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THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1979 Page 11 the sports l euther, three players leave A&M Ags head for land of opportunity By SEAN PETTY Battalion Sports Editor people talk about next years Texas A&M basketball team thty talk about a possible Southwest Conference championship. A bit tvine a t P remature m aybe but look what the cancerpat®8 ies have S oin g- or coming back ie technJ^V 5 ’ in ST e V ° r - pThere will be live starters return- ng Centt ^ om a team w hich set a school : 1 •, "record with 24 wins and advanced to . j- , thk third round of the National In- SC0 mtional Tournament. They also i (finished the season third place in < pe an g record and lentSin ^sef 10 school records. o • i.c t And if you take a cruise around sintheme*/ .. .u-. going on fc the rest of the SWC, you see that last year’s powers, Texas and Arkan- i ., > sas, will be more or less powerless. "j 1 ’ 1 f^'The Hogs will be Sidney Moncrief- 0 less and the Horns lost four of five u l lieentjj Starters from their NCAA playoff i j *Biit why talk about basketball at “ had ? al so early? rememberaL,, „ .i „ . ■Well, the mam reason anyone l a, be talking about the Aggie basketball team at this time of the 1 " 1 1 1 [year would be the recent personnel , , Binges and how they will affect the e\ n Someone may ask, why did he said. A&M players transfer to other then asWR 00 } s j us t recently? Or why did ppinga»aiLJg 0 f th e assistant coaches decide to leave A&:M for San Antonio? Well, sorry Watergate fans, there is no big scandal or mass exodus oc- curing in the Texas A&M basketball program. And believe it or not, no one is leaving with hard feelings. The recent personnel changes can be summed up in one word: oppor tunity. For the three players, 6-10 center Doug Pederson, 6-6 forward Albert Culton and 6-5 forward Tyrone Emerson, the opportunity to play more basketball at another school than they played at A&M presented itself so they are transferring to Lone Star Conference schools. Aggie assistant coach Norm Reuther is leaving the hardwood floors of A&M’s G. Rollie White Coliseum for the carpeted floors of a Cadillac showroom in San Antonio. It was an offer he couldn’t refuse. Metcalf said the three players were “relocated’’ which means Met calf and his staff helped them find other schools by contacting other coaches who may be interested. “Everyone is happy,” said Aggie head basketball coach Shelby Met calf. “Pederson, Emerson and Cul ton wanted to play more and they knew they wouldn’t get the chance to play as much as they wanted to here next year. “I guess I was most surprised with Doug wanting to go somewhere else because he was so close to getting a degree here. I didn’t realize basket ball meant that much to him. “But overall, it was a friendly situation.” Emerson, who was redshirted last year and has never played for A&M, will go to Sam Houston State along with Culton who played only 133 minutes for the Aggies last year. Pederson may get to play against Culton and Emerson as he plans to go to Southwest Texas State. Peder son played a total of 143 minutes last season. Metcalf said that the three players will have to sit out 18 weeks but will be able to play most of next season at their respective schools. “I know both coaches (at Sam Houston and Southwest Texas) are very happy to have these guys play for them,” Metcalf said. “Albert is happy because it was his choice and Doug is very excited about getting the chance to play a lot next year.” Another man who is excited about his future duties is Reuther who is planning to start selling cars in San Antonio next February. “I’m not leaving A&M because of any hard feelings,” Reuther said, “it’s just that I can’t pass up a great opportunity like this. I know it’s going to be different from coaching but I look at it as an interesting change. There is the potential for ypnosisisu teenagers dominate draft United Press International 1 YORK — Albert Cham- IjB, a high school first baseman- ” Bfielderfrom Harrisburg, Pa., was dpcted Tuesday by the Seattle •iprincrs to open the 15th annual if fee agent baseball draft. 