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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1979
Semi-final action tonight
NIT tips off in New York
United Press International
SWC baseball notes
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AUSTIN — Two innings of almost
flawless pitching by reliever Jim
Acker finally put a damper on a wild
scoring Texas-Eastern Michigan
match up Sunday that the Long
horns barely won, 13-10.
Although Eastern Michigan pul
led out to an early 4-0 lead, Texas’
Andre Robertson, who made it to
first base each of his five times at
bat, helped pick away at the lead
and eventually boosted the Long
horns to a 10-4 lead.
next two innings.
Robertson provided most of the
winning margin in the eighth inning
with a single that brought in two
runs.
The win pushed the Longhorn
record to 28-1.
The scene of the National Invita
tion Tournament shifts to New
York’s Madison Square Garden to
night with Purdue still the solid fa
vorite to win the title.
The Boilermakers, who have a
26-7 record, are four-point favorites
over Alabama (22-10) in one game
tonight while the game between
Ohio State (19-10) and Indiana (20-
12) is considered a tossup.
The finals of the tournament will
be played Wednesday night at the
Garden.
New York basketball fans are ac
customed to seeing at least one
Eastern team in the finals of the NIT
so it can’t be accurately predicted
which team they will root for. That
can be an important consideration
in as much as many _players are in
timidated by their first visit to the
famous sports showcase and need a
little time to settle down.
Chances are that Indiana will find
itself unpopular because of its
victory over previously unbeaten
Alcorn State. Many New Yorkers
were hoping for the opportunity to
see the so-called “Invisible Team”
from a little town in Mississippi.
The difference in Alabama’s 72-68
third-round NIT victory over Texas
A&M Thursday night was C. M.
Newton, the four-time Southeast
Conference coach of the year, who
first calmed his rattled players and
then made an offensive switch in the
second half, switching strongman
Reggie King out of the lane and onto
the left baseline.
Purdue and Alabama have met
twice previously and each owns a
victory. Neither Newton nor
Boilermakers’ coach Lee Rose are
particularly concerned over their
next opponent if they reach the NIT
final.
Purdue played its first three NIT
rounds at home and Rose says his
squad is now excited over the pros
pect of playing in New York.
“We re really happy to be in the
NIT, said Rose as an obvious sec
ond thought to having been over
looked by the NCAA selection
committee in the “other tourna
ment now in progress. “We’d like
to play the rest of the games right
here (Lafayette, Ind.), but we got to
go to New York.”
No matter what happens, there
will be a Big Ten finalist in Wed
nesday night’s championship game
since Indiana and Ohio State play in
the other half of the semifinal doub
leheader Monday.
Rose’s Purdue squad split a pair
with both Ohio State and Indiana
during the regular Big Ten J
Indiana Coach Bobby Kni]
two close games with OhioSi
season, losing the first at Co 1 ■] 2
Ohio, 66-63 in overtimeand^f
the Buckeyes at home, 70-^1
“This is our rubber gam
son,” said Knight, who J
thankfulness for his team’s
to the NIT.
“I’ve always had a gre
and fondess for the NTT go
to my days with Army,’said
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In the seventh, however, Eastern
Michigan tagged Longhorn starter
Keith Creel for three runs before he
was yanked for reliever Tony Ar
nold. With one man on, Arnold gave
up a single to the first batter he
faced and then Eastern Michigan’s
Bryan Stemberger brought the roof
in with a three-run blast that tied
the score at 10-10.
Acker then came in in relief and
surrendered only one hit over the
LUBBOCK — Texas Tech’s
Brooks Wallace and Rusty Laughlin
collected three RBI each in the first
game Sunday to earn a split of a
double-header against TCU, taking
the opener 14-8 but dropping the
second one to the Horned Frogs,
8-1.
9 OUT OF 10 PUPPIES
PREFER THE BATTALION
At press time, the Texas A&Mr
baseball team was returning from
Florida where the Aggies partici
pated in the Hurricane Invitational
Tournament. The Battalion will'
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host Arizona Tuesday in a doub-.
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Olsen Field.
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MORNING
Now at Manor East Mall
VI Crumbles To B Company Band
“I-Spy” Participant of the Week
There is spring in the air and people are playing Intramural
Softball. Scott Hutchins should come by the IM office to pick
up his “Be Our Guest” card, redeemable for free food at
McDonalds.
A Day Of Many Facets
Saturday, March 24, is a day of
many IM events. Women’s Play-
day will provide fun and recreation
for dorm and Corps women.
Saturday is also Zip Day, a day
of fun and sports for Corps seniors,
reminiscent of their Fish Day,
their freshman year. The frisbee
competition takes place Saturday
at the polo fields. All contestants
will meet at the ski slope, Mt. Ag
gie.
An American Softball Associa
tion officials clinic will be co
sponsored by IM for officials. The
clinic will cover most of the day.
V-l had a bad day when they
met B Company Band in softball.
The day was beautiful, but B
Company overwhelmed V-l with a
16-2 victory.
V-l came to bat first with a
single by Jeff Durham. Charles
Restivo walked to first, and Dan
Branch loaded the bases with a
pop up. Jim Kirby made the first
out with a pop fly, and the men on
the bases advanced around the
diamond, scoring as Jeff Durham
crossed the plate. John Simmons
struck out and Bruce Valigura hit a
line drive to left field which
shortstop Jeff Presnal used to put
Dan Branch out at second.
