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S r> The Battalion*I Thursday • June Bad break for A&M at NCAAs Staff and Wire Reports The NCAA Track and Field Championships got off to an ominous start Wednesday for Texas A&M when junior de~ cathlete Richard Harrison broke his foot while compet ing in the high jump. Harrison, who came into the meet with a strained Achilles tendon, had competed in four of the 10 decathlon events when he suffered the injury. “This is really unfortunate for Richard, it seems like he just can’t get a break at an NCAA meet,” A&M head track and field coach Ted Nelson said. “He’s really worked hard the last couple of years and it’s really too bad that something like this happened.” In other events, junior Curt Young recorded a season-best time of 50.84 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles. His time was not fast enough to qualify for the semifinals, however. Today, four more A&M competitors will begin com peting in the preliminaries. Junior Anjanette Kirkland will go into the 100-meter hurdles with the best time in the nation this year at 12.89 seconds, fourth best in the world. Kirkland finished third in the event last season, and both runners who finished ahead of her last season are competing this year. Also competing tomorrow will be Young and sophomore harry Wade in the 110-meter hurdles and senior Dante Bolden in the 100-meter dash. Bolden barely qualified for the field of 24 with a time of 10.38 seconds. Wade goes into the hurdles with the fastest legal collegiate time this year, 13.65 seconds. Mg're cheap, easy, and virus-free. Try before you buy! Software Salas and Rental Cash for Usod Software and Hardware CSQFTUURR6 €XCHflNG€) Northgate, behind Lou pot's 846-1763 10-7 Mon. - Sat. 12-5 Sun. A k London Paris $329 Madrid $389 Frankfurt $396 Tokyo $478 Costa Rica $170’ Caracas $199 ‘Fares are each way from Houston based on a roundtrip purchase. Restrictions apply and taxes not included. Call for other worldwide destinations. Council Travel 2000 Guadalupe St. Austin, IX 78705 512-472-4931 Eurailpasses issued on-the-spot! The Battalion The Battalion (USPS 045-360) is publishecLdaily, Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and Monday through Thursday during the summer session (except university holidays and exam periods), at Texas A&M University. Second class postage paid at College Station, TX 77840. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Battalion, 230 Reed McDonald Building, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1 111. WHERE TO CALL: News: 845-3313; Display Advertising: 845-2696; Classified Advertising 845-0569; Mail Subscriptions and Campus Distribution, 845-261 1. Powerful bats key to Aggies 5 ’95 success □ The Texas A&M base ball team hit .321 dur ing the regular season. By Lee Wright The Battalion The 1995 baseball season for Texas A&M began and ended with question marks. It began with thoughts of “What happened?” after the Ag gies’ dismal 1994 campaign, in cluding a 6-12 Southwest Con ference Record. It ended however, with thoughts of “What could have happened?” after the Aggies came within one game of their second College World Series berth in three years. The A&M baseball season concluded on Sunday with a heartbreaking loss to the Uni versity of Miami, 5-2, in the championship game of the At lantic II Regional tournament. "The tough competition in the Southwest Conference this season prepared us for postseason play." —Jim Lawler Texas A dr AT pitching coach The loss ended a four-game winning streak in the regional for the Aggies. The Aggie hitters had no trou ble producing in the series, de spite the high level of competition they faced. Texas A&M head pitching coach Jim Lawler attrib uted the Aggies’ offensive success to the quality SWC pitching they faced all season. “The tough competition in the Southwest Conference this sea son prepared us for postseason play,” Lawler said. “We were used to playing good teams with outstanding pitching staffs.” For the most part, the regular season mirrored the regional for the Aggie hitters. A&M finished with a .321 team batting average, third highest in school history. The hitting attack led the Aggies to a 15-9 SWC record, good for second place behind Texas Tech, and a 40-20-1 record overall. Spearheading the attack for A&M were the team’s co-Most Valuable Players, John Curl and Chad Alexander. Curl had the most prolific offensive year of his career, hitting .418 with 18 home runs and a .788 slug ging percentage. Alexander set a new team record for hits in a season with 106, shattering the existing record of 96. Both players were named first-team, all-SWC. Never was the Aggies’ offen sive prowess exemplified more than in the SWC Tournament held at Olsen Field in May. During the tournament, the Aggie batters slugged 12 home runs in five games, shattering the old record of eight set by the University of Houston wm ^ am in 1982. The A&M pitching staff rebounded from an injury- plagued 1994 season to keep the Aggies in strik ing distance throughout the season. Justin Atchley, a se nior lefthander, received the C.E. “Pat” Olsen Out standing Pitcher Award, led the Aggies with 16 He games started, seven complete games, 113 and 1/3 innings of work and only 18 walks. Atch ley ended the season with a 9-6 record and a 5.00 earned run average. The Wally Moon Award, giv en to the most improved player on the A&M roster, was present ed to Tim Clarkson, a junior transfer who did not pitch until the 23rd game of the season. He ended the regular season with a 4-1 record and a 3.86 ERA. 