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Wednesday • November 29, 1995 Sports Page 9 • The Battalion Cowboys to scrap artificial turf Baseball salaries dip in 1995 □ Jerry Jones said Texas Stadium would be grass by 1997. IRVING (AP) — Emmitt Smith should be running on grass in Texas Stadium by 1997 if he can escape being injured again until then. At least that’s what Dallas owner Jerry Jones promised on Tuesday, saying, “there will be grass, make no mistake about it.” The NFL’s leading rusher was injured try ing to make a cut on the slick artificial Texas Stadium turf in the third quar ter of a 24-12 victory over Kansas City on Thanksgiving Day. Smith suffered a sprained left knee and could play on Sun day against the Washington Red skins. The near miss sent shud ders through the Cowboys or ganization. “There is a concern (about the tmT) because we don’t have the traction that should be out there,” Jones said. “The turf is worn out enough that we’re pushing the envelope. The turf is too slick.” However, Jones said he did n’t think the turf caused Smith’s injury. “I don’t think it’s an issue with Emmitt’s injury,” Jones said. Smith didn’t blame the turf but did say the injury probably wouldn’t have happened on grass. “I think grass would have giv en when I planted my foot,” Smith said. Smith played all of the 1994 season battling hamstring prob lems which were aggravated by the artificial surface. Jones said he hoped construc tion would begin at the end of the 1996 season to low er the field by 15 feet and plant grass. He also wants the roof of the stadium closed. The Cowboys would have to find a strain of grass that grows indoors or put grass in for every game and re move it. “I think grass is safer and I like the aura of it,” Jones said. “You go to ice hockey games to see play on an artificial surface. You go to a football game to see a game on grass. We want it (grass) in there and I hope we’ll have the grass surface ready to go by 1997.” Jones put a price tag of about $35 million on getting a roof over the doughnut hole in Texas Sta dium, lowering the field 15 feet, putting in grass, and renovating some lower level seating. He said the funds would come from his own pocket, an Irving bond issue, and business partners. □ The average major- league salary was $1,110,766 last season. NEW YORK (AP) — The av erage baseball salary went down by nearly $58,000 this year, the first substantial de cline in 30 years. The average salary was $1,110,766, according to final figures released Tuesday by the Major League Baseball Players Association at its an nual meeting in Aventura, Fla. That was a 5 percent drop from the 1994 average of $1,168,263. Clubs spent more money on players this year — about $924 million, an increase of $15 mil lion. And the New York Yan kees became the first club with an average to top $2 million — $2,000,271. But the average declined be cause there were far more play ers in the majors on Aug. 31, the last day before rosters ex panded. While there were 762 players in the majors in Aug. 31, 1994, there were 824 on Aug. 31 this year. The increase was caused by more players on the disabled list. This year’s decline also was due to the huge increase in rookies, caused by the teams’ desire to reduce payrolls fol lowing the 232-day strike. There were 238 players with less than one year of major league service on Aug. 31 ma jor-league rosters, an increase of 100 from 1994. Need A Job For The Spring Semester? • Are you a fun person? • Do you enjoy working with kids? Km College Station Parts & Recroatfon Community Education • Looking for valuable work experience? ' .-srrqt! *■ •: ' h-io-' •• • • Are you available Mon,-Fri., 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.? •If you answered yes to any of these questions, we may have the job for you. Applications now being accepted at Centeral Park Office until Nov. 30 For more infornmation call: 'Th< 764-3486 , - , • Please c:vj i out and coivlplete this ai>elic:a i i on • I The Battalion i 013 Reed McDonald Building • Telephone: (409) 845-3313 • Fax:(409)845-2647 • Battalion Staff Application • Name: Phone number(s): Major: Classification: Number of hours you wil 1 take in Spring: Expected graduation (semester): If you have another job, what is it?: How many work hours per week? Will you keep it if hired as an staff member? Is your GPR over a 2.0?YES NO YOU MUST ATTEND TEXAS A&M TO APPLY Circle the staff positions in which you are interested; number them in order of preference: • Writing positions No journalism experience necessary - we’re looking for ANYONE who can write ! 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Please answer the following questions — use additional pages if necessary: 1) Why do you want to work at The Battalion; what do you hope to accomplish? 2) What qualifies you for the position(s) for which you are applying - list any work, class, campus or other experience, along with anything else you want us to know about your abilities, goals and interests. 3) Critique the section(s) in The Battalion for which you are applying - what do you like, what could be better, what could be changed, what do you think is bad? Please attach samples of your writing, designs or photos — submissions can include papers, short stories, or anything you think might display your talents. The Battalion is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity. All A&M students are encouraged to apply regardless of age, gender, race or sexual orientation. 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