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By TRAVIS TINGLE
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ic Gat ip The Texas A&M baseball
brthepn team ’ ranked No. 14 in the na-
te direct,, t * on ' accepted an at-large bid to
ue, softb; f e 38th annual NCAA Division
egistrati, 1 Baseball Championships
Tuesday.
I The Aggies, 40-18 on the
^ear, have been invited to com-
ite in the Midwest Regional
ting held this year in Stillwa
ter, Oklahoma, May 24-27.
R It marked the first time since
as Dep that Texas A&M head
ure £ x .Bach Coach Tom Chandler has
se,,,,,, taken his team into the NCAA
exasA - tourney.
■ Chandler, who has directed
the Ags to four outright South-
wtst Conference champion
ships, announced his retire
ment after 26 years at Texas
A&M.
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>red
■In 1978, the Angies were de-
uct a de leated twice by Michigan, elimi-
nadalnii nating themselves early on in
xnliclav! those Midwest Regionals held in
’eginsai; Edinburg, Texas,
erbycal BBut this year, Texas A&M
m< rs north of the border in
violation Birch of its first ever trip to the
nobilein-
College World Series in Omaha,
Nebraska.
Joining the Ags in Stillwater
will be No. 3 Oklahoma State
(51-12), Grambling (29-15) and
Oklahoma City (33-29).
Oklahoma City, a team which
the Ags swept in three games
earlier this season, becomes
Texas A&M’s first obstacle to
Omaha Thursday at 1:30 pm.
But the competition won t get
any easier for the Ags after they
play the unranked Chiefs.
Oklahoma State, one of the
tournament’s top seeded teams,
and unranked Grambling will
meet in the other regional semi
final. Texas A&M will tangle
with the survivor of that match
up.
Monday night, the Ags got a
sample of just how seriously the
E eople in Oklahoma take their
aseball.
The Oklahoma Sooners
stopped by Olsen Field on their
way to filling an at-large posi-
Africans questionable
Boycott expanding
Photo by PETER ROCHA
Texas A&M’s Todd Edwards forces Oklaho
ma’s Ron Leon at second during Monday
night’s game. The Sooners beat the Ags 13-6.
tion in the Central Regional in
Austin.
But the Sooners didn’t seem
to mind the inconvenience of
the warm-up game, crushing
the Ags 13-6.
Earlier in the month, Texas
A&M captured second place be
hind No. 2 Texas in the South
west Conference post-season
tournament held at Austin’s
Disch-Falk Field.
The Aggies defeated Rice
twice during the tourney, but
couldn’t find a way to beat the
defending national champions.
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United Press International
NEW YORK — As many as
50 countries may be sending
their regrets to Los Angeles,
according to the executive di
rector of the United States
Olympic Committee.
Col. F. Donald Miller em
phasized Tuesday that this was
the worst possible scenario he
envisioned for the Summer
Olympics, but he also indicated
he expects to see other coun
tries follow the lead of the So
viet Union and boycott the
Games.
To date, 10 countries, includ
ing the Soviet Union, have an
nounced their intention to pass
up the Olympics, and Miller
said there was no doubt they
would stay away.
“I believe this figure can
reach between 20 and 25,”
Miller said following a sympo
sium concerning the impact of
the Olympic Training Centers
and the preparedness of Ameri
ca’s amateur athletes. “This can
be increased depending upon
what the African nations do.”
Miller said the African na
tions wouldn’t necessarily stay
away in support of the Soviet
Union but because of a South
African teenager, Zola Budd,
slated to compete for Great
Britain and a possible rugby
match between Britain and
South Africa.
Asked about the possibility of
African nations boycotting,
Miller said, “The Organization
of African States has had a
meeting since the Budd situa
tion developed, and at that
meeting no action of any type
was contemplated.
“But compounded by other
possibilities, such as with the
rugby team, a combination of
these things could happen and
at the same time the African na
tions would be making it clear
they were not walking in the
same path as the Soviet Union.
But there would be the same re
sult.”
At a meeting last Friday in
Lausanne, Switzerland, one
which Miller termed “one of the
most important meetings in the
history of the International
Olympic Committee,” Miller
and Bill Simon, president of the
USOC, offered three
proposals:
• In the future there should
major
be one permanent site on each-
continent to be used for reC
gional competitions, such as the;
Pan-American Games or Afri--
can Games, and the Olympics,
would be staged at these sites on;
a 20-year rotation. Also, rather;
than waiting until June 2 for ac-;
ceptances to the Games, as is-
now the case, the United States'
advocated that nations indicate;
their intent to participate seve--
ral years in advance, and those,
that later repudiated this would
be subject to drastic penalty,
such as financial sanctions, sus-
C ension and loss of mem-
ership.
• To combat the possibility
that television networks and
corporations might not be will
ing to spend hundreds of mil
lions of dollars on the uncer
tainty of who will compete in
the Olympics, the United States
suggested that a plan be devel
oped to assure the economic
health of the Games.
• Changes in the eligibility
standard with provisions for
more participation by women, a
more vital role by athletes in
policy making at an interna
tional level and an effort made
to standardize world-wide drug
testing.
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■WASHINGTON — Wooing
aid cajoling are in style this
weiik for NFL owners, who
open three days of meetings to-
da\ in Washington.
■The owners will hear reports
ftm several committees , in
cluding the often-surprising
competition committee. But the
business drawing the most at-
|&uion is set for Thursday,
pen 14 cities vie to host the lu-
itive Super Bowl.
■Each city will make a 12-min-
uu presentation Thursday
morning before the owners take
afternoon to deliberate. A
league spokesman said “at least
two” Super Bowls will be
awarded Thursday, but as.
many as four may be scheduled.
Super Bowl XIX is set for
Stanford University’s Stadium
at Palo Alto, Calif., on Jan. 20,
1985.
Scheduled to make presenta
tions Thursday are Philadel
phia, Anaheim, Detroit, Hous
ton, Jacksonville, Los Angeles,
Miami, Minneapolis, New Or
leans, Phoenix, Seattle, Tampa
and San Francisco.
Nearly all the competing cit
ies are hosting receptions Tues
day night at the Washington ho
tel where the meetings will be
held.
Miami, New Orleans, Minne
apolis and San Francisco are not
seeking the 1987 Super Bowl,
but want the game in any other
year.
To receive the game, worth
several million dollars in tourist
revenue, a city needs 21 affir
mative votes from among the 28
owners.
Los Angeles, New Orleans
'and Tampa are believed to have
the inside track because they
have hosted successful Super
Bowls in the past.
The owners traditionally fa
vor the Los Angeles area, par
ticularly the 104,000 seats and
majestic setting of the Rose
Bowl in Pasadena. The Rose
Bowl was the site of Super
Bowls 1977, 1980 and 1983.
New Orleans has hosted the
Super Bowl five times, the last
two — in 1978 and 1981 — in
the Superdome. The other
three, in 1970-72-75, were in
the old Sugar Bowl at Tulane
University.
Five Super Bowls — 1968,
1969, 1971, 1976 and 1981 —
were played in Miami. But seve
ral owners have said they don’t
favor returning to Miami be
cause of major traffic problems
near the Orange Bowl.
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