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by Frank L. Christlieb
JK Sports Editor
I^helfl when Keith Baldwin pulled a
dubacf,hamstring during the first day
‘ of the Cleveland Browns’ train
ing camp, he could have lost all
, ' artLi confidence about his chances of
0at making the squad.
But not Baldwin. Although
the injury slowed him slightly,
the former Texas A&M defen-
frad s . siveend didn’t break stride in his
irsccah, efforts to elude the most terrify
ing event in the life of an NFL
„ rookie — the dreaded final cut.
'ark ft BrOwns, along with 27
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leased their last batch of players
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1 Monday and Tuesday. But
Baldwin’s bid to escape being
sliced from the Browns’ roster
was successful.
In addition, teammate Mike
S^hitwell, the Aggies’ all-time
leader in receiving yardage with
1,372 yards in four seasons,
made the Cleveland squad.
| ere( j Although many people had
Former A&M receiver Mike
Whitwell playing for
Browns
doubts about Whitwell’s chances
of-making the team, he man
aged to squeeze in as the No. 3
wide receiver behind Dave
Logan and Danny Fulton.
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jerseys of a different color.
“It was a bigjump and it was a
little difficult at first,” Baldwin
said from Cleveland in a tele
phone interview Thursday.
“You have to think a lot more
about what you’re doing, and
you have to do a lot more study
ing. You get used to doing so
many things in college, but when
you come into professional foot
ball, it’s really different.”
For starters, the Browns play
a 3-4 defense, with three men on
the defensive front and four
linebackers. In contrast, Bald
win spent four seasons under
former Aggie coach Tom Wil
son as part of a 4-3 alignment, in
which he was one of four mem
bers of the defensive line.
“Now I’m starting to come
around, and I’m getting com
fortable with the team and the
system,” Baldwin said. “Going
in, I was pretty confident, but
after a couple of days, it shook
my confidence to see how tough
it was. But then I started concen
trating on doing my best at my
position, and things got better.”
Baldwin, who this week
moved into a new apartment in
central Cleveland, said Whitwell
performed well during limited
playing time. A member of the
Browns’ front office said Whit-
well’s entrance into professional
football was enhanced by the re
tirement of Reggie Rucker, one
of the top receivers in the history
of the Cleveland franchise.
During the Browns’ 4-0 pre
season schedule, Baldwin
finished with six tackles, two
assists and two fumble recover
ies while playing behind starting
right end Mike Robinson, a
second-year man from Arizona.
Whitwell, a 6-1, 175-pounder,
caught the only pass thrown to
him, a 22-yarder, but had five
See ROOKIES page 13
Keith Baldwin (80), a former Texas
A&M defensive end, has survived the
final cuts that all NFL rookies dread,
solidly entrenching himself as the No.
2 right defensive end for the Cleveland
Browns. Former Aggie wide receiver
Mike Whitwell, drafted a few rounds
after Baldwin, also qualified for the
squad after leading Texas A&M in pass
receptions during the 1981 season.
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by John Wagner
Battalion Staff
The Aggie softball team, win
ter of the AIAW national tro-
thy early in the summer, will
tttempt to win another crown
his season — this time under
he NCAA banner. And at this
aoint, it appears that inexperi
ence in the infield might be the
:eam’s only weak point.
■ Coach Bob Brock lost five
players from last year’s squad,
and the key to success this year
will be the play of several fresh
men. This year, however, the
Aggies will compete as a mem
ber of the NCAA, due to the
dissolution of the AIAW.
Cindy Cooper and Mary
Schwind will get their first test as
members of the Aggie infield
when the host team takes the
field Friday in the first game of
the Aggie Invitational.
Cooper will start at third
base, while Schwind replaces the
graduated Shannon Murray as
the starter at first base.
But the strengths of Brock’s
team far outnumber the weak
nesses. Brock will rely mainly on
pitching this season — pitching
that has always come through in
the past.
His pitching staff, anchored
by two-time all-America Lori
Stoll and 1982 Texas A&M Play
er of the Year Shan McDonald,
is easily one of the best in the
nation.
Both Stoll and McDonald
played on national teams this
summer. Stoll, a left-hander,
pitched for the U.S. women’s na-
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tional team and McDonald for
the Canadian national team.
And if those two strengths
aren’t enough, freshman Dar
lene Lowery, from Largo, Fla.,
will be able to bolster a staff that
rarely needs bolstering. Stoll
and McDonald pitched in 82 of
the Aggies’ 93 games during
both the fall and spring seasons.
Stoll Finished the year 34-6
with an ERA of .296. McDonald
was 35-3 with an ERA of 0.31.
The Aggies are led offensive
ly by senior Carrie Austgen,
junior Patti Holthaus, and soph
omores Josie Carter and Gay
McNutt. Austgen, Holthaus and
McNutt were all-region players
last year.
Carter led the Aggies with a
.331 average and 72 RBI.
Texas A&M has a full fall
schedule this year, with games
against Baylor, Louisiana Tech,
Sam Houston, and the Universi
ty of Texas at Arlington. They
will also play in two tournaments
this fall — the UTA Invitational
and the All College Classic in
Okla. City, Okla.
Last year the Aggies were 36-
3 in the fall and 48-6 during the
spring for a combined record of
84-9 — good for the champion
ship in the AIAW Women’s Col
lege World Series.
The Aggie Invitational is a
four-team double round robin
tournament with a single elimi
nation playoff. Besides Texas
A&M, Baylor, Sam Houston
State and Texas Tech will parti
cipate in the two-day event.
The tournament, as well as
the Aggies’ home games, will be
played at Travis Park in Bryan.
Texas A&M opened the tourna
ment at 10 this morning against
Texas Tech, while Sam Houston
played Baylor.
Every team will play five
games today, with the last game
beginning at 8:30 p.m. Each
team will play three games
Saturday, with the champion
ship and consolation games
scheduled for 5:30 Saturday
evening.
The Aggies’ next competition
will be a double-header against
Baylor in Waco Monday.
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