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College Station, Texas
Friday, May 5, 1972
THE BATTALION
My vote for Governor
will go to BRISCOE,
a man Texans can trust!
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FOR
BEST
Tolan on mark after layoff
david Mcknight
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RESULTS
TRY
BATTALION CLASSIFIED
ISSUES OF CONCERN TO VOTERS
IN THE STATE LEGISLATIVE RACE
THE INCUMBENT
SHARPSTOWN SCANDAL: Voted FOR Sharpstown
Banking bills
Voted AGAINST All Inves
tigation of the scandal
NEOPOTISM:
Practiced Neopotism (Houston Chronicle
April 16.)
TAXES:
Has Voted FOR Consumer Taxes, Increases of
Sales Tax, Gasoline Tax.
STATE EMPLOYEES: ?
MIKE ESSMYER
Endorsed by “Dirty 30’
Reform Caccus of Legis
lature.
Will sponsor a STRONG
Neopotism Law.
Is AGAINST Consumer
Taxes.
FAVORS optional retire
ment after 30 yrs. service
regardless of age.
Time for a change
Vote May 6
ST. LOUIS (&) — “I’m even
more pleased with my running
than with my hitting,” said Bob
by Tolan, making a comeback
after two injury setbacks last
year.
The statement of the 26-year-
old Cincinnati Reds centerfielder
was surprising because his .446
batting mark leads the majors
through Tuesday’s games.
“But,” said Tolan after crack-
Aggies’ All-America candidate
was not always super athlete
The only problem R. J. Englert of .394. During his varsity ca-
had at Texas A&M was getting
to play. Once that problem was
solved, the big problem was faced
by opposing pitchers who had to
get him out.
Though freshmen were eligible
in 1969, Englert found it impos
sible to crack an outfield which
included two All - Americans —
Bob Long and Dave Elmendorf.
So the Big Spring native spent
his freshman year on the junior
varsity where he hit .343. It took
him nine games to break into the
lineup as a sophomore, but once
he did Englert hit .400 and led
the Southwest Conference in hit
ting.
Englert hit .367 as a junior and
was named to the All-SWC team
for the second straight year. But
he saved the best for last, and
his senior year just completed
bordered on the incredible.
The 5-11, 180-pounder, who
bats and throws lefthanded, put
together a 28 - game hitting
streak, truly amazing when you
consider that 17 games were 7-
inning affairs in which the Ag
gies were the home team and
only batted in six innings. Eng
lert finished the season with a
.420 average, certain to rank
among the best in the nation.
In 102 games at A&M, Englert
posted a career batting average
reer, A&M won 83 games and
lost 31, a .728 percentage.
Despite missing his freshman
year, Englert set the A&M ca
reer record for hits with 149. He
also set the season record for hits
with 60.
But Englert’s worth to the Ag
gies extended past his bat work.
Against arch-rival Texas, for ex
ample, he had 19 putouts in three
games in centerfield and threw
out the tying run at the plate
with two out in the bottom of
the ninth inning in the second
game which A&M won 7-6. He
also threw out a runner in the
first game, but the catcher
dropped the ball making the tag.
Englert is a top candidate for
Player of the Year honors in the
Southwest Conference and is a
cinch to make the all-conference
team for the third consecutive
year. As a junior, Englert shared
Most Valuable Player honors
with All-America Dave Elmen
dorf.
The Texas Aggies have had
many great players over the
years, from Wally Moon to Dave
Johnson, the all-star second base-
man for the Baltimore Orioles.
Englert has to rank among the
best, and he is a bona fide All-
America candidate if there ever
was one.
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ing three hits including a home
run against the St. Louis Cardi
nals Tuesday night, “I always
felt that I could hit. The ques
tion was the pins.”
A .316 hitter in 1970, his sec
ond season with the Reds, Tolan
also led the National League
with 57 stolen bases before mis
fortune struck not once but twice
in 1971.
While participating in an off
season basketball game, the fleet
outfielder suffered a torn Achil
les tendon and missed the start
of the baseball season.
Then, while he was running in
the outfield May 7 at Los An
geles, the tendon snapped again
and forced an operation.
“I took extra time this time
making sure I was ready,” said
Tolan, who sat out all of last
summer and worked hard in the
winter.
“I went to the ball park every
day and worked with weights,”
he said. “Then I’d spend time
running in front of my house. It
was a matter of regaining the
strength and the confidence.
“I didn't want to talk too much
about baseball during the winter,
and my wife was a help,
knew it meant so much I
even want to talk.”
Since going hitless in the
son opener, Tolan has taket
on a 10-game hitting streaki
is winging with his fastest j
in the majors.
His 25 hits include seven j
hies, a triple and three h
runs, all adding up to a t«
leading 16 RBI.
Furthermore he’s scored
runs and has stolen eighth
in nine tries, second onlj
teammate Joe Morgan’s niinj
nine.
“I’ve slowed down a littlej
only on my start,” Tolan s
“I get up in the mon,i,| CHA
I limp, I actually limp foe f ma]
or three minutes,” he added,■ A mB1
once I get warmed up andff, a .f
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me.”
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Bruce Crampton man to beat
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HOUSTON LT)—Australian
Bruce Crampton, forging one of
the best records on the pro tour
this year, ranked as the man to
beat in a relatively thin field as
sembled for the $125,000 Hous
ton Open Golf Tournament.
The new event, a 72-hole test
that replaces the old Houston
Champions International on the
schedule, begins Thursday on the
6,995-yard par 72 Westwood
Country Club course.
Most of the game’s top stars
are taking the week off and only
nine of the top 25 money winners
of the season are included in the
field of 147.
The field further was trimmed
Wednesday as J. C. Snead, Dave
Hill, Bob Shaw and Gay Brewer
withdrew. Brewer, a former
Masters champ, has had a recur
rence of stomach troubles that
forced him out of action for three
weeks.
Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino,
Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper,
Tony Jacklin of England and
Gary Player of South Africa all
are missing for one reason or
another.
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CRAWFORD
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Crawford Martin “provided information which
proved valuable in our (Justice Department)
investigation” of Frank Sharp.
U.S. ATTORNEY ELDON MAHON
“Martin promised a full investigation in the
banking and stock scandals ... he delivered
... he worked quietly ... a more politically
minded man could have used the case to make
headlines.”
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
“The (Sharpstown) investigation was of such
scope and magnitude . . . without your help
and cooperation it would not have been
possible to prosecute these cases ...”
TRAVIS COUNTY D.A. BOB SMITH
"Crawford Martin has been one of the most
active Attorney Generals Texas has ever had.
... He knows the law and is highly respected
as a champion of better law enforcement and
protection of the consumer against unfair
prices and outright fraud.”
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