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Memories of
Sundays, the
Cowboys & Dad
DREW
DIENER
Sportswriter
The Dallas Cowboys were min
utes away from their sixth Super
Bowl appearance when a young Joe
Montana gallantly led his San Fran
cisco 49ers downfield on what would
become one of the most famous
comebacks in NFL history...
Montana rolls right, the pigskin
is sent spiraling toward the end
zone. From out of nowhere, Dwight
Clark appears at the bottom left of
my television screen. Leaping and
stretching in one poetic motion,
“The Catch” is made...
San Francisco 28 - Dallas 27.
Denied, the Dallas Cowboys re
turned home empty-handed. Two
weeks later, the 49ers made their
first of four Super Bowl appear
ances, and returned to the Bay Area
with a World Championship.
After “The Catch” was made, I
turned away from the TV and
looked at my father. There was a
moment of silence, like someone had
died. Turning back toward the TV,
I began to cry.
The Cowboys and my father were
among the most important people in
my life when I was growing up.
Dad knew that I had a great deal
of love for football and almost al
ways joined me in the den on Sun
day afternoons, as I watched my he
roes play their game.
Some of my greatest memories
from my childhood involve watching
football, being with my dad, or
watching football with my dad. He
was by no means a football fanatic,
but he nonetheless would willingly
give up his Sunday afternoons to
watch the Cowboys, if for no other
reason than to spend time with me.
At the time, I expected it. I took
it for granted. Now I appreciate it
See Diener, Page 6
Lady Ags defeat No. 15 Colorado
Volleyball team
ties for third
in tournament
By Jason Holstead
The Battalion
After tying for third at the Universi
ty of Colorado Coors Tournament last
weekend, the Texas A&M volleyball
team resumes Southwest Conference
action tonight as they travel to Lubbock
to play Texas Tech at 7 o’clock.
Despite losing two games out of three
in the tournament, head coach Laurie
Corbelli said the team learned several
lessons over the weekend that should
come in handy as the season progresses.
“I think the main things we learned
this weekend was the need to focus on
consistent performances and the need
to be well-prepared as individuals with
in the team’s game plan.” Corbelli said.
A&M’s sole win in the tournament
came against 15th-ranked Colorado.
Colorado was the highest ranked team
See Lady Ags, Page 6
Joni Keister, junior middle blocker, returns the
Scudder, sophomore outside hitter, watches.
ball
Robyn Calloway/TnF Battalion
as her teammate Jan
Cause of Gerulaitis 5 death found
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Former tennis star Vitas
Gerulaitis was killed when a faulty propane heater filled the
cottage where he was staying with such high levels of carbon
monoxide that investigators had to retreat for gas masks, au
thorities said Tuesday.
Gerulaitis, 40, was found dead Sunday afternoon. Tests
showed “between 72 and 77 percent of his blood was saturated
with carbon monoxide — extremely, extremely high levels,”
said Norma Dill, assistant to the chief medical examiner.
Police said the fumes seeped into the heating and air con
ditioning system of the cottage, which sits near the beach on
an estate in this affluent Long Island community.
The Suffolk County medical examiner found carbon
monoxide traces during an autopsy Monday afternoon. Inves
tigators then returned to the house and recorded carbon
monoxide levels that were described as “off the scale.”
Detective Sgt. David Betts said it was not clear if Gerulaitis
was asleep when fumes swept through the house or how long he
had been dead. When a servant entered the cottage Sunday af
ternoon, the television was on and Gerulaitis was still wearing
clothes he’d worn Saturday morning at a tennis clinic.
Betts said that although the deadly gas apparently came
from the heating and cooling system, the exact source had not
been determined. The system had been serviced within the
last two weeks, Betts said.
Gerulaitis was a frequent guest at the cottage on the 4.7-
acre, $5.5 million estate of developer Martin Raynes. He ar
rived there last weekend after a late-night flight from the
West Coast, where he’d played in a tennis tournament with
former greats Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg.
Raynes last saw Gerulaitis around 5 p.m. Saturday and
the two agreed to have dinner. When Gerulaitis failed to ap
pear that evening, Raynes assumed he was sleeping.
For the 24 hours after his body was found, the tennis
world buzzed with speculation that Gerulaitis’ death was
linked to drug use.
Gerulaitis acknowledged using cocaine during the late
1970s and ’80s, and said that his appetite for drugs and
discos undercut a career that was based on quickness and
endurance. He was treated for substance abuse and was
implicated, though never charged, in a cocaine-dealing
conspiracy in 1983.
Offensive line
ready to face
Golden Eagles
despite injuries
Staff and Wire Reports
Texas A&M head football coach
R. C. Slocum tagged inexperience of
and injuries to the team’s offensive
line as the biggest problems experi
enced by the A&M running attack
as the team prepares for this week’s
match-up with the University of
Southern Mississippi.
“The number one factor is the of
fensive line, which is not an experi
enced unit, “ Slocum said. “We’ve
also had problems keeping all of our
offensive line healthy. Jeff Jones,
John Richard, Hunter Goodwin and
even Calvin Collins have missed
some time due to illnesses and
bumps and bruises.”
Both Richard and offensive line
man Koby Hackradt missed prac
tice Tuesday due to viruses. Also
missing work-outs were tight end
Hayward Clay(knee) and linebacker
Warrick Holdman(thumb).
Despite the inexperience of the
offensive line and the success of
A&M’s passing attack against both
Oklahoma and Louisiana State,
Slocum said the running game is
still an integral part of the Aggie at
tack.
“The ability to run the football is
a basic ingredient of championship
caliber football teams, “ Slocum
said. “It’s easy to be seduced
into throwing the football all of the
time. We’re committed, and we
will be able to run the ball.”
This Day In Aggie
Football...
September 21, 1974:
Twelfth-ranked Texas A&M defeats
seventh-ranked Lousiana State
University, 21-14, in Baton Rogue and
enters the top 10 in the national polls
for the first time since 1957.
3ian, Bisexual Aggies
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