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{ Thursday • November 9, 1995 Sports Page 11 • The Battalion Virtual Ags handily defeat Owls, 45-13 □ A&M claims the No. 2 ranking after domi nating the Rice Owls. Paper or plastic? The Virtual Texas A&M Foot ball Team’s “Wrecking Crew” de fense introduced its sackers to the Rice Owls Wednesday, recording a school-record 22 sacks in its 46-13 rout. Sophomore linebacker Trent Driver led the way for A&M, recording seven sacks, followed by Zerrick Rollins and Larry Walker II, each with four and Brandon Mitchell and Reggie Brown with three each. Once again, the Aggie offense was overshadowed, yet did a mar velous job of running up over 500 yards of offense against the Owls’ paltry defense. Junior tailback Leeland McEl- roy scored four touchdowns, three on runs and one on a pass recep tion from quarterback Corey Pul- lig. In all, McElroy carried the ball 10 times and gained 130 yards. Pullig was consistent, complet ing lO-of-22 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns. Once again, his favorite receiver was Danny McCray, who caught six passes for 193 yards and one touchdown. Rice’s offense was just the op posite. The Owls compiled -231 yards rushing against the intense Aggie blitz, with quarterback Josh Nelson seeing stars and wishing for an armored tank by game’s end. When Nelson was able to hurl the ball before being crumpled by an Aggie player, he was hardly successful. He completed just 12-of 42 passes, and the Owls were suc cessful on only 2-of-17 third-down conversions. The Aggies got off to a quick start in the game when McElroy exploded around left end en route to a 48-yard touchdown. The Ag gies were up 21-0 with seven sacks by the end of the first quarter. One of the most impressive de fensive performances was turned in by Walker, whose four tackles included two safeties as the Aggies repeatedly drove the Owls back wards into their own end zone. Now ranked No. 2 in the virtual Associated Press Bowl following Florida State’s stunning loss to Virginia, the Aggies are on a colli sion course with No. 1 Nebraska in the National Championship game. Student Counseling elpjtm fire y&u a aood listener? Vo you tike to help others? fire you a responsible and committed person? (DVolunhen needed® to begin service in the Spring Semester. Required training will be Monday, January 8 through Saturday, January 13. *** INTERVIEWING NOW *** Applications available Room 104 Henderson Hall. *»* Application DEADLINE is FRIDAY, DECEMBER I*** For further information call Ms. Susan Vavra at 845-4427 ext. 133. Texss A&M University has a strong institutional commitment to the principle of diversity in all areas. In that spirit, admission to Texas A&M University and any of its sponsored programs is open to all qualified individuals without regard to any subgroup, class or stereotype. Closing arguments begin in King trial □ Promoter Don King has been charged with faking a $350,000 box ing contract. NEW YORK (AP) — A prose cutor’s charge that Don King’s testimony in his insurance fraud trial was “absurd” and full of lies so upset the boxing promoter’s lawyer that he told jurors in closing arguments Wednesday he might cry. It was a lively climax to a six-week trial that had pro duced snores and yawns from spectators who watched prose cutors try to prove King faked a boxing contract to collect $350,000 in insurance money for a 1991 cancelled fight. Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Stewart launched his closing argument with an at tack on King’s credibility and urged jurors to use his own words to find him guilty of nine- counts of wire fraud. “It’s not fair and square to take a solemn oath to tell the truth ... and then tell you a sto ry that has no relationship with the truth,” Stewart told the fed eral jury in Manhattan. As boxer Mike Tyson watched with other spectators, Stewart said King’s testimony over three days actually clari fied the prosecution’s case. King admitted it would have been wrong and decep tive to add a clause to a con tract for the canceled bout af ter the fight was scrapped, Stewart said. “The question then becomes, ladies and gentlemen, was he a part of it ... and you know he was because the only person who stood to benefit was Don King,” he said. Stewart said King lied any time he needed to cover up the fact that he participated at every turn in the attempt to fool Lloy d’s of London into paying $350,000 in training expenses that were never incurred for the bout between Julio Cesar Chavez and Harold Brazier. Stewart described as “patently absurd” testimony in which King said he was never told that his employees were asking for $350,000 in