THE BATTALION Thursday, March 21, 1968 College Station, Texas Page 9 X. Late Rally By Minnesota Nine Tops Aggies, 7-5 By GARY SHERER The Texas Aggie baseballers scored early while the Minnesota Gopher nine scored late Wednes day afternoon at Bryan’s Travis Park. The result of these occur- rances was a 7-5 win for the Min nesotans. Today, the same two teams will complete their two-game series at Travis Park. Game time is 3 p.m., weather permit- ing. THE AGGIES jumped on Min nesota pitcher Bob Fisher for five quick runs in the first three innings. While the Aggies were scoring, Maroon and White start er Dave Benesh was shutting out the Gophers. A pair of two-run home runs ARNOLD CONNECTS Aggie leftfielder Bob Arnold sends a first- inning pitch over the right field fence in Wednesday’s Minnesota 7-5 victory. Arnold’s home run came with one man on base and put the Aggies in front 3-0. were the big blows for the Ag gies. Leftfielder Bob Arnold’s first inning clout scored by Boyd Hadaway, while third baseman Pete Maida connected in the third inning with first sacker Larry Stelley aboard. The Aggies punched out six hits in this span and it looked like Coach Tom Chandler’s charges were finally starting to hit. Then, another drought set in. An eighth-inning single by centerfielder Dave Elmendorf was the only hit the Aggies could come up with. WHILE FISHER settled down, his Gopher teammates started to get to Benesh. Home runs spelled Benesh’s fate as Minnesota’s bats got to him for three round-trip pers. A two-run blast by Min nesota leftfielder Chris Farni in the seventh sent Benesh to the showers. Farni’s clout tied the game at 5-5 and the Gophers got one more run in the inning off reliefer Doug Rau. Team captain Bob Micheletti and centerfielder Greg Wasick also connected for the circuit. Every Minnesota player col lected at least one hit in the Gophers’ 14-hit attack. Wasick led the onslaught with three, while Farni and shortstop Russ Rolandson had two apiece. THE GAME was played in windy weather with the tempera ture in the forties. Minnesota, who has taken this Texas tour for several years, has run into Spring Sports Netters Lose, Golfers 2nd; Tracksters Set For Meet •v *•-; j - By JOHN PLATZER Before the opening whistle of this season’s Southwest Confer ence tennis chase, the league’s coaches picked the Rice Owls as the team to beat. After a match with the fav orites Monday in Houston, the Aggies of Coach Omar Smith are ready to agree that the coaches knew what they were talking about. RICE RIPPED the Aggies in the first conference, date of the year 6-0 winning each match in straight sets. A&M’S NETTERS help kick off the gigantic Rice Collegiate Invitational Tennis Tournament today at MacGregor Park Tennis Center in Houston. The tournament, which will run through Sunday because of its size, has such a field of ten nis players that Rice’s defending conference singles champion, Butch Seewagen, is seeded only fifth. Seeded number one in the tournament is Vincente Zarazua of the University of Corpus Christi while Zan Guerry of Rice is seeded second and Trinity’s Prank Conner is picked third. Four of the top eight seeded players in the tournament are from Rice. The team of Zarazua and Langre of Corpus Christi is the top-seeded doubles pair. TRACK Coach Charley Thomas’ Aggie track team is busily preparing for a home meet with Southern Methodist University, Texas Tech and Texas Christian Uni versity in Kyle Field Saturday. Jack Abbott will be among those to carry the big load for A&M in the meet. Abbott has a time of 14.2 in the high hurdles compared to a 14.4 clocking for SMU’s Jerry Utecht. Also expected to be in the run ning for first places for the Aggie’s are weightmen Ronny Lightfoot and George Resley. GOLF A second place finish was re corded by Coach Henry Ran som’s Aggie golfers yesterday in the Les Bolstad Intercollegiate Tournament at Houston. The Aggies had a team score of 764 compared to the Univer sity of Houston’s winning 36 hole total of 722. rn i&SP* W& AGGIE HURDLER Jack Abbott, has given the Aggie track team a lot of points this season with top finishes in the high hurdles. Call 822-144:1 Allow 20 Minutes Carry Out or Eat-In THE PIZZA HUT 2610 Texas Ave. If you think there’s no action for Mechanical and Electrical Engineers in the great Southwest... you haven’t talked to... EL PISi ELECTRIC Pill You’ll never find a more excitingly pro gressive, fast-growing, opportunity-filled area than the Southwest! A career with El Paso Electric Company offers you a chance to grow, with new ideas, new equipment, tremendous company expan sion every year! 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