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ON L T y Mil >st par : semi. ?ht eai ’ly aai i testei nchotai • whor. ' game! m am haven 1 ! d J. R Aggie baseballers shine in summer leagues THE BATTALION Tuesday, September 1, 1970 College Station, Texas Page 3 Track recruits strenghten Ags With the loss of only three seniors, this past spring the Tex as A&M baseball team was riding in pretty good shape, but the summer has passed and the Ag gies find their pitching, a strong point during the ’69 season a question mark. The Aggies lost only one senior pitcher, righthander Dave Benesh. The pro draft came along in the early part of June and the Los Angeles Dodgers selected lefthander Doug Rau in the spe cial phase for those who had been drafted before, and their offer was too good to turn down and broke a finger this summer and missed most of the summer sea son. He and another Aggie, Jim Simpson, played for Jack Wil liams - Chevrolet semi-pro team this summer. One of the real bright spots as far as pitching was the per formance this summer of left hander Bruce Katt. Katt turned in a 9-2 record for Galesburg, 111., in a semi-pro league and one of his wins was a no-hitter. Ac cording to Chandler, Katt’s per formance was the best by any pitcher. Katt’s performance was ex tremely encouraging after he hurt his arm in the middle of last season after a good start. Paul Czerwinski was one of the leading pitchers in a semi-pro league in Houston. Larry Smith was one of the leading hitters in that league. Frazier also pitched well in that league. R. J. Englert, the Southwest Conference batting champion last spring, continued his hitting and won the Basin League semi-pro crown with a .405 mark. Dave Elmendorf, who seems to u m ft} oA R. J. Englert the Columbus High ex by-passed his senior year of eligibility to turn pro. Rau was sent to Bakersfield in the California League and caught fire winning 11 of 12 decisions for Bakersfield. He was promoted to Spokane at the conclusion of the Bakersfield season and will be pitching for the Dodgers’ AAA farm team when it takes on Hawaii in the Pacific Coast League playoffs. Hardy Frazier, whom the Ag gies had hoped would be a starter next season, is a scholastic casual ty and will be ineligible for the 1970 season, according to Coach Chandler. Charlie Jenkins, who had pitch ed only briefly for the Aggies this past year as a freshman, the tourney so he could play foot ball. Elmendorf and Rau received an honor recently when they were selected to the Academic All- American baseball team, which is picked by the Sports Information Directors of each university. Two players who did not play on the varsity also saw action in semi-pro ball this summer. In fielders Carroll Lilly and Karl Bystrom played this summer in the Arlington semi-pro league. Jimmy Langford, a speedy shortstop from San Jacinto Junior College, has been signed by the Aggies and he has been playing in the same league with Czerwin ski and Frazier. Langford is a good prospect to take the shortstop spot va cated by Jim Raley. The Aggies have also an nounced the signing of five schoolboy prospects. They include two players who turned down professional offers to play for the Ags. Jimmy Hacker was the first round draft choice of the Boston Red Sox and lefthander Jackie Binks from Beaumont Forest Park was also drafted by the Bosox. Neil McKittrick, catcher from Ft. Worth Western Hills, is also signed with the Aggies. Other signees include pitcher Jim Wallace of Corpus Christi King and Jim Atterbury, an out fielder from the same school. All-state second baseman Leon ard Truitt from AAAA state champion Aldine, has also put his name on the dotted line for A&M. The Texas Aggies, who won their first Southwest Conference championship since 1953 last year, put together a recruiting season that kept the Ags strong in one area and gave some depth in areas where they used to be lucky to have one available play er. A&M’s major losses was shot put and discus man Ronnie Light- ili >». m * mm m throw 183 feet and is also a threat to throw the shot 60 foot. With Lightfoot