Texas A&M
The Battalion Sports
August 11, 1982 Page 11
rosh football
layers ready
or challenge
by Frank L. Christlieb
Sports Editor
Todd Tschantz comes to
'Texas A&M University with two
'ingredients that he’ll try to mix
Itoearn a first-team position with
the Aggie football team: confi-
Idence and credentials.
nAnd rather coincidentally,
another important point will
tie into play during
fllchantz’s quest for a job either
punting or place-kicking for the
“ Texas Aggies.
His chances of taking on one
those two chores aren’t bad,
nsidering the situation he’s
(Stering.
IgWhile 27 fellow freshmen and
reral walk-ons held their first
Irkout of the year in Kyle Field
pesday afternoon, the 18-year-
from Richardson Lake
(Highlands High School spent
hours working with team-
ktes who share a common
oal: earning a key spot on
lach Jackie Sherrill’s squad.
iTschantz, whose 1981 Lake
Ighlands squad defeated
puston Yates in the state 5A
lampionship game, has an
bove-average chance to be
ne the Aggies’ punter. His
lospects at place-kicker aren’t
Bite as strong, but Tschantz be
lieves he may have stumbled
|to the chance of a lifetime at
exas A&M.
(During the 1981 season, Kyle
^Stuard, now a junior, began as
iHe Aggies’ starting punter,
owever, he dislocated his
Joulder during Texas A&M’s
victory over the Houston
pugars in the fifth game of the
Jason.
iFrom that point on, freshman
pzzy Sawyer took over the
imting duties, but averaged
lily 35 yards a kick. Sherrill
bows a football team can’t win
Insistently with such a low
punting average, so he enters
workouts hoping to find several
capable candidates to choose
from.
To add to Tschantz’s chances,
Sawyer's name no longer
appears on the Aggie roster.
According to Sherrill, Sawyer
decided to transfer to another
school.
Enter Todd Tschantz — or so
he hopes. Besides Stuard,
Tschantz’s main competition for
the punting job will come from
Dodge Carter, a freshman walk-
on from Dallas Highland Park.
The 6-1,212-pound T schantz
brings to Texas A&M excellent
credentials and loads of confi
dence, but when it comes to win
ning a job on Sherrill’s team,
past achievements are as notable
as kicking an 18-yard field goal
with a 40-mph wind.
“I’ve got the opportunity to
do really well,” Tschantz said
Tuesday. “I’m going to go for it
(the starting position). “They’ve
got some good kickers, with
Stuard, (place-kickers) David
Hardy and Alan Smith, but I’m
just going in saying I’m as good
as they are. That’s the attitude
I’m taking.”
Tschantz, who averaged ab
out 42 yards a punt during his
senior year, has already been in
structed by defensive end coach
Bobby Roper to reduce his punt
ing approach from three steps to
two steps. Tschantz said it’ll take
some getting used to, but he
thinks he can make the change
successfully.
Tschantz, clocked at 4.8 in the
40-yard dash, has found the
spirit among Aggie team mem
bers to be strong — even before
the start of varsity workouts.
“We’ve got a real good chance
to win it,” Tschantz said. “There
See FRESHMEN page 12
Firing
Astros’ Virdon gets
axe; Lillis manager
‘
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photo by Sabrina McCormick
Saturday skiing at Somerville
Texas A&M student Ben Sample finds
out the true meaning of the term “laid
back” as he slaloms his way across the
area’s most popular source of water,
Lake Somerville, over the weekend.
Sample seems on his way to a painful
spill at this stage of the ride, but as
to whether he made it out of this semi
horizontal position, well ... it’s up to
you to decide the situation’s outcome.
United Press International
SAN DIEGO — Bill Virdon
led Houston from the cellar to a
division title in 1980, but with
the Astros now mired in fifth
place, owner John McMullen
has gone to his bench for a new
manager.
McMullen fired Virdon
Tuesday and named first base
coach Bob Lillis interim mana
ger. A team spokesman said:
“That will in all probability go
through the end of the season.”
At a brief team meeting be
fore the Astros defeated San
Diego, 4-1, Virdon thanked the
players.
“The only thing I wanted
them to know is that I appreci
ated their efforts,” Virdon said.
“I was sorry things didn’t work
out. I know they did the best
they could for me and I’ll be be
hind them all the way.”
Lillis then conducted what he
said would be the first of several
meetings with the team.
“There won’t be any whole
sale changes,” Lillis told repor
ters. “We’ll give what we’ve got
and hope we can make a run at
it.
“We’ve played better ball the
last couple of months and I feel
that we’ll continue to improve as
j we go along. It really hurts when
you lose two quality people from
your bullpen,” he said, referring
to lengthy injuries to Joe Sambi-
to and Dave Smith. “We’ve lost
21 games in the late innings.
There’ll be some minor changes,
but I want to consult with my
staff and the players first.”
Sambito praised Virdon,
saying the Astros’ recent string
of five losses in San Francisco
wasn’t his fault.
“He’ll be all right, he’s a good
baseball man and if he wants a
job, he’ll get it,” Sambito said.
“He was so level-headed about
everything. That’s the way you
Bob Lillis
have to be in this game.”
McMullen said his decision
was in the best interest of the
team.
“We made the decision that
the Houston Astros were going
to need a new manager next
year and in the interest of both
the ballclub and Bill Virdon, this
seemed to be the appropriate
time to make the change,” he
said.
“This will now give us the
next six weeks to go through a
list of possible candidates and
begin making our plans for next
season.”
Virdon, 51, of Springfield,
Mo., was a former all-star with
the Pittsburgh Pirates and for
mer manager of Pittsburgh and
the New York Yankees. He has
been the Astros’ manager since
late in the 1975 season — one in
which the team finished 42‘A
games out of first place.
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