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Davis shines through dark days with class Believe it or not, there is a silver lining to the Texas A&M basketball storm. Former Aggie coach Kermit Davis Jr. is standing calmly in the eye of theNCAA-investigation hurricane. Sure, Davis messed up, but his behavior throughout the whole ordeal has been a credit to himself and his family. The rules Davis allegedly violated are small potatoes compared to infractions committed oy other schools. Heck, they're miniscule when you consider the 36 NCAA allegations against Jackie Sherrill's football program in 1988. I don't think Davis would have been forced to resign if these current allegations would nave surfaced without the threat of an NCAA- imposed death penalty hanging over the University. To me, the most disturbing, and damaging charge against Davis was his involvement with Rob Johnson. A man, who by all accounts is a shady character and by some accounts, a player broker. Davis countered that he didn't know of Johnson's nefarious past, and I believe him. I could be wrong, but my gut feeling is that Davis really didn't know what kind of person Johnson was. Although my personal involvement with Davis has been minimal, the impression that I See Davis/Page 9 Ags take two, but miss weekend sweep RICHARD S. JAMES/The Battalion A&M second baseman Sittichoke Huckuntod is called safe in the first inning of Satur day’s first game as Arkansas’ Jeff Houk (1) and Brent Birch (16) look on. Two outs later, Huckuntod scored the Ags’ first run as they went on to win 2-0. The Hogs came back in the nightcap to win 7-4. By Craig Wilson The Battalion The Texas A&M baseball team al most got the broom and dustpan out against the Arkansas Razorbacks for the first time since 1977. But a late Hogs rally in the series' fi nal game Saturday helped Arkansas avoid the sweep, and salvage a victory in the three-game set at Olsen Field. Arkansas' overall mark dipped to 22- 11 and 2-4 in the Southwest Confer ence. Friday, the Ags (25-10, 2-1) blew out the Razorbacks, 9-3, before an over flow home crowd of 5,219. A&M took Saturday's first game 2-0 before dropping the nightcap 7-4. The Friday night game was a center stage for first-baseman Conrad Colby, who homered twice and drove in four runs. Colby's two-out, first inning homer gave the Ags a 2-0 lead, one they would never relinquish. "I was lucky enough to come up with runners in scoring position to night," Colby said. "I wasn't thinking about hitting a home run." A&M added two more second-in ning runs when third-baseman Travis Williams doubled and designated hit ter Billy Harlan singled. Shortstop Ja son Marshall's ground out got a run across before second-baseman Sitti choke Huckuntod doubled. Colby's second home run, his fourth of the season, came in the fifth inning and gave the Ags a 6-1 lead. Right- fielder Dan Robinson doubled home a run in the seventh to make it 7-2. The Hogs did not go down easily, though. Aggie hurler Ronnie Allen survived an eighth inning scare by striking out the Razorbacks' Scott Epps with the bases loaded. "I just tried to fight my way through it," Allen said of the jam he was in. "(Epps) is a dead pull hitter most of the time, and I just wanted to get ahead of him and work him away." A&M got some insurance runs from centerfielder Brian Thomas' two-run triple in the eighth. Allen then cruised through the ninth for a complete-game win, upping his record to 5-1. Hog hurler Doug Bennett (2-2) got the loss. Saturday's first game was a pitching gem for Jeff Granger, as he blanked the Arkansas 2-0. The shutout was the Ags' fourth of the year. The freshman southpaw scattered three hits in a complete-game, seven inning victory, and added 10 strikeouts in his debut performance in the SWC. "I was real nervous at the begin ning," Granger said, "but once I got into a groove I was okay. I was just concentrating on throwing strikes, and everything worked out." Aggie head coach Mark Johnson was thankful for Granger's standout pitch ing. "We were fortunate Jeff Granger did his job," Johnson said. "He kept them scoreless and gave us a chance to win. We needed that because we didn't do a good job offensively today." * The Ags scored in the first when Huckuntod doubled and scored on a passed ball by Razorback catcher Kort- ney Paul. In the third, catcher Blake Pyle reached on a bunt and moved to sec ond on a Huckuntod sacrifice. Pyle scored on leftfielder Mike Hickey's sin gle. Arkansas' Brent Birch (4-2) took the loss. The Hogs did not hold a lead in the series until the final game. In the fourth inning Bubba Car penter tripled off Aggie starter Jason Hutchins and scored on a wild pitch. Arkansas shortstop Joe Davis hom ered to left in the fifth to give the Hogs a 2-0 lead. But Davis made up for the four-bag ger by committing tnree errors in the fifth inning alone, helping the Ags tie the score 2-2. "They gave us some chances," John son said. "I know they can play a lot better, and we can, too." Thomas homered to start the sixth and the Ags scored another run when Hickey and Robinson singled and per formed a double steal. A&M could not hold the 4-2 lead, though. Hutchins loaded the bases with two outs and was relieved by senior Jason Bullard. Arkansas' big gun Kirk Piskor wel comed the righthander with a two-run single to tie the affair, 4-4. The Hogs scored twice more on a wild pitch and RBI single by Carpenter. "We tried to get the slider away, and just didn't get it far enough away," Johnson said. "(Piskor) hit it off the end of the bat, but he came through." Arkansas withstood an Aggie rally in the ninth to get the victory, as Hog re liever Phil Stidham saved the game by coaxing a double-play grounder from Marshall with two men on. Hutchins' record dropped to 3-2, while winner Dan Brown improved to 1-1. "I don't want to get greedy, but I thought we had a chance to sweep them," Johnson said. "We had the op portunities and we just didn't quite get it finished." The Ags host Texas Southern Uni versity Tuesday evening in a 5:30 p.m. doubleheader at Olsen Field. Last season, A&M swept TSU 6-0 and 9-0 at Olsen Field. In 1989, the Ags swept the series as well, beating TSU 11-1 and 13-3 after winning 8-4 in 1988. University Awareness for Cultural Togetherness proudly supports... Celebrate Sunday^ March 24 Diversity \Veek! plight of the migrant farmworker. 12:30 pm MSC Flag Room SpoiU9r: UorlmUmlo EHudiamtU Chicago m dt Ax/Uh (UBChA) Racial Awareness Program (RAP) Students, staff, and faculty are welcome to come together for this informal rap session on issues in diversity. 7:00 pm-8:15 pm 230 MSC Sponaor: Departmxia of Multicultural Service! Wednesday. 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