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HE BATTALION
Thursday, March 9, 1972
College Station, Texas
Page 5
Bearcats harass Kelley again
Aggies keep record even by dividing doubleheader
By JOHN CURYLO
Battalion Sports Editor
Charles Kelley failed to break
the jinx Sam Houston has over
him, but the Aggies managed to
pull out a 10-inning victory in the
second game of a Wednesday
doubleheader here to keep the
A&M season record even at 4-4.
The Aggies had 11 hits, 10
walks and two Sam Houston er
rors give them base runners, but
A&M’s batting impotence left 21
men stranded in the twinbill.
Attorney reacts
to action by Finley
LOS ANGELES (A*) _ Vida
Blue’s attorney said Wednesday
that the star pitcher would play
for the Oakland A’s for $50,000
if he can be a free agent after the
1972 season.
Robert Gerst said he was send
ing the terms to Oakland owner
Charles 0. Finley by telegram in
response to Finley’s announce
ment that he has invoke^ base
ball’s reserve clause on Blue.
“Vida’s willing to play this
year for $50,000 so long as he
Joes not have to sign a contract.
and is a free agent at the end
of the year, and I am so advising
Finley by telegram today,” Gerst
said.
When contacted at a meeting
of American League owners in
Sarasota, Fla., Finley was told
of Gerst’s proposal.
“Absurd,” he said.
He said he had no more to say
on the matter now.
Blue, winner of 24 games
against eight losses last season
when he captured the American
League’s Cy Young and Most
Valuable Player awards, has
sought a $92,000 contract. He was
paid $14,500 for 1971, his first
full season in the major leagues.
The rarely invoked baseball
contract reserve clause binds a
player to the club for a year
after his contract expires, with
the club bound to pay him at
least 80 per cent of his prior
year’s salary.
Finley said earlier that he had
sent Blue “a letter of renewal
and a $50,000 contract for 1972.
“Mr. Finley has invoked the
reserve clause but offered him
$50,000,” Gerst said. “But Blue
won’t sign the contract.
“I am shocked by his (Finley’s)
unwillingness to submit this mat
ter to arbitration. I am outraged
by his suggestion that Vida should
attempt to negotiate with him
alone, since Vida is 22 years old
and Charley Finley is a multi
millionaire ...”
Gerst said he was told Finley
accused him of “brainwashing”
Blue, who lives in Mansfield, La.
Blue could not be reached, and
a telephone operator said his
phone was disconnected.
“I think Charley is becoming
desperate in attacking me per
sonally, rather than sticking to
Blue’s contract,” Gerst said.
Blue said Tuesday night in
Oakland that he hoped to have
the contract dispute resolved
within the coming week. The
pitcher had attended a profession
al basketball game in Oakland
then left for Louisiana.
In an interview with KDIA
radio newsman Sam Skinner,
Blue declined to discuss how
much money he was asking for,
but said: “I don’t think it’s the
whole world. I’m just trying to
get a figure where I feel I would
be happy to play for them. I’m
not seeking to be the A’s highest
paid pitcher ...”
Gopher brawl participants
denied post-season pardon
CHICAGO UP)— The Big Ten
Mined Wednesday to allow
newly-crowned conference basket
ball champion Minnesota to beef
ap for its NCAA tourney effort
and lift the five-week suspension
of two 6-9 Gopher players.
In final action in the drawn-
out effort by Minnesota to free
Ron Behagen and Corky Taylor
from their sidelining because of
a game brawl, the Big Ten pol
icy-making faculty representa
tives, by an 8-0 vote, wiped out
any chance for the Gopher pair
to play in the NCAA.
Sports schedule
The faculty group also, in a
split vote, approved freshman
play on varsity football and bas
ketball teams next fall, following
NCAA policy.
Thursday
Tennis: Texas A&I, here, 1:30
Friday
Tennis: Lamar University, Beau
mont
The faculty group spent three
days of studying transcripts,
viewing evidence and hearing
Behagen and Taylor before sus
taining a Feb. 25 verdict main
taining the suspensions by league
athletic directors in a federal
Saturday
Track: LSU-Rice, triangular
meet, Houston
Tennis: LSU, Baton Rouge
Monday
Baseball: St. Mary’s, here,
doubleheader, 1:00
Tennis: Indiana, Baton Rouge
Tuesday
Baseball: Lamar, here, double-
header, 1:00
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The Bearcats had only five base
runners in the first game, but
three of them were in the sev
enth and final inning, as the Ag
gies fell, 1-0. Kelley could not
overcome the bad luck which has
plagued him throughout his ca
reer when Sam Houston is the op
ponent.
