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■■■BHBHHnE&l :ions 5red in V.V. v. if local dt, =hool It isn’t very often that one school can collect the top Jperformers in a certain sport all at one time, but the Texas nnounced| ^ggi e track team can claim such a distinction this year. For those who have seen them, it is quite an experience mett , 0 wa t c h the defending Southwest Conference champions in >an action. nesday Consolidate r ed in tliti 1 15 Thin leetings ptj. , ’ll 3 sctioi f he rebroai 8:30 p.m, m on at 8;1( omplete cot. ■urns for ft •vill rebroai * League i it the Cani cial electin iled fori election at 8:30 at; iah 45- Ag statistics in world class By JOHN CURYLO They have a knack for consistency, winning what they should. But their trademark is the “gutty” showing. There is somewhat of a thrill involved in an A&M meet, because you know what’s going to happen, but you still can’t quite believe THE BATTALION Wednesday, March 31, 1971 College Station, Texas Page 5 Ags host nationally ranked Rice in SWC tennis today Whether it be Rockie Woods, getting a step or two lead, and never being caught, or Curtis Mills winning by five yards after taking the baton with a ten yard deficit, the Aggies cause excitement wherever they go, no matter what the event. But these are emotional things. The excitement is not transferrable or relatable, so more feasible means must be used to evaluate the thinclads of Coaches Charlie Thomas and n g with cii, fed Nelson, both cor? m we* \ S Marvin Taylor leaps to winning height of 6-9 in high jump Saturday in the University Division of the College Station Relays. Taylor was followed in second place by teammate Ben Greathouse, who also cleared that height. The Aggies are entered in Texas Relays this weekend. (Photo by Mike Rice) Tigers, Aggies divide pair The statistics of the squad and the records set and held by the team are down on paper, and these are more tangible indications of the tracksters. On the books at this time for the Aggies are four world records. This is an impressive accomplishment, in light of the fact that there are but 40 events, indoor and outdoor. This means that one team holds 10% of the world records possible. One of the outdoor records is Curtis Mills’ 44.7 in the 440 yard dash two years ago at the NCAA meet in Knoxville, Tenn. At the Drake Relays last year, the foursome of Donny Rogers, Woods, Marvin Mills, and Curtis ran a 1:21.7 in the 880 yard relay. The other outdoor mark is Randy Matson’s shot put heave of l\-5Vi in 1967 in Kyle Field. Indoors, Harold McMahan, Marvin, Willie Blackmon, and Curtis teamed up for a 3:05.7 mile relay in the Astrodome last year. To add to these marks, the team holds several school records. The current squad holds 19 of 40 school marks. Through six outdoor meets, three of these records are new this season. Seven of the indoor marks have been set by this team during the recent indoor season. With four meets left before the conference meet here, there is keen enough competition to push several of the Aggies to new marks. Whether they do or not, fans should not deprive themselves of the opportunity to go out and watch them run, because the excitement and thrill is well worth it. By CLIFFORD BROYLES Battalion Sports Editor For the Texas Aggies, the first game Tuesday was the kind you sit through but you can’t do much about. But they turned the tables in the second game to give the Missouri Tigers a similar feeling as the two teams split a double- header on Kyle Field. Missouri got to four Aggie pitchers for an 11-3 win in the first game and the Aggies came back for a 10-4 win the second contest as Coach Tom Chandler used his regular lineup for the first time in the series. Tiger third baseman Jack Bast- able was the main threat for the Big Eight team in the opener, as he clubbed a grand slam homer to conclude a six-run second in ning off loser Josh Garrett. R. J. Englert and Sandy Bate combined to provide the muscle for the Aggies’ first run with sin gles in the opening stanza. Eng lert scored on an error by the pitcher Bill Todd, who eventually threw a five-hitter. Two of the three hits off Todd later were doubles by Butch Ghutzman, who scored the other two runs—one on a sacrifice fly by Bate and the other on a single by Billy Hodge. Garrett was followed to the mound in the third by Norm Mont gomery. Sam Camili worked the fifth inning and Tommy Korenek hurled the last two frames. In the second game, the Ag gies’ two ace relievers, Charlie Kelley and Pat Jamison, got to gether as the Aggies rapped out 13 hits enroute to their 19th win in 22 games. Kelley hurled four innings al lowing only one run after reliev ing starter Jim Wallace to pick up his fifth win—the most by an Aggie pitcher—and Jamison toss ed the final two innings to collect his seventh save in ten appear ances on the mound. Ghutzman again was a hitting star with a single and triple while scoring three runs, but was join ed in the hitting circle by Car- roll Lilly with three hits, Jim Sampson with two hits and four runs batted in and Englert, who had two hits and two walks in four times at the plate. The Aggies trailed 3-0 after Missouri’s first time at bat in the second game but after Ghutz- man’s leadoff triple punched out three runs with four hits in the first, four runs with four hits in the second and two more runs and hits in the third. Ghutzman, Sampson and Jimmy Hacker had second game triples as the Aggies continued to show adeptness at hitting the normally uncommon triple. A&M now has 17 triples this season and only three home runs and more often than not those statistics are re versed. The Aggies will travel to Waco Friday and Saturday to complete the first half of the Southwest Conference schedule with a three game series with the Bears. A doubleheader at 1 p.m. Friday and the Saturday single game is set for 2 p.m. mm Butch Ghutzman The Rice tennis team, third ranked nationally, invades var sity courts today for a 1:30 p.m. Southwest Conference match with the Texas Aggies. The powerful Owls will open their Southwest Conference sched ule against the Aggies, who have a 1-6 record after losing to sev enth ranked Southern Methodist Monday. The Owls have three of their best back from last year’s South west Conference champion team with three-time All-Americans Mike Estep Zan Giierry and Jorge Berman, who teamed with Estep to win the SWC doubles title last year. They defeated Guerry and Tico Carrero for the champion ship and Estep won the singles title by defeating Gu6rry after knocking off Carrero in the semis. But joining them is freshman star Harold Solomon, who won the Rice Invitational tournament a couple of weeks back by de feating Estep in the finals. The Aggies will send up Dickie Fikes, Jon Ragland, Mike Hickey, Tommy Connell, Dan Courson, Lawton Park and Mike Mills for the crucial meet. WHEN RE-ELECTED TO BRYAN CITY COMMISSION JOE FAULK PROMISES To continue to involve a greater cross-section of our populace in City Government - something unheard of in Bryan prior to 1969. To continue to improve the efficiency of our city’s operations to provide better government per dollar spent. To keep street lighting, sewage and drainage programs progressing at the accelerated rate we have developed. ^ . ' . RE-ELECT JOE FAULK YOUR BRYAN CITY COMMISSIONER APRIL 6 Pd. Pol. Ad. 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