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September 26, >hock ip 49ers Tuesday • September 26, 1995 Sports Page 9 • The Battalion Battered Smith keeps going and going... ;hort by inches, froing for the 2:40) remaining it mtes signalej go for it again. Tfe slid off right guarj tz for 2 yards, dons (1 -3) then ra t into the line thret aeh for no gain, ajj a me on for the winnet. ,> the go-ahead 4tiers had used the: cout. But with tlif ck running, the Liorj the ball for Hansoii: more than 10 secont he play clock, givinj s additional precioiii Lo move downfield “iteve Young, who so many winning dr a 1 (tiers, took his tun imeouts, he marche • (3-1) from their oirc -> Lions’ 22 to setu completed 27 oft( >r 349 yards and tw ns. with one intercep •v Rice had 11 catchei irds. It was Rice’s Sid game, breaking Do: s NFL record. injuries n turf and safety Marcus Hi f or the season on tel plays. i he nation’s top colic- a rt orbncks, Koy Del- alorado, faces possible ! ng knee surgery af- ,ii -y Saturday against A1 that was attrib- tifieial turf. I'urf is absolutely hor- /in said. “It will make , i m sure, a little ear- 1 should." has said for years he natural grass surface, ho hasn’t found the of grass that grows - x.-\ Stadium, which 'd except for the hole wboys arc built around ios said, and he doesn't so lhat'advantage when to natural grass, lid he’s concerned grass field can hold up lement weather condi- in the season, when >1 teams play at Texas in cl other non-football such as concerts art "vey of 965 players con the NFL Players Asso 1 percent said injuries likely to be caused by n artificial turf than it’s more, 85 percent o( rs surveyed said they icr play on grass, just the headline-grab- m-ending injuries that yens. punishment they ab- heir arms and legs burns and cuts. An of skin the size of • dollars is missing on elbow of Cowboys de ckle Leon Lett, cour- 'f burns. nt it pretty bad. They ! individual spots after ? that make it. They account the whole sea- re is still a chance,” sa id he has been / the performances of runners Scott Lenge- my Stanberry. Lenge- d third at UTS A and l while Stanberry fin- at UTS A and seventh ailt. have been the most of surprises,” Hinze ay have come in and very thing I’ve asked ger said she is looking » the meet this week- •iety. be good for us to go some different -utchberger said. “It's cunning against the iols.” AH Photo lowboy running back Emmitt Smith breaks tackles en route to a 60- lyard touchdown against the Giants on Sept. 5. □ Smith is on a pace to challenge Eric Dicker son's rushing record. IRVING (AP) —Emmitt Smith had a sore left elbow and a big smile. Pointing to the swelling still evident on his elbow, the NFL’s leading rusher said Monday he got lucky with the injury sustained in the fourth quarter of a 34-20 Dallas Cowboys victory Sunday over Arizona. “It’s doing fine, believe me,’’ Smith said. “I’ll be at practice Wednesday and I’ll play against the Washington Redskins.” Smith, who has been ham pered the last two seasons with shoulder and hamstring problems, was at Valley Ranch late Sunday night un dergoing ice and pressure treatments. “It’s gone down a lot,’’ Smith said. “I was worried there might be some bone fragments floating around in there. But there’s no problem. It 'will be back to normal by Sunday.” It’s going to take more than just a banged-up elbow to keep Smith, who had 116 yards rushing on Sunday, on the bench. “You’re talking about one tough man,” said offensive tackle Nate Newton. “He’s a football player, a tough cus tomer.” Smith, who has three rush ing titles in five years, is off to his best start with four straight 100-yard rushing games. He has 543 yards rushing and at his current pace would finish with 2,172. Eric Dickerson has the NFL record of 2,277 yards in one season. The Cowboys have a three- game lead, in the NFC East but Switzer said it doesn’t mean a thing. “I don’t think about being ahead in the division with this many games to go,” Switzer said. “I just hope we stay healthy.” Although Smith was in jured with the Cowboys own ing a 14-point lead late in the game, Switzer said he had to leave Smith in the contest. “We had a ballgame on our hands,” Switzer said. 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The Houston Oilers of- I fensive guard pointed to I; his black streak-marked I headgear and told coach I Jeff Fisher: “See, this is I, what happens when you I run the football.” Scarred helmets weren’t the only results of the Oilers’ surprising offensive performance in Sunday’s 38-28 victory over the Cincinnati Ben gals. The m a - ligned offen- s i v e line fi nally meshed and provid ed room for the Oilers running game and that opened up the airways for Chris Chandler to complete 23 of 26 passes for 352 yards and four touchdowns. “At least yesterday, they’ve arrived,” Fisher said. “Now we have to take the next step and get some consistency.” The Oilers (2-2) have been waiting since train ing camp for their star- studded offensive line to solidify in the new offen sive scheme of offensive coordinator Jerry Rhome. “We’ve got to stay con sistent now to make the running game go,” Don- nalley said. “There is no reason we can’t do this on a regular basis against a lot of teams in the NFL.” □Houston now trails the Colorado Rockies by one game for the final NL playoff spot. HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros nearly blew a six-run lead before pulling away from the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 10-5 victory Monday night that kept them close in the wild card race. Brian Hunter had two hits and three RBIs and Dave Magadan had two hits and two RBIs for Houston, which began the night 1 1/2 games behind Los Angeles. The Dodgers beat the Rockies 4-3, taking over the NL West Lead. The Astros now trail Colorado by one game for the fourth and final NL playoff spot. Houston got three runs in the first and three in the third for a 6-0 lead, but Pitts burgh got five straight sin gles off Shane Reynolds in the fifth and scored five runs. Rick Wilkins’ RBI single in the sixth gave Houston an insurance run, and the Astros scored three more in the eighth. Doug Brocail (6-3), who relieved Reynolds in the fifth and allowed a pair of run-scoring groundouts, got the victory. Rick White (1- 3) took the loss for Pitts burgh, which dropped its fourth in a row. John Cangelosi singled to start the Astros’ first and was sacrificed to second base by Craig Biggio. After Jeff Bagwell walked, Derrick May’s dou ble scored Cangelosi. Maga dan followed with a single to center, scoring Bagwell and May. In the third, Bagwell and Magadan and Hunter had singles and Ricky Gutierrez had an RBI groundout. Hunter also scored on the groundout as shortstop Jay Bell had a throwing error. Pittsburgh scored five in the fifth on a single by pinch- hitter Mike Cummings, a two-run double by A1 Martin and grounders by Orlando Merced and Jeff King. 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