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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
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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.
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^ JAMES STREET .
Texas sophomore from LongYiew will probably get thf
starting call against the Aggies in Friday s opening gamel
of the two game series at Austin.
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