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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1976 orts Page 7 0W A '“ericj, Kroups Jusli, Lain # j s . of Ik was; of tk handler named o coach U.S. team Ot By DERRICK GRUBBS i'om [Chandler, head baseball ch at Texas A&M University, been named to head the nn-ehik staff of the United LwtTtes national team competing Othe 25th World Amateur aplts^eball Championship Tonr- J nisi-ient in Italy later this sum- He be - i 'w:;| iant l] or a member of the a erican Association of College ! eball Coaches Hall of Fame, Me dean of baseball coaches in I 9 Southwest and has just com- ’‘tedlhis 20tli season at the ;i<? ■elm. In 1978, he guided M to its second stn light i ithwest Conference cham- Uship and its 18th consecutive ning season, finishing 19-5 in ' C play and 39-16 overall. "This is my first experience at thing on the international aid,” said Chandler. I m eer ily looking forward to the rid ^Ournament games and '.clung some of the top co liege yers in America. The compe- m will be tremendous. Cuba Japan should have outstand- teams. Puerto Rico, them t the llotnc net Tom Chandler Nicaragua and Venezuela have played good baseball for years and I understand Italy and Hol land have improved their pro grams tremendously in the past few years. “The future is bright for amateur baseball at the interna tional level. Chandler added. “We re seeing it occur already to a degree with Japan. Last season a Japanese team visited Arizona and played a series of games with Arizona State and the University of Arizona. Then there is the USA-Japan College All-Star se ries that has been played for the last several summers on a home-and-home basis. Also, coaching clinics have spread our game of baseball thoughout the other countries of the world.’ Selection of players for the United States team will begin within the next two weeks and continue until a squad of about 22 players is comprised. Most of the players will be picked from the top summer leagues around the nation — such as the Cape Cod, Central Illinois, Atlantic Coast and Alaskan Leagues — as well as various independent teams around the country. The players and coaches will meet in Anchorage, Alaska on Aug. 6 and compete in a tourna ment Aug. 11-23 against teams from Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kenai and three or four foreign national teams before going overseas for the World Cham pionship Tournament. Campbell, Still debut tonight United Press International KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The two top players selected in the 1978 col lege draft — Earl Campbell and Art Still — make their professional de buts tonight in a rookie exhibition game between the Houston Oilers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Campbell, the 1977 Heisman Trophy recipient from Texas, was the No. 1 player taken in the draft by the Oilers while Still, an All- America defensive end at Kentucky, was the second player chosen by the Chiefs. Campbell led the nation in rush ing and scoring last season with 1,744 yards and 114 points. The cat-quick fullback averaged 6.5 yards per carry and scored 18 of his 19 touchdowns on the ground. He will be co-featured in the Houston backfield along with Brigham Young quarterback Gifford Nielson. Still was the first defensive line man drafted in the opening round by the Chiefs since Buck Buchanon in 1963. He will anchor a rookie de fense that could produce as many as five starters for Kansas City by the season opener in Cincinnati Sept. 3. Others on the Kansas City de fense who stand excellent chances of stepping into starting berths arejde- fensive end Sylvester Hicks, noseguard Dwight Carey and ofbits face it: Volleyball will never ng tatie football as America’s ps of .-r one sport. rightt it won t be because Miloslav l<>h. Jftmd his buddies didn t try. shtnl 1 ' 1 arp about 140 other world tail coaches are at Texas A& M a! notfsity this month bolding the is afterational Volleyball Coaches •ing. Hence. impart conference, sponsored by the grawitional Volleyball Federation i\ blasted by Texas AN M s Health nday.ihysftal Education Depart- jearant-is being attended by coaches In United States and 13 later - countries. 32,1k I don’t think volleyball will Jle-cwPPlatte football as your coun- le bodimber one sport, said Ejem, mtly ihoslbvakian volleyball coach, mudrport, however, is a good one .ctators. ingithe World Cup matches ■^-www^r-v. in Mexico, sometimes 15,000 to 20,000 people would attend a game. It is a small game though and some times quite difficult for many people to watch. T guess it really has to be limited to a small group of spectators, he continued. “At least the very large groups of people that attend soccer matches and your football games would have a very hard time seeing a volleyball match. Though volleyball may have its spectator drawbacks, the game isn t limited in world popularity. The sport claims 70,000 players in Czechoslovakia. “Volleyball is a traditional sport in my country,’’ Ejem observed. “Czechoslovakia was the second country in the world to join the IVBF when they signed in 1921. "But to us in middle Europe, the game is played mainly for fun, he mused. "It’s a leisure time activity played by both men and women.” The fact that the sport can be played by men or women, on sepa rate or mixed teams, is one of the reasons it’s gaining in popularity, he said. “It’s a very social game in Europe. Sometimes we play it out doors by the water and go swim ming afterwards. 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Texas Ave linebackers Gary Spani and Danny Johnson. “It will be a big challenge, both personally and for the team,” said Still. “But remember, it’s not one individual that wins a game. It takes all 11 players. You can’t depend on one man. If you start keying on one, you lose sight of the other running back and you’re in trouble.” Kansas City will split its quarter- backing duties between second year man Mark Vitali and veteran free agent Dennis Shaw. The Chiefs had originally planned to use fourth round draft pick Pete Woods but he injured a knee during an intramural softball game at Missouri last spring and has been held out of contact at the Kansas City training camp. 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Find out today what the Air Force has to offer by contacting Sgt. Robert Gallegos 3031 Cross view Houston, Texas 77063 713 226-5468 mojJJM A great way of life. choslovakian coach on campus i Volleyball is traditional Czech sport