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Tie Detroit Tigers, after blowing a
tix-run lead, bounced back to beat
(he Texas Rangers 12-8.
Mickey Tettleton, Rob Deer
and Travis Fryman also connected
for Detroit, which leads the ma-
Tu", "’■ors with 25 home runs. The
y.fingers scored six runs in the first
Brining, but Texas came back to tie
i- S f i |tat 7 on Rafael Palmeiro's grand
ltlonfoik slam in the fourth.
Fielder led off the fifth with a
424-foot home run and an 8-7
edge. Fielder homered for the sec
ond straight night, and has seven
home runs and a major league
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was the loser.
Night time a new time to fish
Night fishing is exactly what
it sounds like. You fish after
dark to take advantage of fish
feeding after most fishermen
have loaded the boat on the trail
er and headed home for the day.
Now, I've done my share of
night fishing, but a method that I
recently learned from a friend
has got to win the award for the
oddest style of fishing, short of
sailfishing with kites.
Traditionally, fishermen will
fish after dark using a bright
light to attract smaller fish or in
sects. Naturally, gamefish are at
tracted to the accumulation of
food and hang around to get an
easy meal. Another method is to
fish as you would during the
day, but do it at night. These are
for the traditional night fisher
men.
Enter this new method that
was brought all the way from
Table Rock Lake in Missouri,
and any shred of tradition flies
right out the window.
It employs a fishing line
known as solar monofilament,
and to look at the line you might
think that it is nothing more than
a gimmick. How does that say
ing go — "It doesn't matter if it'll
catch fish, what matters is if you
can sell the fisherman on it" ?
Anyway, the line looks like a
joke.
It is fluorescent green, a far
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cry from usual line colors which
vary between clear, gray, yellow
and aqua. 1 thought the idea of
fishing line was making a color
invisible to the fish, but remem
ber, we're fishing at night.
The second element neces
sary to this style of fishing is a
special black light that attaches
to the side of the boat with suc
tion cups and casts its dim beam
over the water. It must be com
pletely dark for the light to be ef
fective, and the fishing that fol
lows is a sight to behold.
Once the reels are spooled
with the solar line and the boat is
positioned in your favorite hon
ey hole, turn the light and go
about fishing as you normally
would.
Even though you may be
fishing with line as light as six-
pound test, it will appear as
thick as rope when it's in the wa
ter. The black light doesn't illu
minate the line below the water
which is exactly what you want.
There are a couple of reasons
why this is an excellent way to
fish. Anyone who has fished at
night, knows the frustration of
not knowing where your line is
in relation to the boat and other
fishermen on the boat. With
glowing green monofilament
that looks as thick as your finger,
that problem is gone.
You also gain the ability to
actually see the line move when
a fish is toying with your bait.
The line will literally jump when
the fish strikes. At night, when
the senses are a bit more acute,
many fishermen will feel the
slightest tick and think it might
be a fish. This method leaves lit
tle doubt.
This style of fishing should
be an effective tool for fishing
during the scorching days of
June and September. Fish are
going to feed at night, and this
will offer a way to eliminate sev
eral of the problems with tradi
tional night fishing. It will also
offer a fun, comfortable way to
fish and give the fisherman an
edge on his elusive quarry.
If night fishing with solar line
proves to be a success for you,
please practice CPR, catch, pho
tograph and release. A camera
with a flash will record the im
age in the dark at short dis
tances, and the fish can do battle
with somebody else weird
enough to fish in the dark.
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(AP) - The Cleveland Cava
liers last won an NBA playoff se
ries in 1976. The New Jersey Nets
last won a playoff game in 1984.
Something has to give when
they meet in a best-of-5 first-
round series beginning Thursday
night at Richfield Coliseum.
The Nets, making their first
playoff appearance since 1986,
have the least playoff experience
among the two teams, with only
three players who faced
previous postseason com
petition.
Drazen Petrovic
played in 20 games during
Portland's 1990 driv.e to
the NBA Finals, while
Sam Bowie had 12 games
with the Trail Blazers in
1985 and 1989, and Chris
Dudley five games with
the Cavaliers in 1988 and
1989.
Petrovic; the Nets'
leading scorer and best
shooter in his first season
at New Jersey, said he learned
from the Detroit Pistons in the
1990 Finals that the playoffs are a
different story from the regular
season.
"We need to step up the inten
sity/' he said. "I was telling the
guys that nobody's going to give
you any easy layups. They're go
ing to send you to the foul line.
Most playoff games are like three
regular-season games in intensi
ty”
Indiana is at Boston, the Los
Angeles Lakers at Portland and
Seattle at Golden State on Thurs
day. Friday's openers are Miami
at Chicago, Detroit at New York,
the Los Angeles Clippers at Utah
and San Antonio at Phoenix.
While New Jersey and Cleve
land have had little playoff suc
cess, their coaches are among the
most experienced in the NBA,
with more victories than anyone
else active.
New Jersey's Bill Fitch has
won 845 NBA games, 30 more
than Cleveland's Lenny Wilkens.
Only three other coaches in NBA
history have more than 800.