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OOfYI/R EO/BOS/OOIVI/XTR E N/l I File Photo Senior first baseman lohn Curl and his Aggie teammates came within one win of reaching the College World Series in 1995. that forced Monday’s champi onship game. “A lot of guys stepped up and had big games during the re- gionals against very good teams.” Lawler said. Not only the players set records in 1995. Aggie fans set a new attendance record at Olsen Field on April 28 when 7,147 fans packed the stadium to see the Aggies’ game against the University of Texas. The Aggies finished the sea son ranked No. 12 in the coun try and will lose seven players, including starters Curl and shortstop Robert Harris to graduation. In addition, pitching staff will lose Atchley, Spencer McIntyre and Brian Parker. Playing tht name garni in pro spoi Lee Wright Sportswriter W hat’s in a na: Plenty in the? i of sports. ThaniviSy < devoted fans, clever niELyri members and the guy: ESPN’s “Sportscenter”,:r Ti players have acqiA y poignant and often, ven y/ \ morous monikers. ntow But which sport ha! 5 to best nicknames? ing t Is it the National Focienne League, where player;iager William “The Refrigenliam Perry, William “Flipper ater derson, Raghib “Rockeiontl mail and Deion “Primeme Sanders have been four/ford Although football The tl most-watched sport in.b. a fr ica, fans do not usually.^jrn at attached to the playeraiaub they do in other spor3enne could be the pounds ited 1 and helmets that shitoie b< players from more tkg out opposing team. ids at In the NFL, thefT’m e seem to be more likto do rather than actual per ’ re d Baseball players, here other hand, seems tolys of t personable. The fans of sh< the players’ faces anc m dow sions, but the nidBenne leave a lot to be desire y at t With nickname;i expe “Donnie Baseball” (Dcch an < tingly of the YankeeSince Ivan “Pudge” Rodriinett many of the best player club: the major leagues havesl jusi what lackluster images. >s hu See Wright, __ple tc i ful k sir PITS UPDATES -4 PITS UPDATES PITS UPDATES -4 PTTS UPDATE ed, 1" CO Student Parking Garage Information <=£ CD CL This year students are not required to renew their parking garage priviledges. automatically renewing students who meet the following requirements: PTTS will Vmy i : B/rr CO 1= CL I' CO CD CL CO 1= CL CO * are enrolled in Fall ‘95 classes no later than July 1, 1995 * are on the housing list no later than July 1, 1995 Fees will be charged the first week of September. . i hP 16 : . S. Students who are not enrolled and/or are not on the housing list by July 1, 1995 will be dropped/ j or from their parking garage assignment and access card deactivated on August 20, 1995. ^he s le a cro nces ret tl Student parking permits and bus passes purchased for the fall of 1995 are valid through May 31, 1996. Students liHy < who preregister for parking permits and bus passes before July 1, 1995, will receive them in the mail on or around Dhc August 10. Please verify your address with the Fiscal Department. ue’s The price of parking permits has changed from what is listed in the registration booklets due to the approval of ^ price changes made by the Board of Regents. The new prices listed below will be effective Fall ‘95. Fall Parking Permit News: <C CD CL Option Code 10 30 09 12 CO 1= CL •r CO 15 Types of Permits and Prices Commuter Student $75 Resident Student $75 Night Permit $35 Motorcycle/Moped $35 Summer Permit (Effective Summer ‘96) $55 Faculty/Staff (Reserved Lot) $100 Faculty/Staff (Reserved Number Space) $200 Garage Roof $ 180 Garage (Inside) $240 Garage (Priority) $270 Zachry Basement $270 Bus Pass $110* *Students may obtain a free night permit if a bus pass is purchased. Q CL CO t= CL 'T CO Summer Parking Permit News: said escri Wp t k roi * don ja try St on |b.e h dist i of I ailtu] 4ter Dali d Rei nma an sc rd c< L to S oaf \ Option Code 15 32 12 09 Cost of Summer Parking Permits: Bus Pass $55 Summer Student Parking $20 Motorcycle/Moped $ 11.72 Night Parking $15 CD CL CO t= CL CO *Parking permits and bus passes purchased for the summer are valid through August 27, 1995. Summer permits are non-refundable. Bus passes are non-refundable in Summer Term II. During Summer Term I, the bus pass refund is $27.50. Visitor Garage Parking: Visitor Parking per Hour $ .60 Visitor Parking per Day $4.80 *This will be effective in the 1995 Fall Term. CD CL Parking News: June 5 - 9 - The University Center and South Side Parking Garages will be reserved for the 4-H Roundup. PTTS | encourages all permit holders to park in their designated lots. All south Side Garage permits will be honored as Red/Blue lot permits. PA 63 (OIsen_Lield)-w1Trbe closed until June 8, 1995, for the lighting renovation. CO t= CL Bus News: There will not be a Yell Practice or Twelth Man bus route during the summer. Rudder, Fish Camp and Old Arm) will continue to run during the summer but at a reduced amount of buses. PITS WANTS TO WELCOME EVERYONE BACK FOR THE SUMMER AND GOOD LUCK IN YOUR CLASSES!! 4-s3ivadn slid <- saivadn snd <- saivadn slid saivadn s.