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Sports une 22,ld ufsday, June 22,1993 The Battalion Page 3 ight befinition of L aws lvorthless - 11 Star ballot as congres- saying fo Construction junction, what's your function? shableanli i to the p;- ' of the U,51 xas, indus-i TOM SULLIVAN Sportswriter Mark McG- ire is on the isabled list. That is all I should really fecemtlT.,* 0 sa y l ° nowata<l el lhe p ,° f lnt 'jcro^s. If a layer is not , , —laying ball, ‘ o suract Bnd hasn't been . s ' fur nearly the )licsewag(Hj lt j re season, 5ai ~ Bow does he and Cit e]lC j U p a top the to support |i gt ar ballot- ?rogramttttg vo te leaders ngcrs. ]j s t f OT Ameri- mandator | an League first baseman? Good libit pro!:: q ues tion huh? :ers ' m McGwire is on the disabled [list. ■HBH Some people might argue that he fed the league in most offensive cate- 1 g gories last year, or that he is an in- I f B-edible player that deserves recog- Bition. To this I would agree. His ■umbers in the past are outstanding, ■ut Mark, what have you done for tie lately? 83 at bats does not a sea- fcn make. t 50 perce Mark McGwire is on the disabled low thatt! list. iles outsil McGwire leads Toronto's John "Mostpe flerud in votes, 160,000 to 132,000. rt of doic flow, granted the name John Olerud I not a household name. This year ubjeefed: lowever, this should change. While cult, Shee [leGwire has been Oakland's biggest me pos: fen, Olerud has put together one of at "theneilpe hottest starts in baseball to date, ong enoul Out of the 12 major categories of " andaneBftensive statistics, Olerud is in the develop fpp 10 in 10 of them. Olerud is first »nts. te batting average, slugging percent- ctingonfflg 6 / on base percentage, hits, dou- ■ ' nles and total bases. He ranks sec- d in RBI, third in walks, fourth in ins and eighth in home runs. This |f course is all overshadowed right low by his 24 game hitting streak. Because of McGwire's injury, he is See Sullivan/Page 4 ice cided iat we .. We art fit. scholar- mar said gaining in real- urogram e experi- portum- highwav school dped 3' scholar - d. graduate lymond ;oTnpid- office, ineeria? :reasin? igned 1<J rities to Work crews erecting $36.4 million sports center and natatorium By MATTHEW J. RUSH The Battalion Did you notice the heavy construction in the west area of campus and ask your self, 'just what is going on here?' Wonder no more. What the work crews have been labor ing on is the Recreational Sports Center and Natatorium. Dennis Corrington, director of recre ation sports, said the $36.4 million opera tion to be completed and ready for use in January 1995 at which time a new name will be . "It'll be a state of the art facility," Cor rington said. "We're spending half a mil lion on free weights and nautilus equip ment alone." In addition to the weight room, the complex will house two large gymnasi ums which will hold eight basketball courts, 10 volleyball courts, two indoor soccer areas, 16 badminton courts, 14 rac- quetball courts and two squash courts. In addition to this already impressive list of features, there will be five activity See Construction/Page 4 Construction on the $36.4 million Recreational Sports Center and Natatorium on the west side of campus is temporarily STACY RYAN/The Battalion halted due to excessive rain. The center is expected to be completed and ready for use by January 1 995. Agassi's 'tomahawk chop' serve beheads Karbacher in first round THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WIMBLEDON, England - Andre Agassi brandished his new tomahawk chop serve Monday at Wimbledon, rack et cocked high and crooked with as little backswing as most beginners. It worked just fine for an opening- round, straight-sets victory featuring 10 aces, his highest total ever in a match here and one more than he had in win ning the championship a year ago. Agassi staged a confident comeback in the first set Monday and got better the longer he played. "I didn't want to leave the court," he said. "It was the second best feeling of my life," Agassi said, beaming after his 7-5, 6-4, 6-0 romp over dangerous but erratic serve-and-volleyer Bernd Karbacher. "The first one was winning it." He started working on the serve just six weeks ago to combat tendinitis in his wrist. "As I took the backswing it would hurt," he said. "So I cut the motion down to help me deal with it a little bit. Now I think I am just 50 percent comfortable with it and 50 percent tentative with it." Three of his aces came in his first ser vice game. Agassi got distracted on his next ser- See Agassi/Page 4 Dial 'fan' for fanatic City leaders becoming worried by violence following several championship sporting events THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Let's not forget the word "fan," as in sports fan, is a shortened form of "fanat ic." Reminders of this have come fast and furious recently as championship victo ries have led to riots in such diverse cities as Montreal, Dallas and, on Sunday night, in Chicago. "It could be seen as a way of allowing fans to vent the frustrations of everyday life," said Richard Lapchick, director of Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sports in Society. "The irony is that sports is an escape from everyday life, from the problems and violence of society." The latest celebration to turn ugly fol lowed the Chicago Bulls' third-straight National Basketball Association champi onship. Two shooting deaths were linked to the celebrations, and nearly 700 people were arrested on charges including disor derly conduct and vandalism. It was the third time in as many years that a Chicago NBA title has resulted in violence. See Fanatic/Page 4 sai— liter Editor oil, Laura masters ^ s), at Te* 05 i) University , of Slu^ 1 ,|d BuiW ertisM' r day thaw j charQ® This Is Not Our Idea Of A Doctor's Waiting Room Contact sports are great, but they don't belong in a medical office. PCA f s doctors are physicians in private practice, not in crowded clinics, so our members enjoy a little more privacy and faster service. PCA offers 100% coverage of preventive dental care, and only a $50 annual deductible for some dental procedures. Best of all, you can select any dentist in the State of Texas. So join PCA Health Plans of Texas today. PCA Health Plans of Texas, Inc. 1-800-234-7912 Wc salute the healthy side of you. 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