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THE BATTALION Tuesday, April 3, 1973 College Station, Texas Page 5 ?es Buxkamper, Falcon, Hacker Shine In Exciting Contests Aggies Sweep Mustangs, Muscle Into SWC Chase senate, B ; ■amenta recorder!] By BILL HENRY Lucy Sta Texas A&M’s baseball team ig secret muscled its way into conference erandGa; contention this past weekend retary, sweeping SMU’s Mustangs in a eg were pn three-game series, 7-6, 8-1, and of the St 7 ' 5, cutiveCop Except for Friday’s second m served, same, the Aggies did all they nmittees | cou ^ t 0 keep the fans and the landv ft Mustangs interested. v j ce A&M jumped out 3-0 in Fri- ell co J ^ ay ' s °P ener then proceeded to ■U 'seme! I before slipping ?: Virgin i Bill Han ’airs clu; , Rules i! n; Ste; nt Servie a, Servit mpbell; 1 chaimi; ' f Statist that J stistics R liversity: tapel Hi iar tonigi e present m. in Roe nces Buis led. Watch & Jewelry Repair — Engraving Diamonds Set In Senior Rings Seiko & Bulova Watches Rings enlarged to show detail. Trade-Mark Keg. Embrey’s Jewelry “The Friendly Store” North Gate — 846-5816 ahead 7-6 in 11 innings. In Saturday’s game, SMU gained a one-run advantage in the opening inning but the Ag gies countered with seven in the next two to gain a 7-1 advantage. By the seventh inning of the nine inning affair, SMU had cut the margin to two runs, 7-5. The two final innings provided SMU with chances to win with men on base but Steve Janda, in his second relief role of the series, quelled the rallies and achieved a save for his efforts. “I was real pleased with the pitching and with the better de fense shown in the series,” coach Tom Chandler said. “The team has really characterized itself winning one-run ball games this year. “There’s an old saying in base ball that if you don’t beat your self, you’re going to be hard to beat. We’ve done a good job not beating ourselves.” In Friday’s opener, the Aggies 807 Tftxas Are. DAILY PLATE LUNCHES Choice of 3 Meats Plus 3 Vegetables Dessert and Coffee or Tea. S\59 Gitane & Lambert Bicycles PLUS EXCELLENT SERV ICE • REPAIRS • PARTS • ACCESSORIES ANDRE’S Biking & Hiking Center 213 University Dr. Open: Mon. - Sat. — 9:30 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. FOR QUALITY PRODUCTS & SERVICE WITH THE PERSONAL TOUCH, COME TO ANDRE’S. Kent Ellis, Evangelist “THE MODERN CHURCH” “There is nothing to offend me in the modern church. The minister gives a sermon on juvenile delinkuency one week, re views a movie the next week, then everyone goes downstairs and plays bingo. The first part of a church they build nowadays is the kitchen. Five hundred years from now people will dig up these churches, find the steam tables and wonder what kind of sacrifices were performed.” Thus wrote a non-Christian a few years ago in a national magazine. Even the casual observer can see that many of the churches and much of the preaching of today are a very pale imitation of the life and death struggle between darkness and light that is depicted in the New Testament. The world hated Jesus. It did not hate him because he “went about doing good” (Acts 10:38). He said:” . . . me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil” (John 7:7). He further said the world would hate his disciples in the same manner, because they were not of the world (John 15:18-20). When professed Christians lose their distinctiveness — the qualities which distinguish them from the world — and become but one other reflection of the culture in which they live, they have lost that which makes them uniquely useful to God (Matt. 5:13). When the non-Christian feels completely at home and comfortable among those who claim to be Christians, it is obvious that they are not exerting a leavening influence on those who surround them, in word or deed (Matt. 13:33). In many circles the social gospel has silenced the spiritual gospel, and social reform has supplanted spiritual regeneration. What preaching that is done in a spiritual vein is often so lack ing in earnestness as to fail to bring conviction to any who hear. It is like the story told of the preacher who, beginning with Luke 13:3 (repent or perish), said; “This passage seems to in dicate that the Lord would like for men to repent in a measure, or they might to some degree be lost so to speak, and perhaps go to torment to some extent.” To paraphrase another, the world will never be cleaned up by that kind of softsoap. We invite you to our Bible classes and other services at 9:30 a. m., 10:30 a. m., and 6:00 p. m. on Sundays, and at 7:30 p. m. on Wednesdays. We are planning a special series of meetings with a different speaker at 7:30 p. m. each evening April 9-13. We would be happy to have you at any of these services. TWIN CITY CHURCH OF CHRIST 3610 Plainsman Lane Bryan, Texas Phone 846-4515 or 846-0804 blasted 13 hits, six of which were for extra bases in gaining the exciting 7-6 victory. Big sticks in the contests were Jim Hacker, Mike Frazier and freshman walk-on David Bux kamper. Hacker cracked two doubles and a triple with one run batted in. Frazier had a double and two singles scoring two and Buxkamper went two for four with an RBI. The Mustangs had only six hits in gaining seven runs. Right- fielder John Astroph and Ronnie Ridlehuber each had two hits in the contest. Astroph had a double and scored twice while Ridlehuber went two for five with two runs batted in. Steve Janda was credited with the win, only going one inning. Bobby Wittkamp started the game and lasted seven and one- third innings