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College Station, Texas
Tuesday, March 14, 1972
THE BATTALION
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Doubleheader scheduled today
Katt’s no-hitter leads Aggies to doubleheader sweep
By JOHN CURYLO
Battalion Sports Editor
Bruce Katt pitched a sparkling
no-hitter in the first game of a
doubleheader Monday and Charles
Kelley allowed five hits in seven
innings of the second contest to
give the Aggies 2-0 and 5-2 vic
tories over St. Mary’s.
Katt, a senior lefthander from
New Braunfels, brought his rec
ord to 2-1 in the near-perfect
performance. The seven inning
triumph saw him throw less than
90 pitches to the 23 men who
went to the plate.
Katt walked three St. Mary’s
batters and struck out five. None
of the opposing hitters were able
to get the ball out of the infield,
with only one hitting in the air.
In the fifth inning, David Micha-
Tec slapped a line drive toward
third base, but Jim Hacker
handled it to preserve the pitch
ing gem.
“I wasn’t conscious of the no
hitter until the sixth inning,”
Katt said. “That kind of thing
slips your mind. I heard some
body mention it, and then I real
ized what I had going.
“My curve was working best,”
Four make All-SWC teams
A&M placed two varsity and
two freshmen on All-Southwest
teams this past weekend.
Jeff Overhouse made both the
Associated Press and United
Press International second teams
while Mario Brown made UPI’s
in the varsity selection while
Cedric Joseph and Mike Floyd
made it on the freshman unit.
Joseph was the only A&M player
to make first team.
Coach Shelby Metcalf received
votes for Coach of the Year
honors but was beat out by SMU’s
Bob Prewitt, who guided the
Mustangs to a SWC co-title be
fore losing to Texas in a playoff,
91-89.
Larry Robinson, Texas’ sensa
tional sophomore, gained both
Sophomore of the Year and
Player of the Year in this sea
son’s balloting.
Robinson, who averaged 21
points a game, was a unanimous
choice to the All-SWC team as
was Texas Christian’s Simpson
DeGrate. Texas Tech’s Greg
Lowery, who led the conference
in scoring wtih an average of
24.4 points per game, was only
one vote shy of being a unani
mous selection.
Other members of the first
team include Arkansas junior
guard Martin Terry and South
ern Methodist’s Ruben Triplett.
Along with Overhouse, Jim
Ferguson of TCU, Roy Thomas
of Baylor, Zack Thiel of SMU
and Ralph Palomar of Tech were
named to the second team.
Joseph, 6-8 post man from
Fort Worth Arlington Heights,
who averaged 20.9 points per
game and 14.9 rebounds, led the
first freshman basketball team
of the SWC.
Other first team players were
Russell Bourguein of SMU,
William Johnson, Texas Tech,
Rickey Medlock, Arkansas and
Kim Moriary, Rice.
Medlock was the highest scorer
with a 33.4 points per game.
Mike Floyd, Jimmy Murphy,
SMU, and Bill Marcellus of
SMU were picked on the second
team.
he explained, “but I had to go
with the fast ball when I walked
two men in the seventh. I pitched
two no-hitters before, one in high
school and one in American
Legion ball.”
A ground ball in the fourth
inning looked like trouble, but
Katt leaped into the air to spear
the high bouncer. He later said
second baseman Jim Langford
had him backed up. Katt han
dled five of the 14 ground balls
hit off him.
“I’d just as soon catch ’em as
anybody else,” he said. The first
base runner for the Rattlers was
Darryl Fischbeck, who walked in
the sixth inning. A double play
five pitches later ended the
inning wtih no threat.
A&M, meanwhile, got four hits
in the game, two of them leading
to a first inning run. With two
out, R. J. Englert, the center
fielder, got one of his patented
doubles, and Hacker popped a
two-bagger into left-center field
to drive him in.
The other Aggie run came when
Hacker walked, stole second, and
then scored on Karl Bystrom’s
single to right field. Hacker got
two hits in two official trips to
the plate, scoring the time he
was walked. The sophomore
figured in the tallying of both
A&M runs, in addition to his
glove work on the dangerous line
drive.
In the second game, every
Aggie starter except first base-
man Butch Ghutzman and catcher
Mike Frazier got hits, with Sandy
Bate, playing third, and Carroll
Lilly, playing second, getting two
base raps each.
A&M got on the board early,
picking up a pair of runs in the
first frame. Jim Atterbury
singled and took second on an
error by left fielder David
Camacho. Englert and Hacker
walked to load the bases, and
Bate unloaded a two-run double
down the third base line.
With two out in fourth, Andy
Reininger got a base hit, and
Michaelec doubled to left field.
Darryl Acker singled to left to
bring them in. Michalec’s double
came after a fluke error pre
vented an inning-ending out.
Ghutzman caught a pop fly in
foul territory behind home plate,
but Bate rushed in from his third
base position in an attempt to
make the play. Ghutzman dropped
the ball as he fell to the ground,
keeping the Rattlers alive.
