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JudgelohnDelaney. lohn Challenger J Thursday October 15, 1992 7:00 p.m. MSC room 228 The view* reprttmmntmd mt thte program do not neceamarity represent thoae of the MSC and MSC Political Forum. RESEARCH Skin Infection Study VIP Research is seeking individuals 12 years of age or older with uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections. If you have a skin t : infection, you may qualify for a four week research study using a currently available antibiotic medication. Participants who qualify and complete the study will be paid $200. Genital Herpes Study Individuals with genital herpes infection are being recruited for a 3 week research study of an investigational anti-viral medication. If you would like to find out more about this study, call VIP Research. $400 will he If paid to qualified volunteers who enroll and complete this study. 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BioLogica RESEARCH GROUP, INC. 776-0400 Page 8 Texas A&M SPORTS The Battalion Thursday, October 15,1992 Thur* Shark fishing provides fun weekend T here are a host of factors that con tribute to the success or failure of a fishing trip, and the most obvious is the coop eration of the fish. When they won't bite, it's tough to get them in the boat without using some kind of ex plosive. Well this weekend, we couldn't get the fish to bite and we were out of explosives, but it proved to be an enjoyable trip, regardless. I was guided by Duane Perry, a senior agricultural engineering major and a full-fledged shark hunter, and we were after a shark —a big shark. I didn't mean fish erman where I said hunter, I meant hunter. It's difficult to ex plain, but when a fisherman de votes enormous amounts of time, energy and money into the hook ing and landing of one fish, we call them hunters. Just get a load of his equipment. Perry's rod count is similar to that of a bass fisherman's, but the rigs are roughly five to 10 times larger. We took two "big" rigs (a 10/0 rig and a 14/0 rig), onelong rig (a 6/0 reel on a 14 foot rod), three blacktip rigs (4/0 reel on a stout rod) and five smaller rigs with primarily 3/0 reels. To give you an idea of how large a 10/0 reel is, go into your kitchen and take a look at a coffee can. A 10/0 reel is larger than that. You can imagine what the 14/0 reel looked like. Both are too large to cast, and baits must be hand car ried into the surf by boat or surf board - a scary thought In addition to the "big" rigs, we toted half a dozen bay fishing rigs relegated primarily to the catching of bait. Yes folks, this is what surf fishing is all about, having to catch your bait with a rod and reel. We loaded Perry's four-wheel drive Blazer on Friday evening and began the long, rough jour ney down Padre Island. The journey took us approximately 65 miles south of North Padre, the area near Corpus Christi, tojust 10 miles north of Port Mansfield. On that section of the island, there is no way to travel without an all-terrain vehicle, preferably a four-wheel drive. Although it was dark, we were able to locate a deep hole In the surf with the aid of the waves coming in and an nearly full moon. After the bumpy ride, we were more than willing to settle for this spot. Perry informed me that we needed to catch something for bait. We had purchased two eight pound bonitas at a tackle shop, but they would be desig nated for the two "big" rigs. Two hours and about two dozen hardhead catfish (not good bait) later, we decided to w r ait until morning to resume fishing. The morning greeted us with green surf with just a hint of sand in it, but very beautiful nonethe less. Upon entering the water, we startled a school of flounder, none of which wanted anything we had to offer. With the help of a cast net. Perry and I caught sev eral finger-sized mullet and a couple of large two pounders. The smaller mullet would be for the bull redfish that run the beach during the fall and the larger for passing sharks. While Perry rigged several leaders, I located a school of skip jack and in the frenzy of hooking up with a dozen or better, 1 land ed three. Another good bait. Unfortunately, our fresh offer ings drew little more than crabs although we did hook "some thing". After a short run on the 10/0, my guide made an attempt to re trieve the leader to no avail. He finally put enough pressure on the monster to make it move or break the line. He broke 100 pound monofilament, and w'hen you break that size of line with out a run it is usually one thing — a large stingray. About a mile down the beach, another group of shark hunters landed what will be a new state record if certified. They had a 240 pound southern stingray tha! would win a tournament being hel d. Look a t the hood of your pickup and you can imagine how large that fish was, It was rough-! ly 14-18 inches thick. Perry promised me another trip to the wind-shaped realmsoi Padre Island in the spring when "the mama tiger sharks come back". We struck out this time lor sharks, but as with any kind of fishing, nothing is guaranteed Texas Parks and Wildlife weekly fishing report from area lakes (October 14): • G i bbons Creek — Water dear, 80 degrees, 2 feet low; black bass are fair to 6 pounds on Ring Ras cals; crappie are fair on minnows; catfisln are fair to 4 poundson catfish bait and shrimp. •Fayette County—Water clear, 82 degrees, normal level; black bass are excellent to 63/4 i pounds on Bass Assassins, top- waters, worms, lizards, live wa ter dogs and s abs; crappie are slow; catfish are good to 16 pounds on water dogs and slabs. •Somerville —W'ater a little murky, normal level; black bass are fairly good to 6 pounds on ar tificials; striper are slow; aappie are fairly good on minnows in9 feet of water; catfish are fairly ! good to 42 pounds on minnows J JEFF GREGG Outdoors Braves replay 1991, stop Pirates again in NLCS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — Another World Series for the Atlanta Braves and another fall failure for the Pitts burgh Pirates. The Atlanta Braves, in a thrilling ninth-inning comeback, beat the Pirates 3-2 Wednesday night to reach the World Series for the second straight year. The stunning loss gave Pittsburgh its third straight postseason failure. The Pirates were three outs away from their first World Series since 1979, but Doug Drabek, who pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth and stranded two in the seventh, didn't have one more escape act in him. Terry Pendleton, only 1 for 21 in the series left-handed, doubled to right field to open the ninth. Drabek, pitching on three days' rest for only the second time in four years, was wearing down and so was the Pirates' defense. David Justice hit a routine grounder, but second baseman Jose Lind, who made only six er rors all season, booted the ball and two were on. The crowd, en thusiastic before but almost re signed to defeat a few minutes be fore, was standing and chopping. Sid Bream, the former Pirate, walked and Drabek, his control gone, was finished and the Pirates were forced to go to a bullpen that had failed repeatedly all year The Pirates were trying to be come the first NL playoff team to come back from a 3-1 deficit on the road. The only other team to do that was the 1985 Kansas City Royals against Toronto — man aged then by Bobby Cox, now the Braves manager. Only seven teams in major league history have come from 3- 1 down in the postseason, and the Pirates had done it twice, in the 1925 and 1979 World Series. Oth ers to do it were the 1958 New York Yankees, the 1968 Detroit Tigers, Kansas City in both the 1985 playoffs and World Series, and the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 AL playoffs. John Smoltz, voted Most Valu able Player although he came within an out of being the losing pitcher in Game 7, went six in nings, allowing four hits and both Pittsburgh runs. He won Games 1 and 4, both over Drabek. Jeff Reardon was the winning pitcher, retiring three batters in the ninth. Pittsburgh had made it 2-0 in the top of the sixth inning on Andy Van Slyke's RBI double. Goldsmith Continued From Page 7 the Owls' benefit. But the Rice coach chose to keep his sports manship intact. "He'll be pulling for the old Rice Owls Saturday," Goldsmith said with a chuckle. "We're too busy trying to keep their spies out of here." Slocum defended Goldsmith, even though he sounded glad to have both Teichelmans on his side. "Someone said something about it (Teichelman's Rice con nections)," Slocum said. "But somebody once said that blood is thicker than water. He's got his baby brother playing for us, so he probably won't try anything. "Even if Trey tried to give Fred anything, I think he'd turn it down." CASH AND PRIZES ROCKY MOUNTAIN JEANS CONTEST CONTEST AT 10:00 ENTRIES IN BEFORE 10:00 OPTION WEEKEND... THURS.* FRI.