dwindling television ex posure. “I think that the climate this time around almost forced the issue,” Syracuse athletic director Jake Crou- thamel said. “We’re talking about the integrity of the schedule and the need to play games. “When you put it in that context, you get a litde shaky-kneed.” Independents, said Rutgers ath letic director Fred Gruninger, “be came an endangered species.” Syracuse, Boston College, Miami of Florida and Pittsburgh, already Big East basketball members, will play Rutgers, Temple, West Virginia and Virginia Tech beginning this fall in the new football conference. Big East Commissioner Mike Trang- hese said they will choose a cham pion this year, but he’s not sure how THE EAST CONFERENCE yet because Miami and Virginia Tech will play only one conference game each. By 1995, all have agreed to play a minimum of five conference games a year. Rutgers, Temple and West Vir ginia will stay in the Atlantic 10 for all other sports, and Virginia Tech .will continue in the Metro Confer ence. William Flynn, recently retired Boston College athletic director who talked up an Eastern league for three decades, beamed and told clus tered reporters: “Fundamentally, we’ve been a league without name or association, and we’ve missed out on a lot by not being there.” Major market television was onj everyone’s mind. Tranjjhese saidthtS league would expand its 5-year-oldj! in-house network and aim for a fool ball game of the week. “We’re not going to take foil granted that people know it’s the Bi; East,” Tranghese said. “And bythfl end of 1991, people will probably/ sick and tired of hearing from us.” J The eight will meet next weeklo| decide what demands to makeofthcl College Football Association’s ne: work TV contract, Tranghese said “If we want a bowl tie in 1991,w ! probably will have one,” he saic making clear the Big East expec consideration from the majors. Miami brings much of the pm tige and money to the mix. Noon; would say how much the Hurricant get to keep, but Crouthamel de scribed the league’s revenue shark as “equal and minimal.” “As the conference grows and a! things change, certainly we’ll tab another look” at distribution ol| money, Miami interim athletic direc tor Paul Dee said, “probably soonei than later.” Prep eagers team handles loses well DALLAS (AP) — The margin of defeat on this Wednesday night is 35 points, yet another loss to an op ponent whose coach agrees to a running clock and benches his two best players. Patricia Rodriguez is a three-year veteran of the North Dallas High School girls basketball team, so she knows the post-loss routine well. She tugs at her bright orange uniform and shakes hands quickly on the crowded floor of Forester Fieldhouse. Walking toward the locker room, Rodriguez spots teammate Christina Herrera and breaks into a wide smile. The two girls hug as they run off together, gig gling hysterically. At North Dallas, they’ve learned to ignore the scoreboard. “When it gets out of hand, you just want to laugh,” Rodriguez says afterward. “I’ll usually sing something so I don’t have to think about it. I never remember the scores any Basketball’s version of ground zero has found a home these days in a cramped, second-floor gym at the corner of McKinney and Haskell. Six girls make up North Dallas’ varsity basketball team, including three who had never played before. Getting the ball past midcourt is an effort; rarely does the team'score more than one or two baskets in a game. The results, of course, are ugly and predictable. The Lady Bulldogs have lost 52 consecutive games by one count (school officials aren’t sure of the total) and have not scored 100 points this season — in 20 games. The losses, which come with numbing regularity, have grown progressively worse: Madison, 69-9; Car ter, 63-2. Last weekend, Samuell posted a 71-0 shutout With three games remaining, even their coach saysa third winless season is unavoidable. Yet the North Dal las girls keep coming back for more. “They’re amazing sometimes,” said John Heizelman, 42, the Lady Bulldogs’ first-year coach. “They simply believe in the essence of sport, which is to compete, 1 wonder sometimes where they get their resiliency." The reasons for North Dallas’ futility are no mystery The school of 1,400 students was moved from Class 4A to 5A this season, a year after four of the team's besi players walked off the team after a dispute with the for mer coach. The players later were suspended from spring sports and didn’t return for basketball this season. Hetzelman was left scouring the halls, trying to convince girls to try out. “You could tell the first day we weren’t going to win any games,” said Herrera, a sophomore guard who played last season. “When I came out and saw whatwt had, I just said ‘Oh my God, this is going to be terrible. She was right. The season started with the loss tt Madison and nearly ended Dec. 27, after the Lady Bull dogs suffered through the opening day of the annual Dr Pepper Tournament. In one six-hour stretch, North Dallas played two games and was outscored 183-17 by Wilmer-Hutchins and Skyline. “We played Wilmer-Hutchins in the morning, and I didn’t want to go back out after halftime,” Herrera said of the 128-7 loss. msx. fi i?rlessons free MSC VISUAL ARTS Free art lessons every Thursday at 7:00 p.m Learn to draw, understand, and appreciate art. Meet in front of the MSC Forsyth Center Galleries (across from the post office in the MSC) and remember, it f s free so come on out! ! ! 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