Battalion/Page 13 March 3, 1983 by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds malley undergoes surgery :d the ked to ' Gnashed; who let thtj ins scored^ crumbled. ,,rc d again oJ : 7-0. J picked upj| icanlin trii 'hen Dev ight walked core Deven one run« nth torounci Cowboys iixth, oneb] ““ran shortstop Roy Smalley ulkranl, “I?;!" 1 .t" a " ch ? r * h '. Iel t , je of the New ork ^ ankees '^■d this season, but lii st he us take care of his own side. Tmalley, underwent an nl gency appenclectomy at rial Point Hospital in Fort erdale, Fla., on Wed- y. 'he surgery was very suc- bl and the operation took than an hour,” said Bill esch, the Yankees’ vice dent. “The doctor said if he waited another day the ndix might have ruptured, here’s a chance he will be jorkingout in two weeks and he uki be perfectly well in three ?eks.” Yankee manager Billy Martin /^■“I think he’ll he ready for ve start of the regular season.” cite 30-year-old Smalley is ■pet led to be the club’s regular stop but may see action at third base. At Tampa, Fla., Cincinnati Reds’ pitcher Charlie Puleo underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Wednesday and is expected to he sidelined about two weeks. In Sarasota, Fla., pitcher A1 Hrabosky said he will close his long-running performance of “The Mad Hungarian” and abandon the mound antics that earned him that nickname — if he makes the team. “The last few years, 1 was only doing it because people ex pected me to," said Hrabosky, 33, who was given a tryout by the White Sox. “It had become a show.” The world champion St. Louis Cardinals completed their second day of workouts for the full squad, with three key play ers still unsigned. Outfielders Willie McGee and David Green and pitcher Dave LaPoint, all of whom are participating in the workouts, have not signed but all said they were close to an agreement. Montreal Manager Bill Vir- don announced Steve Rogers, Scott Sanderson, Bill Gullickson and Charlie Lea will start the Ex pos’ first four exhibition games, beginning Saturday. Tom Seaver, who is expected to be the Mets’ opening-day pitcher on April 15, will be start ing Friday when the Mets play the first of five intrasquad games. Ed Lynch will oppose Seaver. Shortstop Fred Manriqueand pitcher Mercedes Esquer signed with the Toronto Blue Jays. At West Palm Beach, Fla., the Atlanta Braves participated in an intrasquad game and Mana ger Joe Torre announce his pitching lineup for Saturday’s Grapefruit League opener against Montreal — Phil Niekro, Pete Falcone, Rick Mahler and Craig McMurtry. rs tl us he Aggie men’s tennis team id its record to 12-1 on the on with a 6-3 victory over -ranked Wichita State in Inesday’s opening round of etorpus Christi Team Tour- ment. Texas A&M won four of six es matches and two of three ilbles matches against the (jtkers in the four-day com- tition, which includes 24 arm from across the nation, e field includes 13 of I he Top teams in the country. Although the Aggies aren’t ationally ranked, they’ve now deated Top 20 members )ijthwestern Louisiana (6-3) icj Wichita State, and have lost ily to No. 4-ranked Trinity by score of 8-1. Texas A&M, hrh finished the past spring :ason ranked No. 18 in the bntry with a 22-8 record, was i have played seventh-ranked lejnson this morning at 8:30. Tlie Tigers, who finished last ason also ranked No. 7, defe ed the Aggies 8-1 last season. With victories in Wednesday’s atch in Corpus Christi, sopho- ore Kimmo Alkio and senior om Judson have 11-1 singles rds on the season, while gie No. 1 seed Brian Joelson 1-3 after a loss to WSU’s berto Saad. phe Texas A&M women’s tennis team, which has a 6-3 re cord, opens play today in the Brigham Young Team Tourna ment, which features eight teams from around the country. Aggie freshman Vanne Akagi has a 9-1 record in singles thus far, while Teresa Landry and Amy Gloss are both 7-3. Akagi and Cathy Nutt lead the team with a 7-2 doubles record. T he women’s team has posted four shutouts in six victories, in cluding 9-0 triumphs over Mem phis State, Texas-San Antonio, Southwest Texas State and East T exas State. Texas A&M has lost to Arkansas, Oklahoma and Trinity. Here are complete results from the men’s victory over Wichita State: A&M 6, Wichita State 3 Roberto Saad (WSU) def. Brian Joelson (A&M) 6-4, 6-4 Kimmo Alkio (A&M) def. Paul Smith 7-5, 6-0 Tom Judson (A&M) def. Dale Houston 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 Greg Hill (A&M) def. John Thorpe 2-6, 7-6, 6-3 Arnold Kettenacker (A&M) def. Andrew Castle 6-3, 6-2 Simon Norman (WSU) def. Ron Kowal (A&M) 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 Saad-Smith (1982 NCAA in door champions, WSU) def. Joelson-Judson (A&M) 6-4, 6-4 Alkio-Kowal (A&M) def. Thorpe-Castle 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 Hill-Van Barry (A&M) def. Houston-Norman 6-4, 6-0 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN WAGNER from all of us who think “you’re worth it!” Quotes to ere are: 10th. A lolding a LEARN TO WRITE WITH YOUR ELROWS. Professor Peter Elbow, a nationally acclaimed teacher of writing, has helped thousands of students learn to write more easily and effectively. 