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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1974
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Football inks
3; Simonini
returns to work
Texas A&M has added three
more running backs to its list of
football recruits which now totals
27.
The latest to join the Aggies
are David Craig, 5-11, 190, from
Hampton, Va.; Danny Arleth, 5-
11, 190, from Houston St. Thomas
and David Perry, 6-1, 200, from
Houston Lee.
Linebacker Ed Simonini saw his
first contact work of spring foot
ball drills at Texas A&M Tuesday
and drew a note of approval from
his coaches.
“He’s a bit rusty but he did a
good job,” linebacker coach John
Paul Young said. “We didn’t let
him hit with his left arm but he
was moving well.” Simonini has
been sidelined with a dislocated
elbow.
The Aggies are due to put in
a lot of passing drills when they
resume spring training Wednes
day. Another scrimmage is sche
duled for Saturday afternoon.
FOR
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BATTALION CLASSIFIED
“Care to buy th’ original, genuine ball that broke Babe Ruth’s
record?”
When we hired these
researchers, we invited
them to raise more questions
than they answered.
Making your mark in business used to mean carving a comfort
able niche for yourself and staying there. Promotion was simply a
matter of time, provided you could spend 20 years in the process.
But, today, business depends on technology. Technology that
can’t wait a moment if it’s going to keep pace with what’s happening.
That’s why, at Kodak, our basic reliance on scientific research
makes the need for creative young minds more demanding than
ever. We must have people with drive and ambition, impatient to
put what they’ve learned into practice. People who get all the
freedom and responsibility they can handle, and tackle our prob
lems with their ideas.
Which, we’re happy to say, has helped many of our scientists
yield important discoveries. For example:
The woman on the left has devised new and improved photo
graphic materials for specialized scientific applications in fields
such as astronomy and holography. The young man is an expert on
surface analysis. His work in photoelectron spectroscopy helps
to identify unknown substances. The woman on the right has a
dual background in gas chromatography and trace metal analysis,
which she’s applied to analyzing pollution in rivers and streams.
They came up with new problems while solving some of our
old ones. But they’ve uncovered some promising answers, too.
As they continue their research, you may read about them again.
The oldest is just over 30.
Why do we give young men and women so much room to
test their ideas? Because good ideas often lead to better products.
Which are good for business. And we’re in business to make a
profit. But in furthering our own business interests, we also further
society’s interests. Which makes good sense.
After all, our business depends on society. So we care what
happens to it.
Kodak.
More than a business.
By TED BORISKIE
Assistant Sports Editor
My fondest baseball memory came in Washington, D.C,
summer of 1969. The all-star baseball game was finally being pl>.|
after being called the two previous days because of a bellija]
rainstorm. The finest players from both leagues were there but I
was one participant whose presence was a bit questionable in tha
had not had what anyone could call an exceptionable year. Hi$ticte|
the nation’s capital was not paid by his accomplishments of that
but rather by his stature gained from previous performances.
The aging home run hitter’s once amazing fielding ability!
being rapidly diminished by the years and he got into the game oi
a pinch hitter. When he walked to the on-deck circle, before his a
was announced, an audible murmur of recognition spread throua
the stadium. One of the living legends of the game was comingu|:|
bat. As he stepped into the box and his name was announced,
crowd leaped to their feet and gave him a standing ovatioa
shouted, mostly saying much the same thing. “Say hey, Willie,"Is
cried. “Say hey.”
Willie Mays was more than just another ballplayer. He wasaps
around which the fans could identify with the game.
It was painful to watch the “Say Hey Kid” play. Henolaj
possessed the talents that blessed him in his early years and wasoi
ghost of his younger playing state. It was painful not only because lt|
was a great star growing old but also because he was one of base!
last hopes of breaking Babe Ruth’s career home run record of 714
Mays hung up his gloves last year, having totaled a still
660 career homers.
In the middle fifties there was a saying, “Records are made
broken, but not Ruth’s.” There had never been truer words. His^
season record of 60 homers always seemed within reach for any
having a good year but his career mark represented the
unattainable plateau known to the followers of the sport. Only^ POL
players had ever hit over 500 round-trippers, with Jimmy Foxx’suf? Hall
of 534 falling short of the Babe’s by 180. | hom
At the beginning of the next decade, Ted Williams joined!
select group. The splendid splinter went out in style, collecting No.f?
in his last time at bat as a major leaguer.
The ’50s and middle ’60s would come to be known as the "1b |
run era” of professional baseball as the long ball hitter became: ^
darling of the fans and fences starting edging towards home plan l
provide a greater incidence of balls hit out of the park. Out of: I
period came several possible successors to Ruth’s crown. The leades I ^ ^
this group were Mays and a boy-faced kid playing for the Yaii baby
named Mickey Mantle. I Ame
Mantle was an interesting case. Perhaps the greatest hitterevt most
pick up a bat, he was hindered throughout his career with a recE I mure
knee injury. One may still chance upon a die-hard Mantle freak,v ling
upon the mention of his hero’s name, will suddenly be overcome* «; stud;
wild-eyed abandon and say, panting and glassy-eyed, “Just think*:: Dr
Mantle could have done if he had had a good knee.” Good knee oil | tor 5
Mantle called it quits with 536, then No. 4 on the all-time list. Masj
The Braves’ Eddie Matthews and the Cubs’ Ernie Banks!: n i ol °*
attracted plenty of attention and speculation of breaking the recoii
sort of dark horses but neither was really in the race and bothhii
up after 512.
There were oddities that attracted brief repute, such as Rm
Maris and Frank Howard. Maris broke Ruth’s single season home: : t j, e c
record but it took him more games to do it, as is duly noted by | that
asterisk in the record book. He had three or four good years andtli
settled back into the obscurity from whence he sprang. Howard a* ? chan
hit the ball farther than any man alive but would fall into slumpsi
would justify using a pitcher to pinch hit for the 6-7, 270 pound gii
So who hits 715 career homers? Some guy named Henry An ?
who, until recent years, was notable chiefly for having his name appi
at the top of all alphabetical listings of baseball players. Never turn I
in a year as outstanding as any of the forementioned players’ goodya
he eclipses the mark by using a tactic foreign to the other supersfc
consistency. 01’ Hank will never have a candy bar named after himH; ^ ^
his name will be around for quite a while. With the home run play®
less important role than in recent years, he may never see a dialler:
to his record.
Records are made to be broken, but not Aaron’s.
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meeting in the Peniston Cafeteris I
the basement of Sbisa Hall.
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CEPHEID VARIABLE will present ‘ King
Kong” in the Theatre Arts Audit
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at 7 p.m. This film has been re
scheduled. Room M.
MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDENT OR
GANIZATION will meet to elect next
year’s officers at 7:30 p.m. in Room
401 of the Rudder Tower.
FILM APPRECIATION COURSE will
present ‘Schonzeit Fur Fuchse’ in Room
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TAMU SHEET AND TRAP CLUB will
meet in Room 302 of the MSC Tower at
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in Room 601 of the Rudie
7 :30 p.m.
SAILING CLUB will meet in Room 604
of the Rudder Tower at 7:30 p.m.
RIO GRANDE VALLEY HOMETOWN
will meet to take pictures at 7 :30 p.m.
in front of the Rudder Tower at the
fountain.
TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE
TEACHERS will hold a noon luncheon
7 :30 p.m.
Tower.
RECREATION AND PARKS WIVE
CLUB will meet in the home of Hi
Lon Garrison, 1008 Madiera Circle ii
College Station at 7:30 p.m.
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