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handler knew what to do: ake Ags proud of baseball THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1980 Page 15 Twins crush Astros, 8-3 .. mmers to a l>ampionsliip| > this week. 1 n, a seniortr . qualified^ with t nior from 8m a senior t eles, also t ’utterflvwiil] 70. -wiZSm active membes tices are , althougli o trv to use .uhikmis' (livrMj® baseball coach Tom Chandler receives a plaque from e events: slal ftletic Director Marvin Tate commemorating Chandler’s ir Kth baseball victory as an Aggie coach. That victory came i speeds att lainst Baylor March 2. Tate made the presentation during > mph 111 ' ie Aggie double-header against Texas Tech Saturday. ind consiaera™ ding, dependis Thejumpusedi AntoJ :h and helped ain the fc ord, moving k\ c fifth-place Ed Wednesday ra Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr. ftball team two more uan dMikeGaletl By JOHN BRASHER fix assists in theifS'exas A&M womens Sports Reporter softball -ter as the Spurs!® x tended its winning streak to quarter deadlotlines after sweeping a double- mc lead. B from the University of Mis- put the Spursoit|2-0 and 7-0, Monday night. 0-39, while Hi# Aggies, now 16-5 on the sea- jonce again got excellent pitch- 1 the staff recorded its 10th jiout in 21 games. ii/q-Jllhe first game, Shan McDonald tinemwi| ffed Missouri on just three : u Getyoui; <tand upped her season record ouri never mounted much of ick against the Aggies as the Icould only manage to get run ners past first base twice through the game. The Aggie offense, which has disappointed Coach Bill Galloway thus far this season, were once again fairly silent as the Aggies collected six hits in 23 at bats. Rhonda Reese led the Aggie offense with a 2-for-3 performance at the plate. In the nightcap, the Aggie bats came alive as Texas A&M pounded out 10 hits in the 7-0 win over Mis souri. Reese and Mary Lou Wargo each collected 2 hits in 3 at bats and drove in two run apiece. Lori Stoll, A&M’s left-hander, in creased her season record to 7-2 by pitching the three-hit shutout. By MIKE BURRICHTER Sports Editor When he first walked out to the baseball diamond behind Kyle Field 22 years ago, Tom Chandler had no idea he would still be head baseball coach 500 victories and one baseball stadium later. The stadium, Pat Olsen Field, came in 1978. The 500th victory came March 2 against Baylor. “What I always tried to do was to have the type of baseball team that personified the school. A hustling, aggressive team with rich sportsmanship; a good, clean, hard team. ” — Tom Chandler, Texas A&M baseball coach. Chandler could not foresee either of these events — he just wanted to put together a baseball program Texas A&M could be proud of. He knew he had to satisfy a student body and former students that fol lowed Aggie athletics with a religi ous fervor. “The Aggies like to win and they take a lot of pride in their school,” Chandler, who turned 54 on March 19, said. “What I always tried to do was to have the type of baseball team that personified the school. A hustling, aggressive team with rich sportsmanship; a good, clean, hard team.” When it came to recruiting. Chandler was after a special type of athlete. “I wanted a guy who had good ler said. “I wanted a kid who would fit in with the University. “And of course he had to have the ability to play ball,” he laughed. Born in Greenville, Chandler attended Dallas public schools and graduated from Adamson High School in 1943. After a stint in the Marines, he attended Baylor in 1946. Chandler was team captain and earned All-SWC honors for two years. After playing two years in the Pittsburgh Pirate organization, he ended his professional playing career and returned to Adamson as a coach. During the summers from 1950-58, he played and managed the Alpine Cowboys, where he helped bring along the careers of such future stars as Gaylord Perry, Joe Horlen and Norm Cash. Then Chandler, past president of of the American Associa tion of College Baseball Coaches, got the job he holds now. In 1959, his first year as Aggie coach. Chandler led the team to an 18-9 season record and an SWC championship. Twenty-one years Henry Dunn invites you to come see him. and four conference championships later, Chandler entered the 1980 season with a won-lost record of 490 and 238. In the first conference series of the season, the Ags beat the Baylor Bears in the first game of a Saturday double-header, 6-5, to give Chandler his 500th win and a place in Aggie history books. Last weekend between games at the Texas Tech double-header at Olsen Field, Chandler was pre sented with a plaque from the Athle tic Council commemorating his achievement. His years in Aggieland have been relatively smooth, he said, having re ceived virtually no pressure to pro duce