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Benesh Paces
To Split With TU
Dave Benesh pitched and hit
the Aggie baseballers to victory
in the second game of a double-
header Tuesday on Kyle Field,
5-2, after Texas had captured
the opening game, 2-1.
The season-ending split left
Coach Tom Chandler’s team with
a 16-10 season record and a 7-8
Southwest Conference mark.
Texas, which had clinched the
SWC title earlier in the year, is
now 25-4 for the year and 14-2
in conference.
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Benesh, a junior from Hous
ton, broke a 1-1 deadlock in the
second inning of the finale with
a homerun and the Aggies were
never headed. It was the third
straight homerun for the 6-3,
193 pounder who homered in his
only two trips to the plate in
A&M’s game against Houston on
April 29.
The Aggies added to their
lead in the fifth with two insur
ance runs. Billy Hodge singled
and was forced at second when
Benesh attempted to sacrifice.
Consecutive singles by Bob Ar
nold and Jim Raley loaded the
bases with one run scoring on
a single by Bob Long and an
other coming home on an error.
Long’s hit was his fifth
straight of the afternoon. The
former Aggie footballer from
Paris ended the day with 5
for 6.
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Dilemma At
Dead Grass
by John Platzer
A&M scored their last run of
the day in the seventh to up the
margin to 5-1. Benesh opened
with a double and scored on a
single by Arnold. Texas made the
final score 5-2 with a run in the
eighth. A&M jumped out in front
of Texas and pitcher James
Street in the opening inning of
the first game but a late Long
horn rally added up to a 2-1 de
feat. The Aggies’ run came when
Raley was hit by a pitch and
Long doubled him home.
Some things are best left unexplained.
Just ask the University of Texas. (The one at Austin).
The story was proudly proclaimed throughout the state this
weekend, that UTA’s (no, not Arlington’s) Board of Regents had
appropriated the money for the installation of Astroturf in Memorial
Stadium.
Left out of the story entirely, however, were the reasons behind
the sudden and expensive decision.
Had DKR discovered a synthetic quarterback?
Had Austin, instead of California, fallen into the ocean?
Had Bevo gone on a diet?
Now at last the true and complete facts in the case (known as
“Dilemma at Dead Grass”) have come to light through the efforts of a
well-placed, reliable source. The story you are about to hear is TRUE!!
It seems as if those in charge at TU were more than slightly upset
at the growing capacity of the grass in Memorial Stadium and the
Longhorns’ practice field.
Always quick with a ready solution to any problem, the Austin
Tribe promptly added no less than 3,000 pounds of fertilizer to the
aforementioned grounds.
Unfortunately a few matters of nature interceded to prevent the
desired results. First, there is no tile drain in Memorial Stadium and this
causes the fertilizer to remain longer; second, the grass which USED to
be in Memorial Stadium was turf grass (very similar to that on a golf
course) which does not take as much fertilizer as regular grass; and
finally, 3,000 pounds is just a helluva lot of fertilizer.
Upon seeing their half-million dollar mistake materialize before
their eyes, Texas (like Little Bo Peep) sent out their SOS: “Where, oh
where, has our Memorial Stadium grass gone?”
The recommendation was quickly returned.
“Use no more fertilizer until 1971!”
Not satisfied with this, TU pressed for another alternative.
This time they were told to plow up the field completely and to
keep washing and using it until the excess fertilizer was expended. By
doing this they may have been able to grow something on it by
September.
Because of such incidentals as spring football drills, however, this
solution was also found to be unsuitable.
Only one avenue of escape remained for the Steers and it was
announced over the weekend.
TU’s above tale of woe reminds us of a press release received from
the Austin school earlier in the year.
The three-page story concerned Texas’ basketball team, or at least
the final two pages did. Aside from the beautiful Longhorn letterhead,
the front page of the release was completely blank and the second page
began in the middle of a sentence.
Never did find out what they were trying to tell us in that front
page.
The moral of this column is that Aggies may make plenty of
mistakes, but they have lots of company just 90 miles to the west.
Hard Hitting Marks
Ag Grid Practice
The Texas Aggies romped
through a hard-hitting football
session Tuesday, their 13th prac
tice of the spring, and Coach
Gene Stallings afterwards ob
served that “They’re getting a
little better, aren’t they?”
In the latter stages of the
practice, simultaneous scrim
mages wex-e going on, pitting the
first defense against the second
offense on one field and the first
offense against the second de
fense on an adjacent field.
The first defense, led by the
solid tackling of senior line
backer Buster Adami, stifled the
second offense throughout the
session.
The first offense, on the other
hand, scored several touchdowns
and generally moved the football
well. Jimmy Sheffield and
Rocky Self afternated at quarter
back and both threw touchdown
passes. Sheffield hit tight end
Ross Brupbacher with a scoring
toss while Self connected with
wingback Barney Harris for an
other.
Steve Burks, the 170-pound
freshman tailback, reeled off
some long gainers, getting timely
blocks from fullback Max-c Black.
Another tailback, Gary Armbris-
ter, also romped for good gains.
The Aggies climax spring drills
with their Maroon-White game
at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, May 17th,
at Kyle Field.
Page 4
THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Wednesday, May 7, IMS
Celtics Celebrate Usual Title
BOSTON OP)—The leprechauns
are dancing, Red Auerbach and
Bill Russell are smiling — and
the amazing Boston Celtics still
are champs.
of the greatest comebacks of all
time.
“We never thought of losing,”
Russell said after the Celtics be
came the first team ever to lose
the first two games of a final
series and come back to win.
“Yet I think it was the biggest
of all thrills. This has to be one
“Time and again, all season,
we had to bounce back — and
did. We’ve had more talent in
other years, but none with more
guts.”
Sam Jones, the 36-year-olil
sharp-shooter who hit for 24
points before fouling out in his
career finale, called the Celtics
the “greatest team in the world."
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