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• v v.v;. ■ •.•.• .. Pag-e 8 Colege Station, Texas Thursday, October 10, 1968 THE BATTALION Tigers Clobber St. Louis, 13-1 ST. LOUIS UP) — The aroused Detroit Tigers clobbered St. Louis pitching for a record-tying 10 runs in the third inning Wednes day and squared the World Series at three games each with a 13-1 victory behind Denny McLain, a two-time loser. Jim Northrup’s grand slam homer off relief pitcher Larry Jaster was the big blow in the third when the Tigers sent 15 men to the plate against loser Ray Washburn and three others. It was the biggest Series in ning since Hack Wilson mis judged a fly ball at Philadelphia in 1929 and opened the gates for 10 runs by the Philadelphia A’s against the Chicago Cubs. The A’s, trailing 8-0 at the time, also sent 15 men to bat. The final score didn’t quite match the New York Yankees’ 18-4 rout of the New York Giants in 1936. Julian Javier’s single with two out and two on in the ninth saved the Cards from suffering the most lopsided shutout in Series history. McLain, second choice to in jured Earl Wilson in Manager Mayo Smith’s pre-game opinion, made up for two earlier defeats by Bob Gibson as he came back strong with a cortisone shot eas ing his aching right shoulder. It was apparent early that this was not Washburn’s day. The Tigers hopped on him for two runs in the second when Norm Cash walked on a 3-1 pitch, Willie Horton doubled him home and Bill Freehan broke a 16-at-bat hitless streak with a single, scor ing Horton. Washburn, a winner with relief help from Joe Hoerner in the third game, was wild and was not throwing hard. The third inning started inno cently enough with a walk to Dick McAuliffe on four pitches. Before it was over 10 runs were in, 15 men had been at bat and the Cards’ Washburn, Jaster, Ron Willis and Dick Hughes had been slammed for a grand-slam homer, six singles, four walks and a hit batsman. After McAuliffe walked, Mick ey Stanley singled to left and A1 Kaline, who had three hits and drove in four runs, pumped a single to center, scoring Mc Auliffe. That was all for Wash- bum. Jaster never did get anybody out. Norm Cash singled, scoring Stanley and Willie Horton walked, loading the bases. Northrup, who hit four grand slam homers in Hi when you buy the 1st tire at our low everyday trade-in price mi m America’s most “asked-for-by-name” tire FULL 4-PLY NYLON CORD The world famous Firestone "500" specially built for todays' high-performance cars and super highways. 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Dick Hughes was the next vic tim and Cash greeted him with a single to right that bounced over Orlando Cepeda’s head, scor ing Stanley with the ninth run. Aggie Cagers To Kick Off Okla. Tournej Thurs this Agt Tex em are wee 13 ( due Rail enoi mm TOP CONSOL RUSHER Mike Litterst, A&M Consolidated’s prize halfback and one of the tri-captains, hopes to continue his torrid rushing pace in Friday night’s important tilt with the Houston Furr Brahmas. (Photo by Mike Wright) Odom May Be Short On Inches But He’s Tall In Coaches’ Book Size, says Texas A&M football coach Gene Stallings, is relatively unimportant. Things like speed, desire, determination, etc., rate higher with him. Lynn Odom, A&M’s middle guard on defense, wanted a chance to play for the Aggies so badly that it’s believed he storied just a mite about his size. He said he was 5-10 and 185 when A&M recruiters visited him. Later they suspected he was somewhat smaller. Going into his sophomore year, he filled out his questionnaire that he was 5-9 and 195. This fall he filled one out that he was 5-10 and 210. “I really don’t care about his size as long as he continues to hit people like he does,” Stallings says. Curley Hallman, a Northport, Ala., native visited at home a few days after the Aggies’ 20-16 Cotton Bowl win over Alabama and brought back a tale about Odom. One of Curley’s friends who played in the Alabama of fensive line asked: “Who was that No. 7 for you-all. He wasn’t even on our scouting report and he liked to have tore off my head!” Odom was injured in the 1967 season’s opener against SMU and really didn’t get back into top playing condition until late in the year. But, he was ready when the Cotton Bowl came around. He was captain and most valu able lineman on a fine Corsicana High team his senior year. He won a freshman numeral at A&M and then in the spring won the starting job with the varsity. The opening-game injury put him behind but he came on strong again this spring and now is a fixture at middle guard. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon ard Odom of Corsicana, Lynn says weight lifting is one of his hobbies. So, those added pounds could be legitimate. Sometimes Odom is overshad owed by his senior mates on either side of him, Rolf Krueger and Harvey Aschenbeck. But, when the action is piled up in the middle, you can usually find Odom wrapped around the ball carrier. This week Odom has his work cut out as he lines up against a strong front line wearing Texas Tech colors. He’ll have to give a great performance to aid the Aggies in that one. The Texas Aggie basket^ ; team has been pegged to kick of the 33rd Annual All-College Bu ketball Tournament in Oklaho® City with a first round game will Duquesne University Dec. 26. The Aggies tackle Duquesne t the opening game of the toun? at 7 p.m. and Tulane folk; with a 9 p.m. showdown wit Oklahoma City University. Ron® ing out the first round activiti University of Pacific faces Bonaventure in the first garnet: Dec. 27, while Wyoming is pitta against L.S.U. at 9 p.m. Thurman Medley, president the Oklahoma City All Sport Association, announced the pair ing for the annual toumament,li be held Dec. 26, 27, 28 and .1 In making the announcerntr Medley commented, “We been told that we will have ptr son haps the finest group of collej teams ever assembled at os tournament. Pete Maravich, the natiot number one scorer last seasr with a 43.8 per game average?; head the LSU Tigers. Rich Tras paces host school O.C.U. with 29.9 per game average, numie four in the nation last season. S Bonaventure boasts the nation! number eleven scorer last sease in Bob Lanier, with a 26.2 yi game average. Even with tha outstanding individual perforc ances, that’s not the whole slioi L.S.U. is number eight in ti nation in total offense per gaffi Oklahoma City is number foil St. Bonaventure is number sir teen. 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