The Battalion
Sports
Wednesday, July 29, 1992
Page 3
Michael
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Sportswriter
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many memories
A cross the big pond, extreme
tests of mental and physical en
durance are under way. Hu
man beings, disguised in their distinc
tive native garb, are sacrificing all
their intestinal fortitude they have for
their country. Nobody wants to give
an inch and let their opponent gain an
upper hand. Strategies are mapped
out, plans are made.
Welcome to the games of the XXV
Olympiad, Barcelona, Spain style.
The games have just begun and al
ready some of the sports have a haze
around them that smokes like a battle
field.
In volleyball, the Japanese won a
match on Monday that had been com
pleted Sunday against the United
States. The Japs protested an official's
decision and were awarded the victo
ry-
Angola's basketball coach, in his
infinite wisdom, said the National
Basketball Association could not play
defense. Mistake. His team tried to
prove him right against the USA's
"Dream Team," but they turned the
ball over 30 times and were the vic
tims of a 46-1 first half point run by
the United States.
By the way, he also kept up his no
defense theme after the game. Scottie
Pippen overheard him and obviously
took exception. This caused an argu
ment between the two.
Some Olympic spirit.
In the middle of the fray, though,
as he is prone to be, is Charles
Barkley. "Sir Charles" elbowed an
Angolan player, got called for a tech
nical, and then described the misun
derstanding as a "ghetto thing."
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A&M freshmen begin workouts
Aggies prepare
for season opener
against Stanford
From Staff and Wire Reports
Incoming freshman of the Texas A&M
football team reported to College Station
yesterday and will begin practice tomor
row.
After meeting with academic advisers
yesterday, the freshman will meet with
head coach-R.C. Slocum today at 6 p.m.
and will start workouts tomorrow at Kyle
Field.
All practices are closed to the general
public.
This years freshman class, which is
considered to be one of Slocum's best in
his years at A&M, consists of three Pa
rade All-Americans, and 13 of the 22
freshmen were high school All-Ameri
cans. Also, every member of the class
was listed on at least one top 100 list in
the state of Texas.
The class was listed as the number
three recruiting class in the nation, be
hind only Louisiana State and Florida, by
recruiting analyst Max Emfinger.
All 22 members of the freshman class
which signed on Feb. 5 hail from high
schools within the state of Texas. Slocum
and his assistants will work with a class
that consists of six linebackers and defen
sive backs, three running backs, two wide
receivers, two offensive and defensive
linemen, and one
quarterback.
The biggest
names among the
freshman class in
clude Deer Park's
Corey Pullig and
Chris Colon, Beau
mont Central's Lee-
land McElroy, San
Antonio Clark's
Robert Danklefs,
Killeen Ellison's
Danny McCray,
Garland Lakeview's
Keith Mitchell, Ar
lington Lamar's Jim
Brady and Dallas
Carter's Sherrod
Wyatt.
Wyatt, a 6-foot-2-inch, 180 pound de
fensive back with 4.4 speed in the 40, was
the number two ranked safety in the na
tion by Emfinger and was an All-Ameri
can in four different publications. During
his senior year at Carter, he had 65 solo
tackles and six interceptions.
Aggie Football ’92
Colon is also expected to make an im
pact in the defensive backfield after mak
ing more than 100 tackles during his se
nior season at Deer Park. At 6-foot-3, 205
pounds, Slocum said he thinks Colon will
be the kind of big hitter the Aggie sec
ondary likes to use.
Mitchell and
Brady were part of
a group of six line
backers who will be
trying to carry on
the tradition of ex
cellence at that po
sition for the Ag
gies.
Mitchell, who
was rated the num
ber six outside line
backer in the nation
by Emfinger, was
the Defensive Play
er of the Year on the
Dallas Morning
News' All-State
team. He achieved
success at Lakeview
by imitating the style of former A&M
linebacker Aaron Wallace. He even wore
Wallace's number 23 during high schoof.
Brady was considered by most scouts
as one of the hardest hitters in the state,
and has been clocked at 10.8 in the 100-
meter dash.
