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Part 3 of 4 Tomorrow: Texas and Texas A&M
Red Raiders want to make their
mark, facing tough schedule
Texas Tech has a
high-ranked offense
and a young and hun
gry defense. And
they'd better. The Red
Raiders have a chance
this season to prove
themselves against
five bowl teams on their rocky schedule, and if
they make their mark, they might just yank the
carpet out from under the rest of the Southwest
Conference.
Three of their first four games are at Nebras
ka, Georgia and Baylor, and then they'll face
Texas A&M and North Carolina State at home in
Lubbock. "We need this," senior quarterback
Robert Hall told Dave Campbell's Texas Football
magazine. "We need it for ourselves, to get the
respect we want."
Tech's offense commands a fair amount of re
spect on its own. Only two starters are not re
turning from last year's line, ranked 17th in the
nation. Head coach Spike Dykes said, "The big
FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
thing is replacing Stance Labaj (OG) and Charlie
Biggurs (OT) up front. They are the two key
players we lost from last year. But we looked
decent at those two spots in the spring."
Returning are All-American Lloyd Hill, se
nior wide receiver, who rushed for 1,276 yards
on 76 catches last year, and all-conference run
ning back Byron "Bam" Morris. This year's of
fensive lineup has a lot of experience, with 19 se
niors and eight starters returning.
The defense is younger and more inexperi
enced, but will be shaking things up on the field.
Dykes, temporarily acting as defensive coordi
nator in the wake of Carlos Mainord's departure
to the Chicago Bears, has moved to a 4-4 align
ment, which he said "is a little more of an ag
gressive style."
Dykes has also created a new "Raider" posi
tion, to be filled by running back Jamie Gibbs.
"The Raider position will be like a strong safe
ty," Dykes said. "He'll play a lot of different
places. He'll be an adjustor according to what
the offense is doing."
Bears looking for successful season
without Teaff, head coach of 21 years
FROM STAFF AND
WIRE REPORTS
Fok the first time in 21 years,
the Baylor football team will
open the season without long
time head coach tyrant Teaff.
Instead, Chuck Reedy will
lead the Bears' attack on the
1993 season.
Reedy commented non the
Southwest Conference race.
"We should have a good
conference race," he said. "I
see just about everybody hav
ing a shot at a good season. I
just hope we're up there."
According to Lee Corso's
preseason poll, Baylor will be
up there - No. 2 in the confer
ence the ESPN sportscaster
predicts.
In addition to the the tough
SWC race, Corso said the Bears
have a tough schedule outside
the conference.
They will open the season at
home against Fresno State and
will travel the following week
to face Colorado. In addition,
the Bears will have to play at
Georgia Tech, whom they beat
31-27 in Waco last year.
The Bears are looking to con
tinue the wave of success they
experienced at the end of last
season when they topped Texas,
21-20, and beat Arizona in the
John Hancock Bowl, 20-15.
"It was great to see Grant
Teaff go out on a high note like
the John Hancock Bowl,"
Reedy said. "That bowl really
helped get us headed in the
right direction."
Reedy said the Bears biggest
asset heading into the '93 sea
son is the seven returning
starters on offense.
"The experience on offense is
a big plus," he said. "It's not of
ten you have a quarterback who
has taken a team to two bowl
games, a line with every starter
back and four running backs
who you have confidence in for
the upcoming season."
Leading the experienced of
fense is senior quarterback J.J.
Joe who racked up 378 yards
and five touchdowns on the
ground last season. In addi
tion, he threw for 1,765 yards
and 14 touchdowns.
Reddy said the Bears of
fense may have a load to carry
this season because the defense
has only three returning
starters.
"Our linebackers, from an
athletic standpoint, are very
good. They are just so, so inex
perienced and that's a con
cern," he said. "The secondary
has a long way to go.
"We're not as settled as we
would like to be in the sec
ondary. We're just a little
short-handed there. But, it's
nothing that will keep us from
being a good defensive football
team. It's just going to take
some time to mesh together
and get experience."
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Mets outfielder faces charges for injuring two with fireworks
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - Vince Cole
man of the New York Mets was
charged with a felony Tuesday
for tossing powerful fireworks
that injured two children and a
woman outside Dodger Stadium.
The 31-year-old outfielder said
he does not wish to contest the
charge and wants to reach a fi
nancial settlement.
The charge, unlawful posses
sion of an explosive device, was
filed after arson investigators
completed a report on the July 24
incident. The M-100 fireworks
were thrown from a car as auto
graph-seekers waited outside the
players' parking lot after a game.
A conviction can result in up
to three years in prison. Prosecu
tors and Fire Department officials
planned a news conference later
in the day to discuss the charge.