training expenses. For two hours, Stew art bashed King’s han dling of the claim and then warned jurors to re member the promoter’s misdeeds if defense lawyer Peter Fleming “sheds a tear for Don King” during his clos ing argument. Minutes later and late in the day, an angry Fleming followed the prosecutor and did not hide his emotions. “I may shed a tear,” he told the jury as he began with a 45- minute summation that will continue Thursday morning. He wiped his nose several times and his voice seemed to crack as he spoke. Then he took aim at Stewart for accusing King of faking a con tract, backdating checks and lying about conversations and then telling the jury, “Where I come from, they call that fraud.” “There’s nothing that hap pens in this case, no piece of ev idence, that they don’t choose to look at as sinister. That is the mark of prosecutors, who you might find have a higher oblig ation, trying to make a case,” he said. The trial is the second feder al case for King, 64, who in 1985 won an acquittal in a tax evasion case. King in the past quarter cen tury has risen to the top of the boxing world, promoting Buster Douglas’ stunning upset of Tyson in Tokyo in 1990, the “Rumble in the Jungle” be tween Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in 1974 and the “Thrilla in Manila” between Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975. If convicted of the new charges, he could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count. Tyson COME SHAKE YOUR AT MSC HOSPITALITYS 42 D8® NOES TOURNAMENT AT THE DIXIE CHICKEN Touma Registrati Saturday, Nov. 11, stariif^bt 3 p.m. in tyiSC this Thursday and Fi(jday from 10-2. $10 PER TEAM Prizes for winners and door prizes including free dinners and 2 free jumps at Blue Skies Over Texas! & Hr^Sponsored by MSC Hospitality 7^e>uuut4. jiUeaAe ccM 845-15?. 4jiec&zl Hccdd.. 'ZOe, leque&t. tltree (3) ttMVt&iKf deufA frtfox- to- t&e- ewznt to uo to aoatot <fO(c to t&e- tfeot o£ ouo altilttieo. Twin Cordova named AL Rookie of the Year □ This year's race was the closest in 15 years. NEW YORK (AP) — Marty Cordova, the Minnesota Twins outfielder who had 24 homers and 84 RBIs, was voted AL Rookie of the Year on Wednes day, edging California’s Garret Anderson in the closest race in 16 years. Cordova and Anderson each received 13 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writ ers Association of America. Cor dova had 13 seconds and one third for 105 points, while An derson had 10 seconds and four thirds for 99 points. Andy Pettitte of the New York Yankees and Troy Percival of the Angels each received one first-place vote. It was the closest race in the AL since 1979, when Twins third baseman John Castino and Toronto shortstop Alfredo Griffin tied with seven votes each. The following year, the BBWAA switched to the system where each writer makes three picks, with 5 points for a first : place vote, 3 for a second and 1 for a third. The last rookie race decided by such a narrow margin was the NL award in 1982, when Steve Sax of Los Angeles edged Pittsburgh’s Johnny Ray by six points. Cordova, 26, finished the sea son hitting .277. He made his major league debut on April 26 and started in a 2-for-16 slump, but rebounded to hit .301 in May with eight homers and 21 RBIs. He slumped to .247 in June, then hit .293 in July. He closed strongly, hitting :304 from Sept. 1 to the end of the season with four homers and 23 RBIs. He homered in five consecu tive games from May 16-20, ty ing the major league record set by Rudy York in 1937 and matched by George Alusik in 1.962 and Ron Kittle in 1983. It also matched the Twins record accomplished twice by Harmon Killebrew in 1970. Anderson hit .324 with 16 homers and 69 RBIs. He start ed the season with the Angels and was just 0-for-8 when he was sent back to the minors on May 15, when rosters were re duced from 28 active players to 25. He returned to California on June 7 and in July was picked as the AL player of the month after hitting .410 with seven homers and 31 RBIs in 25 games. 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! LUNCH 11:00-2:00 *4.95 with Fruit Bar BUFFET DINNER 5:00-9:30 $ 5.95 with Ice Cream From 5:00 - 9:30 1/2 Price Mixed Drinks & 50# Beer on tap Dinner Delivery Available Seven Days A Week 5-10 p.m. $10.00 Minimum Limited Delivery Area 693-9999 or 694-2356 Located close to campus at 707 Texas Ave. S. (Upstairs next to Taco Cabana) TEXAS ASM VS. RICE This Friday, come watch your favorite football team and enjoy $1.75 pints of our handcrafted beer. Happy Hour: 2-7 EM. & 9-11 EM Daily Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 11AM.- 11 RM. 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