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SPORTS
The Battalion • Page 9
Slocum says
revenge not
a big factor
Staff and Wire Reports
At his weekly media luncheon
Tuesday, Texas A&M head foot
ball coach R.C. Slocum stressed
that revenge is not the motivat
ing factor in the Aggies’ prepara
tion for this Saturday’s home
opener against the Oklahoma
Sooners.
“There’s not a revenge factor
in this game, it’s an opportunity
to play a quality team, a respect
ed opponent in front of a sellout
crowd, “ Slocum said. “That is
what college football is all about,
and I think it’s exciting.”
The Aggies received some
good news on the only player to
suffer a significant injury in the
season opener last Saturday
against Lousiana State. Junior
tight end Hayward Clay hurt his
right knee during the game and
had to be helped from the side
line following the contest.
An MR1 done on Clay, howev
er, showed the anterior cruciate
ligament was not tom as coaches
had feared, and Clay will only
miss three to four weeks instead
of the entire season.
After this Friday, its all over
NEW YORK (AP) — One day
closer to Friday’s deadline for
canceling the season and still
no movement toward settling
the baseball strike.
The owners received from
the National Labor Relations
Board a copy of an unfair labor
practice complaint filed by the
players’ union on Tuesday.
The union is contesting man
agement’s failure to make a
$7.8 million payment to the
players’ benefit plan following
the All-Star game.
“We actually thought they’d
file it sooner,” management
lawyer Lou Melendez said.
Acting commissioner Bud
Selig, owners’ negotiator
Richard Ravitch and players’
union head Donald Fehr took
off most of Tuesday to observe
the first day of Rosh Hashanah,
the Jewish New Year.
Selig has set Friday as the
date for calling off the season if
there is no settlement. But no
talks took place on Day 26 of
the players’ strike, and no nego
tiations are planned.
‘‘No news is no news, I
guess,” Melendez said.
Tuesday marked the mid
point between the start of the
strike on Aug. 12 and the
scheduled end of the regular
season Oct. 2. Another 14
games were called off, bringing
the total to 338.
Wednesday will mark the
second anniversary of the date
baseball last had a commis
sioner.
On Sept. 7, 1992, Fay Vin
cent was forced to resign by
owners, who have put off hiring
a successor until there is a la
bor settlement.
The owners and players have
not met since Aug. 25. Talks
broke off that afternoon follow
ing 5 1/2 hours of discussions
during a two-day period, the
lone time the sides have met
since the strike started.
While owners pull for a
salary cap and players push
against the plan, the lack of
progress is being noticed by oth
er sports.
The NHL has gone more
than a season without a con
tract agreement, but hockey
training camps still opened this
week, in spite of the threat of a
management lockout.
“Baseball’s a good lesson, I
think, for all of us in what I
would call ‘cooperative vs. non-
cooperative bargaining,”’ said
Gerry Meehan, executive vice
president of the Buffalo Sabres.
“It doesn’t seem like they’re
making any progress. And 1
would hope that our people
who are negotiating on behalf
of both players and manage
ment are paying attention to
that,” he said.
Anyone who watched the NFL
game Monday night between the
San Francisco 49ers and the Los
Angeles Raiders saw another
sign that baseball is becoming
more and more a memory.
The dirt infield at Candlestick
Park is long gone, covered by
grass for football. The place for
the pitcher’s mound was still vis
ible, down near an end zone, al
though it had been sodded over.
Also doing a disappearing act
were the Oklahoma City 89ers
and the Iowa Cubs on the final
day of the American Association
regular season.
Both Triple-A teams were
angered about fines levied after
a bench-clearing brawl Sunday,
so they made a quick getaway
Monday night.
With almost every player
swinging at first pitches, the
game lasted only one hour, sev
en minutes and host
Oklahoma City won 2-1 —
not much action for the 3,616
fans to appreciate on Fan Ap
preciation Night.
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Switzer not too optimistic about Sundays game
IRVING (AP) — In 16 years at Okla
homa, Barry Switzer had a constant battle
with complacency when his talented Sooner
teams played a low-rated opponent.
On Sunday, he has a different challenge
with a professional team installed as a 14-
point favorite over a freshly humiliated club.
“I know the talent Houston has,” thd-.
Dallas Cowboys coach said Tuesday.
“There’s not that great a margin between
us and Houston. This game could be a
tight fit where just one or two plays de
cide it.”
The Cowboys rolled to a 26-9 victory
over Pittsburgh while Houston was
rocked 45-21 by the Indianapolis Colts.
Switzer said he learned one thing at Ok
lahoma: “humility is only seven days away.
You don’t take any victories for granted.”
“I think we can play a lot better than
we did. And I know Houston can play bet
ter,” he said. “We looked at the tape of
the Colts game and all the good things
happened for them that you would like to
see happen in an opening game. That’s
how it got out of hand. It just snowballed
on Houston.”
Switzer hinted the Oilers might have
been looking ahead to the Cowboys.
“That’s a natural tendency and one my
teams were guilty of at Oklahoma when
we had a Nebraska or a Texas down the
road,” Switzer said. “I’ve seen teams
practice for one team while they were
thinking about another. It could have
happened to Houston.”
Switzer said he has already learned
that there’s a thin line between winning
and losing in the NFL.
“There’s not that great a disparity of
talent,” he said. “Games can turn so
quickly in the NFL that it shocks me.
Mental mistakes can really hurt.”
Switzer said he never took much stock in
oddsmakers.
“That’s a billion dollar industry,” he said,
“but I never let any of that influence me. ”
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