McCray, a 6-foot, 185 pound receiver,
possesses the kind of speed that Slocum is
looking for and gives the Aggies a deep
threat that they don't have. McCray runs
the 40 in 4.3 seconds, and once ran wind-
aided 10.05 100-meter dash. He also won
the 5A state title in the 400-meter dash
with a time of 46.0.
McElroy is expected to add to an al-
ready-talented running back squad for
the Aggies with his 4.4 speed. He ran for
1,532 yards and 21 touchdowns during
his senior year at Beaumont Central, and
was named the the Southwest Offensive
Player of the Year by SuperPrep Maga
zine.
Pullig has, been one of A&M's higher-
profile freshman before even stepping on
the field thanks to the return to the squad
by former quarterback Jeff Granger, who
had left the team earlier this year after
saying he was going to concentrate on
baseball. Pullig threw for 1,890 yards and
21 touchdowns at Deer Park, and was
named to four different All-American
teams. In a 47-43 win over Beaumont
Central, Pullig threw for 398 yards and
six touchdowns.
The veterans of the A&M squad will
join the freshmen next week to prepare
for the Aggies season opener against
Stanford University in the Disneyland
Pigskin Classic on August 26 in Anaheim,
Calif.
Gonzalez lifts Texas over Boston
BOSTON (AP) — Juan Gonzalez sure
likes hitting in Fenway Park.
Almost a year to the day after having
his first multiple-homer game in Boston,
Gonzalez hit two more home runs, the
second in the 10th inning, to lift the Texas
Rangers past the Red Sox 2-1.
"I was looking for one pitch for hitting
out of the park, in that situation, in a tie
game," said Gonzalez, who connected off
Paul Quantrill (1-1) on a 3-1 count for his
24th homer.
His 23rd homer came with two outs in
the sixth inning on a high fastball from
starter John Dopson. Gonzalez now has
four multiple-homer games in a career of
less than two seasons, three of them this
season, including two against Baltimore
on Sunday.
He first hit two home runs in a game
at Fenway Park on July 29, 1991, as the
Rangers beat the Red Sox, 7-2.
"I see the ball real good here," said
Gonzalez, who struck out his first two
times before connecting in the sixth.
The Red Sox staged a rally in the bot
tom of the 10th when pinch-hitter Scott
Cooper led off with a double to right.
But right fielder Ruben Sierra pre
served the lead by throwing out pinch
runner Luis Rivera when he tried to score
from second base on Billy Hatcher's one-
out single. Catcher Ivan Rodriguez
grabbed Sierra's throw on one hop and
blocked Rivera from reaching the plate.
"He got there before the ball, but I
wasn't going to let him touch the plate,"
Rodriguez said.
Astros down Braves again, 7-5
ATLANTA (AP) — Pete Harnisch
won his first game since June 3 as Hous
ton held off the Atlanta Braves 7-5 Tues
day nijsjht, the Astros' second consecu
tive win at the start of their 26-game
road trip.
The Braves, who entered the night
one game ahead of Cincinnati in the NL
West, dropped their third in a row.
Harnisch (4-8) was 0-5 with a 6.27
ERA on the road this season, but shut
down the Braves on four hits over seven
innings. He struck out six and walked
two.
Doug Jones got the last five outs for
his 21st save despite allowing Ron
Gant's RBI double, Lonnie Smith's run
scoring groundout and Jeff Blauser's
bloop RBI single in the ninth.
Houston snapped a 1-1 tie in the sixth
with three runs off reliever Marvin Free
man (3-4) on RBI singles by Pete Incav-
iglia and Eddie Taubensee and Casey
Candaele's run-scoring grounder.
The Astros added a run in the sev
enth when reliever Mike Stanton walked
the bases full and Jeff Bagwell hit a sac
rifice fly. Bagwell and Ken Caminiti hit
solo homers off Mark Davis in the ninth.
Houston's first run came in the sec
ond on singles by Taubensee, the first of
his four hits, and Candaele and Har-
nisch's forceout grounder off starter
Mike Bielecki, who left after four in
nings, complaining of soreness in his
right elbow.
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