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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.
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