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Aggie baseballers chase elusive SWC crown
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and tharaln lias Um Aggia
•rtnns. Twies A AM carried
stoa Marla against tbs Frogs
with mij one win oror the
Is people in two ssaaona, tha
fall behind tha longhorna
. tat roar’s squad took a 29-8
rd into Um TCU series and
i jrsart group Must find a way
rapines tha departed stars,
i ' American Daws Ehnsodorf
; <'uatod and took with him a
•i hatting average and an rbi
y» iraasa. All-Southwest Confer-
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AU-Soothwest
Paul Caarwinaki also has eoas-
plstsd his aUgihiUtg. •
TVs Aggtas' Mg pins is an In-
Chria Sans at first, Carroll Lilly
at soeond. Butch Ghutsaan at
shortstop and Jinuny Hacker and
Sandy Bata sharing third. (Shuts-
Man was ehosbn the All-SWC
utility inftoldar after batting J01
from the Isadoff spot Sana, an
All-league pick aa a sophomerr
two years ago, batted M2 for tha
sees on and .368 in league play
-hot John Longherhans at Taxes
had a sopor year and was picked
over the Aggie gkrvemaster.
Lilly returns a .333 average and
Hacker and Bats both filled in
admirably at third base. Both
wore freshmen. Hacker, the num
ber one draft choice of the Boston
Red Sox a year ago, batted .2#9
and Bate batted .176 in light duty.
. Mike Sc breeder, a shortstop
from Houston Sam Houston and
Steve Fronk. first baseman from
class AAAA stat chsmjJ Houston
Bella!re, were the only infielders
ms drafted by tha
Mihraahse Brewers. Prank lad
the city of Houston in runs batted
in.
In Um ontfisM R J. Engtert
was an AB-BWC pick white hat.
ting 3f7 and collecting 56 bite
in only 39 gatoee. He
bably Move over to
replace Ehnendorf and the other
two spots arp up for grabs.
boxy, who batted J48 te parttfee
daty, te n gsod hat far one ad tha
battle far tha other *ap*J*tt
man Karl BystrsM and froahasaa
rscruite Mike Piaster and Senate
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Ags in the pros
; Dave Elmendorf, Jimmy Sheffield, Steve Niles and
Billy Hodge have something in common.
They are all former Aggie athletes, who are now try
ing to make a go at professional athletics.
Elmendorf is in the: training camp of the Um Angeles
Rams of the National Football League and Mens a sure
bet to stick with the club, who dealt one of their veterans
Richie Petibon, to the Washington Redskins end left him
with a starting position. In a recent
blocked a punt and intercepted a pass to «• Rmos to
a victory. Sheffield, the second leading punter in the South
west Conference last year, was recently cut by the Buffalo
Bills of the NFL, who selected him in the league s annual
collegiate player draft.
Niles was drafted by the New York Nicks °f th® Na
tional Basketball Association and if he makes it will be the
only Aggie playing in that league. John Beasley, who holds
a bunch of Aggie scoring records, is one of the original
Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association.
Hodge, the Aggies All-SWC catcher, signed with the
San Diego Padres and is now playing for Uxb of the Cali
fornia League. \
Other Aggie football players now in pro football are
Jack Pardee, Washington Redskins; Charley Krueger, San
Francisco 49'ers; Grady Allen, Atlanta Falcons; Mike ( lark,
Dallas Cowboys; Edd Hargett, New Orleans; Rolf Krueger,
St. Louis Cardinals; Billy Hobbs, Philadelphia Eagles; Mo
Moorman, Kansas City Chiefs; Leroy Caffey and Ross
Brupbacher, Chicago Bears; Larry Stegent, St. Louis Car
dinals ; Steve O’Neal, New York Jets and Tommy Maxwell,
Oakland Raiders.
Former Aggies Bobby Nichols and Ralph Johnston are
on the pro golf tour and SMlft golf coach Billy Martindale,
an Aggie is a former touring pro. -
Aside from Hodge in pro baseball, the Aggies have
Dave Johnson, Baltimore Orioles; Doug Rau, Los Angeles
Dodgers and now at Spokane of the Pacific Coast League;
Lou Camili, Cleveland Indians and now at Wichita of the
American Association; Bob Long, Los Angeles Dodger*
now at Albuquerque of the Dixie Association; Cliff Davis,
of the Houston Astros now at Columbus, Ga., of the Dixie
Association; and Hardy Frazier, California Angels and now
playing in the California League.
A catcher at Hootton Umim.
Prosier will pro be My play eat-
fteld for the Agglee. He te the
flvot black haeehell recruit for
the Acgtae aad owe at the flnt
la the arethweet Coaforence.