* & SAT. 25C WELL 75C LONGNECK 5C BAR DRINKS AND DRAFT C$3.00 COUERJ ...IT S YOUR CHOICE Lady Aggies down Baylor in three-game match FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS The Texas A&M Lady Aggies got back on the winning track Wednesday night as they gunned down the Baylor Lady Bears in a three game match at the Ferrell Center in Waco. A&M posted 52 kills against the Lady Bears, and the Lady Ag gies hit for a .256 average before a crowd of 1,611. A&M hit .333 in the first game and went on to win 15-7. The Lady Aggies attacking av erage fell to .128 in game two, but they held the Lady Bears to just a .095 hitting average as A&M held on to win 15-12. A&M returned to dominance in the third game, again hitting .333 to roll to an easy 15-8 win and a match victory. The win improved theLadv Aggies record to 16-7, and 2-3in Southwest Conference play. Baylor's record fell to 17-7,1-3 in league play as they hit just.li ; and committed 26 attackingerroii in the match. Senior outside attacker Eliza beth Edmiston paced A&Mwf 16 kills and a .342 hitting average. Fellow senior middle blocker Kim Mitchell added 11 kills, a team high 13 digs and a .381 hitting av erage. Junior middle blocker Amy Kisling added seven killsanda .778 average in just one game,ani freshman outside attacker Andie Williams added six kills in 10 at j tempts for a .500 average. Freshman setter Suzy Wentf led the Lady Aggies with 40as sists. Foster Continued From Page 7 the ninth —in the lead. Coming behind was always the forte of the Pirates in the past. But recently, they can't seem to close the door once they make it back into the game. It's amazing to think that the same club who won the only World Series in history that ended with a game-winning home run, a shot by Mazeroski that beat the New York Yankees in 1960, is the same team that has been to the NLCS three straight seasons without win ning one. The same organization that, in 1979, came back from a 3-1 deficit in the Series to defeat the Baltimore Orioles four games to three. It's not the same players or personnel, but usually a tradi tion of consistency in the play offs becomes such a thing of pride that the players make it happen just to keep the tradi tion going. Bud Grant once said he would rather be 0-4 in the Super Bowl than 0-0. I imagine Jim Leyland would be willing to give 0-3 a try in the World Se ries. All the members of the Pi rates can look back on Wednes day's game and this Series and say they have nothing to be ashamed of. They can say they fought back like champions, and that one base hit and a great play at the plate kept them from going to the big show. But how long before great ef forts aren't enough? Becauseal- though they gave the effortofa champion, in the National League, they have yet to hold that title. I hate to use the label choker, because this team has won three consecutive National League Eastern Division Titles. But, what label is usually given to a player who plays great during the regular season, yet folds Ws tent when the playoffs roll around? Just ask Barry Bonds. Now, not only will he be called choker individually, but also when people talk of his team. If the citizens and fans of the city of Pittsburgh can accept "getting close" every season,! guess everyone else should. But how long will they really accept it? We're talking about a city that cherishes memories of Stargell and Dave Parker and the "We are Family" theme that was tagged to the '79 champs. And a city that has seen its foot ball team win every Super Bowl it has ever gone to. So, will it keep accepting NEARLY making it to the Se ries. I doubt it. And neither will the Pirates' front office. Many think Bonds won't be back next season, and it seems possible that there may be others to go. Even if they are one of the best teams in baseball for 162 games, it's the seven games that follow that really count to the owners. After all, would the Yankees of the '30s, '40s and '50s be con sidered dynasties had they nev er won the pennant? Just ask the Boston Red Sox. Winning isn't everything, but winning the World Series is. Ulcer Studies Do you have stomach pain? Indigestion? Heartburn? Perhaps we could help! If you have an ulcer (duodenal or gastric) and participate in this pharmaceutical company-sponsored clinical reseated trial, you will receive free medical treatment, the chance of healing your ulcer, up to $700 and the satisfaction of contributing to a nationwide ulcer trial. If you or someone you know might benefit from these studies, contad: % BioLogica Research Group, Inc. 776-0400 (th< KFachin ^OOfX& -flrs \*i The V'/Cn Ap* $a*3rd:|i t" cm lAAFT’V Outer- < So di-ft AG CC M0RR shop b RDMC YOUTI andca 142 Sti more ir 0821. 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