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Sports THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1977 Page 11 Championship finds home in Aggieland Diversity, mps, will By STEVE MARTAINDALE Texas A&M’s baseball team, with vast amount of help from Arkansas, napped up its first Southwest Con- srence championship since 1964 his weekend. The Aggies took a three-game weep from the University of Hous- on Friday and Saturday by scores of id, 7-1 and 3-0 and sat back to lis- |l for news from Fayetteville, Ark. lit came late Sunday night, an- Kiuncing a 1-0 win for the Razor- Bcks over the University of Texas jonghorns. |A&M’s record is now 18-4 in iWC play while second-place Texas B6-5 with three games remaining \ or the Longhorns. The cham- ffinship is determined by won-loss fercentage. Texas A&M’s stands at 118 and the best Texas can hope or, by sweeping the tough Baylor ^ lars this weekend, is a .792 per centage. ■his is also the first time in 13 jars that Texas has not had a por- pi of the SWC crown. In 1966, |!rM, Texas, Baylor and Texas ristian tied for the championship. Je win is the third for Aggie coach im Chandler. In addition to his ’64 i, he won the conference his first ir at A&M in 1959. ,&M, Texas, Baylor and Arkan- will compete in Austin May 20 and 22-23. The tournament iner gets an invitation to the Na nai Collegiate Athletic Associa- in’s national tournament. Chan- r said, however, that he under od the conference champion was itected and would automatically a bid. e opening game of the Houston ies was the tightest. Mark Ross credited with the pitching win the Aggies, allowing only five s in the 2-1 win. unior Robert Bonner had the big for the Aggies. He opened the iring with his first at-bat. On the jrd pitch of the game from even losing pitcher Jeff Simons, the je shortstop hit it over the cen- ff field fence. Though Bonner is ding the Aggies in conference ing average, and most other bit ty, answers the |ng categories, it was only his see ls mankind nd home run of the year. ienticvoicesol||ln the third inning, Bonner got with a double and second base- atin American bn Buddy Grobe brought him in t is in English jjth another double. In the bottom If of that inning, the Cougars jpred their one run to end the e’s scoring early. [Winston Whiddon led the hitting [the Aggies with three hits in four Jempts. Bonner went 3-for-5 and !robe 2-for-4. Hurdle had the only other A&M it, also a double. The Aggies out- iit Houston 9-5. Ross and Simons both pitched all ine innnings for their respective f»ms. Simons struck out eight Aggie batters while Ross struck out three. Both walked two. Ross has a 10-2 record, 6-1 in con ference. Simons’ record is 6-3. The Aggies picked up their sec ond win Saturday with 14 hits. Six players had two hits each as A&M finished with a 7-1 win. Mark Thurmond gained the pitching win, allowing eight hits. Mike Hurdle, the Aggies’ leading batter, and Shelton McMath had two hits in three at-bats to lead the Aggies. Grobe, Whiddon and Bob Dulak each went 2-for-4 and Bonner went 2-for-5. A&M opened the scoring in the first inning when Kyle Hawthorne doubled in Hurdle, who got on with a single. Houston followed in the bottom of the first with a single and a walk and another single to tie the score at one. Dulak, the designated hitter, and Whiddon, singled in the second in ning. Dulak scored on a wild pickoff throw and Whiddon crossed home plate on a ground out by Buster Turner. The Aggies held the 3-1 lead until the fifth inning when Bonner and Grobe both singled and Hurdle doubled both in. In the sixth, the Aggies closed out the scoring with three singles from Whiddon, McMath and Bonner, scoring the first two. With the win, Thurmond’s record is now 10-0, 6-0 in conference. In the nightcap, David Pieczynski pitched a four-hit, 3-0 win for the Aggies. First baseman Hawthorne provided the batting show, getting three hits in three at-bats and knocking in all three runs. Pieczynski struck out five batters in the game. The fifth strikeout tied the school’s record of 146 strikeouts in a conference season, set in 1970. The game remained scoreless until the sixth inning. There Grobe led off with a single, was bunted to second by Hurdle and went to third on a wild pitch. Hawthorne scored the senior second baseman with a sacrifice fly. In the eighth, Grobe and Hurdle both walked and Hawthorne knocked in the two final scores with a double. Texas’ game in Arkansas was rained out Saturday and postponed until Sunday. The Razorbacks’ lone run was un earned, gained after Arvis Harper struck out, but reached first base on a passed ball. He scored on two Ar kansas singles. The conference championship is the eighth unshared title for the Ag gies. They have shared the crown on three other occasions in its 63 years of existence. Texas has won it 46 times. The other conference teams account for only three cham pionships. This will mark the third consecu tive year for the Aggies to enter the NCAA national tournament. Two years ago, Texas went on to win the national championship. Last year the Aggies were defeated in re gional play by Arizona, the eventual national champs. crown Aggie shortstop, Harry Francis, slides into Houston’s second base- man, breaking up a dou ble play. A&M won the game, 3-0, completing a three game sweep with the Cougars. 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So far, Starr has taken first place in bowling with 395 points, first place in the 100-yard swim and sec ond place in weight lifting, pressing 100 pounds, or 80 per cent of her weight. Hallaran placed second in the 100-yard swim and third place in weight lifting, pressing 110 pounds. As the final event, the obstacle course will be run Thursday in G. Rollie White Coliseum on the Texas A&M campus. The games started April 11 and will last until Thursday, April 28, when the “superstars” will be cho sen according to their total points earned. Winners will be named in women’s and men’s divisions. Starr and Hallaran entered the games simply for fun, but found that the experience offered more than that. “It offers those in organized sports a chance to get a taste of someone else’s sport,” Starr said. “You find out that you may be better at another sport than you think, and it is a break from the reg ular season.” she said. 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