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ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Despite falling from first place in
the Southwest Conference by losing
one game to the University of Texas
Saturday, the Texas A&M baseball
team held on to its No. 1 national
A&M lost its top spot in the South
west Conference race with the single
loss to Texas. The Aggies (42-2, 11-1
in SWC) fell to second place behind
third-ranked Arkansas (36-5, 12-0)
who swept a three-game series from
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ESPN/Collegiate Baseball Poll
Team
Record
13.Oklahoma St.
30-10
t.Texas A&M
42-2
14.Miami
28-12
2.Mississippi St.
30-7
15.Long Beach St
35-8
S.Arkansas
37-5
16.BYU
30-10
4.Arizona
33-12-1
17.San Jose St.
33-9
S.Arizona St.
34-12
IS.Pepperdine
28-13-1
6.LSU
36-7
19.South Florida
34-11
/.Fresno St.
30-13
20.Michigan
22-8
8.Wichita St.
38-7
21.USC
32-18
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33-5
22.UNLV
29-11
lO.Texas
37-12
23.Oklahoma
28-9
11.Florida
32-11
24.Notre Dame
27-7
12.Florida St.
36-11
25.Loyola-Marymount
26-18
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Gary Reaves of the
Sheriff’s Depart-
irked on Gillis’ case,
ranking in the ESPN/Collegiate
Baseball poll for the eighth straight
week.
The Aggies defeated Texas
Southern in a doubleheader one
week ago before taking two of three
Baylor. The Bears fell from fourth
to fifth in the SWC.
Texas (37-12, 8-4) remained third
in the conference. Houston (37-9, 6-
6) moved into fourth by winning two
of three from Rice and would be the
final team in the SWC tournament if
they held that position.
On the national scene, Mississippi
State won four of six games to keep
their No. 2 ranking in the poll and
Arkansas jumped from No. 5 last
week to the third spot.
Arizona made the biggest leap
into the top ten, going from 11th to
No. 4 in a week where they went 4-0-
1. Lousiana State dropped three
spots to No. 6 after a 2-3 week.
Fresno State won three and lost
one since the last poll to climb from
12th to No. 7. Wichita State and
Clemson each dropped two posi
tions, to No. 8 and No. 9, respec
tively. The Longhorns rounded out
the top ten, holding last week’s posi
tion.
Two teams fell from the top ten
from last week. Florida posted a 3-2
record for the week and dropped
from eighth to No. 11 while Okla
homa State, the only team besides
Texas to beat the Aggies, dropped
from No. 9 to No. 13 with a 3-3 led
ger for the week.
The Aggies had several superla-
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Sports figures should be moral example for American youth
Forgive me for bringing up morality in
sportsjust after one of the most exciting
moments in Texas A&M sports history —
the Aggie baseball team’s wins over Texas
Sunday.
I realize everyone, including me, is still
thrilled and amazed over the Aggie’s
superb effort that broke the long-standing
hold the Horns had on A&M baseball
teams.
But a recent conversation with a friend is
still on my mind and 1 want to lay it out in
print.
The conversation dealt with how people
take issues that are moral in nature and try
to fit them into other structures where they
don’t fit.
Although the issues in sports don’t seem
as emotion-laden as sometning like the
abortion problem, they are still examples of
the way our culture is handling moral
matters by legal means.
Being at a major university, we can easily
see an example of this: the way universities
pay football players to compete for their
school.
So how do we confront problems like this
and really get to the bottom of the
problem?
The most recent suggested solution is for
state governments to pass laws to punish
those involved in paying players to attend a
school. The plan isn’t really new, it’s just a
more severe way to handle what the NCAA
is already trying to do.
On the surface, the plan looks good.
Lawbreakers are dealt with, everyone
screams “justice” and the hounds look for
the next criminal. With some good
detective work, all recruiting violaters
would soon be in jail or paying off their
guilt in some other method.
But what purpose is this justice serving?
What does it help the real problem to put
away athletic lawbreakers? They may sit in
jail 10 years, get out and do the same thing
again.
Can you see how a law like this would
only punish someone for what they did, but
do nothing to actually change the person’s
moral makeup — the real problem?
That’s why criminals serve their time and
commit the same crime again — doing time,
in itself, doesn’t change a person’s morality.
If it did, problems in sports would be
decreasing. They aren’t.
Have you noticed how many more fights
there have been in basketball games in
recent years? Or how much drug abuse by
athletes has increased? Not to mention the
increased incidence of paying college
athletes.
How about Pete Rose? Suppose fie is
suspended for life from Major League
Baseball. Is that going to change his
gambling problem? Not unless the man’s
E roblem is actually dealt with on a moral
:vel.
If Rose could see why gambling was
wrong, instead of simply being told it was
wrong and receiving the punishment, he
would have the opportunity to be free from
it. Then he might be able to enjoy sports,
which is their purpose.
And if college coaches and athletes could
see that giving or receiving money defies
integrity and character — and really believe
it — they would choose to recruit legally.
Unfortunately, our country and world
check to see if something is legal before
they look at the morality of their actions.
We are backwards. The moral rightness
of actions should be the top priority, not
whether or not we can do something
without getting caught. Or whether the
things we do appear right to the world,
even though in our hearts we know they are
wrong.
I don’t know what can be done, but the
moral fiber of our country is deteriorating
and people are afraid to face the true
issues. Instead, we try to put a law on
everything so we can say we are right or
wrong according to a legal standard of
good and bad instead of a moral standard.
Sports are only a small part of our world,
but athletes are looked up to by young
people. Sports figures have the
responsibility to stand up before the world
for what is morally right, and I hope they
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