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The Battalion MONDAY \pril 22, 1996 Sports Page 7 Jimmy 'The Greek" dies at age 76 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jimmy "The Creek" Snyder, who parlayed odds- making skills and a gift for gab into national prominence before his tele vision career crashed over ill-ad vised remarks about black athletes, died Sunday. Snyder, 76, died of heart failure at a local hospital after a long ill ness, said longtime friend Tommy Manakides. Snyder, who at his peak was a colorful and often-quoted CBS Sports commentator, lived his late years in virtual obscurity after being fired by the network in 1988 for say ing that black athletes were superior to whites. Olajuwon tops block record as Rockets win HOUSTON (AP) — Hakeem Olaju won set an NBA mark for career blocked shots and Sam Mack scored 26 points Sunday as the Houston Rockets wound up the regular season with a 118-110 victory over the Phoenix Suns. Olajuwon got his third block of the game at the 5:56 mark of the third peri od, giving him 3,190 for his 12-year ca reer— one more than Kareem Abdul- (abbar had in his 19 seasons. Olajuwon then went to the bench for the remainder of the game and Phoenix overcame a nine-point advan tage and took the lead early in the fourth quarter. But Mack, who started in place of injured Clyde Drexler, was 6-of-11 from behind the three-point arc and Houston was 16-of-30 from long-range, tying a club record. Tracy Moore's 3- pointer with 8:57 to go put Houston ahead 94-93, a lead the Rockets never relinquished. Houston had six 3-point ers in the fourth quarter. Phoenix was led by 35 points from Elliott Perry, filling in for injured Kevin lohnson. Wesley Person added 24 points off the bench. SCORES ROUNDUP NL 5an Diego 2, Atlanta 1, 1.5 innings Montreal % Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 2 Colorado 6, New York 4 San Francisco 7, Chicago 6 Houston 7, Cincinnati 5 Los Angeles at Florida, (n) NBA New York 122, Boston 111 Philadelphia 109, Toronto 105, OT Chicago 103, Washington 93 Orlando 103, Charlotte 100 Cleveland 89, Indiana 88 Houston 118, Phoenix 110 Dallas 103, San Antonio 98 Denver 99, Seattle 88 Atlanta 104, Miami 92 Vancouver 108, L.A. Clippers 101 Detroit 108, Milwaukee 92 Golden State at Sacramento (n) L.A. Lakers at Portland (n) NHL Tampa) Bay 5, Philadelphia 4, OT N.Y. Rangers 2, Montreal 1 Winnipeg 4, Detroit 1 Chicago 7, Calgary 5 Toronto at St. Louis (n) AL Cleveland 11, Boston 7 New York 9, Minnesota 5 Milwaukee 5, Kansas City 4 Texas 9, Baltimore 6 Oakland 6, Chicago 5 Seattle 9, Toronto 5 Detroit at California, (n) Brown leads Aggie sixpack into NFL Detroit selected Brown with the 17th pick. Battalion File Photo Senior linebacker Reggie Brown nabs UT quarterback James Brown from behind. Reggie Brown went 1 7th overall in Saturday's NFL draft. (AP) Miami coach Jimmy Johnson always liked players with a good work ethic. So the former Dallas Cowboys coach reached out Sunday and found two of them from the Southwest Conference. In the fourth round of the NFL draft, Johnson selected La Curtis Jones, a hard-nosed linebacker from Baylor. In the fifth round, he picked one of the toughest linebackers of them all, Zach Thomas, the All- American from Texas Tech. Both Jones and Thomas are considered undersized by NFL standards, but Johnson measures a player’s heart. Jones and Thomas also will be solid special teams players for the Dolphins. Texas A&M’s Hunter Good win, an offensive lineman, got a pleasant call on Sunday as the Minnesota Vikings took him in the fourth round. The Vikings plan on making Goodwin a tight end. Players from Tech, Baylor and Texas were taken in the fifth round. Hard-hitting Marcus Coleman, a safety from Texas Tech, went to the New York Jets as the first pick. From Baylor, massive offen sive tackle Fred Miller went to the St. Louis Rams while defen sive end Gary Bandy was taken by Atlanta. Offensive lineman John Elmore of the Texas Long horns went to New England. In the sixth round, Texas A&M tight end Hayward Clay went to the St. Louis Rams. Texas A&M linebacker Reggie Brown became the first Southwest Conference player selected Saturday when the Detroit Lions took him as the 17th over all pick in the first round. Brown had been project ed to go late in the first round or early in the sec ond round. A&M’s Leeland McEl- roy, who was on The Asso ciated Press first team as a kick returner, was expected to be a sure-fire, first-round selection. He dropped into the second round where the Arizona Cardinals took him as the 32nd overall pick. Tony Brackens, one of the top defensive linemen in the nation for the Texas Longhorns, also was thought