Coleman was expected to sur
render in Los Angeles early next
week, said his attorney, Robert
Shapiro.
The player, in a statement re
layed by Shapiro, said: "I take
full responsibility for a very
childish act for which I am suffer
ing greatly. It was never my in
tent to hurt anyone. My main
concern is for those injured.''
"It is his desire to compensate
those who have reported injuries
and to pay his debt to society in a
positive way," he said.
"He is very stressed by the sit
uation," Shapiro said. "He hasn't
been able to sleep and he is very,
very concerned for those who
have been hurt and for himself."
Shapiro said he had relayed a
request by Coleman to speak to
each of the victims, and that in
each case he was referred to at
torneys.
Coleman and teammate Bobby
Bonilla were in a Jeep driven by
Eric Davis of the Los Angeles
Dodgers when Coleman tossed
the explosive. There was no im
mediate comment from Coleman
when the incident was widely re
ported the next day, but he sub
sequently apologized July 29 at
Shea Stadium.
BU names new athletic director
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WACO — Richard P. "Dick" Ellis was named
athletic director at Baylor University on Tuesday
and said he had two immediate goals: a winning
Bears sports program and financial solvency.
"There are troubled waters ahead in athletics and
I accept the challenge," said Ellis who succeeded
Grant Teaff.
Teaff resigned effective Aug. 31 to become execu
tive director of the American Football Coaches As
sociation. y
Ellis, 48, will move from deputy athletic director
into his new position on Sept. 1.
Ellis said "I want to make Baylor athletics the
best in the world. Rightly or wrongly our window
to the nation is through our athletic program."
Ellis noted that Baylor was the largest Baptist
university in the nation and oldest in Texas and said
"I think we can mix religion, education and athlet
ics. I think we can have a positive impact on peo
ple's lives."
On to baseball. . .
Ellis, who was associate athletic director, was
brought to Baylor when Teaff accepted the athletic
directorship in 1992.
"I believe Dr. Ellis will help us receive excellence
in athletics while helping us maintain integrity,
ethics and good sportsmanship," Baylor President
Herbert Reynolds said.
"He shares the commitment of our players,
coaches and fans to field winning teams within the
Southwest Conference and the NCAA."
Ellis joined Baylor in 1992 and is a native of Sher
man, Texas. He also has worked at the Air Force
Academy, Clemson, Arkansas and Texas A&M.
He graduated from the Air Force Academy in
1968 after being an All-State football player for
Sherman. He was a combat pilot in Vietnam.
He worked as a football graduate assistant under
Emory Bellard. Ellis returned to the Air Force and
was there until he joined Ken Hatfield at Arkansas
and Clemson.
Astros knock off
Los Angeles, 6-1
HOUSTON (AP) - Luis Gon
zalez tied a club record with three
doubles to lead Houston to a 6-1
victory over the Los Angeles
Dodgers Tuesday night.
Mark Portugal (10-4) allowed
one run on four hits while strik
ing out three and walking five in
6 2-3 innings. Xavier Hernandez
worked the final 2 1-3 innings to
complete the five-hitter and earn
his sixth save.
Kevin Gross (7-10) allowed
four runs on eight hits in six in
nings. He struck out five and
walked three.
Houston took a 1-0 lead in the
second after Gonzalez led off
with a double. Following a walk
to Andujar Cedeno, Gonzalez
moved to third on a grounder
and scored when Portugal
, grounded out to third.
In the sixth, Gonzalez doubled
and scored on a single by Cede
no. Eddie Taubensee then hit his
seventh home run of the season.
Chicago avenges
loss to Texas, 11-6
ARLINGTON - Frank
Thomas hit a three-run homer to
highlight a seven-run second in
ning and Chicago had 18 hits as
the White Sox defeated the Texas
Rangers 11-6 Tuesday night.
Thomas had his third four-hit
game of the season and Robin
Ventura had three hits.
The White Sox chased Texas
starter Charlie Leibrandt (9-8)
with one out in the second.
Craig Grebeck started the sec
ond with a single and went to
third when Leibrandt threw wild
ly to first on Steve Sax's infield
single. Joey Cora drove in Gre
beck with a single, then Thomas
hit his 28th homer off-the top of
the wall in left-center.
Chicago continued hitting
against reliever Jeff Bronkey, get
ting a run-scoring double from
Ventura.
Scoreboard
American League
Cleveland 9 Detroit
4
Baltimore
13
Milwaukee
8
Minnesota
6
Boston
1
Chicago
11
Texas
6
Toronto
8
New York
6
California
3
Kansas City
2
National League
Houston 6 Los Angels
1
Pittsburgh
7
Chicago
3
Philadelphia
5
Atlanta
3
Montreal
3
New York
1
Cincinnati
5
Colorado
4
Florida
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