University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 5, 1995 Page: 4 of 6
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Wednesday, April 5,1995
Page 4
Take me
out of the
ball game
A few days ago, this column was going to
be about the basketball banquet. For once,
I was going to write something nice without
having any offensive sentences thrown in. It
all seemed easy enough until I got home
and turned on the television to find out that
the major leaguers were ready to play ball
again. This news only served to prompt me
into writing another baseball column.
Last time I took it upon myself to slam
the baseball players and the owners. I had
so much fun before, I figured I might as
well indulge myself a bit more.
To celebrate my return to major league
bashing, I prepared a story.
Once upon a time, there was a sport
ruled by
money
grubbing
dictators.
These
dictators
were
horrible,
but they
were
nothing
compared to the arrogant profit-pirates
known as players. The players felt that they
should make more money just because they
had been given the ability to swing wooden
clubs and hurl balls at tremendous speeds.
The request for more money didn’t sit too
well with the dictatorial owners. The own-
ers denied the players more money,
prompting the players to strike. The strike
led to the cancellation of the World Series,
and the eventual procuration of replace-
ment players.
Now that everyone has been brought up
to date, here’s where the real fun begins.
Just when the replacements were going
to get a taste of regular season play in the
majors, the regular players announced that
they were ready to return to action under
terms of the old contract. I guess they got
tired of the screaming kids and annoying
neighbors.
The next pieces of the major league puz-
zle lay in the hands of the owners. After all,
they would have to decide whether they
would let the guys play, or impose a lock-
out.
Do they honestly think we’re as stupid as
they are? The Owners stand to make more
money with regular players than they
would with replacements. So as far as a
lock-out goes — I don’t think so.
I did hear some good news, baseball fans
are talking about boycotting the games.
Now that!s what I like to hear. The players
and the owners have to be shown that they
can’t just jerk the public around. It’s about
time that people showed an outward dis-
play of their disdain for the baseball situa-
tion.
If you ask me, on opening day, the fans
should get a chance to take to the pitcher’s
mound, with the owners at bat, and bean
the lights out of those money grubbers. If I
told you what I felt the players should get, I
may get kicked off the University Press.
Just when I thought it was over, I picked
up my morning paper to find the dumbest
headline that I ever saw. It read something
along the fines of baseball being back. If
that wasn’t enough, I heard the same thing
on the radio. Somehow the statement of
baseball being back angered me. After all,
baseball can’t return if it didn’t go any-
where in the first place. Get real, baseball
never left, the players did. So in other
words, the egomaniacs (oops, I mean play-
ers) are back.
As a result, opening day has been pushed
back to April 26, so that the regular players
could have a few weeks for practice. If the
players aren’t in shape, that’s their problem.
The fans shouldn’t have to wait any longer
to take in the sights and sounds of opening
day. As far as I’m concerned, I won’t be
impressed with any of the players until they
can score 55 runs in one game.
At this point, I could care less when
opening day is because I have basketball to
keep me busy. So, until basketball season is
over, the baseball players can knock them-
selves out — literally.
Michael Thibodeaux is a UP sports writer
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University PreSS
Lamar University •
Ty Terrell Relays
LU plays host to area tracksters
Michael Thibodeaux
UP sports writer
The Ty Terrell Relays has once again returned as
a major track and field event for the Southeast
Texas crowd.
Conceived in 1962 by coaches Ty Terrell, Stan
Wright and Johnny Morriss, the meet began to blos-
som when it was moved to Beaumont in 1964.
When the meet moved to Beaumont, it was
called the Gulf Federation-YMBL Relays. The
Young Men’s Business League of Beaumont spon-
sored the event for many years.
The name was changed to the Ty Terrell Relays
in 1968 to honor coach Terrell, who died that April
along with five members of the Lamar track team in
a plane crash at Beaumont Municipal Airport.
In the Late 1970s, changing schedules caused the
relays to be moved to a weekday early in the season.
That drastically changed the quality of the meet.
Last year, coach Barry Collins and his staff
returned the meet to a weekend schedule in mid-
season and added a high school division.
Lamar’s
track teams
placed in a
broad number
of events.
On the
women’s side,
Melissa
Tankersley
finshed sec-
ond in the high jump competition with a measured
jump of 5-6. Brandi Johnston placed second in the
javelin with a throw of 119-3. In the shot put compe-
tition, Mary Daniels placed third with a hurl of 40-2
1/4. Carla Chase pressed down a third place finish in
the 800 meter run. The LU track club was able to
sweep third through fifth place in the 100 meter hur-
dles. They were represented by Tunesia Ashford (3),
Amanda Taylor (4) and Kristie Wojcik (5).
First place honors, in the 400 meter hurdles, were
taken by Amanda Taylor.
The men’s track team was able to secure some
medals of its’ own. John Cordes took second place
honors in the pole vault with a measures vault of 15-
6. The 400 meter hurdles competition saw Sonny
Taylor walk away with a third place finish.
First place finishes on the men’s side go to Alvin
Thomas in the long jump competition and Sam
Barnett in the 110 meter high hurdles.
The weather over the weekend was perfect for
the track competition. The Lamar University cam-
pus sported competitors and spectators from all
over Texas, and beyond. There were eight other col-
leges and universities in attendance along with
Lamar. A few of these were Northwestern State
University, McNeese State, Arkansas-Little Rock
and Louisiana Tech. The relays also provided for
competition among area high schools. This year
marked the second year that high schools were
invited to compete in the relays.
The turnout this year proved that Southeast
Texas still loves great track and field competition.
