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man” on the Stephenville Yellow Jacket line op because he is the
first to come off the bench when a replacement is needed. The
Jackets play host to Crowley tomorrow night in the High School
Gym with the Honey Bees also playing at home. The Stephenville
girls will open the series at 6 p.m. with the Jackets to play
beginning about 7:30 p.m. Friday night, the Stephenville varsities
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Iowa all lost Saturday. Ohio
State was beaten by Michigan
75-74 in overtime; Syracuse
lost a 68-67 heart-breaker to
Old Dominion; Purdue drop-
ped a 67-61 decision to Min-
nesota; Virginia suffered an
88-68 loss to No. 18 Clemson
and Iowa was beaten 75-67 by
Michigan State.
Elsewhere, No. 4 Oregon
State beat Washington 89-84;
No. 5 Duke stopped No. 16
North Carolina State 67-56;
No. 6 Kentucky routed
Vanderbilt 106-90; No. 7
Louisville defeated Tulane 76-
59; No. 8 Notre Dame turned
back UCLA 80-73; No. 10 St.
John's edged Georgetown 71-
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stay in game with DePaul
By KEN RAPPOPORT
AP Sports Writer
Dale Brown didn’t like the
odds, but he didn't mind the
final score ...even though he
lost. In his eyes, it was a moral
victory in the classic sense.
“We lost our leading scorer
and rebounder just as the
game started," pointed out the
Louisiana State coach. “Then
our big man fouled out early in
the second half. Our next-
leading scorer played the rest
and the Masters. And I'm in
the PGA. And there’s no more
Mondays."
His solid final round of 67
finished off a 272 total - 12
under par on the 6,726 yard
Phoenix Country Club course.
“What a great feeling,” he
said.
Rik Massengale was equally
thrilled with his second-place
finish. Massengale, once one
of the game’s more promising
young players, broke a
lengthy slump with a solid, 6-
under-par 65 that brought him
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teville, had a 33-22 halftime
cushion Saturday.
But three top Houston
players fouled out, and Arkan-
sas charged to a win. The
threw- < Cougars’ top shooter, Larry -
Rogers, fouled out with 9:49 to
play, top ball handler Rob
Williams exited with 9:01 left,
and ace rebounder Marshall
Sauls departed with 7:59 left.
Scott Hastings led all
scorers with 21 points, 13 of
them from the free throw line.
Rogers led Houston with 16.
Oh, and the Steelers’ Super
Bowl victory was their four-
th...a record.
"It was weird. It just wasn't
like me, not being able to sleep
before a big game,” said
Bradshaw, whose 300 yards
passing (14 for 21) was within
nine yards of the record he set
a year ago. “Last year before
Another 'new face’ scores
victory in Phoenix Open
from far back in the pack to
second place at 276.
He won 832,400, which com-
pares with the |29,000 he’d col-
lected ip the last two full
years. .
Mike Sullivan, Mitchell's
close friend and a runnerup rf
week ago, had a closing 09 and -
was third alone at 277.
A group at 278 included Tom
Kite, Bill Rogers, Jack Ren-
ner, Charles Coody and Rod
Curl. Kite had a last round 66,
Rogers 68, with the others
shootipg 70.
Honey Bees, Jackets
host Crowley Tuesday
The Stephenville Honey is slightly different. The
Bees head into the second half .
of district play Tuesday night
as they host the Crowley
Eaglettes in the High School
Gym. The Yellow Jackets will
also be hosting Crowley on
Tuesday but the contest
marks only their fourth
district outing as their
schedule is slightly behind the
Bees.
That was the Rams’ lead,
technically built on Cullen
Bryant’s 1-yard run and field
goals of 31 and 45 yards by
Frank Corral but, in fact, built
on the cool passing of young
quarterback Vince Fer-
ragamo and some explosive
running by Wendell Tyler.
Ferragamo was starting on-
ly his eighth pro game. He was
supposed to crack under the
pressure. He never even came
close.
“That didn’t surprise me a
bit,” Steelers Coach Chuck
Noll said. “Nothing about the
Rams surprised me, especial-
ly their quarterback. He’s a '
fine one.
“I told Terry before the
game that he would have to
come up with the big play,”
Noll added.
'Nuffsaid.
With 2:48 gone in the third
period, Bradshaw went to
Swann, unloading a bomb that
the lithe wide receiver caught
with a leap at the 2-yard line.
He tumbled into the end zone
to complete the 47-yard scor-
ing play. It put the Steelers
back on top 17-13.
