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I uesday, Febnt ■day, February 15. 2()(K) SPORTS THE BATTALION Page 9 idlltfyiolence in sports Baseball heads to Southwest Texas use mkm s to join me tn pray ' Brow n said. BT"'^ ,cnl to die at a scene was cA ^ * lolmes house tire in 19"' r-B—^'vas in the s()s in separate trafTicBgPjjJ^j* ■er Houston tirefight e/. 39, was killed n >e lire. iteven Mayfield. 4'J , ■He was rmhi Houston <irel.ght^ crohe “; as 6 | when he sutiered during a 199Strainir Dallas. We've he tk at it. S ends mixed signals He wrong time, bit he never fW'iild have Id h :n lucky.’ > many cl can think e I thoug een lataliti slpposed to be, on a basketball court, pi ying guard for Fast Central I ligh ■ a game against South San Antonio, lie was doing quite well, as a matter ci fact, having scored 19 points in the Bst two quarters, and he must have ijj.vn looking forward to continuing ■at streak, until opposing center Tony ■imon’s elbow met up w ith his nose. I Here's betting Union had no idea ■at elbow would get him live years I) prison. M Aggression, to a certain extent, is ■t essential characteristic ot'all s ago to see tl she ' m this year.” i etic and religious.' i to have reconstm nt in I981.issur ■ .served alongsid ir, stand-up guy' lis job, and liken >r about it,” said' '"I No one can really deny the ex- •^ h , halbB a ' 300St 1 * 1al an a !4!4 resSnc drive can to a player. What should be con- |Med, howev er, is the mixed message layers are reeeiv ing about this ag ression. On one hand, they are ^ught to play rough, to get the ball id, most of all, to win. Fouls are a consistent and expected art of the game in basketball, hockey, liotball, soccer and many other sports p A|f|\ here contact and adrenaline get A Vr Villi laught up in the mix. ()n the other "*■ , land, players rarely know when their I < I letions may cross the line and ollen I filly lo not even know where the line is. / I During this game in San Antonio | last January, as the bal I mov ed down ~f*T hppourt away from the two players. W-* Ivnmimon took the opportunity to smash ■is elbow into Holmes'face. Holmes l-H : S ( I IRISH (A? weeeived a trip to the emergency idvancing on thetnossBoom, hav ing sull'ered a concussion v ation of Fort St. Uoind a compound fracture of the nose, conclusive evidena T fyiiat he did not receive was a foul, as ipanish outpost waf m|the officials did not ev en see the actu- soil where French Will I a Salle establisho; ■ ipean colony. jf er trail riSpanishdocamy ek to the lattibhOsbavi :d the lort 4ubbcdPre> in (iolitul - went up | 300-year-old French rs said the discovery tale's first European ■ ell as the Spanish coif region. s where Texas started, 1 Iruseth, the state'sHi on director of archai s building ofFortSt ive our Spanish herittj| id of.” 96 discovery of eight! ms belonging to La i Ranch near Victoria /ay. The historical o n of archaeologists ivestigation of the sites recently narrowingfe /2-acre site on the rand Lobcrt Cavelier Sied ig sail from France! h ps and a crew of4001 ^ Mssippi River basin, tip of Cuba but miss wandering instead Bay. a state archaeologist eating La Belle in 1° 'uters about 25 miles e. La Salle led theet mnd the fort deserted ers had died from Ini lisease. . came last springwl ts, using a supe; tor called a magnej eted out the elusive nora do Loreto dela !u Santo, the fort famon establishedm ; of Fort St. Louis. al event take place. Play continued as normal on the court — Limon includ ed. Union soon fouled out, and East Central went on to win the game. No protest about the elbowing was raised at all until someone noticed the scuffle on a home video and released it to a San Antonio news program. The public raised a furor after see ing Limon’s flying elbow on tape, and he was appropriately suspended from the team for the remainder of the sea son. Holmes’ parents, however, used the video to file a criminal complaint against Limon. Last Tuesday, that complaint turned into a five-year prison sentence — and Union's attorney calls it overkill. Though prison might seem a dis proportionate response, Limon's his tory lends itself to strong disciplinary action. This incident was his third vi olent action on the court in three