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-riday, April 3, jtt Koi/vai mrM.rt, |£M1 i H/)yf ^ rtHE cwWNr MbWi> Sports The Battalion Page 7 CHRIS WHITLEY Smith, Coryatt get second look Assistant "Smith is someone we are definitely Sports Editor interested in," Hall said. "You never can Cowboys host 20 tell what's going to happen on draft day, iomas ________________ though. There could be a sudden desire potential picks for defensive backs and he, Buckley and Vincent could all be gone by the time we dom’t knoi Bring baseball get our pick. Editors Note: The Battalion will preview the "We like Smith's abilities, and we ac 1992 NFL Draft during the next three weeks. tually think he's one of the top two defen ^ back to NBC sive backs in the draft," Hall added. By Doug Foster The Dallas secondary lost cornerback The Battalion Manny Hendrix to Plan B on Wednesday ince Monday dawns the begin when Hendrix signed a one-year deal ning of the 1992 baseball cam As NFL draft day draws near, Dallas with the San Francisco 49ers. paign and since most of the base- Cowboys head coach Jimmy Johnson and Coryatt has been projected as the top jail junkies around the country will his staff are busy mak- __________________ linebacker in the draft, and some analysts >e glued to the TV until October, ing their final analysis think he could go as high as the second omething should be said about the of all available college NFL DRAFT pick overall, bowing only to early-entry ■4 :urrent status of baseball on televi- talent. PREVIEW defensive lineman Steve Emtman from iion. The Cowboys flew the University of Washington. It stinks. 20 top collegiate play Although the Cowboys don't have a Permit me to get a bit nostalgic as ers into their Valley top five pick, they have shown interest in remember a glorious era in sports Ranch training camp Battalion file photos Coryatt. Hall said Dallas was impressed |ustory -1986. Thursday for physicals with Coryatt's athletic ability. At that time, NBC had baseball's and interviews. Former A&M cornerback Kevin Smith and former linebacker Quentin Coryatt "At this point we are capable of doing lame of the Week every Saturday, Among those 20 play were flown to Dallas on Thursday by the Cowboys for physicals and interviews. almost anything to get a pick we like," he in Scully and Joe Garagiola were in ers are Texas A&M said. "We're not sure who we'll be shoot e booth, and CBS was nowhere to linebacker Quentin draft, and Chris Hall, with the Cowboys' picks and is considered among the top ing for, and we have had a history of be found. Coryatt and cornerback Kevin Smith. scouting staff, said Smith could be a prof three defensive backs in the draft along making trades to get a pick we like." It just so happens that the World .Dallas has the 13th, 15th and 16th itable pick in that spot for the team. with Florida State's Terrell Buckley and See Aggies/Page 8 Ties in 1986 proved to be one of the picks in the first round of the April 26th Smith has been projected in the top 15 Troy Vincent of Wisconsin. st in baseball history. The Mets even-game victory, and the Game 6 racle that took the series the dis- A&M tennis teams ce, was a colossal event in base ball, and NBC was a part of that. Beyond Expectations COMriWIffi Scully, one of the deans of base face doubleheader ball broadcasting, and Garagiola, Second baseman Robert Harris relieves injured Mike Hickey, answers call were the voices of baseball in Ameri- :a and the '86 Series only solidified of stiff competition SWC play. that is far beyond the expectations he hat fact. I can't think back to that By Anthony Andro Due to a possi had when the Aggies started the season ISOl sixth game without hearing Scully By Chris Whitley The Battalion ble frost tonight, in February. shouting, "Here comes Knight and The Battalion the times for the "Before the year started, I just imag in May ■ the Mets win it!" When opportunity came knocking, games have ined I would come in whenever some Two years later, Kirk Gibson A doubleheader of Texas A&M tennis Texas A&M baseball player Robert Har been changed. one got injured," Harris said. "I never i. "I wanted to added his own niche in baseball sto- will take place today at the Omar Smith ris answered the call. Game one is to imagined starting this year. I was just e me thetne oppao jrytelling with his game-winning Tennis Center. Harris, a redshirt freshman second morrow at 1 looking forward to next year." AL work that! homerun in the opening game of the The men play Southwest Conference baseman, took over for the injured Mike p.m. and the But Harris got his chance to start his that wasgoinj 1988Series Watching the game was foe,Texas Tech, starting at 1:30 p.m. before Hickey earlier this season and has made teams will first game last month in the Baylor se \'e either succa exciting enough, but listening to Scul the Lady Aggies face Notre Dame at 5 the adjustment to being a major college square off for a ries. He admitted the task gave him a ly's call turned the event into some- p.m. baseball player. doubleheader few butterflies. kf ar10un^(l| thing out of The Natural. The 19th-ranked men's team, 13-3 and Harris and the Aggie baseball team Sunday at noon. "I was real nervous, especially when it least into In 1989, an event happened that 1-0 in the SWC, takes on the 12-8 Red travel to Lubbock this weekend to take Harris Harris has I went out there the first game against would change the complexion of Raiders, who are 2-1 in conference play. on the Texas Tech Red Raiders. A&M is played well in Baylor," he said. "I was real excited. Tech's last dual match was a victory over 24-11, 11-7 in Southwest Conference Hickey's absense, hitting .344 with a See Harris/Page 10 See Whtiley/Page 8 play while Texas Tech is 21-15, 10-11 in homer and 16 RBIs. 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