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THE BATTALION
iy, March 26, 1968 College Station, Texas
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End Of
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By GARY SHERER
Ag Nine Wins Four Straight
By GARY SHERER
The Texas Aggie baseball team
will welcome a few days rest this
week after playing four games
over the weekend.
twirled a four-hitter in the opener
while Larson, with last inning as
sistance from Varvel, blanked
Minnesota on an equal number of
base hits.
It is not proper journalistic etiquette for members of
le fifth estate to rib each other, but we will indulge in it
iust for this subject and then abstain till the next urge
its.
What we refer to is the Houston press. They created
“myth” that came crashing down to reality Friday and
turday night at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. This
^th” we refer to is the supposed invincibility (at least
fore last weekend) of the Houston Cougar basketball
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PETE MAIDA
Hits second home run
season.
It will be a happy rest period
as the Aggies came away with
victories in the games. The Ma
roon and White nine followed up
a two-game Friday doubleheader
sweep of the Minnesota Gophers
with a pair of victories Saturday
over the Oklahoma State Cow
boys.
The two losses were the first
of Minnesota’s annual Texas tour.
The northeners finished their tour
last weekend with a two-game
set with Sam Houston State at
Huntsville.
In the first game of the Okla
homa State twinbill, Rau got all
the runs he needed in the first
inning. Aggie second-sacker Joey
Robins reached first on an error,
took second on a wild pitch and
came home when leftfielder Bob
Arnold singled sharply to right.
once in the third inning and first-
baseman Eddie Vaughn put the
Aggies on the scoreboard in the
fourth with a solo home run.
THE FRIDAY twinbill with
Minnesota was rescheduled as a
result of the rained out Thursday
game between the two teams.
AGGIE PITCHING continued
its tightness with a run, as Fish
hurler Doug Rau tossed another
four - hit shutout at Oklahoma
State in Saturday’s 4-0 first
game.
Now, all Cougar fans will scream indignantly, “the Los
Teles press is just as partial.” This might be so, but
rom Friday night’s performance, the LA people are a lot
loser to being right than the Houston press corps based
>ir whole “myth” in last January 20 at the Astrodome.
it happened that night, in case you were out of the
mtry, or underground, was that Houston beat the UCLA
Iruins 71-69.
There are many of those always present ‘what-ifs’
>ut that game. For instance, what if UCLA hadn’t shot
percent from the floor, what if Lew Alcindor didn’t have
juble-vision, and a list of many more. We don’t want to
iwell on these things because the game is history and you
I’t change it.
What is important, is the things that a meager two-
>int victory led the Houston press to put in print.
From the writings, they would have had you to believe
ut the Cougars could have beaten two teams on one
Tht, playing at the same time, and blindfolded. Again, the
‘. writers were claiming the same things about UCLA.
But, didn’t the California people have a little more to
their thinking on than one two-point win.
After all,.the Bruins were playing in the tough Pacific-
ilight conference and had to get up for every game. Hous-
m on the other hand, was playing some opposition, that
yas.tas.ay the least, not top college talent. Granted, a lot of
frs-.didn’fc want to schedule the Cougars, but we don’t
links Coach Guy Lewis lost any sleep about this fact.
So, while Houston was annihalating these outclassed
is, the Houston writers were getting wilder and wilder
their “myth” building.
Then, when the NCAA Tournament came on the hori-
m, the Houston press said, “aha, the final moment of
ruth is here.” How could UCLA beat Houston? Hadn’t
he Cougars topped the Bruins by two points on January 20-
res, they had really cut UCLA down to size with the size-
ible margin.
The Cougars marched through three straight wins
rom Salt Lake City to Wichita, and then, the semi-finals
yere ready to be played. Houston would join North Carolina,
)hio State and “oh boy” UCLA in the wrapup games in Los
* ‘teles.
Now, the battle of LA and Houston papers became
ierce. Our team is better than your team took the place
if analytical and factual reporting. Then, North Carolina
spped Ohio State and the big moment was at hand.
