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lr y28,B Sports Friday, January 28,1994 The Battalion Page 5 lie due tingwhc nent hai ’ not niei foodsj tai signifij ■ficient Personal ith cond:| of frentl e cola,ft. i that til lories, 31' Ihgramsc re than 3 amounto at, plus above, loom 161 Center r 11:45 pi m appofe tionist In [am r s winbi ttle to \mato,* jrammd y are® : ter vill. The the grea: football team, inual Or: ■on admi:: i. "Ididk ere todai ike ourl: id to si ig dedai ■ long ta igs. She rangled hat D’At er Bills f, Tales from a Lady Ags r fanatic G uess what, Ags? We've got a title-con tending team out there. No, it's not our na tionally ac- claimed football or. baseball team, it's the inhabi tants of G. Rollie White Coliseum who are shaking up the Southwest Conference this se mester. In case you haven't no ticed, and judging by the home attendance so far, you probably haven't, the women's basketball team is leading the SWC with a per fect conference record going into this weekend. I'll admit that I had never been to a Lady Aggie game before I was assigned to cover the A&M-Houston Flight ex hibition game in late Novem ber. But I learned quickly that these ladies can flat-out play. The Lady Ags ran over short-handed Houston Flight like a Mack truck, and I was hooked. What, you ask, makes this team so much fun to watch? It all starts with outstand ing point guard Lisa Branch, See Title/ Page 6 Texas A&M Men's Basketball vs. SMU Mustangs at noon Saturday G. Rollie White Coliseum I Conference coaches deliver pitching call Cowboys march to Georgia The Associated Press ATLANTA - Every body can't be the top cat, the go-to guy, the star of the show. Somebody has to warm up for Springsteen. Somebody has to open for Streisand. When Alvin Harper was draft ed by Dallas in 1991, he was a first-round pick equipped with flash and dash, an All-American at Tennessee. And when he got to the Cowboys, he found the team already had Michael Irvin, firmly entrenched as the centerpiece at wide receiver. No problem. Harper simply became the second banana in the Dallas passing game. And he found out how comfortable that role could be. If Irvin's 88-catch explosiveness attracted double Harper, Cowboys gear up for Bills in historic game coverage, that meant defenses couldn't concentrate on Harper and that was fine with him. Wouldn't he prefer to be the main man, though? "That would be great," Harper said. "That's fine and dandy, but sometimes I see Michael over there complaining about being double-covered. I actually like my situation, seeing man-to-man cov erage." Harper caught 20 passes in his rookie season, then 35 last year and 36 for 777 yards this season. Along with Pro Bowl tight end Jay Novacek, who had 44 catches, he provides a viable alternative to the razzle dazzle of Irvin. And if nobody notices, hey. that's fine. "I get enough recognition," Harper said. "I'm not a big pub guy. I just go along and do my thing." Harper's speed provides a nice alternative across the field from Irvin. For the short game, there's Novacek, a workmanlike, plodder who provides important blocking protection and follows routes meticulously. Novacek enjoyed his best game this season against Buffalo, with eight catches and 106 yards Sept. 12. In last year's Super Bowl, he was the Cowboys' lead ing receiver with seven catches for 72 yards. Dallas also likes to throw to its running backs. NFL rushing See Super/ Page 6 By Mark Smith The Battalion Starting pitching wins games, which is why head baseball coaches in the Southwest Confer ence are worried. The coaches of the SWC dis cussed this and other topics con cerning the upcoming season dur ing a teleconference Thursday. All of the coaches cited a lack of experienced pitching as one of their major concerns going into the 1994 season. "We're basically returning just two pitchers," University of Houston head coach Bragg Stock- ton said. "We've recruited a lot of unknowns and have worked with them. "Our big ques tion is 'Can the new pitchers do it on the week ends when we have conference games?"' University of Texas head coach Cliff Gustafson expressed mixed feelings about his pitching staff. "Our pitching should be more balanced than it was last year," Gustafson said. "With (Brooks) Kieschnick gone we can't rely on just one pitcher." Texas A&M head coach Mark Johnson is faced with a situation similar to Stockton's, but has sev eral quality starters to help re build the staff. "We're going to have to circle our wagons around (Chris) Clemons and (Trey) Moore," Johnson said. A&M lost two ace pitchers to the major leagues last year when juniors Jeff Granger and Kelly Wunsch forewent their last year of college eligibility to enter the professional draft. Moore started 15 games during the 1993 season,, accumulating a 2.77 earned run average and a 12-0 record. Last year, Clemons earned a 3.79 era and a 6-2 record on seven starts. Johnson said he was pleased by Moore's performance last year, but did not think that he could re peat such an outstanding season. "Trey is a two-way guy," John son said. "He can hit and throw. From a statistical standpoint, I question whether he could dupli cate last year." In 1993, Moore worked not only as a pitcher but also as desig nated hitter. Last season he hit .314 with four home runs and 24 runs bat ted in. Johnson, empha sized Moore's i m p o r - tance to the team. H "Our big question is 'Can the new pitchers do it on the weekends when we have conference games?"' - Bragg Stockton, University of Houston (Moore) head baseball coach important part of our line up," Johnson said. "He will be our Friday night starter." John Codrington, who Johnson hoped to be in the top three pitch ing positions, developed a bone spur in his arm and had to have surgery. Codrington was 4-0 in four starts last season and com piled a 5.23 era. "John is starting to throw with out effort now," Johnson said. "He is should be able to make it back." The exact make-up of the pitch ing staff is an uncertainty that Johnson has to consider. "I don't feel bad about the staff," Johnson said. "It's just who is a starter and who is a reliever." About a dollar a slice. About a dollar a day Thin crustpepperoni. Extra cheese. No anchovies. The Macintosh LC 475 4/80, Apple Color Plus 14"Display, Apple Keyboard Hand mouse. Introducing the new Apple Computer Loan. Right now, with this spe- January 28,1994, your first payment is deferred for 90 days. It’s an cial financing program from Apple, you can buy select Macintosh* and incredible deal no matter how you slice it. So, why should you buy an PowerBook computers for about $30* a month. 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