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^Chandler happy letj Aggie coach honored; signs top prospect THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1977 Page 9 »strip( By PAUL MCGRATH Battalion Sports Editor 'hundred,I Tom Chandler has two reasons to rtators * mile these days, was ctieJOne, he was just named to the ieexam Imerican Association of College lich pulle laseball Coaches Hall of Fame, the ster And two, he recently signed Perry Swanson, the most outstand- out oftlfH player in Nevada, to an Aggie Lee Do scholarship. I 'u° n ^“Induction ceremonies will be held at the annual AACBC conven- " tion next January in Atlanta, Ga. Sibhandler has been in charge of Texas A&M baseball teams for 19 seasons, winning 421 games and Hr Southwest Conference titles, liluding this year’s crown. He was s l ' " the conference and District raing tk last. picked a sirs tosw ouple of is one| )f Jcoach of the Year. Chandler is >r anotliei waiting Jfoapast president of the AACBC. ‘‘I am deeply honored to fiected,” Chandler said. "I am par- e was (jcularly pleased on behalf of Texas 'is, hut w hose administration and ath- the Mi' gtic council have provided the re- 3,000-miItp rces and support for us to have a nationally prominent baseball pro gram . “The future of college baseball is very bright with increased atten dance and closer cooperation with professional baseball. More than half of the players drafted in the re cent major league draft chose to play college baseball instead of sign ing with a pro team. “It is becoming more e.vident to the fans that the calihre of player in college baseball in improving every year. I am very proud to be as sociated with college baseball and to be honored by my colleagues.” Concerning the acquisition of Swanson, Chandler said, “We are very excited to get a player of Swan son’s calibre. He has the ability to step right in and battle for job in the starting rotation .” Swanson is a right hander out of Rancho High School in Las Vegas. He posted a 7-1 record last season while maintaining an earned run average of 0.54. He was seventh round pick of the Chicago White Sox in last June’s free agent draft. But as if an example of Chandler’s statement about players choosing college baseball instead of joining the pros, Swanson decided to sign with the Aggies after turning down such collegiate baseball pow erhouses as Arizona, Arizona State and Southern California. Texas A&M also signed six other athletes to letters of intent. Mark Wariner, a third baseman from Houston Milby, was a second team all-American selection at San Jacinto Junior College and will play for the Aggies next spring. Wayne Meason, a first baseman from Euless Trinity and Paris Junior College; John Seale, an outfielder from Brazoswood and Panola Junior College; Rubin Coronado from Dal las Sunset and Paris JC; Gary Bryant from Panola JC; and Randall McDonald from Fort Worth East ern Hills also signed with A&M. “We feel we got exactly what we needed—help in the infield and out field and some strong left-handed hitters,” Chandler said. ' fly down ot in Fell see me skate.” omen not so far behind athletes says doctor \J ec In 1976, American woman Miki Irman ran a marathon in two lours, 39 minutes and 11 econds—fast enough to have won B men’s Olympic gold medal in B6, 1900, 1908 or 1924. |Fifty years ago, a woman became B first person ever to swim the u jhglish Channel, and today the fas- Jt times for the channel H fossing—in both directions—are held by women. nd in shorter events female mers from East Germany, the . and Australia regularly turn in aster times than male swimmers fbm many other countries. n t res[ rom his himself! .11 of which adds up to a convinc- rebuttal to the old “self-evident” ith that biological reasons alone vent women from equalling men ports. omen may never hit a baseball ^ far as Mickey Mantle or serve a eater ]«« n ' S as hard as Jimmy Con- I lor.s But in other sporting events 1 hey may be biologically superior to nen. !^. ne .PLong-distance running and r<12 Jfrnming provide a case in point. 111 )r. Joan Ullyot, a doctor of sports s ! ls nedicine and herself a runner, says a vomen have more body fat than hen, so even after men have used [Hindi ^ t [ le j r source G f energy (carbohy- 'eignu fates) women can keep going on ith 1115 eir body fat. This allows women to run or swim P tit nual F > u list ii famed 1 d a tn farther, if not necessarily faster, than men, she says—and it may ex plain the female dominance of English Channel swimming. In shorter races as well as the long-distance events women’s times are progressively catching up with men’s. The women’s 100-meter world record was first recognized in 1934 at 11.7 seconds. For the same year the men’s record was 10.3 sec onds, a superiority of 13.6 percent. By 1954 the difference in the two records had declined to 11.8 per cent, and in 1974 to 9.1 percent. Recently, the women’s record dropped below 11 seconds for the first time. Between 1934 and 1974 the difference between men’s and women’s 800-meter records also dropped steadily—from 24.6 per cent to 11.4 percent. In swimming women’s perform ances are on the average closer to those of men than in running. And the women’s rate of improvement in times has been greater than the men’s. The average difference between the 15 recognized male and female world records in 1976 stood at 9.2 percent. For seven of these events in which both male and female rec ords were recognized in 1956 the average difference stood at 12.2 percent. Predicting the future is always a risky business, but all the figures offered chant but re ( ie r<X> stand M 'Ve fir OH MV GOSH ! I ALMOST - FOfiSOT JULY 8* IS WORKSHOP |?ESISTOTOM W THE cm=T 6HOE C0M& JOfM U£> IM the BASEMEklf <3F Tl\£ , FO£ )UFO£MATIOW Cm. S4F-/fa3l. 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While women may be improving their performance, compared with men, they’ve been sadly neglected in the U.S., according to WOMENSPORTS magazine, which reports that American universities spend little more than two percent of their total athletic budget on wo men’s sports. “Money is a big part of making a program go, and men’s sports have tremendous control over it,” says women’s coach Kathy Scott. Enthusiasm is fine, she says, but you can’t really do a good job with out money. American women who are com petitive and successful are taunted about their loss of “femininity,” say Dr. Thomas Boslooper and Marcia Nayes in their book “The Feminin ity Game. Worrying about their femininity, they lose the will to win adds .one coach, “If you don’t be lieve in yourself, you won’t beat anybody.” Ultimately, women’s success in sports will depend on their own heads, says Dr. Bos looper. 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