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Texas Ave. College Station, TX 77840 Jt Jtr'bl |r—v Sales 764-1136 Service 696-0553 K^K^JSVlVVJ I ClX Call battalion Classified 845-2611 Page 10 The Battalion Wednesday, February 7,1990 Wed Williams hunting grounders 1 K By ALAN LEHMANN Of The Battalion Staff Travis Williams likes being out doors. He loves to hunt, camp and fish, but his favorite piece of ground is near third base at Olsen field. The sophomore third baseman didn’t get much playing time last season behind All-American John Byington. But Williams used his time well, winning the Most Valu able Player award at the Aggie Clas sic Tournament. Williams said he didn’t feel hurt by the lack of playing time. “I got a little playing time, and be ing behind John, I learned a lot about the game,” Williams said. “If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t regret it.” He showed his skill at the plate as well, hitting .271 with six home runs. With Byington gone, Williams will inherit the third base job. But, he’s not new to it. He played third base for Austin Westwood High School. More re- cendy, he played the position during the summer with teammates Trey Witte and Jason Marshall for Liberal Kansas. Williams said the three worked well together, and he is eager to join them in the Aggie infield in 1990. Although Westwood didn’t win a state championship during Williams’ career there, Westwood did get to the 5A championship game twice in his four years. In 1986, Westwood fell to Chuck Knoblauch’s Bellaire team, before losing to Jason Marshall’s Abilene Cooper squad in 1988. Williams said he enjoyed growing up in Austin, despite not being a Longhorns fan. “I liked going down to Disch-Falk Field, and watching the games the re,” he said. “It was nice to see col lege baseball in action.” However, Williams didn’t want to be a Longhorn. “I got my fill of Texas before I even got into colle ge,” he said. Williams said that he enjoys A&M because the people are friendly and the campus is scenic. Still, the change from high school wasn’t completely smooth. “The first semester was tough, jumping into baseball and school life all at once,” Williams said. “I got Travis Williams fields a ground ball during Tuesday’s base ball practice. He’ll be the starting third baseman in 1990. homesick midway through the se mester.” Also, the college pitching gave him problems, mainly in conference, he said. “The biggest difference was the (college pitchers’) control of the off- speed pitches,” he said. Williams knows all about offspeed pitches. He was the ace of the West- wood staff his last two years. Wil liams even pitched them to a victory in the semifinals of the 1988 state Although he adjusted well toititl 41 < tournament. His fastball was average, about 82 mph, Williams said. So, he relied on his curveball, changeup and sidearm slider. Still, he knew that he wasn’t meant to be an Aggie pitcher, and was com fortable being a third baseman. longer collegiate season, playingii the long summer season and the rid orous fall practices left him cx hausted. “That really wore me down,”Wi| Hams said. So, it’s no suprise that William| looks forward to the winter holiday so that he can “put down the batamlf pick up the fishing rod for a montil or so Next summer, Williams willgetil chance to combine baseball and fisk-[ ing. He’ll play summer baseball ii;: Alaska, the place he describes astej dream vacation spot. But when he returns from Alaska,! Aggie fans will look forward tosh ing him in his natural habitat: Third base at Olsen Field. The man from Whitehouse hits big time Holt trying to make his mark By JAYPEDEN Of The Battalion Staff George Bush’s Presidential Li brary may or may not land in Col lege Station, but another White House resident will be making an impact in Aggieland this baseball season. But this man is from Whitehouse, Tex., a town of 2,100 people eight miles outside of Tyler. If you haven’t heard of White- house, join the crowd. The Aggies’ newest center fielder once was introduced this way: “This is Tim Holt, and he’s from White- house, Tex.” The reaction: “Everybody just started laughing, and they’d say, ‘Whitehouse? Where the hell’s Whitehouse?”’ Holt said. Some day, Holt just might put Whitehouse on the map. “If I play well this year, maybe in the future some team may want to pick me up in the draft,” Holt said. “Playing professional baseball isn’t something that I’ve got my heart set on, because there’s only a select few that get to do it, but I’d love the chance to try it and see what it is like. “Once you get there, you never know what you’re going to do.” Holt knew early in high school what he wanted to do in college. He told his high school coach he wanted to play baseball, not football. “It wasn’t any fun,” Holt said. “I like playing football, but our team just never won. We had good talent and everything —Ave just didn’t win. But we were always good at baseball, from the time I was a freshman until I graduated ... We always made it to the playoffs.” Holt said he was glad to play his college baseball at Texas A&M. “I liked A&M,” he said. “I came down here for the A&M-Texas se ries three years ago, and I looked at the field and the way they played. I liked it. I was really interested. When I had the chance to come here, I jumped at it. “It turned out well. It’s a nice place to be.” Last year, his first after being red- shirted as a freshman, Holt batted .190, but he only had 21 at-bats. He played in 20 games, often as a pinch- runner or defensive replacement. This season, he’ll get more of an opportunity to play. Kirk Thompson, last year’s start ing center fielder, is in the minor leagues with the Kansas City Royals organization. Replacing Thompson won’t be easy, but Holt said it’ll be something he will have to deal with. “It’ll be tough, but I already know what people are going to say about me and about our team this year, just because of the team last year,” Holt said. “We had such a good sea- Photo by Jay Jannet ped be.” Tim Holt will step off the bench and into centerfield. son. Every little mistake we make, we’re going to be compared with last year’s team. he said. “I’ve got to concentrate- going out to each game — on const tent play.” “They’re going to say, ‘Well, if so- and-so were here he would have done that,’ and, ‘If so-and-so were here he would have done this.’ But we already know that, and that’s going to happen. Holt knows it will be a tough set son, since the Aggies lost so mat players. But he said he isn’t overt worried. “We just have to go out and play our game each time we go out, and concentrate on what we have to do.” Coach Mark Johnson called Holt the team’s best defensive outfielder. If his hitting improves from last year. Holt could stay in center field all season. His goal for this year is not very lofty. “I just want to play consistently,” “I think we’re going to surprise lot of people,” he said. “We’re goin to win some games just because! the characteristics of our team, l erybody out here is a winner. Evfi body out here can play.” And if Tim Holt can stick meet ter field and help the Aggies back on top of the Southwest Cot ference, someday no introducti will be necessary. For him or his hometown.