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Page 8 Texas A&M SPORTS The Battalion Tuesday, Septembers,! Smith, Martin lead Cowboys past Redskins in season opener THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IRVING, Texas — The Washington Redskins may be the Super Bowl champi ons in 49 states. Not in Texas. With Emmitt Smith rushing for 139 yards on 26 carries, Kelvin Martin return ing a punt 79 yards for a touchdown and Troy Aikman throwing for 216 yards and a TD, the Dallas Cowboys established themselves as Super Bowl contenders in their own right by opening the season with a 23-10 win over the Redskins on Monday night. It was Dallas' third win over Washing ton in their last four meetings. Two of the last three losses by the Redskins, 17-2 in their march to the NFL title last season, have been to Dallas. One of those victo ries, 24-21 in Washington last season, ended the Redskins' 11-0 run and their bid for an unbeaten season. This one was by far the most dominant — the Redskins didn't have a play that gained as much as a yard until a 3-yard run by Earnest Byner with 3:46 left in the first period and didn't get its first first down until 1:30 into the second period. By then Dallas was ahead 9-0 on a punt blocked out of the end zone for a safety by Issiac Holt and a 5-yard TD run by Smith at the end of an 84-yard drive on the following series. In fact, Washington really was in the game for just 3-1/2 minutes in the second quarter, when it cut the deficit to 9-7 on a touchdown created by an interception that wouldn't have been one last year. Replays clearly showed that Washing ton's Martin Mayhew dropped the ball on the play and was touched by Alvin Harp er before he ran 25 yards up the field, but official review by replay has been abol ished this season. Three plays after the interception, Mark Rypien hit Gary Clark with a 30-yard TD pass that put the Red skins briefly back in the game. It hardly mattered. The Cowboys made it 16-7 with 1:02 left in the half on a 26-yard pass from Aikman to 6-foot-3 Alvin Harper, who used his height advantage to leap over 5- 8 Darrell Green. The advantage was ex ploited by both Harper and Michael Irvin all night. The touchdown came on a dri ve that covered 67 yards in just 35 sec onds after Mike Saxon had pinned the Redskins at their own one with a 54-yard punt. Then, with 6:42 left in the third quar ter, Martin fielded Kelly Goodburn's punt and burst nearly untouched through a wall of Redskins and sailed 79 yards for a touchdown. It was his second punt re turn for a TD in the last three regular-sea son games — he had one for 85 yards in Philadelphia in the next-to-the last game last year. Chip Lohmiller's 49-yard field goal )d r 1:22 into the fourth period made it 23-10. Rypien was 20 of 38 for 208 yards, many of them late in the game andhari looked the part of last year's Super M MVP. He fumbled a snap and lostitaat fumbled another time when he was sacked by Charles Haley, who was jus obtained in a trade with San Francisco. He also underthrew a wide-open Ait Monk on one play and overthrew open Ricky Sanders on another. The crowd of 63,538 also helped. Haley's sack came on a late snap whe Rypien tried to call an automatic overtli crowd noise and the safety on Washing ton's first possession came after ‘ 14 yards in two plays in which the skins had trouble getting off the snap be cause of the noise. the losses» u ( teM vlcLane he h nonths he Hou Still/ ros ow iis ovvi nultibi cLane he spot jurchasi "We ’AGGIE* Private Party Want Ads o CO $10 for 20 words running 5 days, if your merchandise is priced $1000 or less (price must appear in ad). This rate applies only to non-commercial advertisers offering personal possesions for sale. Guaranteed results or you get an additional 5 days at no charge. 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Owners voted 18-9 with one abstention Thurs day for a resolution of no-confi dence that asked him to quit, and he decided to resign after a weekend of reflection at his home in Harwich Port, Mass. Vincent was forced from of fice by a group led by Jerry Reinsdorf of the Chicago White Sox, Bud Selig of Milwaukee, Stanton Cook of the Chicago Cubs and Peter O'Malley of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were angered by the commissioner's refusal to give up his "best inter ests" power on collective bar gaining, his National League re alignment order and his stance against superstations. "It would be an even greater disservice to baseball if I were to precipitate a protracted fight over the office of the commis sioner," Vincent wrote. "After the vote at the meeting last week, I can no longer justify im posing on baseball, nor should baseball be required to endure, a bitter legal battle — even though I am confident that in the end I would win and thereby establish a judicial precedent that the term and powers of the commissioner carmot be diminished during the remaining months of my term. "But what would that accom plish?" Vincent asked. "What will the fight have been worth if, 14 months from now, prior to electing a new commissioner, the owners change the Major League Agreement to create a 'figurehead' commissioner? This is certainly the goal of some. And while it is bad for baseball, I cannot prevent that change ... I cannot govern as commissioner without the con sent of owners to be governed. ] do not believe that consent is now available to me." Vincent's resignation puts the 10-man executive council in charge of baseball. The council is made up of American League president Bobby Brown, Nation al League president Bill White and eight owners: Jackie Autry of California, Bill Bartholomay of Atlanta, Douglas Danforth of Pittsburgh, Eli Jacobs of Balti more, Fred Kuhlmann of St. Louis, Carl Pohlad of Minnesota, Haywood Sullivan of Boston and Tom Werner of San Diego. "We've been through some turbulent times and I hope we can resolve it in a peaceful way and get back to playing base ball," Brown said when contact ed at the U.S. Open tennis tour nament. "I respect Fay's decision to step aside" Autry said. "For all of us associated with baseball, we must now strive to find solu tions to the problems that con front us." Only two names have been mentioned thus far as a possible replacement: former AL presi dent president Lee MacPhail and Democratic National Committee chairman Ron Brown. vho 5 hem said. 