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Monday • June 12, 1995
Lady Aggies teach success in summer
Cincinnati sweeps Houston
in four-game series
HOUSTON (AP) — Ron Gant
homered with one out in the 10th in
ning Sunday to lift the Cincinnati Reds
to a 3-2 victory over Houston and a
four-game series sweep, their first at
the Astrodome since 1972.
Gant drove a 3-2 pitch from Todd
Jones (3-1) into the left field seats for
his 12th homer of the year — and
fifth against the Astros. Jeff Brantley
(3-0) pitched two scoreless inning to
earn the victory.
Houston starter Doug Drabek tied a
career high with 11 strikeouts, but was
not involved in the decision. Drabek
was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the
eighth after allowing seven hits, two
runs and a pair of walks.
Gonzalez leads Rangers
in 3-2 win over Chicago
ARLINGTON (AP) — Juan Gonza
lez homered for the second straight
game, a two-run shot in the eighth in
ning that gave the Texas Rangers a 3-2
victory over the Chicago White Sox on
Sunday night.
Gonzalez, who missed 35 games
because of back problems, hit his sec
ond homer of the season off reliever
Jose DeLeon (2-2) to score Will Clark,
who reached on a forceout.
Texas retained its one-game lead
over California in the AL West with its
ninth win in 1 1 games.
Roger McDowell (2-0) pitched the
last two innings.
Chicago starter Jim Abbott, who
left after walking Jack Voigt to lead
off the eighth, allowed seven hits and
two runs.
Allen to play
for US All-
Star team
Staff and Wire Reports
Texas A&M sophomore Chad
Allen will play on the 1995 USA
Baseball Team which begins a
national tour on June 16.
Allen, an outfielder from Dun
canville, is part of the 40-member
team that will play against na
tional teams from Nicaragua,
Japan, Canada, Argentina, Ko
rea, Chinese Taipei and Cuba.
Allen hit over .300 this season
and was among the Southwest
Conference league leaders in
stolen bases. In his freshman sea
son, he hit .293 with four home
runs and 30 runs batted in.
He started off his career with
a bang in 1993 when he went 2-
for-4 with three RBIs, including
the game winner,in his first col
legiate game.
Allen should provide versatil
ity to Team USA because he can
double as a pitcher.
Although he did not pitch
very much in 1995, Allen con
tributed a 4-4 record with a 3.60
earned run average in 1994.
Allen was invited to the USA
Baseball National Fall Trials in
Homestead, Fla. last year, but
did not make the team.
Joining Allen on the all-star
team from the Southwest Confer
ence are Matt Anderson, a fresh
man pitcher from Rice, and Kip
Harkrider, a freshman infielder
from the University of Texas.
Also taking part in the tour will
be Scott Harp, a sophomore out
fielder from Dallas Baptist.
Cal State Fullerton, which
won the College World Series on
Saturday, will send two repre
sentatives to the team.
The tour will come to Texas
on June 27 and 28 when the
team takes on Japan at Munici
pal Stadium in San Antonio.
File photograph
Lady Aggie coach Candi Harvey hosted a camp
last weekend at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
q The A&M women's basket
ball team is passing on-court
knowledge on to kids.
By Robin Greathouse
The Battalion
Summer is here, but it has not been all
fun and games for some young Texas bas
ketball players or for the women of the
Texas A&M basketball team.
Head Women’s Basketball Coach Candi
Harvey and the Lady Aggies hosted the
second in a series of five basketball camps
this past weekend for young women ages
10 to 18.
The A&M players helped coach the
young women during the camp.
Kelly Cerny, a senior post player
for A&M, said the goal of the camps is
to stress the fundamentals of playing
basketball.
“We watch to see if they are doing the
moves correctly,” Cerny said. “If they are
having trouble, we actually get out there
and show them how to do it.”
Harvey said that although the campers
work hard to improve their skills while
at the camps, basketball is not their
only focus.
“We want the girls to have fun,” Har
vey said. “We want them to learn a lot
in a short time, but also to meet young
ladies from other teams and make
lasting friendships.”
