jymnasts ‘favored’
o win state meet
by John Wagner
Sports Editor
he Texas A&M gymnas-
team is hosting the state
mpionship meet here
itday, and team member
k Hartwell says the Aggies
uld be, well, favored to
. Sort of.
Texas A&M has never won
state championship, and
year’s winner, Texas
h, will return to give the
ies a test. But Hartwell
the Aggies have to be con-
nt of their chances.
“It’s (the conference) real
ked at the top with Texas
h and A&M,” Hartwell
Tuesday, “and close be-
d is UTA (University of
exas at Arlington).
But my prediction is this is
g to be our first year to
state. I really believe we’re
ng to do it.”
ne of the reasons Hart-
is so confident is the fact
|tTexas A&M has five gym-
ts entering the all-around
jhion of the meet. Team
jjaptain Jim Gill, Hartwell,
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think probably one of the
• Bst things that happened to
[(during) this tournament was
( ■mially rekindled the fact that
are a very good ball club and
Tn play the kind of ball that
re expected to play,” the
said.
Thursday the Aggies will
J for Albuquerque, N.M.,
the Diamond Invitational,
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it’s hard for someone to
out and take charge when
f lost your last 10 games.”
i Bother problem, Smith said,
ae Aggie defense and pitch-
, or lack of it.
"When you score 10 or 11
^ou’re supposed to win,” he
[“You can blame the pitch-
but the defense has made a
of mistakes too.
Tthink what we need to do is
gether as a team. Every-
f’s uptight. It’s a complex
olem where everyone does
irown thing. We’re just play-
as individuals — and that’s
Grant Lauderdale, Ray Moltz
and Mike Tanner are all en
tering as all-arounders.
All-arounders participate
in every event, instead of spe
cializing in one particular
area. Most teams have three
all-arounders at the most,
Hartwell said, and the Aggies’
large number means they “are
really a strong team.”
“We have a very good
chance in the all-around to
pick up places there,” Hart
well said. “I think we’re going
to stand out in the all-
around.”
But there is another reason
Hartwell is confident. The
Aggies have defeated Texas
Tech —the other favorite —
twice already this season, in
cluding a 204.15-190.20 de
feat of the Red Raiders in a
dual meet in March.
Team competition begins
at 1 p.m. Saturday on the
third floor of East Kyle. Then,
at 7 p.m., the top eight
finishers in each event will
meet for the individual finals.
Admission is one dollar.
Rangers nip Indians
on Hostetler homer
United Press International
CLEVELAND — It was a long
time between home runs for
Dave Hostetler.
Last August 17 and 53 games
ago, last August 17, Hostetler hit
a home run off Dennis Lamp of
the Chicago White Sox. Tuesday
afternoon, the 27-year-old slug
ger homered off Bert Blyleven
to pace the Texas Rangers to a
2-1 victory over the Cleveland
Indians.
“I am not worried about
homers and I wasn’t really
thinking about it.” said Hostet
ler, who also walked with the
bases loaded in the fifth inning
to force in the Rangers’ winning
run. “I am hitting the ball well,
but the biggest things for me are
RBI.
Hostetler’s homer, which
cleared the 395-foot wall in cen
ter field, gave Texas starter Rick
Honeycutt a 1-0 lead in the
fourth inning. The Rangers’
lefthander allowed only two fly
balls to be hit to the outfield in
raising his record to 2-0.
Honeycutt gave up consecu-
to play West Texas State.
Brock said the Diamond In
vitational will be played as a dou
ble round robin tourney, mean
ing the Aggies will play each
team twice. Three teams in the
national top ten will be playing
in the Albuquerque tourney.
The Aggies will open tourney
play against old nemesis Cal
State-Fullerton at 10 a.m. Fri
day. Fullerton was ranked
fourth in the nation last week.
They’ve already met with the
Aggies three times this spring,
and have defeated Texas A&M
in two of those outings.
On Saturday the Aggies will
take on New Mexico. Sunday
they will meet Oklahoma State
for a chance to avenge a 2-0 loss
to the Cowgirls in March. Brock
said he’s eagerly awaiting that
matchup.
The coach said he thinks
another reason his team will be
in much better shape for this
road trip is because the weather
has been more favorable for
practices and games this time
and his players have had plenty
of time to refuel for the trip.
I
bad. There’s no reason why our
record is 2-10.”
Smith added that the rest of
the Southwest Conference sche
dule “doesn’t look promising”
for the Aggies since Texas A&M
must still play Baylor, Rice and
Texas — all of which are having
good years. But Heard said the
Aggies shouldn’t be counted out
of the running yet.
“We’re working just as hard
now as we were at the beginning
of the year,” he said. “I really
don’t think we’ll have any trou
ble regrouping. I even think we
can win our next nine games —
we’ve got to think that or else we
won’t accomplish anything.”
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five singles to Chris Bando and
Julio Franco leading off the
Cleveland sixth and Bando
scored on a sacrifice fly by Alan
Bannister. Manny Trillo beat
out an infield hit and Toby Har-
rah walked to fill the bases.
But Andre Thornton, who
came into the game hitting .625
with nine RBI, hit into a inning
ending double play.
“I threw a change up to
Thornton because I felt he
would be looking for something
else,” said Honeycutt, who
lasted eight innings and struck
out three in allowing seven hits.
“I used all my pitches today and
mixed them up well.”
The Rangers had chance to
break up the game against
Blyleven in the fifth, but the
veteran starter got Larry Parrish
to hit into an inning-ending
double play after the walk to
Hostetler.
“I have a history of losing
dose games. I just do my best to
keep th^game close. I can’t con
trol the offense,” said Blyleven.
Reliever Odell Jones picked
up his second save of the season,
retiring three straight Cleveland
batters in the ninth.
Rookie designated-hitter Wil
Culmer made his first major
league start for the Indians and
banged out a pair of singles. He
was robbed of an extra-base hit
on a diving catch by Wright in
the fifth inning.
The Rangers are now 6-1, and
are off to one of their best starts
since the team came to
Arlington.
In other American League ac
tion, the Detroit Tigers ex
ecuted the hit-and-run perfect
ly, challenged the New York
Yankees’ arms in the outfield
and succeeded in taking the ex
tra base every time and pum-
meled Ron Guidry and two re
lievers for 16 hits en route to a
13-2 drubbing. Tom Brookens,
with four hits and three RBI,
and Glenn Wilson, with three
hits and three RBI, led the Ti
gers.
In the rest of American
league action, Milwaukee edged
Toronto, 6-5, while Kansas City
downed Boston 5-1. Seattle
drubbed California, 8-1, and
Oakland tripped Minnesota, 4-
3, in 14 innings.
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group, Texas A&M might not
only finish in the cellar of the
conference, but could possibly
set a record or two doing it. The
Aggies currently stand at 21-14
on the year and 2-10 in the SWC.
Should they continue to fal
ter, the Aggies could set a school
record for most losses in one sea
son and most losses in confer
ence. Texas A&M needs to win
seven of its remaining nine con
ference games to avoid match
ing the 12 conference losses in
1979. And the Aggies are six los
ses away from the 20-loss regu
lar season mark they established
also in 1979.
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