Carl Bussell's
Member American Gem
Society
Welcome to “GEM WISE”
Over the years, it has been
possible for me to learn many
interesting things about
precious gems and fine jewelry
both from an historical stand
point and the technical or
gemological side. There are
also certain points that are
helpful to anyone buying fine
merchandise — basic guides to
intelligent selection, as well as
information on the etiquette
and care of gems. In this
column feature, I will try to
bring you something of interest
each month about our won
derful world of gems.
For example, did you know
that ruby and sapphire are
both the same gem mineral
called corundum? Only when
the sapphire attains a certain
shade of red can it be called a
ruby; otherwise it is pink
sapphire. Other “sister” gems
are emerald and aquamarine
both members of the Beryl
family. Again, color is the only
difference. A light emerald is
aquamarine.
If you are interested in
history, the story of Anges
Sorel and Charles VII of
France is a charming tale. She
was the first woman to use
diamonds as a means of at
tracting the King’s attention
She also started the feminine
vogue of wearing diamonds
which previously was
restricted to men.
In buying fine jewelry, one of
the most important things to
know is your jeweler. His
knowledge and business ethics
should be above reproach.
Through “GEM WISE”, I hope
you will come to know me and
our firm a little better. See you
soon.
, Car I Bussells
/Diamond Room
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846-4708 3731 E. 29th
Bryan, Texas
Ags deal Horns
lone SWC loss
Page 8 THE BATTALION
a TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1975
(Photo by Jack Hoim)
Kirk Campbell hurls one from the mound.
Batt drops 2 games
in weekend athletics
By TONY GALLUCCI
Fruity Battstaffer
It was a sad weekend for Batt ath
letes as far as competition goes but
the losers’ parties may have made it
worth it.
A weary bunch of Mickey Basket-
balleers from the campus rag had
just about taken all they could from
the taller albethem seniler fivesome
from our beloved campus TV estab
lishment, alias KAMU, when Rod
Speer and Gene Sueltenfuss ignited
the humbling offense. The bumbl
ing Battsters came from five points
behind to tie the Trojans of the Tube
in the final seconds 56-56 and force
the World Cup of Media Basketball
into overtime.
But Mike Kolar of the Channel
15’ers pumped in an amazing four
points in the extra period to lead
them to a slim two point viceroy at
62-60.
Sports Editor and general nuis
ance Mike Bruton led scoring for
the Battmen with 18 followed
closely by Sueltenfusseseseses and
Flash Speer who each contributed a
handy 12 points each.
For the child progenies of educa
tional television, Kolar had 18 fol
lowed by Fred Bowers with 12.
It’s probably just as well that the
other team’ won because Speer
played for 10 minutes with five fouls
and they never knew.
To sooth the loss, several hurtin’
cagers and a disgruntled and totally
unfair referee (yours truly) retired
to numb the pain. Inebriation set in
as well as a fond desire to lose a
game or two of pool. By the time the
eightballitis wore off it was twilight
and with a softball game scheduled
for 9 a.m. it would be painful to
attempt sleep. At least one of us
spent the morning watching the sun
rise from the upper deck of Kyle
field.
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was obvious. The Batt(ers) were ob
viously hurtin’. Those who showed
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rather. We had to enlist the help of
three dolls. An Aggie javelina
(female javelin thrower that is) and a
first base woman and third base
woman from Lamar U. Without
them we would have been Tuna
Salad.
In the second game we jumped
into the early lead 3-0 in the first
inning only to be tied immediately.
A while later TX jumped ahead 6-3.
But some brilliant member of our
illustrious bench mentioned that
golden 10:30 a.m. word: BEER.
Photo editor-ex Glen Johnson took
off for the nearest U-chug-em for
the goods. Meanwhile yours truly
with the thought of suds splashing
on the weak brain hit an inside the
park home run bringing in James
Basset and Shelley, First Base
Woman, to tie the game up 6-all. TX
jumped back ahead at 8-6 but a ball
sent well out of the park by Mike
Bruton followed by a fun by Jim
Crawley off the Bat of Basset tied
her up again. Jerry Johnson
knocked in the winner in the bottom
of the last when oufielders T. L. (not
T. C.) Gallucci and Jerry Geary ar
gued over .who should throw the ball
into home. We decided Bruton
should but the game was already
over.
By DAVID H. WALKER
Staff Sports Writer
Once told “You can’t win them all/’ Texas baseball
coach Cliff Gustafson replied, “You can if you are
good enough,’’ and he’s been out to prove the theory
ever since. —1975 University of Texas baseball press
guide.
Gustafson’s team wasn’t quite
good enough this year as Tommy
Hawthorne and Kirk Campbell al
most singlehandedly handed the
Longhorns their only loss of the sea
son.
The Homs came oh so close to the
24-0 mark before Hawthorne’s solo
home run with one out in the bot
tom of the ninth inning in the last
game of the season.
The Homs, who took the first two
games of the series by wide margins
of 15-4 and 11-1, looked like they
were on their way of a sweep of the
traditional season-ending series
when Campbell and Hawthorne
went to work.
Behind 3-0 after two innings of
the Saturday nightcap things began
looking bleak for the Aggies. They
finally got a tying rally in their half of
the third. Mike Frazier led off with
his only hit of the day. Third base-
man Robert Bonner followed with a
single and then designated hitter
Campbell knocked in his first run of
the game with a fielder’s choice.
Then Jim Bratsen singled and was
followed by Al Thurmond who sing
led in two runs to tie at 3-3.
The score stayed the same until
Texas went ahead in their half of the
fifth with five big runs and things
started looking bad again.
Down 8-3 in their half of the fifth
Kirk Campbell started the Aggies
on the comeback trail.
He hit a solo shot over the left
field wall in the fifth to cut the score
in half at 8-4.
He came back in the next inning
and after Hawthorne had doubled
and Fred Russ had singled he hit a
three run shot that tied the score.
After Clint Thomas, who
stretched his season record to 8-3,
had set down the Homs in the ninth
Hawthorne ended the orange men’s
hopes with his shot over the right
field wall.
Hawthorne was almost killed by
his teammates who mobbed him
shortly after he rounded second.
“It really shocked me that he
didn’t throw a curve,” Hawthorne
said. “He just layed it in there for
me. I knew that I hit it good proba
bly the best I’ve hit a ball all year.”
“I really felt good when I hit it but
I felt a whole lot better when I saw it
go over the tence,” Hawthorne said.
Hawthorne’s heroics ended the
regular season for the Aggies and
begins the waiting season.
“We’ve just got to wait now and
see if we get picked, Aggie assis
tant coach Jim Sampson said after
the game. “We are going to take a
couple of days off then we will start
working out. If we are reasonably
sure that we are going to get an invi
tation by next weekend we can
schedule some games.
The Aggies finished their season
almost two weeks earlier than other
schools so the invitations won’t
come out until the second week in
May.
The Aggies finished the year with
a 31-8 season record. They were
14-7 in the SWC. The Longhorns
finished the year with a 41-5 season
record and a 23-1 SWC mark.
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