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THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, August 8,1 1973—A Season Of Optimism For A&M Basketbal MIKE FLOYD goes high for a rebound in last year’s game with Weyland Baptist College. Floyd is expected to be the court leader for the A&M basketballers this year. By BARRY DONNELLY For the 1973 version of the Aggie basketball team, the sea son will be one of optimism. The Aggies lost two valuable starters in Mario Brown and Jeff Overhouse, but there is much re turning- talent to take up the slack. There will be several re turning players with considerable playing time plus quality trans fers and recruits. The hubs of the team will be lettermen Mike Floyd and Randy Knowles. Floyd will be the court leader for the Aggies and Knowles will be counted on to provide the same outstanding scoring punch as last season. Cedric Joseph will be relied upon heavily to provide the solid post man play the Aggie’s tandem post offense demands. Jerry Mer cer, another returning letterman who started several games last year, teams with Joseph to give the Aggies two formidable post men. The team will receive help from several other returnees. Chuck Tone, Webb Williams, C. W. Guthrie and Joe Arciniega give the Aggies experience, and can be counted on to battle for start ing positions. The Aggies will need help from the redshirts, transfers and re cruits, also. They expect to get that help from several quality players. John Thornton, a 6-6 San Antonio Junior College transfer, will be counted on to step in and make a large contri bution to the team. Steve Jones from Houston Wheatley and Mike Johnson from Austin High in Chicago, 111., are two of the quality recruits the Aggies will have this season, and both could see considerable playing time. There are also other fine recruits and redshirts available for the upcoming season. Ray Roberts, Robert Chambers and 6-11 Bruce Ott are redshirts of whom the RANDY KNOWLES SHELBY METCALF 1 Anv P' ace ‘ «aae and * ticke 1 ’ _ * c \ty. you l ° u ® 9ateXNaV C V nd vW ee V> ^ Nine >° ^ousV> n sundaV _ s avn© num a vou t Hecan^ d ' e ^ our travel agent A* - s p ,ck * ou need \X\e place- £as »^°!>A wort ©» 84 6-6398 coaches expect great things. The 1973 Southwest Conference race will be a close one with all of the teams in the league im proved. There are fewer big name players in the conference this year, but the overall teams are stronger. The coaches feel that if all the pieces fall together for the Aggies, they will be right up there battling for the t with the best of the other ta So the 1973 season will be of optimism. The team as ways will be exciting to m with several returning plij and a bunch of new qualityi ent. If all this conies togs well, the Aggies will be a fe hard to beat. A&M Baseball Squad Hopes For Better News This Year With just a little help, the Ag gies will be a real fine baseball team in the spring. While doing some intensive fishing this summer, Texas A&M baseball coach Tom Chandler has also been doing some heavy re cruiting. Chandler hopes to re cruit another infielder and a right-handed hitting outfielder to help the team this year. The past season was an un usual and emotionally draining one for the young team. It was like one of those good news-bad news jokes. The good news was the Aggies were the only team to win a series from the Kansas City Royals Baseball Academy in Sarasota, Florida. They won five of seven games. Also, the Aggies won 19 games and lost only nine in the regular season. The bad news is eight of the losses came in conference play. There were many highlights last year. Included were the six- day trip to Florida, Bobby Witt- camp’s no-hitter against TCU, the first ever by an Aggie in con ference play, a one-hitter by Bob by Falcon against champion and No. 4 nationally ranked Texas and four game sweeps of Minnesota and Iowa State. More good news for the Aggies is the entire starting lineup re turns this year, along with sev eral outstanding pitchers. Sophomores Mike Frazier and Mike Schraeder rate as the most improved players on the team, and will be looked to provide leadership the young team need. Frazier led the team in: ting in SWC play with a ,351 erage and had several wint hits. Strikeout ace Bobby Fab lost to the pros, but the Ayy return pitchers Wittcamp, Jackie Binks 3-0, Clint Thop Jim Juhl and David Lockett Other top returnees int first baseman Paul Miller, si stop David Buxkamper, St ri/UjOA. BOBBY WITTKAMP » O TOM CHANDLER baseman Jim Hacker and a fielder Jim Bratsen. Brata the team in runs batted in,i 18, and tied Schraeder for* homers with three. Coach Chandler views this* son with optimism. He says,’ were just a fraction awayfr having a real good team year, and I’m looking forwafi this year.” ’73 Footba Schedule Date Team Sept. 15* Wichita State 7:31)! Sept. 22 LSU 7:308 Sept. 29* Boston College 7:30} Oct. 6 Clemson l:30f Oct. 13 Texas Tech 7:30! Tct. 20 TCU 2:00! Oct. 27* Baylor 1:30! Nov. 3 Arkansas 1:00! Nov. 10* SMU 1:30! Nov. 17 Rice 2:00[ Nov. 22* Texas l:30j ♦denotes home games AAiJ-s 2- AAi*> ' Y' Miss “Y” —Miss “Z” Contest Why do nine out of ten Aggie Freshmen select Miss “Y”? You’re right its because Miss Y is wearing s corsage from THE FLORAL CENTER. THE FLORAL CENTER, 2920 East 29th Street Specializes in Aggie Corsages! Drive by, or phone, & select yours from our Roses, Orchids, Carnations, and others Remember, we can send flowers to that lonesome girl back home. 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