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Thompson remains Pirate
United Press Internationa)
, PinSBURGH — Slugger
Jason Thompson will be wearing
Pittsburgh black and gold instead
of New York Yankee pinstripes,
and pul xhe 6-foot-4 first baseman’s
The lie jp 0 t on the Pirates’ roster, at first
r riday night! fesigned to be momentary, will
11-106 victo jecome more permanent,
jul-Jabbarii Jthough at least the New York
unds. Mets still may be interested in ac-
, who finish, j U j r j n g Thompson, a California
west Divisii \ngel un til this week,
lar-season # The Pirates Friday said they
halftime iei diy the trade that sent Thomp-
itscored the i0n to the Yankees for first base-
id took a 77 ftian Jim Spencer, pitchers Greg
minutes Iff Cochran and Freddy Toliver and
ore on a pair: 8850,000.
»ert Reid s Baseball Commissioner Bowie
urphy, 'A iKuhn had held up the trade be
nts, put Ho® ause the cash sum far exceeded
with 6:45 if the guidelines of the $400,000
limit he had previously imposed
on all transactions.
jot guard, hai Peterson, in Florida, said he
able perfont- proposed sending “five, six or
He hadatjseven minor leaguers to the
while scoriiS Yankees, but Kuhn also rejected
4minutesasf that concept. The teams had but
ue game fr®
;f foul troublf
ed, Dunleao
ton wanted
one course — to select a player
worth the money difference.
“We tried to continue negotia-
iohs with the Yankees,” Pirates’
pokesman Tom Bird said Friday.
General Manager (Harding) Pete
was con® Peterson had set a 1 p.m. Saturday
[deadline on completing the trade.
The Yankees called us and asked
us to extend the deadline until
|:15, which we did. They called
lack again and asked us to extend
Until 2 p.m., which we did.
“We then got another call from
ill Bergesch, a vice president of
the Yankees, who said (Yankee
:h Paul Wesit owner) George Steinbrenner felt
ve were not being above board,
’ete then told him the deal was
the key I
ot was
is fifth yearost
The only thin!
ou just naw
>e out at a tin:
isy to
efense won.
e playing e®
utious on
>aid. “Theft
ed. There in
Steinbrenner also reportedly
y difficult fe nas furious at the commissioner’s
nythingdow office for the failure of the deal’s
there and it completion and accused Bill Mur-
defense. Ill fay, an administrator in the com-
urately ho*'l nissioner’s office and a former
mployee of the Mets, of sabotag-
ngthe deal. The Mets at one time
we interested in obtaining
hompson when he was with Cali-
omia and might make another
ch to land him.
A spokesman for the commis-
ioner’s office said both Murray
id Kuhn worked very hard to try
to get the Pirates and Yankees to
agree on a deal.
“This wasn’t a deal the commis
sioner could have approved,” said
the spokesman. “The amount was
$850,000 which would have gone
to the Pirates, $450,000 of which
would have paid Spencer’s salary.
They thought that amount would
have been accepted since the ex
tra money was $400,000. But,
they should have realized the
commissioner wouldn’t have
accepted it.”
Pittsburgh acquired Thompson
from the Angels Wednesday, only
70 minutes before they tried to
swap him to the Yankees. The
Bucs traded catcher Ed Ott and
pitcher Mickey Mahler to the
Angels for Thompson. The three-
team deal was designed to meet
the needs of each team.
The Pirates expect Thompson,
who hit .288 with 21 homers and
90 RBI last season with Detroit
and California, to report as soon as
possible to their Bradenton, Fla.,
training camp.
“Pete and (Pirate manager)
Chuck Tanner are reportedly very
happy with having Thompson,”
Bird said.
Tanner had said he needed
Spencer for duty only “until (in
jured first baseman) Willie
Stargell gets better.”
Astros win 10-8
United Press International The Brewers took a 6-1 lead
SUN CITY, Ariz. — Jeff after three innings, with Gorman
Leonard, who had sent the game Thomas putting Milwaukee on top
into extra innings with a ninth- by five with a solo home run in the
inning single, singled in Gary third. But the Astros came back
Woods in the 11th inning Sunday and tied it at 7-7 in the ninth on
to give the Houston Astros a 10-8 Leonard’s RBI single,
exhibition victory over the Mil
waukee Brewers. In the 10th, Dennis Walling
Woods led off the 11th with a put Houston ahead with an infield
double off loser Frank DiPino and grounder but Milwaukee tied the
advanced to third on a bunt by score on Thomas’ second homer.
Craig Reynolds. Leonard followed Thomas went 4-for-6 with four
with his game-winning hit. RBI.
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April 13 & 14, 1981
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Brazos Center
All May and August graduates are invited to attend. Com
plimentary tickets will be available April 6-10 in the lobby of
the Forsyth Alumni Center. Banquet is free — but you must
have a ticket to attend.
