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Sports Wednesday, September 12, 1990 IB Speedster Hulse making fast progress in pros By CLIFF NEWELL Times Sports Editor Schreiner College baseball coach Bob Henry had a pleasant time this summer scanning the statistics of former San Antonio area players now playing professional baseball. "There was only one line for Schreiner College," said Henry. "But he was the player with the best stats." The SC player, of course, is David Hulse, and he has made the transition to professional baseball without missing a beat from his All- Amcrican style of play with the Mountaineers. Playing for the Texas Rangers' Rookie League team in Butte, Montana, Hulse batted .359 to capture the loop batting champions, rapped 12 doubles and stole 25 bases in 29 attempts, the second best total in the league. His efforts won him selection as centerfielder on the league all-star team, and better yet won him an in vita tion to the Rangers' team in the Instructional League in Florida, an honor that goes only to the players the Rangers have invested a lot of money in or players considered to be among the team's finest prospects.

As Henry pointed out, "They only do that if they plan on keeping you around." Hulse made a visit to Kerrville last week to visit with Schreiner College friends, and he took time to talk Sports briefs SC volleyballers defeat Tillotson The Schreiner College Lady Mountaineer volleyball team downed Huston-Tillotson College of Austin, 15-2, 9-15, 15-1, 15-13 on Tuesday night in Edington Center. It was an erratic performance by the Lady Mountaineers, who saw a big lead melt away in the fourth game of the match. Leading 9-2, SC saw the Lady Rams score 10 straight points. However, Schreiner rallied back and scored the decisive point on a spike by Denise Mikulenka. "We don't have the killer instinct yet," said coach Debbie Sanders.

"We don't go for the jugular. But we were able to come back. That's the big thing." Players winning praise were Julie Redden, Shawn Jones and Mikulenka. The win pushed Schreiner's record to 5-4 on the season. The Lady Mountaineers will play in the McMurry College Tournament in Abilene this weekend.

Opponents in SC's pool are Austin College, Sul Ross, Vernon Regional College, Hardin- Simmons, and Lubbock Christian. Ingram boys third at Medina Valley The Ingram Tom Moore boys varsity cross country team took third place at the Medina Valley Invitational on Saturday. Matt Bishop led the way with a time of 17:26. Next was Andy Laughlin at 17:42. Other times were Chris Haynie 17:58, Neill Masterson 17:59.

andChas Hunter 19:40. In the varsity girls division, Ingram competitors were Alex Smith, Claire Bann, Debbie Lee, Chelsie Douglas, and Stacia Williams. Ingram Junior High performed well with the boys taking third and the girls taking fourth. J.W. Wehmeyer led the boys with a mark of 13:17.

Ruben Gutierrez was close behind at 13:19. Other competitors were Greg Vlasek, Cody Sims, Clint Stehling, Jason Brandt, Eric Hall, Heath Taylor, Jason Lackey, Carson Vaughn, Fenner Bock, Lance Loeffler, and Nick Mackeron. Hillary Ward led the girls with a mark of 16:27, while Tammy Se- veyhada 16:28. Other competitors were Amy Oehler, Adrienne Le- Meilleur, Tonya Harmel, and April McCormack. San Antonio duo wins Texas 4-ball Charles Craig and Daryl Kimerer shot a combined three- day total of 171 to win the Texas Golf Association's Four-Ball championship at Riverhill Country Club this past weekend.

The San Antonio duo defeated 85 other two-man teams in the tournament. Dick Hinch and and Tom Wum, also from San Antonio, shot 180 to finish second. Waco's Charles Cook and Bill Bewley came in third with a score of 187. about his instant success in pro ball. It not surprised him.

"It's not all that different," Hulse said. 'The pitching is better. But when you're hitting well, you have a lot of confidence. Things have fallen into place for me. I didn't have too long a layoff from playing at Schreiner and I didn't get too rusty.

I'd been hitting with wood a lot, which helped when I went to Butte." Henry commented, "David's success here propelled him right into pro ball." Hulse had a sensational senior season with the Mountaineers, setting school records in practically every category and becoming the first Schreiner College athlete to earn first team NAIA All-American honors in any sport. His marks included a .497 batting average, 69 runs scored and 57 stolen bases, which led the nation. He followed the season up with an excellent performance in a special camp held by the Rangers. Because of a rain-soaked field, Hulse couldn't even display his greatest talent his speed. "I kind of wanted to run," Hulse said.

