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T he plague of the '90s has struck
once again. And, as it did early
in November, the epidemic
struck one of our nation's sports
heroes.
On November 7, when Earvin
"Magic" Johnson, one of the greatest
basketball players to ever set foot on
the court, retired from the Los Angeles
Lakers after he announced he had
contracted HIV, the virus that leads to
the AIDS disease.
Magic's announcement shocked
the world. The man had, after all,
seemed invincible in a basketball uni
form. And the only thing that could
get him out of the game was a deadly
disease. A disease that he had, how
ever, brought upon himself.
Johnson said he contracted the
virus through heterosexual inter
course. He was living the life of a fa
mous sports hero, sleeping with wom
en throughout the country as his Lak
ers toured the NBA. He had, in a
sense, been the cause of his own
downfall.
Arthur Ashe, however, was the
victim of another type of fate.
Ashe, the only black man to ever
win Wimbledon, announced Wednes
day that he, too, had been tested HIV
positive. He was the top-ranked tennis
player in the world in 1968 and 1975,
but now he will be the second most fa
mous AIDS patient in the world.
As was the case in Johnson's press
conference, reporter's questions con
cerning Ashe's future came in a direct,
yet somber manner. Ashe answered
in the same, confident but concerned,
way that Johnson did.
They are both recognizable sports
figures who will now fight this virus
in front of the entire world. But that's
where the similarities of the two situa
tions end.
Johnson is not to be completely
blamed for his situation. There are
many men who, given the opportunity
to be one of the biggest sports heroes
in the world, would jump at the
chance to fill Johnson's shoes. Having
the choice of almost any available
woman in every city in America is
something most males would die for.
But Johnson wasn't careful. Sure,
See Foster/Page 4
No. 3 Longhorns
whip Lady Aggies
By Chris Whitley
The Battalion
BILLY MORAN/The Battalion
A&M's Christine DiNardo returns a serve Wednesday in the Lady Aggies 8-1 loss
to the third-ranked Texas Lady Longhorns at the Omar Smith Tennis Center.
The Lady Aggie tennis team had the
effort, but Texas' third-ranked Lady
Longhorns had the talent.
Texas A&M was no match for the
Southwest Conference leaders, who bar
reled through the dual match with an 8-1
victory Wednesday at Omar Smith Tennis
Center.
Texas' top five seeds won their singles
matches, four of them winning in straight
sets. A&M's Nicole Monsul was the lone
exception, coming from behind to beat
Texas' Jennifer Nasser, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4.
All three doubles matches went to
Texas. Lynn Staley and Christine DiNar
do came closest to a second A&M victory
but faltered to Carla Cossa and Kelly Pace,
3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Lady Aggie head coach Bobby Klei-
necke said Texas' squad just had too much
for A&M to handle.
"What can you say? Texas is that
good," Kleinecke said. "They're third in
the country, and I feel like, depending on
their play, they would have a shot at the
national title. For us to be playing against
them is a tough situation for our girls.
"We just got beat by a better team."
A&M rallied in its last two singles
matches, extending both to three sets, in
cluding MonsuTs victory. In the other
match, Anna Schlumpf was edged out by
Cossa, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4.
Kleinecke was pleased with the effort
that his players gave, especially Schlumpf
and Monsul.
"Some of the bright spots was at No. 5
and 6," he said. "Carla Cossa is a two-
time All-American playing No. 5 (seed).
Anna goes three sets with her, and we're
up 4-3 in the third. So we're right there in
that.
"Nicole came through and played like
she could play tonight. (Nasser) is ranked
higher than her, so that was a great win
for her."
See Women’s tennis/Page 4
Biggens tries
cornerback
during spring
By Anthony Andro
The Battalion
Now that Kevin Smith and Chris
Grooms have departed from the sec
ondary of the Texas A&M football team,
the torch has been passed to players like
Patrick Bates, Derrick Frazier and Wilbert
Biggens.
Wilbert Biggens?
Biggens spent all of last season play
ing on offense and special teams. The
freshman saw some action as a back-up
wide receiver and was also the Aggies
leading kickoff return man.
For the season, Biggens averaged 11
yards a punt return and just over 17 yards
a kickoff return.
But this spring, Biggens approached
the A&M coaching staff and asked if he
could give the secondary a shot. The
coaching staff said yes.
"He's a great athlete and he's a great
kid, a hard-nosed kid," said defensive co
ordinator Bob Davie. "His whole thing is
going to be learning the system.
"He's coming over there to help our
defense, not as a guy to fill in."
See Biggens/Page 4
Texas A&MiAggies
Byington's legend lives on
Game-winning home runs
memorable in UT-A&M clash
By Steve O'Brien
The Battalion
A&M third baseman John Byington became an Aggie leg
end on Sunday, April 16,1989, with two swings of the bat.
Byington hit the winning homerun in each of the Aggies'
two games against the Texas Longhorns, completing a series
win over Texas for the first time since 1981.
"There was obviously a lot of drama to it," A&M head
coach Mark Johnson said. "In both situations I thought he
Analysis
could do it. The whole team had done it all year."
But before the Longhorns arrived in College Station that
weekend it was apparent the series would be something spe
cial. The Aggies were 40-1 and ranked No. 1 in the country,
while the Longhorns were 36-10 and ranked tenth.
But things didn't start off so smoothly for the Aggies.
After a rainout on Friday, Texas opened the series at Olsen
Field on Saturday night with a 6-2 win behind the arm of
right-hander Kirk Dressendorfer, who now pitches in the ma
jor leagues for the Oakland Athletics.
The game remained scoreless through five innings before
Texas All-American Scott Bryant doubled and then scored on
a double by Arthur Butcher to make it 1-0.
HUY NGUYEN/The Battalion
UT-A&M baseball games have been intense in past years.
Texas scored five more runs in the eighth, behind a grand
slam by Craig Newkirk to make it 6-0.
But the Aggies came back to score a run in eighth and a
run in the ninth. Their late inning rally against Dressendorfer,
who was 10-1 at the time, seemed to give them momentum go
ing into Sunday's doubleheader.
Saturday night's game, for all its great pitching and de
fense, would pale in comparison to the events of the next day.
At first, though, the Aggies looked like they were going to
See Byington/Page 5
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