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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1980 Page 7 ] iSecond Texas A&M Open attracts over 600 netters ‘eediiiB nbassi- pmeiits by MIKE BURRICHTER Battalion Staff iingij* David Kent sat in his small, unair-conditioned f the Joffice, his face dripping with sweat. He had two days r sttjj ,to pull together the agenda for his brainchild, the Texas A&M Open, the biggest tennis tournament in College Station history. ^ Stra I dStJi A year ago, Kent had just finished his first full eason as head tennis coach at Texas A&M. He had some to Aggieland from West Texas State Universi ty, where tennis is king and Kent is now a legend. However, after one season in the big leagues, Kent felt his tennis program was dwarfed by basketball, track and football. He started the tournament as a public relations device, to show off his fancy new und to- .ttennis complex. for (I,, Last year the tournament went well, with a rela- ssed I tively small draw and equally small crowds. But this year about six hundred people have en tered, and one gets the feeling that even Kent may ‘cently jhave gotten in over his head. , The tournament has enlarged so much that it can 1 ec ™ 1 no longer fit on just the Texas A&M campus, agent) >f smi| k “We re not playing them all here,” he replied, an use 'We’ve got so many entries. We’ve got them playing all over the place: Bee Creek, Bryan High School, Tanglewood Apartments and th Racquet Club.” The tournament begins Friday morning with opening round action in the boys and girls division. It fwill be played all over town in the beginning rounds, but when the finals roll around on Sunday, all match- is will take place at the University’s varsity courts. “We’ve got people from all over this part of the W l country playing in this tournament,” Kent said. I “This is one of the biggest tournaments in Texas this “summer. It’s sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association. This means it’s a ranking tournament.” The men’s championship division’s No. 1 seed, "d sS Schutz, th* 5 number one player on the Texas an “f A&M team, said entrants will be vying to pick up xsssfj|j points in order to move up in the state rankings. “The more you win, the more points you get,” the senior from Galveston said. ‘ I’m not even ranked in the state anymore because I haven’t played in one of these tournaments in such a long time." Two other Aggies are among that division’s top seeds. Max King, a senior from Dallas, is seeded third, and Tom Judson, the walk-on who came off a Trey Schutz sensational season this spring, is seeded fifth. Last year’s winner, Galveston professional Chris Connell, who used to play for the Aggies, is seeded second. Schutz, who is ranked No. 48 in the nation on the collegiate ladder, says he’s not sure he should be the top seed. “I really haven’t been playing that much since the beginning of the summer, ” he said. ‘T’m just going to go out there and do my best. I’m just looking to get into the state rankings.” Even though some big guns are in the men’s cham pionship division, Kent says the mixed doubles com petition is the most popular. Seeing some of his own players in action for the first time this summer is obviously pleasing to Kent. “Judson would have been seeded higher if he just hadn’t entered so late,” he said. Judson came from nowhere last season to become a mainstay on the already solid Aggie team that finished ranked No. 18 in the country. He is one of those pleasant surprises that makes Kent’s job that much more enjoyable. “I never used to pay much attention to walk-ons until he came around,” Kent said. “It just goes to show you what can happen at a big school. There might be a good player out there at any time.” Kent says he’ll hold tryouts at the end of this month to fill single slots on both the men’s and women’s teams. / Major League Standings National League American League East W L Pet. GB East W L Pet. GB Montreal 60 45 .571 New York. 67 39 .632 Pittsburgh 58 48 .547 .2Vfc Baltimore 60 44 .576 6 Philadelphia 54 48 .529 4kfe Detroit 56 47 .543 9% New York 51 55 .481 m Milwaukee 56 50 .528 11 St. Louis 47 57 .451 12Vi Cleveland 53 49 .519 12 Chicago 43 60 .417 16 Boston 54 51 .514 12% West W L Pet. GB Toronto 45 59 .432 21 Houston 59 47 .556 West W L Pet. GB Los Angeles 58 48 .547 1 Kansas City 67 40 .626 Cincinnati 58 51 .532 2H Oakland 55 53 .509 12% San Francisco 52 56 .481 8 Texas 51 55 .481 15% Atlanta 47 58 .447 11% Minnesota 47 59 .443 19% San Diego 48 60 .444 12 Chicago 46 59 .438 20 California 39 64 .378 26 Seattle 39 66 .371 27 , 1 Tom Judson returns a backhand for the Texas A&M tennis team during the season last spring. The Fort Worth native walked on as a freshman last season. He is seeded fifth in the Texas A&M Open this weekend. >r Ed* : and tlil on tit Crates sweep Cubs; h ards thump Phils tit® ■* t 01 AfM United Press International LUlas Dale Berra couldn’t let Bert IstriltBven and Grant Jackson’s good ork go to waste. Berra clouted a two-run homer dBlyleven and Jackson combined i a sevenhitter to lead the Pitt- |rgh Pirates to a 2-0 victory over RChicago Cubs and a sweep of a |ir double-header. Prlim Fob’s ninth-inning sacrifice T mbroke up a 6-6 tie and two more *s scored on catcher Tim Black- I’s throwing error to give the Pi- a 9-7 triumph in the opener, rra’ homer, his fourth, came in iJ e | fifth after Steve Nicosia doubled omeW loser Doug Capilla, 2-5. to dc' |leven, 6-8, pitched six innings iid w'ftre leaving because of a pulled eb' pit muscle. Jackson notched his do so. p save, allowing two hits. In the first game, Phil Garner jened the ninth with a single off ter Dick Tidrow, 4-3. Manny San- llen, pinch hitting for winner Tekulve, 7-5, shortened up to it but then slapped a single past baseman Larry Biittner, send- amer to third. A wild pitch ed Sanguillen to second and ,r Moreno was intentionally ted to fill the bases. -—• Foli followed with a fly to center to t0 [’]'Ji , e Gamer. Sanguillen stole third ,,1 id Moreno second and when Black- • derjBs throw went into left field, both , c linedP er s scored. j e d Jiff Johnson’s two-run homer in flJ first put Chicago ahead 2-0, but j rst pfike Easier made it 2-1 when he led ;K | fthe second with his 14th homer. Martin’s 20th homer gave Chi- a4-l lead. The Pirates tied it in on Fob’s two-run double and jnd \#ker's RBI single. imeTs^teve Macko’s RBI double in the gave Chicago a 5-4 lead, but 1963. oreno’s sacrifice fly in the seventh P it 5-5. Willie Stargell’s 10th fcerin the Pittsburgh eighth made ' r5, but Johnson’s RBI single in the pom of the inning tied it 6-6. In another NL game, Cincinnati ged San Diego 4-3. 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