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ports Wednesday, May 9, 1984/The Battalion/Page 13 Tennis Aggies ranked 13th in the nation c See page 15 ** WC showdown for Ags By TRAVIS TINGLE Sports Writer exas A&M, ranked 12lh in nalion, returns to Disch- 1c Field in Austin this week- for the opening round of pie 8lh annual Southwest Con ference baseball tournament. hCAFlu: Aggies, 38-1(5 overall, I I VV an( * t * ie are Hh lied for second in confer ee play going into the SWC tlorneysfr("-°i rnarnent ' ^ ul ^' ce w >h go San Amor nt ’° l ^ e tournament as l ^ e sec_ bid lo un °T P* ace leain because die cl headquj S ls won two of three g a «ies arlingen, 1 g a,Ilst lhe A Sg ies - lion proci vadorans ms die San and other ors allowed aliens to be eraiing the Texas (1(5-5) won their sixth consecutive SWC title. Friday at 1:30 p.m., the Ag gies will have an opportunity to avenge those losses to the Owls, when they tangle with Rice (36- 12) in the First game of the SWC tourney. The SWC tournament is a double elimination format — just two strikes and your out. The Aggies want to hang around Austin a little longer — ihey’re beginning to get use to it. They’d also like another crack at the Texas Longhorns. Texas A&M went into last weekend’s Texas series with a chance to de-throne the Horns 50600 land claim their First Southwest Conference championship since 1978. There’s no other way to de scribe the Ags-Horns series ex cept by using an old-time base ball cliche. The 2-1 series win by the Horns was a “slugfest.” Texas clinched the title last Friday night with a 12-6 victory after being down 6-4 to the Ag- gies. Afterwards, the Ags seemed to be staring at the scoreboard, shaking their heads and saying, “How do those guys do it.” The No. 2 ranked Horns did it again, capturing their 49th outright SWC title in the lasl 68 years. The next day, even though the temperature was in the up per 90s, the Ags broke their los ing streak against the Horns wilh a 10-7 win in the opening game of the doubleheader. It was the Ags their First win against the Horns since 1981. Texas closed the series with a 13-6 decision in Saturday’s sec ond game. letes cope with risk of injuries nun, Sisiei tamp, 36, o(i >, a num«i tit lhe cons:® 10 speedy died By DAVE SCOTT Sports Editor It can happen in an instant, naids of Q" an y playing Field, at any Wayne,Ind ii nie ’ lo an y athlete, In that Herald : dreaded instant, an athlete can 0, were traJulfer a career-ending or even hen the Bi'p-ending injury, j them ■Obviously, the risk of a major injury is greater in some sports Kin in others. Because of its Zy^^lvery nature, football, perhaps I (J ) more than any other sport, ex poses its participants to a high ■el of risk every time they step o tenamtiK [0 playing or practice uners am«| c | ll ^ or{ Swiien a serious injury occurs, vl . tell yo^i&iH ri a |Iy to a star player, the qanne tlui fj rsl reac ti on 0 f fans and the truthn# ic l ies 15 usua Hy how much the round." of that player will hurt the ^m. “Can the team still win? we have to replace ■n?” And usually the player ■nself has similar reactions, jpens bei ^ <)w 50011 can I come back? msunieris ^ ave I l° sl ,n y poshhm?” Little * said “Aiiljwght is given to the long of shoppenf meffects wf the in J ur y- for weeks M^hen Texas A&M quar- onesiiii Kevin Murray went Tout" l wn Wlt ! 1 a knee injury during references* e Varsity-Alumni game last d stores toJW’- r$pprj.efs immediately il practices P uncet * on * low a Murray-less ood old A&K ie i earn would fare next sea- ’’ DoylesaidF 1 ' Ant * T exas A&M coach ,er types o(l ckie S h err iH was an g r y an( l lilable Bill^ lo5in g bis star quar- in , ciEback. Murray himself felt the spe e dy to ® ie wa y- He worried about unload bij® v 80011 l ie cou hl come back, ‘P about what it might be like poll i f J| lave to h ,n P every morning willing lo eed. te shoppers tost ofleo > rather thai tor the rest of his life or about what could happen if his knee was hurt again. But Murray says the possibil ity of an injury is something a player must be able to cope with. “Every time you step on the Field it has a chance of happe ning,” Murray said. “It is some thing you have to accept. If you can’t accept it you shouldn’t be out there. Worrying about an injury is something that can mess you up mentally.” In football, a knee injury like Murray suffered is fairly com mon, and with advances in sur gery and treatment the serious ness of that type of injury has lessened. However, the possibil ity of an injury much more se rious always exists. New England Patriots wide receiver Daryl Stingley was crippled for life in an exhibition game in 1978 against the Oak land Raiders. On a slanting pass pattern across the middle, he jumped for an overthrown ball. He was defenseless and vulner able for the flit made on him by safety Jack Tatum. In Stingley’s autobiography, “Happy to be AIive,”he recalled the play. “Hfe (Tatum) delivered the blow. He cracked me on the head and on the back of the neck with full force. I hit the ground with a thud and tried to get up as I had so many times before, but I couldn’t move.” The incident raised a lot of less dramatic level, controversy about the violence Tim Ward was a high school in fpotball. In his book, Stingley All-America at Conroe before said he wrestled with the deci- coming to Texas A&M to play sion on whether to sue the Na tional Football League and Ta tum on the terms that “collectively and individually they had permitted and encour aged the type of violence and assault” that led to his injury. Stingley eventually dropped the suit and settled with the Pa triots out of court. The set tlement was strictly for injuries, Fixing no blame, and part oF the agreement was that he was to take no further legal action. The Patriots furnished Sting ley with a van fully equipped to accomodate his wheelchair and also a job in the Patriots scout ing organization. Stingley was well taken care of financially, but while he was in the hospital he was apprehensive about see ing his teammates. “For some reason I had been scared to see my teammates...,” Stingley wrote. “I worried that what I represented to them was the worst thing they wanted to think about: a serious injury suffered during a football game.” Stingley also wrote that for several days after the accident he believed he would be able to come back and play football again. If he would have been able, Stingley would have risked his life on the football field again. Another football player, an Aggie, is trying to come back to football on a less serious and ” Doyle said : of chooi >id checkooi 58 to 69 pei e years, the a, cottm eul about k ce of ties and hi considered ' 77 perceii id that near! iroducts she y labels :ged]yuj)£- CAR CARE SPECIALS GOOD THRU SUNDAY MAY 13! around MAQ's s tor NAPA Brand 10W 40 MOTOR OIL 79 Qt. Physics, Jogical "Ve will break- eductor —ilting, Box U, ext. ■a. 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However, Ward had an even more serious injury sometime during his junior year when he suffered a herniated disc in his See INJURIES page 14 Shortstop Rob Swain slides for home plate in a game against Rice earlier this season. Swain was called out on the play. The face mask was designed Photo by Mark Berrier to protect Swain’s broken jaw. The Aggies play the Rice Owls in the first round of the SWC tournament Friday in Austin. A&M golf team makes NCAAs United Press International HOUSTON — Texas A&M is one of four Texas teams se lected to take part in the NCAA Golf Championships later this month. Houston, Texas, Houston and Houston Baptist Monday were invited to the tournament, which begins May 23 at Bear Creek Golf World in Houston. Only three individuals have been selected so far for the competition, which will include 180 golfers. They include Jim Flannery of Providence, Mike Caprio of Connecticut and Ed Kirby of Furman. 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