Heather Sherman, an eighth-grader from
Galveston, said the days she spent at the
camp were not easy, but were satisfying.
“Always being on your feet is hard,”
Sherman said. “But getting to know every
one makes it a lot of fun.”
Each session offers instruction on the
basics of basketball — passing, shooting, de
fense, dribbling and rebounding.
The camps are split up into two types.
Three sessions are open to all women in
grades five through 12, and give the players
the opportunity to work in all skill areas.
The other two sessions, one of which was
held this weekend, are called “positional
camps”, and give the campers a more spe
cialized workout.
Jessica Allamon, a 10th grader from
Montgomery, said that attending the camp
has helped her to improve her game.
“I think I am getting better,” Allamon
said. “I’ve learned how to fake and drive.”
Harvey said that the camps are education
al for both the campers and the Lady Aggies.
The campers get the chance to have
individual work sessions with A&M’s
players, and the players get the chance
to experience the coaching aspect of
the game.
“It really gives the players the opportu
nity to be on the other side,” Harvey said.
Cerny said that the young ladies have
been working hard and that the coaches
have seen a great deal of talent in the
campers this summer.
“The main thing is that they are working
and improving,” Cerny said.
For the rest of the summer, Harvey and
some of the Lady Aggie basketball team
members will continue to work out and at
tend camps around the state.
Cerny said the team is already working
hard to begin preparations for the 1995-
96 season.
“Since we will be playing in the WNIT
(Women’s National Invitational Tourna
ment) next year, we will be starting the
season a little earlier than we are used to,”
Cerny said.
“We work just as hard in the off-season
as we do during the (regular) season.”
Muster takes French Open victory in straight sets
â–¡ The Austrian defeated
Michael Chang in
straight sets for the title.
PARIS (AP) — Maybe he isn’t
unbeatable. But in this match,
10 years after turning pro, six
years after a drunk driver shat
tered his knee, there was no
way to stop Thomas Muster
from at last becoming a Grand
Slam champion.
Crowning his perfect clay-
court season with the trophy he
dreamed of as a child. Muster
fused firepower and willpower to
overcome Michael Chang in
straight sets Sunday in the
French Open final.
Suspense was short-lived, yet
the play often was spectacular,
with Chang battling tenaciously
enough to bring out the best of
Muster’s awe-inspiring clay-
court talent.
“I don’t look at anyone as un
beatable. Everyone’s human,”
Chang said after losing 7-5, 6-2,
6-4. “But there are times when
some players are very, very
tough to beat.”
Muster has been tough to
beat for a long time, winning six
tournaments in a row. The 121-
minute final was his 30th
straight victory, longest streak
on the men’s tour since Ivan
Lendl in 1981, and his 35th
straight victory on clay, third-
longest in the Open era.
It was the first Grand Slam
title for Muster, 27, who is the
first Austrian to win one of the
four elite events. Fans in his
hometown of Leibnitz, Austria,
cheered every winning point as
they watched a giant video
screen in the main square.
"I always believed I could do
it. It's great that I could prove
it today."
— Thomas Muster,
1995 French Open champion
His career appeared in jeop
ardy in 1989, when a drunk dri
ver in Florida rammed into him
as he stood behind his car, sev
ering ligaments in his left knee.
Muster practiced ground-
strokes while seated on a bench.
later worked out on crutches,
and made an astounding come
back just six months after
surgery. But while he developed
into one of the world’s top clay-
court players, superstardom and
Grand Slam success
eluded him — until
Sunday.
“I always believed I
could do it,” he said.
“It’s great that I could
prove it today... that
makes me happy even
six years later.
Briefly, Chang looked capable
of dashing Muster’s dream. The
23-year-old American — in his
first Grand Slam final since
winning here in 1989 — won an
early service break and took a 4-
1 lead.
‘Soccer on
ice’ has no
appeal
Nick
Georgandis
Sports Editor
I tried again yesterday. I sat
on my couch, put down my
magazine and stared at the
television screen.
I tried to make myself en
joy hockey.
It’s been an ongoing
process since my childhood.