Undaunted, Ferragamo
came back with a 50-ykrd
bomb to Billy Waddy, then
handed off to running back
Lawrence McCutcheon, who
pitched a 27-yard option pass
to Ron Smith for a touchdown
and a 19-17 Ram lead that re-
mained that way when Corral
missed the extra point.
The big play, Noll had said.
With 2:56 gone in the fourth
period and Swann sidelined
with a concussion (he was
cartwheeled by Pat Thomas in
the third quarter), Bradshaw
went to Stallworth, who had
faked an inside route, then had
taken off downfield. The bomb
was perfect, Stallworth
gathering it in at the Rams’ 32
as Thomas lunged in - vain,
then going the rest of the way
to complete the 73-yard play
that put Pittsburgh ahead to
stay.
The Steelers wrapped it'up
when Harris, who had gotten
their first touchdown on a 1-
yard sweep in the second
period, bulled in from the 1 1
again with 1:52 to go. It came
three plays after a pass in-
terference penalty against
Thomas for bumping Jim
Smith in the end zone.
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SuperSonics sting
Boston in overtime
BOSTON (AP) - The
Boston Celtics knew what to
do, but they just couldn’t do it.
As a result, Dennis Johnson
got off a three-point field goal
that tied the game for Seattle
at the final buzzer, and the
SuperSonics went on to beat
the Celtics 108-106 in double
overtime Sunday in a National
Basketball Association game.
“We wanted to foul," Boston
Coach Bill Fitch said. “We
planned on fouling, but we
couldn’t get to the ball in time.
It was a physical error, not a
mental one."
“The first option was to
Fred Brown,” said Sonics
Coach Lenny Wilkens, “but . scored 12 of his game-high 29
D.J. or (Gus) Williams were
other options. My main worry
was that the Celtics would foul
before we got off the shot."
However, Fitch said veteran
center Dave Cowens commit-
ted a mental error. After the
Sonics called a timeout with
is slightly different.
Honey Bees met the Eaglettes
the first time on January 4 in
Crowley and claimed a 73 to 33
victory. Ulis will be the first
meeting between the Yellow
Jackets and Eagles. ‘... .
The Honey Bees finished the
first half of zone in second
place trailing Granbury by
one game. Stephenville pulls a
“mostly” home schedule this
time around with only
Brownwood and Everman on
the road. However, those two
teams in their own gym could
be bad news.
The Bees outshot Crowley 22
to 12 in the first quarter of
their first meeting this year
and were never in any serious
trouble on their way to the 40
point victory.
The Yellow Jackets, who
are one and tw|p in district thus
far, have Crowley and
Cleburne remaining in the
first round. Both of those
games will be at home.
The Jackets had a relatively
easy time against the Gran-
bury Pirates on Friday night,
jumping to an early lead and
fending off the Pirates efforts
to catch up. Granbury played
an even defensive game with
the Jackets but couldn’t keep
up with Stephenville in
shooting.
Tip off time Tuesday in the
girls game will be 6 p.m. with
the boys to play starting about
7:30 p.m.
The two Stephenville var-
sities will also be at home on
Friday night a£ they host the
boys and girls from Cleburne.
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By CHARLES RICHARDS
• AP Sports Writer
Texas Christian’s stunning
92-89 victory over Southern
Methodist in a TV game at
Dallas Saturday
another shovel of dirt on the
chances of Mustang coach
Sonny Allen to keep his job.
Allen barely escaped the ax
a year ago from Athletic
Director Russ Potts after
SMU finished sixth in the
Southwest Conference for the
second year in a row.
After starting the season 7-0,
Saturday’s loss to TCU was -
• the Mustangs’ seventh in the
past nine games and dropped
SMU to 1-5 in league play and
9-7 for the season.
“We’re going to make a
decision at the end of the year.
I won’t cross that bridge until
I come to it. Nothing has
changed,” Potts said tersely
after Saturday’s loss, the first
triumph for TCU on the road
since 1976.
In otherSWC games Satur-
day, Texas A&M and Arkan-
sas both won to set up a
showdown in College Station
Tuesday for the undisputed
league leadership.
The Aggies routed Rice 84-65
behind the 25 points of David
Britton, and Arkansas over-
came a 46-31 deficit in the final
12 minutes to beat Houston 60-
57. Both* teams are 54) in
league play.
Texas Tech, a half-game
back at 5-1, edged Baylor 6M7
when a charging violation
with 10 seconds to play foiled
the Bears’ try for a last-
second shot and let Tech’s
David Little make two free
throws for the victory.
