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} Thursday, October 1, 1987/The Battalion/Page 7 Sports .ivingstone back for 4th year at A&M )lympian shuns pros in favor of schooLAggies By Tammy Hedgpeth Tennessee and Florida one time. It vear.” Livinestone said. “O; II meet at6p.m, 12:15 p.m. Call Ing. :30 p.m. in 145 t 7 p.m. in 105 discuss “Avoid Blocker, eet at 7 p.m. in UM: will meet ler. ite Frisbeecap the Right Per- Lounge B. V&M President will autograph it Clayton Wil- VIRONMEN- ustin Annual" it the west en- e Buddy Holly vill have a re lb Navidad, in peanut-butter n and a Bible Ihurch. itions are due )N: Sam Tid ing with the t at 7 p.m. in VE SERIES: docker, a hiring co- iportunities ker lobby. ? Battalion, ig days be- ite rs ;ion iers, the work- ople. ve groups de- t less for their pay more for siness people vs the various and worken ive their posi- the business loudspeakers ig techniques lelp re-create d 1930s. The establish the ic portrayals time. ort, lasting a In that time spirit of the :alth of infer- in nineteen ghteen years the perfor- hich presents ' Sherwood, a son because could notaf- Under" is e of its rapid cal structure, a way that is formative. It 'ance to the ers, which is m that pre- By Tammy Hedgpeth Sports Writer When the 1987 Texas A&M base- all season ended, Aggie third base- lan Scott Livingstone evidently was ot ready to stop playing ball. He otonly was drafted by the Oakland thledcs but also was chosen to rep- :sent the United States in the Pan jnerican Games. With the United States capturing |he silver medal by finishing second ehind Cuba, Livingstone is on his 'ay to the 1988 Summer Olympics nd»long career in baseball, The main goal (as a team) was to ilify for the Olympics," said Llv- itone, 22 and a senior agricultu- economics major from Dallas, And we did. Of course I wanted the medal, but the Cubans were to win and they did. But ley'reso much more experienced.” Only the top two teams at the Pan m Games qualify for the 1988 ummer Olympics in Seoul, South lorea. Tf Cuba came in first, we had to jme in second,” Livingstone ex- lained. “If they would have lost, we ould have had to come in first, hey get an automatic bid because ley’re Cuba and they’re the num- erone team in the world. We had play well. “Basically the Pan American ames is a warmup for competition id a chance for teams to qualify for ic Olympics. They have them the immer before the Olympics.” The team is chosen by the Pan jnerican baseball coaches. “They usually know from the Scott Livingstone coaches around the country who the good players are," Livingstone said of his selection. "There are regional directors who call coaches around the region to find the good players. They pool all of those together and pick from there. Luckily my name was one of the ones to come up. “When they told me I was picked, I was tickled to death. I wanted to go.” During the Pan American Games Livingstone hit for the cycle against Canada and knocked in five of the seven runs scored by the U.S. squad to boost the team into the gold medal game against Cuba. He batted .345 during the summer and tied the team lead in doubles with 11. For Livingstone, playing baseball also meant leaving the Dallas home front. “We travelled the East Coast mainly,” Livingstone said. “We stayed in North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee and Florida one time. It wasn’t a bad trip. “The only time we went out of the country was to Cuba. That was an experience in itself. It was very scary. That’s where I lost all of my weight. I got food poisoning and I spent my birthday in the hospital. It was a good birthday.” Livingstone was right at home King his usual position — third jase. "We played a 36-game schedule," he explained. "I played third base on about 30 of them." He continued his baseball career at A&M from Lake Highlands High School where he earned All-State honors his junior and senior vears and All-America honors in 1984. But that was not enough for Liv ingstone. He came to Texas A&M where he was named All-Southwest Conference his freshman year by leading the SWC with eight home runs, setting a school record. He stayed on the “honor roll” by being selected to the NCAA South II Re gional All-Tournament team in 1986. Are you thinking big league material? Livingstone was drafted on three occasions — 1984 by the Toronto Blue Jays, 1986 by the New York Yankees and 1987 by the Oakland Athletics. After playing three years of Aggie baseball, he weighed the advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantages were heavier. “I have completed discussions with Oakland and have decided to return to Texas A&M for my senior ear,” Livingstone said. “Oakland has been very fair to me and I appre ciate their professional manner and interest. “I respect their final position, but believe their proposal is not suffi cient for me to forego the educatio nal and athletic opportunities avail able to me at A&M.” Aggies should be relieved that Livingstone is returning for his se nior year. A&M Coach Mark John son is. "Obviously, we are extremely pleased and excited about