from former students or Athle tic Department. He’s had offers to go elsewhere, but he said he’s never really thought about leaving. “I have had other offers to go into professional baseball, but I like col legiate baseball,” he said. “You’re working with young men and can be selective in recruiting. And there are long bus rides in the minor leagues. I just like the collegiate atmosphere we have here on campus.” Chandler said that former stu dents’ reputation of being deman ding has been blown out of propor tion and said he’s never felt pre ssure from them. He has enjoyed his stay in College Station, but says being baseball coach has led to many disappointments as well as triumphs. Chandler says his two favo rites were Doug Ran and Dave Johnson. “Guts and determina tion” set these two apart, he said. ships we’ve won and the winning seasons we’ve had,” he said. “The disappointments have been eight second-place finishes to the Univer sity of Texas. “We have beaten Texas in the last 22 years more than any other confer ence team, and that’s the good news. The bad news is, we haven’t beaten them enough.” Chandler said his favorite team was the 1964 SWC championship team that wound up with a 19-8-1 record and a spot in the College World Series. “That year we won the conference championship, winning two ball games over in Austin,” he said. “We went to fhe NCAA regional playoffs and the College World Series. We ended up ranked fifth in the country.” Chandler also remembers his most frustrating season, which was the 1961 team that led the confer ence in hitting bit still finished fourth in the conference. “We had a great ball club, and led the conference in hitting with a . 343 team average,” he said. “Virtually “The good part is the cham pionships we’ve won and the winning seasons we’ve had,” Chandler said. “The disappoint ments have been eight second- place finishes to the University of Texas. ” every member of the team hit over .300. But in those days the pros could sign players right out from under you and just prior to the season I had two outstanding pitch ers sign professional contracts. We had a great team with virtually no pitching. ” He said one weekend against TCU in 1961, the Ags scored 45 runs on 63 hits, committing one error, but still lost two of three games. Chandler has seen many players come and go, but says his two favo rites were Doug Ran and Dave John son. Johnson went on to play for th Baltimore Orioles and appeared in two All-Star games and one World Series. Ran is still pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers. “Guts and determination” set these two apart, Chandler said. Chandler says he’ll quit when he loses his enthusiasm for the game, and he says that won’t be for a while. United Press International ORLANDO, Fla. — Mike Cub- bage, Roy Smalley and Willie Nor wood slammed home runs Tuesday to help the Minnesota Twins score an 8-3 decision over the Houston Astros in an exhibition game. Cubbage blasted a two-run homer off right-hander J.R. Richard in the fourth inning, Smalley hit a solo homer off the Houston fireballer in the fifth and Norwood drilled a three-run homer off Mike Mendoza in the eighth. Hosken Powell also nicked Richard for a run-scoring single as the Twins roughed scored four runs on 11 hits in five innings of the strike out artist. Catcher Butch Wynegar added two doubles and a single to a 16-hit Minnesota attack. WHAT IS A PARALEGAL CAREER? A paralegal career is one of the most exciting new careers for college graduates. A paralegal is a lawyer’s assistant who is able to domany tasks traditionally done by attorneys. Not a clerical or a secretarial role, the paralegal is a new legal specialty with excellent job opportunities in law firms, corporate legal departments and banks. 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For a catalogue and further information, call or write: The Southwestern Paralegal Institute 5512 Chaucer Drive Houston, Texas 77005 (713) 528-3803 APPROVED BY THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION Ciraip* * MEN ^WOMENS stejovsky named art Award winner RedCrossi blood dono dntment. ior offensive guard Ed Puste- ’ was named the recipient of ■79 Heart Award at Texas A&M Rrsity’s annual football awards |uet. stejovsky was voted the award ote by his teammates, er awards presented included: acob Green as defensive play- fre year, erald Carter as offensive play- ;he year, andy Harvey as special teams of the year, and — Doug Teague as academic play er of the year. Former Aggie All-America full- back-linebacker Jack Pardee, now head coach of the Washington Red skins, was the guest speaker for the banquet, held in Duncan Dining Hall. He is Sebring trained and now at GUYS & GALS 112 Nagle 846-5018 Introduces. 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