1.Jlllphambers, 18, a left-handed hat er and thrower, graduates today Bn Harrisburg High School. He is s part of tkBot-4 and weighs 210 pounds, aorized l^HHal Keller, director of player de- attacked tBpment for the Mariners, said, s after i chambers has the best bat I’ve in the iSen for a high school player since bducted ^Burroughs, who was the nation’s him for $1 fepiber one pick in 1969. He has a was rescoBy short, quick stroke and tre- 15. nqndous power.” heldundenpChamhers, nicknamed “Choo )ital in RidBo,” batted . 484 in 22 games as a ajira state Wfior. with seven doubles, four tri- ijated bysWles. four homers and 28 RBI. ■he New York Mets, selecting lief V. E i(8f>nd, chose right-handed pitcher , public Efim Leary, from UCLA. Leary, a Houston !0-year-old junior from Santa 1 to Colo: Monica, Calif., ran up a 12-3 mark ) the case 'Hthe Bruins, tying a school record sed in Homfcr most victories in a season. In 22 tal costs Bes, he threw 145 innings to set a Spradleipool record, with 10 complete es and an ERA of 2.72. Leary 111 strikeouts, one less than the fCLA record, walked 60 and gave J jp 124 hits. Is C/0 Toronto picked Jay Brian |chroder, a high school catcher m Pacific Palisades, Calif. The t-handed hitter stands 6-3 and Weighs 195 pounds. Atlanta, choosing fourth, picked Brad Komminsk, an 18-year-old| residents®! school first baseman-outfielder have $2 nx® Lima, Ohio. Komminsk, who >y Lone'Tdl graduate from Shawnee High dll havetopiool this month, is 6-3 and 187j pounds. m also al!f ; Oakland had fifth pick and went rates an atjar Juan Bustabad, a 17-year-old i for 314cto 1 school infielder from Hialeah, irea. if 1 ' The switch-hitter is 5-9 and geighs 145 pounds. also exten®he St. Louis Cardinals selected ays a suspRrew Van Slyke, an 18-year-old natural gffl ry the Arl for reside outfielder from New Hartford, N.Y. Van Slyke, who bats left-handed and throws right-handed, will graduate from New Hartford High later this month. He is 6-2 and 190. Cleveland went for John Bohnet, an 18-year-old left-handed pitcher from Hogan High School in Vallejo, Calif. Bohnet, a senior, is 6-0 tall and weighs 180. Houston drafted John Mizerock, an 18-year-old high school catcher from Punxsutawney, Pa., who is 6-0 and 180. The Chicago White Sox selected Steve Buechele, a 17-year-old shortstop from Fullerton, Calif, who bats right-handed and Montreal fol lowed by picking the second college player, first baseman Timothy Wal- lach, a senior from Cal State- Fullerton. The 21-year-old right hander is 6-3 and 195. Minnesota selected high school outfielder Kevin Brandt from Nekolsa, Wis. The 17-year-old is a right-handed hitter. The Chicago Cubs went for Jonathan Perlman, a right-handed senior pitcher from Baylor Univer sity. Perlman, from Carthage, Texas, is 6-3 and 180. The 13th pick went to Detroit and the Tigers took Rick Leach, a hard hitting outfielder who quarter- backed the Michigan football team and led the Wolverines to two straight Rose Bowls. The junior left-hander, who also was drafted by the National Football League Den ver Broncos last month, is 6-1 and 180. San Diego selected 18-year-old first baseman Joe Lansford, the brother of California Angels third baseman Carney Lansford. 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BRY-CAL A PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT CO. 846-3733 24 Hours BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION AUSTIN-PLEASANTON me to make a lot of money there and I’m looking forward to the chal lenge. “I’ll miss A&M because every thing is terrific here but it’s just something I have to do.” Reuther’s leaving was no surprise to Metcalf. “He’s been talking to the man he will work for on and off for a while, ” Metcalf said. “He (the dealer) even contacted me and asked if it was O.K. for Norm to leave. The whole deal was handled very well. ” So with three players relocated and an assistant coach Central Texas bound, how does the A&M basket ball program stand? “This is the best shape we’ve been in since 1976 when we won the SWC,” Metcalf said. “We will have a lot of good senior leadership that we were lacking last year.” No one knows what the future holds for the Aggie basketball team but for now, Metcalf and his men wish the departing Aggies good luck. 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