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i ( /Tl SSftil W/y Theater www.aerialtheater.com AN EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD PANIC SEPTEMBER 28 (713) 629-3700 LIISVEGfiS FIESTA * FOLEY’S * KROGER www.ticketmaster.com •ALL TICKETS SUBJECT TO SERVICE CHARGE. DATE VENUE AND SUPPORT ACT(S) SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 713-625-AMEX Aerial Theater Box Office 520 Texas Ave. 713-230-1600 Houston Chronicle www.houstonchronicle.coni 20haStin2S.C0m Page 12 • Thursday, September 23, 1999 s PORTS Emotional Emmitt Cowboys back shares glory for career milesk IRVING (AP) — Emmitt Smith’s latest milestone was an emotional one — once he realized it. Smith passed Tony Dorsett to become fourth on the NFL’s career rushing list with a 7-yard touchdown run in Dallas’ 24-7 victory over Atlanta Monday night. Among the first to greet Smith on the sidelines was Dorsett, who was at the game to help celebrate the Cowboys’ 40th anniversary. “He said, ‘Congratulations,’ and I said ‘Thank you,”’ Smith said. “Then I kept on moving to go sit down. 1 didn’t even realize what he was saying con gratulations for.” Smith was not seated long when he heard the good news over the Texas Stadium loudspeaker. As fans cheered, he went back to Dorsett, hugged him and whispered a few words. “I had to go tell him in his ear how much I great ly appreciate what he’s done, the standards he has set,” Smith, who last season passed Dorsett as the leading rusher in team history, said. “I wanted him to know that I greatly, really, truly in my heart ap preciate him as a person, as a Dallas Cowboy and as a football player.” Smith was not done with his thank-yous. He also sought Daryl Johnston, Smith’s lead block er in 131 of his 142 games, but probably not for any more. Johnston re-injured a neck injury in the open er and will not return this season. Although he is go ing to try coming back next year, the odds are long. Johnston will remain with the team for moral sup port and advice. On Monday night, the fullback af fectionately known as “Moose" was walking the side lines carrying a clipboard. Fans gave him a “Moooooose” call when he was shown on the stadi- Report: Dallas clti to relocating cat EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — The Dallas boys are close to sealing a deal to me I training camp to the Rio Grande Valley,raj tion KURV reported yesterday. KURV quoted an unidentified source as si Cowboys are nearing a deal with Dallas-bassl operRay Hunt to build a < omplexataHunipf The Sharyland Plantation develop: southern Mission and southern McMlt mixed commercial and residential devei: now under construction. Cowboys spokesperson Rich DalrympiJ he could not confirm the radio report un. er Jerry Jones makes an announcement. L urn’s television screen early in the first quarts] more air time when Smith hugged him folios milestone. “Not having him out there is differentte an ■ thi guy ha led m< f<all thes< 1 those yards,” Smith, who came into theleagutj a year after Johnston, said. “Not to havehime] ing a brother almost. That’s an unfortunatep business. He’s truly going to be missedbynel Talking about Johnston made Smith He ended a group interview with that resp hurried off a podium. Ryder’s Cup team disputes criticism Wagner day-to with injured#] BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — They eat dinner together, wear the same color shirts and play for the same goal: to break the Europeans’ hold on the Ryder Cup. Do the Americans have the pas sion some said they lacked in 1997 in Spain, when they lost the glam our event for the sec- ond straight time? And does it matter? “I don’t believe it’s that we are less pas sionate than they are,” Tiger Woods, the world’s top-ranked golfer, said. “We try just as hard as they do. I don’t go to a tourna ment to lose.” Desire and determi- case, and I think it does a disservice to the European team of the past, past several teams that have won. “1 think it’s a bit disrespectful to their good play.” With the 33rd Ryder Cup start ing tomorrow at The Country Club, the favored and more experienced Americans are “We [Americans] try just as hard as they do. / don't go to a tournament to lose." — Tiger Woods World’s top-ranked golfer nation are important. So are dri ving the ball in the right spot and pitching it close to the hole. David Duval, ranked second, said when Americans lose, people go on an often misguided search for reasons — perhaps they were not as united or did not care as much as the Europeans. The answer might be more ob vious than it seems at first. “You play golf, and whoever plays the best wins,” he said Tlies- day. “A lot of stuff is made up in the saying all the right things — they have de veloped team chemistry in an individual sport and want to win for their country. On Monday night they ate together at a PITTSBURGH (AP)--:| Astros reliever Billy WagiFB slightly strained ligamentrB elbow and is listed as to::* Wagner, one of basetsaI dominating closerswlitel mph fastball and 37$#«j twinge in the elbowite^| final two outs in thAftw the Astros’ 6-3 vi&P$&Fl Pittsburgh. The Astros, attemj^JjM third consecutive NLte have eight games rernwls, Back trouble ki downtown Boston restaurant. On Tuesday, they practiced and wore the same blue shirts. Tomorrow, they will be rooting for players they compete against on a weekly basis. “We’re just going to have to reach down inside, decide how bad we want it and go do whatever it takes,” team member Hal Sutton said. The Americans have even put behind them the issue of greater compensation for their efforts, which flared briefly last month and is now in the hands of the PGA. Ripken out ARLINGTON (AP)—Cl ! l pursuit of his 3,000th c:l was put on hold yesterG. 5 | least for one game — be* recurring back troubles. 8 The Orioles third base"! scratched from Baltimorel for last night’s game agci Texas Rangers and hashes! as day-to-day. Earlier in the day, Rip'f eled to Cleveland, where 1 ing treated by Dr. Henry Boi University Hospitals ofCle Ripken has been on abled list twice this seai cause of nerve irritation in| er back. why say it twice when once will suffice? l way i CALLING USE 3-WAV CALLING AND TELL EVERYONE THE NEWS AT THE SAME TIME TO ADD SOMEONt TO A CONVERSATION. SIMPLY PRESS THE HANG UP BUTTON WAIT FOR THE SECOND DIAl TONE THEN DIAL THE NUMBER YOU WANT TO REACH AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE NUMBER CONNECT ~ HIT THE HANG UP BUTTON AGAIN. 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