to be a first-round selection. However, he dropped into the second round as the 33rd overall pick just the Jacksonville Jaguars. There were two other Texas or SWC players chosen in the first round. Johnson picked another Bay lor Bear, making defensive line man Daryl Gardner his first choice as the 20th overall pick. Battalion File Photo Leeland McElroy slipped to 32nd, behind McElroy, going to picked by Arizona in the NFL draft. Field continues to mow down Big 12 foes Staff and Wire Reports Texas A&M’s Big 12 softball opponents are probably looking forward to 1997. By then, a cer tain pitcher will have graduated — decidedly leveling the Field. Texas A&M senior ace pitcher Erin Field continuing her season- long dominance on the mound this weekend, picking up two wins in A&M’s three-game sweep of Iowa State in Aames. Field improved her season record to 19-6 Sunday afternoon as the Lady Aggies defeated the Hawkeyes, 8-2. Field went the distance for A&M, allowing eight hits, two runs and striking out two. In the first game of Satur day’s doubleheader, Field blew past the Hawkeyes, with a com plete-game six-hitter. Field struck out three as A&M won 4-1. The Lady Aggies’ offensive attack was led in the first game by seniors Kendall Richards and Gina Perez. Richards went 2-for-3 at the plate, scoring a run and driving in two more, while Perez went 2-for-2. The sweep propelled A&M to a 33-12 record on the year in cluding a 9-6 Big 12 mark. Iowa State dropped to 15-19 on the year and 5-9 in the in augural year of Big 12 confer ence competition. In the second game of Satur day’s action, the Hawkeyes got a break from Field, but defi nitely not from outstanding pitching. A&M’s Lori Gioco went the distance while pitching a four- hit shutout, walking just one batter while striking out five. The Lady Aggies took the game 1-0 with a run batted in from catcher Shannon Gilley in the top of the fourth inning. Owls sweep Ags into fourth Staff and Wire Reports The Rice Owls continued to hold the Texas A&M Baseball’s Team number this season, sweeping the Aggies in three games at Cameron Field in Houston this weekend. Dominating pitching pushed Rice to a 5-0 decision in the first game. Clutch hit ting in late-inning situations gave the Owls the doublehead er sweep on Saturday. The three straight losses dropped A&M to 8-10 in South west Conference play, a huge setback after the Aggies had used a sweep of Texas Christian University to move into third. Now only three games sepa rate four teams in the SWC for the fourth-place spot — which is the final qualifying position for the SWC Tournament next month in Lubbock. The Owls are now 4-0 against A&M on the season, including a 6-2 defeat of the Aggies in the SWC First Pitch Tournament last month in Houston. The Aggies host the Univer sity of Texas-San Antonio Tuesday. Cory Willis, The Battalion Texas A&M senior Kendall Richards slides safely into second base during recent action at the Aggie Softball Field. A&M swept Big 12 foe Iowa State in three games over the weekend in Aames. UT takes first, A&M second in final SWC Golf Champs Staff and Wire Reports The fifth-ranked Texas Lady Longhorns closed the book on 14 seasons of Southwest Con ference golf competition Sun day, firing a 305 to outdistance second-place Texas A&m and win the 1996 SWC Women’s Golf Championship. It was UT’s fourth consecu tive and 10th overall SWC team title. The Lady Longhorns raced to new course records for both low tournament round and total. Freshman Kelli Kuehne cap tured her second tournament ti tle in four appearances this sea son, carding rounds of 74-73- 75=222 to equal another course record for low individual tourna ment total. The Aggies took runner-up honors for the second consec utive year paced by three ad ditional top 10 individual showings. Sophomore Jamie Hullett, a co-medalist in 1995, trailed UT’s Heather Bowie for second place by just one stroke and sopho more Isabelle Rosberg finished fifth with a score of 228. In addition, senior Kristina Edfors closed out her conference career with a ninth-place finish. “We played really well today,” A&M Head Women’s Golf Coach Jeanne Sutherland said. “It was a little tough at the end, but I’m proud of the team. They played hard and never gave up. Jamie played fantastic the whole tour nament. She played as focused in three rounds as I have ever seen her play. We had a great day of golf, and it was fun to be among the top finishers. I’m looking for ward to regionals in Nebraska.” Bids for the 1996 NCAA West Region Championship West Re gion will be announced next Mon day. UT, A&m and Texas Tech are expected to receive bids. 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