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But this one will forever be remembered for Roberto Alo mar's shocking, two-run homer off Dennis Eckersley in the ninth that tied it. Alomar's homer accounted for the biggest turnaround in a ma jor-league game since Kirk Gib son's homer in the 1988 World Se ries, also off Eckersley. And, more importantly, it gave Toronto a 3-1 edge in the series. -SSs! dp 1992 WE'LL &E READY, FOR THOSE OWLS !} Vol. 92 Iff o PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT SIP ! YOU GOTTA GBT READY for. the: bird Drains ON SATURDAY' ( ^ ade By V IN A ROix) ! I CAN'T GELlEVEl IT! T) Thirty &M Co lanks of jroup in idd in Mumni C The Gi son Cor] :omed in unior an Polen spends his days as a traveling man By RICHARD S. JAMES Sports Writer fur THE BATTALION The people responsible for adding up frequent flier miles must hate people like Doug Polen. Polen has racked up plenty of miles traveling back and forth be tween Europe and the U.S. and other points around the world try ing to win motorcycle champi onships on several continents. The Corinth, Texas native has won three American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) national championships and two Japanese national championships. This year he is trying to defend his 1991 World Superbike title while racing in as many AMA Superbike races as he can. Even though he missed two races of the AMA series due to scheduling conflicts, he was still within reach of the championship before the last race this weekend at Texas World Speedway. He holds a 16-point lead for the world championship in Superbike competition, with four races left in Australia and New Zealand. And although he didn't win the AMA championship, he did win two races and finished a close second to Scott Russell at TWS Sunday, losing the win by just the length of a wheel. Polen said that racing on two continents isn't really that difficult except for the travel. "The actual racing is no differ ent," he said. "I'm used to racing every weekend anyway, so it's not a problem for me. The only prob lem is the traveling back and forth. I'm really starting to get tired of all the traveling." He said he will travel over 200,000 miles before the year is over. The competition is also similar. "I've got the same level of compe tition over here as I do in the world championship," he said. "It's going to be tough no matter what because there's a lot of guys going real fast in both series." He’s usually among the fastest. But he said he hopes that doesn't affect his attitude. He speaks of some racing champions as having poor attitudes or no personality. He said he hopes people never speak of him that way. "There will be guys saying 'yeah, he was a great driver, but he didn't have a great personali ty,'" he said. "I hope I'm remem bered as someone you could walk up and talk to." Polen is beginning to think rememb ^ about how he'll be At 32, he's starting to retiring from riding, retiringfra what he calls the glamoroi of the sport. He said he'sbep ning to consider his options. His options are considerah With an interest in computers a electronics, the possibility ofra ning a racing team has crossed mind. He has also started am port-export business spedal in motorcycle -related products. But for now he's concentel on riding. With 80 points aval in the last four races of the ■ championship, his 16-poinlsk is not comfortable. There';;i: next year, when he'll confal add up the frequent flier mite But as long as he keepsi ning, he probably wonf singing the Travelin' Man'slta "orps w part ac racurricu "This i lot to o; Cadet; Cowboys wallop Seahawks Bengals prove no matcl THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IRVING - The Dallas Cow boys bounced back from a Philadelphia pratfall with their most dominating defensive game in club history. Shaking off a 31-7 Monday night massacre by the NFC East rival Eagles, the Cowboys defense produced seven sacks, two fumble recoveries and an interception re turn for a touchdown Sunday in a 27-0 victory over the hapless Seat tle Seahawks, Dallas gave Seattle only 62 yards offense. The Cowboys best previous record for yardage al lowed was 63 yards against Green Bay in 1965. Dallas increased its mark to 4-1 while the Seahawks dropped to 1- 5. Philadelphia's 24-17 loss to Kansas City dropped the Eagles back into an NFC tie with Dallas. "We wanted to get back on track after what happened to us in Philadelphia," said Dallas line backer Ken Norton. "Our defense was aiVesome." It was the ninth consecutive victory in Texas Stadium for the Cowboys, their longest home win ning streak since 18 in a row from 1980-81. "It was just a tremendous de fensive game," said Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson. "We were very disappointed about the way we lost to Philadelphia on Monday night. We just had to bounce back and we did." Dallas allowed Seattle only six first downs and 24 yards passing in its first regular season