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Texas A&M The Battal on April 5, 1982 /Page 11 handler says Aggies’ backs against wall Aggie second baseman Brad Hisle, out a force play at second, looks at H’s Brett Baker as he regains his ba lance. The play took place during the staff photo by John Ryan first game of Saturday’s double-header between Texas A&M and Houston. The Aggies won 6-5, but the Cougars won the second game of the twin-bill 15-9. by Armando Gallardo}! red by the to jail after or A&M golfers eighth in AAII tournament by Bill Robinson II the Aggie men’s golf team could have broken 300 on the final round of the All-America Intercollegiate Invitational Saturday they would have finished in third place, coach Bob Ellis says. ■ As it was, the team slipped to eighth place because of poor play in that round. ■ “We had two good rounds at the start,” Ellis said, “but the fin ish was very poor.” The University of Houston won the tournament with an 1,156 score. It was the Cougars’ fifth win this season; they were third in their only other tourna ment. Texas A&M finished the competition with a score of 1,202. Houston's John Slaughter took top individual honors with a 284 score. The Aggies’ top finisher was Gary Krueger, who finished in a three-way tie for seventh place with a 291 score. “Gary did well for us,” Ellis said, “but the others didn’t come through for us in the last round.” The team’s next outing is the Southwest Conference Tourna ment, which will be held April 16 in Houston. Prospects for a good per formance by the team in the con ference tournament don’t look good unless they can improve this week, Ellis said. . 29 for “bizarre” olice checked and determined man wanted in Mi ; bad checks, xt day, Cammod )swald, filed a ns report with unty sheriffs ofl i wife suffered fr( >blems and he >ut her. ve days ofherarre as transferred toll ity Jail where by John P. Lopez Battalion Reporter Going into this weekend’s three-game series with Houston, the Texas A&M baseball team needed to have a good showing against the second-ranked Cougars. After losing two of three games, Head Coach Tom Chandler said the Aggies can’t afford to lose many more games and still qualify for the Southwest Conference post-season tournament. “Our backs are against the wall and we need to make a turnar ound,” he said. Texas A&M lost Friday’s first game 4-2 but came back to defeat the Cougars 6-5 in the first game of Saturday’s double-header. The Cougars won the final game of the series 15-9. Chandler also said, however, that the tournament isn’t out of reach for the Aggies. “Texas, Arkansas and Houston are probably shoo-ins for the tournament,” he said, “but that fourth spot is still open and we’re going to have to fight to get in there.” In order to reach that goal, Chandler said, the Aggies’ pitching will have to improve. “We’ve really had a pitching breakdown this year,” he said. “There have been some real disappointments in our pitching staff. (Starter Rick) Luecken missed a couple of weeks with the tendoni tis he had, and (Robert) Slavens and (Steve) Davis are a little bit of a disappointment because they can’t seem to get the ball over the plate.” In Friday’s first game, the Cougars scored two runs off starter David Flores in both the first and second innings. Center fielder Mark Lavespere opened the scoring for the Cougars when he hit a single up the middle, went to third on a pair of sacrifices, and scored on Flores’ wild pitch. First baseman Jeff Achilles made the score 2-0 by hitting his fifth home run of the year over the left field wall. Flores got out of the inning by striking out designated hitter Mike Breslin. The Cougars scored two more runs in the second inning when Flores walked two Houston batters and gave up a two-run triple to Lavespere. After the second inning, Flores settled down and combined with Phillip Taylor to keep the Cougars scoreless for the rest of the game. Taylor came on in relief in the eighth inning. On offense, however, the Aggie bats could only score two runs on seven hits. Both runs were scored by center fielder Billy Cannon. Doug Drabek was the winning pitcher for the Cougars as Flores lost his second game of the year against six wins. In the first game of Saturday’s double-header, the Aggie pitch ing staff gave up fewer hits and walks than in Friday’s game. With the score tied at five at the end of regulation play, Cannon reached first in the eighth inning when he outran the throw by Cougar shortstop Brett Baker. Cannon was out at second, howev er, when Buddy Haney hit into a fielder’s choice. With Haney on first and one out, the Cougars had a chance to turn a double play and go into another extra inning of play. But second baseman Corky Swindell made a bad throw to second, leaving Haney safe at second and Tom Dean Chandler safe at first. Grant Priess then scored Haney on a single to right field. Rock King was the winning pitcher in relief as he improved his record to 3-0. ■ . ■ ■ ■ yy \rp '< m Wm ■ m ■ : ‘ ^ ^ AsisHr. * 'Uk ' - ' ✓ fag staff photo by Diana Sultenfuss Lineup card in hand, Aggie baseball coach Tom Chan dler watches the action during the first game of Texas A&M’s double-header Saturday with the Houston Cou gars. Although Texas A&M won the opener 6-5, the second-ranked Cougars came back to win the series final 15-9 to stay in first place in the SWC race. <liiion (leleriorali said officer Jop 6, a psychiatric was ordered. 