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Page 10 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1979 Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley Aggie right fielder Shelton McMath flies into are not flying so high this season as tough second to break up double play against Okla- breaks have knocked the defending SWC homa City earlier in the year. But the Aggies champs out of contention for the title. Legends of golf play again United Press International AUSTIN — The Legends of Golf, a nostalgia-filled tournament which produced a thrilling finish in its in augural year, will be conducted next week for the second time over the rolling, scenic Onion Creek Club course. Club officials have been con cerned for the past two weeks about the condition of Onion Creek’s greens, some of which were infected by a fungus brought on by persistent spring rains. The 12th green, which has often been underwater this spring, was closed to play by members last week, but tournament chairman Mike Campbell said the greens have sur vived the threat. “The greens are all fine now,” Campbell said. “The 12th hole was the one that was the worst, but we will be able to play it. The only thing that would hurt would be to get a lot more rain.” Sam Snead, 66, and Gardner Dic kinson, 51, will be back to defend their title, won last year when Snead birdied the final three holes. That birdie binge allowed Snead and Dic kinson to finish a shot ahead of Kel Nagle and Peter Thompson. A player must be at least 50 years of age and must have won a major championship or been a member of the Ryder Cup team in order to re ceive an invitation to the nationally televised tournament. Among the likely challengers to Snead and Dickinson this year will be the teams of Julius Boros-Roberto DeVicenzo (which finished third last year) and Art Wall-Tommy Bolt. Wall, winner of the 1959 Masters, is making his first appearance in the tourney. Bolt teamed with Mike Souchak last year. Other pairings this year will in clude Gene Sarazen and Bob Goal by, Cary Middlecoff and Bob Rosburg, Chick Harbert and Bob Toski, Paul Runyan and Lou Wor sham, Jimmy Demaret and George Fazio, Souchack and Jackie Burke Jr., Jerry Barber and Jack Fleck, brothers Jay and Lionel Hebert, Nagle and Walter Burkemo, Ralph Guldahl and Christy O’Conner, Doug Ford and Bob Hamilton, Dick Mayer and Jim Ferrier, and amateurs Keith Compton and John Klein. ►♦MANOR EAST 3** Deer Hunter 8 p.m. Only Mon.-Frl. Buck Rogers 7:20-9:45 Fast Break 7:15-9:35 ^★SKYWAY TWIN*-* The Exorcist plus Carrie Hometown USA plus Class of ’74 *★★★ CAMPUS ★★★★ Midnight Express A PARAMOUNT ROEASE tWRRICANE CINEMA II Daily 5:10 7:25 9:40 THE CHINA SYNDROME ]ACK LEMMON JANE FONDA MICHAEL DOUGLASF l vD i ■ x v 'V' U° PIZZA & SUBS FAST-FREE DELIVERY! 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Dan Devine and the Fighting Irish surely got tired of answering the question after Notre Dame lost two home games in a row last year. And no doubt, some people are wonder ing what’s wrong with the Houston Astros, who are uncharacteristically ahead in the National League West this late in the season. The, Texas A&M University baseball team, while not having to worry about being on top in its league, is faced with that pesky little question — what’s wrong? This year the Aggies, who won back-to-back Southwest Conference championships in 1977 and 1978, re turned six starters from the ’77 team and seven starters from last year’s team. A third consecutive cham pionship was envisioned by players, coaches, fans and even opponents. And there was good reason for the Aggies’ optimism prior to the open ing of the 1979 season. Mark Thur mond, who had 1.90 and 2.12 ERAs the two previous seasons, would re turn to the mound. Mark Ross, Texas A&M’s all-SWC tournament pitcher in 1978, had another season left. Kyle Hawthorne, who hit .310 with 14 home runs and 53 RBIs, would be back. And of the three new players in the Aggies’ starting line-up, two were experienced junior college transfers and one, Mark Warriner, started at third base for the Aggies in ’78 before a knee injury limited him to designated hitter duties. So what went wrong? Well, the Aggies’ first SWC loss came at the right hand of Rice’s Allan Ramirez, which is nothing to be ashamed of. Then Baylor took a double-header from Texas A&M. And TCU beat the Aggies once. Fi nally, when Thurmond lost the open ing game of last Saturday’s double- header with Texas Tech, the Aggies knew that there would be no third SWC championship. They knew that something had gone wrong. But what? Robert Verde is in a unique posi tion on the Texas A&M team. Last year, as a senior, he played third base for the champions. This year he is an assistant to Coach Tom Chan dler, He has had the chance to exam ine the differences between this sea son and previous seasons. “We’ve lost a lot of close ball games,” Verde said. “The only thing that’s really wrong is that we re not getting the breaks this year. Baseball is a game of breaks and were just not getting the breaks. That’s the whole difference between the last two sea sons and this season.” Thurmond agrees that a drop-in hit here and a fly-out there could have made the difference for the Ag gies this year. “Last year we were able to win a lot of the close games,” Thurmond said. “This year we’ve lost a lot of the close games. We’ve made little mis takes that senior ball clubs shouldn’t make.” Indeed, last year the Aggies won 11 conference games by two runs or less while losing two close contests. This year they have already lost five games by two runs or less. “We haven’t been able to do the things in the late part of the game that it takes to win games, ” Chandler said. “For example, we haven’t been executing our bunting or we’ve had some faulty base running. In order to be a great team you must be able to do those things.” Could attitude possibly be a prob lem for the Aggies? “We expected a better season,” Thurmond said of the Aggies, who are presently in third place with an 11-6 conference record. “But I think everybody knew we had to work hard to win. I don’t think we became complacent. I don’t think we were over confident. Verde said that he sees no differ ence in the Aggies’ desire to win. “Once you’ve won, there’s no way you’re not going to want to win again,” he said. “I’ve heard people say, ‘They’re too overconfident. They’re too cocky.’ Everybody on that field knows that we can get beat any day of the week. No, I don’t think they’re over confident.” Concern was voiced before the season began as to whether or not the Aggies could replace some of the players they lost last season. “We’ve got the people,” Verde said. “In my opinion we’vegotl) talent than last year. We’vegtf|| of people back from the 1 years. We’ve got two junior^ L transfers (Bryan Little at shut, Vol- and Simon Glenn incenterfieU M6 F don’t see any way youcansiyj I the talent is not here.” And while Chandler admilsj I the Aggies’ pitching staff is “tlj I Thurmond points out thatet £ thing cannot be blamed on thej spot in the pitching rotation. .3 pB “Look at Ross and me,” the,!* li] left-hander said. "He’s already one more conference game tkj I did last year and I’ve lost two a K than I lost last year. I<’ ’ conference games last year.” It is hard to pinpoint exactld went wrong this season for tkl| Aggies. 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