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Sports
The Battalion |
3
Ranger bats
wide awake;
make team a
contender
Tim Schnettler
Sports Writer
Although the Texas Rangers have
lost six of their last seven games, they
find themselves in a position which
they are not too familiar with. After a
fourteen game win streak during the
month of May, the Rangers are cur
rently in second place in the Ameri
can Leagues' Western Division, trail
ing only the Oakland A's.
To many fans and sports writers
this comes as a surprise, since presea
son picks had the Rangers finishing
sixth in the seven team division.
What has been the key to the resur-
gance of the Rangers?
The answer comes as a big surprise
to some, but for people who follow
the game, it is not much of a shock.
The key to the Rangers' resurgence
has been the awakening of their
sleeping bats.
The Rangers, as a team, are hitting
.289. This average not only leads the
American League, but also leads the
entire major leagues. The next best
team is hitting a full 17 points less
then the Rangers.
Besides leading the major league in
hitting as a team, the boys from Ar
lington also boast three of the top ten
hitters in the American League.
Leading the way for the rest of the
team is Ruben Sierra. Sierra is cur
rently in the middle of a thirteen
game hitting streak, and is leading
the league with an impressive .353
average. During the month of May,
Sierra hit an astounding .386 and had
21 RBIs.
The two other hot bats instrumen
tal in the success of the Rangers, were
those of Brian Downing and Juan
Gonzalez.
Downing — who was considering
retirement at the start of the season —
is hitting a blistering .344. During the
Rangers' 14 game winning streak.
Downing hit two homeruns in a game
against the Seattle Mariners. The sec
ond blast tied the game and sent it
into extra innings.
Gonzalez is currently eighth in the
American League with a .336 aver
age. He led the league in runs batted
in with 28 during the month of May.
If the Rangers continue their torrid
hitting pace, and their pitching staff
gets as hot as their bats have been,
look for them to challenge the A's for
the American Leagues' Western divi
sion crown.
Stallings remembers A&M
Once an Aggie,
always an Aggie
Editor's note: This is the first in an on^
weekly series that will profile former at
coaches at Texas A&M.
By David Leahy
The Battalion
When Gene Stallings left the Univer
sity of Alabama in 1965 to become head
football coach at Texas A&M University,
he took over a program that was in disar
ray.
Twenty-two years later, Stallings is
perhaps one of the most fondly remem
bered A&M coaches. He recieved All-
Southwest Conference honors at Texas
A&M under legendary coach Paul "Bear"
Bryant. He graduated from A&M in 1957,
and was inducted into A&M's Athletic
Hall of Fame in 1982.
As a player and assistant coach for Bry
ant, Stallings displayed a strong work
ethic, and dedicated himself to the revi
val of Aggie football. In his third season,
he led A&M to its first Cotton Bowl berth
since 1940, but a 27-45-1 record over
seven seasons eventually led to Stallings'
dismissal as coach.
Despite the losing record, A&M en
joyed tremendous victories during his
tenure.
Presently the head football coach at the
University of Alabama, Stallings readily
reminisces about his coaching days at
A&M.
"I have very warm feelings toward
A&M," he said. "I miss the relationship
and the closeness I had with the A&M
people."
His first year at Texas A&M produced
a 3-7 record, but included in one of those
three victories was a shocking upset of
nationally ranked Georgia Tech, 14-10 in
Atlanta. Texas A&M was down 10-0 late
in the fourth quarter, but rallied for two
touchdowns in three and a half minutes.
It was only Stallings' second ga
head coach, but one that he will «
remember.
"We started the season off by
shutout by LSU, but came back and
earned a great victory against a very tal
ented team."
The Aggies finished 4-5-1 the following
year, but in 1967 Coach Stallings got his
team playing the way he wanted. After
losing their first four games of the year,
the Aggies won seven in a row that in
cluded a 10-7 victory over the University
of Texas, and a Cotton Bowl victory over
Alabama, 20-16.
The Cotton Bowl victory was especially
sweet for Stallings, since Alabama was
coached at the time by his mentor, Bry
ant.
Gene Stallings is congratulated by Paul “Bear” Bryant with a lift after Stallings’ Texas
Aggies defeated Bryant’s Alabama Crimson Tide in the 1968 Cotton Bowl.
