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I n ($ ?at □ Entrepreneur Bill Collins is negotiating with Drayton Mclane to move the Astros. HOUSTON (AP) — A North ern Virginia-area group is trying to buy the Houston Astros and move them to the Washington, D.C., area, television stations in Houston and Washington report ed Wednesday. Bill Collins and his Virginia group have had substantial dis cussions with Astros owner Drayton McLane about purchas ing the Houston club, KRIV-TV in Houston and WTTG-TV in KS Thursday* October 19, 1995 Sports Page 11 • The Battalion Astros may move to D.C. Washington reported. McLane told KRIV that the Astros have lost millions since he bought the club and that he and Collins have “talked on sev eral occasions.” “And he was looking at all the clubs that had weak franchises — you know, poor attendance,” McLane told KRIV in a telephone interview from his Temple home. “He certainly looked at the Houston Astros. We’ve had some dis cussion, but we cer tainly would not even begin to focus on this until after the World Series.’ The Astros’ financial losses are “extremely devastating,” McLane said. “If we were even breaking even, that would be no issue for us. But we have lost in three years about S65 million, and there’s no end in sight. So we are going to consider every option there is,” he said. Bob McClaren, Astros senior vice president for business operations, told KRIV that there is no timetable for the negotia tions. However, “I would think he (Collins) would need to get things moving, pretty quick to have a team ready to go in 1996.” Michael T. Scanlon Jr., spokesman for the Collins group, declined to comment on the dis cussions. However, WTTG reported that the Collins group would move the Astros first to Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Wash ington for next season, then to the Northern Virginia suburbs as soon as a stadium could be built, probably near Dulles In ternational Airport. WTTG quoted unidentified sources as saying the main focus of Collins’ pursuit has become the Astros. In the past, teams in Pittsburgh, Montreal, Seattle and San Francisco have been mentioned as the object of Collins’ efforts. Phillips breaks his silence □ Tom Osborne will not let Phillips play against Kansas State or Col orado. LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Ne braska running back Lawrence Phillips, who was indefinitely suspended after hitting an ex girlfriend, broke his silence to day about the trouble he has faced. In a telephone call to an Om aha radio talk show, Phillips said he could have just left the university and turned to pro football after his Sept. 10 arrest and no contest plea to an as sault charge. He said agents called him. “I could have just left,” he said. “I didn’t do that I stayed here. I’m going to school. I’m go ing to do what’s right.” Phillips is awaiting sentenc ing Dec. 1 on the misdemeanor charge. Coach Tom Osborne said Tuesday that the junior could return to practice next week but won’t play for at least the next two weeks. News that Phillips could be returning to the team was the subject of caller comments to a talk show on Omaha radio sta tion KFAB when Phillips himself called the station. Phillips said, “it’s just killing me” how people are talking like they know him and know the situation. Osborne said No. 2 Nebraska will be with out Phillips at least un til the Nov. 4 game against Iowa State. He said Phillips will not play against No. 8 Kansas State in Lincoln on Sat urday nor at No. 9 Colorado on Oct. 28. “What will happen beyond that, I don’t know, but he will not play in those two games,” Phillips Osborne said Tuesday. “He probably needs at least two weeks of practice before he can play effectively in a game.” The 6-foot, 215-pound star tailback was kicked off the team Sept. 10 after attacking a for mer girlfriend, Katherine McEwen, a 20-year-old Nebraska basketball player. Osborne the next day said Phillips was suspended. But Os borne has said that keeping football as an option for Phillips was the best choice for the running back. “Believe me, right now bringing him back doesn’t necessarily make us a better foot ball team,” Osborne said. “He’s a great player and when he left