He walked a man in the sec
ond inning, but he was put out
during a double play. The first
hit off Kelley was a fluke double
by Jim Pitts. An erratic-bouncing
ground ball bounced off third
baseman Jim Hacker’s glove and
over the fence for a ground rule
two-bagger.
The Aggies, meanwhile, left
men on base in every frame but
the third. Two men were deserted
in the first inning, after Jim At-
terbury and Butch Ghutzman had
singled. After that, only two A&M
base runners got as far as sec
ond.
In the disastrous seventh, Floyd
Ciruti singled to center field to
start things off. John O’Leary at
tempted to sacrifice him to sec
ond, but beat out the slow throw.
Jim Pitts popped to first base,
but Terry Roach plated the win
ning run with a base hit to left-
center for the winning run.
Kelley pitched a fine game,
walking one and striking out sev
en. His teammates played error
less ball in the field, but the lack
of hits by the Aggies lowered the
right hander’s season record to
1-2. Both his losses this season
have been to the Bearcats by a
single tally.
The second game was scoreless
for three innings, until both teams
got on the board in the fourth
frame. O’Leary singled to right
and Pitts walked, with Roach hit
ting safely to load the bases with
none out.
Sammy Monteau slapped a
sharp grounder to third. Hacker
fielded it cleanly and fired to
second baseman Carroll Lilly, who
relayed to first for the double
play. While this was going on,
O’Leary scored and Pitts rounded
third and crossed the plate also.
Back-to-back singles by Paul Leg
gett and David Woolley foreshad
owed another scoring burst, but
the Bearcats could not keep it
going.
The Aggies scored on consecu
tive walks to Sandy Bate, Hacker
and Lilly. Catcher Neil McKittrick
hit a long fly to left field, scor
ing Bate, but A&M could cause
no more damage, ending the in
ning on a short fly to left and
grounder to first.
Jackie Binks and Steve Janda
held the Bearcats to three hits
in the last six innings. Binks went
five frames after starter Bruce
Katt had gone four. Janda threw
in the tenth and was credited with
the win.
The Aggies didn’t threaten
much until the bottom of the
ninth, their last chance. Trailing
2-1, McKittrick grounded out to
third before pinch hitter Karl By-
strom was walked by Bearcat
hurler Gary Wilson. Atterbury
singled and Mike Schraeder walk
ed to fill the bases.
R. J. Englert, the top Aggie
hitter was at the plate, and Sam
Houston coach Bob Britt chose
the 3-0 count to make one of the
two pitching changes that in
ning. The center fielder walked,
forcing in a run.
Still with one out, Ron Wilson
got Ghutzman to pop up to first
and Bate to hit into a force play.
This was a crucial situation for
both teams, since a base hit or a
long fly with less than two outs
would have ended the game with
the winning run.
Sam Houston got two men on
base in the top of the tenth, Janda
put out the fire with little trouble.
Hacker began the Aggie tenth
by drawing a walk from the new
Bearcat moundsman, Fred War
ren. Jim Langford put down a
perfect sacrifice bunt, moving
Hacker to second. A throwing er
ror by third baseman Pitts put
McKittrick on first and moved
Hacker to third.
Pinch hitter Tommy Hawthorne,
a freshman from Beaumont For
est Park, got his first collegiate
hit, a shot to center field, to drive
Hacker in with the game-ending
run.
The Aggies are in action again
Monday and Tuesday, with double-
headers scheduled both days. The
opponent Monday is St. Mary’s,
while Tuesday’s foe is Lamar
University. These four games will
mark the debut of A&M’s “Dia
mond Darlings,” the group of co
eds chosen to serve as batgirls for
four home twinbills this year.
First game
Sam Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1—1
A&M 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0
Winning pitcher—Jim Miller;
Losing pitcher — Charles Kelley
(1-2).
Hits—A&M 5, SHSU 3. Errors
—A&M 0, SHSU 1. LOB—A&M
7, SHSU 3. Doubles—A&M 0,
SHSU 1 (Jim Pitts). Double plays
— (A&M) Butch Ghutzman—Car-
roll Lilly—Kelley.
Second game
Sam Ho. 000200000 0—2
A&M 000100001 1—3
Winning pitcher—Steve Janda;
Losing pitcher—Fred Warren.
Hits—A&M 6, SHSU 7. Errors
—A&M 4, SHSU 1. LOB—A&M
14, SHSU 13. Extra base hits—
none. Double plays—(A&M) Jim
Hacker-Lilly-Ghutzman; (SHSU)
Sammy Monteau-Jackie Heard-
John O’Leary.
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