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THE BATTALION Page 13
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1981
Reflections
By Richard Oliver
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They sit behind the Texas Longhorns’ baseball dugout and blow
on kazoos.
They razz opposing teams, wear orange and try to be as obnoxious
as possible. They turn out to ballgames in large groups, and are
perhaps the most spirited fans in Southwest Conference baseball.
“They” are the “Wild Bunch,” a mob of a few dozen Longhorn
supporters which follows the orange and white around the state. The
groups’ exploits have become legendary in SWC circles.
This weekend, the mundane mob descends on Pat Olsen Field.
The Longhorns, who have already clinched the SWC regular season
title, will be taking on the red-hot Texas Aggies, a team which has a
deceiving 8-9-1 SWC slate with only this weekend’s three games to
go.
The problem: The Aggies must win all three from Texas, no ifs,
ands or huts.
That may seem impossible, granted, but consider this: Texas
A&M has won eight straight games, including sweeps of Tulane and
South Alabama. Thay have gone from 3-8-1 in SWC play to 8-9-1 by
beating Texas Tech two out of three and Baylor three straight.
Texas, third-ranked in the nation, is beatable. Both Baylor and
Texas Tech accomplished the feat this season.
This has been the fastest Aggie team in school history, stealing a
record 72 bases, a whopping amount when you consider the old
record is 60.
But, disappointingly, there has been less support of Aggie base
ball than in recent memory.
This weekend, there will be a good crowd, simply because the
Longhorn fans will be out in full force. And if you don’t think fan
support swings ballgames, consider this.
Last Friday, 2,200 Aggies crowded the seats, as a fired-up team
whipped the Bears 3-1 as Hodde and Tim Boyes slammed home
runs.
This weekend the Aggies will host Texas, the “Wild Bunch” and
whatever maroon and white fans happen to appear.
One loss and it’s all over. Texas hasn’t been swept since 1968. The
Aggies may be the best team in the conference at this point. And
Texas A&M supposedly has the best fans.
Those fans watched the football team drown in controversy and
the basketball team stumble when it counted.
Now they’re needed again. Let’s hope the “Wild Bunch” isn’t the
only fan support this weekend. The Aggie baseball team may be the
answer.
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The Texas A&M Trap and Skeet
team competed in the 13th Annual
American Collegiate Union Trap
md Skeet championship last week
Peoria, Ill. and returned home
,3; 'mth several awards including the
national championship and two in
dividual champions.
; Jeff Sizemore took the men’s di
vision, shooting 480 out of 500.
Sherry Rains captured the
women’s title with a score of 388
out of 500.
The four day meet consisted of
four events: modified clay trap, in
ternational skeet, American trap
and American skeet.
The men’s team, consisting of
Kirk Cleere, Chris Albrecht,
Vince Wiseman, Glenn Douglas,
Jeff Sizemore and Monty Been,
took several honors in the meet.
The men placed third in the
modified clay trap, shooting 312
out of 400. Sizemore finished
second individually with a score of
93 out of 100.
The Aggies took first place in
the international skeet event with
343 out of400. Sizemore won with
a score of 91 out of 100.
The squad took second in the
American trap in which Sizemore
won with a score of 197 out of200.
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Seniors Rodney Hodde and J.P.
Bramhall of the Texas A&M base
ball team are playing as if they
want the fourth SWC tournament
spot more than they want their
diplomas.
Hodde and Bramhall combined
for six of the Aggies’ 12 hits in a
more-one-sided-than-it-seems 10-
5 win over Tulane University in
Olsen Field Wednesday after
noon. Once again, the Aggies
ignored the impressive offensive
statistics of the Green Wave and
took advantage of some less-than-
impressive pitching on the way to
their eighth win in a row, their
12th in the last 13 games.
The win completed a three
game sweep over TU for the
Aggies, who must now concen
trate every ounce of their finest
and most flawless baseball into
this weekend’s three-game home
series with the University of
Texas. Texas A&M must sweep
the Longhorns, and if it does, the
persistence of Hodde, Bramhall
and the other members of the
team will be rewarded by a SWC
fourth-place finish and a berth in
the May post-season tournament.
The Aggies’ bats hadn’t cooled
off since Tuesday night’s 10-run
sixth inning, as they scored six
runs in the first inning off Green
Wave starter Paul Fitch. Texas
A&M put together five hits and
two walks to take a 6-2 lead, with
Hodde’s two-run single, Grant
Priess’ two-run double and Billy
Cannon’s RBI single doing most of
the damage in the inning.
Leading 7-5, the Aggies scored
three more runs in the seventh
when Bramhall hit an RBI triple,
his fourth hit of the game, and
scored on a wild pitch. Two outs
later, Hodde hit his 11th home
run of the year, giving him 53 RBI
for the season and tying the club i
record set by Kyle Hawthorne in
1978. :
Cliff Hanson, in his first appear
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relief of Gerry Salinas and Bobby
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