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Tuesday, February 13,
Trying for the 12th Man
Members of the 12th Man Kickoff Team leap
onto Kyle Field before the opening kickoff in
the 1987 Texas A&M-Texas game. The Aggies
won that game, 20-13, and went on to win the
Cotton Bowl over Notre Dame. Members of
the 12th Man participate on kickoffs and kick-
Battalioa file photo
off returns at all Aggie home games. An orga
nizational meeting for any students interested
In trying out for the 1990 12th Man team, or
becoming a walk-on onto the footbaii team
will be held Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. In the auditorium
at Cain Hall.
SWC Tourney may be Hog heaven
AUSTIN (AP) — Arkansas will practically have a
home-court advantage at the SWC Tournament in Dal
las next month, in part because of the conference’s
ticket renewal package.
Razorback fans could have in excess of 1 1,000 of the
16,713 seats for the March 9-1 1 Southwest Conference
Post-Season Classic at Reunion Arena, according to Al
len Archer, assistant to SWC Commissioner Fred Ja
coby.
That would leave only about 5,700 tickets for fans
from eight other schools, including Texas.
There are three reasons why Arkansas will have so
many fans there and Texas so few: The conference’s re
newal policy on tournament ticket packages, the long
time dedicated contingent of Razorbacks’ fans and the
lack of the same for the Longhorns.
The SWC allows people who bought packages to the
previous tournament to renew their tickets the next
year. “We had 10,000 pre-sale last year, and each of
those people have priority to buy as many as 10 seats,”
Archer told the Austin American-Statesman. “We had
about 80 percent renewal and 1 1,000 tickets sold by re
newal.”
Most of those were Arkansas fans who were at last
year’s tournament. The Razorbacks have been the only
SWC team to regularly bring a large following to the
tournament. SWC Assistant Commissioner Bob Gena-
relli said the Razorbacks faithful held about 70 percent
— more than 11,300 — of the tickets last year.
“Right now, the other schools are basically stuck,”
Genarelli said. “Everyone had a chance to buy tickets
when we started this in 1988, but people from schools
like Texas and Houston didn’t buy them. Chances are
slim it will change, but that’s something the athletic di
rectors could vote to change.”
This is the third season the conference has used the
renewal system but the first time the event is a complete
sellout before tip-off. The policy was initiated during a
period when the tournament was not a hot ticket.
“We’ve done this for two reasons. One is to have a
base from which to start the next year. The other is to
develop a conference fan instead of just fans for indi
vidual teams,” Archer said.
Seven feet and still growing
Lady Aggies 1
softball begin
season at No.
The 1990 women’s softball;
are out, and Texas A&Mcoadil
Brock is pleasantly surprised(o|
his team in the Top 20 in botl
NCAA and Wilson Polls.
“I am really flattered that
earned this kind oI recognition
ticularly after having an off-se;
last year,” Brock said. Thepli
have earned this ranking, and
reflection of their effort asatea®
The Lady Aggies entered thel
son NSCA Softball Poll at 17tli,
the NCAA poll at 20th. The Mil
Poll is a compilation of votes f
coaches around the nation.
Defending national chanti
UCLA tops both polls.
Brock isn’t swayed by A&Ms;
season position in the polls.
“I’m more concerned with id
we end this season than whett
began it,” Brock said. “Still,nt
appreciative of being ranked atr,
the top softball teams in thenaiio;
The Lady Aggies’ softball;
gram has been successf ul since
ing the NCAA in 1983. Thee
school in the Southwestern Coii!
ence to field a women's soft
team, A&M has been totheNf
Softball World Series almost ei
year since joining the program.
Last year, the Lady Aggies
ished the season with a recordof
27; it was the only year A&Mdii
made the regional NCAA toy;
merit.
The Lady Aggies boast two
tional titles, winning the Sol:
World Series in both 1983 and 15
A&.-M opens its 1990 season!
24 at Southwestern LouisianaS
University, in the Louisiana Soft
Classic.
Bt ock said he hopes this nil
the first step on A&M’sroadto
World Series.
“Our goal is to get bad to
playoffs,” Brock said. 1 (
looking forward to a good sea
and hope that we can liveuptoi
Pop 20 ranking.”
Longhorns
tabbed No. 1
AUSTIN (AP) — Texas bast
ball coach Cliff Gustafson nB
ceived the best kind of binhi
present Monday, buthesaysi;
one that many will try to swipe,
The 23-year coaching veten
celebrated his 59th birthdayask
Longhorns grabbed theNo. Ipt
sition in this week’s Collegiii
Baseball poll.
“It’s not much of a bittlidj
present,” Gustafson said Month
afternoon. “Everyone willbetn
ing to take it away from me."
I he 6-1 L .ongnorns earned tcB
top spot after taking two of the
games from eighth-ranked Ail
zona State over the weekend.
Lanier being wooed by recruiters
ABILENE (AP) — As the tallest
player in college basketball and the
tallest twin in the world, sophomore
Mike Lanier is used to being the cen
ter of attention.
