The Battalion
FRIDAY
April 19, 1996
sports
GLANCE
Nebraska's Berringer
dies in plane crash
RAYMOND, Neb. (AP) — Brook
Berringer, the backup quarterback
who helped Nebraska win the 1994
national title, was killed Thursday
when the small plane he was pilot
ing crashed in a farm field.
Plane owner Harry Barr said the
other person killed in the two-seat
plane was Toby Lake, the brother of
Berringer's girlfriend.
Berringer, 22, who was expected
to be drafted by the NFL this week
end, held a pilot's license and often
flew the two-seat plane, Barr said.
Berringer had often said he wanted
to be a commercial airline pilot.
The small plane struggled to a
height of 250 feet before crashing in
a field near this east-central Nebras
ka village minutes after takeoff from
a grass airstrip.
"We could tell it was going
slow," said Jim Jeffers, who lives
about a mile from the crash site 11
miles northwest of Lincoln. "After
takeoff, when the wing dropped, I
knew it was going to hit the
ground."
Lancaster County Sheriff Terry
Wagner said the bodies were re
moved from the crash site about 6:25
p.m. and were taken to a Lincoln hos
pital for official identification.
Morris pleads inno
cence, court date set
ROCKWALL (AP) — A July 15
trial date has been set for the Pitts
burgh Steelers' Bam Morris, who
pleaded innocent Thursday to two
drug possession charges stemming
from his arrest last month during a
traffic stop.
Morris, wearing a mustard-col
ored suit, entered a written plea dur
ing a brief hearing before state Dis
trict Judge Bill Lofland.
"I can't talk about it now," the
24-year-old running back told re
porters. "There will be a time."
Asked about the case's affect on
his career, Morris replied, "It'll han
dle itself."
Morris is one of two players from
this year's Super Bowl to be charged
in a drug case. Dallas Cowboys
wide receiver Michael Irvin was in
dicted April 1 on felony cocaine
and misdemeanor marijuana posses
sion charges.
Morris, the leading rusher in
Pittsburgh's Super Bowl loss to Dal
las, is free on $50,000 bond follow
ing his March 22 arrest. He was
stopped outside the Rockwall city
limits for swerving and not wearing
a seat belt, officials said.
Dallas drubs Nuggets
in home finale, 132-98
DALLAS (AP) — Jim Jackson hit
four 3-pointers in the third quarter
and the Dallas Mavericks beat the
Denver Nuggets 132-98 in their fi
nal home game of the season.
The Mavericks won in what also
may have been their last game at
home during owner Donald Carter's
1 6-year tenure.
Carter, who brought the NBA to
Dallas with his purchase of the fran
chise in 1980, has been negotiating
to sell the majority of the team.
Talks reached a snag Thursday night
and no sale will be announced until
next week at the earliest.
The Mavericks recorded their
most lopsided win of the season.
They defeated Boston by 21 points
on Jan. 7.
Jackson led Dallas with 25
points, followed by George Mc
Cloud with 23 and Jason Kidd with
19. Jackson hit three straight 3-
point shots as the Mavericks built a
37-point lead midway through the
third period.
SCORES ROUNDUP
NL
Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 2
Chicago 7, San Francisco 6
Philadelphia 9, Montreal 8
Florida 5, Atlanta 3
NBA
Orlando 119, Atlanta 104
Milwaukee 111, Charlotte 103
Cleveland 92, New York 77
Chicago 110, Detroit 79
Dallas 132, Denver 98
Houston 115, L.A. Clippers 107
San Antonio 103, L.A. Lakers 100
Utah at Vancouver (n)
NHL PLAYOFFS
Tampa Bay 2, Philadelphia 1, OT
Montreal 5, New York 3
Toronto 5, St. Louis 4
Vancouver at Colorado (n)
AL
Boston 10, Baltimore 7
Milwaukee 8, Kansas City 2
Toronto at California, (n)
Detroit at Seattle, (n)
Sports
FRIDA
April 19,
King Of The Ml
Shane King doesn t have the overpowering fastball, just a fiery desire to m
By Lisa Nance
The Battalion
He may not throw the hard
est or have the highest veloci
ty of Texas A&M’s hurlers, but
when it comes to pitching,
sophomore southpaw Shane
King is king of the hill.