Texas Christian turned over
the ball only twice to the SMU
full-court press and, as Allen
put it, “shot the eyes out of it
and we couldn’t stop them.”
“It’s easy to criticize my
kids, but TCU was throwing
some bombs in. When you’re
not rebounding, rebounds are
not going to be much of a fac-
tor," said Allen, who has two
years left on a 5-year contract.
Freshman Darrell Browder,
a former Fort Worth Dunbar
ace, led TCU with 24.
Sophomore Eric Summers ad-
ded 21 points, most of them in
the first half while the Frogs
were taking a 51-43 lead. They
led by as much as 14.
TCU hit 61.3 percent of its
shots, many of them long
jumpers, and connected on the
first six shots of the second
half. SMU tied the game, 79-
79, on Dave Piehler’s 2Mooter
with 4:42 left but the Frogs
pulled away again for the win.
Houston, which also led at
the half the past tyo years
before losing to Arkansas in
Gymnastics
clinic set at
Tarleton
Jymme Lowrance, director
of the Tarleton State gym-
nastics team, has announced
plans for the spring gym-
nastics clinic at the college.
The clinic will begin on Mon-
day, February 4th and meet
once a week for a ten week
period ending approximately
April?.
Registration will be held
this Thursday in the lobby of
Wisdom Gym from 4 till 5 p.m.
The clinic is open to girls ages
five and older. The five
through eight year olds will
meet from 4:30 to 5:30 each
Monday while the students,
age nine and older, will meet
from 5:30 till 6:30.
Mrs. Lowrance and students
in her collegiate gymnastics
classes will instruct the clinic
and basic and advanced help
will be offered.
The fee for the ten week
course is $25. The fall clinic
drew well over 125 students, so
those wishing to enter are en-
couraged to do so on
Thursday Should there be
enough interest shown, addi-
tion classes might be con-
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“I think I had more of a
leadership role this time,”
Bradshaw said. “I really took
charge and tried to juice ’em.
I never do that. But I really
took control of the team.
Usually I just go out and play
the game. But I felt I wasn’t
involved, and I thought ’If I’m
not involved maybe they’re
not involved,’ so I made a
point of pumping ’em, getting
them going, getting them ex-
cited."
When?
“At the start of the second
half, after I got myself juiced ,
up. That wasn’t tough at all. I
mean, 13-10 got me jtflced up
real good.”
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semester and their perfor-
mances on Saturday night
were most respectable.
Austin College is into only
its second year of competition
in womens’ basketball and the
team still is very young and
very inexperienced. The AC
roster included only 11 players
early in the year but reports
are that several of those have
The TexAnns are currently ’ since left the team.
unbeaten in conference and
are working on the defense of
their TIAA tide. The TIAA
women’s basketball crown has
never belonged to anyone but
Tarleton in its three years of
existance.
The TexAnns had one of
their best shooting nights on
Saturday in Lubbock as they
blasted Lubbock Christian 86
to 57. Jackie Rose and TyAnn
Harrell had outstanding
nights both on the floor and at
The Austin College men, on
the other hand, have gained a
great deal of respect this
season despite their five and
eight record. The Roos are one
and one in conference having
''been upset on Saturday night
by Sul Ross 81 to 68.
Leading the Kangaroos are
a couple of very tall juniors 6-5
Melvin Eugene and 6-4 Charlie
Martin. The Austin College
line up includes seven players
measuring 6-4 or better. The
Kangaroos had five players
averaging’ in double figures
earlier this year with Eugene
leading the pack with 17 points
a game.
The Texans played Lubbock
Christian in a tough contest
Saturday night losing in the
final eight minutes when the
Chaparals got several trips to
the free throw line and the
Texans got none.
The Tarleton women will be
busy this weekend with the
TSU Invitational which brings ____
16 collegiate teams to town.
The Texans will be on the road
Saturday night meeting Sul
Ross in the long haul to Alpine.
hours earlier.
He closed his eyes again. It
• z did no good. The feeling was
still there. He turned on the
television, watched the test
pattern and listened to the
high-pitched whine accompa-
nying it for the rest of the
night.
The hours drifted by. Still no
sleep.
“All I could think about was
losing,” Bradshaw recalled
later — after he had chased
away the demons with yet
another Most Valuable Player
performance in Pittsburgh’s
31-19 Super Bowl victory over
the Los Angeles Rams.
Hmph!
Losing normally just doesn’t
accompany Bradshaw and the
Steelers. Records do. Winning
a Super Bowl does.
Sunday, Bradshaw threw
his eighth and ninth Super
Bowl touchdown passes...a
record.
