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FROM STAFF AND WIRE
REPORTS
I The Texas A&M women’s
[soccer squad experienced the
best of both worlds this
[weekend, beating Centenary
j2-0 in Shreveport, La., Sun-
Iday and falling to Tulsa on
I the road 2-1 Saturday.
I The Lady Aggies got there
Iscoring over with early
lagainst Centenary, scoring
[both goals in the first halh
lApril Gallagher knocked in
I the first one, volleying in a
pass from Anjanette Burns.
Amanda Malburg followed it
up by booting a Terri Stone
pass home to close out the
scoring.
Goalie Michelle Cross pro
vided all the defense A&M
needed, facing 15 shots on
goal in the first half and 10 in
the second and logging 13
saves.
Burns provided the only
scoring against heavily-fa-
[voted Tulsa, touching in a
Brittan Hlista pass in the first
half.
Cross had another strong
game against the Lady Hurri
cane, facing a total of 26 shots
on goal and notching 14
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NEW YORK —Juan Gonzalez
)f the Texas Rangers won the AL
lome run title by hitting his 43rd
Sunday, beating Oakland's Mark
McGwire by one.
Edgar Martinez and Gary
heffield won their first batting ti
tles Sunday while sitting on the
oench, and Cecil Fielder became
:he first player to lead the majors
in runs batted in for three consec
utive years.
Fred McGriff waq ope of the
new names among ^bMeaders,
Jvinning the NL home run title
with 35, the lowest total for an NL
leader in a complete season since
1946.
Among the new names were a
few familiar ones, like Boston's
Roger Clemens, who won his
third consecutive AL ERA title
and his fourth overall. Clemens is
the first AL pitcher to lead in ERA
for three straight seasons since
Lefty Grove or the Philadelphia
Athletics from 1929-32.
Martinez hit .343 and became
the first Seattle Mariner to win an
AL batting title, finishing 14
joints ahead of Minnesota's Kirby
\ickett.
It was the highest batting aver-
e in the AL since Boston's Wade
;s hit .366 in 1988.
Sheffield, who flirted with a
run at the NL triple crown, fin
ished at .330 for the San Diego
Padres, six points ahead of Pitts
burgh's Andy Van Slyke.
Martinez's season ended after
surgery to remove bone spurs
from his right shoulder on Sept.
19. Sheffield missed the end of the
season after fracturing his right
index finger Tuesday night.
Fielder topped both leagues in
Us with 124, becoming the first
player to lead that category in the
majors for three straight seasons
since RBIs became a statistic in
Walker to see Cowboys-Eagles
from other side of the ball
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA- Herschel Walker finds him
self right in the middle of the Eagles-Cowboys rival
ry when he leads Philadelphia against his former
team in Monday night's battle of unbeatens.
Walker, whose trade from Dallas three years ago
helped Dallas rebuild, has revitalized the Eagles'
running game in his first season in Philadelphia. He
says he's looking forward to going against the new-
look Cowboys.
“Dallas is a different team," Walker said. “Coach
Johnson came in and I know a little bit of his philos
ophy and a couple of the players on the team.
“But it's a totally different team. Their scheme
and their style is different from when I was there
with coach Landry."
Walker, who spent the past three seasons with
Minnesota, remembers well the intensity this rivalry
has built up.
“I reckon it started years ago," he said. “You can
see on last year's films the guys hitting each other
hard. That's what football is all about."
Undefeated records and the early advantage in
the NFC East race is what this game is all about.
The Cowboys (3-0) are off to their best start since
they won seven straight in 1983. Philadelphia, 3-0
for the first time since they won six straight in 1981,
is favored by six points.
Dallas traded Walker to the Vikings in 1989 for
five players and eight draft choices. Things didn't
work out for him in Minnesota and the Vikings re
leased the 30-year-old running back before the sea
son started. The Eagles signed him as a free agent.
For now. Walker is only worried about winning
on Monday.
“The fourth game to me is important. Every
game you play is important if you expect to go fur
ther/' Walker said. “People have talked about us
going 13-3 or 12-4. My thing is to go 16-0. You got to
play every Sunday, so lets win 'em all. Someone
has got to lose and you try not to let it be you."
Dallas' answer to Walker is Emmitt Smith, the
NFL's leading ground gainer with 341 yards on 76
carries for a 4.5 average. Walker is fourth in the
NFC with 280 yards on 76 carries.
Smith's task appears much tougher than Walk
er's because the Dallas runner will be working
against No. 1 defense in the league. No runner has
gained 100 yards against the Eagles since Washing
ton's Gerald Riggs had 221 on 29 carries on Sept. 17,
1989.
