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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.
Texas A&M pitcher Robert Slavens re
leases a pitch in a 5-2 victory over
Centenary University earlier this sea-
staff photo by John Ryan
son. The Aggies will host the Univer
sity of Houston in a three game series
which begins tonight in Olsen Field.
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