But never like this.
Lanier is turning heads at more
than 80 universities, where recruit
ers promise to stitch a custom uni
form to fit his 7-foot-6 frame.
He is leaving Hardin-Simmons
University at the end of the season
because the small Baptist school in
West Texas decided to drop its bas
ketball program from NCAA Divi
sion I status next year.
The school that lands Lanier also
will have to remodel his dorm room,
raise the shower head and build him
a special bed. And when the team
travels by air, they’ll have to make
sure Lanier sits alone in a first class
row or at least gets the seat by the
emergency exit. It has more leg
room.
Lanier, who weighs 285 pounds, is
just a tad taller than twin brother
Jim, who plays for the University of
Denver. They’re identical in weight
and appearance, though Mike is a
better basketball player. The Guin
ness Book of World Records lists
them as the world’s tallest twins.
HSU coach Dennis Harp said he
gets an average of five calls a day re
garding his 20-year-old center, who
stands 7-7 when he dons his sneak
ers and can dunk the ball without
jumping.
“Here’s one from Drake,” Harp
uueieu juauici a aciioiarsiup wnen
he graduated from high school in
Troy, Mich., two years, 20 pounds
and 2 inches ago.
At the time, Lanier was another
undiscovered, uncoordinated big
center.
HSU Athletic Director Merlin
Morrow, who has supervised stren
uous agility drills for Lanier, said
“I
I have to keep adjusting my shot every time I grow. I
hope this is it. I don’t need to get any taller.”
— Mike Lanier,
basketball player
said, flipping through pink call-back
messages on his desk. “UCLA, an
other from Kansas State. N.C. State.
Kentucky.
“And I’ll probably have two or
three more at my house when I get
home tonight. And every last one of
them wants to know about Mike.”
Nobody knows him better than
Harp, the only Division I coach who
Lanier s laiiipant giuwui iaic Had
outstripped his body’s ability to keep
up in muscle development and coor
dination.
Already as tall as Manute Bol of
the Golden State Warriors, the tall
est man in the NBA, Lanier said he
could grow a few more inches by his
senior season.
But his growth has been stopped
for a year now, and that has allowed
him to improve his game dm
cally.
“I have to keep acijustingmisi
every time I grow," Lanier said
hope this is it. I don’t needtogeli
taller.”
Lanier is averaging 7.5 points
rebounds and 1.2 blocked ste
modest output, but considerable
ter than last season, when hen
aged 2.1 points, 1.7 rebounds;
fewer than 10 minutes in Mp
He blocked seven shotsasafrt
man.
But observers say that beans
his height and stubborn worked
Lanier could develop intoanef
tive professional player, mud I
Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton,*
scored only 53 points in hisfinalt
college seasons at UCLA but s;
has emerged as one oftheforefj
defensive players in the NBA.
One college coach who sawfe
as a sophomore at Cypress Jm
College in Cypress, Calif., recti
visited Hardin-Simmons to seel
ier.
“Mike is farther along at this*
than Eaton was,” said the coach.
Snyder
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the fight resumed. But as fate would
have it, he was saved by the bell,
giving him the chance to brush away
the stars in his eyes.
The 29-year-old boxer from
Columbus, Ohio, reached deep
down in his heart to continue the
fight, knowing that Tyson could
have finished him off if time
would’ve allowed.
Only the International Boxing
Federation, which sanctioned the
bout as a championship match, said
Douglas was the winner. The IBF,
however, isn’t recognized by the
Japan Boxing Commission.
Douglas should be the
heavyweight champion of the world.
He worked hard for it and displayed
his determination in taking it away
from Tyson.
“Iron Mike” can cry all he wants
about the fight, but he showed no
willingness to win like Douglas did.
Tyson looked like a “heavy bag”
hanging from a gym throwing
counter punches that did not even
resemble the Mike Tyson of yester
year.
Maybe all the pressure and
attention has finally caught up with
him, slowly taking away his once
eager and youthful spunk that he
portrayed a couple of years ago.
The future for Tyson remains in
his own hands. He should go back to
his old trainer who helped him
become undefeated, and return to
his old ways of brawling.
As for “Buster” Douglas, his
future still remains in the hands of
the WBA, despite the feelings of
certain sports writers.
Schools appeal UIL
district assignments
AUSTIN (AP) — Sixteen schools
have appealed recent district align
ments to the University Interscholas
tic League District Assignment and
Review Board, which scheduled a
Tuesday meeting.
Each school will have 15 minutes
to appeal district assignments an
nounced Feb. 1 by the LUL.
None of the 16 schools, including
five Class 5A schools, have asked to
change conferences.
Travel is the reason given by most
schools for wanting to change dis
tricts.
If a school wins an appeal
the six-member committee, tht
trict it would leave or the disM 1 '
would enter can appeal that decs
Feb. 20.
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Southwest, San Antonio South
Houston Forest Brook and Hoi
Smiley.
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evated from 4A to 5A, hasasktf
be moved into the six-member !
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