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Metcalf
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(continued from page 9)
Monday’s game. “I thought
Hyde) Drexler’s fourth foul (a
larging call in the first hall)
^ i \|isa bad call.
“What 1 found hard to believe
is that all three of ficials were
from the ACC. It just shouldn’t
have happened, because it’s got
to be tremendous pressure on
diem to officiate in that situa-
Jn.”
Metcalf, who said he consid-
|sthis year’s UH squad one of
n Be best in college history, said
■e outcome surprised him.
1 “I was surprised, but anything
cl n happen in a one-game series
like that,” he said. “I thought
Houston would win — they were
slven-point favorites. But
there’s so much emotion going
on out there that anything can
ppen. What it really came
iwn to was Houston missing
lose 1-and-l shots.”
Although he was surprised
jat the Cougars lost, Metcalf
[id, he wasn’t shocked that only
o points separated the teams
the final buzzer.
“Anytime you get that far,” he
‘ samei) id,“you know (North Carolina
atejhasagreat ballcluh. Those
last tt ampionship games have a way
is at ih being close, or at least most of
> thirdli em do. When UCLA was so
Dickie 11 ong, they blew everyone out,
), Bill fti it that doesn’t happen any-
nd andOi ore."
isacquird As for Charles’ easy winning
aft froa ink, Metcalf said Olajuwon
—bin Jighi have thought the clock
hui run out and didn’t react
x)t has v ienWhittenburg’s jumper fell
Two homers defeat White Sox
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“It was just one of those mis-
that younger players
jmetimes make,” Metcalf said,
le was the talk of the town and
was just great all the way
reliefpm rough (the tournament).”
lid sow The Cougars, who for the
hat thei cond year in a row made the
ledhisiis nal Four, helped the SWC’s
mClass! sketball image immensely
th their performance, Metcalf
id.
“Theyrepresented the league
fine fashion,” he said,
hey’re a great team and Guy
iwis is a gentleman.”
Metcalf said he thinks one or
oof the Cougars may attempt
to jump into professional bas
ketball, but he’s not sure what
exactly will happen.
“I feel Akeem could go hard
ship now, but I don’t know,” he
said. “This will be the last year
that the big-money (contracts)
will be available since they’ve put
a cap on the NBA team salaries
(for the 1984-85 season). You’ve
got to think that Houston would
have to lose some players.”
In averting a strike recently,
NBA officials and players
agreed upon a basic team salary
“cap” of $3.6 million for the
1984-85 season. This means that
teams with 12-man rosters must
pay an average of $300,()()() per
player.
Metcalf said it wouldn’t be un
reasonable to expect at least one
Cougar underclassman to try
the hardship route. Of the UH
starting five this season, only
Micheaux is a senior.
“I wouldn’t he surprised be
cause of the new NBA ruling
and because of the ability of
some of those Houston players,”
Metcalf said. “If I had one guess,
I’d say Drexler might go, but I
don’t know.”
And with the April 13 signing
date for high school recruits
coming up, Metcalf said the
Aggies have their sights set on
rounding up some top talent.
“We need a point guard and a
couple of forwards,” he said.
“We’d like to have a big point
guard if we could, because
Tyren (Naulls, the Aggies’ 6-4
point guard the past two sea
sons) kind of spoiled us.
“We haven’t had any commit
ments ... but we’re fighting St.
John’s and Syracuse for one
player and Nevada-Las Vegas
for another player. We’re hope
ful that we’ll sign some good
players.”
Metcalf said the SMU Mus
tangs may be a team to watch in
the Southwest Conference next
season, as Coach Dave Bliss has
signed a 6-10, 240-pound out-
of-state center. Metcalf has seen
him play and says he’s im
pressed.
“SMU may have the best ta
lent in the league,” he said.
“They’re returning nearly
everyone except (point guard
Dave) Piehler.”
Rangers give Rader 5-3 triumph
United Press International
ARLINGTON — Texas Ran
ger manager Doug Rader has
broken an 0-for-6 slump in
opening games.
It couldn’t have come at a
better time.
“Well, 1 can die happy now,”
Rader said in the Ranger locket
room Monday after Texas, one
of baseball’s worst last year, heat
Chicago, one of baseball’s best
this year, 5-3, on opening day.
