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Ihpl HEWLETT PACKARD University Bookstore 3 Off-Campus Stores For You: Northgate • Culpepper • Village S The Battalion r U K i O Pagi Thursday • September 12, Astro move will be decided this weel McLane, Lanier discuss new stadium terms HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr., who says he will decide this week whether to put his team up for sale, met Wednesday with Mayor Bob Lanier. But the mayor wouldn’t reveal whether McLane any progress in stadium talks had been made during the meet ing at his home. “It’s still down to the final ele ments,” Lanier said. “No closure has been reached. It’s pretty close. We had a good meeting, really no details that I’ll say anything about.” McLane didn’t immediately return telephone calls from The Associated Press seeking comment. McLane, whose team is sag ging in its bid to reach atten dance goals he set to keep the Astros in town, on Tuesday declined to say what he wanted to discuss with Lanier. “I see this as a key week,” McLane said. “We either get this done or we don’t get this done.” McLane, who has skipped sev eral ultimatums for a local stadi um deal this summer, repeatedly has said he will shop the team unless he can get a good package from Harris County. He set an Aug. 1 deadline and a Sept. 3 deadline, only to con tinue negotiations with Harris County Judge Robert Eckels. Eckels, who has spent much of the year trying to negotiate a deal with McLane, didn’t attend Wednesday’s meeting, Eckels spokeswoman Sally Lehr said. Eckels has proposed that the county erect a 42,000-seat, retractable-roof ballpark, with the Astros paying as little as 15 per cent of the $250 million price tag. The county would pay $180 million in construction costs and the private sector other than McLane at least $40 million, with Lanier promising the city would guarantee $15 million in the sale of permanent seat licenses. McLane has said if he can’t strike a deal in Houston, he will resume talks with Virginia busi nessman Bill Collins, who last year offered a reported $160 mil lion for the Astros. He wants to move the team to Virginia. McLane initially said at least 2.7 million people must attend games this season, but he revised the figure to 2.2 million, an aver age of 27,100 per home game. On Tuesday, the Astros drew a season-low 12,700 fans, dropping their average to 24,482. Houston acquires Cedeno from Tig “*» ut HOUSTON (AP) Houston Astros Wedi acquired infielder Am Cedeno from the DetroitTigei a player to be named. Cedeno played for the from 1990-94. "With the nagging Bill Spiers and Ricky Gutiere addition to Sean Berry’s cii condition, we felt we needed insurance for the left side infield,” Astros general Gerry Hunsicker said. Andujar Cedeno gives ussom with major league experiem third base and short stop." Cedeno, 27, began the with San Diego before be ed to Detroit. In 101 games in both he hit .213 with 10 home rum 38 RBIs. im ! I puter hat is supl IE v. Improved Cowboy defense key to Super Bowl retun IRVING (AP) — If the Dallas Cowboys get back to another Super Bowl, the defense may have to carry the load. Last year it was the offense that earned Dallas its third Super Bowl ring in four years. The defense was only the 16th best in the NFL. It’s not the “Doomsday Defense” like the Cowboys had in the 1970s, but it may be better than last year’s Super Bowl champions. “I’ve been telling everyone we have a better defense than last year,” said wide receiver-corner- back Deion Sanders. “Because of all the acquisitions we’ve made, we’re definitely better.” The early September statistics give credence to Sanders’ observa tion. The Cowboys currently own the third best defense in the NFL. Some of the credit goes to coor dinator Dave Campo who saw line backers Dixon Edwards and Robert Jones, tackle Russell Maryland, and cornerback Larry Brown walk through the free-agent door. Campo has taken such new comers as linebackers Fred Strickland and Broderick Thomas and lineman Tony Casillas and worked them into a cohesive unit that plays a more aggressive game than the 1995 Cowboys. “We have a much more aggres sive scheme this year,” said Dallas coach Barry Switzer. “We are more physical and thicker inside. And we’re not as predictable as we have been in the past. We’re not missing tackles and have very few mentals (mistakes). With Kevin Smith back and teaming with Deion on the corners, we’re get ting a lot of coverage sacks.” Smith, who missed the sea son last year after getting hurt in the opener, has rebounded strongly with two interceptions in two games. “Having Smith back has really helped us,” Switzer said. “It has been a big key to the way we are playing on defense.” Casillas has given the Cowboys depth in the solid first team defensive line featuring Tony Tolbert and Charles Haley at the ends, and Chad Hennings and ^ DltUIli! Leon Lett at tackle. Safeties Darren Woodson Brock Marion have been playing Strickland, who came Green Bay to sign with Cowboys, has been a bigimpiljni ment over Jones in the midi “I love this defense,” Stri said. “The front four makes job easy. 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