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Page 4 College Station, Texas Friday, April 13, 1973 THE BATTALO Aggies Have Backs Against Wall In Weekend Series By KEVIN COFFEY baseball action today and Satur- ence play, three games behind another crown unless the Ags A&M’s pitching has been ex- Houston is expected to send are all carrying batting averaj; Assistant Sports Editor The Texas Aggies find their backs against the wall as they face the University of Houston Cougars in Southwest Conference day at Kyle field. Today’s dou bleheader is slated for 1 p.m. with a single game Saturday at 2 p.m. The Aggies are 5-4 in confer- the perennial champion Texas Longhorns. Texas has won or tied for the baseball crown every year since 1965 and is well on the way to NTSU Track Coach Killed As Car Hits Bridge Railing can make an abrupt turnaround. “We know we can’t lose an other ball game,” said Aggie coach Tom Chandler. “We need a real good winning streak.” Today’s visit by the Cougars is the first UH Southwest Con ference game ever played in College Station. The Coogs were admitted to the SWC in 1971 but ceptional so far this year with opposition bats managing only a .220 average. Bobby Wittkamp, Bobby Fal con and Clint Thomas are slated for weekend mound chores for the Aggies. Wittkamp pitched a no-hitter his last time out against TCU and sports a 3-1 conference rec- Steve Brewer, Johnny Hatcher and James Ingram to the mound against the Aggies. The hard-hitting Cougars are led by Tommy Kaiser, who has a .395 season’s batting average. Mark Stevens, Mike Bollman, Billy Hurry, Dave Vinson, Rick Schroder and Tom Duschinski over .300 for the Cougars, Other conference series on t this weekend include Texas Tttl at Baylor, TCU at Rice and TtJ as at SMU. The Aggies travel to Wacolj face the Baylor Bears next vej and finish the season at hoij against Texas April 28. Vol. this is their first season to com pete for the baseball title. DENTON UP).—Carl Babcock Jr., head track and field coach at North Texas State University, was killed in a fiery traffic acci dent early Thursday when he swerved his passenger van to avoid a car and smashed into a bridge railing. The van landed atop Babcock, who had been thrown clear of the wreck, and caught fire. A school spokesman said Bab cock, 34, was swerving to avoid a car heading the wrong direc tion on divided Interstate 35 four miles north of Denton about 12:30 a.m. Funeral services were pending. School President C. C. Nolen said, “North Texas University, the track world and the human by school officials. Hayden Fry, NTSU athletic director, said, “It is a tragic loss to Nprth Texas and the world. Babcock was a Christian gentle man as well as being one of the most outstanding track coaches in the country. He was an in spiration to his fellow coaches and athletes.” Babcock, in his second year at NTSU, was to have left Thurs day afternoon for the Texas Re lays in Austin. The Eagles were favored to win the Missouri Valley Confer ence title this year under Bab cock. They finished second last season. The team was undefeat ed this year in triangular and dual meets, recording victories Babcock was a graduate of Hen drix College in Arkansas in 1961. He coached at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1962-65, at Eastern New Mexico 1966-68 and at Lamar University before com ing to NTSU in 1971. He is survived by his widow, Katherine; a son, Carl III, 9; and a daughter, Rebecca, 7. The Aggies have no morale problems despite dropping off the conference pace. “We know we have a good team but we are just waiting for our bats to come around,” Chandler said. “We only made two errors against TCU and had three well pitched games but we just didn’t hit. We are waiting to score a bushel of runs.” ord. Thomas is 4-0 on the year with one loop victory and Falcon is 6-3 for the season and 3-2 in SWC action. Falcon leads the staff in strikeouts with 58 in 32% in nings and sports the lowest earned run average of the trio with a 2.33 conference mark. The Aggies batsmen are led by Bill Raymer’s .500 average. He is followed by shortstop David Buxkamper