In his second season pitch
ing for the Aggies, King has
worked his way into the start
ing rotation, compiling a 6-2
record on the mound with a
4.05 ERA.
He tossed a complete game
against Texas Christian last
weekend and leads the team
in that category with three. He
is expected to get the starting
nod for the Aggies tonight
against Rice at Cameron Field
in Houston.
With 10 appearances and
eight starts under his belt.
King knows he has what it
takes to get the job done for
the Aggies.
“I’m really confident,” King
said. “I don’t get intimidated
by anybody, and pressure real
ly doesn’t affect me that much.
“You can put me in any sit
uation, and I’m going to do the
best job I can do. I think the
hitters and position players
sense it; and that kind of car
ries on, and we actually play a
little better.”
Senior catcher William Shi-
flett — King’s usual battery
counterpart — feels that confi
dence as well.
“He’s a very confident pitch
er,” Shiflett said. “It’s hard to
find a guy that doesn’t have a
90 mile per hour fastball to
come in and think that batters
can’t hit his stuff, but he has
that attitude.”
King said he works hard to
compensate for his lack of an
intimidating fastball.
“Considering I don’t throw
that hard, (a pitch) over the
middle of the plate is going to
get hit really hard,” King said.
“Some of the other guys that
throw pretty hard can make a
mistake every now and then
and get by with it, but I can’t.
I just have to work harder
than anyone else because I
don’t throw as hard.
“I think it will help me a lot
if I intend to go on with this
career in baseball into the pro
fessional ranks, if I can, be
cause I’m learning how to
pitch now.”
King’s first start for the Ag
gies came his freshman year
against the Texas Longhorns
at the SWC First Pitch Tour
nament. He responded with a
complete-game nine-inning ef
fort and struck out seven. He
went on to compile a 1-1
record that season with his
only loss coming to Rice, when
he started and lasted four in
nings.
■ As a pitcher King is in a
starring role, and his perfor
mance could make or break
the team. This kind of pres
sure would be unbearable for
some, but not for King.
“It really doesn’t affect you
that much.” King said. “It’s not
something I think about. It’s all
of us out there, it’s not just me.
We work hard enough in prac
tice, and I know we’re going to
play well; and even if I’m not
throwing real well, I think that
the hitters, they always pick it
up, and it seems like we’re go
ing to win anyway.”
King came to A&M from
Burleson High School where
he posted a 9-2 record in 1994
with a 0.65 ERA and 115
strikeouts. He was named the
district’s MVP and was also
named All-Area.
He played his first two
years at Alvarado High School,
where as a sophomore, he
struck out 146 batters and
compiled a 11-2 record with a
1.56 ERA.
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By Philip Leone
The Battalion
Fresh off its 9-2 drubbing of
Sam Houston State on Tuesday,
the red-hot Texas A&M Base
ball Team travels to Houston to
day looking to extend its win
ning streak in a crucial South
west Conference series with
Rice University.
Since dropping a doublehead
er to Dallas Baptist on April 6,
the Aggies have rattled off six
straight victories, including last
weekend’s sweep of Texas
Christian. At 31-14 overall,
A&M is tied for third place with
the Horned Frogs in SWC play
with an 8-7 record.
After a slow start in confer
ence play, the Aggies look to re
peat last year’s late season
surge that pushed them to an
eventual second-place tie with
the University of Texas.
Rice, 29-15 overall, heads
into this weekend’s action in
sixth place in the conference
with a mark of 4-10; however, in
their last SWC series, the Owls
took two of three games from
then-undefeated Texas Tech.
The Owls also won their first
meeting with A&M this season
in the SWC First Pitch Tourna
ment by a score of 6-2.
Though pleased with his
club’s play of late, A&M Head
Coach Mark Johnson said the
Aggpes will have their work cut
out for them facing Rice on their
home turf.
“You’re never totally confi
dent going up against Rice be
cause they have a good ball
club, and we’ll have our hands
full,” Johnson said. “We’re play
ing better right now than we
were earlier, so I like that. I
just don’t like going on the road
a whole lot.”
