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s Page 10 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1975 Winning games at same time J J Ag baseball squad closing in on 1974 record T 1 By DAVID WALKER Staff Sports Writer The Texas Aggies are back to their old tricks. They’re getting their team batting average close to last years conference leading .340 and they are winning lots of games. The Aggies extended their cur rent winning streak to 10 games by sweeping a three game set from the Houston Cougars last weekend. The Aggies are now 24-4 for the sea son. The Aggies are three games down in the loss column to Texas and whether or not the Ags can catch Texas, they can assure them selves of an NCAA playoff berth by posting a strong season record. Texas is taking the week off while the Ags are hosting the Texas Tech Red Raiders this weekend. After this weekend the Ags and Horns each have one series left before they tangle in College Station April 25th and 26th. Texas plays TCU at Fort Worth next week and the Aggies travel to Rice- Aggie bats boomed for the second SWC series in a row against the Cougars as they boosted their con ference batting average to . 337, just three points under last year’s league leading .340 average. That .340 av erage is also the all-time high team average in the SWC. The big improvement in the team this year is on the mound where the staff earned run average is 2.22, the lowest for an A&M team in modem history. Of the four top pitchers, relief specialist Kirk Campbell is the leader with a 1.84 ERA and a 5-1 record. James “Hoot” Gibson, who is undefeated in five SWC games, has a 1.91 ERA and a 7-1 record. David Lockett has a 2.01 ERA and a 6-0 mark while Clint Thomas is 4-2 with a 2.88 ERA. The Aggies will have all four pitchers back next year as they are all juniors. The pitching rotation for the Tech series will have Thomas starting the Friday game with Gib son and Lockett going in the Satur day doubleheader. Two Aggies have batting averages over .400 with another seven hitting atop the .300 mark. Mike Frazier is the leading hitter for the season with a .436 average with Al Thur mond leading the Ags in SWC play hitting at a .474 clip. Comparing team statistics tell4: story for the 1975 Ags. The Aggt 1 team batting average of .337 cot!, pared to their opponents 217ai the Aggie team ERA of 2.22 s : against their foes 5.66 expalinsul the Ags are 24-4 and headed fortlt[ NCAA playoffs. r, 1975 TEXAS A&M BASEBAU. — FULL SEASON (24-4-1) Dome celebrates Shortstop David Buxkamper tries to get back on base. Houston wins first round over New York, 99-84 HOUSTON (AP) — The youthful Houston Rockets, led by Calvin Murphy’s 22 points outgunned playoff-wise New York in the fourth quarter and rolled to a 99-94 victory Tuesday night in the first game of their National Basketball Associa tion first round playoff game. The second game in the best-of- three series will be played Thursday in New York’s Madison Square Garden. The Rockets, in the playoffs for the first time ever, moved to a 46-39 halftime lead by outscoring the Knicks 8-0 over the final 2:27 of the second quarter and Houston never trailed again. Walt Frazier led the Knicks with 21 points and Earl Monroe had 13, but New York’s leading scorers hit only 13 of35 shots between them for a 37 per cent average. The Knicks, making their ninth straight playoff appearance, pulled within 67-60 at the end of the third quarter. But then the Rockets, led by Mike Newlin and Ron Riley, put on a fourth-quarter scoring display that spurted the Rockets to a 17qppint margin with 6:48,le^n the; J The Knicks edged to a 27-24 lead at the end of the first quarter but the cold-shooting New Yorkers missed several chances to pull farther ahead. Midway through the first quarter New York missed a chance to take a six-point lead. The Knicks missed two of four free throws and then failed to convert on three straight shots after a steal. With Rockets substitutes Riley, Gus Bailey and Steve Hawes all in the game,, Houston ran off eight straight points in the final 2:27 of the game. game for its. biggest lead of the half. IK IS Manor East Mall Last week to register for The Fair’s Manor East Mall Chevrolet Vega. Better Hurry! f/fjj ®!Dj P You can register every day this week. Drawing will be held Saturday April 12th at 3 p.m. It’s free and you maybe the lucky winner. Vega from Cor busier Chevrolet. birthday number ten By NICK