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3.1& -o^The Battalion rSPORTS 9 Wednesday, May 9,1990 Sports Editor Nadja Sabawala 845-2688 eens -ttlett Dii.; tnhif; yOi ppei: *sten| 0 ap; « m| Jturt; venJ )rogi{ bej nd r,: (J pa\ir< I aw;, orjl ) COI!! rd,o| hai v crun' Ags post-season tourney chance in danger Loss of series to Hogs put A&M in Raider’s hands (runner ;igns with A&M The Texas A&M track and field team jned distance specialist Jason Reed to a kttet-ofdmtem Monday, according to a Statement released by the University’s Reed, a 0-0, 150-pObnd senior at ;AfeM Consolidated High School, was re- ' -nal champion in the 1600-meter run a junior. “Ids great to get a local athlete* A&M head coach Charlie Thomas said. ”Espe- «««&¥ one with Jason’s talent.’' ith personal best times of 15:06.0 m the 5000'meter, 9:31.0 to the 3200-me- ;ter, 4:19.0 in the 1600-meter and 1:56.0 in the 800-meter t ons, Reed certainly will be a great addition to the program, Thomas said. Reed won lour lettets in track and cross country and wax named most valu- ' tyer of both sports as a junior and senior. JfAA&M has a very young but solid dis- iance urogram and I realty feel like l can come m and make a contribution,” Reed said. -I^owboy’s former I execs sue team •Tea int i the 3 Fuei meet! : Gil \oif Hist ellenti) ,nd (b i un From Staff and Wire Reports The Texas A&M baseball team got a step closer to post-season play as the Aggies took one game from Arkansas in a three-game series last weekend. With the two victories, the No. 4 Razor- backs (45-10, 16-5) clinched their first out right Southwest Conference baseball championship, finishing with a half-game lead over second-place Texas. Arkansas and Texas A&M had split a doubleheader on Saturday, bringing the ti- DALLAS (AP) — Four former team ex- :cutives with the Dallas Cowboys have sued :he team and owner Jerry Jones, alleging ^hat they were victims of fraud and age dis- ximinadon. The lawsuit claims they were assured their jobs were safe and later were Fired, the taJJas Times Herald reported. Former empioyees I>on Wiison, Ann .loyd, Doug Todd and Peggie Bullock seek a total of $10 million in damages, reinstate- ient and tost wages. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District lourt last week. Jones was unavailable for comment uesday. Jack Dixon, team treasurer, said lowboys executives had not seen the law suit and could not comment on it. tie down to Sunday’s game. If Arkansas had lost Sunday, Texas would have won the championship. The 43-17, 11-10 Aggies are still waiting to see if they will get their chance at the SWC tournament. With one win against Ar kansas, A&M must wait and hope Rice will lose one game against Texas Tech this weekend, giving up the fourth place posi tion to the Aggies. Arkansas, Texas and Houston have all qualified for the SWC postseason tourna ment set for May 17 -T9 in Austin, Texas. Friday’s game between A&M and the Ra- zorbacks was postponed to Sunday due to rain so the two teams first faced each other in Saturday’s doubleheader. The Aggies took the first game Saturday 4-3 after Rich Robertson pitched a_ full game with only two hits. Arkansas had the tying and winning runs in scoring position when Robertson struck-out powerhitter Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack A&M’s Travis Williams looks to the umpire for the call after attempting to score against Rice in the April 6-7 series. The Aggies must hope for at least one Owl loss to Texas Tech this weekend for A&M to gain a berth in the SWC tourna ment. Arkansas, Texas and Houston have all secured spots in the postseason tournament. Kirk Piskor. The Razorbacks sealed the 6-2 victory in the second game when, with a 2-2 tie going into the eighth inning, A&M pitcher Ron nie Allen gave up three hits and second baseman Trey Witte was tagged with an er ror, giving Arkansas the go-ahead runs. On Sunday, the Aggies jumped to an early lead with a two-run homer off the bat of designated hitter David Rollen. Arkansas scored one run in the second and three more in the third on a three-run homer by Piskor. A&M came back to tie it at four in the fourth when Razorback starter Gary Harris walked Rollen and gave up a double to left- Fielder Chad Broussard, and later a double by Witte scored two. Arkansas third baseman Greg D’Alex- ander hit a grand slam — his third of the L, £ the Razorbacks clinch the 13-4 victor T the Arkansas scored three more runs in tne fifth as centerfielder Mark Johnson scored two on a triple to left and Piskor scored Johnson on a ground-rule double. A&M went through five pitchers. Aggie reliever Bo Siberz suffered the loss to drop to 2-3. Starter Pat Sweet lasted just two in nings. Both allowed four earned runs. :rvei rated aratk Leaving on B. Then enter our drawing for some great give-a-ways from MTV! 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