Battalion/Page 14 * April now sports ig rounds to maetlij rnainent, and he'll ft jme — without a fuss~i his critics, and hisla r, accept the rules tij the silent Swede? J • circumstances seem* 1,1s won the FrenchOjt six times, and hisliin ledon champion: most impressive ram history. qualify for a place in til players barely rani • rules. i Borg personifies, >c — talented in hisi ithstand tremendousi pable of being fair in •>ns — he is not ab itions that govern his •ary, it’s his sports® s him apart fromtlie of essional sports inik imittance to the task that following the le game, he’s qualifying or aatt :up, the qualityofthej ays improved when I ) make his living. Battalion/Page 15 April 8, 1982 Ranger rookie bats .318 and gets start In the starting blocks? Aggie center fielder Billy Cannon looks as if he’s ready to begin an event in a track meet, but he’s actually stretching during Texas A&M’s double-header with the Houston Cougars Saturday. The Aggies, who lost Wed nesday night to the San Antonio Dodgers 11-7, play Arkansas this weekend in Fayetteville, Ark. Texas A&M catcher Mark Magee had a home run in the exhibition game with the LA Dodgers’ Texas League farm team. United Press International NEW YORK — Oh, no, not another Willie Mays. “I know there’ll never be another one,” concedes Tommy Helms, the Texas Rangers’ coach who played against him nine years, “but every day in some way this kid will show you one of those very same instincts Mays had.” Tommy Helms is talking ab out switch-hitting, George Wright, 23, the same exciting kid who has Manager Don Zim mer and all the rest of the Ran gers buzzing, after hitting safely in 17 straight games this spring and winding up with a .318 bat ting average that helped earn him the center-field job. Last week, with Mickey Riv ers due to go on the 21-day dis abled list because of a knee in jury, Zimmer called Wright into his private office at the Rangers’ training quarters at Pompano Beach, Fla. “We’re putting Mickey on the disabled list,” Zim told Wright. “You’ll be starting for us in cen ter field on opening day.” That should have been Tues day at Yankee Stadium. But that game and Thursday’s resche duled contest with the Yankees were wiped out by snow and cold weather. “I’m not nervous yet, but 1 im agine I will be,” says Wright, who was signed by Hal Keller out of high school in 1977 and hit .260 with Tulsa in the Texas League last season. The fact Tommy Helms would see anything in him to re mind them of Willie Mays leaves Wright hardly knowing what to say. “I idolized myself after Willie when I was small,” he says. “To me, there was no other player in the world like Willie Mays. I still feel that way about him even though I’ve never met him.” ~ When he left home this spring, Wright’s mother, Doris, told him not to be nervous and do the best he could. “We ll be praying for you,” she said. She’s planning to be at Arling'- ton Stadium in Arlington, Texf^ when the Rangers open at home against the Yankees next Mon day night. cason Rangers to open Saturday Texas, NY snowed out iambito and the left) )t the final two outs he Cardsgotal-for-- Porter and twomoni from eighth-place ? Smith, who in twoplb United Press International ig .500. But ■ARLINGTON — The Texas ght the good knud Rangers-New York Yankees i he needed it. ganic scheduled for this after- He was pitching s®on was postponed Wednes- s Manager WhiteyHgwy and the Rangers — having "He got tired lateMWadc a trip to New York for no- t take away fromtlifi^ng —headed for home. H Texas’ season opening game mbito, who eamedi' s |now set for Saturday at l':05 ic just knew if he I®! in Cleveland — weather pinch hitters Tit#JP e,| nitting. and Mike Ramsev ■ New York and Texas had ori- he would face Cptnlly been scheduled to open rick pinch hittingfrhfi 1 ' seasons on Tuesday, but a nanup. But HerzotfP’ing blizzard wiped out that lift have happenf® ne along with baseball action Hendrick had “anfpat had been scheduled elbow and couldni® onSlKSMemorial’s Poerschke gainst Niekro. Pone P . A 1 commits to Arkansas nance to pass wIMV throughout the Midwest and East. Wednesday was an open day on the schedule for New York and Texas, but the two teams were to have concluded a two- game series on Thursday. The Yankees said their field was in such bad shape from the heavy snows that they were also post poning the first game of a series with the Chicago White Sox that had been scheduled for Friday night. The Rangers worked out at an indoor facility at Shea Sta dium Wednesday and after hat’s what amazes# eantlhisbrotheTllf - , a „? ra TP! Ch fl‘ Poerschko. a ’6-7, 205- VV hat they dotsli t p ()Unc j forward from Houston they would J 11 ^ Memorial High School, has ody every now an ma( | e a ^,-(^1 commitment to e t a * air Saa ^ play basketball at the University ol Arkansas, his high school | coach says. I,- Poerschke’s mother con firmed his commitment and said her son would sign with the Razorbacks April 14, the nation- mge its non-conw er, and as such, it»| serve the goals arm ' the Prudential'sp purpose,” the col he company has» the cost of the maip sd at more )() a year, sinc(| tial Center, whei| line is located. [ 14 al signing date. Poerschke averaged points and nine rebounds a game his senior year at Memo rial. A 60 percent shooter from the field, he was named All-State and All-Greater Houston. hearing of today’s postpone ment they made arrangements to fly home. The team scheduled a work out today at Arlington Stadium and a club spokesman said the Rangers would travel to Cleve land Friday if it appeared that the Saturday game had a chance of being played. Meanwhile, Cleveland Sta dium groundskeepers, already laboring madly to clear a record 11-inch snowfall, face the pros pect of even more snow today that could jeopardize the game. Larry Staverman, director of operations for the Stadium Corp., said grounds Crews vyork- ed Wednesday to clear two acres of snow from the field. Marshall Bossard, ground skeeper for 45 years, was pessi mistic about Saturday’s game. “I’ve never seen this much snow at the Stadium so close to an opener,” he said. “We should be able to handle this snow, but if we get hit again, it could be a killer.” Texas’ home opener will be next Monday night against the Yankees. Easter s hatchin ’ out all over at the Warehouse! 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