THE BATTALION
Page 6 College Station, Texas Wednesday, August 2, 1972
Aggie baseballers hope to change the pci A
The past two years, the A&M
baseball team has had the chance
to win the Southwest Conference
title, only to see the University
of Texas take the crown.
However, those last two Aggie
squads rank first and second- in
most wins in a single season in
school history.
Too! Chandler
Jim Hacker
Graduation sliced off a sizeable
portion of baseball players, and
Coach Tom Chandler is faced with
an unpredictable year. Gone is
All-American R. J. Englert, who
hit safely in all but five of the
games he played last year, in ad
dition to hitting over .300 three
consecutive years. Gone, too, is
the ace pitching duo of Bruce
Katt and Charlie Kelley, both
key figures the past three sea-
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sons. Another loss was three-
fourths of a good infield.
First baseman Butch Ghutz-
man, second baseman Jim Lang
ford and shortstop Carroll all
played out their eligibility. The
only full-time starter returning
off the 1972 squad is Jim Hacker,
the third baseman.
Hacker, a junior from Temple,
was the first round draft choice
of the Boston Red Sox, and he
established himself as one of the
most consistent players on the
team a year ago.
Other returnees looked to for
help will be outfielder-second
baseman Sandy Bate, shortstop
Mike Schraeder, outfielder Jim
Atterbury, catchers Tommy Haw
thorne and Mike Frazier, out
fielder Gene Reinarz and first
baseman John Woods.
The pitching staff will be led
by Jackie Binks, Steve Janda and
Charlie Jenkins, with help com
ing from Mike Reaves, Bobby
Wittkamp, Jim Wallace, Josh
Garrett and Ben Sims.
Additional mound strength will
be provided by four of the seven
players signed by A&M thus far.
Junior college hurlers Bobby Fal
con of Panola and Jimmy Juhl
of San Jacinto, and high school
pitchers David Lockett of Cle
burne and Clint Thomas of Abi
lene Cooper are the new Aggie
mound men.
Other recruits are Panola JC
catcher-outfielder Larry Rat-
cliffe and San Jacinto JC first
baseman Paul Miller. Also, foot
ball signee David Bialis of Hous
ton Bellaire will forego spring
training in favor of baseball. Bia
lis was a high school catcher who
led his team to the state finals.
One of the highlights of Aggie
baseball is the Diamond Darlings,
the A&M batgirls. Picked as the
outstanding team of batgirls
among colleges and unij
in the nation last spring,!
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Experience and potential key
note the Aggie tennis team which
Coach Omar Smith will field this
year, and A&M netters face a
mean schedule—again.
Smith and his assistant, Rich
ard Barker, have seen their
charges face such powers as Cor
pus Christi, Trinity, St. Edward’s,
Michigan, Oklahoma and West
Texas State, but the success A&M
had in the Southwest Conference
last year makes it all worthwhile.
The Aggies finished second in
the league tournament after
coming in fourth in the round-
robin action of dual matches
which preceded the conference
meet. Three of four singles play
ers advanced in the tourney, and
only eventual champion Southern
Methodist did better with all four
winning first-round matches. Both
schools sent their two doubles
teams past initial matches.
The best part of last season’s
results is that one of those dou
bles teams returns intact and one
member of the other is back for
his sophomore season. Dan Cour-
ing pi
son, a junior, and BillyE®
sophomore, were defeateC
quarterfinals, but theyjr*
other shot at the title!®;
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but his partner, Bill V-
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Kermit Smith.
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Golf squad rebuilding; lose trio to graduation
Glenn
The A&M golf team faces some
what of a rebuilding situation
this year after losing three let-
termen to graduation, but with
golf having the winning reputa
tion here, things should look good
when competition begins.
Steve Veriato, Tom Gilbert and
Tom Shelton have played out
their eligibility, but Coach Henry
Ransom always seems to come up
with replacements for the talented
people who depart each season.
In 1960, Ransom took over the
coaching duties at A&M, and im
mediately guided Aggie golfers
to four consecutive Southwest
Conference championships. Three
years later another was added,
and the team took the title again
in 1969.
Last season, Texas returned to
SWC golf competition, and the
likes of Ben Crenshaw and Tom
Kite did everyone in as the Long
horns took the league crown.
A&M placed fourth, and three
members of that five-man squad
return for action this year.
Tom Johnson, Randy Tickner
and Clay Dozier finished 11th,
21st and 24th respectively at the
SWC meet. Among the others ex
pected to challenge for places on
the team this time around are
Wayne Batten, Paul Dieckert, Bill
Schmidt, Ed Pennington, A1 Pryor
and Charles White.
Places on the team are deter
mined by ten rough 18-hole
matches. This tough competition
brings out the best in the golfers
and gets them in condition for
intercollegiate play.
Billy
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