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T he hot topic of major league
baseball this offseason involves
the Seattle Mariners. There's a
first time for everything.
However, this is no ordinary news.
The events that could take place in
Seattle could bring about
repercussions that would shake the
national pastime out of its state of
complacency.
Mariners' owner Jeff Smulyan has
until March to take care of a $39
million loan and, therefore, has put
his asset on the trading block.
One set of buyers came forward,
but they wanted to move the Mariners
to St.. Petersburg, Fla. Smulyan said
no. I can't say that I blame him.
Spring training would be awfully anti-
climactic.
The leading candidate to buy the
club is a consortium of Seattle-based
buyers led by Hiroshi Yamauchi, who
owns Nintendo. Anyone who has
paid a hundred-some-odd dollars for
their little contraption knows very
well about the Nintendo empire.
Yamauchi has made a fortune
selling video games that will play
anything from Pong to Pac-Man. He
has mentioned that his son-in-law,
who has resided in Seattle for 15
years, will be the general partner.
Yet, there are some people in the
baseball community who are hedging
at the thought of the Japanese owning
a major league baseball franchise.
After all, Japan is not exactly No. 1 on
America's ally list right now.
Politicians claim that Japan has
unfair trade practices. Lee lacocca
fumes at the thought that people are
looking^past Chryslers to buy Hondas.
Even the priohe minister of Japan said
that the American work ethic, well,
needs work.
Baseball Commissioner Fay
Vincent, who sees the potential for
disaster in both directions, said only
that it will be difficult for the proposal
to gain acceptance. Three-fourths of
the owners must approve any change
of ownership for a franchise.
Debate has swirled on "Should
they?" or "Shouldn't they?" all
around the sport's higher circles. But
as a member of the lower circle of
baseball, I say bring them and their
money.
See Whitley/Page 6
No two in a row for A&M
Texas avenges earlier loss to Lady Aggies, 71-52
By Steve O'Brien
The Battalion
Two different women's basketball
teams on two different paths were
showcased at G. Rollie White Coliseum
Saturday night.
The University of Texas beat Texas
A&M, 71-52, for their eighth straight
victory, while the Aggies suffered their
fifth loss in six games. The Lady Aggies
fell to 5-5 in Southwest Conference action
and 13-10 overall. The Longhorns
improved to 7-3 and 15-7.
But more than three weeks ago, it was
a different story.
On Jan. 20 in Austin, the Aggies beat
Texas, 74-73, for the first time in 14 years
with a last-second basket by senior Dena
Russo and were off to their best SWC start
ever at 4-0.
The Longhorns left no room for last
second heroics Saturday night.
By halftime, Texas had built a 36-27
lead, and with 7:30 left in the game they
were beating the Aggies by 19 points.
It didn't take long for A&M head
coach Lynn Hickey to sum up her team's
problems.
"No offense," she said. "Our
halfcourt defense was pretty good, but
you have to go down to the other end of
the floor and put it in the basket. We
forced a number of turnovers, but we
gave too many up."
Freshman forward Twylana Harrison
led the Aggies with 13 points, and Russo
put in 12 points and nine rebounds. Texas
forward Fey Meeks led all scorers with 18
points.
The Aggies shot 32 percent from the
field for the game, while the Longhorns
converted on 50 percent of their shots.
Hickey said the game would have
been closer if the Aggies had shot better.
"If you move that shooting up to 50
percent, then we have a chance to win,"
Hickey said. "When you're having a poor
KARL STOLLEIS/The Battalion
See Lady Aggies/Page 6
Lady Aggie Dena Russo fights for a shot Saturday in A&M’s 71-52 loss to the
University of Texas. The Aggies have lost five out of their last six SWC games.
A&M runs fourth; Williams breaks record
From Staff and Wire Reports
FORT WORTH, Texas — Gregory Williams's meet record
was the high note for Texas A&M as the men's and women's
teams placed fourth in the Southwest Conference indoor track
and field championships on Saturday.
Williams was timed at 7.23 seconds in the finals of the 55-
meter high hurdles after breaking Richard Buckner's 1989 mark
of 7.31 in the semifinals with 7.27. Teammates Nic Pollard and
Ricky Barker gave the Aggies a 1-2-3 finish in the event.
"We wanted to be one of the best hurdle crews in the
nation," said Williams, who ran a 7.18 last week at the
Oklahoma Track Classic.
Meanwhile, the loss of eight-time defending SWC champion
and defending national champion Arkansas propelled the
University of Texas to the indoor team title.
"I guess we're the team to shoot at now," Texas coach Stan
Huntsman said after the Longhorns took advantage of
Arkansas' departure to the Southeastern Conference and won
their first indoor crown since 1975.
"We've got a good recruiting advantage now. We're solid
and we have good depth in almost every event. I'd like to think
of this as the start of something."
The Longhorns, who amassed 140 points and a 52-point
margin over runner-up Rice Saturday, followed Arkansas' script
by dominating early. After winning all three of Friday's finals at
Will Rogers Coliseum, they got 26 more points.in the pole vault
when Scooter Hesseltine led a 1-2-3-5 Longhorns finish by
clearing 17 feet, three-quarters inch.
Colby
Aggies drop
two games
in Arizona
From Staff and Wire Reports
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - John Tejcek
lined the first pitch in the bottom of
the tenth inning for a home run to
give Arizona a 6-5 win over Texas
A&M here Sunday.
Arizona (9-5) broke a scoreless tie
with three runs in the fourth. Billy
Owens' hit a two-
run triple and then
scored on a wild
pitch.
The Wildcats
added another run
in the seventh on a
Jason Bates RBI
single.
Texas A&M (4-4)
scored an unearned
run in the eighth.
The Aggies
grabbed a 5-4 lead
in the top of the
ninth on Conrad Colby's two-run
homer, an unearned run and an Eric
Gonzalez RBI single.
Arizona tied the game in their half
of the ninth on a Robbie Moen RBI
single.
Arizona reliever Rob Ippolito
picked up his first win of the season
while the Aggies' James Nix took the
loss in relief of sophomore Jeff
Granger.
Saturday, A&M matched its
season high of 15 hits and used strong
relief pitching to outlast Arizona 11-8.
The Wildcats got off to the fast
start in the game.
Arizona scored three runs in the
first inning off A&M freshman pitcher
Chris Clemons.
But the Aggies erupted in the
third inning for six runs, off singles by
Brian Thomas and Mike Hickey, Trey
Moore, Travis Williams, and
Gonzalez. A&M catcher Rob Trirribje
added a two=run triple in the inning.
Clemons left thb' game in the
fourth inning and was relieved by
Brian Harrison. Harrison pitched 5
2/3 innings and recorded the win for
the Aggies.
Friday, the Aggies were thumped
in the first game of the series, 12-4.
The Wildcats scored in five
consecutive innings to take control of
the game.
Arizona pitcher Mike Schiefelbein
allowed six hits in seven innings,
striking out nine batters. The Aggies
were l-for-14 with runners in scoring
position.
Moore, 0-1, took the loss in the
opener.
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