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SWC race
Coaches expect tight battle among
AScM, UT, Houston and Arkansas
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Battalion Staff
Every Southwest Conference
baseball coach agrees that this
jeason could produce one ol the
ioughest lights ever for the
league title.
Texas A&M coach Tom
Chandler, whose team opens
SWC play this weekend bv host
ing Rice in a three-game series
starting with a single game this
afternoon at Id, says the league is
well-balanced with strong teams
from top to bottom.
“I don’t look for anyone to
runaway with it," Chandler said.
Arkansas hosts TCU this
weekend, and the Aggies play
Texas in Austin March 19 and
20. The Longhorns and Coach
: Cliff Gustafson, the defending
league champions for the past
three seasons, have been
selected by many as favorites to
repeat their 1981 performance.
Here’s a summary of each
conference team’s outlook for
the 1982 SWC season:
ARKANSAS: Razorback
coach Norm DeBriyn, whose
squad is 10-1-1 this season, used
the term “well-balanced” to de
scribe this year's SWC baseball
race.
“There are some lough teams
in the conference and it’s basic
ally a close race," DeBriyn said.
“Texas A&M will be tough.
Thev have excellent pitchers re
turning. They also have some
reallv good freshmen this year,
1 | too. Of course, the Aggies have a
great tradition for playing good
(baseball.”
The Razorbacks have two
starters returning with Chris
Shaddy at shortstop and Billv
Dees at first. Dees, Arkansas’de
signated hitter most of the sea
son, led the SWC with a .407
average in 1981. Shaddy hit .260
last season.
Arkansas’ leading pitcher
with an 11-2 record in 1981,
Scott Tabor turned down an
Adanta Braves contract and will
be back for the Razorbacks.
DeBriyn said: “With seven of
nine new faces in the lineup, it’s
hard to predict how we’ll do in
the conference yet. We'll have to
play a few conference games lie-
fore we can say."
BAYLOR: The Bears,
coached by Mickey Sullivan,
have compiled a 6-4 record in
1982. Baylor finished in last
place in the SWC with a 6-15
record in 1981. The Aggies
swept a three-game series f rom
Baylor in Olsen Field during the
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clude Jay Jeffrey, who flit .320
while splitting playing lime f>e-
tween shortstop and pitcher last
year. Outfielder Cedric Mack,
who hit .319 last season, is one of
the top offensive performers on
the team.
The Bears’ top pitchers are
Paul Farmer, 4-4 in 1981, and
Jerry Arnold, 4-8 last season.
Arnold had 21 strikeouts in 38
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HOUSTON: Coach Roland
Walton’s squad has had a suc-
cessful non-conference season,
compiling an 11-2-1 record.
Walton said he predicts a tight
ly contested SWC race between
his team. T exas A&M, Arkansas
and T exas.
“1 really think there’s very lit
tle difference between Texas,
A&M, Arkansas and Houston,”
Walton said. “I think all of those
teams are fairlv close in their
ability to plav.
"It’s hard not to pick Texas
liecause they win it so often. By
the same token, A&M is very
strong. They’re depending on
some players who had off vears
last season, and they have good
young players, too.
“Texas has had to replace
some people, but they seem to
have players coming out of their
ears," Walton said. "I think out
of those four teams, the one that
gets out and wins the early close
games may have an early edge.
“Our hitting should be adequ
ate. We hit fairly well last vear
and most of those people are
back. We’re a well-balanced ball-
club and I believe a bona fide
contender. I’ve seen years when
a team like ours was just a little
better than some. We’ve got a
good team here this year, but so
do those other three guys.”
Freshman second baseman
Corkey Swindell, hitting .349,
broke into the starting lineup
early in the season. Walton de
scribes Swindell as “one of those
freshmen that comes in and
plays extremely mature base
ball.”
RICE: The Owls finished the
1981 season with an 11-10
fourth-place record, which qual
ified them for the SWC post
season tournament. Coach
David Hall says that his team,
16-7 so far this season, hopes to
reverse the outcome of its series
with Texas A&M last year. The
Aggies defeated the Owls in tw r o
of three games.
“Probably the biggest differ
ence this year is that we’ve got a
little more punch in our bats,"
Hall said. "We’re hitting the ball
a little harder and we’re more
consistent at the plate. We’ve got
more power this year, too.”
The Owls have already hit 20
homers this season, three more
than they had all of last season.
Hall said the Rice pitchers
have had good seasons so far as
well. Senior Pat Devine, who had
a 6-4 record last season, has a 4-1
record, while senior Doug Wat
son is 3-0 and freshman Nor
man Charlton has won two
games without a loss.
“It looks like the whole con
ference is really gearing up for a
tremendous race,” Hall said.
See SWC page 9
Texas A&M second baseman Brad Hisle slides headfirst
back into first base ahead of the tag by McNeese State
first baseman James Gallier on a pickoff try. The Aggies
staff photo by Peter Rocha
host the Rice Owls this weekend in their 1982 Southwest
Conference opener. Texas A&M is 11-1 and the Owls
are 16-7.
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