11 nock was sufferii cute schizophren 24, Cammock w to the state ment »CIETY AT. Houston r on Thurs, #101 BSB, > rtation. ’ speak on t April 6 at 30m Bldg ugh #216 McDonald's DRIVE-THRU WINDOW MCDONALD’S INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS At University Drive Now on S. Texas Ave. AA f McDonalds I ■ I® BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING At Manor East Mall IM Game Plan CANOE RACE ENTRIES OPEN: Today is the first day of registration for the Intramural Canoe Race which will be held Saturday, April 17. Men’s, women’s, or corec teams of two must furnish their own canoe, paddles, and life vests or rent a canoe through the Intramural Office for $15.00. Students, faculty, staff, and spouses are eligible to compete in the 9-mile race on the Brazos River if they enter before Tuesday, April 13. ARCHERY ENTRIES CLOSE: Men and women entering this year’s Archery Tournament must sign up by tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Intramural Office. The contest will he held Wed nesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. in room 304 East Kyle. The fee is $1.00 per person. SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS BEGIN: Tuesday, April 6 will be the first day of single-elimination playoffs for teams in classes A and B. Team captains can check their schedules Monday, April 5. TRACK PRELIMS: Corps and fish prelims will he Wednes day, April 7 at 7 p.m. All other divisional prelims will be Thursday at 7 p.m. on Kyle Field. ARCHERY SCHEDULE POSTED: Anyone entered in this year’s archery tournament should check in the IM office after 2 p.m. Thursday. WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL: On Thursday, April 8 at 8:00 the TAMU Association of Handicapped Athletes will take on the Aggie Yell Leaders in a game of roundball on the G. Rollie White main floor. TEXAS TRIATHLON: Sponsored by the Chambers of Commerce and the TAML T Extramural Sports Club Associa tion, the triathlon starts at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Wofford Cain Pool. CoRec Team Bowl ing Champions — The 300 Club: (left to right) Chris Yake, Beth Stallsmith, An dy Braun and Darla Money, all our McDonald’s® “Be Our Guest” winners this week. They can pick up their free meal coupons in the Intramural Office. Sports Club Action CYCLING: The Aggieland Stage Race is Saturday and Sunday, here in College Station. JUDO: The TAMU Club will be in Beeville Saturday for the Bee County Invitational. ROADRUNNERS: The Texas Triathlon will be in Bryan-College Station this Saturday and is sure to keep the TAMU roadrunners busy. WOMEN S RUGBY: The Aggies travel to New Orleans this weekend to play the New Orleans’ women ruggers. VOLLEYBALL: Texas A&M is hosting the Texas A&M Invitational tournament in East Kyle Saturday. Penberthy Postponed 1982 Team Bowling Champions More Basktball? You may think you’ve seen the Handicapped Athletes will take last of basketball action in G. on those famous Aggie Yell Rollie White Coliseum, but Leaders in a game of wheelchair NOOOO. .. Thursday night at 8 basketball. Who will win it? p.m. the TAMU Association of Come Thursday night and see. INTRAMURAL Entries Close Tomorrow IM Office 159 East Kyle The MSC Bowling and Games Area was the scene of the 1982 All-University Intramural Team Bowling Championships Mon day night. When the last pin had fallen the team from Company L-2 was declared the men’s class A win ner. Together, Glenn Park, War ren Liado, Jeff Langston, and Greg Winter scored 1,790 points to defeat “Coffee Table”. Greg Winter was high scorer with 199 points in one game. It was a close game in the corec division of the class B fin als, but the “300 Club” edged past “Boom’s Bombers” 1,577 to 1,552. Andy Braun led his team mates, Chris Y’ake, Beth Stallsmith, and Darla Money with the highest individual game score of 162. Perry Pogue bowled a 224 in one game to help his team, “The Sleepers”, win the men’s class B crown. Perry and his teammates, Terry Radney, Scott McWher- ter, and Tim Packard, ac cumulated 1,827 points while their opponents, the “Filthy Fifth” scored 1,506. In the women’s class B finals, two dorm teams struggled through a close contest before the “Keathley Kamikazes” de feated the “McFaddin Flames”, 1,496 to 1,429. High scorer, Vir ginia Turano bowled a 168; but that wasn’t quite enough to help McFaddin topple the Kamikazes. The teamwork of Erin Eaton, Cheryl Heller, Mar ty Meadow, and Sue Gary won Keathley the title. Congratulations to all the teams, and especially to this years winners! The Penberthy Celebration of Sports, originally scheduled for March 26, 27, and 28, has been postponed. The non-stop rain in Aggieland that weekend forced the Intramural Department to call off it’s non-stop softball tour nament after just ten hours. The tournament and special events have been rescheduled for the weekend after Easter, April 16, 17, and 18. A new schedule will be posted Wednes day, April 14, after 2 p.m. Teams that will not be able to play that weekend will receive a refund only if they apply by 5 p.m. on April 7. After that NO REFUNDS will be given. THE OUTDOOR POOL will not be open for recreational swimming until after 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 10. VOLUNTEERS are still needed to help with the Texas Triathlon. Interested individu als should contact Tom Weis in the Intramural Office before noon Tuesday. Foot Notes TRACK PARTICIPANTS will be required to present their student or recreational ID card before EVERY event. COACH SHERRILL has re quested that track participants wait until football practice is over before going onto Kyle Field or the track. McDonald’s® Intramural at University Drive, Manor East Acknowledgements Highlights is sponsored each Mall and Texas Avenue. Pictures ^ Mnnrtav in Monday in the Battalion by your local McDonald’s® Restaurants by Tom Ward. Davies and Steven LAKE PENBERTHY. . . Heavy rain forced the Intra mural Office to postpone the Penberthy Celebration of Sports last week.