THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1980
Page 9
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Workers from Sport Install, Inc. roll up a section of well-
worn artificial turf from Texas A&M University’s Kyle Field.
Staff photo by Lee Roy Leschper
The workers will be stripping the field of its old turf all this
week, and the new turf will be completely laid by July 23.
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by RICHARD OLIVER
Sports Staff
In a sport such as baseball, it’s
ng, hard fight to get to the top — ml
e major leagues. For Harry Fran-
i, the upcoming battle will be a
easure.
Francis, the third baseman from
yan who along with Brian “Twig”
ttle anchored the left side of Texas
M University’s infield this sea-
in, is currently settling into the life
a minor leaguer.
He was selected three weeks ago
the sixth round of the major league
liege draft by the California
rid do j
n” or the Repsi
igels, and today finds himself play-
told a gate 'baseball daily with the Angels’
rs Monday h mdub in the Pioneer League in
elusivestonh aho Falls, Idaho,
t. “We’ve played two games so far,”
jrmer preside d Francis, “and we split. It’s been
he gatherii Jttynice.”
any overtaefe Francis, speaking from the club’s
dential spotml issing room before a night game
esday, said the transition to pro-
) be a part oh sional baseball has not presented a
uctive to tit ablem yet.
ushtoldtheil There’s no big changes,” he said.
, which indi he attitude’s a little different. You
oan Cheeva dly don’t have too many weak
(push for tlei iyers.
nation.) Iftk 'We play every night ... all the
em I don’t wi y to August 31.”
ht that time, the major league
' said duriofl Hclubs will sift through their
wanted no pa nor league ranks and recruit some
n the GOPli yers for the season’s final stretch,
rr the presides although the season is still very
t month’s Repo “ng for the Angels, Francis has
'entioninDet (h hopes.
d duringIliif It’s so early,” he said. “I keep
1 the bestck nldng positive things.”
dential aspirait Francis said although he has made
it Jimmy Carte major changes in his style of play,
Reagan’s lei s minor leagues are a different
eared unheati' dd than Texas A&M University.
“I feel comfortable. You just play the
best you can to prove yourself.
There’s a lot of veterans who have
been here awhile.
“The pitchers don’t throw any dif
ferent (than in college). They’re just
a little smarter. They throw about as
hard as the top one or two pitchers in
the (SWC) Conference.”
Just the same, Francis said, the
competitive edge is always there.
“Oh, it’s competitive,” he said. “I
don’t know all the players yet, but
you’re not just playing for yourself.
It’s still a team effort, and the atti
tude’s really good here.
“We’ve got a good team. We
should do very well this year. ”
Francis is taking each day a step at
a time.
“I think I can make it (to the ma-
Harry Francis
pends on his performance in the
minor leagues, Francis doesn’t feel
too pressured.
“It’s not any harder here,” he said.
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You would sometimes get a
iple of days off in college, but not
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The coaches are great, though,
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always telling yourself you feel
Francis compared Idaho Falls to
yan.
It’s a lot like Bryan,” he said,
here are about 40,000 in this area,
Jit’s real quiet.”
Phe town may be small, he said,
there’s a lot of support for the
gels.
We had about 2,400 our first
me,” he said. “That’s a pretty good
'vd. I’m sure we’ll average about
i-a-game this season.”
Although the life or death of a
lyer’s major league hopes de-
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jors),” he said. “That’s the attitude
I’m taking. If I don’t take that atti
tude, I should get out. You’ve got to
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Francis is one-for-eight in his first
two games with Idaho Falls. He
finished his senior year at Texas
A&M with a .305 average, and com
mitted only eight errors in helping
Texas A&M establish a new team
fielding percentage record of .9687.
After years of being pounded by
Texas A&M University football play
ers and being scorched by the sum
mer sun, the Kyle Field artificial turf
-is being replaced.
The removal of the old turf began
Tuesday, and is scheduled to con
tinue through this week, said Wally
Groff, Texas A&M assistant athletic
director.
Groff said the new turf will be laid
on July 7, and the work will be com
pleted July 23. Additionally, a new
track surface may possibly be instal
led before the 1980 football season
begins.
The Texas A&M Board of Regents
will vote on funding for the new track
surface at their July 10 meeting.
“We didn’t want to put it all down
until most of the work was completed
on the stadium,” said Groff. “We
didn’t want to put it down just to
have to tear it up because of some
accident during construction on the
stadium.”
Groff said the new track should
cost approximately $200,000, de
pending on the Regents’ decision.
There are two artificial turf choices
for the track surface — Pro-Turf and
Chevron 440.
“We hope to do something on the
track before the football season be
gins,” said Groff. “We haven t had a
track meet here in two seasons.
We re shootin’ for it all.
“It (the track work) hasn’t all been
approved. The work is tentative.
There will be no actual work done
until July 10. People complain that
the track is no good, but there’s been
no use to spend a lot of money until
the construction is done.”
Groff said the new Kyle Field
surface will be better.
“It’s a little different,” he said.
“It’s sort of a refined version, and I
think it’s a tremendous distinction.
They sew the seams together instead
of gluing it, like it’s been done.
We’ve had some problems with the
turf on the field peeling up. The sew
ing will hold it down. I think it’s the
best thing that’s happening in synth
etic turf.”
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