From the time I could work
the remote control, I have
been a sports nut. But I
have never been able to get
into hockey.
One reason people say
they like hockey is that it’s
very physical, and you are
guaranteed to see at least
one fight per game.
Hey, if I want to see peo
ple beat each other up with
sticks, I can go visit my old
high school in Houston.
OK,hockey fans say, then
watch the games for the in
tense drama and fantastic
finishes. Sure there have
been some exciting moments
in the postseason, but this is
a sport that allows games to
end in ties during the regular
season.
What is a tie? Are you say
ing that those two teams are
of the exact same skill level?
Of course they aren’t, don’t
be ridiculous.
Having ties is hockey’s ad
mission that the games are
boring. If they go too long,
it’s better to just call games
off then to keep on playing
until someone accidentally
scores a goal.
Still, hockey fans say,
watch. , the game for the
great players like Wayne
Gretzky, Mario Lemieux
and Brett Hull.
When I hear Gretzky’s
name, all that comes to mind
is one of the greatest Satur
day Night Live skits ever
—Waikiki Hockey— in which
See Georgandis, Page 4
Rockets one win from repeat
â–¡ Houston now leads
Orlando 3-0 in the
NBA Finals.
• HOUSTON (AP) — The
Houston Rockets are one win
from a sweep.
In a tight game that ended
with a 3-point duel, Houston
eked out a 106-103 victory over
the Orlando Magic on Sunday
night to take a 3-0 lead in the
NBA Finals.
The Rockets’ improbable
march to the finals can conclude
with a second consecutive cham
pionship with a victory Wednes
day night in Game 4.
After Robert Horry’s 3-pointer
with 14.1 seconds left gave
Houston a 104-100 lead, Clyde
Drexler made l-of-2 free throws.
Then Nick Anderson hit a 28-
footer with 2.2 seconds left to
give Orlando life at 105-103.
The Magic immediately fouled
Sam Cassell, who missed the
first of his two foul shots. But
Orlando’s hopes ended when An-
fernee Hardaway’s desperation
3-point attempt missed the rim
as time expired.
Hakeem Olajuwon’s 31 points
and 14 rebounds led the Rockets,
who can become the first team to
sweep the finals since 1989. That
year, Detroit beat the Los Angeles
Lakers in four games to win the
first of two consecutive titles.
No team in NBA playoff histo
ry — in any round — has come
back from a 3-0 deficit. After the
buzzer, Houston fans began
chanting, “Sweep! Sweep!”
“This is incredible,” Olaju-
won said.
Unlike Game 2, won 117-106
by Houston, this one was close
all the way. Orlando had a two-
point lead after one quarter,
Houston led by one at halftime
and the third quarter ended tied.
In all, the game was tied 16
times. The last time was with
7:29 left, when O’Neal converted
a three-point play after being
fouled by Olajuwon.
The Rockets then scored the
next five points, including Hor
ry’s two free throws with 5:14
left to give Houston a 91-86 lead.
Mario Elie’s 3-pointer with
3:16 left gave the Rockets a 96-
90 lead, but Shaquille O’Neal,
who led the Magic with 28 points
and 10 rebounds, scored the next
four. A 3-pointer by Anderson
pulled Orlando to 100-98 with
1:01 to play.
Anderson then fouled Horry on
a drive to the basket, and Horry
hit one free throw to give Houston
a three-point cushion. Horace
then hit from the side before Hor
ry struck his big 3-pointer to put
the Rockets up 104-100.
“I was very fortunate to make
that last one,” said Horry, who
had 11 of his 20 points in fourth
quarter. “I just wanted to try to
get it up quick.”
Drexler, who finished with 25
points, rescued the Rockets after
Orlando pulled within two
points with 2:26 to go. He fin
ished off a floor-length run with
a swooping jam that put Hous
ton ahead 98-94.
“You can see how much he
does on the fastbreak,” Olaju
won said.
GAME 1: Houston 120
Orlando 118
GAME 2: Houston 117
Orlando 1 06
GAME 3: Houston 106
Orlando 1 03
GAME 4: Wednesday at
Houston
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