"They had a lot of good players there, and I wanted to see where I stood." As it turned out, though, Hulse's performance in the batting cage was impressive enough, and he was drafted by the Rangers on the first day of the draft in the 13th round. Next stop was Butte, to join the Cop- like pro baseball. I sure wouldn't want to be in an office working 9 to 5 when I could be doing this." Hulse per Kings. His first game, however, was downright inglorious. Hulse went 0 for 5.

Things didn't get much better for a while, either, as Hulse went 4 for 25 in his first few games. Things started picking up in the Copper Kings' scries against the Great Falls Dodgers. "I got a couple hits in that game. Then the next day I got a couple more," said Hulse. "Then I had a great series in Canada, and when I got home I was named player of the week.

It kept going up from there." It definitely seems that Hulse has found his place in life. "I like pro baseball," Hulse said. "It's nothing too different from college baseball. It's something I want to do, and I get paid for it I got tired a couple of times, but other than that it was great I sure wouldn't want to be in an office working 9 to 5 when I could be doing this." Playing pro ball did point out Hulse's shortcomings. "If it's anything, it's my defensive skills," he said.

"Especially my arm strength. I've been throwing balls all day, taking a million groundballs and chasing fly balls. I've also got to increase my upper body strength." Hulse will get plenty of opportunity to work on his deficiencies in the Instructional League. It will be baseball as a 9 to 5 job, with just a few games thrown in. He will also be a prime target for instruction, something that there wasn't time for in the Rookie League, in which he played nearly every day.

The Ranger coaches will have a lot of raw talent to work with. Hulse's time of 6.375 in the 60-yard dash is among the very best in pro baseball, ranking with Bo Jackson and Vince Coleman. And he's not all speed and no hit, as he proved at Butte. Following his stint in the Instructional League, Hulse will either go on to another assignment with the Rangers during the winter or else finish working on his degree in business administration at Schreiner. Then it will be on to the next rung in the Ranger ladder, which he hopes will be their higher Class A team at Port Charlotte.

Can David Hulse continue his early success and go on to a big league career? He has a believer in Henry. "My prediction is that David will be in the Majors in three years," Henry said. TIVY VOLLEYBALLERS GET FIRED UP broke open a close match with Ingram Times Photo by Pilricii Gohmeit Lady Antler volleyballers score victory over Ingram By BRENT DOLLAR Times Sports Writer Strength, height and deadly serving were the tools the Tivy Lady Antlers used to defeat The ITM Lady Warriors 16-14, 15-8 in volleyball action Tuesday night. In game one, the hosts from Ingram stayed even in the early going, jumping to an early three point lead. The Lady Warriors continued to take advantage of the visitors mental errors, and were just two points from victory.

Then, Tivy used its precise serving and strong hitting to come to take the game. The Lady Antlers were all busi- ness in the second set. Led by Nisa Dimery, Tivy used their height to their advantage of their smaller opponents. ITM was able to slow down the middle attack, but just couldn't handle the powerful Tivy serve, dropping the final game of the match. Tivy Coach Pat Seeds said she was nervous in the early going.

"I'm really pleased with our performance," Seeds said. "Ingram played us very tough, but I thought our team did a super job. We showed that we can keep our composure and play well." Jerry Mounts says the Lady Warriors continue to improve with every game. "I'm always disappointed when we lose, but we played really well at times," Mounts said. "At this point I am very confident that we are a good team." Mounts noted the outstanding play of Bonnie Baldwin and Ronda Gant.

Both teams are in action on Thursday. Tivy will travel to play Samuel Clemens, while Ingram will be playing in the Burnet tournament. In the freshmen game, Tivy defeated Ingram 4-15, 16-14, 15-13, and the Lady Warriors took the junior varsity match 15-13, 15-13. DAVID HULSE TOOK THE PROS BY STORM led the Rookie League with a .359 mark Witt winning streak ends at 12 games NEW YORK (AP) Bobby Witt sat in front of his locker with the look of a pitcher who had lost his 12th straight game, not his first since June 17. His club-record 12-gamc winning streak was over, ending with a 5-4 loss Tuesday night to the New York Yankees.

The termination of the streak didn't mean as much to Witt as the loss, which ended Texas' six- game winning streak. "I felt strong enough. I felt I had enough to get the hitters I would be facing," he kept saying in different ways. But it didn't happen. Mel Hall's two-out, two-run triple in the eighth inning led New York to victory, its first in six games and second in 12.

