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Page 6 • Friday, March 12, 1999 Sports DiMaggio laid to rest Friends, family share memories of Yankee star SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — His brother’s words inside the church and the crowd’s emotional farewell outside perfectly captured the two sides of Joe DiMaggio — the quiet, dignified, reclusive man, and the Joltin’ Joe who stirred fans’ pas sions. Dominic DiMaggio, the last of the three sons of Italian immigrants who played in the major leagues, spoke little about baseball in his brief eulogy Thursday and more about his brother’s quest for privacy, his love of children and the one sig nificant hollow in his life. To fill that void, Dominic said, Joe DiMaggio dedicated his life away from baseball to helping children, privately and publicly, including the establishment of a children’s wing to a hospital in Hollywood, Fla. About 80 family members and friends, along with baseball com missioner Bud Selig, attended the fu neral Mass for the Yankee Clipper, who died Monday at his Florida home at the age of 84. The ma hogany casket, set before the ornate marble altar under a golden dome, remained closed. There were no baseball memen tos, nothing to suggest the enormity of DiMaggio’s impact on the game and American culture. DIMAGGIO Aggie softbaliers split doubleheader against UTSA MIKE FUENTES Tm BATfAijoN A&M freshman catcher Lisa Klam slides safely into home during the Aggies’ game against Butler University Saturday at the Aggie Softball Complex. The Aggies split a doubleheader against the University of Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners Thursday at UTSA. A&M dropped the first game, 3-2, but came back to win the second contest, 7-6. Making a move Marbury-to-New Jersey deal highlights NBA trade deadline AP — Stephen Marbury, one of the most talented young point guards in the NBA, was dealt to the New Jersey Nets in a three-team, eight-player swap Thursday, hours before the league’s trading deadline. Three other minor deals were made: the Vancouver Grizzlies sent Sam Mack to Houston for Rodrick Rhodes, the New York Knicks acquired the rights to Mir- sad Turkcan from Philadelphia for a first-round pick and the Cleve land Cavaliers sent Vitaly Potapenko to Boston for Andrew DeClercq and a No. 1 pick. By far the biggest deal of the day sent Marbury back home to the New York metropolitan area to play for the Nets, owners of the worst record in the Eastern Con ference. New Jersey got Marbury after Miami, which was considering trading Tim Hardaway and P.J. Brown, backed out of a compli cated four-team deal. The Associ ated Press learned. Marbury moved to the Nets along with guard Chris Carr and forward Bill Curley. The Wolves got guard Terrell Brandon from Milwaukee and forward Brian Evans and two draft choices from the Nets, including a first- rounder, and New Jersey sent Sam Cassell and Chris Gatling to the Bucks, who also got Paul Grant from the Wolves. “We were kind of forced into it,” Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor said of the trade. The proposed deal involving Miami also would have included Milwaukee, Minnesota and Van couver, but the Heat pulled out in mid-afternoon. A source closely involved in the trade talks, as well as a league official with knowledge of the dis cussions, said Miami was consid ering sending Hardaway to the Bucks and Brown to the Grizzlies. Marbury would have gone to the Heat, the Wolves would have got ten Brandon and a No. 1 pick and the Grizzlies would have acquired a No. 1 pick along with Brown. “I think the Miami discussions were an exploratory thing,” agent David Falk, who represents Mar bury, said. “When I spoke to Rockets trade guard Rhodes HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets, looking for outside shooting punch, traded former No. 1 pick Rodrick Rhodes to the Vancouver Griz zlies for former Rockets guard- forward Sam Mack Thursday night. Mack, who spent two sea sons with the Rockets, shot 40 percent from 3-point range for the Grizzlies last season. So far this season, he’s hitting at a 39.9 percent clip and has started 15 games for the Grizzlies. “Sam is a player who has been here and knows our system and fits our system,” Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich said. “He got some valuable experi ence at Vancouver and played a lot of minutes. ” Rhodes played only 33 min utes in three games for the Rockets this season after re turning from the injury list March 2. Rhodes missed the first 14 games of the season af ter having surgery to repair a torn tendon in his right pectoral muscle. coach Riley, I told him Stephen really wanted to go home to the New York area. I don’t know ex actly which players Miami was considering trading.” Taylor said the Wolves offered Marbury the maximum deal under the NBA’s new labor contract, six years for $71 million, and were told Marbury would not accept it and would leave Minnesota when he became a free agent this summer. The Bucks also were faced with the prospect of losing Bran don as a free agent and getting nothing in return. “I’m extremely appreciative of Glen Taylor and (Bucks owner) Herb Kohl for allowing us to as sist them in getting this very com plicated deal done,” Falk said. “The deadline was 6 p.m., and at 6:01, if they hadn’t been traded, those players would no longer A&M Baseball Team to face Texas Tech in 3-game series Aggies continue five-game road trip versus No. 18 Red Raiders BY JEFF SCHMIDT The Battalion The third-ranked Texas A&M Baseball Team (16-3, 6-0) will travel to Lubbock