The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1976 Page: 14 of 16
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Ow/s Ramirez, Hodge kiss away Cougars' SWC hopes
by CHRIS JAGMIN
The Rice Owls dealt a severe
blow to the University of
Houston's SWC Champ-
ionship hopes, sweeping a
doubleheader Saturday 8-1, 7-
2, after losing in 10 innings
Friday, 9-4. The Owls, loose
and thoroughly enjoying
themselves, pounded out 29
hits and tightened up their
defense enough to overcome
the Cougars, who showed the
strain of a close pennant race.
In the opener, Steve
Buckley, constantly working
himself out of jams, held the
Cougars to four runs through
nine innings, and the Owls
came back from a 4-2 deficit to
send the game into extra
innings. But in the tenth, after
giving up a single to the lead-
off batter, Buckley departed in
favor of Tim Holder. Three
errors followed in the inning
along with five runs as
Houston managed to putt this
one out.
Saturday was the Owls' day,
with Allen Ramirez holding
UH to just three hits, the Owls
blasted previously undefeated
Charles Garza for three home
runs, including solo shots by
Jeff Hayes and Steve Fry, and
topped off by Chuck Hodge's
grand slam in the third.
Ramirez ran his record to 9-2
with another fine effort. Hayes
and Fry both had three hits.
Centerfielder Bob Burrell led
the Owls in the second game
with three hits, including a
triple. Tommy Smart went the
distance, allowing only two
runs and five hits. Hodge
made a fine defensive play in
robbing Houston's David
Husmann of a home run in left,
falling head-first over the left
field fence in the process. A
controversial call in the sixth
inning emptied both benches
onto the field. Houston
outfielder Jerry Willeford hit a
ball which bounced just inside
the fence and carried over it,
normally a ground rule double.
But the base umpire, still
standing in the infield,
signalled a home run. After a
long, heated argument, the
umpire reversed his decision,
after asking fans in the area
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Original score composed
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HOUSTON BALLET
where the ball had hit.
The Owls played up to their
capabilities, although a
ground ball in the infield was
still an adventure for all
concerned, especially first
baseman Steve Fry, who made
several fine plays on errant
throws. But the Owls
consistently made the clutch
play and kept the offensive
pressure on. It was a real team
effort. Rice is now 9-9 in SWC
play, while UH is 14-4.
* * *
Wednesday, Rice dropped a
doubleheader to Sam Houston
State, 5-3, 13-4. The Owls'
record is now 16-19-1. The team
plays a three-game set with
Arkansas Friday and Sat-
urday. The next weekend
Texas Tech will be here for one
game Friday and a double-
header Saturday.
Rice plays a doubleheader
against Lamar here April 20,
lpm.
Tennis moves into home stretch
The Rice Tennis team lost to
Texas Monday, 7-2. The Owls
next play Houston here
Thursday at 1:30pm.
April 22-24 the Owls will
compete in the Southwest
Conference Tennis tour-
nament at Waco. This year for
the first time the SWC
championships are awarded
teams during the regular
season matches with the
tournament being worth a
possible 27 points.
The format divides the
tournament into a series of
nine "mini-tournaments,"
matching the number one
players against the number
one players, twos against
twos, etc.
Only the top eight players in
each position will be
competing for points. The two
players, or teams, with the
poorest records at each
position will play a pre-
liminary match which will
decide the last entry.
One point will be awarded
for each match won in the
tournament. No points are
awarded for a win in a
preliminary match.
Blues stop aggressive Grays
by BARRY L. JONES
There is no glory in
defeating the B-team. At the
annual Blue-Gray game last
Friday, the crowd's favorite,
the Grays, nearly upset the
first-string Blue team. The
Blues won when, with 9:57 left
in the game, Blues quarter-
back Tommy Kramer ran the
ball around the left side of the
line for the second Blues
touchdown. The point after
made the score 14-13. The not
uninspired Grays came back
and got the ball down to the
five yard line but fumbled.
Doug Canter, kicking for
both teams, accounted for the
first six Gray points with two
field goals, one a forty-yarder.
The Gray touchdown came
when quarterback Frank
Cebello ran back a blocked
field goal for a touchdown.
The Blues were held
scoreless until four seconds
into the fourth quarter when
Billy Neal's run put them on
the board. The Blues offense
showed many promising
features. The Owls are fixed
for pass receivers with tight
end Ken Roy, a strong Ail-
American candidate, heading
the list.
The leading rusher in the
game was Billy Neal with 27
carries for 160 yards.
James Sykes is back after a
long illness. Several players
were injured and did not play
in the game, but all will return
in August.
New coach Homer Rice and
his coaching staff have all
said they were pleased with
the attitude shown by the
players all spring. Assistant
coach Mike Dean said Monday
that installing a passing
offense takes a lot of time and
that it's just hard to get a
passing offense going during
spring. Carlton Derrett, who
has also been running track,
was moved to the secondary
and will add much-needed
speed there. The game marked
the end of spring drills, so now
the football players, like
everyone else, will concentrate
on finals.
Homer Rice
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SUMMER
JOBS JOBS JOBS
College-trained men and women will be
considered to supplement our permanent staff in
district offices throughout the U.S. These positions
are full-time summer jobs. We are searching for
applicants who are ambitious, dependable and
hard-working. Excellent opportunity for
advancement, you may continue to work on a
part-time or full-time basis next fall if you desire.
For district office addresses, or for appointment with our local
manager, call Robie (after april 18), 9:00 a.m.-5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday.
224-3005
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Brewton, Gary. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1976, newspaper, April 15, 1976; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245290/m1/14/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.