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A&M ‘walks’ away winner;
season record still perfect
By BRANDON BERRY
Sports Writer
The public address an
nouncer at C.E. “Pat” Olsen
Field plays the theme from
“Rawhide” whenever the Aggie
baseball team gets on a roll.
Coaches in every sport preach
to their players the value of tak
ing the other team’s fans “out of
the game.”
And Texas A&M Head Bas
ketball Coach Shelby Metcalf
said the final two games of the
’84-’85 regular season, against
Rice at home next Saturday and
in Houston against the Cougars
tonight, are vitally important in
gaining some momentum for
the Southwest Conference
Tournament.
A&M’s Shelby Metcalf hopes
he won’t have to do much ar
guing tonight in Houston.
“These two games are really important for our momentum,” Metcalf
said. “Arkansas didn’t lose to Rice. Rice beat Arkansas (71-68 in Houston
last Sunday). And 1 don’t have to tell you what kind of athletes Houston
has.
“Houston’s got some great athletes.”
Any list of talented Cougars begins in their backcourt. Junior Alvin
Franklin leads Houston in scoring with an average of 17.5 points per
game and has also passed out 125 assists.
Eric Dickens, tne other starting guard, averages 13 points per game
and sixth-man Reid Gettys is the all-time SWC leader in assists. He leads
the conference again with 180 this season.
“It’s their inside game that really has me worried,” Metcalf said.
“That (sophomore forward Greg) Anderson is somebody who can really
hurt you. He scores well.”
Anderson’s inside scoring hasn’t quite off-set the loss of All-American
center Akeem Olajuwon to the pros. Their 7-7 SWC record attests to the
loss of superiority the Cougars have had over the rest of the conference
in recent years.
And Houston has lost two games in a row.
“They’ve got us and they’ve got SMU next,” Metcalf said. “Those are
two teams that are easy to get up for. They play the zone defense better
than just about anybody and they run a lot of presses.
“They put a lot of pressure on you, without a doubt.
“But at least without Olajuwon down there you feel like you have a
chance. He eliminated the easy shot on the inside and altered a whole lot
more. He was bad for the indigestion, he made you eat so much rubber.
“We know now that we need to take care of business and win some
games.”
And hopefully, come tournament time, the Ags will be “Rollin’,
Rollin’, Rollin’...”
By BRANDON BERRY
Sports Writer
Harry Crenshaw, the home base
umpire for yesterday’s double-
header with Oklahoma City at Olsen
Field, called the strikes with a
throaty gusto usually reserved for
Neanderthal man hunting Neander
thal animals.
The OCU pitching staff was evi
dently suitably intimidated, as they
issued 10 walks in the first game and
a costly wild pitch in the second. The
Aggies took the doubleheader
“walking away,” 15-0 and 7-4.
Texas A&M Coach Mark Johnson
said the lack of strikes thrown by
OCU pitchers made the first game
almost a “gimme.”
“The second one wasn’t as easy,”
Johnson said, “but the first one was
rough on them because we jumped
on tiiem really early. Their pitching
put them in a hole and we just used
it as a chance to let all of our guys get
their whacks in.
“The bright spot today was our
pitching, no doubt about it.”
Philip Taylor limited the Chiefs to
two hits in six innings in the first
game before being replaced by Gary
Westerlage in the seventh.
In the second game, junior college
transfer Russ Swan allowed three
runs on eight hits before yielding to
freshman Kyle Atkinson in the
eighth inning, who allowed a run but
struck out two of the six batters he
faced.
“I was very pleased with Philip
Taylor and I was very pleased with
Russ Swan,” Johnson said. “That was
the first time (Swan’s) toed the mark
for the Aggies.
“Even though we hit the ball well,
for me as a coach the pitching was
the bright spot.”
“I was surprised (to have so good
a performance) this early,” Taylor
said. “The key was that (Ag catcher
Steve) Johnigan was calling an excel
lent game. My fastball was moving
and it was moving in on their hands.
“Let’s face it, with the guys we’ve
got in our line-up, we’re going to
score a lot of runs. It’s on the pitch
er’s backs how we do this season, if
you ask me. What you saw out here
wasn’t a one-time thing; we’re going
A&M’s,Buddy Haney (10) slides into second
base under the tag of Oklahoma City’s Kevin
Photo by MIKE DA VIS
Burdick during Tuesday’s double-header at
Olsen Field. A&M defeated OCU, 15-0, 7-4.
to score a lot of runs against every
body we play.”
Firsi baseman Fred Gegan had
three doubles in four at bats in the
second game and designated hitter
Bill Doug Potter went 4-8 for the
second doubleheader in a row. And
left fielder Buddy Haney hit the first
home run of the season for the Ag
gies in the fifth inning of the second
game.
“It was a fastball,” Haney said of
the ejected pitch. “Their pitcher had
been doing a good job of mixing in
his off-speed pitches, but I guessed
fastball.
“We’re real confident right now.
After the other night against North
east Louisiana, we know we can
come back. And somebody new
comes through each time.
“It makes you feel good knowing
somebody’s gonna come in and pick
you up.”
With the wins, the Aggies moved
to 4-0 on the season, while OCU
dropped to 0-6. The last game in the
teams’ three-game series is sched
uled for 3 p.m. today at Olsen Field.
“There’s still a lot of questions to
be answered about this ballclub, but
we have to like what we’ve seen so
far.”
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