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Sports Tuesday November 28 1995 SECTION I FORT WORTH STAB-TELEGRAM Aggies have benefited from Texas fright -o Longhorns believe they can avoid being crushed again at Kyle Field Decade ofdominance against UT has helped bring prestige to 14401 Jim Reeves ENTARYINIME No 9 Texas 11' yl sommu at 1 No 16 Texas MN (8-2 5-1) 2:30 pm Saturday Kyle Field College Station TV: AFAA Ch 8 Radio: KTCK 1310 AM KGEIS 1190 AM KRLD 1080 AM KCLE 921 FM Line: Off James Brown practices: UT quarterback is optimistic about his chance of playingPage 9B most dominant span of any one team in the 8 I-year history of the conference The backbone of the Aggies' sue cess in the state's recruiting wars during the last decade has been their dominance against the Texas Longhorns has won 10 of the past I I and 1 I of the past 14 games between the two largest and most prestigious universities in the More on on Page 8C) BY MIKEJONES Fort Worth Star-Telegram COLLEGE STATION With a record of 59-10-2 Texas trails only Florida State and Nebraska as college football's winningest program of the 1990s Their 31-game winning streak at Kyle Field is but a highlight to a 60- 3-1 mark at home since 1985 Their 95-24-2 record in the Southwest Conference since 1985 is the among Division I-A schools It will be against that backdrop that ninth-ranked Texas (9-1-1 6-0) meets No 16 Texas (8-2 5- 1) at 2:30 pm Saturday in a winner-take-all battle for the Southwest Conference's automatic berth in the Tier I bowl alliance Such numbers as well as others that show has won four consecutive and 10 of the past 11 in (More on TEXAS on Page 9C) BY JIMMY BURCH Fort Worth Star-Telegram AUSTIN As a snake pit for visiting college football teams Kyle Field has earned its pedigree The scoreboard there last registered something other than a victory for the home-standing Texas Aggies on Oct 20 1990 For those that are counting that's 31 consecutive victories the longest active winning streak Burt Hawblis' death leaves gap in baseball TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY BANKING ON DUAL CONCEPT Mays' meeting mixed How track surface is built "Dual-banking" track The paving at Texas Motor Speedway will cost between $1 million and $2 million The following are steps involved in the paving process: 1--ol Final or 1 12" of asphalt for 1 a total of between 5 12" to 6" thick Blue-top il Late Kidd reflects team's struggles You could write a book about the loves of Burton Hawkins Not because there were so many only three really but because the affairs were so hot so heavy and so enduring There was Janet the woman he made his lovely bride more than 57 years ago There was his daughter Joy who literally danced and sang her way into and around her father's heart And there was his beguiling mistress that Grand Old Dame baseball No need to ask which was the more demanding Janet and Joy learned early on that they would have to share their main man with a vivacious and fickle beauty who was much more formidable and unforgiving than they could ever be He was just a kid 70-odd years ago when he first hopped on a streetcar in Washington DC and paid a dime fora ride to Griffith Park Baseball cast an enchanted spell on Burt Hawkins that long ago springtime afternoon when the cherry blossoms bloomed and young hearts are vulnerable and easily won Truth be told he never really tried to break away Texas Motor Speedway will offer a unique design with "dual-banked" turns that share the same straightaways The design will accommodate America's top two forms of motorsports: NASCAR and Indy-car racing Indy cars perform better on a low-banked oval while stock-car racing's heritage was built on high-banked ovals The Speedway will offer Indy cars an 8-degree banked turn and stock cars a 24-degree banked turn 1evetingibind6iliw7SN tar stcme adiffeierrmofaphalland polymer' 111 Flexible base 6" limestone sand mixture and larger aggregate Finish courses: One to two courses from 1 12" to 2" thick with smaller aggreate in the asphalt Stake Ground 2" or 3" 1 inches of blue Wooden stakes blue on top are driven into the ground 2 or 3 inches A motor-grader uncovers stakes resulting in close to an exact Finish courses: One to two courses from 1 12" to 2" thick with smaller 2" or 3" aggreate in the inches asphalt of blue Ground a differeht of asphalt Polymer 7:: Wooden stakes blue on top Flexible base are driven into the ground limestone sand 2 or 3 inches A motor aggregate grader uncovers stakes resulting in close to an exact I "Dual-banking" The distance from the top of the outside wall to the break where it goes to 8 degrees is 50 feet From the break to the apron is another 45 feet The apron which is banked about 1 degree for drainage is about 25 feet wide The dual banks gradually meld into the 5-degree straightaways By RICHIE WHITT Fort Worth Star-Telegram DALLAS Mavericks guard Jason Kidd arrived late for yesterday's practice and left in a hushed rush In between he exemplified the state of his struggling team Bewildered Upset Focused 11 Before packing a five-game los- ing streak into their bags for a six-game 10-day East Coast road trip that starts to- Kidd tnp that starts to- Kidd '''''l 'c''''' 4 k' AtiA ') fetanhigwaH SOURCE: Texas Motor Speedway Base: West sde solid rock Varying depthi below surface a combination of rock and sand gravel 9 to 12 from paving surface grade Surface will be blue-topped twice Once for rock and once for the flexible base iPotta116artiO f9r Ipdy cars 1 grade Suace will be blue- rf and once for the flexible topped twice Once for rock I tbilerowasseUWrfacesel gravel 9" to 12' from paving surface base i '-e 4 