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Football camp
big thrill for
Cowboys fan
BRIAN COATS
Sportswriter
I had stars in my eyes, both figu
ratively and literally, when I went
to the Dallas Cowboys training
camp at St. Edward’s University in
Austin Wednesday.
There are three Aggies in camp
this year - Robert Wilson, Greg
Schorp and Kevin Smith. The side
benefits of going to interview them
were getting to rub shoulders with
the likes of Troy Aikman, Emmitt
Smith and other world champions.
This would be pretty exciting for
anyone. Even Mark Smith, the
sports editor/part-time photograph
er and an Oilers fan, called the day
“pretty awesome.” These descrip
tions do not do justice to how excit
ed I was, though.
I have been a Cowboys fan all my
life. In 1981, my Dad took me to
watch the Cowboys play the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers in an NFC playoff
game (believe it or not, at one time
the Buccaneers were in the play
offs). The Cowboys won 38-0.
I’ll never forget that day. Of
course, it wasn’t long after that
game that the Cowboys started
having some lean years. I, howev
er, was no fair-weather fan. I stuck
with them patiently.
As everyone knows, my patience
has paid off the last couple of years.
“Back-to-back” world champions
still has such a sweet ring.
The best way to describe how in
credible the whole day was is to list
some of the things that happened.
■ Interviewing Schorp, Wilson
and Smith. All of these guys were
great players at A&M. I have a lot
of respect for them.
• Surrounding Barry Switzer
with the 300 other media-types that
were there, as he held a mini press
conference after each practice. I
even asked a question. Not that I
really care for Barry Switzer, but
now I think I’ll give him a chance.
• Meeting and picking the brain
of one of my favorite sports colum
nists, Randy Galloway of the Dallas
Morning News.
• Listening to Nate Newton an
swer some completely ridiculous
questions like, “Has the comet’s col
lision with Jupiter affected your ap
petite?” and “What is your most em
barrassing moment in the NFL?”
I do not know how Newton puts
up with those guys, but he does,
and his answers were extremely en
tertaining. Newton is one guy who
will not hesitate to speak his mind.
• Standing about five feet from
Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith.
Everyone with media passes got to
eat with the players in the camp
dining room. At one point, as I was
trying to decide between the chick
en stir-fry or the spaghetti, I looked
up, and low-and-behold there was
Aikman, all 6-foot-4, 220 pounds of
him, about five feet in front of me.
That was lunch. At dinner, I
walked in the front door as Emmitt
held the door open. Okay, he didn’t
hold the door open, but he did walk
in right before I did.
As exciting as this day was for
me as a Cowboys fan, I did try to
maintain a certain amount of profes
sionalism. I did not yell at Aikman
or Emmitt Smith, like the nine mil
lion kids trying to get autographs.
As close as I was physically to
those guys, I didn’t even talk to
them. I figured they get enough
people who talk to them just for the
sake of talking to them, and be
sides, just seeing them five feet
away instead of on a television
screen was good enough for me.
I didn’t stand in front of too
many cameras or get asked whose
autograph I was trying to get. I got
my interviews. All in all, I acted
like a journalist, but I felt like a
fan. What a job.
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football stars shoot for Cowboys
Mark Smith/THE Battalion
Former A&M fullback Robert Wilson runs to
another work station during the Dallas Cowboys’
training camp.
By Brian Coats
The Battalion
Two former A&M football stars
are among the many free agents
and rookies trying to prove to NFL
coaches that they belong at the pro
fessional level.
Greg Schorp, A&M’s 1993 all-
Southwest Conference tight end,
and Robert Wilson, who last played
for A&M as a fullback at the 1991
Holiday Bowl, are working out at St.
Edward’s University in Austin, sum-
See related story. Page 4
mer home to the Dallas Cowboys.
They are working hard and
competing against other free
agents, rookies and veterans, try
ing to earn a spot on the world-
champion Cowboys.
Schorp had been a mainstay in
the Aggie offense the last three
years. He gathered MVP honors in
the 1992 Pigskin Classic, was a
two-time consensus All-Southwest
Conference pick, and was an honor
able mention All-American. He
said playing at A&M prepared him
for the level of play in the NFL.
“At A&M we played big-time
teams and the coaches prepared us
well,” he said.