“This is the first opener I’ve
ever won (as a manager),” said
Rader, whose Hawaii AAA farm
teams dropped six straight
openers.
The win was Rader’s first as a
Major League manager, but
foremost on his mind was shak
ing the team’s image as losers.
With 98 losses on their record
last season, Texas needed some
shaking.
“It’s like getting your first hit
of the year,” he said. “I don’t
care if you’re a lifetime .300 hit
ter and have played on 15 cham
pionship teams, every year you
Larry Parrish’s homer gives
Texas opening-day victory
wonder if you can hit the ball
until you get that first hit. Alter
that, you quit thinking about it
and just do it.
“We’ve got that first win now
and we know we can win. I’m not
saying we can quit thinking ab
out winning now but we can quit
worrying about winning that
first one.”
To continue winning, Rader
must rely on a pitching rotation
which doesn’t include veterans
Charlie Hough and Danny Dar
win, both out with injuries.
Starting for Texas Monday was
Mike Smithson, a 6-foot-8 for
mer Tennessee basketball play
er who at 28 is in his rookie
season.
Smithson, admittedly ner
vous about the opening day
assignment, gave up all three
White Sox runs in the first in
ning. After Rudy Law' singled,
Smithson gave walks to Tony
Bernazard and Harold Baines
and then hit Greg Luzinski with
a pitch to score the first run.
Greg Walker hit Bernazard
in on a fielder’s choice and
Baines scored on Carlton Fisk’s
single.
“My control was bad early,”
Smithson said. “I can’t expect to
give up four walks and keep out-
team in the game. But luckily I
found some stuff to get some
strikeouts when I needed them.”
Smithson pitched five more
innings, allowing only two more
hits, including Walker’s triple in
the fifth.
“I was real proud the way he
got his composure and came
back to pitch a steady game,”
Rader said of Smithson. “He’d
never pitched an opener and
was jittery in the beginning. It’s
just one of those things you have
to live through.”
John Butcher, working in re
lief during the final three in
nings, collected the victory when
Mike Richardt homered to tie
the game in the sixth and Larry
Parrish homered for the game
winning RBI in the seventh.
“I don’t feel we were as bad
last year as the record indicates,”
Parrish said. “We lost some close
games and hopefully this year
we’ll win them.”
Richardt, who hit only three
home runs last season, said he
prefers the No. 2 slot in the
order to the eighth or ninth
position he hit in last year.
“I’m going to concentrate on
getting on base and let Buddf
(Bell) or Hoss (Dave Hostetler)
bring me around. 1 won’t be
challenging anyone for a home
run title,” he said.
The Rangers picked up two
runs in the first on two errors by
Walker. Richardt reached first
on the first error and scored on
Bell’s double. Bell scored when
Walker dropped Parrish’s two-
out pop-up.
Bell got another RBI in the
eighth, scoring Billy Sample
with his single.
rmmw
THEATRES
SWC picks athletes of week
United Press International
DALLAS — Southwest Con
ference schools chose two pitch
ers and a golfer as SWC athletes
of the week.
The vote for the male athlete
of the week ended in a tie be
tween two freshmen — Arkan
sas pitcher Tim Dietz and Texas
Christian University hurler
Brian Ohnoutka. The easy win
ner for female athlete of the
week was TCU golfer Marti
Bozarth.
Bozarth finished third in the
First Annual Lady Mustang
Round-Up at Dallas’ Lakewood
Country Club. Many observers
called the weather conditions on
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had ever seen with low tempera
tures and wind gusting up to 60
miles per hour.
Led by Bozarth’s total of 236,
the Frogs came from 12 shots
back to win their fourth tourna
ment of the spring, eventually
beating Georgia by three shots.
Bozarth is a senior.
Pitching was in the spotlight
at College Station where Dietz, a
redshirt freshman from Tulsa
(Hale High School), threw the
only SWC no-hitter ever by a
Razorback. Dietz struck out
none and allowed only one walk.
In Austin, TCU was winning
for the first time ever at Disch-
Falk Field, with Ohnoutka
throwing a four-hit shutout at
Texas. The game marked the
first SWC shutout of a Texas
team in Austin since Southern
Methodist University beat the
Horns 3-0 in Austin in 1978.
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