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Plumer
Continued from Page 7
The fish are not biting.
"No problem," my al
ways cheerful father offers.
"The real reason we came
out here was so you could
get a fourth-degree sunburn
on the back of your neck."
With that mission accom
plished, the long-term goal
is to actually catch a fish.
"Why would we want to
do that?" I ask with a puz
zled expression. "That
might destroy my rhythm of
pitching and retrieving.
Plus, I might have to actual
ly get out of my chair and do
some work to reel the blast
ed thing and..."
I am cut off by the splash
ing of water. Dad, as I affec-
tionally call him, has landed
the big one. Well, not quite
the state record, but the
Plumer's record for today.
"Get the net so we don't
lose him," he says with
sweat pouring down his
beet-red face. "This is going
to be a keeper. One to brag
about. Heck, if you want to,
you can tell your buddies
that you caught it.
"Ha, ha."
My father cares so much.
The next big event is an
equipment malfunction. It is
my time, though, for some
excitement. Casting, I
humbly think to myself,
casting is something I have
down to an exact science.
Splash, the bait hits the
water. Clunk, the line be
comes tangled on the reel. A
backlash has occurred. No
sweat. Just undo this knot
and presto, it is time to cut
the line totally.
"How did this happen?"
my always-patient father de-
mAjrHQ
T have not got a clue," I
answer timidly. "It just hap
pened while I was throwing
my bait at that turtle.
"By the way Dad, there
goes your rod and reel into
the water."
The synonym for fishing
becomes cussing, but all is
not lost. At least we still
have our sanity intact. By
now, the backlash has been
fixed. It is smooth sailing
ahead.
My line goes rigid. This
is the moment that I have
been craving ever since we
first arrived. A chance to
show the world, or at least
my father, that I could catch
a fish without any problem.
Screams of joy arise. I set
the hook, capturing my prey
in a trap from which there is
no escape. Just about to
break the surface of the wa
ter with a trophy catch,
every breath becomes harder
and harder due to nervous
anticipation.
"Dad, this haul is amaz
ing," I say. "But, I didn't
know fish were green."
"They aren't, son, that is
seaweed," he says, deflating
my puffed ego with one fatal
verbal swoop. "I will take it
home to give to your moth
er. She will probably want
to frame it or mount it along
with that rock you caught at
Lake Fork."
Thanks anyway. Dad, for
the fishing trip.
A&M swimmers finish third at SWC meet
By LAURA GRIMES
Special to The Battalion
The Texas A&M men's swim
team finished third at the South
west Conference Championships
in Austin last weekend, qualifying
several men to the NCAA's.
"On the national level, we ac
complished what we wanted,"
A&M coach Mel Nash said. "We
ended up with six or possibly sev
en men qualifying for the
NCAA's, and that puts us in a po
sition to do what we've been fo
cusing on all year - scoring points
on the national level.
"What didn't happen that we
were hoping for was to be in a
fight with Southern Methodist for
second, and that never material
ized. We were locked into third."
A&M qualified definitely six
and possibly seven men for the
national meet, which will be held
in Indianapolis, Ind., March 25-27.
The 200-freestyle relay qualified
for the NCAA's with the automat
ic cut of 1:19.85, tying the existing
SWC record. The University of
Texas also broke the record, how
ever, and was a tenth of a second
faster than A&M.
Qualifying on that relay were
sophomore Robert Fleming, junior
Troy Johnson, sophomore Michael
Tamayo and sophomore Jamie
Gyde. The four will also be al
lowed to each swim the 50-
freestyle at the championships,
with Fleming and Johnson eligible
for the 100-freestyle. These events
are in addition to all five relays
that the team is eligible to swim,
Junior Diego Perdomo took
second place in the 100-butterfly
to SMU's Alain Sergile in a time
of 48.04 to qualify for the
NCAA's. Perdomo also qualified
in the 200-butterfly.
"Diego had a great race in the
100," Nash said. ^He fought real
ly well and just got touched out
for first. He had a few problems
with his turns, but he'll get in the
water and get that squared away
before nationals."
Junior Steve Lutz did not make
the automatic cut with his ninth-
place time in the 400-individual
medley, but Nash feels that Lutz
is sure to be picked up to com
pete.
"Steve really had a good
swim," Nash said. "The 400-IM is
probably faster than it's ever
been. He was the odd man out in
the morning and ended up in the
You're out!
STEPHANIE NEWMAN/Special to The Battalion
A Lady Aggie is tagged out during A&M's 7-0 win over Northeast
aa\
Louisiana on Saturc
lay.
