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'> \ >.\[\ / ',^t , . fi Page 16/The Battalion/Thursday, March 22, 1984 Boredom hasn’t caught Fisk United Press International SARASOTA, Fla. — Get a ballplayer who has been around a while off by himself, and he’ll probably level with you and tell you the everyday grind of wait ing around, traveling in planes and buses, practicing, playing, eating restaurant leftovers and perpetually living in a public fish bowl wears out everyone in time. Ultimately, ballplayers with anywhere from 12 to 15 years in the big leagues become under standably bored of doing the same thing every day, even playing baseball, no matter what they say otherwise, and look for somewhere to “hide” and get away from it all. Where can they possibly hide? Plenty of places. You probably haven’t given it any Help Elect An Aggie to Congress! 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One of the places where they can keep out of sight and get as far away as they can from the manager is the other end of the bench. Another good spot for concealment is the bullpen if there’s enough room, and still another hiding place can be a strange or different position. Any number of players try that near the end of their careers. It’s a great place to hide. But Carlton Fisk isn’t bored with catching yet. He’s not tired of it either. He’s starting his 13th season in the American League and his fourth with the Chicago White Sox and al though he has tried some other positions, he has no desire to lay aside the catching tools, this year, next year, or maybe even the one after that. So that has to come as bleak news to young fellows like 23-year-old Joel Skinner and 20-year-old Ron Karkovice, hoping to be the club’s No. 1 receiver some day soon. “I’m still a catcher,” Fisk says, leaving little room for any spec ulation he may be considering giving it up for some other posi tion. “I thought there might have been some plans to use me at first base or some other posi tion, apparently there isn’t. They’re even trying Mike Squires at third base." What makes the third base experiment with Squires note worthy is that he throws left- handed and there’s hardly any one around who can recall the last third baseman who wasn’t right-handed. any ultimatum totheclulij wouldn’t play this posit# that one.” Fisk, 3(), played in for the White Sox Iasis# He caught in all but ft them and the only onej league who caught more was Ray Boone of the Anj] Fisk played some third base for the Red Sox the last season he was with them in 1980. He has also played first base and left field and has been used as a designated hitler. “I think playing another posi tion is refreshing,” he says, in serting some snuff inside his lip before leaving the clubhouse to lake infield practice. “It’s like a day at the beach compared to catching. But I’d never issue Through mid-June d year, Fisk struggled alon ling less than .200, bin Tony LaRussa moved bin; the second spot in (be; and it was as if the Whit manager had wrought a miracle. Fisk came in as third to the Orioles'Call and Eddie Murray in tht balloting after finishing solid .289 batting avei RBI and 26 homers. Hi caught every pitch lot White Sox in their four- playoff with the Orioles, LaRussa is sure Fisk five more years if he likes. Vol 78 ?6 •let /nd/ana in spoiler role No. 1 takes on • By United Press International North Carolina, the No. 1 college basketball team in the country in the opinion of most coaches, faces an Indiana team tonight which many of the same coaches consider the No. 1 po tential “spoiler” in any tourna ment. Indiana has a modest 21-8 re cord compared to North Caroli na’s 28-2 but is a typical Bobby Knight-coached team — mean ing it is well disciplined in all phases of the game and likely to be at its best under tournament pressure. The thought isn’t lost on North Carolina coach Dean Smith. “Indiana is a very good bas ketball team,” said Smith. “They have played a five-point game at Kentucky, beaten Illi nois and won by 19 at Purdue. We will have to play very well to win.” To compete against North Carolina (28-2), the 18th- ranked Hoosiers will have to gel productive nights from 7-2 ju nior center Uwe Blab, who ad mits he has been inconsistent all season, and from freshman guard Steve Alford, a 91.3 per cent foul shooter, who hit 10-of- 10 in last Saturday’s 75-67 win over Richmond. Smith said he was impressed with the quickness of Blab. “He is a fine rebounder,” said the Tar Heel coach. “In Steve Al ford, they have one of the best shooters in the country.” Knight, of course, brushes off the idea that Indiana is ca pable of upsetting North Caro lina and points to the fact that this year’s team has three fresh men and no seniors in its starl ing lineup. “North Carolina has had great teams and we’ve had great teams, but we don’t have a great team now,” said Knight. “We hope someday we'll develop into a great team. “This is a situation for us to try and set up what we want to do and have the patience to bring it off. They will try to put a lot of pressure on us and we have to react to that pressure. It’s an interesting kind of game to play with a young team like ours.” Blab, who easily shot over ihe shorter Spiders before getting into foul trouble, will have a tougher task against the Tar Heels’ 6-11 Brad Daugherty and 6-9 All-America Sam Per kins. Virginia, 19-11, opposes Syr- When l Board of l|l rough T leasing a Rive to pa) acuse, 23-8, in the firstnTheinct the double-header at fMe: Ga., with Virginia v •psidence sped as a team that is cap (•I rental r beating good teams withftusing foot, 4-inch Ralph Samps* I mu <1 pk “There was too mudiBP ar ^ n g I phasis on Sampson," saidB' 1111 ^ 111 s cuse coach Jim Boeheinl,■shuttle bi the Gavaliers returned Ricks Stokes, Rid Wndicapp ()iheH Wilson andJintMisBP eratln g “This team’s won a jiek‘ph° ne games this year, and i!l> ,Mls a g ei played a lot of good it tP P 0 *^ said. “They’re a very diW 0Ut ^ :) team to play against m®sidence I man. They are a very wefB g* ven ^ trolled team. VirginiaP r good job in their matHi«' . s ^ uc ‘ e of fense." The fivi Maryland, 24-7, opposM ease ^ r()1 nois, 25-4 and KentucU 1(1 an( * l *' faces Louisville, 24-10,® ease ^ other Thursday semiliiiiBPP rove( *- Lexington, Ky. Tomorrow, Houston, j meets Memphis State, 26l| DePaul, 27-2, plays Wall est, 22-8 at St. Louis andL ton, 20-10, opposes Wa I *°* ue a ton, 24-6, and Georgetorc I * 3, meets Nevada-Las Vetp ' 5, at Los Angeles. ■ 1 he semifinals are self I'" proposed [al option The pr pig pertni • red — • facul for March 31 with the April 2 in Seattle, Wash. KAGC PRESENTS DON WILLIAM Bryan Civic Auditorium March 29, 1984 8:00 PM • basen • randc An inct :r hour t proposi TICKET OUTLETS s 12 50 & s 10 5 Binswanger Glass Company 410 West Carson, Bryan Bryan Tire and Wheel 400 Texas Avenue South, Brya 1 Cosmos Factory 1016 S. 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