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Wednesday • April 19, 1995 Drabek looks □ The Astros' pitcher hopes to continue his '94 All-Star success. KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Doug Drabek no longer worries about his spring training perfor mances — good or bad. He had a bad spring last year but for the regular season he had a 12-6 record and 2.84 ERA, third best in the Na tional League. Drabek didn’t get down about last spring and he’s not putting much stock in this spring either, even with a shutout string of seven innings. “I used to think how you did here meant something,” Drabek said. “But now, 1 know it does n’t. But you want to do well in spring training just to get the positive attitude going before the season starts.” Drabek, the Astros’ opening day pitcher against the San Diego Padres, is trying to prepare this season, as he did following an abbreviated 1990 spring. “In ’90, I wasn’t worrying too much about control,” he said. “I just wanted to get my arm into shape. I wanted to go five, six SPORTS for ‘90 repeat innings and not be laboring be fore leaving camp.” At 32, the nine-year major league veteran, is taking care to be in top condition and boosting his confidence for the start of the season. “If you’re working on things and they’re going well, you feel good about it. If things aren’t going well, you have a tenden cy to say ‘I’m behind’ and you start concerning yourself with that instead of just going out and pitching.” Drabek won seven games in a row last season, matching the longest streak of his career. He started the streak after losing his first start of the season on April 5. Drabek was named to the NL All-Star team for the first time in his career last season. Because of the shortened spring training, some pitchers could experience dead arms that normally occur dur ing the regular six weeks spring training. “Tbat could happen,’’Drabek said. “You can have it in spring training, and you can have it during the season too. You re ally don’t have any control over when it’s going to happen.” Hickey: All in the family Continued from Page 9 tition,” Hickey said. “When we would both have a tough day, we would compete to see who had the worse day. We are just very happy. We support each other. “(Of course,) he’s the only one at home with a Southwest Conference ring.” The Hickeys said the combi nation of people and the excel lent athletic facilities that the campus offers have con tributed to the success of A&M’s athletic programs. “The stability in the athletic department and our first-class facilities in baseball have con tributed to the success,” Bill Hickey said. “When recruits come to visit, they marvel at the facilities.” “From the women’s side, it’s the caliber of people who work here, “ Lynn Hickey said. “We have had excellent support from John David Crow and Wally Groff. Both have made the effort to make all the sports successful.” The Hickeys have the same goals for A&M’s sports. “I’m going through a new ex perience trying to understand my role,” Hickey said. “I have different goals now. I want our teams to be in the top 10.” Coach Hickey agrees with his wife’s goals for the baseball team. “We are on a roll and you have to keep that going,” Hickey said. “My goal is to help our baseball program stay in the top 10.” The Battalion • Page 11 Williams ‘startled’ by accusations DALLAS (AP) — A teen age topless dancer, who has accused Cowboys tackle Erik Williams and his friend of sexual assault, had sex with both men, then became upset when Williams said she couldn’t be his girl friend, the player’s lawyer said Tuesday. Attorney Donald Godwin of Dallas said at a news con ference that Williams was startled when he discovered two policemen at his front door early Thursday. Godwin said Williams, 26, told him that the 17- year-old had sex willingly with him and Roderick Car- son, 26, of Madison, Wis., that night, and on the previ ous weekend. Both men were arrested Thursday and released after posting $2,500 bond at sepa rate hearings. Dallas police filed felony sexual assault charges against Williams and Carson in Collin County on Monday, said Deputy Chief Pam Walt. Sexual assault is a second- degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison. Collin County District Attor ney Tom O’Connell said his office would review the charges before forwarding them to a grand jury. The attorney said he was presenting Williams’ version of events the night of April 12 because the woman's ver sion, published by local news media, was inaccurate. Neither Williams nor Carson was at the news conference. 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