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les day* July27,19M s-action suit 1 against plant maker jAS (AP) — An attor o filed a class-action against the maker of nt capsules said who had the contra implants may have )t to had they known ces might not be easi- ed. { believed that Nor uld be removed in a i, simple, 15-minute ire,” said attorney .odghill. “In fact, the can be excruciatingly complicated, and take veral hours, creating and emotional scars women." hill is co-counsel for Johnson, a former; lounty resident now Oklahoma. Ms. John eking damages from • n Home Products behalf of herself and omen who had the inserted in Texas. t said. supporter of what t of Texas want and ication,” she said, invited Board mem tit the Killeen-Templ y to see what it hast want to recharge you >attery, just comet and the Killeen area, iid the need for high on is great in central got to have education essible and affordabl is in uniforms.” ed for tickets, or if Emulation device, they her.” as been talk of com- lonies because of the available in the cen the ceremonies i as they have been ice is available, it g that many people ne wanting to sit eremony,” he » doing it the same space as an added Wednesday • July 27, 1994 I," X ’ Sports Page 3 B-CS, A&M to host 1994 Games of Texas Event to earn $2 million, organizers say By Mark Smith The Battalion For the second time in its eight year history the Games of Texas will be held in Bryan-Col- lege Station. Opening ceremonies for the 1994 Games will begin at 8:00 p.m. Friday at Olsen Field. The athletes will march onto Olsen field in an Olympic-style proces sion and the audience will be en tertained by a sky diving exhibi tion, equestrian shows and a laser and fireworks show. Cost for the opening ceremonies is Si.00 or a contribution to the Brazos Food Bank. Event coordinators estimate that 7,000 athletes and 9,000 J fUMI spec- - tators will at tend the Games, with an estimated impact of between S2 million-$3 million on the B-CS commu nity. Wally Groff, athletic director at Texas A&M and one of the members of the Games’ steering committee, said the Games present a chance for A&M to work with the commu nity. “It’s a cooperative effort with the Bryan-College Station com munity,” he said. “It’s good pub lic relations.” A&M has offered the use of some of its sports facilities during the Games. The Ander son Track Complex, Omar Smith Tennis Center, Read Building and Olsen Field are all being used during the events Saturday and Sunday. rS!h. The Games will include a ^ number of venues. They are Archery, Bowling, Canoe- Schedule of Events % ing/Kayaking, Fencing, Golf, Horseshoes, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tae Kwon Do, Tennis, Track and Field and Windsurfing. 1994 marks the second year that Bryan-College Station has hosted the Games. The first time the city hosted the event was in 1988. “When it came to the city in Please see Games/Page 4 Event Site Date Opening Ceremonies C.E. “Pat” Oisen Field Texas A&M July 29 Archery Brazos Valley Archery Club Bryan July 31 Bowling Wolf Pen College Station Aug. 6, 7 Canoe/Kayak Lake Bryan Bryan July 30,31 Fencing Read Building Texas A&M July 31, Aug-1 Golf Bryan Municipal Bryan July 30,31 Horseshoes Sue Haswetl Park Bryan July 30,31 Soccer Bryan Regional Athletic Park & Soutwood Athletic Complex Bryan, College Station July 30, 31 Softball Bryan Regional Athletic Park College Station Central Park July 29-31 Swimming TAAF Adamson Pool College Station July 30. 31 Taekwondo A&M Consolidated High School College Station July 30 Tennis Omar Smith Tennis Center Texas A&M July 28-31 Track and Field Anderson Track Complex Texas A&M July 29-31 Windsurfing Lake Bryan Bryan July 30,31 Professional football makes Switzer feel old Pain in back, neck and shoulder are toughest problems for Cowboys' coach Mark Smith/THE Battalion Dallas Cowboys’ first-year head coach Barry Switzer takes questions from the press after the morning session of the Cowboys training camp Wednesday. AUSTIN (AP) — Barry Switzer is 56, but his first professional football camp with long days and long nights some times makes him feel 10 years older. “Fve got bone spurs in my neck and right shoulder and it bothers me,” said the Dallas Cowboys new head coach. “Sometimes it starts tingling. Some times I have a lot of pain.” So much pain that Switzer woke up at 4 a.m. Tuesday so he could adjust a cervical collar that shoots electrical im pulses into the damaged areas. “I guess I had too many board drills when I was a player at Arkansas stick ing my head in there,” said the former Razorback defensive lineman. “I even put on that collar when I’m watching film at night.” Switzer also is bothered by nerve pressure in his spinal area. He called his neurosurgeon in Okla homa City Monday night to tell him about his problems. “I’ll have to have it operated on sometime, maybe after the season,” Switzer said. “That’s why you see me walk funny sometimes, kind of leaning forward.” Switzer said if it wasn’t for the pain in his back, neck, and shoulder, he would be cavorting about like a young colt. “I’m in good shape, but the grind of two-a-days has taken its toll with these bone spurs,” he said, rubbing his shoul der. “I woke up at 4 a.m. today and put on the collar and went back to sleep and felt great when I woke up. “I’m supposed to be some kind of wild man, but I’ve been in bed almost every night by 10:30.” Fighting through the pain has been the toughest thing for Switzer in his first 10 days of training camp. Replac ing Jimmy Johnson and facing the daily horde of media have been easy. “I think things have gone well,” Switzer said. “The players are tired of hearing about the Jimmy thing and I’m tired of it, but that stuff is pretty well dying out. It’s kind of like the jock itch. Please see Switzer/Page 4 SWC coaches argue counting A&M games DALLAS (AP) — The kickoff of the second-to-last Southwest Conference season is more than a month away, yet league coaches already have launched a war of words. The bickering began Tuesday at their annual gathering before media at the Texas High School Coaches As sociation convention in Houston. Sev eral coaches argued that SWC games against Texas A&M shouldn’t count in league standings. The Aggies are banned from the post-season by the NCAA. “That’s exactly the kind of attitude that caused the conference to break up,” A&M coach R.C. Slocum said when told of his fellow coaches’ com ments. “My feeling is that we should be playing for the championship. “It’s totally unfair that we were pe nalized at all, so I would totally take exception to somebody saying that. But I can also understand why they said it. “It’s hard when you go three straight years without being able to beat somebody,” Slocum said. The Aggies have won the last three SWC titles but are ineligible for a fourth-straight Cotton Bowl be cause of the punishment stemming from several players being paid for work they didn’t do. A&M’s games, however, will count in the standings as it tries to add to its league-record 22-game conference winning streak. New Rice coach Ken Hatfield, who coached Arkansas to the Cotton Bowl in 1988 when the Aggies were again on probation, spoke against the SWC policy of letting A&M’s games count in the standings. “I said it at Arkansas and I’ll say it now: Their games should not count at all,” Hatfield said. “They got mad then, and they’ll probably get mad now. But it isn’t fair that their games should count.” He was supported by Southern Methodist coach Tom Rossley. “If they’re on probation, their games shouldn’t count,” he said. This also was the first gathering of the coaches since the league split ear lier this year, with four teams headed to what will become the Big 12, three teams bound for the Western Athletic Conference and Houston’s future un determined. 3} i’-V'?** DINT Ipinion editor E, Photo editor lorts editor SON, Aggielife editor stham, Ellie Hudson, Sara md Tracy Smith STRESSED OUT? 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