THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1976
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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
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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
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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. It’s really a lot of
fun.
“Volleyball is still the first sport
that women in Europe are intro
duced to in school,’ Ejem con
tinued. “You just don’t find many
women soccer players.
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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.
Rookies hold
final workout
United Press International
SAN ANGELO — The Houston
Oilers Monday had a light workout in
advance of their “Grocery Bowl”
rookie game appearance against the
Chiefs tonight in Kansas City.
‘‘We thought it would work out
real well if we could get together
since we re only an hour away by
air, said spokesman Bob Hyde.
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