fetal ningwatt tstocK cam A 7 42: 2 in i :1 taYcarl li 1' i f' i le 4 1 1 i :1: i r' 0 1 I I 1 i "I 414)i-table 16arriee 1 -1111714irbill 1 1 1 1 f9r Ili'dY'C'Pr1 11' '7 '7' It-4-14 I 1 1 i e' 1 777-777-774LI 1 7's------ 7: SOURCE: Texas Motor Speedway i grade Surface will be blue- Base: West side solid rock Varying depths topped twice Once for rock below surface a combination of rock and sand and once for the flexible gravel 9" to 12" from paving surface base night in Miami the Mavericks (56) attempted to clear their sud-: denly murky air First coach Dick Mona turned: surly ditching the previous back approach and instead begany driving his team relentlessly during workouts Then came a 45- minute players-only meeting that received mixed reviews Fort Worth Stariblegram He was in his own way base- ball's version of Forrest Gump long before Tom Hanks ever peeked into his first box of chocolates Name a historic baseball moment ofyesteryear chances are Hawkins was there The emotional farewells of Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth? Hawk chronicled them for the Washington Star Bobby Thomson's historic home run for the New York Giants to beat Ralph Branca and the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League playoffgame in 1951 Willie Mays' amazing overthe-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' drive to deepest center field in the Polo Grounds that helped the Giants sweep the Cleveland Indians in the '54 World Series Don Larsen's perfect World Series game for the New York Yankees in '56 Bill Mazeroski's dramatic Series-ending home run in the ninth inning of the seventh game as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Yankees in '60 "It'S just a chance for us to stick' together and stay positive" cap-1 tam Jim Jackson said "Everybody sat down and voiced their opinion! It was good I think it was a major: step in us becoming a team" Kidd fined $500 for oversleeping joked that he was at home figuring how the Mavericks could ac-r quire more frontcourt talent 1 "We need help inside not meet-i ings" he said "It was a waste of time" Player personnel director Keith Grant said "We've lost five in a row and he takes it personal He doesn't like losing We need more guys to have that attitude" Noreen MAVERICKS on Page 4C) Unique design will allow track to race Indy-cars and stock cars time Indianapolis 500 champion Johnny Rutherford of Fort Worth speedway management also plans to incorporate an innovative "dual-banking" design The concept divides the track in the banked turns and shares the straightaways a combination that theoretically will make the track user-friendly to Indy-cars "It will be done Should have thought of this 20 years ago" said Smith whose past superspeedway innovations include lights for night racing and on-site condominiums (More on SPEEDWAY on Page 6C) BY JOHN STURM Fort Wonh Star-Telegram FORT WORTH Ifevery track develops a personality the completed Texas Motor Speedway might be classified as schizo From its inception Bruton Smith's I 00 million superspeedway has been designed with NASCAR's Winston Cup Series in mind That means banked turns the better to whip a 3400-pound stock car around the I 5-mile tri-oval But thanks to the intercession of three 1 1 Lett returns expected to start The Cowboys defensive tackle ends a four-game suspension and coach Barry Switzer is ready for a sudden impact awk witnessed and wrote about them all He covered much ofThe Di Maggio's record-setting 56-game hitting streak then sipped smooth smoky-tasting scotch with the Yankee Clipper at Toots Shors He interviewed Cy Young was advance man for Bob Feller's barnstorming baseball team became a confidant of Ted Williams For 23 years he covered the Washington Senators for the Star followed by another 24 as public-relations director and traveling secretary for the Senators and Rangers He did it all with elan and a wisecracking Bogartesque style that won him friends and totally disarmed his few enemies Burt Hawkins was in his own (More on REEVES on Page 2C) e4 1 7:11:: i1' i- 7 'i'' it: ir' Lc kr: 47a4toLitalik 1i I- le '''''t14 it nel 1 At LMI-1 '''s 1 4 St i ci- ta 1 alders running back Harvey Williams tries to es- cape the grip of the Chargers' Chris Mims during the first quarter of last night's game in San Diego he is anxious to join his teammates on the field Sunday "I'm just glad to be back with the guys" said Lett whose last game was Oct 29 in Atlanta "The adrenaline is flowing I'm ready to play" In recent weeks the Cowboys depended on second-year veteran Hurvin McCormack and rookie free agent Darren Benson because of Lett's situation and injuries to Russell Maryland (knee) and Chad Hennings (knee) More on COWBOYS on Page 7C) starting lineup Sunday against the Washington Redskins Afterward Switzer was confident that Lett who had private workouts while serving a four-game suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy would restore the Cowboys' once-depleted depth at tackle "He's the same old Big Cat" Switzer said "He made plays jumped around in the backfield He's ready to go" Lett who has 31 tackles and seven quarterback pressures said BY KEVIN LYONS Fort Worth Star-Telegram IRVING Before he ever saw his Pro Bowl defensive tackle execute one play yesterday Cowboys coach Barry Switzer was saying that Leon Lett would return to the The Associated Press I Bucks acquire Benjamin for Murdock Mobley PAGE 4C Dallas soccer team hires its first head coach PAGE 2C INDEX Hockey 3C 4C ScoreboaV tec Former Blue Jays GM takes same role with Orioles PAGE2C Nt Lamar kicker lets faith guide his binning toe PAGE 6C -11 For the latest I aults Nxall (817) 390-7990.