allowing six hits and three runs. Jimmy Juhl was called in for relief and gave up three runs on one hit and failed to retire a single batter before Charlie Jenkins was installed by Chandler. Jenkins pitched an inning and two-thirds of perfect baseball not allowing a hit or run and striking out two. The game was indeed a mara thon as three hours and forty minutes elapsed. In the nightcap, Bobby Falcon, A&M’s left handed strike-out artist from Panola JC, was in deed the star attraction. He is the first pitcher to date to finish a game in which he started. Fal con went seven innings, gave up four hits, one run and four walks but captured the crowd with 14 strike-outs. Last year he led the National Junior College Athletic Association in strike-outs. In scoring the eight runs, the Aggies used only ten hits with left fielder Billy Raymer ac counting for two, one of which was a two-run scoring triple. Shortstop Buxkamper went two for two and had an RBI. Falcon, now 3-0 overall and 2-0 in SWC action, has pitched 26 and one-third innings with a 1.71 earned-run average and has struck out 48 enemy batters. In Saturday’s contest, A&M ★ ★ ★ SWC STANDINGS Texas W 7 L 2 PCT. .778 GB Texas A&M 4' 2 .667 iy 2 Rice 3 2 .600 2 Texas Tech 4 3 .571 2 TCU 4 4 .500 3 UH 3 5 .375 3V 2 SMU 2 5 .286 4 Baylor 2 6 .250 4 Vi Last weekend’s results—Texas A&M 7, 8, 7, SMU 6, 1, 2; Texas 3, 11, 1, Houston 1, 5, 2; Rice 1, 3, 4, Texas Tech 3, 2, 2; TCU 12, 18, Baylor 2, 2. This weekend’s action—Texas A&M at TCU; Houston at Bay lor; Tech at Texas and Rice at SMU. All contests are three- game series. Two on Friday and one on Saturday. Defense Outshines Offense In Ags Initial Scrimmage Sophomore Skip Walker scored on a 49-yard run and gained 98 yards on 11 carries during a scrimmage Saturday involving Texas A&M’s first offense against the first defense. Walker’s breakaway run, plus a 50-yard pass and run play from quarterback Don Dean to split end Carl Roaches were the only real threats that the first offense made. ' Bubba Bean gained 27 yards, Alvin Bowers 23 and Dean 13 as the offense netted 161 yavds rush ing. Dean completed 7 of 13 passes for 99 yards but had three intercepted. One of the intercep tions, by safety Lai'ry Ellis, was returned for a touchdown. James Daniels and John McCrumbly made the other interceptions. Roaches caught six passes for 101 yards while Bowers lost two yards on the other reception. Coach Emory Bellard said he though the defensive unit looked better than the offense. “We kept bouncing the ball around too much with fumbles,” he said. “We’ve still got a long way to go.” The battle in the line went back and forth as the offense opened holes at time and the defense proved immoveable at times. Cor- nerback Pat Thomas caught the eyes of onlookers with some smashing tackles, most of them on Bean as he tried to turn the cor ner after taking pitchouts. On the other hand, Bean threw some clearing blocks, as did Bowers and Walker. There were no changes in the first teams depth-wise, except that Scott Knippa moved up to first team offensive right guard, replacing Bud Trammell who broke a small bone in his left hand Friday. The Aggies have three more weeks of spring drills, which will be climaxed with the Maroon- White game at 1:30 p.m., Satur day, April 21 at Kyle Field. Adams Dinner Tickets Ready Tickets are on sale at local banks for the Lt. Col. E. V. Adams Appreciation Dinner. The April 13 event at A&M will allow friends and admirers to honor Col. Adams. Aggie Band director since 1946, “The Colonel” and band have thrilled millions with Saturday football halftime drills and music. The “thunder and blazes” sound he developed has been witnessed from Baton Rouge, La., to Los Angeles, Calif., and throughout Texas. Col. Adams will retire Aug. 31. The 7:02 p.m. dinner at Duncan Hall April 13 will involve the 1972-73 Aggie Band. A Bryan native, Col. Adams also directed the Bryan High Band. His wife Belle will also be rec ognized at the dinner. Tickets are $5.25 each. Texas Instruments electronic calculator TI-2SOO A The Society of Women Engineers Seeks Your Donation For 50^ or More The Donation Drawing Prize: Texas Instrument TI-2500 Datamath Electronic Calculator See Any SWE Member or Call 846-2588 or 846-1901 or Go By Room 7 Zachry Engineering Center DRAWING APRIL 9, 1973 used nine hits in grabbing seven runs while the Mustangs got their five runs on 12 hits. Second baseman Mike Schrae- der and right fielder Jim Brat- sen each had two hits. Bratsen had two RBI’s as did catcher Mike Frazier. Hacker and Schraeder each scored twice. Starting Aggie pitcher Jackie Binks won his second game of the year but if not for the quick seven runs scored by his team members, would have been in bad shape. The Mustangs plas tered him for ten hits in the six and two-thirds innings pitched for five runs. Ridlehuber led the way going four for four but only a single RBI. Catcher Mike Mayes went three for four also scoring only once. The bigger surprise for Chand ler thus far is still the play of Buxkamper who, in his first SWC series ever, went five for ten*. scored twice and had three runs batted in. Overall, in playing only seven of A&M’s 14 contests, Bucky, as he has been tabbed by his players and the Diamond Darlings, is second in hitting with a .435 average. “I’ve never had a player come from nowhere like Bucky has,” Chandler said. “He’s really given the team a lift. He’s aggressive and has a lot of confidence and poise for a walk-on freshman. 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