Tuesday, April 5, 1983/The Battalion/Page 11 3 Metcalf II Hint (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 TS ler Ho« her Joe 3r the sen ke Scon onitis if s prostai^ t field, Ti d and J plate ani to stan i “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 Friday’s final day the worst they 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. 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