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If they're on top of their game, and I'm not on top of mine, I come up short. "It's always tough to make a decision to stop playing. But considering where I was hoping to get to, it's not that tough." McEnroe's magic moments were rare — the occa sional leaping overhead, the few drop volleys, the odd ace. "I have nothing to hang my head about," he said. "I played as hard as I could. He just played better. It was a clear indication that Jim outplayed me." In this, his final Open as a full-time player, even McEnroe's famous temper tantrums were subdued. He drifted listlessly through a thrashing in the first two sets, barely complaining, and only got really up set when he started to come back in the third set. Courier, who yielded only four points in his first seven service games, was broken for the first and only time at 1-1 in the third set after breaking McEn roe. During that first-game break, McEnroe yelled at a courtside photographer for rewinding film on his serve and complained to the umpire. On the changeover, McEnroe complained to the referee, who spoke to the photographer and ejected him after he made an obscene gesture. in! /aim najoi :alls for 2 :he Bai FROM SI Texas :oach Toi All those complaints and histrionics briefly fired up McEnroe but couldn't mask the 22-year Courier's overwhelming advantage of power and consistency. Courier wasn't bothered so muebb) McEnroe's antics as by his raw, right index fingei that had to be taped after the fifth game of the set, with McEnroe leading 3-2. "He came out firing," said Courier, who also was bothered by the photographer but didn't let it rattlt him. Courier's shots had begun to lose some of theit accuracy, distance and sting, and McEnroe was tab ing advantage to assert himself more at the net McEnroe knew he couldn't match power with Couri er from the baseline, but he had no choice in the first two sets. When he came in. Courier brutally passed him or teasingly lobbed over him, making it all loot so easy After that tape job in the third. Courier resumed his full-bore assault that McEnroe could barely fend off. McEnroe managed to push the set to a tie-break er, but faded anemically. If this was McEnroe's last Open, it ended after! hours, 34 minutes with a forehand return by Courier that McEnroe could only plunk into the net with s backhand volley. MaliVai Washington won two games Monday kill h larone 1 tournam dinner, 1 jasketba amer Al on Friday "We're take ever (unity w get peop ested in r Barone se but avid most golf * s reach the fourth round as he completed a 6-4,6-7 (7- l 2), 6-4, 6-3 victory over Henri Leconte. The match ' began Sunday night and was suspended by rain at 12:40 a.m. with Washington, the 14th seed, serving with a 4-3 lead in the fourth set. Washington looked at the rain delay as an advan tage, since he likes to get to sleep early. Steffi Graf, the women's No. 2 seed, advanced to the quarters by beating Florencia Labat 6-2, 6-2. Graf M will play Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, No. 5, a 6-0,6-1 u winner over No. 14 Zina Garrison. Manuela Make- va-Fragniere, No. 9, also made it to the quarters beating Carrie Cunningham 6-3, 7-5. Norwood Continued From Page 7 Caminiti has been the most consistent hitter this year for the Astros despite an early-season shoulder injury, but has been their most consistent fielder since he made the jump from Double-A several years ago. Even without this year's flirta tion with the leaders of the NL batting race, he would still be quietly making plays that would turn other third sackers inside out. Watching Caminiti at third during games, particularly close, crucial ones, is like watching a surgeon perform a delicate oper ation. Both know when to use a light touch and when to keep from holding back. The only difference is that a surgeon uses a scalpel, and Caminiti uses a right arm that resembles a mis sile launcher. Astro fans know the sight well. Caminiti dives to his left, cradling a hard grounder just steps away from the shortstop. He is then almost immediately on his feet, seemingly doing it all in one motion with a quick ness belied by his slow baserun- ning. Then comes the throw, his right arm unleashing a white bullet that actually gains veloci ty as it approaches its target at first. The coup de grace soon follows, as the bewildered baserunner is left wondering what hit him. Although he has made the impossible look routine in recent years, Caminiti is still slighted in some circles. Both Williams in San Francisco and Terry Pendle ton in Atlanta have exposure on their side. And every up-and- coming third baseman who dis plays skill with his glove i^ in evitably compared to Robinson, an unfair acid test due simply to the fact that there will never be another Brooks Robinson. One could include that Han) Caray still cannot pronounce Caminiti's name correctly, but Caray has problems pronounc ing the name John Smith correct ly. To receive that kind of slight from Caray is almost a compli ment. If Caminiti is ignored in the Gold Glove race again this year, it might actually be a blessing in disguise. This year's draft pick of Cal St.-Fullerton third base- man and NCAA Player of the Year Phil Nevin seemed to light a spark under Caminiti when he returned from his stint on the disabled list. The addition of another Gold Glove-less season might be enough to put a chip on his shoulder next year the size of a NL West pennant. Besides, with Steve Finley, Craig Biggio and Luis Gonzalez improving in the field game by game, Caminiti might get lost in the defensive highlight shuffle. Just don't bet on it. IThu ^ Ac \ L °rig] iKg Gc fat Eve Of M cc 'i Ki