Scott's re turn for his senior year," Johnson said. "We will no doubt be a better team with Scott Livingstone. "The experiences he has already achieved not only at Texas A&M, but in playing in the tough Alaskan League, and then representing our country on the USA team this sum mer, certainly have enhanced his overall development, not only as a baseball player, but as a student and E erson as well. We’re pleased he’s ere.” Livingstone is not the only Aggie in his family. His older brother, Bill, and his sister-in-law are A&M grad uates. Bill tried out for the A&M baseball team but was not as lucky as Scott. “It has been my goal for many years to play professional baseball,” Livingstone said, “and I plan to be gin that career in June of 1988. For the 1987-88 school year, I am com mitted to Coach Johnson, my team mates and Texas A&M, and will work hard to contribute to the base ball program and the University.” lorsett reneges, plays hypocrite byre-entering Cowboys’ camp By Hal L. Hammons Assistant Sports Editor Well, now I’ve heard it all. In all of the idiocy and self-defe- ition that has gone on in the past :w weeks concerning the National o o t b a 1 1 — eague players tike, as all of Viewpoint e s reed y layers lined pin single file complaining about the greedy owners, I’m all but asitive this was the first time I’ve ac- ally laughed out loud. It seems that Tony Dorsett is ing to cross the picket line. Dorsett, of course, is the man uoted in newspapers and broad- ists nationwide with complaints >out Randy White doing precisely hat Dorsett says he will now do imself, Captain Scab, meet Corporal cab. How many ethical, moral and leological darts will fit inside this tills-eye? Plenty. The simple hypocrisy of the thing the most simple problem to point ut, If crossing the line was so terri- leinthe first place, how could Dor sett bring himself to do the same thing? The answer, of course, is that it wasn’t his money being lost when Randy White was fishing. We’ve all heard about Dorsett’s ac counting problems that caused the highly-paid running back to declare himself financially insolvent a couple of years ago. Of all people, Dorsett should know the difficulties that can accrue from losing lots of money in a short amount of time. And now it seems that Dorsett, like White, will lose lots of bread in annuities if he sits out anymore Cow boy action. So ethical guidelines of conduct now revolve around Tony Dorsett’s wallet. Sorry, fella; I just don’t buy it. I mean, how self-centered can you get? It’s practically a crime against humanity for someone with no job, skills or money to try to earn some good money with the Cowboys by taking his vacated job, but if he de cides he wants it back, he assumes the rules get changed. And to top it all off, he won’t take credit for doing something he knows his friends won’t sanction. Some thing he didn’t sanction himself a few dozen hours ago. “My mind was made up for me,” he says. “I have no choice,” he says. Where’s your brain, I say. Somebody please inform Mr. Dor sett of the practical ramifications of the phrase, “This is a free country.” The same right to strike and cancel his paycheck applies on Wednesdays as does on Tuesdays. I as a freedom-loving democrat (note the small “d,” please) resent the fact that a fellow American incorrectly is expressing that his choices are being made for him. I’ve been making all of mine ever since I can remember, and not even my parents have been able to legally do it for me for three years. If Mr. Dorsett would reacquaint himself with a certain 200-year-old docu ment, he might see what I’m talking about. And anyway, precious few people in this world are given the opportu nity to exercise their right to make a half-mil for six months of enjoyable work in the first place. Tony is, and Tony has. Maybe Tony could borrow from somebody the guts to take credit for it. A&M drops conference opener in 5 The Texas A&M Lady Aggies lost a heartbreaker to Rice on the road 12-15, 15-12, 15-13, 7-15, 15-13; opening the conference season on a bittersweet note. A&M fell to 5-12 on the season and 0-1 in conference. The Owls are now 14-2 and 1-0. Lady Aggie Coach A1 Givens said, “This one was a tough one to lose. If each game had only gone to 13 points, we would have won in four (games). “I was pleased with parts of the match,” he said. “We came back strong in the fourth game, but we let it slip away in the fifth. “Rice is a good team. They had their whole starting lineup re turning, and even as good as we were last year, we lost at home in five. “We’ll rebound from this loss.” Vivian Viera led the attack for A&M. She had a career-high 27 kills (also a season-high for the team) out of 49 attempts. Howdy Ags, The 1987-88 Video Aggieland wants to know what your organization is doing. Please fill out the shot suggestion form below and return to 219 Reed McDonald at least 10 days in advance of the event. These forms will be available throughout the year at the Student Programs office, the Student Activities Office, and 219 Reed McDonald. 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