Sophomore left-hander
Shane King will take his 6-2
record and 4.05 ERA to the
mound for the Aggies in the
first game of the series on Fri
day. Rice counters with its ace
right-hander Shawn Onley,
who sports a 6-1 mark and
3.18 ERA.
A&M senior catcher William
Shiflett said
Friday’s
match-up be
tween King
and Onley
may deter
mine how the
rest of the se
ries turns out
for the Aggies.
“Right now
we’re really
confident go
ing to Rice, so
if we can win Friday’s night
game, I think Saturday will fall
into place for us,” Shiflett said.
Rice is led on offense by
sophomore outfielder Lance
Berkman, who is in second
place in the SWC in home runs
(15) and RBIs (66).
The hot man at the plate for
the Aggies is Jason Stephens.
In his last three games, the ju
nior designated hitter/third
baseman hit a blistering .667 to
improve his season batting av
erage to .381. Stephens leads
the Aggies this season with 63
RBIs and his seven home runs
ties him with Shiflett for the
second-most on the team.
Aggie bats as a whole have
enjoyed a recent increase in
production. With a .339 team
batting average, A&M is tied
for 10th in the nation with
Texas Tech.
Shiflett believes this im
proved offensive output, com
bined with the momentum of a
six-game winning string, should
propel the Aggies past Rice this
weekend.
“We’re on a roll right now
and have hit the ball around
pretty well lately,” Shiflett
said. “We’re going to ask our
pitchers to try to just keep us
close and hope we outscore
them in the end.”
Dave House, The Battalion
Texas A&M Matt Garrick comes up with the ball in front of the plate
during last weekend's action against TCU at Olsen Field.
Shiflett
Lady Aggies host
final SWC champs
By Nicole Smith
The Battalion
Looking to take the spot
light this weekend, the Texas
A&M Women’s Golf Team is
hoping to putt and drive its
way to the finals of the South
west Conference Champi
onships this weekend at Peb
ble Creek Country Club.
Starting today and running
through Sunday, the Lady Ag
gies will host five teams, in
cluding three in the Top 25:
Texas, Texas Tech and Texas
Christian University.
Even though the Lady Long
horns are ranked in the na
tion’s top 10, Aggie coaches and
players feel they can come out
victorious with three solid days
of competition.
“If all five of our girls give
100 percent in every round
and stay focused, then we
should have no problem tak
ing the championship,” A&M
Head Coach Jeanne Suther
land said. “We have been
playing extremely well the
last few weeks, so hopefully
that will carry over into the
tournament.”
The Lady Aggies beat
every SWC team during the
regular season at least once,
including a split with the
Lady Longhorns.
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to beat because they reemitei
the number one girl in the it
tion, Kelly Kuehne,”
Isabelle Rosberg said."
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ence, which will help the® f
overall, but we have the hoi®
course advantage.”
If the Lady Aggies are if
be victorious this weekend
the team needs a solid effot
from all five players thront
each round.
“It would be nice if wesf
could have a great round attif
same time,” sophomore Jaiffif
Hullett said. “We havealotfi
experience though, so hopeful
all five of us will come thW
when it counts.”
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last season as a South'^ 1
Conference team.
A&M’s Bates traded to Atlanta
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) —
The Oakland Raiders picked up
another second round draft pick
today in a trade with the At
lanta Falcons.
The Raiders sent safety
Patrick Bates to Atlanta in a
deal contingent on Bates passing
a physical today.
A first-round
pick by the
Raiders in 1993,
the 6-foot-3, 215-
pound Bates sat
out the 1995 sea
son because of a dispute over play
ing time.
The Raiders got a three-day
head start on the NFL draft
Wednesday when they made a cou
ple of deals to fill a need on the of
fensive line.
Oakland acquired ,
Harlow from the New England|
triots for a second-round draft r 5
the Raiders had gotten hours $
er from San Francisco.
Harlow, who played right
and left tackle during five
in New England, answers a t*;
at one of three positions : .
Raiders identified as the foc^
their draft.
The others being tight f '
and safety.
“I’ve long been impressed'’
Pat Harlow’s playing ability, s
Joe Bugel, assistant coat
charge of offense. “He is e<r
adept at playing both offend
tackle positions, which is rat f
this league.”
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