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Texas A&M has seen its share of good times, and more recently, bad times, when it comes to this game. Coach Kermit Davis Jr., naive to the rules of the recruiting game, was forced to resign. The basketball program was whistled for its foul judgement and now will have to face the penalties. But what does it take to be successful at recruiting top-notch prospects? What can the A&M basketball program do to bring sought-after athletes to this school? First of all you have to start with what a basketball prospect sees when he comes to A&M. The beautiful campus environment and friendly people that typically sell A&M to recruits and prospective students probably won't make up for the 37-year old G. Rollie White Coliseum that they will be playing in. An 18-year old has dreams of See Recruiting/Page 6 By Douglas Pils The Battalion It didn't take the Texas A&M base ball team long to crank it Tuesday night against Texas Southern. In the first game of the twinbill, the Aggies rapped out 13 hits en route to a 14- 3 victory. However, in game two, A&M only needed eight hits to take a 15- 0 win away from the error-prone Ti gers. TSU committed 14 errors in the dou bleheader, including eight in the sec ond game, while its pitchers issued 23 walks and four wild pitches that brought in runs. The Aggies refused to play down to the Tigers V level, taking advantage of al most every scoring opportunity. A&M committed only two errors and nine Aggie pitchers combined for 26 strikeouts and issued just six walks while limiting the Tigers to 10 hits. "That (playing down to competition) was something we talked about before the game," A&M head coach Mark Johnson said. "We could have lowered our playing ability, but we didn't. What pleased Johnson most about the Aggies' performance was the num ber of players that received playing time. "I like to play some games where you get to play a lot of guys," he said. "Those guys work just as hard as the starters do and it's nice to see that hard work rewarded." For the first two innings of game one, it looked like the Tigers might give the Aggies a tough time as they got to Aggie starter Kelly Wunsch for one run on three hits. After a three-up-three-down first in ning, A&M first baseman Conrad Colby led off the second with a tow ering 400-foot home run over the tall portion of the center field wall. In the third inning, the Aggies ex ploded for seven runs on seven hits. A&M sent 11 batters to plate and scored all seven runs with two outs. After shortstop Jason Marshall struck out and catcher Blake Pyle grounded out, second baseman Sitti- choke Huckuntod got things started with a single. Center fielder Brian Thomas followed with another single to right, but TSU's Kelvin Owens over threw second base allowing runners to reach second and third. Mike Hickey drew a walk and Colby, the team's hottest hitter, delivered a two-run single to give A&M a 4-1 lead. A single by Dan Robinson, scored Hickey, before designated hitter Billy Harlan delivered the crushing blow. Harlan drove a 3-1 pitch over the left field wall for a three-run homer, and the Aggies never looked back. Travis Williams and Marshall slapped back-to-back doubles for an 8- 1 lead. A&M added four runs in the fourth inning as Texas Southern's defense fell apart. Pyle doubled and scored in the fifth on a TSU error. Dan Robinson doubled and scored in the sixth on Marshall's sacrifice fly to give the Aggies the final margin. Aggie releiver Brian Harrison got the victory, improving his record to 2-0. Harrison went three innings, giving up two hits and two runs, while striking out six and walking three. Colby was the leading hitter for the Aggies in the twinbill going 4-for-5, with six RBIs and he scored five runs. In the second game, TSU never mounted a serious threat against A&M's six pitchers. Alan Fiveash, the starter, got the victory after facing the minimum of nine batters in his three innings. He improved his record to 1-0 with the three-strikeout performance. No A&M slugger had more than one hit and senior infielder Ron Johnson lead the team with three RBIs without the benefit of a hit. KEVIN IVY/The Battalion Aggie pitcher Jason Bullard delivers a pitch against TSU Tuesday night. Bullard pitched two innings of no-hit ball in the first contest and A&M took both games, 14-3 and 15-0. Rocket considering CFL offer, may snub NFL INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Raghib "Rocket" Ismail, expected to be the first player taken in next month's NFL draft, is considering a $6 million, two-year offer to play for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, his agent confirmed Tuesday. Ed Abram, agent for the Heisman Trophy runner- up from Notre Dame, has been negotiating with the New England Patriots, who have the first draft pick. Abram said the offer from Toronto appears to be genuine. "If Toronto puts together a package that's hard to refuse, we have to take a serious look at it," Abram said from Oakland, Calif. "If it comes before the draft, it's before the draft. If it's after the draft, it's after the draft. We have no control over those things." Argonauts owner Bruce McNall said the offer was "in the $3 million-a-year range." Argo general man ager Mike McCarthy, who is negotiating with Abram, wouldn't say how close the two sides are to reaching a deal. "When he first gets in the NFL, if he gets in the NFL, he'll primarily be used as a return man. In this league, he'd be a superstar immediately," McCarthy said. "Other than the money, how much does he want to play? "He isn't a franchise player; he's a league player. He'd help the whole CFL." Abram said he has had conversations with To ronto and discussed them with Ismail, "but right now the main focus still is with New England. "We're in negotiations with the Patriots, and we wouldn't care to upset the apple cart there. But as good, practical business people, you have to look at all options, and one of those options is now coming from Toronto," Abram said. McCarthy said McNall and his partners —Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings and comedian John Candy —wouldn't be talking about such large amounts of money for Ismail unless the deal would be mu tally beneficial to the club and the athlete. The Texas A&M University Student Publications Board is accepting applications for Editor, The Battalion Summer 1991 The summer editor will serve from April 29, 1991, through August 16, 1991. Editor, The Battalion Fall 1991 The fall editor will serve from August 19, 1991, through December 6, 1991. 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