for a three- game series against 18th-ranked Texas Tech University beginning at 7 p.m. Friday. The Red Raiders will be the fourth ranked team A&M will face so far this season. Sunday’s game starts at 1 p.m. and will be televised by Fox Sports Southwest. Junior righthand pitcher Chance Caple will start game one while junior lefthander Casey Pos sum and sophomore righthander Chris Russ will start games two and three, respectively. The A&M-Tech series is pos sibly the most marquee series in the Big 12 Conference, as the two teams have won three of the four Big 12 Championships. A&M is coming off of an 8-7 win over the University of Houston at Cougar Field Friday. The Aggies had played 10 of their last 12 games at home, winning all 10, but are not as strong on the road as evidenced by their 3-3 road record. Tech has won 11 of its last 12 contests. A&M dominates the all-time series, 72-37, and won three of five last season with one of the losses coming in the Big 12 Tournament championship game. The Aggies enter the Tech se ries having won four straight, including a sweep of Iowa State University last weekend. A&M’s offense is paced by senior first baseman John Scheschuk who leads the team with a .455 batting average. Sophomore rightfielder Day- lan Holt and senior outfielder Steven Truitt continue their strong hitting, smashing nine and eight home runs, respec tively. Holt is a former Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week. Caple and Possum, a return ing All-American from Waco, have both struck-out 44 batters this season and have four wins. Russ leads the team with a 1.29 earned run average. MIKE FUENTES/rHF. Battalion Aggie second baseman Sean Heaney goes for the double play dur ing Sunday’s game against the Iowa State University Cyclones at Olsen Field. The Aggies will face No. 18 Texas Tech University Fri day in Lubbock for the first game in a three-game weekend series. Texas A&M Baseball vs. Texas Tech University (March 12-14) Game 1 (Friday): Texas A&M - Chance Caple (4-1) Texas Tech -Shane Wright (4-1) Game 2 (Saturday): Texas A&M - Casey Possum (4-2) Texas Tech - Kevin Tracey (4-1) Game 3 (Sunday): Texas A&M - Chris Russ (4-0) Texas Tech -Brad Ralston (4-0) TheBai SPORTS IN BRIEF Women’s Golfli head to Louisi The Texas A&M Women's plans for spring break' gies to Baton Rouge, La.,wtier play in the Louisiana State Classic at Fairwood CountryD: Of the 18 teams compel are ranked. No. 2 Duke anc Auburn, pace the field, whicti eludes Big 12 opponent Tei University. A&M is coming off its ste| ing of the season, a fourtfvpla: at its own tournament, the G'j Morial on the weekend of Feb. 22 tournament, freshman Annai took her first collegiate title b> Anna Becker, who finished the tournament last year, place: Jonsson leads the Aggies will average, on pace to break the?; record of 77.58 set in 1981-82 Becker is second on thete? 77.33 average and Marta Os; with a 78.67 average. Play begins at 8 a.m. Rida,: urday and at 8:30 a.m. Sun® j 5.835-yard par 72 layout A&M sports evet aster continue overbr^) c re, kinj A list of A&M sporting ever The I the spring break period sm Eai events are at home): bi oke X to cl SATURDAY, MARCHli The Women’s Diving — NCAAZ:i ar ( vtM Qualifier, Lafayette, Ark. «L a o e Women's Golf — LSU/Fa! r <':(j n ' ;( | vitational, Baton Rouge, La. go, ‘ Track & Field — Colleges': ’ w Relays. ^ ° c Women's Tennis — Iowa S:: n versity, Ames, Iowa. ,UUI u Baseball — Texas Tech Unr, 0n 1 ‘ ) Lubbock. lojhths. Natic SUNDAY, MARCH 14)in ion: Women's Golf —LSU/Fairwce DJI/ vitational, Baton Rouge, La. ports i Women’s Tennis — University 10,0' Missouri, Columbia,Mo. ding f Baseball -4Texas Tech UtvweWould Lubbock. ips do John MONDAY, MARCH l.nd re: No events scheduled i r y i , n _ c TUESDAY, MARCH iff Women’s Golf—LSU/FaiwL vitational, Baton Rouge, La. ll Women’s Tennis — Univers'... ' 1 ’ 1 North Carolina, Chapel Hill,NTs!, do Men’s Tennis — Duke Univr 01 s Softball — BYU-Hawaii,Hen: Ande Hawaii. pi ne take lo WEDNESDAY,MARCHl4tat it Women’s Tennis — NorthCaian wi State University, Raleigh, N.C. me. Baseball — SouthwestTetfjfe s, State University, San Marcos. THURSDAY, MARCHli Men’s Golf — Border) Laredo. Women’s Swimming and Os * NCAA Championships, Athensr 0111 Men’s Tennis — National Blue/Grey Team Tourney, Mont "CCU gomery, Ala. ST . P Softball — Connecticut, Ban Hawaii Invitational, Honolulu,H: , W.S. FRIDAY, MARCH 19 Men o Golf— Border Olymp, 5 bee Laredo. leai ; s ' Women’s Golf — LadyGanif[|f rked Classic, University Club GC. | r d - : Women’s Swimming andDk Lee, NCAA Championships, Athens.' 1ai ged Men’s Tennis — National ^sters Blue/Grey Team Tourney, Mont 1 1966 gomery, Ala. ee was Softball — University of Wfl The L< sin/ Eastern Illinois UniversiV^ 0r y in of Hawaii Invitational, Honolulu> answt Hawaii. I The in Baseball — UNLV. h unau i the IS SATURDAY, MARCH2in how Men’s Golf— BorderOlymPeapon; Laredo. targes Women’s Golf— LadyGanhat the Classic, University Club GC. een lax Women’s Swimming and Dn. q NCAA Championships, Athens j e £ h j f Men’s Tennis — National jehnolo Blue/Grey Team Tourney, Mont eapom gomery, Ala. , ent ac ^ Softball — University of Cal ^y- le se nia/University of Hawaii, Bant otfici Hawaii Invitational, Honolulu,Hi' Baseball — University of lt g gan/Cal State-Northridge. fff TT Track & Field —Baylor In# Waco. Jp r j r SUNDAY, MARCH21r\w» ( Men’s Tennis — National ' Blue/Grey Team Tourney, Mont The S gomery, Ala. 16 Tgxe Women’s Golf— LadyGantJprdir Classic, University Club GC. -Ned t! Softball — Championships Unive Bank of Hawaii Invitational,He 3id. Hawaii.