Greg Brewer hit a pop up for B
Company. Jeff Presnal popped a
fly to right field and gained base on
an overthrow to second. Derek
Childers hit a grounder to the cen
ter and brought Greg in home.
David Joyce hit an infield fly that
was caught by pitcher Steve
Haight. David Hale batted a line
drive to third for a single and was
put out at second on the fly hit by
Darryl Fitzgerald and missed by
first baseman John Simmons. With
Darryl on first, Mark Rand hit an
infield fly which was caught by
catcher Jeff Durham for the third
out.
V-l started out the second in
ning with an out by their missing
player. Delmer Milligan was be
aten to first by the ball thrown by
second baseman David Joyce,
after he scooped up the left field
grounder, to first baseman Greg
Brewer. Pitcher Jim Curry drop
ped Steve Haight’s bunt. Rick
Pitts moved Steve to second with a
single. Jeff Druhan’s pop fly,
caught by right fielder John Sut
ton, put B Company up to bat.
John Sutton’s pop fly was caught
for the first out. Jim Curry hit a
single to center field and was out
at first. Greg Brewer batted a
double to right field and came in to
score on Jeff Presnal’s pop fly to
center who dropped it to give Jeff
second base. Derek Childes
brought Jeff home with a grounder
that left him on first. David Joyce’s
pop fly was caught by center
Charles Restivo. B Company went
into the field with a 5-1 advantage
at the top of the third.
Charles Restivo hit a grounder
to pitcher Jim Curry and was put
out at first by first baseman, Greg
Brewer. Dan Branch hit a pop fly
to shortstop Jeff Presnal for a sec
ond out, and pitcher Jim Curry
caught Jim Dirby’s line to second
for the third out.
David Hale made it to first on a
grounder to center field. Darryl
Fitzgerald was out at first on a base
hit. Mark Rand brought in David
and traveled around the diamond
for a home run when right fielder
Rick Pitts dropped the ball. David
Vanderbilt struck a base hit to
first. John Sutton made it to first
on a pop up. John Curry’s pop fly
was caught by center Charles Re
stivo. Greg Brewer hit a long drive
to third bringing John Sutton
across home plate and landing
himself on third base. Jeff Pres-
nal’s sacrifice was caught by
pitcher Steve Haight to put V-l up
to bat at the top of the fourth,
10-2.
John Simmons made it to sec
ond on a double. Bruce Valigura
hit a pop up to get to first base.
The absent player came up for the
first out. Delmar Milligan hit a
line drive down center to bring
John home. Steve Haight hit a pop
fly caught by right fielder John
Sutton. Rick Pitts hit a single and
was put out on third by pitcher
Jimmy Curry.
Derek Childers made a single
and David Joyce hit a pop fly for
the first out. David Hale hit a
double and Darryl Fitzgerald
slammed a line drive to the out
field bringing Derek and David
Hale home and leaving Darryl on
third. Mark Rand hit a single and
advanced to third on an overthrow
at second base with Darryl cros
sing home plate to score.
David Vanderbilt hit a pop up to
first and ran on to second while the
infielders played catch. John Sut
ton hit a pop up to center for a
single. Jimmy Curry hit a triple
advancing John Sutton across
home plate. Greg Brewer slam
med a line drive down center field
for a single. The ref called time
and the score stood 16-2 for B
Company Band.
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WOW! What a catch! Come see all the good frisbee play
the Intramural Frisbee Competition Sat. March 24.
Out Of The Hand
Handball has played out its season and a number of new win
ners have etched their names in the championship book. Congrf
and a tip of the hat to these new champs —
Ref’s Corner
Softball officials Thursday,
March 22, 267 GRW, 6:30 p.m.
Basketball officials Thursday,
March 22, 267 GRW, 7 or 8
p. m.
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Golf Doubles
March 19, Monday
Three Man Volleyball
March 19, Monday
Meetings
Advisory Council
March 19, Monday H&PE Li
brary, 8:00 p.m.
Sports Club
March 20, Tuesday
Special Events
Zip Day
March 24, Saturday
Women’s Playday
March 24, Saturday
Frisbee Competition
March 24, Saturday
Corrections
Due to circumstances beyond
our control entries for Track and
3-Man Volleyball have changed.
Entries for the April 28th Track
meet have been changed to open
April 16 and close April 24. Three
Man Volleyball entries have been
moved back to open March 19,
Monday, and close March 27,
Tuesday. Apologies for any incon
veniences.
A—University winners
Men
Class A - Dennis Corrington, Mike Werner
Class B - Paul Naughton, Bill Schlafer
Class C - Jimmy Seawright, Ricky Seawright
Women
Class A - Susan Oakleaf, Lani Jacobs
Class B - Phyllis Golden, Tammy Carlisle
Other Divisional winners
Corps
Class A - Tommy Albright, Dan Urban (D-2)
Class B - Gary Nesloney, Eric Nielson (Sq. 7)
Class C - Tim Conrow, Tom Langford (K-l)
Fish
Class A - Richard Harrison, Keith Nelson (K-l)
Class B - Gary Branch, James Salmons (K-2)
Men’s Dorm
Class A - Greg Buchanan, Darryl Taraba (Aston)
Class B - Jeff Johnson, Phil Tibbs (Crocker)
Class C - Terry Easterwood, Bill Yablon (Law)