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THE BATTALION
SDAY, APRIL 4, 1978
Aggies win minus Mosley and Dickey
By SEAN PETTY
The Texas A&M men’s track team
had a point to make Saturday and
made it beyond the shadow of a
doubt.
The Aggies wanted to prove they
could win a track meet without the
services of Mike Mosley and Curtis
Dickey, two of the team’s top point
getters. Mosley and Dickey are in
volved in spring training with the
Texas A&M football team.
Well, the Ags did win the Dallas
Invitational Track meet, beating two
powerful teams, University of Hous
ton and Oklahoma University.
The first event in the running fi
nals was a setback to the Ags when
Phillip Steen pulled up because of a
cramp. Steen was running the final
leg of the 400-meter relay with the
Aggies in second place when he had
to stop running. Oklahoma won that
event and assumed the lead with
Houston a close second and A&M
third.
From then on everything started
to go well for Aggie thinclads.
The Ags started by placing three
in the top six of the discus. Steve
Stewart had the best effort placing
second with a toss of 180 feet 2
inches. Tim Scott took third with a
177-foot-4-inch throw. Randy Scott
placed sixth with a throw of 160 feet
5 inches.
The Aggies kept cutting away at
the leaders by scoring in more of the
field events. Ron Keys placed fifth
in the high hump with a 6-foot-7-
inch leap. Pat Ruehle managed to
overcome the 20 mph wind and
finish third in the pole vault with a
vault of 16 feet 7 inches. Mike
Newsom threw the javelin 204 feet 6
inches to take third in that event.
David Roger placed fifth in the tri
ple jump with a jump of 46 feet 2
inches. Finally, Randy Scott placed
third in the shot put with a 54-
foot-3-inch toss and Tim Scott
placed fourth with a toss of 53 feet 5
inches.
Then came the running events
where the Aggies had only one first
place, but had enough depth to
overcome Oklahoma by the end of
the meet.
In the 110-meter hurdles Billy
Busch ran a 13.89 to place third and
qualify for the national meet. Kent
Figgs placed fourth in that event
with a time of 14.02.
Ray Books placed third in the
100-meter dash with a time of 10.04.
Then came the 400-meter dash
where the Ags made their move.
Before the race A&M was one point
behind Oklahoma, 75-76. The Ags
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had four men make it to the finals.
Arthur Williams won the event with
a 47.09 clocking, running the final
100 meters into a 25 mph wind. Les
lie Kerr placed third with a time of
48.21 and Vernon Pittman placed
sixth with a time of 49.21.
The Aggies increased their lead
with Billy Busch and Kent Figgs
scoring in the 400-meter hurdles.
Busch took second with a time of 53.
27 and Figgs placed fifth in a time of
53.99.
Senior captain Manfred Kohrs
captured two seconds to help the
Aggies. Kohrs finished a step be
hind Oklahoma’s Randy Wilson in
the 1,500-meter run in a time of
3:54.95. Hen then placed second in
the 5,000-meter run in a time of
15:18.57. Lane Mitchell took sixth
in the 1,500-meter run with a time
of 3:58.26.6
Tony Wheeler and Tom Glass
finished third and fourth, respec
tively, in the 800-meter run.
Wheeler ran a 1:52.19 and Glass ran
a 1:52. 92.
Although the Aggies had scored
points throughout, Oklahoma was
still in striking range and after the
200-meter dash where the Sooners
placed third and fourth to A&M’s
second, the team championship
came down to the 1,600-meter re
lay. Ray Brooks, who had the best
day for the Aggies had a 21.13 in the
200-meter dash, ran the first leg of
the 1,600-meter relay team and
placed third in the 100-meter dash.
Brooks gave the Aggies a slight
lead after his leg, handing off to
Vernon Pittman who was almost
knocked down by the man from
Oklahoma. Pittman gave the baton
to Arthur Williams who opened up
the Aggies lead going into the final
handoft. Williams gave the baton to
Leslie Kerr who ran an excellent leg
fighting off Oklahoma’s Randy Wil
son down the final stretch into the
wind. The Aggies finished with a
time of 3:12. 90. The Aggies also
have one of the top 1,600-meter
relay times in the nation.
The Aggies wound up with 129
points to Oklahoma s 124 while
Houston had 108, SMU had 85,
Oklahoma State 46, East Texas State
25, North Texas State 9.
Pro baseball
at Texas A&M
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By DAVID BOGGAN
Battalion Sports Staff
Local fans of Texas baseball are in
for a treat tomorrow when one of the
state’s leading university teams
squares off with one of Texas pro
fessional clubs.
The Aggies of Texas A&M,
ranked eighth in the nation, will
host the Houston Astros as part of
the continuing festivities in newly
opened Olsen Field.
Does it sound like a mismatch?
Well, maybe it is, but the Aggies are
eager to play the Astros.
“The team is just thrilled to play
on the same field with the Astros,”
A&M coach Tom Chandler said.
“This is a great thing for college
baseball. This kind of exhibition
game really promotes our program. ”
The Astros will play the Univer
sity of Houston tonight. They will
spend the afternoon in College? Sta
tion tomorrow before leaving for
Cincinnati to meet the Reds in their
season opener.
Chandler took the Aggies to
Florida in 1974 to play the Kansas
City Royals minor league team, but
this will be his first match-up with a
major league club.
“I’m really looking forward to it,”
the Aggie coach said with a grin.
“The Astros are a fine ball club with
great speed.
“I think the fans will see a good
ball game. Houston will be bringing
in their front line players. The fans
will get to see great stars like Cesar
Cedeno, Roger Metzger, Bob Wat
son and Jose Cruz, who was the As
tros Most Valuable Player last year.
I believe.”
Chandler plans to let his entire
pitching staff get a chance to strike
out a professional baseball player by
rotating his pitchers freely.
"I will start Thurmond, Chan
dler said. “Then 111 let Pieczynski
pitch for two'innings. Then 1 11 play
ned;
McMath out for season?
By RENEE’ PEVOTO
Shelton McMath, who has started
for the Aggie baseball team in
right field the last two years, may
be out for the rest of the season.
McMath had torn cartilage on the
inside of his knee that required
surgery. He is expected to be out for
six to eight weeks. “If by chance we
go to the college world series, 1
might be ready by then, McMath
said.
McMath injured his knee last fall.
He reinjured it in the pre-game
warm-up of the Rice game .
“I was throwing in from the out
field when I came in to pick up a
ground ball and my knee buckled up
on me inside, McMath said.
He started all but two games dur
ing his sophomore year and he was
platooned during his freshman year.
McMath attributes his baseball
abilities to the coaching he has re
ceived through the years and “grow
ing up playing baseball.” He said
that he feels that his high school
coach, John Crain of Houston
Westbury, is one of the main rea
sons he got a scholarship. “He was a
good coach and he sent lots of letters
to schools to help me, McMath
said. “One coach that helped me get
a scholarship here was Tommy
Korenek, who is a summer league
coach.” McMath s abilities are not
limited to baseball. He quarter-
backed his high school varsity foot
ball team his junior and senior
years. He was awarded most valu
able player in football and baseball
as a senior, and all-District in
baseball both his junior and senior
years. Superstitions are not tra-
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