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Christlieb Battalion Staff Aggie swimming coach Mel Nash says he hopes for a few surprises at the Southwest Con ference Swimming and Diving Championships, which open to day at the University of Texas and last through Saturday. Nash, whose 8-4 squad hasn’t been ranked this season, enters the meet with hopes that the Aggies can finish among the top five teams in the league. But with a strong performance, Nash says, Texas A&M may crack the polls that come out af ter the meet. In respect to the national rankings, Nash and his team find themselves in an odd predi cament. The Houston Cougars are ranked No. 20 in the nation. The Aggies defeated Houston 75-38 earlier in the season. That would seem to indicate a Top 20 spot for Texas A&M. Not so. It all comes down to politics, Nash says. “We got close to the Top 20 during the season, but we never broke through with the one out standing time that could get us into the rankings,” he said in Austin Wednesday night. “I’m hoping we can set a few people on their heels and that we can be nationally ranked after this meet. “We really just need a little publicity on the national level. All year long we’ve been sort of hiding in the bushes. The dis appointing thing is that we’re not even on the list of teams that receive votes but don’t receive enough to make the rankings.” When Nash refers to an “out standing time,” he’s talking ab out a situation like that of the Cougars. Houston’s Feng Siong Ang is ranked No. 1 in the na tion in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.03 — three-tenths of a second faster than his nearest competition. That kind of top ranking is what the Aggies don’t have, although freshman Chris O’Neil is ranked fourth nationally in the 100-yard butterfly and freshman John Heldenfels is ranked sixth in the same event. But national rankings aside, Nash says he and his swimmers want to perform well enough to beat Houston, which probably would put them fourth behind Texas, SMU and Arkansas. Nash said the Longhorns, rank ed No. 1 in the nation, and the Mustangs, ranked No. 5, shouldn’t have much trouble staying ahead of their oppo nents in the meet. The Aggies, who finished fifth in last year’s SWC meet, may have trouble catching the 12th-ranked Arkansas Razor- backs, he said. “It looks interesting,” he said. “Arkansas and Houston are really strong teams. I’d say Houston, Arkansas and A&M are all around the same range, but Arkansas has an edge be cause of their divers. They have five in the meet and they’re all ranked divers, whereas only two of our four divers are in that category. The diving probably gives Arkansas at least a 40- point edge over us. “We feel pretty confident ab out how we’re going to perform in the meet. It’s tough to guess how the points are going to come out when you have several teams around the same level. 1 do believe we can do well and we’re hoping for fourth.” Nash said the Aggies “aren’t nervous or scared of anybody.” The freshmen, including O’Neil and Heldenfels, need to per form well, Nash said. Here’s a list of Texas A&M’s best times for the season (all dis tances are in yards): 50 freestyle — ( 100 freestyle — 200 freestyle — 500 freestyle — 1,000 freestyle - 50 butterfly — C 100 butterfly — 200 butterfly — 50 backstroke — 100 backstroke - 200 backstroke 50 breaststroke 100 breaststroke 200 breaststroke Jark McDonald, 21.29 Kevin Londrigan, 46.94 K. Londrigan, 1:43.21 Rick Walker 4:32.52 - Walker. 9:24.58 Jiris O’Neil. 23.21 O’Neil. 49.70 Bob Salas, 1:51.70 K. Londrigan, 24.92 — K. Londrigan, 52.86 - Scott Reeder, 1:56.94 - Mark Viminitz, 27.32 — Viminitz, 58.78 — Viminitz, 2:10.36 100 individual medley — K. Londrigan, 55.15 200 IM — Reeder, 1:56.17 400 IM — Reeder, 4:12.46 200 medley relay — K. Londrigan, Viminitz, O’Neil, Craig Buchmann, 1:35.59 400 medley relay — K. Londrigan, Viminitz, O’Neil, Peter Gatcheil, 3:26.37 200 free relay — O’Neil. Chris Londrigan, Pat Ballard. John Heldenfels, 1:27.65 400 free relay — Heldenfels, Clark McDonald, Gatcheil, Buchmann, 3:06.74 800 free relay — Heldenfels, K. Londrigan, McDonald, Walker, 7:05.31 t ’83 Perm Special | Get an $18.50 Hair Cut andSlyle ■ and receive a Style Perm of your choice for only $6.50, a total of $25. I complete. 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