Schorp said camp has been go
ing good. He said everyone is good
at this level, and he is going to
have to work extremely hard to
make the team.
“I have to learn a new offensive
system and become real familiar
with it so when I get a rep I can
give total effort and not worry
about whether I am blowing an as
signment or running the wrong
route,” Schorp said.
Schorp said he has to work
hard mentally as well as learn
new techniques.
“It’s definitely a learning
process,” he said. “I just have to be
prepared, make no mental mis
takes and give 100 percent effort.
It’s not easy to come in as a rookie
free-agent on a back-to-back cham
pion team, but if I do those things, I
think I have a chance.”
Randy Galloway, a sports colum
nist for the Dallas Morning News,
said he likes Schorp’s chances.
“They need a tight end and he
was a heck-of-a college player,”
Galloway said.
Wilson, who left A&M after his
junior year in 1991, was drafted
by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in
the third round that same year.
He ran for 179 yards in 1991-92
and caught 20 passes, including
two for touchdowns.
However, he has spent the last
two years out of football. Wilson
has had a reputation as a good
blocker both at A&M and in the
NFL. He said he wants another
chance.
“I know I am good enough to
play again,” he said. “If I keep
working hard and make less mis
takes, the better chance I have to
make the team.”
Cowboy coach Barry Switzer said
he tried to recruit Wilson out of
high school when he was coaching
at Oklahoma. He said he is a good
player, but may have hurt his
chances with some personal prob
lems.
“Wilson has the talent to play in
the NFL, but he reported to camp
out-of-shape and overweight,” he
said. “He’s caught my eye with
some great blocks in camp, though.”
Switzer said that he has heard
several people describe Wilson as
an “underachiever.”
Wilson said he has heard all the
talk about being out-of-shape and
not playing to his potential. He
said he just tries to do the best he
Mark Smith/THE Battalion
Former
Schorp
A&M tight end
watches drills
Greg
can on the field and not let the talk
affect his play. He said having oth
er Aggies in camp helps.
“It feels good to have Kevin and
Greg,” he said. “It feels good to
have the moral support.”
Spaniard takes fourth
Tour de France victory
PARIS (AP) — Miguel Indurain an
swered his critics Sunday by riding into
history with his fourth consecutive
Tour de France victory.
“I’m not going downhill yet,” the 30-
year-old Spanish cyclist said. “After my
third place (earlier this year) in the
Tour of Italy, everyone started ques
tioning things. I answered on the road,
in the Tour.”
He did it in convincing fashion, win
ning by the largest margin in six years
in the world’s premier cycling event.
That no one has beaten Indurain
after nearly 10,000 miles of racing
over the last four Tours, led to an ob
vious question:
What about next year?
“It’s too early to talk about the fu
ture — not even a day has passed since
winning this fourth Tour,” Indurain
said. “There’s still a year to go before
the fifth one and we have to train with
hope and drive.
“Whether it’s possible or not, only
the road can say for sure.”
If the answer is yes, Indurain would
become the only rider ever to win the
race five years in a row. Jacques An-
quetil of France and Eddy Merckx of
Belgium are the others to win four in a
row, and five overall.
France’s Bernard Hinault also won
the race five times.
Indurain proved he had the stamina
and strength needed to win the gruel
ing three-week grind.
He just seemed to get stronger as the
21-stage Tour rolled along. Meanwhile,
his biggest challengers of the past —
Tony Rominger, Claudio Chiapucci and
Gianni Bugno — were gone by the end
of the second week, victims of illness or
exhaustion.
And though this edition was harder
than usual due to hot weather, In
durain won by the biggest margin since
1988, crossing the line after the final
109-mile stage with an overall time 5
minutes, 39 seconds better than Piotr
Ugrumov of Latvia. Marco Pantani of
Italy was third, 7:19 back.
