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Friday, May 15, 1970
College Station, Texas
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Despite a tough go in 1970
Coach Omar Smith feels like his
Aggie tennis team which loses
only one of its top players will
be in the thick of the race for
the Southwest Conference title
next spring.
Smith was very optimistic over
the fact that only three seniors,
Bruce Crumley, Nathan Finke
and Terry Smith, have completed
their eligibility and only Crumley
will be lost from the first team.
Jon Ragland who missed the
season will return to the team
and will help make up for the
loss of Crumley. Ragland teamed
with Pete Faust to win the SWC
doubles title in 1969 but set out
last season with an injury to
his arm.
Another bright spot was sopho
more Tommy Connell who pro
gressed rapidly during the season
and moved into the first unit
midway through the year. Connell
last week defeated Faust in the
Brazos Open Tennis Tournament
in a match that pleased Coach
Smith greatly.
Dickie Fikes, the Aggies num
ber one player as a sophomore
had the problem of facing the
opposing teams best all season
long. He defeated Texas’ number
one player John Mozola in the
first round of the SWC tourna
ment before losing to Tommy
Shelves of Baylor.
Coach Smith said that every
team in the conference will lose
at least one top player except
SMU.
The Mustangs who placed sec
ond to Rice in the conference
standings return their top three
singles players including John
Gardner who was the number
two seeded singles player in the
conference. Barry Stetson and
Tim Smith who played the num
ber four singles spot for SMU
will be the only losses.
Rice which won the crown with
a 30-4 mark for the second year
in a row went on to place first
and second in the SWC tourney
singles and first and second in
team doubles loses only number
three singles player Tico Carrero,
the fourth seeded player in the
conference who advanced to the
semifinals before losing to team
mate Zan Guerry.
Texas only loss is number one
player John Mozola.
Texas Tech which placed third
in the league could suffer severe
ly by the loss of three top players
including their top three singles
players and their top doubles
team.
Joe Williams and Rusty Powell
who placed second to Faust and
Ragland last year and advanced
to the semifinals this year before
losing to the team that won the
tournament doubles will both
graduate.
TCU and Baylor the cellar
dwellers of the league both lose
their top player. The Frogs lose
Marcelo de la Serna and the
Bears must replace Gary Luft.
Several other Aggies played in
the Brazos open last week with
Richard Barker, an Aggie ex out
classing the field defeating Con
nell in the finals.
Lindsey Kroll, Nathan Finke
and Steve Rosanky of the A&M
tennis team also played in the
tourney which also had Dr, Rob
ert A. Kenefick, associate profes
sor of physics in the field.
Dr. William Hoover, a member
of the 1948 A&M tennis team
and an associate professor in Ag
riculture Analytical services won
the 35 and older division of the
tourney.
Also entered in the division
with the Aggie netters was Bill
Matyastik from Waco who was
the top seeded player in the state
for 14 and under classification.
Matyastik is 14 years old.
About this time a year ago
New York Mets started to win
Bill Rigney says Tony Oliva
better hitter than Mays
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ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS <A>)
— Manager Bill Rigney of the
Minnesota Twins rates Tony
Oliva a better hitter than Willie
Mays.
Rigney, who managed Mays at
San Francisco, told Oliva to his
face after a recent game:
“You’re the best hitter I’ve
ever seen.”
Asked about this appraisal,
Rigney said Thursday:
“I’d have to say Willie Mays
was the best young, all-around
player I ever managed. But this
fellow (Tony) is a natural born
hitter. No telling what kind of
average he would have if he
walked more.
“But he’s such an aggressive
hitter, he attacks the ball and
doesn’t walk. Tony wants to hit.
And he hits to all fields, a spray
hitter. It’s tough for them to
play him anywhere.”
Rigney is a veteran major
league manager and has seen the
best in the American and Na
tional Leagues.
Oliva, himself, says he has a
chance this year to win his third
A.L. batting title. “When I go
good, I hit anybody,” he says.
The 28-year-old, Cuban-born
slugger has batted over .300 four
of his six fulltime seasons with
the Twins and has been selected
to the All-Star team each season.
Oliva has a .308 lifetime average.
Going into a Thursday night’s
game against Kansas City, Oliva
was hitting .331 with five home
runs and 27 runs batted in.
Oliva was in tears last year
after Baltimore swept the Twins
in three straight games and Min
nesota fans booed him for a field
ing play, not realizing he had
pulled a muscle the day before.
By TOM SALADINO
Associated Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK <A>> — Were the
amazing 1969 New York Mets
truly a miracle team, a once in
a lifetime dream or are they
actually for real ?
These questions no doubt are
being asked in many baseball cir
cles plus one more that’s most
timely—can the Mets do it again ?
What these young men — none
a superstar until Tom Seaver
emerged as a 25-game winner
and Cy Young Award recipient
— did was win the National
League pennants as 100-1 shots.
Then they went on to sweep the
Atlanta Braves in a playoff and
completely stifle the American
League champion Baltimore Ori
oles in four straight World Ser
ies games, after dropping the
opener to become the world cham
pions.
But what has happened in
1970? Actually they’re better
off now than a year ago.
The Mets, stumbling along at
16-16 after six weeks—32 games
— actually are ahead of last sea
son’s pace at the same time when
they were 15-17 in third place,
seven games in back of the Chi
cago Cubs.
Mets are now in second place,
only IVz games behind the first
place Cubs in the East.
“We’ve still got plenty of time
to win,” said Gil Hodges, skip
per of the Mets. “But we’ve got
to get a streak going. We should
be doing better and we will do
better.
“Don’t forget,” Hodges said.
“We really weren’t a good team
early last season. But we got
better and better as the season
progressed. We’ve got the extra
year’s experience and I believe
this is a better club.”
The Mets didn’t reach the .500
mark last year until May 21
when they were 18-18 and a few
days later reeled off an 11-game
winning streak which triggered
their miracle.
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