Texas A&M
The Battalion Sports
Thursday, July 21, 1983/The BatfaIion/Page 9
WC ruling gives A&M athletes
chance for summer scholarships
by Tim Ward
Battalion Reporter
^■or the first time during
summer, Southwest Confer-
Ke athletes are being
allbwed financial aid — and a
ifSiip of past and present
Aggies are taking advantage,
of the situation to catch up on
their degree work.
■The financial aid comes in
thl form of athletic scholar
ships which can include the
E|Bletes’ tuition, lees, books
am room and board, says
| Bn Hunt, Texas A&M athle-
ticiacademic counselor.
[“The first summer session,
■
photo by AnptV'we had 41 athletes on scholar
ship,” Hunt said. “This ses
sion we have 45 athletes.”
BHunt said before the deci
sion, the conference only
——allowed summer financial aid
Sherrill’s scholarship program is giving former Aggies a chance to finish school
led to
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> 41 in the 1
to athletes who were on re-
abilitation programs. Hunt
aid the SWC had been the
[inly conference with that sti-
ulation.
“I’m an old Southeastern
Conference person and I had
never heard of not having
summer school scholarships
until I came to A&M,” Hunt
said. “To my knowledge, the
SWC is the only conference in
the country that did not allow
summer school scholarships.
“The conference’s theory
was that some coaches might
have the tendency to bring a
majority of their players in for
the purpose of preparing
them for the fall, as opposed
to educational purposes.”
Hunt credited Texas A&M
Athletic Director Jackie Sher
rill for the rule change.
Sherrill has made aid avail
able not only to present play
ers, but to former players also.
“All former players who
completed their four years of
eligibility, but did not finish
their degrees, can come back
in the summer or one of the
regular school semesters and
Coach Sherrill will give them a
scholarship so they may finish
school,” Hunt said.
“These people were here
making contributions, repre
senting the University and be
cause of schedule demands,
practice demands, participa
tion and traveling they did not
have the time to take 17 or 18
hours each semester,” he said.
“We feel obligated and pri
vileged to help them continue
their schooling and gra
duate.”
One former basketball
player who is taking advan
tage of Sherrill’s offer is David
Britton. Britton, a co-captain
of Texas A&M’s 1980 SWC
Championship basketball
team, said he feels lucky to
have this chance.
“I’m from out of state and
my tuition would be out-
ragous,” Britton said. “Be
cause of the financial aid, I
can now afford school and I’ll
be able to graduate next
spring. Without it, I don’t
know what I’d be doing. I do
know I wouldn’t be in school.”
Cooper’s homer
lifts Brewers past
slumping Rangers
^e'^Mrmer A&I coach to lead San Antonio
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ia, Missouri aul
Gil Steinke named coach of USFL team
United Press International
ANTONIO — Gil
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snot being bi
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arrange that, fi 1 ^’ to rm er football coach at
|xas A&I University, has been
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ate here. We» oj fledgling USFL franchise
n Oklahoma C am
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wner Clinton) Manges that I
Hbe the coach,’’Steinke said
ite Tuesday. “It’s hard to re-
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have a head coach. So I thought
it would be best to take it and get
it going.”
Steinke, 63, will retain his job
as the team’s executive vice pres
ident. He was hired for that job
last week and had planned to
conduct an extensive search for
a coach.
Steinke guided Texas A&I to
six NAI A national champion
ships, including three straight in
his last three years, before be
coming the school’s athletic dire
ctor in 1977 after 23 years as
head coach.
The former Philadelphia
Eagles running back began his
coaching career at Trinity Uni
versity in 1948. He coached
briefly at Texas A&M University
and Oklahoma State University
before going to Texas A&I.
In a seperate move, Manges
announced that his long-time
associate, attorney Pat Maloney.
Sr., was not an investor in the
team and had no right to speak
on the team’s behalf.
“No one other than myself
has a financial investment in the
USFL San Antonio franchise,”
Manges said in a statement re
leased late Tuesday. “I am the
sole owner of the club.”
Manges was reportedly upset
by recent statements by Maloney
that the team’s future was in
jeopary because of potential
court lawsuits.
Maloney, contacted in Jack-
son, Miss., said he was shocked
by Manges’ remarks.
“This is a line of fraud to sug
gest that I’m not a part of South
Texas Sports,” he said.
United Press International
MILWAUKEE — Critics who
insist the Milwaukee Brewers
will not repeat as American
League champions point to the
team’s supposedly weak pitch
ing staff.
The hurlers that are avail
able, they say, cannot alleviate
the loss due to injuries of Rollie
Fingers and Pete Vuckovich, the
last two American League Cy
Young Award winners.
Of course, the primary disbe
lievers of that theory are the
available pitchers, three of
whom comoined for a 4-3 win
victory over the Texas Rangers
Wednesday.
It was Milwaukee’s ninth win
in 10 games, while Texas tum
bled for the sixth time in seven
games.
Mike Caldwell induced the
Rangers to hit into four double
plays and allowed all three runs
in 7 1-3 innings. Relievers Tom
Tellmann and Pete Ladd com
bined for 1 2-3 innings of hitless
ball.
Tellmann, 7-2, earned the
victory, while Ladd recorded his
eighth save.
“Mike pitched well, but he
started to get tired,” said Mil
waukee Manager Harvey
Kuenn. “He’s a sinker ball pitch
er and when he’s on the other
team hits a lot of ground balls.
That’s what happened today.
“Tellmann also was outstand
ing and Ladd is definitely our
No. 1 short relief man.”
Texas starter Mike Smithson,
6-9, pitched a complete game,
allowing eight hits. The biggest
was Cooper’s 21st home run,
which broke a 3-3 tie in the bot
tom of the eighth.
“A hitter like Cooper comes
up four times in a game and he’s
going to hurt you,” said Texas
Manager Doug Rader. “The
Coach Wayne Terwilliger
and Texas continue slump.
pitch he hit for the home run
wasn’t a bad pitch.”
The home run, on the first
pitch of the eighth inning, raised
Cooper’s league-leading RBI
total to 73.
Milwaukee jumped out to a
2-0 lead in the third inning.
Charlie Moore and Bill Schroed-
er drew walks with one out and
Jim Gantner lined a two-run
single to right with two out. It
was the Brewers’ first hit off
Smithson.
In the fourth, the Brewers
made it 3-0. Cooper led off with
a single and scored on a two out
double to center by Rick Man
ning.
Caldwell lost his shutout
when George Wright belted bis
10th home run, a solo shot, with
two out in the seventh. Billy
Sample followed with a single
and Dave Hostetler hit his fifth
home run to tie the score at 3-3.
It stayed that way until Coop
er’s blast.
“Cooper is swinging some
kind of bat,” Manning said. “It’s
so good it doesn’t matter what
the guy throws up there.”
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