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Pagre 8 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1974 MA70A HAKKV DISHMAN Snli-s A Sci'.icp fiO;$ I’t-vas \\»“. < .S. across from campus -— <» LAKKMKW CLUB 3 Miles N. On Tabor Road Saturday Night: Tony Douglas and the Shrimpers From 9 - 1 p. m. STAMPEDE Every Thursday Nite (ALL BRANDS BEER 35*) I simiiCT SALE s g99 •G/ikNir NCIRMAN HATHAWAY * cvccsTOcr; CLEAKENCC 1911 TEXAS aWE TOWN SEllTE TimN America on a shoestring (Show this ad to your folks.) Here are a couple of great ways to spend your summer. Without worrying about gas. A Greyhound Ameripass gives you unlimited travel throughout America($165 for 1 month and $220for 2 months). And this invaluable guide covers economical sleeping accommodations along the way. Plan your own trip. Anywhere. Anytime. Sleep cheap. Then hop aboard another bus. Another nice thing: you can bring your bike along too. We’ll carry it in our baggage compartment at no extra cost. You can do some extra explor ing on your own wheels. So if your folks voted thumbs down on your travel plans this summer, here's a sensible way to reopen the discussion. Go Greyhound. And leave the driving to us. Call: Greyhound Agent, Tel: 823-8071. 1300 Texas Ave., Bryan. Frommer-Pasmantier Publishing Corp. 70 5th Avenue • New York, N. Y. 10011 I plan to buy a Greyhound Ameripass. Please send me a postage-paid copy of "where to stay USA" at the special reduced price of $1.75. A check or money order is enclosed made payable to Frommer-Pasmantier Publishing Corp. Name. City. .State. ■ J Baseballers’smash 33 school marks Aggies greatest hitting team in SWC history Texas A&M closed out its 1974 baseball season as the greatest hitting team in Southwest Confer ence history. But it was a frus trating season which saw a strong All-America candidate sidelined by an injury, the pitching col lapse over the last 12 games, and the team finish second once again to the Texas Longhorns. Still, the 1974 Aggies broke the incredible total of 33 school and conference, individual and team, game, season and career records. The most impressive marks were for team batting as the Aggies hit .341 in 24 SWC games and .342 in 44 season contest. The Aggies shattered school and SWC marks for runs, hits and doubles as well. For the full season, A&M scored 347 runs, had 474 hits and 93 doubles. In SWC play, the Ag gies scored 201 runs, had 282 hits and 58 doubles. That is an aver age of more than eight runs and 10 hits per game. The team had 15 games in which it scored at least 10 runs with a high of 20 against SMU in a seven-inning game. The team twice had 22 hits in a game, once against Houston and once against Texas Tech. The Aggies had at least 31 hits in each of the eight SWC series. The individual standout was All-America candidate Jim Hack er, the senior third baseman from Temple. Hacker won the SWC batting title with a .477 mark, the fourth highest average in league history. He was A&M’s full season leader at .406. Hacker had an outstanding closing series against Texas in Austin. He had six hits in 12 at-bats including a double, triple, two clutch home- runs and seven runs batted in. His two-run homer was the decid ing blow in A&M’s victory Fri day which broke a 53-game Texas winning streak in Clark Field. Then he hit a two-run homer in Fencing gains popularity By ROBERT DUNN Errol Flynn is alive and well and is living in disguise at A&M. Although that statement is a slight exaggeration, one would hardly think so after seeing a fencing class in action. The fencing craze has caught A&M by storm. “At first, most people would enroll in the class because volleyball was closed,” said Abe Cyrus, coach of the team and fencing instructor. “But after the first few semesters, we began get ting feedback from those who had taken the course. Now, we have some people coming who have heard about it from these others.” Fencing is no new sport to A&M. Old issues of The Aggieland show several pictures of the team. However, the sport was dropped about ten years ago. Cyrus revitalized the course. “We were looking in the supply room and came across some equipment among the cobwebs and rats nests. I hadn’t had any experience in fencing since I was an undergraduate, but decided to offer the course that semes ter. Some of the members of our team were in those classes.” A fencing club was established later that year, and through it members kept their skills and reflexes razor-sharp. Finally, some of the members entered tournaments and fared well, setting a precedent for later entrants. So far this year, the team has been impressive in the meets it has attended. expenses, etc.) are met by the individ uals on the team. This has not discour aged them from competing in major meets. Students vary on the reasons they take the course. Stephen Gray, presently taking it, said: “It develops good hand-eye coordination. You really have to stay on your toes if you want to win. And winning is the name of the game.” the top of the ninth to tie Sat urday’s second game which Texas won in the bottom of the ninth. Hacker finished an exceptional career with school records for runs scored, runs batted in, dou bles and bases on balls. Senior leftfielder Paul Miller and junior firstbaseman Jim Bratsen shared in the record breaking. Miller scored 50 runs and had 14 doubles while batting .386. Bratsen had 157 at-bats, 48 runs batted in and eight home- runs while hitting .344. The low point of the season came when second baseman Mike Schraeder, who was hitting .408 in SWC play and had already broken the school RBI record, was injured in a practice field collision and underwent surgery for a ruptured spleen. Schraeder missed the final 14 games of the season. The team finished with a 31.|J record which tied the schooh for victories. The Aggies 17-7 in SWC play. In voting by the team, Hai was elected team captain most valuable player. By Th LOIS do wi about in the bery? One ell th arke Rigl FINAL BASEBALL STATS 1 are p Player G Ab R H Atilt of sto Hawthorne 25 82 21 34 .11! f Hodges 23 22 7 9 .101,1 Art ( Hacker Miller 41 133 42 54 .(mA Ithe g 40 146 5 0 56 .13 A Schraeder 30 110 28 40 .XI1 watch Bratsen 43 167 36 54 .illl Russ 39 129 21 43 .111] It t Thurmond Frazier 33 109 13 36 .ill] At 1 32 100 21 33 .111 ] in Ire Bate 37 117 30 36 .W] last v Raymer 88 116 20 35 .XU a Woods 87 115 39 33 .liifl on tl Buxkamper 24 34 16 9 .Itil diamo Dedman 5 12 3 2 .1(1 | PITCHING Beit. Pitcher G W L ERA 11 Juhl 18 4 0 1.6( r So Thomas Binks 14 13 7 7 2 2.96 ji 2 8.18 A Bravenec Lockett 6 1 2 3.31 ill 12 3 1 4.06 (1 Arthur 12 6 2 4.10 |;J jl Wallace 8 1 2 4.82 9 Wilson 4 0 0 8.11 d J.1- Schaumack 6 2 1 9.(1 111 Richs 2 0 1 26.81 [i Three types of swords are used in most competition. The foil, also used in the classroom, the epee, and the sabre. These weapons were developed after the invention of gunpowder and armor. The broad swords were tossed away for these lighter, better penetrat ing types. The fencing team at A&M receives only a small sum of money each year plus equipment for competition in tournaments. Most of the burdens of expenses (entrants fees, travel Carson Campbell, a former student of the course, said: “I’d seen it on television and it sort of attracted my attention. It’s also a good body- exercising course; it keeps you limber.” Coach Cyrus also said the future looks bright for fencing here. “In our intramural meet this semester, four out of the top six male competitors were taking fencing at the time.” 4 fem tankers Aaron Stadium hits big snag get top honors Four TAMU girls were named All- America at the national girls’ swim ming championships at the Pennsylvan ia State University pool. Senior Jean Collins from Pasadena, freshman Barbara German from Bryan, freshman Carol Hemphill from Houston and sophomore Beth McArthur of College Station were de signated All-America following their outstanding performance at the meet. The four swam on TAMU’s 400-yard freestyle relay team and cut 17 seconds from their previous best time of 4:10.9 to 3:53.7. Collins made All-America individ ually in three separate events, the 50-yard backstroke, 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard individual medley. The 200-yard freestyle relay did not make All-America, but cut three seconds from the state record. “Our girls did a good job,” Coach Dennis Fosdick said. “We were 44th overall last year at this thing, and now we’re 30th, ahead of Texas at 34th and TCU at 32nd.” Fosdick said he had expected the meet to be more competitive than last year’s, but that this year’s swimmers were extremely fast. “We had fourteen Olympic swim mers here, and all but one national record was broken. There was a nota ble difference in coaching this year, too,” Fosdick said. “In the past it’s been a rinky-dink sort of meet, but these coaches, men and women, were here to win big. They proved that girls’ athletics are big time, not the tea party they’ve been in past years.” Fosdick said the girls were over awed and completely pooped by the competitive pressure of the meet. He noted the girls now were able to see what it takes to win at national meets. “They were really snowed by it all. But now they can work harder and know why, then come back and win. I’m really proud of the way they’ve performed this year,” Fosdick said. ATLANTA ITP) — A proposal by Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jack- son to rename Atlanta Sadium after baseball superstar Henry Aaron has run into a roadblock. It was discovered Wednesday that such an action would be in violation of a city ordinance which makes it illegal to name a public facility after a living person. 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