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)n/Page 10 2,1982 Texas A&M The Battalion Sports April 2, 1982/Page 11 Cougars invade Olsen Field Victory important if A&M is to survive in SWC race by John Wagner and Bill Robinson Battalion Staff The Texas Aggies are half- Iwav through the 1982 South- ' west Conference baseball season j|jid although Coach Tom Chandler’s squad has not yet inade prophets out of those who gredicted them to finish first, they haven’t exactly made liars | of them, either. I This weekend, the Aggies play a three-game series with the Houston Cougars, a series which marks the mid-way point for Texas A&M in its quest for the Southwest Conference cham pionship and the race to make the post-season tournament. ® A look at the standings shows the Aggies in fifth place in the conference with a 3-5-1 record, 4 1/2 games behind the league- ding Arkansas Razorbacks. The Cougars are in second place in the conference with a 4-0 mark. They trail the Razor- backs by 1 1/2 games, but only because the Hogs have played The Aggies entire sea son just might be on the line against the Cougars. Three losses would drop them way behind; three wins would put them back in the race. five more conference games. Coach Cliff Gustafson’s Texas Longhorns, 33-1 on the season and 3-1 in conference ac tion, dropped to third place while Texas Tech is in fourth place with a 4-2 record. That fourth place spot is im portant because it is the cut-off point for the tournament. Only the top four teams in the confer ence will participate. The tour nament is May 14-17 here in College Station. The Aggies entire season just might be on the line against the Cougars. Three losses would drop them way behind; three wins would put them back in the race. One thing is for certain, however — every series is going to be a “must-win situation” from here on out. After starting the season na tionally ranked, the Aggies looked prepared to win the con ference title which has eluded them ever since their back-to- back crowns in 1977 and 1978. But lately, wins have not come easy for the Aggies, who have dropped five of their last eleven games. Texas A&M opened the con ference season by taking two of three games from the Rice Owls in Olsen Field. The Aggies were not so for tunate in their next series — a trip to Austin to play the Univer sity of Texas. Texas A&M lost all three games, lowering their SWC record to 2-4. A series with the TCU Horned Frogs last weekend was just as disappointing. FL anti-trust trial continues raft exhibit Center. Commissioner cites NFL rule for blocking Oakland’s move | United Press International , LOS ANGELES — According f NFL Commissioner Pete -« Kelle, the city of Anaheim — 1 1/ enat ‘ on s 20th largest city — is T J\^ j erely a suburb of Los Angeles. Rozelle, testifying at the anti- tist trial between the league 4-^ 7. nd the Oakland Raiders, said | \ hursday, despite moving 35 7 fies away to their new home in |ange County, the Rams are ill Los Angeles’ team. lot say he woiiif The Raiders’ attempt to move mit meeting witl;the Coliseum — vacated by it Leonid Breztfe Rams two years ago — was Id nuclear crisilocked by the NFL, which cited secretary Lari Rule 4.3 requiring approval lined later autam 21 of the 28 team owners /ill depend upior such a move, lal situation .Under questioning by Col ne. torn attorney Maxwell 1, the weapor lecher, Rozelle said there’s a 'sal offered iear difference between the rner, R-Va„ ar bins’ move and the Raiders’ 1, D-Wash., n'toposed move, citing the endorsement.-‘ague rule giving each team a gotiations wili-mile radius of “exclusive ter- llowed later bjitory.” erifiable freer “Before the Rams moved we Id five precedents,” Rozelle nference pivoteifid. “The Buffalo Bills moved ■-weapons issiif^Orchard Park (N.Y.), the Bos- so fielded que/n Patriots became the New En- ;n and domesliipd Patriots and moved to get and his purPxboro, (Mass.), the New York is a “rich man: ants moved 7 miles to New rsey, the Dallas Cowboys ext week’s wort | and mhbhhhhhhhhhhhh ned solely for rt moved to Irving, (Texas) and the Detroit Lions moved to Pon tiac, (Mich). “All of those moves were well within the 75-mile limit and be cause of that, required virtually no discussion. When the Rams and (late owner) Carroll Rosenbloom vyanted to move we only discussed it for about 10 minutes. I consider Anaheim a suburb of Los Angeles and I used to live here,” he said. Rozelle said he expected a strong reaction because of the Rams’ move but said he thought it would come from the football fans in the area. “Instead, the strong reaction came from the Oakland Raiders and the Los Angeles Coliseum,” Rozelle said. “It came from the parties that had their own selfish interests at heart.” Blecher showed the jury a copy of Rozelle’s testimony in the first trial, which ended last August in a hung jury. In that testimony Rozelle said the “big gest winner” in the team’s move to Anaheim would be the Rams. But in answer to the same question Thursday, Rozelle said the “biggest winner” has turned out to be the “football fans of Southern California.’ “Now we’re seeing the overall results of the move more clear ly,” Rozelle said, “and it appears clear the football fans of South ern California are the big win ners. In the Coliseum, with some 90,000 seats, the Rams seldom sold out and subsequently their games were seldom televised locally under the local blackout rule. “But in Anaheim, with 70,000 seats, they sell out most of their games and thus the games are televised. So instead of 60,000 or 70,000 fans getting to watch the Rams play, about 2V2 million fans in Southern California get to watch their home games.” After building up a seven run lead, the Aggies allowed TCU to tie the score five innings into the first game, just before it was can celled because of rain. Texas A&M then split a dou ble-header with the ’Frogs on Sunday, leaving their record at the present 3-5-1. They are 22- 9-1 overall. The Aggies’ last contest was Tuesday, when they split a dou ble-header with the Oklahoma Sooners. Houston’s last outing, a show down with the Longhorns last weekend, was interrupted by rain also, but not before the Cougars snapped the ’Horns 33- game winning streak. The Longhorns had to win only one more game to break its own record for most consecutive victories. They couldn’t. If the Aggies are to make their move for the top four, now is a good time to do it. Their next conference series is against Arkansas in Fayetteville. After that, they play Texas Tech at Olsen Field, and close out the season against the Baylor Bears in Waco. After their series with the Aggies, the Cougars play Texas Tech in Lubbock, Arkansas at home, TCU in Ft. Worth, and they finish the season against Baylor in Houston. The Aggies and the Cougars play tonight at 7:30. Tomor row’s double header begins at 1:00. 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