Praetor wae drafted by the Lea
Aagetee Dodgers, who also draft
ed aad algnod kte older brother
Dyaa only a year ago.
Bat the biggeot yrobtew aad
a hole Oiendter aaye matt be
fUted te that of eatehor. Hodge
teft behind two yean at oatttaad-
ing platework.
There an at teatt fear Candi
da tm for tha top job^with Praster
with Terry
rthe johlatt
with a thumb hOary.
Loomis aad Daa Witty.
Toauay Hawthorao, a eatehor
aad third baeomea from Boaa-
moat Forest Park aad antthar
freshman Goat Edene, of Port
Worth Sooth west, an also pros
ports. Hawthorns was on All-
District ostection for tbs city
champion team.
Starten Bruce Katt, 4-1, 3J8;
Charlie Jeakine. 6-0, 2A3; and
Jackie Sinks, 6-0. 2.66, ntarn to
give the Aggie a good nocteos.
Acs robevor Charlie Keltey, com
ing off back-to-boek super yoan,
will lead the ballpen crew al
though it’s a possibility he could
bo doveteped late a ttaitor. Tha
senior from Watt CoiumbU had
a 7-1 record with t.14 arm last
season aad two yoan ago had a
I- 1 mark with an 9.00 era, despite
appearing aa tha mound 10 times.
A final Aggie recruit, pitcher
Bobby WKtkamp from Honttoa
Mllby, eould push a starting job.
WKtkamp te playing te tha Karl
Youag Amateur League hi Hone-
II- 1 record for Mllby. Hie tens
tees wae la the stela pteyufte to
evuatual state champion Houston
Belteiro.
A revamping of tha teagua’s
schedule puts tha Aggies against
the Progs In the season opening
aeries end maybe that isn’t the
only thing that’s changed.
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Ag swimmers face
competition — then
lives
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By CLIFFORD BROYLES
If competition bnede ehampion-
shipe, the Teams Aggie swimming
team should be well on the way.
Coach Dannie Poodfek, entering
kte second season aa bead of the
Aggie swim program, eayt he
has word from at teatt 32 swim
mers who will be trying out for
the squad this fall
Including test year's group of
which only one, Tom Sparks, was
a senior, Foodkk expects over 60
prospects to try for the teem
Only about 18 players can
maka tha travttiag squad and
Foadtek says that thsre te a pos
sibility that ha will have a B
team, which gives more swim
mers a chance to compete.
But the road ahead te a rough
one as perennial champion Sou th
orn Methodist is—aa usual—num
ber one. Their standing te more
secure than UCLA’s hold on the
basketball crown and that’s say
ing something.
Foadtek says the University of
Texas at Austin under coach Pat
Patterson, who teft AAM a year
ago to go to accept the head job
at his alma mater, has recruited
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exceptionally well and might ac
tually threaten SMU.
The Aggie coach has some top
newcomers coming also aad feels
that with a good yepr the Aggies
could move up to third in the race
over a fifth-place finish a year
ago. *
Top newcomers for the Aggies
are Lester Ham men, from the
college of San Mateo, California,
whore he was a teammate of the,
Aggies’ Fred Moyers, who trans
ferred to AAM during the spring.
Ham men wae e two-time water
polo All-American and was an
All-American in swimming in at
least six events.
Plans are for him to be used
in the distance freestyle events,
which Foadtek pointed out aa one
of the main weaknesses of the
team.
Kent Berryman from Seattle,
Wash., is expected to help soften
up another weakness in the but
terfly events. Doug Meaden, from,
Houston Memorial, will be in the
freestyle events for the Aggies
and is a top prospect, the coach
•aid.
Scott Jones, another newcomer.
expected to help considerably
tbs backstroke and butterfly.
Jones te from San Josa, Calif.
-be Steve Pren-
Made the returning swim-
The Houston product set
three school marks la both back-
stroke events aad in the Inter
mediate madly.
Eric Wolff, who swam along
with Prsntteo at the National
meet last spring, holds school
marks in the 100 and 200 yard
freastyte.
Workouts for the team begin
the first day of school, tbs coach
pointed out, adding AAM will
host two water polo tournaments
in the fall as h trys to build up
tbs sport in the southwest
Lest year the Aggies posted
a 0-1 record while aesarting them-
. selves as one of the top teams
in the area. The first of the
tournaments will be e novice
tourney which will be open for
freshman and high school teems
and the second will be AAM
hosting Um Southwestern Water
Polo championships, Nov. 6-8 at
P. L. Downs Nataiorium.
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