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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1979 Page 9 \seball at last! Aggies defeat Tigers 11-2, 3-0 ' -I** 1 ' talion photo by Bill )up performed erformance to- its, 75 cents for the door. the church com lalf of Britain's i e within the nati By DAVID BOGGAN Battalion Sports Editor i the recent rain in College it looked as though puddle |g was going to have to re- paseball as the great American e, at least in the Brazos Val- lafter a weekend of sunshine Inceled games, Texas A&M’s Field was dry Monday and 11 was once again at the top of jt which includes Mom, hot el apple pie. Yes, at long last, | season of peanuts and pop- nd Cracker Jack in Aggieland ;ain. ious to return to the baseball |id after days of practicing in joining parking lot, the Texas ies made no concession to the I of Northeast Louisiana Uni- 1, The defending Southwest ffirence champions defeated Iguests in two seven-inning 11-2 and 3-0. surprised,” Aggie first base- ioi plyle Hawthorne said of Texas A&M’s opening day performance. “Well, I’m not really surprised, but I’m very pleased with the way we played after not being able to work out. The rains, which slowed construc tion of the Aggies new baseball facility last year, this year hampered the team, which is in the process of reconstruction at some positions. “We are having to depend on a lot of young guys and people we don’t know that much about this year,” Hawthorne said. “These first games build confidence. “I know a lot of people on cam pus, those who follow baseball, are worried about us at shortstop. I’m not worried about it. I know Brian Little can do the job. And Pop (third baseman Mark Warriner) is well and Shelton (McMath, rightfielder) is well. If we can just stay healthy we ll be all right. Little, a sophomore transfer from North Carolina, is heir to the shortstop throne occupied last sea son by All-America Robert Bonner. Warriner and McMath have re covered from knee injuries suffered last season, but the Aggies are not entirely healthy. Outfielder Simon Glenn missed Monday’s games with pulled shoulder muscles. Coach Tom Chandler said that Glenn’s in jury, which occurred in an intra squad scrimmage, will take another week to heal. “It is just one of those things that is going to take time,” Chandler said. “Simon gives us one thing that we really need and that is speed. He can really move. But we will just have to wait for him to heal. “Overall, I was pleased with our performance. I thought we should have scored more in the second game. But we did seem to have some clutch hitting. For example, in the first game we were behind by two and we got a cluch hit by McMath to tie the score.” McMath’s two-run hit came in the fourth inning with Hawthorne and catcher Buster Turner scoring for Texas A&M. The Aggies scored five more runs in that inning and never looked back on the trailing Tigers. Senior right-hander Mark Ross was credited with the win as the Aggies out-hit the Tigers 9-3. In the second game, the Aggies jumped out to an early lead with Turner hitting a two-run single to left field, scoring Warriner and Mike Hurdle. The only other score of the game came when McMath knocked in Rodney Hodde on a tri ple in the sixth inning. The Aggies had five hits in the game. Senior left-hander Mark Thur mond won the shutout, striking out nine batters and giving up one hit in five innings. “It feels good to get in the win column the first day out,” Thur mond said. “I think we played real good as a team. We hit the ball good in spurts. “I think we can have a better team than we had last year. We have the ability. We have more speed. Our hitting and our pitching will come around. And the defense is always there. We re just happy to get two wins under our belts before playing U of H.” The Aggies begin SWC play im mediately, traveling to Houston this weekend. The Cougars, who have had the added advantage of indoor practice facilities, and the Aggies will play a single game Friday and a double-header Saturday. But first. Chandler’s crew must finish its series with Northeast Louisiana. The Aggies and the Ti gers play another double-header this afternoon beginning at 1 o’clock in Olsen Field. Senior right-hander John Pockrus will start in the first game for the Aggies while sopho more Randy McDonald will begin the second game for Texas A&M. WHEN YOU BUY A CALCULATOR, THINK ABOUT WHO’S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. 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Bare withdrawing our $13 mil- |ffer to Finley for purchase of jakland A s, Bartimo said from Irtli Louisiana office. |e regret our inability to strike Ihase for the team, but in view [fact that there seems to be no Iciable movement in our ef- Jwe feel that for the best inter- Ifall parties concerned, that we Ince we are ceasing our efforts Irchase the club.” Jf IHIIiaVP CILAJfJf FOR A CLASSY CUT, CALL VERONICA 846-4771 'ALTERATIONS' IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS. ‘‘DON’T GIVE UP — WE LL MAKE IT FIT!" AT WELCH'S CLEANERS, WE NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCEL LENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE SPECIALIZE IN ALTERING HARD TO FIT EVENING DRESSES, TAPERED, SHIRTS, JEAN HEMS, WATCH POCKETS. ETC. (WE’RE JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTH OF FED MART.) 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