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By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
A tough weekend faces the
Texas A&M University men’s ten
nis team, according to Head
Coach David Kent.
The Ags face Stephen F. Austin
University Friday and Southwest
Louisiana Saturday. Both matches
begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Omar
Smith Tennis Complex.
“Southwest Louisiana is look
ing to avenge last year’s loss to us, ”
said Kent. “They have improved a
lot since last year, too.”
The Ags beat Southwest last
year, 9-0. Kent said it was a close
match, however, with each set of
the individual matches in doubt
until the last minute.
Southwest has foreign players
in four of its top six spots.
“They are all good, solid play
ers,” said Kent. “An Egyptian
plays the number two spot for
Southwest and he has been Egyp
tian national champion for a cou
ple of years.”
Kent said the Ags cannot look
past Stephen F. Austin either.
“Stephen F. also has a couple
of good, foreign players,” Kent
said. “We had better be ready
both days.”
The Aggies will go with a gener
al lineup because Kent said the
line-up could change by match
time.
Reid Freeman, Brian Joelson,
Max King, Trey Schutz, Ron Kow-
al and Leonard Smith are ex-
Astros trade
Sexton,
sell Bochy
United Press International
NEW YORK — The New York
Mets Wednesday purchased the
contract of catcher Bruce Bochy
from the Houston Astros’ Tucson
farm club of the Pacific InterCoast
League.
Also, Astros minor league infiel
der Jimmy Sexton Thursday was
traded to the Oakland A’s for a
player to be named later or cash,
the club said. Bochy, 25, was
assigned to the Mets’ Tidewater
club of the International League
but will attend the Mets’ major
league spring training camp as a
non-roster player.
Bochy had been used sparingly
during the Astros’ drive to the top
of the National League’s Western
Division last season. He had been
the third catcher behind starter
Alan Ashby and backup Luis Pu
jols.
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ATTICA, N.Y. —Authorities at
Attica State Prison in New
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cape of the infamous criminal
Paddy Murphy.
Murphy, first convicted in
1936 for 18 counts of murder,
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Federal authorities made no
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pected to be the singles players for
Texas A&M.
The doubles team are sche
duled to be: Kowal-Tom Judson,
Freeman-Joelson and King-
Schutz.
Kent said Southwest has been
building a top-notch program for a
long time and it has finally started
to produce.
“But we have two advantages, ”
he said, “we’ll be playing at home
with a good, Aggie crowd behind
us and we have never lost to them
(Louisiana).”
He said that is quite a psycholo
gical step for a team to overcome.
It was tough when he first came to
A&M to get the Aggie players to
overcome similar barriers, he
said.
“Well be challenged at every
position,” Kent said. “From num
ber one to number six, we ll have
to play the best we can.”
He said if the team continues
playing well like it has in the past
two weeks, the Ags will be able to
challenge Trinity University,
(ranked ninth nationally) when the
Ags meet Trinity Feb. 19 in San
Antonio.
“For the first time since I came
here, ” he said, “we will be able to
challenge them strongly.
“Last year we were outmanned,
and the year before that we were
soundly beaten.”
He said the first obstacle to
overcome, though, is Stephen F.
Austin and Southwest Louisiana.
Admission is free to the Omar
Smith Tennis Center located near
the police station on campus.
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