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Page 6 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1978 Injury-riddled Ags play Bears in Wa By DERRICK GRUBBS The injury-ridden Texas A6cM baseball ttiam travels to Waco this weekend for a three-game SWC se ries against the Baylor Bears that could determine a new league leader. Currently, Arkansas is on top with a 9-3 record, but the Bears and Aggies are both close behind in the standings at 8-4 and 6-3 respec tively. Should A&M sweep the se ries with Baylor, and Arkansas lose just one game to SMU this weekend up in Dallas, the Ags would become the SWC frontrunner by a matter of percentage points. But sweeps in this league are hard A ■ kas > Jerry Glower will be speaking at the Baptist Student Union Monday, April 3 at 12:15. Jerry Glower, Country Music's top funny man, is the most sought after humorist in country music today. He is a veteran guest of dozens of talk shows and hosts the Nationally Syndicated Variety Show, Nashville on the Road. Jerry is the author of the delightful best seller Ain't God Good. He is called the Will Rogers of the new south from the Atlanta Journal, and the Chicago Tribune says, “One of the greatest and funniest story-tellers in the long history of that much appreciated art...” The “mouth of Mississippi”, with all of his home spun and priceless antidotes told as only he can tell them, will be speaking at The Baptist Student Union — Come hear Jerry Glower, the “mouth of the Mississippi”, as he brings us his home spun humor as only he can tell them! MANOR EAST 3 THEATRES MANOR EAST MALL /IANUEL L. WOLF Presents LAURENCE OLIVIER ROBERT DUVALL KATHARINE ROSS TOMMY LEE JONES JANE ALEXANDER i. HAROLD ROBBINS'THE BETSY LESLEY-ANNE DOWN JOSEPH WISEMAN EDWARD HERRMANN PAUL RUDD KATHLEEN SELLER Screenplay by WILLIAM BAST and WALTER BERNSTEIN Music JOHN BARRY Produced by ROBERT R. WESTON Directed by DANIEL PETRIE An Allied Artists/Harold Robbins International Production Pn I p» f -«TT»»*vTT'i>L^n An Allied Released |R| RESTRICTED The Fever is Spreading SPECIAL RETURN ENGAGEMENT fcNUAGEMENT %| r ‘•WE BEST L0« STOMOfTH'SOEC0:’’ ‘This is a picture I cherish, one of the most endearing romantic comedies in the history of movies. ‘Annie Hall’ —welcome to the Hall of Fame.” —Gene Shalit, NBC-TV WOOD/ DIANE TONY CAROL FALL JANET SHELLEY CHRISTOPHER COLLEEN ALLEN KEATON ROBERTS KANE SIMON MARGOLIN DUVALL WALKEN DEWHIJRST 'ANNIE HALL A JACK ROLLINS-CHARLES H, JOFFE PRODUCTION Written by WOODY ALLEN and MARSHALL 8RICKMAN - Directed by WOODV ALLEN SPGlivartAL gumwtt aismgj Produced by CHARLES H. JOFFE S|p United Artists * Transam£ r,ca Company skyway,twin HENRY WINKLER I *he THE ONE AND ONLY CAMPUS Deliver her from evil. SMOKEY and THE BANDIT ALL SEATS $1.50 0k PLUS LIFEGUARD PLUS DEADLY HERO FRI-SAT MIDNIGHT PETER SELLERS IN UNDERCOVER HEROES 30 MIN UTE MEEQtmm to come by, especially on foreign grounds. “It’s always tough to win in Waco, says A&M coach Tom Chandler. "Baylor has a veteren team this year with outstanding power and overall good balance. All of the hitters in their lineup have the capability to put one out of the park.” For sure, the umpires working the A&M-Baylor series will be hard-pressed to keep enough baseballs on hand. Baylor’s diamond is well-known as a hitter’s park with short outfield fences and a stiff wind that is usually blowing out. Field a pair of power-hitting teams like A&M and Baylor under these condi tions and it’s liable to result in quite a few slow trots around the base paths. But the Aggies are hurting. To begin with, they will he with out the services of their starting rightfielder Shelton McMath. The strong-armed junior suffered a torn cartlidge in his left knee during pre-game warmups prior to the se ries opener against Rice last Friday. McMath is scheduled to undergo surgery sometime within the next ten days and will be out for the re mainder of the 1978 season. ft weeks ago. Catcher Buster Turner ti®,, elbow that was injured! against Minnesota. Kfon And, third baseman Mail)■ j riner is still hindered by ak.B e a ” c extended knee that has kept|^BS ()ne of the lineup — except as^N '' nated hitter — since theinjkB 16 j curred Mar. 5 in the SWcJ* ffe ^ ,,1 | against Houston. W,, j. All hut McMath and Warri(P a '‘ l , expected to be in thestarting|« Tl l 11 fl Friday when A&M meetsijB' ,, (lie series opener at 3 p.m, ■ (,ss ’ The order Chandler «|B e ’ w , against the Bears, with theiij®?' n ? hatting averages, will have iB ie (.343) at shortstop, Robert (.250) at third base, Gan®, 11 ™ (.314) in rightfield, KyleHwM . i 11 ' (.312) at first base, Rodney (.220) the designated hitter,Ik 11 '' (.315) in centerfield, TinFpjB ret<) (.267) in left field, Turner |j||t nes catcher and Randv WoodnifW 1111 ^' Centerfielder Mike Hurdle is playing with a pulled hamstring that has been plaguing him all season. Shortstop Robert Bonner has a very tender left shoulder that was bruised in the Texas series two at second base. Feickert stepped in las! [I after McMath went do\vn»i|I knee injury and did a soli going 2-for-3 with three mj Friday s 8-3 win over Rice. Another bright new A&M lineup has been \LjjJ who won the starting job at* base after his outstandingdfb| performance in theTexassi weekends ago. The Teu sophomore has also givenllJ (See BAYLOR pagesetJ