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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1981

Page

16

Nine SWC teams in action with high ranked clashes this weekend

Miami at Texas in a top national defense clash headlines Saturday as nine SWC teams play. Baylor hosts Texas Tech while SMU visits TCU. Arkansas battles Mississippi at Jackson. Rice meets LSU. Texas A&M hosts Louisiana Tech. Houston hosts Utah State.

Dallas Texas Tech Baylor SMU TCU Texas Miami Arkansas Mississippi Jackson Rice LSU Texas A&m Louisiana Tech Houston Utah State Fla Hurricane North Texas State Kenneth Sims Utsoph John Walker A.J Jam” Jones Lionel Wilson Audrey McMillian Aggies Chico Canales Cougar Cougars Eddie Wright Allen Polk Lowell Phea SWC Aggie Fred Fernandes Weber State Associated Press Eric Dickerson Craig

Memorable sports quotes from the week in AP briefings

The Associated Press collates remarks from football and baseball figures. Bum Phillips hospital stay prompts a wary comment on discipline while Don Shula anticipates a key game featuring his son. Ralph Houk jokes about managers and players’ shares amid divisional mini Playoffs.

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Bears set to open title defense vs Texas Tech

Baylor faces Texas Tech in a Southwest Conference opener with Tech holding Walter Abercrombie and pegging Baylor as a 10 point underdog for the 7 30 p.m. kickoff. Other notable games include SMU at TCU and No 4 Texas at Miami Florida.

Texas Tech Baylor Bears Louisiana Tech Tech Walter Abercrombie Dennis Gentry Jay Jeffrey Anthony Hutchison Abercrombie Jerry Moore Alma Mater Grant Teaff Baylor Bears Texas Tech Red Raiders Red Raiders Southern Methodist Texas Christian Fort James SMU Stamp Stanley Washington Phillip Epps Dru Ron Meyer Waco Teaff Ron Reeves

Martin appeals to Kuhn over pay for divisional playoffs

Oakland manager Billy Martin filed a telegram to Commissioner Bowie Kuhn and a similar note to AL President Lee MacPhail seeking a fair distribution of gate receipts from the miniplayoff series. The strike settlement had given players 60 percent, but managers, coaches, and trainers were excluded, prompting threats of boycotts and a possible resolution next week.

NEW York Oakland A Billy Martin Bowie Kuhn Martin Eddie Sapir Kuhn American League Lee MacPhail Billy Sapir Umpires Association Richie Phillips Umpires’ Group MacPhail National League Chub Feeney Phillips

College and Pro Football and Baseball TV Schedule Snapshot

A jumbled list of sports telecasts including college football games such as Oklahoma versus USC and Indiana versus Syracuse, pro matchups like Houston vs New York Jets and New York Giants versus Dallas Cowboys, plus baseball and CFL games all with networks and times scattered throughout the day.

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UT to continue giving players football tickets policy unchanged

UT will keep its four complimentary ticket policy for players with tickets signed for in Rochs office. Alternatives were to require will-call signups at game day or stamp tickets with player names, but NCAA dropped the will-call approach after 1975 due to claim hassles.

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