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By TRAVIS TINGLE
Assistant Sports Editor
Tom Chandler, Texas
l&M’s head baseball coach for
he past 26 years, made this
eekend’s Rice series his final
ular season coaching ap-
learance at Olsen Field.
Chandler announced his re-
iremenl publicly prior to Fri-
lay night’s opening game
igainst the Rice Owls. During
he pre-game meal at Cain I hill,
handler informed his * s
hat he would not be returning
ocoach next season.
The 58-year-old Greenville
lativestrolled out to the mound
is a list of his accomplishments
as read aloud to Olsen Field’s
C rgest crowd of the year. Chan-
ler acknowleged the crowd’s
Handing ovation in his typical
[ ;ood-natured manner, giving
hem a smile, a tip of the hat
inda“Gig’em" sign.
Chandler departs from
Texas A&M with an impressive
gacy behind him.
He has posted 24 consecutive
.eji^itming seasons since his arrival
jjjp] n 1959, including four South
west
Tom Chandler
Conference champion
ships and one co-championship.
His first came, in 1959, fol
lowed by championships in
19(54 and 19(5(5. More recently.
Chandler led the Aggies to
back-to-back titles in 1977-78.
Prior to 1977-78, Texas
won the c o n f e
championship nine years
had
e n c e
a
row. During Chandler’s coach
ing career at Texas A&M, the
Aggies have finished second to
the Horns nine times in SWC
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Among his individual accom
plishments, Chandler was an
all-SWC catcher at Baylor and
played a short time with the
Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
He also managed the semi-pro
Alpine Cowboys, prior to his
first season at Texas A&M.
Mark Johnson, Texas A&M’s
assistant coach, has been recom
mended by associate athletic di
rector John David Crow to take
over the head coaching job for
the 1985 season.
Johnson, in his second year at
Texas A&M, has been to the
College World Series three
times since 1976 — twice with
Mississippi State, where he
coached for six years, and once
with 1976 National Champions
Arizona.
Johnson has already assumed
responsibilities for the Aggies’
recruiting program and will
continue to organize this sum
mer’s 2nd Annual Texas A&M
Baseball Camp.
Rice’s Brian Foxx, right, steals second ahead of
the throw to Texas A&M’s second baseman Tim
Photo by DEAN SAITO
Cartwright in the seventh inning in Friday night’s
game at Olsen Field. Foxx was safe on the play.
Owls soar past Ags in SWC
Moffo rests ployers
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Mavericks visit track
United Press International
INGLFWOOD, Calif. —
The Dallas Mavericks didn’t
practice Sunday, opting in
stead to watch the ponies t un
at Hollywood Park. If their
fortunes carried over from
the first game of their playoff
series with the Los Angeles
takers, you can figure most
ofthe horses they bet on died
erosia coining out of t he gate.
Dallas coach Dick Motla
figured his weary Mavericks
needed a day of test a lot
more than they needed prac
tice. In Saturday’s opener of
the Western Conference
semifinals, the Lakers
handed the Mavericks a ten i-
S ble beating, utilizing a lull-
court press in the fust half
etic
:y to
teatln
and a blitzkrieg fast break to
roll up a 20-poinl lead after
one quarter and a 30-point
halftime lead.
When the tow trucks fi
nally arrived to remove the
Mavericks from the floor, the
score was 134-91, and Motta
was wondering just bow se
rious the damage was.
“We are definitely over
matched,” Motta said. “Right
now we're in a very delicate
position fora young team. It’s
still a long series, but we can
be overwhelmed if we’re not
careful.”
As soundly as the Lakers’
starters thrashed the Maver
ick front-line players, it was
the work of the Los Angeles
reserves that gave Dallas a
sinking feeling. When Motta
brought Bill Garnett into the
game, the Lakers countered
with James Worthy. When
Motla called on Dale Ellis, the
Lakers sent in Boh McAdoo.
When Derek Harper made
his appearance, so did the
Lakers Byron Stott.
It seemed so unfair.
Los Angeles outshot Dal
las, 60 percent to 34.3 per
cent. They handed out 32 as
sists to the Mavericks’ 19.
And the Laker reserves ac
counted for a whopping 60
points.
“It gives us an idea of what
we can do if we make the ef
fort to dominate,” said the
Lakers’ Kareem Abdul-Jab-
bar, who scored 18 points
with seven rebounds and four
assists in only 26 minutes.
By TRAVIS TINGLE
Assistant Sports Editor
The Rice Owls came to Col
lege Station over the weekend
and did what no other South
west Conference team has been
able to do so far this season
beat Texas A&M in Olsen Field.
The Owls took two of the
three games from the 11th-
ranked Aggies, becoming the
first SWC team to defeat Texas
A&M on the road.
Rice, who locked up third place
in the SWC standings, damaged
T exas A&M’s title hopes with
l he victories.
T he Aggies must now sweep
this weekend’s three-game se
ries with Texas to share any
part of the SWC championship.
Rice also spoiled Texas A&M
head coach Tom Chandler’s last
series in Olsen Field. Chandler
announced his retirement right
before the start of Friday
night’s opening game.
