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Page 14/The Battalion/Tuesday, November 22, 1983 \\u x\\\\w Min \u\ftmu\T\\\\ \nmi7iuunn] u///////„. TANK MCNAMARA by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds Mats’ Strawberry named NL Rookie of the Year Liberty Fighting Irish agree to meet BC much to delight of bowl officials United Press International State, culminating in a lackluster 6-5 season. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Notre -Dame ended two days of uncer tainty Monday and accepted a bid to play 19th-ranked Boston College in the^ilver anniversary of the Liberty Bowl Dec. 29. “We believe we’re going to have one of the most exciting football games in the country,” said Tim Treadwell III, chair man of the Liberty Bowl Selec tion Committee. “They felt they wanted to have a chance to sit down and think about it and let their emo tions settle down,” Treadwell said. “The boys, coaching staff and administration wanted time to stop and think — to get over the shock and disappointment.” ity to play,” said Gene Corrigan, director of athletics at the South Bend, Ind., school. Treadwell said Notre Dame put off accepting the invitation because of its disappointing 23- 22 loss to Air Force Saturday fol lowing its loss a week ago to Penn The Notre Dame players voted unanimously Sunday to accept the bid because Tread well said they “wanted to go out winners.” Asked why the Liberty Bowl held out for Notre Dame after such a mediocre season, Tread well said, “Notre Dame is like the Dallas Cowboys. They’re one of the most exciting teams in the United States . Notre Dame is Notre Dame. They are the largest draw on TV.” United Press International NEW YORK — Darryl Straw berry, a slugging outfielder who recovered from a poor start to provide a bright spot in an otherwise dismal season for the New York Mets, Monday was named the National League’s Rookie of the Year by the Base ball Writers Association of America. The 21-year-old Strawberry was named the league’s top rookie on 18 ballots cast by 24 members of the BBWAA and had 106 points to beat out Atlan ta Braves pitcher Craig McMur- try for the award. McMurtry received the re maining six first-place votes and 49 points and was followed, in order, by Chicago Cubs outfiel der Mel Hall, Cincinnati Reds outfielder Gary Redus, Houston Astros second baseman Bill Doran, Houston pitcher Frank DiPino, Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Greg Brock, San Diego Padres pitchers Luis De Leon and Mark Thurmond and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Lee Tunnell. “I’m excited, thrilled, you wwwiiuiiywwwi 1977——An and Butch 1975—•John liiN#: CO. - It was then that battia g C{ yo/ 78 No Jim Frey took him asidet worked diligently at improii his natural skills. Strawbti slowly began to develop cm deuce in himself and wenta batting tear during the sect half of the season thatliftedl final average to a respecii .257. Forty-eight of his 108! went for extra bases. name the word,” Strawberry said. “I thought it would be much closer. I was really wor ried about McMurtry. Any time a rookie pitcher wins 15 games you have to think he had a great year. I was concerned about my late start but I was fortunate enough to make some good last ing impressions.” Strawberry is the third Mets’ player to win Rookie of the Year honors, joining previous win ners Tom Seaver (1967) and Jon Matlack (1972) in the select cir cle. Strawberry’s selection ends a four-year domination of the award by the Dodgers. A lanky 6-foot-6, 190-pound left-handed hitter who has been referred to as a “black Ted Wil liams,” Strawberry hit more home runs (26) and drove in more runs (74) than any rookie in the league despite opening the season in the minor leagues. Strawberry was the Mets’ leading hitter in spring training but was sent to Tidewater of the International League to start the season in order to get more sea soning. Recalled on May 4, he started out slowly and was bat ting only .179 after seven weeks and striking out once every three times at bat. by B In addition to his pro»i with the bat, Strawberryt proved to be an excellently tinner and possesses one oil league’s best throwing am. G , Strawberry gives muchofl that state 1 credit to his fine season tofu d him as e now the manager of the Qicftxas A&M B Gubs. - . i r • i ■ fcherry will Jim Frey had faith in to the b Strawberry said last SepteitL has worke “He told me before the seal that I was going to putupf numbers. And when things| rough, we went to Ml together. He’s been my let I stayed close to him.” Frey said it was just am of Strawberry workingharde:j improve on his skills. Notre Dame officials kept a lid on Sunday’s team vote until Monday. Tennis team winds up fall season iOn Jan. f rk by assisl lly takes ov iCherry sa re as a lei Presnal t of board ■Texas A&M ;snal appo Sition, Che “We have determined that the general sentiment of the players favors accepting the opportun- With Notre Dame’s accept-' ance in the Liberty