Lynn Swann and John
Stallworth each caught a third
Super Bowl touchdown,
pass...a record.
Franco Harris scored his
third and fourth career Super
Bowl touchdowns.. .a record.
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points in the two overtime
periods and the Sonics handed
Boston only its third loss in 23
home starts this season. The
Celtics were led by guard
Chris Ford, who scored 26
points including five three-
pointers.
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that Los Angeles might win
PASADENA, Calif. (AP)
-Something was very wrong.
Terry Bradshaw just couldn’t
shake the feeling. The Pitt-
sburgh Steelers were going to
lose.
It was early Sunday morn-
ing, 12 hours before kickoff.
The quarterback sat up in bed,
suddenly wide awake after _____________
drifting off to sleep just three Dallas (the Steelers beat the
Cowboys 35-31) I didn’t have
any trouble. I never had any
negative thoughts. I never
think about losing. I had to say
to myself, ‘Stop that, now.
Think positive.* Finally, it
worked."
Then there was the small
matter of asserting himself
with his teammates.
Tarleton teams tonight
The Tarleton Texans and
TexAnns play at home tonight
as they host the Austin College
Kangaroos in a pair of con-
ference contests. The Tex-
Anns open the action at 6
o’clock against the AC women
while the Texans meet the
Roos in the second game,
scheduled to tip off about 8
p.m.
PHOENIX (AP) - In two
weeks there have been two
first-time winners on the pro
golf tour. But Jeff Mitchell,
the latest man to break
through, said it isn’t
necessarily a trend.
“You’ll start to see those
familiar names up there pret-
ty soon,” Mitchell said after
scoring a 4-stroke victory Sun-
day in the Phoenix Open. He
glanced over at the
scoreboard, and continued:
“Look, there aren’t but a cou-
ple of strange names up there
now. The old names will be
coming back.”
It was one of the more
familiar names, 16-time tour
winner Hubert Green, who
had the best chance to over-
take the front-running Mit-
chell in the final round. But
Green fell back with a last-
round 73, dropping out of con-
tention and making it relative-
ly easy for the 25-year-old Mit-
chell to claim the $54,000 first
prize.
That compares with the
$38,032 he collected all of last
season and represents a huge
change in his personal and
professional life.
In response to a question, he
started toting up some of the
things the victory will mean.
“Let’s see,” said the 25-
year-old Mitchell, who had to
survive the Monday qualifying
round just to get in the tourna-
ment field. “It puts me in the
Tournament of Champions
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of the way with four fouls and
we got only five free throws to
their 37."
On top of all that, LSU had to
play in what Brown called
“one of the worst gyms in the
country,” DePaul’s in-
timidating Alumni Hall.
“And we still didn’t lose un-
til the final 50 seconds...!
would have to say that would
give us a psychological advan-
tage if we happen to meet
DePaul again,” said Brown,
obviously thinking of a possi-
ble shot at the Blue Demons in
the NCAA tournament.
All this happened Sunday in
what Brown called a “gutsy,
gutsy effort,” a 78-73 loss to
the nation’s top-ranked col-
lege basketball team.
Starting with the disadvan-
tage of playing in DePaul’s
gym, Brown’s Tigers lost top
scorer Durand Macklin to in-
jury no more than 22 seconds
into the game. Early in the se-
cond half, both 7-foot Rick
Mattick and .6-9 DeWayne
Scales of LSU drew their
fourth fouls, with Mattick
leaving the game with his fifth
with 15:57 to play.
Scales stayed on to finish
with 26 points, 18 of them in
the second half and 16 in the
final 10 minutes. DePaul held
several 10-point leads in the
second half, but couldn’t put
the 14th-ranked Tigers away
until Clyde Bradshaw con-
verted three free throws in the
final seconds. Mark Aguirre
scored 31 points for the win-
ners, including 13 of 14 from
the foul line.
i The Maryland Terps
weren’t standing around,
either, Sunday, taking the
measure of ninth-ranked
North Carolina 92-86 in one of
many upsets over the
weekend.
Second-ranked Ohio State,
No. 3 Syracuse, No. 11 Purdue,
No. 12 Virginia and No. 13
TUESDAY - McMurry 44, ENMU 45; Lub-
THURSDAY—TarletonSt.4t.Mary Hardin- Lowry is in hopes that her
Bayior7t. team has gotten its problems
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McMurry 69, Tnnity 67; Lubbock ChnstianS7, good Showing in COnferenece
TarietonSt.K. and (possibly) in post season
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substitutes have played
critical parts in atleast a cou-
ple of victories thus far this
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