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SPORTS
THE BATTALION
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■ 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.
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to a player. What should be con-
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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
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A Vr Villi laught up in the mix. ()n the other
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I filly lo not even know where the line is.
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| last January, as the bal I mov ed down
~f*T hppourt away from the two players.
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■is elbow into Holmes'face. Holmes
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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
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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.”
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