The Battalion
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Tuesday • April 29, 1997
BIG S C H
Sports
Briefs
Lady Ags fall to UT
in Big 12 finals
Despite being in the tourna
ment finals for the fifth straight
season, the 21st-ranked Texas
A&M Women’s Tennis Team was
unable to pull an upset against the
sixth-ranked University of Texas
Longhorns, falling 5-4 Sunday.
"Before the match, I asked the
girls to leave everything out there
on the court,” A&M Head Coach
Bobby Kleinecke said. “We
worked hard for every single point,
we just came up a fraction short.”
The Aggies (18-5) now will wait
for a NCAA Regional bid, which
will be held May 9-11.
“We must be one of the top
four seeds in the regionals with
this showing," Kleinecke said.
“Our chances definitely were
helped with this tournament. We
showed that we could bounce
back from the Kansas loss, and
showed we were for real.”
A&M field team
picks up two golds
While the rest of the Texas
A&M Track team was posting a
strong performance at the Penn
Relays in Philadelphia, Pa., the
field events crew was in Knoxville,
Tenn., competing at the
University of Tennessee Field
Events/Multi Event International.
Sophomore Kelli Schrader and
senior Russell Nuti brought home
gold medals in the discus. Nuti
and Schrader both posted NCAA
provisional qualifying marks of
190-3 and 162-3, respectively.
NCAA study
shows women
still unequal
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) —
While gaining in their long race for
equality in college sports, women
are still at least 10 years away from
pulling even with men, the head of
the NCAA said Monday.
According to a new NCAA
study, women’s programs made
gains in several areas between
1992 and 1996, including expendi
tures, coaches’ salaries and schol
arship money. But not as much as
NCAA officials expected.
“After seeing the results, we
are somewhat disappointed,’’
said Cedric Dempsey, the NCAA’s
executive director and an outspo
ken advocate of increased fund
ing for women.
In the some 300 major athletic
schools of Division I, women regis
tered an increase of 6 percent in
total participation while men
declined nearly 10 percent.
“If you take (that growth rate)
and try to run it out, it would take
about 10 or 12 years before we
reach equity,’’ Dempsey said.
“The results do not reflect the
type of progress we thought we
were making toward the gender
equity issue. In particular, we
were disappointed in terms of the
participation increase.”
The survey showed that in 1996,
Division I schools had an average of
225.6 male athletes and 129.6
female — a women’s increase of 18
per school from 1992, the last year
surveyed. Much of the discrepancy
is because of football, which
women do not play.
Burch
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What does that say about a
society in which a man constantly
has to reiterate his sincere apolo
gy, when a man cannot stand on
his word alone?
Zoeller’s refusal to play again
until he has the opportunity to
sit down with Woods is nothing
more than a public relations
move to appease the media.
One must worry about a society
that must cater to the demands
of the media.
Another instance of the
media’s instigating tactics is the
handling of an incident between
Baltimore Oriole’s second base-
man Roberto Alomar and umpire
John Hirschbeck.
At the conclusion of the 1996
season, Alomar spit on
Hirschbeck while arguing about
being rung up on strikes. Alomar
was ejected from the game and
suspended for the first five
games of the 1997 season. Later,
in a public statement, Alomar
apologized to Hirschbeck for his
irresponsible and vile actions.
That should have been the
end of the ordeal. Alomar’s pun
ishment was set and he apolo
gized for his wrong doing. But
the media continued to harp on
the issue. Many members of the
media characterized Alomar as a
cold and ruthless human being.
A mere apology would not suf
fice to reconcile the atrocious
situation. Even though
Hirschbeck accepted the apolo
gy and repeatedly said he would
rather let the issue die, the
media continues to stand firm
and press the issue.
In an attempt to further right
the wrong, Alomar donated
money to help pay for the surgery
of Hirschbeck’s.ailing daughter.
Last week, when Hirschbeck
served as the first-base umpire in
a Baltimore game, Alomar jogged
out to shallow right field at the
start of the game to apologize to
him once again.
This all points to media
obsessed with creating a politi
cally correct utopia. One must
question the role of the media in
today’s society. It appears they
have set sail on a conquest to
ridicule any public figure who
makes a mistake. After all, every
one knows, no one in the media
ever has made a mistake.
If journalists stick to the old
adage, ‘just the facts,’ and
resist criticizing every move
someone makes, then maybe
they could shed the current
negative image of the press and
recapture some integrity.
Aggies
Continued from Page 7
“I thought I was through with
until Oklahoma City,” Fulbright
said. “But the coaches gave me
another chance. Basically, the
thing I’m worried about right now
is getting into regionals. Whoever
they (the coaches) think is going
to get us victories and get us to
regionals is what I’m all for.”
Junior pitcher John Sneed had
a strong outing last Tuesday, giv
ing the Aggies five solid starters as
they head to the postseason along
with Fulbright, juniors Ryan Rupe
and Matt Blank and freshman
Casey Fossum.
A&M will have now 11 days off
for finals before traveling to
Lubbock to take on the No. 1-
ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders in
the regular season finale.
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