gone the Ags weight points will be few and far between, but Brown is capable of picking up some if not all the slack. A&M’s summer track included the National Collegiate Athletic Association Meet in June where the Ags sprint relay did okay in not only in the sprint relay but also in the sprints where A&M made hay last year. They quali fied five men for the finals in the 220. Texas, Thomas said, recruited an outstanding hurdler from San Jacinto Junior College and like SMU will be able to cut into A&M’s points. He also noted that TCU had an outstanding recruit ing season. FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED Bruce Katt enjoy his best hitting in the summer, connected for at least one hit in 31 consecutive games this season, and he and teammate Billy Hodge were both named to the All-Tournament team while playing for the Boulder Colle gians. A&M second baseman Butch Ghutzman is also playing in that league and Ghutzman and Hodge are playing in the National Tournament. Elmendorf returned instead of playing in Doug Rau its Curtis Mills foot and sprinter Scotty Hen dricks. To replace Hendricks, Coach Charlie Thomas nabbed Billy Por ter from Odessa Junior College and the sprinter’s best time is 9.5. The Aggies are not known for their distance runners, so coaches Charlie Thomas and Ted Nelson went out to recruit some and they came away with three milers and two half milers among the re cruits. Frank Ybarbo and Rubenn Mon- civaiz were great milers and both ran at the NJCAA meet this past year. Ybarbo is from Blinn Jun ior College and Moncivaiz from Glendale, Ax-iz. Pat Bxadley is a high school miler from Houston Memorial. Half milers, Harold Vogtberg and Erie Holloman ax-e top high school 880 men. Gary West piemier high school hurdler who broke the state AAAA x-ecoi'ds in the 120 yard high hui'dles and the 330 yard intermediate, gives added strength at the hurdles whex-e they already have Don Kellar and David Prince, who had times that qual ified for the national meet. The latest addition to the Ag gies is discus man Tim Brown from Belton who is the state AAA discus champion with a Clip and Save 1970 FOOTBALL SEASON Texas A&M University-Varsity Schedule Date Game Time Price Place Sept. 12 Wichita State 7:30 $6.00 College Station Sept. 19 L. S. U. 7:30 6.00 Baton Rouge, La. Sept. 26 Ohio State 1:30 6.00 Columbus, Ohio Oct. 3 Michigan 1:30 6.00 Ann Arbor, Mich Oct. 10 Texas Tech 7:30 6.00 College Station Oct. 17 T. C. U.* 7:30 6.00 College Station Oct. 24 Baylor" 7:30 6.00 Waco Oct. 31 Arkansas :: 1:30 6.00 College Station Nov. 7 S. M. U.* 1:30 6.00 Dallas Nov. 14 Rice 1:30 6.00 College Station Nov. 26 Texas" 2:00 6.00 Austin Conference Game Courtesy of.... !T-A.TX02SrA.I_.f B-AJN'K: COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77840 “On the side of Texas A&M’ Member F.D.I.C. Rockie Woods the semis when they tied the Drake stadium x-ecord of 39.8, but Marvin Mills suffered a muscle pull and in the finals the next day, A&M placed sixth in a time of 42.1. Rockie Woods, who had pulled a muscle during the school year while running at the Fieedom Games in Philadelphia repulled the muscle a week befoi’e national and put the Ags minus their 9.4 sprintei - . Curtis Mills, defending NCAA 440 yard champion and world rec ord holder of the event placed third when Larry James of Vil- Marvin Mills lanova passed him in the stretch and Tommy Turner of Villanova outnudged him in the stretch. Curtis was named to the U.S. National tx-ack and field team lat er in the summer and went with the team to Finance, Germany and Russia. Cui'tis ran on the U.S. mile relay team while in Europe. Coach Chax-lie Thomas noted the fact that several conference schools have stxengthened them selves considerably and when the SWC meet comes around next May, it could be a lot tighter than many people think. SMU picked up the Pouncy twins, who can both run a smooth 9.4 and that, Thomas said, will help SMU cut into the Ags points, CboAd* DISCOUNT DEPARTMENT STORE 4 ®*V|S|om OF COOK UNVTID' 2104 TEXAS AVE. 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