Bowl, the Ir ish and Mississippi are tied for having the worst record of any 1983 post-season entry. Department of Food Services Supports the Bonfire By Offering Raised Donuts The Rebels carry a 6-5 record into the Independence Bowl against Air Force, the team that handed Notre Dame its last loss. 100 Each in the Following Locations: Commons Snack Bar MSC Snack Bar The Underground at Sbisa Now Through Bonfire Night The Best Food - The Lowest Price” Boston College, 8-2, eagerly accepted its bid after romping to a big win over Holy Cross Satur day. But the Eagles had to sit back and wait while the Liberty Bowl scrambled to land an opponent for the silver anniver sary game. by Bob Caster Battalion Staff The Texas A&M men’s tennis team finished its fall season this weekend at the NCAA tourna ment in Fort Worth. The tour ney began Saturday and lasted through Monday. Three Aggies, Greg Hill, Mark Smith and Grant Connell, made it as far as the third round of the 64-player tournament in singles play before being beaten. Hill and Smith were seeded fourth and fifth in the tourna ment, respectively. The Eagles have only played Notre Dame once, a 1975 con test won by the Irish, and neither team has ever played in the Li berty Bowl. Aggies (continued from page 13) out to cap off an undefeated season. “Texas is trying to go undefe- This Desk Can Reach Mach 2. Some desk jobs are more exciting than others. As a Navy pilot or flight officer, your desk can be a sophis ticated combination of supersonic jet air making authority. 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Of course, the more we know, the more we can help to determine the kinds of Navy posi tions for which you qualify. Navy Officers Get Responsibility Fast. The fall tennis season is pri marily a practice and experience season wnich allows the players, especially the new ones, to gain experience and allows coaches to evaluate performance. The team will now focus on the spring season when the race for the SWG tennis crown begins. “I’m very pleased with the quality of our overall perform ance this fall,” said Aggie coach David Kent. “Our main objec tive of the season was to give everyone playing experience, especially our freshmen. We accomplished this and 1 think there is no question that we can play tough within the Southwest Gonference.” , The season allowed Kent to take a look at his personnel and reflect on the team’s strengths and weaknesses. 01 ing the main problem area. ft’o: are dead-even. The Angies accomplisheds thing this fall, and that was by i B “Looking back, I’d say the the key performances came from Greg Hill. I feel that he is our best player going into the spring conference season,” Kent said. “Behind Greg, Mark Smith and Grant Gonnell (both freshmen) and No. 3.” "One weakness showed n* Kent said. “It’sourlackofdtj I through three doubles ten | Greg and Grant are a qtial l . . jination but I’m still loot I J ,mi ^ r u for the right pairings at Nt ^ ^ [bonfire b The Aggies open their sor ^ c ^ ar( ^ ^ schedule Jan. 27 againsts|g[ iave ,KV Houston. {ascotagoa Tiors to the We wei IcLeon said, jst the mas McLeon sa pack to his ated,” Sherrill said. “They want a championship. Since they beat Baylor the pressure is off of them for the Cotton Bowl — they have a lot of things going. Our players have the opprotun- ity to do something about it, though.” “Just look at the Texas de fense and the points scored against them all year and you’ll see they are a good football team,” Sherrill said. “They should be playing on Sunday with their defense.” One thing the Aggies are going to have to do is move the offense past the unrelenting Longhorn defense — somehow. The Horns have one key fac tor that the Aggies don’t have yet — depth. Two-deep, Texas is a veteran team with 21 seniors and only one freshman. All things taken intocomiWk said th alion, though, none ofthe®able to b views, picks and prediclffl^quebet really don’t mean a thingffisbck. H member, this is the AggievP 9 ^ than oi the Horns. Bleasant tc I Dr. Arth Ksident of' “This is a big rivalry,” TJenfs 0 ffic< coach Fred Akers said. T||j nts gard what the two teams! clone prior. This is goingtok two or three hour dogfiglil j Rifle team sweeps honors at Aggie Invitational match The Texas A&M rifle team swept all honors in the ninth Aggie Invitational that began Nov. 12-13 and was completed Nov. 19-20. Fourteen teams competed in the tourney. The University of Texas was the only other South west Conference team present. The Aggies competed with both their first and second which won first and place honors, respec- teams, second lively. A&M also took all of the top individual places with team mates Glenn Park and Kevin Schabacker battling it out for all of the titles. - Park was high individual in the tourney with Kevin Scha backer coming in only two points behind himforack second. Small gathered Park and Schabaker reigrRfires to again in the various shooli positions. 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