THE BATTALION
Wednesday, April 19, 1972
College Station, Texas
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The Aggies coughed up a five-
[•un lead Tuesday to drop the
Jecond game of a doubleheader to
the Houston Cougars 6-5 after
^winning the opener 11-0.
Hits were plentiful in the first
'ame, but only nine safeties were
totalled in the nightcap, which
|vas marred by walks, errors and
vild pitches.
The split made A&M 24-10 for
Ihe season. The Aggies are 7-5
p Southwest Conference play,
pey are tied for third place with
he Rice Owls, who visit Kyle
field for a three-game series this
veekend. The last home twinbill
■or the Cougars left them with
|i 23-21-1 mark for the year with
ffour more to go.
The Aggies got an easy run in
Rach of the first two innings to
fake an early lead in the first
fame. Carroll Lilly was on first
lifter getting a base hit. A force
try on a ground ball was dropped,
■noving him to second. A fielder’s
fhoice got him to third, and he
scored on another mishandling of
^ ground ball.
In the second, Karl Bystrom
doubled to left center field. He
pulled a muscle in running to
second, but the throw from the
outfield was wide and out of play.
Since Bystrom had stepped off
second, it was ruled that he could
have the base he was going to
plus one. That tally made it 2-0.
A&M earned its runs in the
fourth when a base hit, a fielder’s
choice and a walk loaded the
bases. Second baseman Jim Lang
ford hit a one strike slider over
the left field fence for a grand
slam home run. It was the second
round tripper of the year for the
5-G senior.
In the next inning, back-to-back
base hits by Jim Hacker and Gene
Reinarz set up a three-run homer
by Sandy Bate. The fiery left
fielder stepped into a fast ball
and sent it to the same spot Lang
ford hit his blast.
The Aggies closed out the scor
ing in the top of the seventh with
another pair of unearned runs.
Hacker doubled and Reinarz
walked. With one out, an error
on a ground ball loaded the bases.
Mike Frazier grounded into a
fielder’s choice, scoring Hacker.
A wild pitch brought Reinarz
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home.
Steve Janda kept the Cougars
quiet throughout the game, hurl
ing a there-hitter. No Houston
runners were able to reach third
base, and the first hit was not
given up until the fourth inning.
Janda walked three and hit one
batter. The second and seventh
innings were the only ones in
which two runners were on base.
The second game looked like
more of the same, with the Cou
gars getting one hit in the first
five innings. A&M picked up a
run in the second when Reinarz
was hit by a pitch. He went to
third on a hit and run and scored
on Langford’s safety squeeze
bunt.
In the fourth inning, Jim Atter-
bury doubled. A walk to Hacker
preceded another beaning of Rein
arz to load the bases. Bate
grounded into a force play to
score Atterbury.
Another force by Langford
brought Hacker home, and Lang
ford stole second. He got into a
rundown between second and third
when the attempt to throw him
out went into the outfield. The
Houston shortstop, Tony Black,
threw the ball away, leaving
Langford on third.
Tommy Hawthorne walked and
stole second, putting men on sec
ond and third with two out. Start
ing pitcher Charlie Jenkins teed
off on a drive to left center field,
clearing the bases.
Jenkins looked good in his four-
inning stint, allowing one hit and
two bases on balls. The right
hander struck out four with his
side-armed style. He let one man
on in each of the second, third
and fourth innings, but two of
the runners got on after two were
out.
Bobby Wittkamp came in in
the fifth frame and set the side
down in order. He lost control in
the sixth, though, walking the
first two men and getting the
next to hit into a fielder’s choice.
He walked the next batter and
gave up two straight base hits
to push in three runs.