Kelley and Mike Reaves com
bined to shut them down the rest
of the way, with Kelley giving up
two more hits and Reaves blank
ing them.
A&M scored in the fourth when
Bate walked and took second on
a botched pickoff play. Lilly
drove him home with a single to
right-center. The Aggies put it
out of reach in the ninth after
two men were out.
Bate singled to left and made
it to second on another miscue
by Camacho. Gene Reinarz ran
for him, scoring on a ground
double by Lilly. Langford, his
pinch runner, dented the plate
on a base hit by Mike Schraeder.
The Aggies, now 6-4, are in
action today against Lamar in
a 1:00 p.m. doubleheader. A&M’s
Diamond Darlings make their
second appearance today, having
debuted Monday in the twin®
with St. Mary’s.
First Game
St. Mary’s 000 000 M
A&M 100 100 x-2
Winning pitcher — Bruce Katt
(2-1) ; Losing pitcher — Corky
Saenz.
Hits—A&M 4, St. Mary’s 0.
Errors—A&M 0, St. Mary’s 1,
LOB—A&M 5, St. Mary’s 2.
Doubles—A&M 2 (R. J. Englert,
Jim Hacker), St. Mary's 0,
Double plays—(A&M) Carroll
Lilly-Jim Langford-Butch Ghutz
man.
Second Game
St. Mary’s 000 200 000-2
A&M 200 100 02x-5
Winning pitcher—Charles Kel
ley (2-2) ; Losing pitcher—David
Medina.
Hits—A&M 9, St. Mary’s 5.
Errors—A&M 2, St. Mary’s 3,
LOB—A&M 6, St. Mary’s t
Doubles—A&M 3, (Hacker, Sandy
Bate, Lilly), St. Mary’s 2 (Bofc
Bippert, David Michalec). Dou
ble pi ays— (A&M) Hacker-Lang-
ford-Ghutzman.
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Wrestling, volleyball finished;
golfing now intramural sport
The intramural wrestling
championships were held last
week, and twenty people came out
as champions of their weight
division.
Both Class A and B, including
civilian and corps students, were
decided during the meet held
Tuesday night in DeWare Field-
house. About 200 people watched
the events which were officiated
by A&M wrestling team members.
The winners in Class A were
Doug Terrell, 123; Mike Bavaro,
130; Bill Gombeski, 137; Allen
Futrell, 145; Donald Eglington,
152; Bruce Boyden, 160; Mark
Bosworth, 167; Ron Petersen,
177; Paul Cook, 191; and Orlin
Hecox, Heavy.
Class B winners were Larry
Terrell, 123; John Culpepper,
130; Roger Herring, 137; James
Overstreet, 145; John Aronson,
152; Robert Stewart, 160; John
McCarroll, 167; Mike Stafford,
177; Danny Burton, 191; and Jon
Taylor, Heavy.
Volleyball finals were also
held last week in Class A and B.
White Band emerged as the Class
A champion and Squadron 5 won
the Class B championship.
The intramural office also
announced that the open golf
tournament brackets have been
made up. Any person entered in
the golf tournament should check
the schedule located at either the
golf clubhouse or the intramural
office. Matches have to be played
by March 21.
An intramural drag racing
tournament has also been planned
for all Texas college students
wishing to enter. The meet will
be held in Dallas, April 23, 1972.
Contact the intramural office if
any questions arise.
Warriors’ NCAA ouster appealed
after Lackey’s eligibility statement
MILWAUKEE (A>)—Marquette
University star Bob Lackey
signed a statement Monday af
firming his eligibility to compete
in the National Collegiate Ath
letic Association basketball tour
nament. The move came as the
school appealed its ouster from
the NCAA competition.
Athletic Director Sam Sauceoa
said the university hoped the
action would lead to the rein
statement of the seventh-ranked
Warriors, who defeated Ohio
Universtiy 73-49 Saturday in an
NCAA sectional game at Knox
ville, Tenn.
The NCAA announced the
suspension Sunday night after
Lackey, the team captain, had
declined Saturday to sign an affi
davit that he had not contracted
with an agent to bargain with
professional teams.
Brown was to report back to
the NCAA’s eligibility commit
tee.
Sauceda said an announcement
on whether the appeal of the
suspension would be granted
probably would be made by the
NCAA in Kansas City Monday
night or Tuesday.
A Marquette spokesman said
the meeting was called at an off-
campus site “to avoid pressures.”
He said participants included
Sauceda and Coach A1 McGuire,
on whose advice Lackey declined
to sign the affidavit.
Sauceda had said after a meet
ing of the athletic board Sunday
night that the school would seek
reinstatement to the tournament.
McGuire said he did not believe
Lackey had signed papers with
any agent for a professional
basketball team.
Word of Lackey’s Monday move
followed a meeting at an off-
campus site between Marquette
officials and Warren Brown, an
assistant executive director of
the NCAA.
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