who is hitting .400. Aggie Offense Sharpening, Scrimmage Set For Saturday After two days of tough hit ting, the Texas Aggies Thurs day romped through a no-contact football session that drew praise from offensive coordinator Ben Hurt. It was the second traffic acci dent in recent weeks involving prominent coaches. Billy Tohill, head football coach at Texas Christian, suffered severe in juries in a one-car accident last month. His right foot was am putated above the ankle. UH is 4-7 in conference play and tied for the league cellar with Baylor but Chandler is not expecting a cakewalk. “Houston has some fine hitters and some solid pitching so I expect them to be tough,” the Aggie mentor said of one of the teams to beat Texas. Rounding out the Aggies line up for tomorrow’s action will be Jim Hacker and Jim Bratsen joining Raymer in the outfield with Paul Miller, first base, Mike Schrader, second, Sandy Bate, third and Buxkamper holding down the infield duties. Mike Frazier is the Aggie catcher. “The offense looked sharp in executing assignments,” Hurt said. “We’ve got a few players hurt and needed a light session so we’ll be ready for Saturday’s scrimmage.” Quarterback Don Dean, center Ricky Seeker and tackle Wayne litis are offensive first-teamers who missed Thursday’s drill. Dean won’t see any action I week, because of a hurt foot,a Tim Trimmier and Jim Haitel will guide the offense in Saticl day’s scrimmage. End Blake Schwarz was l only defensive first-teamer was sidelined Thursday. He I a slight infection in his feet I may be ready by Saturday, Coach Emory Bellard is scWl uled to break the squad into It| roon and White units Mondays preparation for the final sprij game that will be played at l:l| p.m., Saturday, April 21. race have lost one of its finest individuals . . . He has always been and will continue to be a Christian inspiration to all of us.” John McKenzie, assistant track coach, was named the head track coach for the rest of the season over Baylor and Oklahoma. Babcock was on the executive committee of the National Track and Field Coaches Association. In 1970, he was voted the out standing young man of Beau mont. A native of Paragrould, Ark., Special Olympics Track Meet Re-Scheduled For Saturday Area special education students are re-scheduled to compete Sat urday in the Special Olympics Track and Field Meet. The selected events competition was rained out last Saturday. The meet provides mentally re tarded children a chance to com pete athletically and experience the thrill of winning. Last year’s Special Olympics received “a lot of favorable reaction,” according to Dr. John M. Chevrette of the Health and Physical Education Department. The department, Physical Edu cation Majors Club and Brazos Valley Shrine Club cooperate in the meet. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Kyle Field. Boys and girls will compete separately in five age groups. Participants are eight years of age and older. Events will include a 50-yd dash, 300-yd run, standing long jump, 100-yd dash, softball throw, 440-yd relay and tug of war. Participants become eligible for the Texas Special Olympics state meet in Houston May 17-19. Intramurals ws*wwtmrsnm. msESSEBSm TODAY 5:00 - 7:30 - 10:00 SATURDAY and SUNDAY 2:00 - 4:30 - 7:00 - 9:30 DIANA ROSS in ‘LADY SINGS THE BLUES” (R) C A MRU SI TONITE 5:45 - 7:35 - 9:25 “Beautifully performed by Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins.” —N.Y. Times TUESDAY WELD ANTHONY PERKINS PLAY IT AS IT LAYS (Rl‘ QUEEN TONITE 6:30 - 8:10 - 9:45 ‘MARK OF THE DEVIL” (R) Skyway Twin EAST SCREEN AT 7:15 PAUL NEWMAN in ‘JUDGE ROY BEAN” (PG) At 9:15 P-M. ‘SOMETHING BIG’ (PG) WEST SCREEN AT 7:05 ‘FEAR IS THE KEY” (PG) With BARRY NEWMAN AT 8:50 P.M. ‘GOODBYE COLUMBUS” (PG) WEDNESDAY Softball Class B: F2 over Kl, forfeit; Sq. 15 over Sq. 6, 14-4; Ml over Nl, 11-3; El over Nl, 12-7. Class C: Fowler over Leggett, 11-4. Class X: Hart over Dingbats, forfeit; Ag. Ed. over Saints, 17- 10; SAC over PONADS, 10-8; Chi Eps. over Davis-Gary, 22-2. RHA Week-Weekend EYE luring { Stand at ft. 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