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Aggies Seeing Double
By GARY SHERER
In the next 10 days, Coach Tom
Chandler’s Aggie baseballers can
not afford any extra-inning
games, the likes of the one pro
duced in Houston’s Astrodome
Monday night. Chandler hopes
that none of the upcoming games
will go even 10 innings (let alone
24) as the Maroon and White
nine will play three doubleheaders
in this period.
The multitude of twinbills fol
lows up the Aggies’ recent suc
cess, a two-game sweep of the
Houston Cougars at Houston
Monday afternoon. Both games
were non-pitchers‘ duels as the
Aggies and Cougars combined
for 39 hits in the two games.
THERE WAS, however, some
good pitching.
In the first game, won by the
Aggies 6-4, Rocky Thompson was
called on for relief duty and the
stocky righthander responded
with 4 Vs innings of no-hit, no-run
pitching and got credit for the
victory. Thompson finished up
for Rick Schwartz, the Aggie
starter.
Leading the hit parade for the
Aggies were outfielders Dave
Elmendorf and Bob Arnold. El-
mendorf, an outstanding perform
er for this season’s Fish football
team, collected five hits for the
day. Arnold, the Ags’ leading
hitter, had four base hits.
THE SECOND game, a 9-6 Ag
gie victory, put the Aggies at
13-5 for the season. Dave Benesh
got credit for the victory in the
second game.
A trip to Lubbock Friday will
kickoff the Aggies’ doubleheader
string. The Texas Tech Red Raid
er nine will provide the compe
tition both in Friday’s twinbill
and a Saturday single game. The
Aggies will be looking to improve
on their 4-3 Southwest Confer
ence record.
NEXT TUESDAY, the Aggies
will once again meet the Houston
Cougars for a doubleheader. This
one will be played, however, at
Kyle Field. The Aggies will fol
low up with another twinbill on
April 26 at Dallas, against South
ern Methodist.
The doubleheader with the
Mustangs comes as a result of
the rained-out Aggie-SMU game
of Mar. 12. The Aggies will com
plete their season series with the
Mustangs the next day (April 27)
with a single game.
Schwartz will probably get the
starting call from Chandler for
the first game, with Benesh set
for the second contest. Either
Doug Rau or Walter Varvel will
start for the Aggies on Saturday.
Varvel, a College Station prod
uct, will be getting back into
action after being sidelined with
a shoulder injury early in the
season.
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G. ROLLIE WHITE COLISEUM
CIVILIAN WEEKEND
THE BATTALION
Page 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, April 17, l!i
Spring Sports
SWC Golf Race Tightens;
Tennis Men Busy At Home
ROCKY THOMPSON DAVE ELMENDORF
Top pitching performance Leads Aggies hitting attack.
Monday.
Spring Training
Workouts Begin
Between 90 and 100 candidates
are expected for the opening of
spring football drills today.
Primary problems facing coach
Gene Stallings and his staff are
finding capable replacements to
fill the gaps left by defensive
end Grady Allen, offensive tackle
Dan Schneider, offensive guards
Robert Cortez and Mark Weaver
and fullback Bill Sallee. Those
five seniors also supplied the
1967 SWC champions with vital
field leadership which must be
replaced.
In addition to the five seniors,
six other lettermen will be miss
ing. Wingback Bob Long is en
gaged in baseball; reserve line
backer Roy Gunnels has decided
to take his degree this spring;
defensive end Gary Kitchens is
sidelined with hiononucleosis and
defensive linemen Bill Kubecka,
Tom Chaffe and Walter Mohn
Stadium Nears
Completion For
Home Opener
Kyle Field’s 48,100 seats are
practically ready for occupancy
for Texas A&M’s 1968 home foot
ball opener Oct. 12 with Texas
Tech.
University officials mad^s a
preliminary inspection of the
expanded stadium Wednesday.
Heavy construction work on the
Aggie athletic plant has bfeen
completed. Cranes, booms and
other equipment have been re
moved to reveal the stadium’s
final outline.
Walter H. Badgett, physical
plants manager, said Kyle Field
is “basically complete.”
“The contractor has a few
loose ends to tie up,” he explained.
The A&M system official indi
cated minor work should be com
pleted before the Aggies play
their spring football game.
Spring drills open Wednesday.
Plumbing, under-stadium light
ing, alterations on some seats,
paving and fence erection are to
be completed, Badgett said. He
noted the Maroon seats spelling
“Texas Aggies” in the north end
of Kyle Field will be replaced
but that the large block letters
will be retained.
“The seal coat on these seats
is peeling,” he commented. “These
will be replaced in nlid-summer.”
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have dropped football to concen
trate on classroom work.
Otherwise, there are 31 letter-
men. Thirteen are seniors-to-be
and 18 will be juniors next fall.