Freshman Lance Pollard, above,
winds up to heave the discus.
Lamar junior, Cassie Raftis, right,
shoots out of the starting blocks
during Saturday’s 200 meters.
- Cardinal Baseball -
Up, up and away. A participant in Saturday’s
triple jump takes to the air.
Photos by Lance Warren
Cards shuffle New Orleans deck,
take two of three in weekend series ]
Michael Thibodeaux
UP sports writer
In the first game of Lamar’s Saturday double-
header against the University of New Orleans, the
Cards were forced to swallow a 5-0 shut out at the
hands of Privateer pitcher Steve Stanson.
The Cardinals tried to repay the favor by pitching
a shut out of their own. Mike Pasqualicchio, who
almost dealt New Orleans an unprecedented shut
out, had to take what he could get in a 7-1 victory
over the Privateers.
In what proved to be the day’s biggest rally,
Lamar delivered 12 men to the plate which provided
a six-run sixth inning. Cardinal’s shortstop Bob
Rauch gave the Cards something to work with. On a
pitch by New Orleans starting pitcher David Carroll
(2-2), Rauch sent the ball screaming in a three-run
homer.
“We did a lot of things wrong today,” Jim
Gilligan, LU coach, said. “We didn’t have real good
preparation this week with all the rain.”
New Orleans was able to score once in the first,
twice in the second and twice in the eighth inning of
the first game.
Will Cook (4 for 7), Eric Mapp (2 for 6) and
Rauch (2 for 6) provided much of the firepower in
the Cards’ front fine of offense. They racked up
eight of Lamar’s nine hits for the day.
The Privateers were able to out hit the Cardinals
5-4 in the second game and 14-9 for the two games
of the day.
In Sunday’s finale against UNO, the Cards man-
aged to slip past the Privateers with a 3-2 victory.
Bob Rauch scored the final run in a ninth-inning
double by Chad Bunting.
In the winning combination of plays, Rauch start-
ed with a lead off single to center. Donny Schroeder
4*
was able to pop a fly to center after missing a *,
bunting opportunity. After Privateer pitcher Randy _
Williams (2-0) advanced Rauch, Bunting delivered f
the two-out double into the right-center field zone. A
In Sunday’s game, Lamar out hit the UNO team, a
11-9, but fouled up many opportunities to advance f
securely in the seventh and eighth innings.
LU managed to blow a bases-loaded, no-out *
opportunity in the eighth when Robin Lindsey,,
popped up to the infield and Morgan Walker
grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Triny Rivera (3 for 5), Mapp (2 for 3), Rauch (2 *
for 4) and Butning (2 for 5) were a driving force in T,
Lamar’s attack. Although UNO pitcher Joey
Cabecieras escaped the infamous eighth, he still
recorded a loss. ' *
The Lamar Cardinals will return to the plate at y
Vincent-Beck Stadium on Tuesday night for a 7 p.m.
game against the University of Houston.
Bruins dump Hogs/,
claim college crown ,
Lady Cardinal tennis team
creates racquet on the road
Jacqueline Lane
UP staff writer
The Lady Cardinal tennis team received their
first taste of conference play over the last two
weekends during road trips to New Orleans, La.
and Little Rock, Ark.
In the New Orleans quadrangle, the Lady Cards
faced teams from University of New Orleans,
Spring Hill College and Grambling University.
In the first conference match of the season, the
team lost to UNO 6-3. Freshman Rachael Anders
was the only player to secure a singles win. Anders
and Britney Sandell won at the No.l doubles spot
and Jacqui Lane and Ewa Jakubowska also picked
up a win at the second spot.
Despite the poor start, the team went on to score
easy wins against Spring Hill 9-0 and Grambling 9-0.
In Little Rock, this last weekend, the team faced
both Western Kentucky and the University of
Arkansas Little Rock in conference play as well as
Oral Roberts University.
The team convincingly beat WKU 7-2 but failed
to win a match against UALR losing 6-0.
The following day after being split at three
matches a piece after singles play, the Lady Cards
could only muster one doubles win against Oral
Roberts to eventually lose 5-4.
Anders, Lane and Sandell all won their singles
matches while Jennifer Hilton and Janet Davidson won
at the No. 3 doubles position to grab the fourth match.
On Friday and Saturday both the men’s and
women’s team will host home matches. The men will
play University of Texas Pan American and Texas
Southern.
The Lady Cards will have three conference
matches against University of South Alabama,
Louisiana Tech and University of Texas Pan
American. They will also face Texas Southern
University.
Matches start at 8.30 a.m. on Friday and
Saturday.
New champions were crowned in the NCAA *
championship game on Monday night. The UCLA t
Bruins downed the defending champions, ^
Arkansas, 89-78.
The Bruins went into Monday nights’ contest as ,
underdogs following the big loss of UCLA’s star $
point guard Tyrus Edney. Edney, who played a big ^
role in the Bruin’s rise to the final game in the $
championships, sprained his right wrist in the semi- *
finals. ®
Edney was replaced by Cameron Dollar and £
spent the rest of the game on the bench.
The Razorbacks were favored going into the -
game because of their tremendous coaching staff ^
and hard-pressed play. Arkansas head coach Nolan k
Richardson, expressed satisfaction over how well L
the Razorbacks were playing in the tournament.
UCLA simply outplayed the Arkansas team. *
The Bruins relied more on a team effort instead of r
looking for one player to carry the team. y.
After the game, Richardson displayed poise in i
spite of the Razorback’s faltering finale. *
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