Mike Reaves pitched part of
the seventh and was tagged with
the loss. He gave up a walk and
a base hit, then booted a sacrifice
attempt to load the bases. Jackie
Binks gave up a base hit to score
Smith overcomes setbacks
to win mile run Saturday
LOS ANGELES hT) — Three is the most exciting thing that’s
years of agony with injuries. Not happened to me in years.”
knowing if his legs had anything “I think I’m one of the strong-
left. The tension of starting all est distance runners in the world
over again. but I’m not very quick so this
Tracy Smith’s mind teemed time is very encouraging,” said
with thoughts of past victories the 27-year-old who was 10th in
as he stood at the starting line. the 1968 Olympics 10,000-meter
It was his first race in so long run at Mexico City,
he’d forgotten the last one. How was it last Saturday?
“The pressure was unbearable,” “I was tight. My legs felt like
said the blond Los Angeles police- lead,” he said. “I had just suf-
man. fered another injury — just like
He jogged back from the start- the other ones — and I was do
ing line, to loosen up. pressed, worried this was it, that
“I just wanted to quit right I was really through. It nearly
there, walk off and say the hell blew my mind,
with it. I was scared,” he said. "Then I started thinking of
Bang! The race was on and four some of my victories—like when
minutes 5.5 seconds later the mile I ran 13:16 for the world indoor
race at UCLA last Saturday was record at three miles in 1967. And
over with Smith excitedly break- I remembered that just before
ing the tape. that race, I had also suffered an
A 1968 Olympian and once the injury and felt lousy,
indoor world record holder at "So I just went back to the
three miles, Smith had recovered starting line and decided to give
from a series of stiff setbacks it a try.”
to make a return to the track and, Smith, who once attended Ore-
he hopes, a shot at another Olym- gon State University, says he’s
pics. The time wasn’t great but pointing for the 5,000-meter race
at 4:05.5, Smith came within two at Munich in September,
seconds of his career best—"and "The mile felt like a sprint to
I haven’t even trained hard. This me but it showed me I can run
with anybody in a longer race,”
Wayman Walker Vewinaiiy shakinK ott the
signs with A&M effect, of numerous left Achilles
“ tendon injuries and says, if I
A&M announced Tuesday that can s tay free of pain this year,
it has signed Wayman Walker, a W atch out.”
6-foot-2, 175-pound All-America
junior college safety from New StHDcJlllffS
Mexico Military Institute in
Roswell, N. M. Team W L
Walker, who played high school TCU 9 3
football at Roswell High, signed Texas 8 4
a Southwest Conference agree- A&M 7 5
ment with A&M assistant John Rice 7 5
Paul Young in Roswell and said Baylor 6 9
he would sign a national letter Tech 3 9
today. SMU 5 10
two of the Cougars, and a wild
pitch brought the winning run in
with little effort on Houston’s
part.
R. J. Englert missed the double-
header with a strained muscle in
the arch of his foot. The senior
center fielder is expected to be
ready for the Rice series this
weekend.
The Aggies host the Owls in
a 1:00 doubleheader Friday and
a single game scheduled for noon
Saturday. The early start of the
third game is a result of the 3:00
Maroon-White game which ends
football spring training.
First game
A&M 1 1 0 4 302 — 11
UH 0000000—0
Winning pitcher — Steve Janda
(4-1); losing pitcher — Steve
Brewer.
Hits—A&M 11, UH 3. Errors—
A&M 0, UH 5. LOB —A&M 4,
UH 6. Doubles — A&M 2 (Karl
Bystrom, Jim Hacker). Home
runs— A&M 2 (Sandy Bate, Jim
Langford). Double plays —
(A&M) Carroll Lilly -Butch
Ghutzman; (UH) Tony Black-
Russell Schroeder-Bill McLain.
Second game
A&M 0104000—5
UH 0000033—6
Winning pitcher — Dan Cham
bers; losing pitcher—Mike Reaves
(0-1).
Hits—A&M 4, UH 5. Errors—
A&M 1, UH 3. LOB—A&M 4,
UH 6. Doubles—A&M 1 (Jim At
terbury). Triples—A&M 1 (Char
lie Jenkins).
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a man Texans can trust!
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