Nearly 16,000 fans had jammed the sports arena for
(See Sports Aplenty, Page 6)
Archer Takes
Pensy Open
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It was a fine hour for Ag-gie
pitching Friday as Johnny Walk
er and Dave Larson (with help
from Walter Varvel) teamed up
to shutout the Gophers. Walker
With the three straight blank
ings, Aggie pitchers had not given
up a run in 24 straight innings
before the Cowboys scored a sing
le tally in the third inning of Sat
urday’s second game.
Rau was in command the rest
of the way, but infielder Pete
Maida gave the first-year pitcher
from Columbus all the insurance
he (Rau) needed. Maida, junior
utiliitiy man from Beaumont,
socked his second home run of the
season in the sixth inning. The
blow came with two teammates
aboard to complete the scoring
for the first game.
BOTH COACH Tom Chandler
and the Cowboy coach had agreed
that the thirteenth inning would
be the last inning, and both teams
responded with runs. Oklahoma
State scored once in the top of
the inning and Hadaway ended
the game with his game-winning
single.
THE SECOND game went 13
innings before Boyd Hadaway’s
single plated two Aggie runners
and gave the Maroon and White
a 3-2 victory.
The Aggies next action will be
here Friday and Saturday as they
get back into Southwest Confer
ence action hosting league-leading
Texas Christian. The Homed
Frogs are currently 6-2 in SWC
play and 7-4 overall.
PENSACOLA, Fla. UP> —
Charging George Archer birdied
the last three holes Monday and
won the Pensacola Open Golf
Tournament with a blazing 65.
The lanky Californian, tallest
player on the pro tour at 6-foot-6,
turned in a 72-hole total of 268,
20 strokes under par and one shot
in front of veteran Dave Marr
and England’s Tony Jacklin.
Archer’s total was four shots
lower than the winning score in
any toumament on the tour this
year and earned $16,000 in prize
money.
The 28-year-old Archer trailed
Jacklin most of the day, but the
English youngster fell back when
he overshot the 17th green and
missed a 10-foot putt, bogeying
the hole.
Jacklin’s finish was the best of
his career. He and Marr both col
lected $7,800 for their second-
place tie.
Marr closed with a 65 and Jack
lin shot a 66 for totals of 269.
South Africa’s Gary Player, who
finished with a 66, took fourth at
271.
Ray Floyd, who started the fi
nal round with a one-shot lead,
dropped out of contention when he
bogeyed the third hole and took a
double bogey seven on the sixth
en route to a 70, which left him
at 272.
Defending champion Gay Brew
er was back in the crowd at 279
after finishing 70.
Rocky Thompson picked up the
second game win in relief of Rack
Schwartz. Schwartz went 10 inn
ings and gave up one run and six
hits. He walked none while strik
ing out seven Cowboy hitters.
With the four-game win streak,
the Aggies now possess the best
season mark in the SWC at 8-4.
They are 2-2 in conference play
which puts them in a tie for
fourth place with Southern Meth
odist.
Schwartz had been in a pitching
duel with two Oklahoma State
hurlers, Bill Dobbs and Bill Max
well, as both teams had scored
early. The Oklahomans tallied
Grapefruit
League
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Atlanta 5, Detroit 1
Baltimore 2, Chicago, (A) 1
Los Angeles 4, New York, (A) 1
Chicago, (N) 7, Cleveland 2
Oakland 4, Pittsburg 3
St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 6 — 10
innings
Philadelphia 10, Houston 2
Minnesota 4, Boston 3
Washington 2, New York (N) 0
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TRYING FOR THE BASKET
Dan Obrovac (31) of Dayton University, tries to score on a
rebound during the final 4 minutes of play in the National
Invitation Tournament finale in New York. Kansas players
in on the action are Phil Harmon (10) and Rodger Bohen-
stiel (35). In foreground is Dan Sadlier (33) of Dayton.
Dayton won 61-48. It is the school’s second NIT crown.
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