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April 16,1), -ullar ©iqq| JulTi' too to ^ ES P0KI//6 w«er TS THl: -K- Kowalski Sa/m, \<5uVf 6or tfUTiFoL SLulM n? 0e aNniia; < revenue re jcrepancies in ts a minimii local propertr i wealthier to .stricts will egions draw ty lines, do not have to enerated ovti which starts 0 property vai' to $1 in (on a revenue af limit fundi ; Know SAT :di Craig Wilson Sportswriter Magic knows no equal in art of passing inning is nothing new to Earvin "Magic" Johnson. He won a Michigan high school state championship in 1977. Johnson was the catalyst of a Michigan State team that, with the help of Jay Vincent and Greg Kelser, won the national championship in 1979. In his first season in the NBA (1980) as a Los Angeles Laker, he poured in 42 points and grabbed 17 rebounds — in Kareem Abdul- Jabbar's absence — in the sixth and final game of the 1980 championship series. Proving his versatility, he played all three positions. Since that first amazing NBA campaign, he has been compared with none other than Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics, statistically and influentially. Larry Bird was on the losing Indiana State team that Johnson helped beat in 1979, but Bird was the Rookie of the Year in the NBA during the same season Johnson's Lakers won the title. The comparisons go on and on. Many say that Magic cries too much about being fouled. But so do Michael Jordan, Karl Malone and Charles Barkley. The great ones always have a beef when the whistle See Magic/Page 6 Harrison fires Ags past From Staff and Wire Reports Behind the stellar pitching of Brian Harrison, Texas A&M beat Rice 7-4 Monday night in Southwest Confer ence baseball action. The victory completes a rain- delayed three- game sweep of the Owls in Houston. With the vic tory, the Aggies move into a fourth place tie with TCU in SWC play at 6-6 and improve to 34- 16 overall. Rice Brian Harrison lifted the Ags with 7 2-3 innings of strong relief. falls to 6-12 in conference and 16-31 on the season. The Aggies face Sam Houston State tonight at Olsen Field at 7 p.m. A&M starter Jason Hutchins went one and one-third innings, giving up one run on one hit, before head coacn Mark Johnson went to his bullpen. Harrison, matching his longest out ing of the season, gave up five hits and two runs in seven and two-thirds in nings of work. Harrison (4-0) also tied a career high with six strikeouts while walking only one batter. At one point, Harrison had retired eight consecutive batters and allowed only 2-of-17 hitters to reach base. No Rice batter reached third base un til Harry Duffy knocked in a pair of Owls, into runs in the eigth. A&M grabbed a 3-1 lead in the sec ond inning on two hits and two errors. Jason Marshall's fielder's choice scored Travis Williams for the only earned run of the inning. Marshall knocked in two more runs in the fifth with a single, giving the Ag gies a 5-1 lead. An inning later, Brian Thomas completed the Aggie scoring with a two-run home run. Marshall led the Aggies with three RBI and Thomas drove-in two. A&M second baseman Sittichoke Huckuntod went 3-for-5 and drove in a run. Rice took a 1-0 lead in the first on a walk to Donald Allen, a stolen base and John Eierman's double to left. 4th place SWC Standings T*»m W L Pet. W L Pet Texas 9 3 .750 36 12 .750 Baylor T 5 .583 33 10 .767 Texas Tech . .7 5 .533 37 13 .740 Texes AAM .6 6 .500 34 16 .673 TCU 6 6 .500 27 17 .614 Aritensas . 7 8 467 32 15 .681 Houston ...6 7 .417 28 14 .667 Rice Baylor 8. Houston 6 TCU 4. Arkansas 1 ...6 12 .333 Friday’s games 16 31 .348 T«xm A AM art Rice. ppd. rain Texas 14, Texas Tech 4 Saturday ’a oanrtee Arkansas 12. TCU 2 Houston at Baylor (2). ppd. rain Taxss AAM 4-8, Ftioe 3-2 Texas Tech lO. Texas 0,1 Sunday's games TCU 4, Arkansas 1 Texss AAM at Rice, ppd. rain Saylor 5-0, Houston 1 -5 Monday 's game Texas AAM 7. RiceS Bagwell's late homer lets Astros slide hy Braves ATLANTA (AP) — Jeff Bagwell's first major-league homer, a two-run shot in the ninth inning, gave the Houston Astros a 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night. Ken Caminiti, who had three hits, singled with two outs off Kent Mercker (0-1) and Bagwell followed with a drive over the left-field fence. Bagwell, acquired from Boston last season for reliever Larry Andersen, won a job with Houston by having a strong spring training. Houston reliever A1 Osuna (1-0) picked up the victory by pitching two- thirds of an inning and Curt Schilling got the last two outs for his second save. The Astros tied it 1-1 in the sixth when Craig Biggio hit a home run over the left-field fence off starter John Smoltz. Cardinals 5, Expos 4 MONTREAL — Pedro Guerrero hit two homers, including a leadoff blast in the ninth inning that sparked a three-run St. Louis rally. With the Cardinals trailing 4-2, Guerrero opened the ninth with a homer off Tim Burke (1-1). Felix Jose followed with a single and scored when Todd Zeile tripled off the center field fence. Zeile then scored the go- ahead run on Tom Pagnozzi's sacrifice fly to right. Cubs 5, Phillies 4 CHICAGO — Greg Maddux pitched three-hit ball for seven innings and Andre Dawson hit his first home run of the season as the Cubs took advantage of four wild pitches by starter Jason Grimsley. Mets 9, Pirates 3 PITTSBURGH — Howard Johnson drove in four runs, including a run scoring single in a six-run ninth inning, to keep David Cone undefeated in seven career decisions against the Pi rates. With the score 3-3, reliever Bob Kip per (1-1) started the ninth by walking Gregg Jefferies and Vince Coleman. White Sox edge Yankees, stay unbeaten; O's club Brewers NEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago White Sox remained baseball's only unbeaten team, sloshing to their fifth straight victory and spoiling the New York Yankees' home opener on Scott Fletcher's four hits. Greg Hibbard (2-0) gave up four hits, all in succession and capped by Kevin Maas' three-run homer in the third in ning, and left after a leadoff walk in the eighth. Bobby Thigpen, Chicago's fourth pitcher in the eighth, went 1 1-3 in nings and got his third save despite al lowing Scott Lusader's two-out RBI single in the ninth. Thigpen struck out Steve Sax with the bases loaded to end the game. Orioles 7, Brewers 2 MILWAUKEE — Sam Horn hit a grand slam and Glenn Davis got his first American League homer in the Brewers' home opener. Indians 1, Red Sox 0 BOSTON — Brook Jacoby broke up a scoreless tie by hitting a home *un in the 13th inning. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3 DETROIT — Kelly Gruber homered for the second consecutive game as the Jays got off to their best start since 1984. Mariners 8, Twins 4 SEATTLE — The Mariners won their first game of the season behind homers from Edgar Martinez and Tracy Jones. Auar BRINGS YOU A SPECIAL FREE PREVIEW SCREENING IJflflGSIEf] "SNAPS" PB0V0L0NE HAS UNTIL NOON 10 BECOME AN HONEST MAN, SY LVCSTC£ STALLONE IN OSCAR IK CRIME MID COMEDV.TIMING IS EVEIMHIHG. 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