weeks. I le had also been arrested for attempted burglary in December, and two months after this elbowing, he appeared for sentencing on that con viction and received four years of pro bation. That probation is somew hat void now', as he is headed to state prison due to his assault on Holmes. Judging by his past, Limon would have probably gotten himself into much bigger trouble if he had not bro ken Hughes’ nose. The truth is that the elbowing was unnecessary, if not because of its in tent, simply because Limon was nowhere near the ball. It probably would have been unnecessary ifhe had been somewhere near the ball. In fact, it would have been unnecessary ifhe had been in possession of the ball. It should have been a flagrant foul. If Limon had pulled this stunt on the street, he would have been arrest ed for assault on the spot. He was not on the street, though, he was on the See Violence on Page 10. BY DOUG SHILLING The Battalion Early in the Texas A&M baseball team's season, the problem has not been what it has done, but instead what it has not done. A&M has had a relatively easy time getting men on base. But when it comes to driving those men in, the Aggies have not been very successful. The Aggies hope to turn that around as they travel to San Marcos to take on the Southwest Texas University Bob cats at 3 p.m. A&M baseball coach Mark Johnson said pitching and defense have been car rying the Aggies in the early going. ‘Tm not disappointed with our pitch ing and defense,” Johnson said. ‘'Those are the main staples of baseball and when you have those, you have a chance. “I'm not saying we're worldbeaters in those areas, but they’ve given us a chance to win just about every ballgame. It’s our hitting right now. The anxiety is still there. No one has a hot bat going. We're striking out way too much. The other teams are giving us opportunities to have big innings.” A&M had another up and down se ries this past weekend, losing two of three games to the University of Texas- Pan American. The Aggies took the first game on Fri day 6-2, behind two home inns from sophomore leftlielder Carlos Sepulveda. On Saturday however, the Aggie bats fell silent once again as Pan Am swept the doubleheader from A&M, 3-1 and 5-3. For the series A&M left 32 men on base and struck out 18 times. 11 was reflective of the Aggies’ season, as A&M hatters have left 75 men on base through seven games and have struck out 52 times in 220 at-hats, an average of once in every four at-bats. Johnson said even though the Ag gies have struggled on offense, he be lieves the team will be able to turn things around. “The hitting has to come,” Johnson said. “The saving grace is that we have the talent to hit, but we’re not there yet. ^ GUY ROGERS/ rill; Battalion A&M freshman Ryan Warpinski throws a pitch against the University of Texas-San Antonio last Tuesday. Warpinski will take the hill for the Aggies as they take on Southwest Texas University at 3 p.m. in San Marcos, so everyone is pressing. Everyone Heaney said a number of factors have con- Bobcats, who are 4-5 on the season after wants to do well because they know that’s the issue. “It’s a typical thing that happens in baseball; you’re not hitting so everyone tries harder. And then when they try harder, it multiplies the problem. I do have confidence that we’re going to hit better than we are right now.” A&M senior second baseman Sean tributed into the Aggies’ lack of offense. “It seems like when we hit a ball hard, it’s right at someone,” I leaney said. “We also haven't been putting the ball in play and we’ve struck out too much. You put all those things together and you're not going to be very productive offensively.” Freshman Ryan Warpinski (0-1) is set to take the hill for the Aggies against the being swept by the University of Houston Cougars over the weekend. I leaney said he hopes the Aggies get a good start to help alleviate some of the Aggies’ woes. “If we come out tomorrow and start hitting the ball, maybe get 3 or 4 hack to back hits,” 1 leaney said, “everyone hope fully w ill loosen up and get on a roll.” jpporters gathei )egin land clearl 'ould like to than! day: Bra^ imaf SheW BMMWa HUMANIWCV)’ ?07 Pinfeather Road iryan, Texas 77801 775-5755