Aggie Invitational I, which was won by the University of Kansas.
A&M advanced to the semifinals of the
Slocum
Continued from Page 7
The players were employed by
Gilbert during school break times,
which is acceptable under NCAA
guidelines. Slocum added that
that fact was not completely un
derstood.
"The author also thought it
was illegal for players to work,
which is not true," Slocum said.
"There are specific time periods
when athletes can work - sum
mer, Christmas and spring break.
"Our players followed the
guidelines and worked during the
break like they were supposed to.
The writer did not know that.
The payments the athletes re
ceived came during permissible
work times."
A discrepancy also existed be
tween the amount of money re
ported and the amount the play-
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1994
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ers were paid, Slocum said.
"He also said there was a total
of $48,000 involved with the play
ers," Slocum said. "Actually, the
sum total was $7,200 for six guys.
The most one player will have to
pay back is $1,200.
"Their figures are just a slight
exaggeration."
The four players worked for
Gilbert last summer, performing
odd jobs like caulking bathtubs
and cleaning windows, Slocum
said. A problem arose because of
a lack of communication concern
ing working times for those four
athletes.
"Our guys could be done with
what they had to at 2:00 in the af
ternoon and the boss would send
them home," Slocum said. "They
had no set times to work, and
they realized if they didn't show
up, nobody would notice.
"Their attendance became spo
radic. To compound that, the
record-keeping was not good."
Slocum said he understood
why it was so easy for the situa
tion to get out of control.
"It is human nature to take ad
vantage of the situation," he said.
"They are sorry about the inci
dent and the embarrassment it
caused the school. This is an inci
dent they can learn from.
"A&M will survive because we
have a strong foundation. It was
frustrating and disappointing for
me, but it is an isolated incident.
"Things will work out."
consolation heat. He did a really
tough thing by going so fast all by
himself with no one around him.
We're almost positive that he'll
get picked up."
Nine out of 18 A&M school
records were broken over the
weekend. Fleming broke both the
50 and 100-freestyle records with
times of 20.25 and 44.66, respec
tively.
Junior John Hudspeth did not
qualify any automatic times for
the national championships, but
he did break the 100-backstroke
record with a leadoff time on the
400-medley relay of 49.36. He
also broke the 200-backstroke
record with a time of 1:46.36.
Hudspeth could have a chance
to swim at the NCAA's if the 400-
medley relay gets picked up. If
that happens, Hudspeth will be
eligible to swim both backstroke
events.
The other individual records to
fall were the 200-butterfly by Per
domo with a time of 1:47.26, and
the 100-breaststroke by junior
Matt Michaels with a time of
55.67. Also broken were the
records for the 200-freestyle relay,
as well as the 200 and 400-medley
relays.
ISU
Continued from Page 7
is starting to catch up with the
Southwest Conference's leading
pitching staff. An 11-2 pounding
of Maine in the secona game of
the series showed that the Aggies
can also light up the scoreboard.
Brian Thomas has been hot
with the bat all season, batting
.362 with four home runs and 14
RBI's. Rob Trimble leads the Ag
gies with a .405 batting average,
the product of an 11-game hitting
streak.
"Right now we are not really
worried about what our oppo
nent is going to do to us," John
son said. "Beating the opponent
is always the most important
thing, but we have to play our
style of baseball.
"We're not going to try too
many different things, because
we have to play within our game
style. They are going to try to
make us change and get us off
our game."
One group who has not gotten
off their game is the Texas A&M
pitching staff. Entering Sunday's
game with Maine, the Aggies
lead the conference with a 2.24
team ERA. Trey Moore has post
ed a 4-0 record without giving up
an earned run,
Granger
while Kelly
Wunsch ran
his record to 3-
0 in Saturday's
win against
Maine where
he struck out
10 while walk
ing only one.
Jeff Granger
grabbed the
A&M career
strikeout record against Maine in
the first game Saturday, giving
him 276 for his career.
"Our pitching staff has always
given us a chance to win this
year," Johnson said. "I can put
anybody out there on the mound
and feel confident."
Granger and Thomas have
reason to feel confident as both
were named nominees, along
with six other SWC players, of
the R.E. "Bob" Smith Award, giv
en to the College Baseball Player
of the Year. The players were
also nominated for the National
Collegiate Baseball All-Star
Team.
Other SWC nominees for the
Smith award are Texas' Brooks
Kieschnick and Tony Vasut,
Texas Christian's Adam Robson,
Houston's Phil Lewis, Rice's Dar
rell Richardson, and Texas Tech's
Mike Kinney.
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