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Page 10 College Station, Texas xi.ux^u^, Aggie Nine Xo Meet Longhorns a.1 ^ arklif- tht* Tpvas dorf By GARY SHERER The Southwest Conference base ball title is riding on the outcome of this weekend’s two-game Aggie-Texas series at Austin. Unfortunately for the Maroon and White, they will not win the title, regardless of what happens. The controversial no-reschedul ing rule that the SWC people came up with this season will rob the Aggies of a chance at the title. EVEN IF THE Aggie nine takes both games, it will leave them with a 12-5 record or one half game behind Texas Christian at 13-5 (TCU has finished their season). This situation has oc curred because of the rained out game of April 9 between the Aggies and Baylor. Under the new ruling, the game was not rescheduled. So, Coac h Tom Chandler’s charges will go into this series with the chtince to do only one thing—stop Texas from winning the champior,\ship! Though it is unfortunate that the Maroon and White can’t h e considered for the title, it still will be gratifying to knock Texas out of contention. One or two Aggie victories will stop Texas. If the Aggies split the two games, the one victory will be enough to elliminate Texas.. If Texas splits the two game series, they will finish at 13-5 or a tie with TCU. Now, Texas would not go to the NCAA playoffs because TCU won the Texas series 2-1, thus TCU would go to the pitchers are both sophomores. James Street and Larry Hardy, both righthanders will get the starting nods from Gustafson. Street, from Longview, was the losing pitcher in the two team’s first meeting this season. The Aggies won the game 1-0 in a NCAA’s. TWO WINS for the Aggies would leave Texas at 12-6 and then TCU would go outright. Therefore, the pressure is on the Longhorns as Friday and Satur day get nearer. It will be a tough pill to take for the Aggies, however, should r*-* *' V & * — San Antonio May Host NAIA Soccer St. Mary’s University may be the host this year of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national soccer championships. Clifford McGrath, president of the NAIA Soccer Coaches Associ ation, and Dr. Charles Matlack, immediate past president, were in San Antonio last Friday explor ing the possibilities of holding the championships in the Alamo City. They said they definitely want to bring them here, if the necessary sponsors and a place to play can be found locally. The two NAIA representatives met with Virgil Dietrich of the San Antonio Chamber of Com merce, St. Mary’s athletic director Elmer Kosub, St. Mary’s sports information director Gary Gossett, Buck McCarty of the San Antonio Lions Club, head coach and gener al manager Duncan McCauley and Public Relations director Jerry Biehl of the San Antonio Toros, and Nelson Wolfe of the San Antonio Sports Association. “We feel San Antonio would be an ideal place for the champion ships”, McGrath said. “It is cen trally located between East and West coasts, and has a climate that, more than any other major city, could assure us of playing the games.” The most important things needed to bring the champion ships here, according to McGrath, are sponsors and a place to play. The San Antonio Lions Club, San Antonio Sports Association and the San Antonio Toros all ex pressed interest in the idea, and indicated they might underwrite the tournament, provided their re spective boards of directors ap prove the plan. Total cost of the tournament, McGrath said, would run in the neighborhood of $25,000 to $35,- 000, including food, lodging and local transportation for the com peting athletes. Much of this could be regained through ticket sales and concessions, the proceeds of which would go entirely to the sponsoring organization or organ izations. Named as possible sites for the tournament were St. Mary’s V. J. Keefe Field, which seemed the most desirable to the NAIA rep resentatives, and Edgewood Sta dium. Coach Kosub said Keefe Field could be converted into a soccer field without too much difficulty, and Edgewood Stadium —where high schools in the Edge- wood Independent School District play their home football games— is suitable for soccer in its present state. If the tournament is brought here, McGrath said it would in volve eight soccer teams from throughout the country. “In the past”, he said, “we have had only four teams in our tourn aments, but we would like to ex pand the size of the field to eight. “This would definitely be done if the tournament is moved to San Antonio.” • Tournament teams would come from NAIA member schools, and would win their way into the championships through a series of regional eliminations. O u t - standing soccer teams from areas without an organized conference might be invited as at-large rep resentatives, provided their rec ords warranted such an invita tion. The tournament would be played in November, over the Thanks giving Holidays, in order to keep | ^ from interfering with the players n studies any more than necessary. i It would be a four-day affair. Hitting .313 m SWC play. they sweep or split the Texas series. A sweep of Texas would mean that the Aggies had gone 6-0 against the two present con tenders for the title (the Aggies swept the TCU series). A loss or two losses would still give the Aggies a winning record against the two teams. Because of this, Texas Coach Cliff Gustafson, in his first year at Texas, will send his two top pitchers against the Aggies. A hint to Texas’ future hopes in baseball is seen, when the two top squeaker played at Bryan’s Travis Park. HARDY, a fastballer from Houston, struck out 17 Rice Owls in the Longhorn’s last SWC game. The performance tied a league record. Hardy, who is 3-0 in SWC play, will probably get the call Saturday with Street (5-2) going Friday. gJSg* Chandler will most likely counter with Rick Schwartz (3-2) in the 3 p.m. Friday game and ~ come back with lefthander Doug pim Rau (2-1) in the 2:30 p.m. Satur day contest. The Aggies, who have become the best hitting team in the league this spring, will have their bats put to a true test by the talented Street and Hardy. In SWC stats, six regulars are hitting over .300, led by second baseman Pete Maida’s .394. Catcher Joe Staples trails Maida at .391 followed by Dave Elmen- dorf at .364, Jim Raley at .353 and Terry Dailey and Bob Long at .340 and .328, respectively. Outfielder Bob Arnold is just nder .300 at .293. The other regu lar, Boyd Hadaway, had been the club’s most consistent hitter earlier in the season but has been in a slump lately. THE AGGIES’ hitting has led them to a 21-7 mark and the best overall record in the conference. Texas and TCU are 20-8. Third-baseman Dailey leads the season hitting with a .394 mark. The Blinn JC transfer has really come on in the last two weeks with his hitting. Elmendorf and Staples are at .324 and .321 while Arnold and Maida complete the above .300 hitters at .313 and .303, respectively. The Aggie pitching shouldn’t be overlooked either, as their season earned run average is a fine 2.52. Rocky Thompson, who has turned into the top reliefer this season, has the best ERA at 1.58 for the season and 2.12 in the SWC. Thompson will be ready to go both days should Schwartz or Rau falter. Schwartz has a 2.39 ERA for the conference while being 2.40 for the season. Rau, while 2.19 for the season, has a 3.75 norm for SWC games. So, the two teams look evenly matched. The Aggies have the better hitting, while the Longhorns have the edge in* pitching. Austin’s historic ‘stone fence field’ Clark Field should draw some big crowds for both games. Whatever happens, the unfort nate upshot of the new rule w probably bring about an amen ing order so that this sortofthi won’t happen again. idpi , ~ m <| ■HE ^ JAMES STREET . 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