shutout in 14 years. "We got thoroughly whipped," said Seattle coach Tom Flores. "There's not much you can say. We couldn't run and they got af ter us when we tried to pass. " At the end of the game Seattle was running the clock down. "We just wanted to get out of town," Flores said. "This one was for high-flying Oilers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS over. Emmitt Smith scored on two short touchdown runs and Ray Horton returned a Stan Gelbaugh pass 15 yards for a touchdown. It was the first regular season shutout since Dallas defeated Bal timore 38-0 on Sept. 4,1978. The Cowboys, taking advan tage of several Seahawk mistakes, rolled to a 20-0 halftime lead on a football perfect 71-degree day. Seattle quarterback Dan McG wire's fumbled snap was cashed in as Smith got a two-yard scoring run four plays later to put Dallas ahead 7-0. CINCINNATI - Warren Moon's five touchdown passes felt as easy as they looked. Then again, just about every quarter back makes it look easy against these Cincinnati Bengals. Moon matched his career high with five touchdown passes — three to Haywood Jeffires and two to Ernest Givins — as the Houston Oilers dismantled the NFL's worst pass defense for a 38- 24 victory Sunday. Moon was at his best as he led the Oilers (4-1) to sole possession of first place in the AFC Central Division. He avoided the rush, made all the right decisions and put the ball exactly where it had to be all afternoon. The Bengals used extra defen sive backs, played zone defense, went man-to-man, stunted at the line, blitzed ... and found nothing that would work against Moon. "They did some things we took advantage of," Moon said. "They tried to mix it up a lot. They kept me guessing a few times, no ques- HOMMAGE A BALANCHINE Lady Aggies Continued from Page 7 featurim; PRINCIPAL DANCERS of the NEWYORK CITY BALLET Company of 17 Handpicked from one of the world's foremost dance companies, the Principal Dancers of the New York City Ballet pay tribute to the most celebrated choreographer of the 20th century - George Balanchine. OCTOBER 13 & 14, 1992 • 8:00 PM RUDDER AUDITORIUM said has the best team they've had in years. The match is going to be tele vised on cable television and Givens seems to be looking for ward to the test of character the Lady Aggies will be facing in front of a large Baylor crowd. "It's going to be an HSE match," Givens said. "Baylor's going to be pumped, and they should.have a big crowd. Hope fully, we can take care of busi ness." After the Baylor match, the Lady Aggies will be blessed by a week off before hosting Texas Tech at G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Texas Tech match will culmi nate a stretch in which four out of the Lady Aggies' next five confer ence matches will be played in College Station. Givens said he is looking^ ward to the break in o make adjustments in thelady^ gies' game. He also said theft* pletion of the renovated nW area in G. Rollie White also help. "By the time we play Tech 1 " bleachers on the floor sh installed," Givens said. "Ha' 1 ® our crowd down there near" 1 floor really helps." Givens gave credit to team's desire, and he said Lady Aggies strong presea; f record served as an appetizet " the future. "Their (Lady Aggies', has been good," Givenss J|i about the A&M's recent sh'" "They very much in the" way want to be successful^ that great start. We've^ some changes, and our fresh" 4 are really into the system. "We're going to be OK." tion about it. But I guessedh: most of the times, and f helped." After giving up four toi down passes to Rich Gannoi their last game, a 42-7 losstok nesota, the Bengals (2-3) deris to take away the long pass. M r compensated by finding the of! receivers underneath. Moon wound up goingGii non one better with the sec® five-touchdown game ofhisii reer. "That's what makes him great quarterback," E David Fulcher said. "Wete* what we had to do. We tooka* 1 the deep pass and madel" throw the short routes, tice he didn't have 500 yards,h he had five touchdowns " tough." It was a devastating defeat!' the Bengals, who lost quail Boomer Esiason to a bruised pa® ing arm in the fourth quarter, hit his left forearm onAISwtt helmet after releasing the ball"" had to leave the game.X-ray found no fracture, but he's! as questionable for next week Greg Antor A re By JL Thef Sunday A&M < which ( like to s next Jan "I thi did wh; said Joe from Ar body re, made ar CU t here DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS Tickets may be purchased by calling the MSC Box lice located in Rudder Tower. 845-1234 pffi October 16-17 (6-10 p.m. & 8:30 a.m.-12:30 pin October 26-27 (6-10 p.m. & 6-10 p.m.) STATE APPROVED DRIVING SAFETY COURSE Register at University Plus (MSC Basement) Call 845-1631 for more information on these or other classes Rudder Auditorium is accessible to persons with disabilities. For additional information, call the MSC 0PAS at 845-1661. 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