Seniors: Harvey Ashenbeck,
Tom Buckman, Jerry Campbell,
Curley Hallman, Edd Hargett,
Leroy Hauerland, Bill Hobbs,
Wendell Housley, Ivan Jones,
Rolf Krueger, Tommy Maxwell,
Steve O’Neal and Charlie Riggs.
Juniors: Buster Adami, Jimmy
Adams, Winston Beam, Vance
Brack, Ross Brupbacher, Mike
Caswell, Arthur Cooley, Lynn
Fister, Carl Gough, Barney Har
ris, Jack Kovar, Lynn Odom, Jim
Piper, Tom Sooy, Larry Stegent,
Javier Vela, Gaddy Wells and
Jack Whitmore.
Barring bad weather, which
would force changes in schedule,
the Aggies will work on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Satur
day of each week. Controlled
scrimmages likely will be held
on Saturdays and the final spring
Maroon and White game is slated
for the afternoon of Saturday,
May 18.
By JOHN PLATZER
Texas A&M’s defending South
west Conference golf champions
defeated Baylor 4-2 Monday to
hand the Bears their first home
course defeat in four years.
The win moved the Aggies into
second place at IdVz-lOVz behind
the league leading Bears at 16-8.
Texas University is third at 1514-
814 while Texas Tech is fourth
at 1414-914.
This year’s conference crown
may well ride on the outcome of
Monday’s matches when the Ag
gies travel to Lubbock to play
Texas Tech and Baylor is in
Austin to test the Longhorns.
Bill Wade of the Aggies won
his Monday match over Rick
Rogers 2 up while Richard Ellis
defeated Robert Brow 2 and 1.
Reggie Majors split with the
Bears’ David Smith while the
Aggies’ Duke Butler lost 4 and 3
to Ben Hagan.
The Aggie team of Wade and
Majors won 3 and 2 while the
team of Ellis and Butler split.
Individual scores by the Aggies
were a 68 by Ellis, 71 by Wade
and Majors and 75 by Butler.
Coach Henry Ransom’s golfers
are currently in the All America
Invitation in Houston. The tour
nament, which begins today and
ends Sunday, also involves Bay
lor, Rice, Southern Methodist
University, Tech, Texas and Ar
kansas of the SWC.
Tennis
Jon Ragland won his first
round match in the River Oaks
Invitation Tournament in Hous
ton Monday but was defeated in
the second round.
Ragland won over Rico Ci|
paris 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 while lojit|
to Bobby Brien 6-2, 6-1. The on]
other Aggie entered, Mike Hiclit|
lost to Hugh Sweeny in the fin
round 6-3, 6-2.
Next SWC action for Coat
Omar Smith’s netters coint
Saturday when they host Baylj,
The Aggies are home for a Hn
conference match Friday agaiti
the University of Houston.
Rice, considered to be onei
the two best collegiate teamj;
the nation, could sew up the cos
ference crown with a win t|
week. They stand at 18-0 in SI(
and have yet to lose a maid
this season.
The Aggies are in the league
seventh slot with a 4-18 mark,
Track
Coach Charley Thomas’ Aggi
tracksters invade the hills
Arkansas Saturday for a mtt
with Rice, TCU and Arkaasa.
The Aggies finished behia
Rice and Texas last Thursdij
in a tri-meet in Austin.
Ronny Lightfoot edged
teammate George Resley for
first in the shot while freshma
Curtis Mills recorded a win ovi
Rice’s vaulted Conley Brown i
the 440. Dave Morton of Texai
won the event forcing Brown 1
settle for one of his rare thii
place finishes.
Fish Baseball
A long rest awaits the Fis
baseballers before squaring ot
against Texas May 11 in Collegi
Station in the season’s laa 1
games.
The Fish, 5-1 on the sensor,
had a game with Baylor las
Wednesday rained out.
Major League
Standings
American League
W
L
Pet.
GB
Minnesota
5
0
1.000
—
Detroit
4
1
.800
1
Cleveland
3
2
.600
2
Oakland
3
2
.600
2
Baltimore
2
2
.500
2V 2
Boston
2
3
.400
3
California
2
3
.400
3
Washington
2
3
.400
3
New York
1
4
.200
4
Chicago
0
4
.000
4»4
National
League
W
L
Pet.
GB
Houston
5
1
.833
—
St. Louis
5
1
.833
—
Pittsburgh
3
2
.600
iy 2
San Francisco 3
2
.600
1%
Chicago
2
3
.400
21/2
x-L. Angeles
2
3
.400
2y 3
New York
2
3
.400
2y 2 <
Cincinnati
2
3
.400
2y 2
Atlanta
2
4
.333
3
x-Philadel.
1
5
.167
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LOSER AND WINNER OF MASTERS
Bob Goalby, right, sits with a wry expression as Roberto
de Vincenzo applauds the new Masters golf champion at
Augusta, Ga. De Vincenzo lost tie when he signed erron
eous scorecard and finished second. (AP Wirephoto)
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