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Lockett maintains streak THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1975 Page 9 ;,:i L0VE COMES Icoachiiij 3 be veiy wld leavt light con. uch drive, ith Texas working Thomas tunate to IN TWO S fexas, the the mail; !-62 inai ie women ame also, y played her team uring the t with 20 1 the last shot ropes for corers in nts with 3 for the the A&M n but it t startinj i’s athlet- I Keepsake matching engagement and wedding rings. Perfect diamonds, set in 14 karat gold, guaranteed and protected against loss. EMBREY’S JEWELRY Aggie Sweetheart Rings 415 University College Station Mon-Sat 9:00-5:30 sl. In the e women &M and vill have ss of the rail team Aggies close TCU series with win By MIKE BRUTON Sports Editor The Texas Aggie baseball team, behind the strong arm of pitcher David Lockett, thrashed TCU 9-1 to grab sole possession of second place in the Southwest Conference race. The A&M victory yesterday completed a sweep in the Horned Frog series and could help the Ags obtain a NCAA playoff berth should they continue their winning ways. The win should also be a big emo tional lift for the Ag baseballers as they totally dominated the whole series against a tough TCU team. Once again the big bats of the Aggies inflicted damage with out fielders Al Thurmond and Bill Raymer leading a 14-hit onslaught. Thurmond went 4 for 5 at the plate, tallying two RBI's and Raymer taxed the Frogs for three hits, including a solo homerun in the third inning. Lockett put on a superb show from the mound as he allowed the Froggies only five hits. The hard- throwing righthander kept his re cord unblemished with this victory being his sixth win against no losses. Astros send five players back down COCOA (AP) — The Houston As tros assigned five players, including four pitchers, to their minor league camp Monday. The pitchers are Jim Crawford, Paul Siebert, Mike Stanton, and Ramon de los Santos. The fifth player is outfielder Mike Easier. All but Stanton had been on the Astros’ major league roster. He has not given up earned run in his last 26 innings in SWC play. Mike Turner got to first via an Aggie error, moved to third on a fielder’s choice and scored on a single by Tom Riordan. Lockett will probably be the first to agree that he wasn’t hurt the de fensive play of the Aggies, although they were charged with three er rors, Thurmond, Kirk Campbell and Fred Russ were all guilty of one mishap each, but fantastic defensive efforts by outfielder Mike Frazier Consol board okays new school athletic program and second sacker Mike Schraeder overshadowed all mistakes. TCU hurler Randy Owens suf fered his first loss of the year, bring ing his record to 2-1. The Aggies are now 21-5 for the season and 9-3 in SWC play. The Frogs are 19-8 and 8-7. The Ags host Houston this weekend for a 3-game series with a single game on Friday beginning at 3 p.m. and a doub leheader on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. F r I I I 311 University — North Gate 846-1713 NEW HOURS 5:00-12:00 MON.-FRI. 3:00-1:00 SATURDAY 3:00-12:00 SUNDAY BUY ONE PITCHER OF BEER (ANY BRAND!) AND GET ANOTHER SAME SIZE PITCHER FOR ONLY $1.00 Expires Thursday, April 3 GOOD ALL HOURS If I I I By NICK VOINUS Staff Sports Writer Hoping to solve the athletic prob lem of being years behind other schools in the district, the A&M Consolidated School Board has pas sed a new policy. The policy states, “An organized program of athletics shall be instal led in the A&M Consolidated School District. Such program will be developed for all boys and girls who are mentally and physically able to participate. The superinten dent shall administer the program and shall see that no discrimination occurs that is contrary to the law.” Bob McLeroy, head coach and athletic director at A&M Consoli dated, has committed himself to be competitive in all sports activities. “What the policy actually says is that any youngster who is healthy, physically and mentally, will have the opportunity to participate in athletics, as long as funds are availa ble,” McLeroy said. Basically what the athletic direc tor wanted to do was to have a specific policy for athletics. It was something conducted by each indi vidual school. A&M sponsors weighty vessel in Friday race “No Joke” will be one of two A&M entries in the concrete canoe race in San Antonio Friday. And it is no joke, Joe Haynes, one of the canoe’s crew, insists although the vessel weighs 160 pounds. Con crete canoes, Hayne says, travel at about 10 miles per hour. The other canoe weighs 260 pounds. The race is sponsored by the na tional convention of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The TAMU crews will be Haynes, Wayne Schoen and Neil Fisher for “No Joke” and Mark Nobles, Gary Locke and Al Chernowski in the heavier craft. The crews will hire two paddlers for each boat to do the actual racing. The 14-foot canoes are con structed by attaching a wire mesh to a frame and plastering on concrete made with a synthetic aggregate. Afterward, the frame is removed and the canoe is cured for a week. Finally, it is standed and painted and tested. AT NORTH GATE OPEN FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M. PIPES AND PAPERS 8aSSSSSee83SS33333SS33383SS33i This past season, the varsity foot ball team had only 33 uniforms. That meant that only 33 players could make the team and play. All others who tried out were left out in the cold. The new policy will allow for more youngsters to participate in all programs. It should help the varsity athletic program because there will be more athletes to choose from, according to McLeroy. Consoli dated also doesn’t have as many ath letes coming in as some of their competitors. There has been no policy on the scheduling of games, and McLeroy wants to clear up this problem and maintain a top-notch athletic prog ram, while leaving it up to the athle tic director and superintendent to handle. The superintendent has helped to rectify inaccuracies in the athletic program. In the eighth grade football prog ram this past season, Huntsville fielded a team of 84, while Brenham had a team of 71. A&M Consoli dated had a team made up of only 36 players. “This is not fair to the kids who tried out and didn’t make the team, ” McLeroy said. “If the kids want to play there shouldn’t be any limita tions on them. It hurts them to be cut and we should be able to field as many teams as possible. In this day and time it couldn’t hurt. ” “People have referred to this as not an athletic community,” he added. “I disagree with this — we haven’t been able to win because the program wasn’t well organized. ” In girl’s sports, A&M Consoli dated high school is fortunate enough to offer every type of activ ity in this group. But in the middle school, only tennis is offered. The new policy should bring the same sports to this lower level. By the time a girl reaches her freshman year in high school, she has never played a game of or ganized basketball. These girls are three years behind others in the dis trict, and must be taught from the beginning. They have only one coach to handle three teams while other schools in the district have at least two. ' “The girls really have a great at titude, but it is not fair to them to see them get clobbered all the time,” McLeroy said. There are 18 coaches at Consoli dated to handle 31 different teams. Three of them also have administra tive duties, while out of the remain ing — all but two have four-fifths of a normal teaching load. FourofthelS handle physical education, while all the others teach academic classes. For every athlete, the cost to the taxpayer (including equipment, facilities, and transportation) is $26. per participant. Gate receipts and See CONSOL SPORTS, page 10 Texas A&M Frazier, cf Hawthorne, < Raymer, rf Schraei n, id tder, ! h bi 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 3 Campbell, 3b Thurmond, If Bonner, dh Russ, ss totals TCU Hoenier, If Twardowsky, 2b Riordan, dh Crain, lb Burton, 3b Wilkerson, rf Broyles, ss Turner, cf Hemby, c totals Pitching: Lockett (W) (6-0) R. Owens (L) (2-1) E. 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