"I felt I let the team down after the way they came back and battled," Witt said. Texas led 2-1 after trailing 1-0 and led 4-3 after falling behind 3-2. It was a great game, the type that would have been thrilling if the teams were in a pennant race. Witt (15-9) was overpowering for the first six innings. He didn't walk anyone, and this is a pitcher who hasn't thrown a walk-free complete game in his major-league career.

"He moved the ball in and out and didn't give us a whole lot to hit," Jesse Barfleld said. "He used to make a couple of mistakes, like leaving a hanging breaking ball or throwing a fat fastball, but he didn't do that tonight. He looks like he's really come into his own." Witt took a 2-1 lead into the seventh but fell behind on Jim Leyritz's two-run double, only his 10th hit in 59 at-bats with runners in scoring position. Texas rallied in the eighth, scoring two runs as Yankees manager Stump Merrill used five pitchers. Pinch-hitter Kevin Reiincr hit an RBI triple off Jeff Habyan and scored on Rafael Palmeiro's single off Lee Guetterman (10-6).

Roberto Kelly walked with one out in the bottom of the inning and Steve Sax singled. That's when BOBBY WITT in by Yanks Texas manaer Bobby Valentine went to the mound. Witt said he could get out of the trouble. "He had 120 pitches and still fell good," Valentine said. "He's given me the same answer 11 times in the streak.

That's what I wanted to hear, and he said it with conviction." Kevin Maas flied out and Hall drove a first-pitch fastball to right- center field, just beyond the outstretched glove of right fielder Ruben Sierra. Witt had shaken off catcher Geno Petralli's signal for a slider. Hall had singled against Witt in the second inning and again in the seventh. "I've hit him pretty good and gotten me a few times," Hall said. "We're kind of even.

When he's not walking guys, he's tough." And so came to an end the longest streak in the majors since Roger Clemens of Boston started the 1986 season 14-0. Witt wound up with a seven-hitter, striking out five and walking two. But it was a loss. The streak? He really wasn't thinking about that. Glanville: 'I'm a jerk' ATLANTA COACH JERRY GLANVILLE loo emotional and volatile' HOUSTON (AP) Atlanta Falcons coach Jerry GlanvUle says he was a "jerk" for calling Houston Oilers coach Jack Pardee a "jerk" and said he is No.

1 in making mistakes, The Houston Post reported today. The newspaper reported in a copyright story today that Glanville, who coached the Oilers last season, apologized for his remarks about Pardee and said he was not referring to ihe slate of Texas last Sunday when he said "Texas can kiss my butt." The initial remarks from Glanville came in a news conference following Atlanta's 47-27 victory over the Oilers. "I'm a jerk for calling him (Pardee) a jerk," Pardee told the newspaper Tuesday in a telephone con- vcisaiion from his Suwanee, office. "I apologize to Jack. I lead America in making mistakes.

I'm No. 1 in making mistakes. And I'm not sure anybody is a close second." Pardee had no comment when told of the apology, the newspaper reported. Glanville said he was referring to a few Houston sports writers who didn't treat him fairly when he said "Texas" could kiss his butt. "As I left the locker room, someone in the crowd of reporters asked me if 'd talk with all the media from Texas.

And I said, 'Tell the people from Texas to kiss my butt. 1 1 meant those guys (primarily in Houston) who've written all that stuff about me," Glanville said. "That wasn't right, because there are some people in the Houston media who have been great to me. And you know how much I love Texas." "I just was so caught up in the emotion of the moment. That doesn't make it right what I did, and I'm sorry.

I really am," he added. "I shouldn have said anything. If I had told you guys what was in my heart at the time, I'd probably have embarrassed myself more than 1 already have. "If I had told you everything I wanted to tell you, I'd still be there (dressing room) talking, with an au- dience of three dead rats," he said. The uproar began when Glanville told reporters that he was sending the game ball to the 1989 Southern Methodist University football team that was defeated 95-21 by the University of Houston, which was coached by Pardee.

Glanville called Pardee a "real jerk" for allegedly running up the score against an SMU team mostly made up of freshman in the Mustangs' first year back from the NCAA's death penalty, which forced SMU to drop football for a year because of numerous rules infractions. "1 shouldn't have called Jack a jerk and 1 didn't realize until later that the word 'jerk' came out of my mouth," Glanville said Tuesday. Glanville, whose Oilers were in the playoffs the past three seasons, said he knows Pardee "is a good man." "My problem is I'm too emo- licmal and volatile," Glanville added..