"No one will work harder or
give more of an effort to put to
gether a winning team than I
will," Wilkens said. "That doesn't
mean I have to let losses eat away
at me."
Fitch, who was coach of the
Cavaliers in 1976 when they last
w.on a playoff series, said the
1991-92 season was one of the
most difficult of his 22-year pro
coaching career. He nearly lost his
job at midseason before the Nets
rallied to win a playoff spot de
spite conflicts with several play
ers, including Derrick
Coleman and Chris Mor
ris in the final days.
"This was the biggest
challenge I ever faced,"
Fitch said. "There were
times when I nearly
threw in the towel and
wondered if it was worth
it. Right now, I just go
day-to-day."
Indiana pushed
Boston to the brink of
elimination, falling in the
fifth game 124-121 when
Chuck Person missed a 3-
point attempt at the buzzer.
"This club has tasted a five-
game series and we've lost," said
Indiana guard Micheal Williams,
whose play in last year's intense
series with the Celtics nearly sent
the Pacers into the second round
of the playoffs for the first time
since the Pacers joined the NBA in
1976.
"They'll be hungrier,"
Boston's Reggie Lewis said.
"We'll have to be sure to play
with more intensity."
Portland coach Rick Adelman
said his team doesn't feel pressure
heading into its series with the
Lakers. Buck Williams is 32, Clyde
Drexler is almost 30, Danny Ainge
is 33 and Terry Porter is 29.
"People talk about a window
of opportunity," he said. "But
maybe we have a bay window
rather than a little kitchen win
dow. This team has still got a lot
of years ahead of it. The key peo
ple have a lot of good years left."
"I don't even want to fan the
thought that playoff basketball is
going to be more physical than
what's going on right now," Su-
perSonics coach George Karl said,
"because I think the game fight
now is too physical."
HOUSTON (AP) - University
of Houston basketball coach Pat
Foster, contacted by Southwest
Missouri State about its coaching
vacancy, said Tuesday he's not a
candidate for the job.
"Contrary to earlier reports, I
am not a candidate for the job at
Southwest Missouri State," Foster
said in a statement. "I'm happy at
Houston and I am not looking to
leave Flouston."
Foster confirmed he had been
contacted by Southwest Missouri
athletic director Bill Rowe.
"We talked about a lot of
things," Foster said. "He doesn't
know where it stands with the
committee.
"I told him I'd be out (recruit
ing) for a couple of days. He said
he'd call me back."
12th Man Notebook
KOLACHE FUN RUN will kickoff the annual SnookFest 1992 at
7:30 a.m. on May 2. The entry fee for the 5 km run is $10 and must
be turned in April 17. A trophy and one dozen kolaches go to the
overall winners and the winners in each category.
For more information, call David or Sharon Kovar at 272-3732.
TEXAS CHAINRING CHALLENGE will wheel across Texas dur
ing the week of June 7-13. The third annual event will begin in
Blanco State Park and will cross a 425 —mile route that includes
the Hill Country and the northeast parts of the state. Organizers
insist the Texas Chainring is not a race. Cyclists travel at their own
pace.
Registration is limited to the first 500 cyclists. A $40 entry fee will
cover maps, rest stop privileges, campground access, and other
amenities.
For more information contact Cummins at the TCC hotline at 1-
800-374-BIKE.
SPORTS FEST '92: Bryan Parks and Recreation is sponsoring the
third annual Sports Fest, which features a variety of sports and
games for all ages. Live music varying from country to jazz will
on hand as well as arts, crafts and food.
The Spots Fest is free to the public and will begin at 10 a.m. on
May 2 at Haswell Park.
For more information call 361-3656
5K RUN - 1.5 MILE WALK sponsored by Kappa Alpha Theta will
benefit CASA and Phoebe's Home. The event will take place Sat
urday, April 25,1992 at 9 p.m.
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Moore throws down SHSU
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That was more than enough
offense for the Aggie pitching
staff.
Moore, along with fellow
freshmen Paul Barber and Brian
Parker pitched eight scoreless in
nings before James Nix came into
the game in the ninth and picked
up his fifth save of the season.
"Our freshman pitchers did
well," Johnson said. "I was
pleased with the way they
pitched. They knew it was a pres
sure game and they responded."
Moore's pitching set the pace.
He came out and recorded the
first five outs of the game with
swinging strikeouts. Pie finished
the game with six strikeouts.
With the win, Moore evened
his record at 2-2.
"I threw a lot of fastballs so I
was a lot more comfortable,"
Moore said. "I just went out there
and did my job. Things are falling
into place."
Scott Wright took the loss for
SHSU. His record dropped to 5-4
while the Bearkats fall to 23-26.
Although Johnson was
pleased with the pitching, he is
still concerned about the Aggies'
hitting, which produced eight hits
on the night.
"Right now, we have to do all
we can with the runners," Johnso
said. "We've got to try and pick
some things up. We're a better
hitting ballclub than what we've
been showing.
"It's not that we're terrible, but
we've just got to start making
some things happen."
The Aggies will close out their
season with nine Southwest Con
ference games. A&M hits the
road this weekend to play the
Houston Cougars. The first game
is Friday at 2 p.m.
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