THE BATTALION
Tuesday, March 25, 1969
Page 4 College Station, Texas
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Aggies Put Unbeaten String On Line
By JOHN PLATZER
The Aggie baseball team at
tempts to keep its season record
spotless today and tomorrow
with a pair of non-conference
games against Missouri on Kyle
Field.
Freshman Stan Chick has been
nominated by Coach Tom Chand
ler to pitch today’s 3 p.m. game
while Sonny Benefield has been
selected to go against the Tigers
Wednesday. Benefield joins the
baseball squad off the Southwest
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Conference basketball champions.
Coach Chandler is expected to
use the non-conference tilts to
test his reserve strength. Catch
er Mike Heitmann and infielders
Barney Harris, Herbie Watts
and Mike DeNiro are all sched
uled to see action against Mis
souri.
The regular Aggie lineup con
sists of catcher Larry Stelley,
first baseman Eddie Vaughn,
shortstop Jim Raley and outfield
ers Dave Elmendorf, Bob Long
and Bob Arnold.
The Aggies took a three game
sweep of Southern Methodist last
weekend in their first SWC
action of the year. The sweep
also brought A&M’s season rec
ord to 7-0.
Behind the strong pitching of
Doug Rau and Dave Benesh, the
Aggies set the Mustangs down
3-0 and 2-1 Friday and then
came back Saturday to win 7-5.
A&M started fast in the Sat
urday game and quickly built up
a 6-1 lead after four innings.
Long and Arnold walked in the
first for A&M and were driven
in by a double by Hadaway.
Three more runs were added
to the Aggie cause in the third
on a homerun by Arnold and a
two run double by Maida.
SMU scored three in the fifth
but relief pitcher Walter Varvel
came in to preserve the victory.
Charles Kelley started the game
for the Aggies and Larry Mc
Combs pitched the middle inn
ings. Hadaway paced the Aggies’
nine hit attack with three hits
and two runs-batted-in.
Rau went the distance in shutting
out the Mustangs on four hits in
Friday’s opener. Stelley, who
had a 3 for 3 game, drove in the
first run in the second and then
A&M added two others in the
fifth on a pair of triples by Bob
Long and Dave Elmendorf and a
single by Hadaway. Hadaway
had two hits in the game.
Benesh pitched a nine inning
AGGIE SCORE
Third baseman Eddie Vaughn scampers home with an Aggie run in Friday’s 2-1 decision
over the Southern Methodist Mustangs. The undefeated Aggies take on Missouri today at
Kyle Field in a 3 p. m. contest. (Photo by Mike Wright)
Aggie Tracksters Capture
Tech Meet With 68 Points
By RICHARD CAMPBELL
The Texas Aggie track team
swept to a decisive victory in a
quadrangular meet Saturday in
Lubbock by collecting a total of
68 points.
A&M piled up seven first
places to leave the field of Texas
Tech, Southern Methodist, and
Texas Christian far behind. Host
Texas Tech took second place
with 36 points while SMU and
TCU tied for third with 34
apiece.
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The Aggies sped to a first
place in the 440-yard relay with
a 40.9 clocking. The relay team
is composed of Scott Hendricks,
Rockie Woods, Jack Abbott, and
Curtis Mills.
Woods also picked up a meet
record in the 100-yard dash by
turning in his best time of the
year with a 9.4. Hendricks fin
ished second in 9.5. Ronnie
Lightfoot also took a first place
in the shot beating SWC cham
pion Ronnie Mercer of Tech and
SMU strongman Sammy Walker.
Lightfoot tossed the shot 57-11
also for a new meet record.
the three-mile run in 15:16.9.
Steve Bancroft took second in
the 880-yard run with a 1:57.5
clocking. Kim Sutton took sec
ond in the high jump with a 6-<>
leap while John Greathuse and
John Taylor jumped 6-4 for a
third place tie.
The Aggie mile relay team
made up of Bancroft, Strong,
Boyd and Mills also took first
place in their specialty with a
3:12.9.
A&M will travel to Dallas for
the Invitational Meet Saturday.
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Deward Strong placed in both
hurdle events for the Maroon.
He set a meet record taking the
120-yard highs in 14.2 and took
second in the 440-yard inter
mediates with a 53.4 clocking.
Mills, taking a vacation from his
440-yard dash specialty, set a
new meet record with a 21-0
time in the 220-yard dash.
John Heffner took another
first for the Aggies by winning
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Jeff Overhouse, a 6-7, 210-
pound high school basketball star
from Clear Creek, has an
nounced that he will attend
A&M on a basketball scholar
ship next year.
“We’re proud to hear of his
decision,” Aggie head coach Shel
by Metcalf said. “He has good
spring and moves well for a big
boy.”
An all-district and all-county
selection, Overhouse paced the
Wildcats to a 33-4 record this
past season before they bowed to
eventual state champion Wheat-
ley in the regional finals.
Overhouse averaged 20 points
and 14.6 rebounds per game this
season. During Overhouse’s final
two years at Clear Creek, the
Wildcats posted a combined 68-6
record.
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complete game in Friday’s sec
ond game. The Houston junior
allowed eleven hits in the game
but was able to bear down in the
trouble spots and get out by giv
ing up a single eighth inning
Maida tripled in Vaughn with
the winning run in the game in
the bottom of the ninth. A&M
scored its other run in the sixth
on singles by Long and Arnold
and a sacrifice fly by Elmendorf.
Benesh struck out nine in the
game and didn’t walk a man.
The Aggies have been paced
at the plate thus far this year
by Stelley and Hadaway each
with .455 averages. Long is at
.440 while Elmendorf is at .370
and Vaughn is hitting at a .348
clip.
Raley is hitting .292 while Arn
old is at .250 and Maida is aver
aging .136.
Long leads the team in both
homeruns and runs-batted-in with
two and eight respectively. Other
Aggie homeruns have been hit
by Elmendorf, Vaughn, Harris
and Arnold.
Rau is now 3-0 on the year
with a 1.96 earned-run-average.
He has struckout 26 while issu
ing 10 walks. Benesh and Var
vel are each 2-0 now as Benesh
has posted a 2.35 ERA and Var
vel has a 1.80 ERA.
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