Indurain rode near the head of the
Tour de France
finishers
Final overall standings
after Sunday’s 21st
and final stage of the
Tourde France -109
miles from EuroDisney
to Paris with cyclist,
country, team and
winning time:
1. Miguel Indurain, Spain, Banes
103 hours, 38 minutes 38 second:
2. Piotr Ugrumov, Latvia, Gewiss,
5 minutes, 39 seconds behind
3. Marco Pantani, Italy, Cairrera, 7:i_9
4. Luc Leblanc, France, Festina, 10:03
5. Richard Virenque, France, Festina, 10:10
6. Roberto Conti, Italy, GB-MG, 12:29
7. Alberto Elli, Italy, GB-MB, 20. /7
8. Alex Zulle, Switzeriand, ONCE, 20:35_
9. Udo Bolts, Germany, Telekom, 25:19_
10. Vladimir Poulnikov, Russia, Carrera, 25:28
11. Pascal Lino, France, Festina, 26:01
12. Fernando Escartin, Spain, Mapei,
13. Bortolami, Italy, Mapei, 32:35
14. Bjarne Riis, Denmark, Gewiss, 33:32
15. Oscar Pellicioli, Italy, Polti, 34:55
AP
pack most of the day on the final stage
from Euro Disneyland to the Champs-
Elysees.
The stage was won by France’s Eddy
Seigneur, who overtook Frankie An-
dreu of the United States in the last
200 yards. Andreu tried to break away
in the final 1.2 miles, but failed.
Indurain finished in the pack with
the other leaders Sunday, 29 seconds
behind Seigneur. The Spaniard said he
did not expect to win the final stage.
“It was difficult to win today because
the Champs Elysees is reserved for the
sprinters,” he said. “Besides, everyone
is just a little tired.”
Women golfers win right to
exclusively-male tee times
HOUSTON (AP) — When Yolanda Marimon started down the golf course
one recent Saturday morning at Raveneaux Country Club, it was one small tee
sliot for her and one giant tee shot for women golfers in Houston.
Raveneaux, like many private golf clubs, restricted Saturday morning tee
times to men.
Ms. Marimon fought the long-standing and antiquated policy, and eventual
ly she won.
iTve been battling Raveneaux for a whole year,” Ms. Marimon told the
Houston Chronicle. “I usually play golf with a group of career women, and we
can’t tee off until noon on Saturdays.
“I have clients who would like to play, but certainly not in the afternoon
or on Sunday. They want to get out there Saturday morning. And I couldn’t
do that.”
The men-only policy on Saturday mornings stems from the idea that most
men who play golf at country clubs work all week and play on weekends. Most
women who play at country clubs, meanwhile, have all week to golf, according
to the theory.
Ms. Marimon says those days are long gone.
“I pay the same dues as the men,” Ms. Marimon told the Chronicle. “I have
the same type of membership. I should have the same rights.”
Ms. Marimon is among the thousands of female executives and business
women across the country taking private clubs to task.
Florida passed a law barring the exclusionary policy last year, and Michi
gan has had a similar law for three years.
No such protection exists in Texas, but Ms. Marimon hopes to change that
by finding a state senator to sponsor a bill in the next legislative session.
To avoid facing a complaint based on federal discrimination laws, offi
cials at Raveneaux Country Club agreed to allow Ms. Marimon to play on
Saturday mornings.
Several Houston clubs are standing by their men-only policy, including up
scale courses Champions, Northgate, River Oaks and Houston Country Club.
Others are making the switch, including Kingwood Country Club.
“All we require now is that golfers be adults,” said Kingwood assistant pro
Wayne Higgins. “And we haven’t had any problems. We basically just filled in
the empty spots. There hasn't been any spectacular rush by women to play on
Saturday mornings.
“We actually had our biggest problems when we didn’t allow women. People
would come in from other places, from other associated clubs, and not be al
lowed to play. Now we don’t have to worry about that.”
Julie Robichaux, a 5-handicap golfer, initiated the change at Kingwood. She
got her husband, also a dub member, to write a letter in support of women’s
rights to tee times.
“I work 40-plus hours a week,” Ms. Robichaux said. “I don't have time to
play golf. So if I’m goingto play, it’s going to have to be on the weekends.”
Jack Burke Jr., a co-founder of the Champions club, said he agrees that
women should be allowed on Saturdays even though his dub now discriminates.
“I think our board would have to look at that very seriously,” Burke said.
“But we don’t have that situation right now ... Most men in our dub work
five days a week. Ninety percent of the women in our dub, and in most club
atmospheres, don’t work at all. I still think in that case the man is entitled
to some privileges.”
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