“Hopefully, I never get hit by a snowball with a
battery in it or something of that nature," said
Smith, referring to an incident two years ago in
which the Eagles' fans threw snowballs onto the
field.
Smith vs. Walker is only one of several matchups
to watch. The game could also turn on:
— Philadelphia's Randall Cunningham, the
league's leading passer with a 74 percent comple
tion average. He's 53 of 72 for 704 yards do far with
8 TDs, no interceptions and, perhaps most impor
tantly, a 7-0 record against Dallas.
— Dallas' Troy Aikman, who will have to over
come his memory of being sacked 11 times in the
first of two meetings with the Eagles last year. So far
this season, Aikman has been sacked just twice and
he's fifth in the quarterback ratings with five TD
passes in his last two games.
— The Eagles' defense, fast earning the reputa
tion as one of the best in history. It's led by ends
Reggie White and Clyde Simmons, who has 41/2
sacks.
— Dallas' Michael Irvin, one of the league's most
exciting receivers. He's averaged 21.9 yards on 17
receptions and scored four TDs.
Rangers begin search for manager
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON - The search
for a permanent Texas Rangers'
manager will extend outside the
American League club, said team
officials Sunday while stressing
that Toby Harrah remains a top
candidate for the job.
The announcement follows a
disappointing season for the
Rangers, who are finishing with a
losing record for the first time in
four years and with a new manag
er for the first time in seven.
Tom Grieve, Rangers vice pres
ident and general manager, said
the team is broadening its manag
er search for the 1993 season.
“It is my goal and that of the
Rangers' entire management
group to find and hire the best
possible manager for our ball
club," Grieve said.
"With that in mind, we will
look outside our organization
during this selection process."
He said Harrah was asked “to
manage this team in a difficult sit
uation in July and under the cir
cumstances, has done a solid job. I
want to emphasize that Toby re
mains a strong candidate for the
full-time position."
The Rangers fired manager
Bobby Valentine July 9 and ap
pointed Harrah to take his place.
Grieve said earlier that the
Rangers were expected to be pen
nant contenders this year.
The team drew the curtain on
its 1992 season Sunday with a
game against the California An
gels. The Rangers lost 4-2 in Sat
urday's contest in Anaheim, Calif.
Gary Gaetti, a former Gold Glove
third baseman who shifted to first
base in mid-season, was 4 for 4 in
the victory.
Grieve said he expected to fi
nalize a list of potential candi
dates by early this week.
"At that time, we will begin
the interview process," he said. “I
am hopeful that we will be able to
name our 1993 manager in the
near future."
Harrah, 43, has a 31-44 record
as Rangers' manager entering
Sunday's game. He was named
interim manager July 9, then ap
pointed on a full-time basis seven
days later.
“Under the circumstances, the
members of our coaching staff are
all free to look for positions out
side the Rangers' organization,"
said Grieve, "but at the same
time, I will urge the new manager
to consider each of the current
coaches for positions on his staff."
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new A&M tradition, came back
late in the game to win. And
Granger, who worked over the
last two weeks to correct a kink
in his throwing motion,
brought back flashes of former
A&M great Bucky Richardson
as he scrambled for a first down,
avoided what looked like a cer
tain sack and completed a 13-
yard pass to tight end Greg
Schorp as the Aggies marched
down the field.
Four and a half minutes after
the drive started, the Aggies
Were sitting on the Tech four
Jard line. The offense had
pushed its way 74 yards down
the field — when it had to.
Needing only a field goal to
win the game, A&M head coach
R.C. Slocum called on kicker
Terry Venetoulias to win the
5ame for the Aggies. Venetou-
ias, who had missed an extra
point attempt earlier in the
game, answered. He answered
Slocum's call and he answered
Davis, who moments earlier
thought he would go home the
hero.
Final score: Texas A&M 19,
Texas Tech 17.
The perfect season still intact.
Overall, the Aggies still don't
look like the fifth best team in
the country. They had 25 first
downs to Tech's 13. They had
381 yards rushing to Tech's 65.
They had the ball 37:23 to Tech's
22:37.
The Aggies need to go for the
throat.
Turnovers and miscues kept
the Aggies from routing the Red
Raiders. Early in the third quar
ter, Rodney Thomas, who
rushed for 179 yards on 24 car
ries, fumbled on the Tech nine
yard line. Cornerback Aaron
Glenn bit on a fake by Lloyd
Hill, who turned it up field and
caught a 41 yard pass from
quarterback Robert Hall.
Fumbles. Miscues.
Who cares?
For one drive, the Aggies
looked like No. 1.
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