VOINIS Staff Sports Writer Happy Birthday, dear As trodome, Happy Birthday to you! Houston’s spectacular all-purpose stadium celebrates its first decade of operation tonight as the Astros host the Braves from Atlanta. It hardly seems that long when its doors opened on April 9, 1965 as the New York Yankees invaded the premises only to lose to the home- ( town boys 2-1 in the first indoor major league baseball game. Gov ernor John Connally threw out the first ball and Yankee great Mickey Mantle hit the first Astrodome homerun. Tonight the Astros, new uniforms and all, begin their tenth season of play in the glass-bubble with special ceremonies including a homerun hitting show, featuring none other than Mantle himself. Mantle will be facing two of Houston’s 1965 pitch ers, if he succeeds by putting one in the stands, the fan lucky enough to catch it will be awarded two 1975 season tickets. Birthday cake and pennants will be given to fans at tending the game. During its ten years of existence, the Dome has seen many bright moments. The Astros entertained over 2.5 million fans during its in augural season in the dome, with an additional 14.5 million since then. On March 19, 1966 the revolutio nary artificial surface, “Astroturf” was installed. Astroworld, the Dome’s next-door neighbor amusement park, opened its doors on June T, 1968, while the youngest member of the Astrodomain family, the Astroarena opened less than two months ago. The new arena will house the E-Z Riders, Houston’s World Team Tennis entry. Don Wilson became the youngest player ever to pitch a no-hitter in the National League on June 18, 1967. The then 22 year-old Astro defeated the Atlanta Braves 2-0. The Astrodome became the site for major league baseball’s All-Star game on June 9, 1968. A crowd of 47,321 paid a record $383,733 to witness the National Leaguer’s 1-0 victory. The world indoor boxing atten dance record was set in the Dome on February 6, 1967 when 37,321 fans saw Cassius Clay successfully defend his title against Ernie Ter rell, in a 15-round affair. The University of Houston Cougars hosted the UCLA Bruins on January 20, 1968 and set a record basketball crowd of 52,693, while defeating the nation’s No. 1 team 71-69. Billy Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the famous $100,000 “Bat tle of the Sexes” tennis match on September 20, 1973. A world tennis attendance record was set as 30,472 witnessed the event. Over the years many more events were scheduled in the “Eighth Wonder of the World” with nearly all turning out successful. Concerts, rodeos, circuses, prize fights, auto thrill shows, motorcycle champion ships, midget auto races and blood less bullfights. After a decade as successful and glamorous as the stadium has had it still hasn’t hosted a World Series — but wait till next year. iP 12 0 ID *1 lm'1. 29 928 178 303 . 327 155 50 13 14 28 25 29 853 78 185 . 217 66 35 6 5 9 13 6 118 84 681 250 16 16 113 163 618 285 60 LOB: A&M 249, Opp 237 DP A&M 19, On! I Pitching Player Alley Scheumack Campbell Gibson Lockett Thomas Hodges Wilson G W L ERA Er Bb So Wp Hb Bk Cs Cg Sr 0.00 Ofc 0.77 11% 1.84 34% 1.91 56% 2.01 71% 2.88 50 11 59 2% 0 A&M 29 24 4 2.22 227 185 78 56 113 163 13 OPP 29 4 24 5.66 218 303 178 137 118 84 Scores: A&M 3-8, Sam Houston 1-0 A&M 7-7, St. Mary's 1-2 ilaylor 4, A&M 3 A&M 1-6, Baylor 0-9 A&M 10-5, St. Mary’s 5-1 A&M 6, SMU 3 A&M 6-16, SMU 2-8 A&M 2-3, Kansas 1-2 A&M 5, Kansas 2 Tulane 2-1, A&M 0-1 A&M 10, Tulane 9 Arkansas 4, A&M 1 A&M 3-5, ArkansasW A&M 5-7, Minnesota43 A&M 10-17, TCU3-1 A&M 9. TCU 1 A&M 13. Houston 2 A&M 3-5 Houston 1-5 Morton, Evans guide Braves past Houston HOUSTON (AP) — Carl Morton pitched a five-hitter and Darrell Evans broke a scoreless tie with a fifth-inning single Tuesday night to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 2-0 vic tory over the Houston Astros. Morton, who at one point retired 16 straight batters before shortstop Larvell Blanks’ throwing error on Rob Andrews’ grounder ended the string in the seventh inning, wound up striking out four batters, did not issue a walk and was helped by two double plays. He gave up first-inning singlestcI Andrews and Cesar Cedeno I eighth-inning singles to Cliff John I son and Doug Rader and a ninth I inning double to Rafael Batista. ■ The Braves tagged Houston I rookie Doug Konieczny for both I their runs in the fifth inning. 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