the team, he was playing about as well as any I-back we’ve ever had ... but you’re going to change the chemistry of the Maddux. Hershiser set for Game 1 Braves and Indians are getting ready for 1995 World Series. ATLANTA (AP) — After all those worries about wild cards, expanded playoffs and a skewed season, the World Se ries is baseball the way it ought to be: the two best teams in the game — the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves — meeting in October The Indians, who led the ma jors in hitting, scoring and home runs, coming off the most impressive pitching perfor mance in AL playoffs history. They’re trying to bring Cleve land its first championship since 1948. The Braves, featuring the strongest staff the majors has seen in years. They’re on a mis sion, too, to finally win it all in their fourth try. Greg Maddux, certain to win his record fourth straight Cy Young Award, starting Game 1 for the Braves. Orel Hershiser, whose 7-0 record is the best in postseason history, likely to face him Saturday night in Atlanta. The Indians bring Albert Belle, the first player ever to hit 50 home runs and 50 doubles in a season, perhaps the most excit ing player in the game in leadoff man Kenny Lofton — the guy who scored from second base on a passed ball Tuesday night in Seattle — and a Gold Glove shortstop named Omar Vizquel who occasionally doesn’t bother using a glove to field grounders. Cleveland dominated the reg ular season by going 100-44, swept Boston in three games in the first round of the playoffs and posted an AL playoffs record 1.64 ERA in beating Seattle in six games. “This team and staff is play off-tested and they are ready for the World Series,” said Her shiser, the series MVP against the Mariners. “They are ready to execute.” The Indians are making ies fits will ii y 1 Di . lucrH , Kite I Soutt'l ems. jonsotj •e ft selves; iren .e re'J u s Sta | L ’ id 11 lityi g. an r corn 1 ; | n s^ tesd®! j mo 8 * I le ci ofth 8 tiyeaM dsio nS the thos f | s th at •tisM ili# ’s th 8 mro , lea sf a / ho* uld b{ iar e ' y {ot lone 6 ; m^ ig#' to" 11 ft bc HUNAN CHINESE RESTAURANT AND BAR Come enjoy the authentic tastes of China in our warm and friendly atmosphere at Hunan Chinese Restaurant where our customers come first! 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James Griesen, vice chancel lor for student affairs, said he, Phillips and university judicial officer Linda Schwartzkopf will meet within the next week to discuss penalties. In similar cases of misde meanor assault involving stu dents, Griesen said, students are required to make restitution for medical costs and receive be havior education. Expulsions or suspensions from school are rare. Osborne said he won’t allow Phillips to practice or play until his student status is cleared up. C IS fE XX II gc CS^~~Pg I L_ L. j fi<5<5IE NIGHT Every Thursday $1.49 Pitchers with Student I.D. Increase is due to the increase in national beer products. 500 S. Texas, Bryan 823-4338 Located at 700 E. University Drive, next to Sidepockets, behind the Golden Corral. : Sun Oct~22 111 4-7 pm MATH 151 gj| Pract. Test il! 7-9 pm MATH 152 |gj CH. 10 H Mon: Oct-25L their first World Series appear ance since 1954. Back then, they did not have to worry about the annual DH debate in the World Series. Cleveland, though, may not get hurt too much in games at Atlanta be cause designated hitter, Eddie Murray can play a steady first base, although that will push Paul Sorrento to the bench. The Braves, unlike the Indi ans, do not have many players in the top 10 in the NL’s major batting categories. Instead, they won 90 games in the regu lar season, beat Colorado 3-1 in the playoffs and swept Cincin nati in four games because of pitching. 4-6 pm 6-8 pm 6-8 pm 7-9 pm 8-10 pm 8-11 pm 10 pm - 12 am ACCT 229 Parti Tue Oct-24 ACCT 229 Part II Wed Oct-25 ACCT 229 Part III Thur Oct-26 ACCT 229 Pract. Test MATH 152 Pract. Test ACCT 327 Parti ECON 202 Parti ACCT 230 Parti BANA 303 Parti ACCT 327 Part II ECON 202 Part II ACCT 230 Part II BANA 303 Part II ACCT 327 Part III ECON 202 Part III ACCT 230 Part III BANA 303 Part III ACCT 327 Pract. Test ECON 202 Pract. Test ACCT 230 Pract. 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