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'ALIGN 880 relay returns to scene of record 8 t G 1-9:15 FTIIE HIRE! IT M [IN 11 a SUN. lits *5TKR FF” win > P. M. LL IN By JOHN CUKYLO Assistant Sports Editor It’s quite a big deal when a world champion returns to the place he set his record to run the event again, but it’s even bigger news that the foursome of Donny Rogers, Rockie Woods, Marvin Mills, and Curtis Mills are back at the Drake Relays this weekend. The Texas Aggie 880 yard relay team set its mark in Des Moines, Iowa, one year ago, getting their names in the record book by circl ing the track twice in 1:21.7. This should be the headline event, but the sprint relay team of Steve Barre, both Mills, and Woods will probably attract just as much attention, having run a 39.9 last week at the Kansas Re lays. Also last week, the 880 relay unit matched the second best time ever in the world, 1:22.1. It would not be surpris ing to see a near record perform- | ance this week. Both of these relay units set new meet records at Lawrence. The relay-strong Aggies of Coach Charlie Thomas will enter the 480 yard shuttle hurdle re- I lay, the mile relay, and the sprint I medley relay. All of these teams I could be contenders, so it should be a good day for A&M. | Edgar Harvey, Gary West, I Rogers, and Woods make up the | shuttle hurdle relay team, with I David Prince as the alternate. I Rogers, Marvin and Curtis, | and Willie Blackmon will be in I the sprint medley relay, which I consists of two 220s, a 440, and | an 880. This race should be a I treat for those who want to see I Curtis run, since he holds the | world record in the quarter mile. | But his real talent shows | through and the most excitement I is generated when he anchors the I mile relay. He will be preceded I in the event by Robert Brew and I Don Kellar in the first two legs. I The third runner will be either I Marvin, David Morris, or Black- I mon. Several individual performers I will be entered, too. Marc Black I will throw the javelin. He is I currently second in the confer- I ence. Black broke the school I record with a throw of 236-0 at I Lawrence. Another athlete who set a new school mark at the Kansas Re lays is Harold McMahan. He will be pole vaulting, fresh from a 16-6 leap last Saturday. He, too, is second in the league, be hind Rice’s Dave Roberts. The 440 hurdles will be run by Morris and Prince. Morris is fifth in the conference with a 52.9. Prince’s best of the season is 53.2. Marvin Taylor and Ben Great- house, two of the best in the conference will be in the high jump, while distance ace Frank Ybarbo will run the mile. This will be the final meet prior to the conference get-to gether next week in Kyle Field. Texas and Rice are hot on the Aggies’ heels, and the Drake Re lays will serve to prepare all the athletes for the one that counts. A&M has had fine results in the big meets so far, winning the outstanding team award at the Texas Relays and re-writing the record books last week. Another good day would give the maroon thinclads the momentum needed for the successful defense of the conference title. Rugby team set for Austin match By MICHAEL RICE Battalion Sports Writer The undefeated first squad of the Texas A&M Rugby Club will be playing for all the marbles this Saturday as it meets the tough Austin Rugby Club at 3 p.m. on the drill field. While the Austin club will be fielding a very experienced team, A&M will be placing its hopes on men who really are new to the game. The Austin club will be carry ing a two-year record of no de feats, except for this past week end when the Aggies provided them with their first defeat. Making fewer mistakes proved to be the deciding factor in the outcome of the game, as the Ags pieced together a total of nine points while blanking the favored Austin Club. Roger Boos, coach of the A&M I squad said he felt the game was much closer than the score seemed to indicate because both teams have tremendous forwards and backfielders. One of the outstanding players of the last game, 5’7” Gary Junot, provided the fans with fantastic plays and tackles. For example, Junot lifted a 200 pound man who was thundering down on him completely off the ground and felled him with unbelievable speed. This Saturday’s game promises to be the most exciting of the season thus far for the Aggies. Austin, trying to live down its loss to A&M at its own tourna ment, will be out for blood. This will also be their last chance to win the championship of the Tex as Northern Rugby Division. If the Aggies defeat Austin, they must win the remaining two games to keep the division lead. A loss to Austin means an auto matic division title to the Austin club. This game will really be the most crucial for the Ags. Five members of the A&M II squad have been nominated for membership on the Texas All- Star Rugby Team. They are team captain John Rayton, who plays at scrum half; Bob Elmore, for- ward; Mark Fisher and Gene An derson, centers; and Andy Scott, left wing. The A&M team is de pending most heavily on the ef forts of these five as they all have tremendous speed and skill in ball handling. Others to be playing Saturday are Junot, at full back; John Gunn, left wing; Butch Preston, fly half; Steve Sturman, left prop; Alan Hines, hooker; Don Barr, right prop, Phil Tyber and Bill Scherle, locks; and Donnie Robertson and Brian Marshall, wing forwards. Before this match, the A&M II team will meet Austin’s second team in a game slated to begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, the first team will again play a game here against the rugby team from St. Edward’s of Austin. Saturday at 8 a. m. Water polo clinic here By MICHAEL RICE Battalion Sports Writer A water polo clinic sponsored by the Texas A&M water polo team will begin Saturday at 8 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum under the direction of swimming coach Dennis Fosdick. The clinic is being backed by the Texas Interscholastic Coaches Association, which has indicated it wants to begin water polo com petition among Texas high schools this coming year. There will be three nationally and internationally known coaches at the clinic to talk to coaches from New Mexico, Texas, Okla homa and Arkansas. Several oth er schools in the Southwest Con ference will be represented by their respective coaches. Bob Gaughran, a former Pan American and Olympic water po lo player, will lecture on develop ing a water polo program, indivi dual offensive techniques, and the goal keeper. He is swimming coach and athletic director at Santa Anna Junior College in California. The second lecturer is Art Lam bert, also a Pan American and Olympic water polo player, who will be speaking about how to condition and train a water polo team, and how to drill a team de fense with the proper positions and movements. Lambert is the co-author of a book with Gaug hran about water polo, entitled “Playing and Coaching Water Polo.” Fosdick played water polo un der Lambert when Lambert was a graduate student in California. He said he feels Lambert is a great innovator of new ideas and techniques about water polo, as he is very knowledgeable about the game. Lambert is coach of the swim ming and water polo team at De Anza College in California, which is favored to win the water polo championships at the Pan Am Games this year. The last well-known speaker for the clinic is Bob Lee, who is the last word in water polo offi ciating in the United States. He coaches at Await High School in California, which has had one of the top water polo teams in the country for the past fifteen years. He also is an international of- ficiator and trainer for American teams. He will speak about the proper techniques and interpretations of water polo rules. He also will dis cuss coaching on the high school level. After the clinic, there will be a water polo game between the Ag gies and the University of Texas Longhorns, scheduled to begin at 5:45 p.m. Leading the Aggies will be All- American Fred Meyers, an out standing shooter from San Mateo Junior College in California. Also slated to start for the Aggies will be Mike Hicks, Steve Prentice, Steve Henry, Mike McClellan, Gordon Taylor, and Steve Son- nenberg, who will be the goalie for the Aggies. 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