Unfortunately for coach
Chandler, the game didn’t turn
out to be a one-sided pitcher’s
duel. The Aggies scattered 11
hits, while the Owls had 14.
The Owls managed to use
good pitching to make up for
their three errors during the
game.
Rice left-hander Norm
Charlton (10-4) pitched 8 2/3
innings to lead the Owls to a de
cisive 12-8 victory over Texas
A&M. Rice led 12-3 after scor
ing five runs in the ninth. Then
the Aggies closed the gap with
five runs in the bottom of the
inning to end the game.
Texas A&M’s Kelly Keahey
(7-2) pitched four complete in
nings and Phillip Taylor picked
up his first save, leading the Ag
gies to a 6-2 win over the Owls
in Saturday’s first game of the
doubleheader.
Keahey and Taylor limited
the Owls to only seven hits. It
was Rice’s fewest amount of hits
during the series.
Owl catcher Mike Fox hit ;a
homerun to spearhead a three-
run eighth inning as Rice rallied
to a 6-5 victory over Tex^s
A&M in the second game of
Saturday’s doubleheader.
Derek Hoeischer (6-1) re
corded the victory for the Owls,
while the Aggies’ Sherman Cor
bet (5-3) took the loss.
Rice finished SWC play with
a record of 13-8, 36-12 overall.
No. 11 Texas A&M, now 37-
14 on the year, is 12-6 in the
SWC. The Aggies will end con
ference play next week with a
three-game series against Texas
in Austin.
Aggie qualifies for Olympic trials
Hogs capture tennis crown
United Press International
CORPUS CHRIST I — The
-niversily of Arkansas cap
tured its third Southwest Con-
?; ference tennis crown Sunday,
winning by a final margin of
Five points over second-place
"exas.
The singles competition was
won by second seeded Jonny
vine of Texas who defeated
top-seeded Kelly Evernden of
Arkansas, 6-3, 6-2.
In the women’s tournament,
0 Texas took lop honors beating
jjd SMU 85 to 79 in total team
i((( l points. TCU captured third
D place with 50 points, followed
M tty Houston and Rice with 41;
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Arkansas 26; and Baylor 0.
Texas’ Kathleen Cummings,
the tournament’s top seed, de-
feated Houston’s Margaret
rcet' 1 ' Kedfearn for the individual
dropfj thampionship, 6-1,6-4.
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zorbacks posted a total of 76.
Texas followed with 71 for sec
ond place; two-time defending
champion SMU placed third
with 66, and Texas A&M had
49. TCU finished with 47,
Houston with 36, Texas Tech
with 15 and Rice and Baylor
tied for last place with 14 points
each.
“This is the most gratifying
of the three championships
we’ve won,” said Arkansas
coach Tom Pucci. “We’ve reb
uilt the program and estab
lished it again as one of the best
in America. The conference is
the strongest it’s ever been from
top to bottom.”
By ED ALANIS
Sports Writer
Texas A&M’s Rod Richard
son placed first in the 100-me-
ler dash at America’s Classics in
Des Moines, Iowa Saturday,
beating world record holder
Calvin Smith and qualifying for
the U.S. Olympic trials.
Although Richardson’s per
formance will not benefit the
team because he has been red-
shirted this year, Texas A&M
head track Charlie Thomas said
the team is very excited about
the chance of Richardson qual
ifying for the summer games in
Los Angeles.
In addition to Richardson,
three other Aggies placed in the
competition.
Juan de la Carza placed third
in the javelin, Ethan Class
placed fourth in the high jump
and Chapelle Henderson
placed fourth in the 400-meter
hurdles.
Though he didn’t place,
Mark Bruce set a personal best
record of 1(5 feet 7 inches in the
pole vault.
Thomas says he is pleased
that Texas A&M is doing so well
in prominent national meets.
To further promote the Ag
gie track team, the Texas Col
lege and University Coordinat
ing Board gave its approval
Friday for the construction of a
new track-and-field center on
the Texas A&M campus.
Phase I construction is ex
pected to begin sometime next
fall, Associate Athletic Director
Wally Croff said. The project
should be completed by June
1985.
With an estimated cost of
nearly $1.5 million, phase I of
the project will include a 400-
meter track, a field-event area
and a building for restrooms,
concessions areas and equip
ment rooms.
Phase II of the project will in
clude the building of bleachers
and a press box.
The proposed site for the
center is directly behind Olsen
Field, on the corner of Jersey
Street and Beef Cattle Road.
The center, funded by gifts to
the University, will also include
an intramural complex with
softball fields.
Currently, the track-and-
field program operates at three
different sites. The new center
will combine all the program
sites into one permanent area,
something Thomas feels is Fa
great improvement.
Other singles winners in
cluded Mark Slyslinger of
uthern Methodist University;
pe 1 ^ TonyMcken of Texas Christian
t, $ L’niversily; Tim Siegel of Ar-
tanil* k ansas ; Kim Forsythe of South
ern Methodist; and Richard
Schmidt of the University of
Arkansas.
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