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to apply.
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1bdrm-1bth. pool, balcony, laundry mat, near shuttle,
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Clean 2bdrm-1bth mobile home In country. 15 minutes
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6233
Sublease. Available April 1. Lease ends In August.
Spacious 1 bdrm-Ibth, large walk-in closets, on bus route.
696-8740.
SUMMER SUBLEASE 3bdrm-2bth duplex. Close to
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Christian needs 2 female roommates for summer. Large
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Female roommate. Own room 4 bath, $275/mo., avail
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Continued from Page 5
Whatever the two are doing
has definitely paid off. High
lights from this season include
advancement to the semifinals
of the regional tournament in
the fall and victory in the Texas
A&M Spring Fling Invitational
earlier this spring. Confidence
in one another has played a ma
jor role in each of these victories.
“Confidence is the key to suc
cess and that has definitely been
the case with Rico and I,” Horan
said. “With each match we’ve
played I feel that we’ve just got
ten better and better to the
point that we go out expecting to
win each time.”
There are also times when
the two are at odds with each
other. In a recent match againet
Texas, tempers flared up slight
ly in the 9-8 loss that went to a
disheartening tie-breaker.
“Sometimes we say things to
each other that are taken out of
context and this causes our level
of play to decrease,” Rodarte
said. “However, in these cases
we are always able to talk
things over and get things
straightened out.”
Second spring training
changes Collins’ priorities
HOUSTON (AP) — Terry
Collins already has his priorities
in order for the Houston Astros’
second spring training.
First, there will be introduc
tions for the six players the As
tros obtained from the San
Diego Padres last Dec. 28 in a
12-player trade that will change
the makeup of the 1995 Astros.
Then, Collins wants to clear
up any pent-up emotions that
might be lingering from the
lengthy players’ strike.
"We’ll have a discussion be
fore we take the field because I
want them to understand, if
they have a problem with me or
what we did, we will clear the
air before we walk out on the
field,” Collins said.
"It will be over with and done.”
Collins worked at a frantic
pace on Monday, getting ready
to return to the club’s spring
training camp at Kissimmee,
Fla. to begin workouts on
Thursday.
Thursday will be a voluntary
reporting date for the Astros
and Friday will be the manda
tory reporting date. The Astros
have only three weeks to get
ready for the opening of the
season on April 26.
Getting acquainted is the
first order of business.
"That’s probably going to be
our biggest concern, where those
guys fit in,” Collins said. “We
are really lucky. We not only
have good players here in Hous
ton we have good people."
The new Astros are outfielders
Derek Bell and Phil Plantier, in-
fielders Craig Shipley and Jackie
Gutierrez and pitchers Doug Bro-
cail and Pedro Martinez.
All figure prominently in
Collins’ plans. Bell is a certain
starter in right field or center
field. Shipley likely will start the
season platooning with Chris
Donnels at third base.
Brocail will compete for the
fifth starting position and
Plantier could be the starter in
left field if he beats out last
year’s starter, Luis Gonzalez.
Collins already has addressed
the replacement players, who
narrowly missed their dreams of
playing in the major leagues.
"I thanked them for all that
they went through,” Collins said.
"I told them I respected them for
standing up for something they
believed in.”
The strike may have cost two
rookies a chance at starting po
sitions. Collins wanted a full
spring to look at Brian Hunter
in center field and Phil Nevin at
third base.
Scholarship: Never say die
attitude will get you far
Continued from Page 5
to survive, I still congratulate
him for his efforts.
Believe me, I know all about
trying out and being denied.
After high school, I had some
scholarship offers, both partial
and full, to play baseball. For
different reasons, I turned
them down and decided to try
my luck at walking on on the
A&M baseball team.
For two years, I have gone
out to Olsen Field on the second
week of school and tried out for
a spot on the team. Even though
both times, I’ve been denied a
jersey number, I enjoyed my
time pursuing a dream. Just
stepping out onto Olsen was a
treat in itself and giving it all I
had in front of coach Mark
Johnson was special.
Most sports fans know
about the Michael Jordan story
when he was in 10th grade. He
was cut from the varsity bas
ketball team and worked on
every aspect of his game in the
off-season in order to show the
coach how wrong he was in
cutting him.
All the work paid off as he
made it on the varsity team
that next year. The rest of the
story is still unfolding.
Coaches are looking for
players who can help their
team, but they can not offer
them a scholarship. Yes,
maybe there won’t be a start
ing position waiting for them
once they make the squad.
However, the same determi
nation and work ethic that
helped them make the team
can also help them get some
playing time and maybe a
starting spot.
People should never give up
on their dream of making a col
lege team because they did not
get a scholarship. If anything,
this should make them that
much more determined to
prove that they deserve to be
there and someone made a big
mistake by overlooking them.
Whether it is an example of
pursuing an athletic dream, as
Jordan shows, or if it’s an ex
ample of struggling for sur
vival, like Jim Valvano, both
relay a simple message.
Never give up.
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