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watching your
games for free,
and you don't like the destructive
downward spiral that the sport has tak
en in the last decade.
Drugs, money, a diminishing quali
ty in play and the specter of pay-per-
view have either raised their ugly
heads or soon will.
Add to these problems two new Na
tional League teams and the available
talent is further diluted.
Only in the convoluted world of
baseball can a man be asked to resign
because he is performing his job ac
cording to his bosses requirements.
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cised the traditional commissioner's
"best interests of baseball" powers to
force league realignment, he forced
owners to stick to the existing collective
bargaining agreement and oppose the
sale of teams to "superstation" con
glomerates.
All of these problems call for action
and leadership from the top of the or
ganization, but the owners were un
comfortable investing that much power
in anyone who might not share their
views.
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See Davis/Page 11
Aggies cope with
nagging injuries
By J. DOUGLAS FOSTER
KARL STOLLEIS/ The Battalion
Lance Teichelmann stares in pursuit of LSD running back Robert Davis in the
Aggies’ 31-22 victory over the Tigers Saturday.
Sport* Editor of THE BATTALION
As the 1992 college football season be
gan, every sportswriter in the free world
picked Texas A&M to win the Southwest
Conference championship. The only
thing that could hold the Aggies back,
most said, would be injuries.
Two games into the season, the Aggies
are 2-0, but now head into their home
opener against Tulsa this weekend minus
three starters.
After losing strong safety Steve Ken
ney and flanker Brian Mitchell in the sea
son opener against Stanford, A&M head
coach R.C. Slocum saw All-SWC guard
John Ellisor go down against Louisiana
State with a medial collateral ligament
tear in his knee.
Prior to the season, Slocum had ex
pressed some concern with the depth of
his team, particularly in the offensive line.
After Ellisor went down for what could
be up to six weeks, Slocum's concern has
become more warranted.
"That (losing Ellisor) really affects us,"
Slocum said. "A lot of people have this
perception that we are an extremely' tal
ented team that has all the players we
want stockpiled, and waiting in line to
play. That's a misconception.
"We've got good players, and a few
great players, but I know of no team in
the country that has players stockpiled
and has all the depth they need."
Sophomore John Richard had the task
of replacing Ellisor against LSU, and
Slocum said with Richard, he was being
forced to play inexperienced players.
"We were scratching around hying to
find guys to put in there," Slocum said.
"John Richard's been hurt, but he was
pressed into service just so we could have
some guys to play on the offensive line."
One of the toughest things about los
ing Ellisor for the Aggies will be prepar
ing for Tulsa's defense, which is a 4-3 set
up that A&M has not seen this year.
Quarterback Jeff Granger said, how'ever,
Ellisor would have had the same disad
vantage Richard has in preparing for Tul
sa's defensive formation.
"John Richard is a good ball player
and a good athlete," Granger said. "It's
tough losing Ellisor, but it's a new de
fense to him, too, so either one of them
would have to start all over in preparing
for this new defense."
Granger also said losing Ellisor meant
more than just losing a starting lineman.
"The experience factor of losing John
Ellisor will be tough for our team,"
Granger said.
See OfFense/Page 11
Lady Aggies continue homestand with Southwest Texas
By K. LEE DAVIS
Sport* Writer of THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M women's volleyball
team will be looking to avenge last sea
son's bitter defeat to the Southwest Texas
State Bobcats at 6 p.m. at G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
In last year's championship match at
the Bobcat Classic, the Lady Aggies were
leading 9-3 in the fifth and deciding game
when the Bobcats began a furious rally to
take the match, 15-11.
"We didn't win when we definitely
should have," said junior setter and co
captain Genny Wood. "We just weren't
playing like A&M volleyball players
should."
Senior outside attacker and co-captain
Elizabeth Edmiston agreed with Wood's
assessment.
"They were a real scrappy team," Ed
miston said. "You couldn't ever count
them out."
A&M head coach A1 Givens said that
his team will have to play solidly in all
phases of the game to be victorious.
"I think that w'e are going to have to
serve w r ell and side out," Givens said.
"Our blocking which has probably been
the best overall team blocking in three or
four years will have to continue, and
we're going to need our outsides (attack
ers) to hit for a high percentage."
A&M leads the all-time series between
the two, 9-3. Givens said that their meet
ings have always provided their share of
excitement.
"There is a healthy rivalry between
A&M and Southwest Texas," Givens said.
"We dropped a five-game match to them
last year, and we remember it well."
The Lady Aggies (4-1) are playing in
their second home game of the season af
ter winning Monday's match against
Eastern Washington, 15-12, 15-2, 16-14, in
front of 825 fans.
Over the weekend, the Lady Aggies
See Lady Aggies/Page 11
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