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Netters split
in weekend
play; 4-5, 8-1
The Texas A&M men’s tennis
team, after losing to TCU Satur
day in Fort Worth, bounced back
with a 8-1 victory over Texas Tech
Sunday in Lubbock.
In Saturday’s loss, Brian Joel-
son, Tom Judson and Max King
lead the way for the Aggies with
wins, defeating Greg Amaya,
David Zimmerman and George
Lee, respectively.
In doubles action Kowal and
Judson lost to David Tate and Karl
Richter, Freeman and Joelson lost
to Corey Wittenberg and Zim
merman. Trey Schutz and King
beat Amaya and Lee for the only
doubles win for the Aggies.
The Aggies played the 14th-
ranked Horned Frogs close before
losing 5-4.
“Brian, Tom and Max played
well against TCU. Against Lee,
Max was down and came back to
win,” Head Coach David Kent
said.
In Sunday’s action the Aggies
won all of the singles matches.
Joelson defeated Mark Thomp
son, 6-3, 6-2; Reid Freeman beat
Caltid Mahyia, 6-1, 6-1. Trey
Schutz beat Fred Ziacons, 6-2, 6-
2; King beat Jeff Bramblett, 6-2,
6-1. Judson beat David Earhart
6-4, 6-1; and Ron Kowal defeated
John Langan, 6-1, 6-0.
In doubles, the Aggies’ Joelson
and Freeman defeated Mahyia
and Langan, 6-2, 6-3. Judson and
Kowal defeated Ziacons and
Bramblett, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.
“We played really well against
Tech. We needed it very badly,”
Kent said of Sunday’s win.
The men’s team increased their
season record to 17-8 with Sun
day’s win.
The Aggies return to action
Saturday when they host the Uni
versity of Arkansas at 1:30 p.m.
THE BATTALION
MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1981
TANK MCNAMARA
Page 13
by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds
Ags bring home one first
By RITCHIE PRIDDY
Sports Editor
The Texas A&M University
men’s track team competed in the
prestigious Texas Relays over the
weekend in Austin and came
away with one first, one second
and one fifth place finish.
Coach Charlie Thomas’ injury-
riddled team pulled off one of the
biggest surprises of the meet with
a first place finish in the shuttle
hurdle relay, edging out Houston
by 1/100 of a second.
Mike Glaspie, Graig Moody,
Rick Thomas and Billy Busch
made up the relay team which
finished with a time of 56.14.
Pole vaulter Randy Hall
finished second with a jump of 17-
244 to Abilene Christian’s Brad
Pursley. Both men cleared the
same height but Pursley won on
fewer attempts.
Elsewhere, Billy Busch
finished fifth in the 110-meter
hurdles with a time of 14.17 and
was the only other Aggie to place
in the meet.
Due to injuries. Coach Thomas
took only 14 competitors to Au
stin.
“We only ran two relays in the
meet (shuttle hurdle and mile).
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The mile relay team ran the ninth
fastest in the meet but failed to
qualify for the finals,” Thomas
said.
Only the eight fastest teams
qualify for the finals.
“We ran a couple of guys that
had been hurt. But we think they
will be back to full strength soon,”
Thomas said.
Thomas said that although
sprinters Rod Richardson and
Floyd Furlow had been hurt they
had improved and were on their
way back to full strength.
“Rod ran a real strong leg in the
mile relay, as did Floyd. They are
on their way back,” Thomas said.
The Aggies take the week off to
let injuries heal and prepare for
the Baylor Invitational meet in
Waco April 17.
Thomas also said that he felt all
of the team’s injuries were healing
and that the team would be back at
full strength soon.
Forty-five teams competed in
; the University division in the Au
stin meet, which is considered one
of the top track events in the Un
ited States.
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Coors Central of Bryan, along with Texas A&M University, Intramural De
partment, will sponsor a Campusfest April 8th at TAMU as part of the 1981
Texas Coors-Austin Natural Science Association Intramural Festival Program.
Campusfest will consist of a day-long series of games and activities to be
conducted at the Polo Fields between Zachry parking and the golf course from
3:00 p.m. until.
The 1981 Coors-Austin Natural Science Association Intramural Festival is a
precedent-setting activity of the Coors College Marketing Department to work
with the colleges and universities in Texas to aid intramural programming. The
Austin Natural Science Association was organized in 1960 to provide education
al and recreational activities in the natural sciences through the operation and
maintenance of a nature center. In doing so, it promotes understanding,
protection and conservation of the environment.
From this local Campusfest, a co-ed team will be selected to represent Texas
A&M at the Regional Intramural Festival on April 25th at Trinity University in
San Antonio. The sponsors will provide up to $200 in travel reimbursement for
the Regional Festival team. Also, Texas A&M will receive a $500 certificate for
General Sportscraft equipment to be selected by the Intramural Department.
Coors Intramural Festivals were conducted at 11 locations in 1980 with 213
colleges and universities represented.
All prizes are given by the Austin Natural Science Association.
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