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Aggies race to LSU meet
By BOB CASTER
Senior sports writer
The Texas A&M men’s track
team is on the road again after
12 days of rest, relaxation and
practice — not necessarily in
that order. The Aggies leave for
Baton Rouge today to compete
in the LSU Invitational indoor
track meet.
And the competition will be
stiff. Asid£ from Southwest
Conference rival Baylor, the
Aggies will also be running
against Florida, Florida State,
Auburn and Louisiana State, all
strong Southeastern Confer
ence teams.
But one person who won’t be
in Baton Rouge this weekend is
Aggie speedster Rod Richard
son who will be running the 60-
yard dash in Dallas at the Times
Herald Invitational.
Running in the 60-yard high
hurdles will be Chappelle Hen
derson, Craig Moody and Todd
Howard. Henderson, who was
on the mile relay team that qual
ified for nationals two weeks ago
at the Eastman Invitational in
Tennessee, will be entered in the
high hurdles for the First time
this year. Moody placed third in
that event at the Sooner Relays
in Oklahoma City.
Vernon Robetson and Tom
my Alsbrook will be entered in
the 300-yard dash and Tony
Grier, Bill Shelton and Clif
Chatham will be running in the
400-yard dash.
“Tony (Grier) is running real
well right now,” Nelson said.
“He ran a 46-flat leading off our
mile relay team in Tennessee.”
In the intermediate distances,
Craig Calk will be running in the
600 and freshman Kendric Wes
ley, another member of the mile
relay team, will be competing in
his first 800-yard race of the
season.
In addition to Wesley and
Grier, Chappelle Henderson
and either Bill Shelton or Cliff
Chatham will be pooling their
efforts to try and better their
NCAA qualifying time of
3:10.23 in the mile relay.
Running distance for the
Aggies will be Andy Elliot in the
mile run and Arturo Barrios in
the two-mile run. Barrios, who
transferred from Wharton
Junior College, won the 5000-
meters and the steeplechase last
year in the National Junior Col
lege Meet and set an A&M in
door record in the two-mile run
two weeks ago at the Sooner Re
lays.
“We expect him to get close to
the qualifying standard this
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weekend,” Nelson said. “With
some competition, he can get
there.”
But in the Field events, the
Aggies may have a little harder
time getting off the ground,
especially since they are only at
half strength in the high jump
department. However, the two
high-jumpers that are in work
ing condition right now may be
close to meeting the 7’3” NCAA
qualifying standard.
Chuck Perry, who qualified
outdoors last year, is just two in
ches away from the indoor qual
ifying standard, having jumped
7T” at the Sooner Relays. Ethan
Glass, who cleared 7’3” last year,
has also jumped 7T” this year.
In the other field events,
Kurt Thome and Robetson will
be competing in the long jump
and Thome in the triplejump as
well. The Aggies will have fresh
man Todd Howard in the shot
E ut and Mark Bruce, Mark Rut-
:dge and Desmond Kidd in the
pole vault. Kidd placed sixth in
the pole vault last year at the
SWC meet.
The Aggies may pose a threat
to some teams but Ted Nelson
feels that it’s still too early in the
season to reserve any judge
ment.
“It’s hard to tell at this early
date where we stand,” he said. “I
guess we’d probably be in the
middle of the pack.”
Nelson said the Aggies are
probably as good indoors as out
doors and added that the strong
teams in the middle distance
races tend to do better indoors.
Mazur makes pitcl
at baseball team
By BOB CASTER
and RANDY LEMMON
Sports writers
Remember Wayne Jackson? He’s a former
Texas A&M left-handed pitcher. No, he didn't
graduate or get drafted, he quit—withoutever
tacing an opposing batter. In fact, he never
even faced art opposing team.
That leaves head coach Tom Chandler in a
bit of a pinch; he’s down to only one left
hander, Sherman Corbitt. And Chandler is of
firm belief that every ballclub in America needs
a left-handed pitcher, and two are belter than
one.
Exit Wayne Jackson, enter John Mazur.
That’s right, straight from the sideline to the
bullpen. Not only can the guy throw a football.
Chandler believes he may be able to throw a
pretty decent curve ball as well.
“He’s an athlete that is real competitive and
the same thing goes right over into baseball,”
Chandler said. “lie has a pretty good arm and
he pitched in high school. We’re giving him a
shot. I’ll say that”
It was a little under two years ago that head
football coach Jackie Sherrill gave him the sort
of shot. Mazur, a seven-game starter at ip
lerback for US(: two years ago, was replaced
a freshman sensation and Mazur packed:!
I jags and headed for Aggieland. After start®
four games at quarterback for the \m
lightning struck twice. He was replacedoa [
again by a freshman sensation — this tiroi
was Kevin Murray. John Mazur packed!;,
bags but this time only headed across the tr«g
to Olsen Field. Any freshmen pitchers on s
baseball team?
But it may actually be the break Maul
needs, kind of a way to take his mindoffcll
frustrating football season.
“Well it’s just something that I've aw
wanted to do sinve I’ve been m college.'Maui
said. “I’ve just never had the opportunityli
cause of spring football practice.”
And what about his once-promisingfooil
career?
“I still have another year of eligibility Iti,®
Mazur said. "I’m on a football scholorshipinffl
I made a committment when 1 came outs
no matter how it went.”
(Randy Lemmon is a KAMU-T\'sponjiu
porter)
Tennis team faces test
By BILL ROBINSON
Assistant sports editor
They say experience is the
best teacher. If that is true,
Texas A&M’s young women’s
tennis team should walk away
from its dual match with Trinity
University with an education.
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And while the educating
might not be easy, Coach Jan
Cannon says the team won’t
embarass themselves.
“They come in with a very
high quality team,” Cannon
said. “They have the talent and
the rankings to make it good ex
perience for us.
“We have a young team but
the only way you get experience
is to get out there and play with
the best. It will be sort of a David
and Goliath match-up. We may
surprise them in a place or two."
But winning the match would
have to be an upset for the 2-1
Aggies. Trinity comes into the
match with a No. 2 national
ranking — and a possibility of
moving into the top spot after
several victories this week.
Howard
Trinity also sports ttieli
and No. 5 ranked collJ
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1 doubles team.
That makes the matchiei
lain to the Aggies.
“Any time you playTririi
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going to stop jumping until I set
world records that won’t get
broken for 10 years.”
He should have a chance to
make it into the record books
and into the public eye — if he
makes it to the Olympics in Los
Angeles. But if he doesn’t reach
his goals in 1984, Howard says
he still has quite a few years to
accomplish them.
“I used to think that when you
got to be as old as I am (24) that
you couldn’t jump anymore,” he
said. “But now that I’m getting
older — I’m getting better.”
Howard said that track and
field is like an art — an art he
wants to master.
His first objective is to master
his approach which, in turn,
should help him master the high
jump.
“Right now I’m working with
weights to get stronger in my
legs/’ he said. “Then I can have a
really strong approach and
jump a lot higher.”
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approach in the world,
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per second towards the bat®
can only get better.”
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Howard’s goals.
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in the world, but a lot of [
don’t seem to think so," tff
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body sooner or later that Ii
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and the sport.
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just enjoy the pressure^
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jump. When it’s all over,i
you feel good that you’vei
something that your(j
wanted to do.”
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the United States.
(continued from page 15)
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crowd of 10,060 began to boo.
Lewis did not put Anders in
at that point though. Guard
Gary Orsak, who has played
only 19 minutes all season, was
inserted into the lineup.
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