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"I thought it was a privilege and a plea
sure for the players to play against Coach
Bryant, but I wanted them to just go out
and have fun," he said. "The victory over
Texas is what got us there."
Even though his victory over Bryant is
his most famous win, Stallings admits
another, earlier victory stands out for
him.
"When we beat Texas 10-7 to go to the
Cotton Bowl, that was the best," he said.
"It stands out because of what it meant
— winning the (SWC) championship and
going to the Cotton Bowl."
"I truly enjoyed the 1967 season. Start
ing off slowly and finishing strong is
what I enjoyed the most," Stallings said.
"To lose our first four games of the year
and end up winning the Cotton Bowl
was great."
After the 1967 season, the Aggies had
four straight losing years and Stallings
left to join Tom Landry and the Dallas
Cowboys in 1972. He remained on the
Cowboys' coaching staff for fourteen sea
sons before being named head coach of
the St. Louis (Phoenix) Cardinals in 1986.
Stallings coached the Cardinals for
three seasons, compiling a 23-34-1 re
cord. He was out of football for one year
before being named head coach of the
University of Alabama in 1990.
Stallings' frustration toward the Cardi
nals is what took him back to collegiate
Are'Vbu
coaching.
"There were six games left in the 1988
season when speculation began about
the renewal of my contract," he said. "I
think the fans wanted me back, but the
management didn't seem to care either
way. I was more concerned with winning
the championship than with my con
tract."
Despite the pressures he face in the
NFL, he said collegiate coaching is more
demanding.
"I feel there is additional responsibility
in collegiate coaching," Stallings said.
"Your players are working on their edu
cation and trying to get their degree.
"Because of the education factor,
there's more pressure coaching in college
than in the pros."
Before his death, Bryant said A&M
was the toughest place in the world to
coach, and Bryant's successors have said
the same about Alabama. Stallings, how
ever has few regrets about his rough
road.
"Overall, my years of coaching at
A&M were a little frustrating," he said.
"We didn't win as many games as I
wanted to, but we did have an outstand
ing caliber of individuals.
"Coming from a military school during
the Vietnam War was tough, but I en
joyed my seven years at A&M."
Bowls meet;
plan alliance
DALLAS (AP) — Kepreseni
three New Year's Day bowls, the Big East
Conference, the Atlantic Coast Confer
ence, and Notre Dame were scheduled to
meet again Friday to discuss a possible
alliance that would make them big power
brokers in deciding the collegiate na
tional football title each January.
"In my judgment there's too many
things not settled for us to have a pack
age put together for this year," said Jim
Brock, executive vice-president of the
Cotton Bowl. "But I really believe this
thing has as chance to fly. It's hard to go
wrong when you've got Notre Dame in
volved."
The plan would have the highest-rank
ing teams from either the Big East, ACC,
and Notre Dame playing the highest
ranking conference champions from the
Southeastern Conference in the Sugar
Bowl, the Big Eight Conference in the
Orange Bowl, and the Southwest Confer
ence in the Cotton Bowl.
The SEC is tied to the Sugar Bowl, the
Big Eight to the Orange and the SWC to
the Cotton Bowl as traditional host
teams.
A fourth bowl, either the Fiesta or Cit
rus, could be a part of the mix, hosting
two at-large teams to cover all possibili
ties for a national championship game.
The idea was first developed in March
by the ACC. With the basic framework in
place, the alliance must decide on a
fourth bowl, how to select the two at-
large teams, and which poll will be used
for the rankings.
Also to be discussed will be a vote on
an SWC request that its champion be al
lowed to get away from the Cotton Bowl
to play in the Orange or Sugar Bowls if a
national title is at stake. The plan drew
little enthusiasm from alliance members.
The meeting was scheduled for 9 a.m.
at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport.
"It will be interesting to see how this
thing shakes out," Brock said, "Times are
changing."
NIT preseason
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the preseason NIT in November.
Kentucky, ranked No. 9, will open the
tournament at home against West Vir
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also will open at home against Evansville
Nov. 21.
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mouth at No. 18 Princeton, Washington
at No. 23 Texas, Colorado State at Boise
State, James Madison at Georgia Tech,
and Manhattan at Pittsburgh. In the
other Nov. 21 game, Ball State will be at
Purdue.
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