Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1984)
Page 14/The BattalionAThursday, February 23, 1984 Cougars roll over Owls 70-54 Navratilova tank m«ivamaka by Jeff Millar & United Press International HOUSTON — Michael Young scored 22 points and the third-ranked Houston Cougars easily rolled to thfeir 37th con secutive Southwest Conference victory Wednesday night, 70-54 over the Rice Owls. Young, the SWC’s leading scorer, was backed by the 16 points of Alvin Franklin as the Cougars jumped in front early and opened a nine-point advan tage in the first half. The long-range shooting of Tyrone Washington and Greg Hines kept the Owls close n the first half, but four 20-footers by Franklin early in the second pe riod broke open the contest. advances in Indoors ^-OCX . SFEMPiKJG t3 MlO-IOM 313 _ _ _ OH SOU AMP”tMAT COU,E6£ leUNNlMG* RACK . tMSV£ MAO ID £COHOMlZ£ GUARt^AH ' THG CARE ABOUT OM AMP -TACKLCS AMP lLUhJ£>5?. moki-skiu. Houston shot 56.6 percent from the floor and outre- bounded the Owls, 37-29, in winning its 13th league game this season. Houston’s overall record climbed to 24-3. United Press International cD <? ULTRA FASHION presents 36” TWISTER BEADS at WHOLESALE PRICES TO THE PUBLIC (We Sincerely Apologize For The Inconvenience To The Public In Our Last Show, Due To Reasons Beyond Our Control.) Twist Beads And Designer Necklaces of Dyed Fossil, Lapis, Coral' Pearls, Tiger Eye, Onyx, Agates, Jasper, Gold and Many More! Big Selection From 100 Different Colors in 36” Strands. LOWEST ADVERTISED PRICE GUARANTEED Holiday Inn, Culpepper Plaza, College Station, Tel. 693-1736 Sat., Feb. 25 & Sun., Feb. 26 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. EAST HANOVER, N.J. — Martina Navratilova crushed veteran Virginia Wade 6-0, 6-2 Tuesday to advance to the quar terfinals of the $150,000 Wom en’s National Indoor Tennis Championships. “There’s nobody that I have ever seen that played as well as Martina,” said Wade said. “She just overwhelms you.” Navratilova combined strong serves and blistering returns to win the match in 47 minutes. In the quarterfinals, Navrati lova plays the winner of the sec ond-round match between Tracy Austin and Pam Casale. Third-seeded Jo Durie of Great Britain defeated Mary Lou Pia- tek 6-2, 6-1 to also advance to the quarterfinals, as did No. 8 Bonnie Gadusek with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 win over Lisa Bonder. n P9UWM Another^ season under way Netters hit the road! IN THE By TRAVIS TINGLE Reporter The Texas A&M men’s ten nis team brought home victories in two of three matches at the LSU tournament last week, but Coach David Kent figures the best thing his players got was experience. Since the squad is heavy with freshmen, Kent wants all the experience he can find. Along Worship Services at 9:15 a.in. and 10:45 a.m. Fellowship Supper 6 p.m. Film: “White Rock Blues" 7:15 p.m. Wednesday Candlelight Communion Service - 10 p.m. I have walked where kings desire to walk in the valley of forgiveness where peace is not an echo but a free *»nd vibrant shout of hope. COME WALK WITfc US UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL 315 N. College Main — 846-6687 Hubert Beck, Pastor the way he’ll take the victories, too. In Baton Rouge the Aggies defeated Florida State, 7-2, and Southeast Louisiana, 9-0. But the Aggies lost 7-2 to 15th- ranked LSU. Kent said that Mark Smith, Grant Connell and Greg Hill all played well in singles, but the team’s doubles play didn’t meet his expectations. “Most of our players aren’t used to playing doubles,” he said, “because they’ve played so much singles in high school.” The Aggies opened the sea son with victories over Sam Houston State and University of Texas-San Antonio, then de feated Lamar, Southwest Texas State and Houston Baptist prior to the LSU tournament. But what the Aggies need more than anything right now is experience. The eight-man ros ter features five top-flight freshmen recruits.” “This is the best freshmen class in the history of Texas A&M,” Kent said. The top three freshmen are Mark Smith, Grant Connell and Marcel Vos. Smith, the only Texan among the recruits, was the MSC Arts Committee The Body Shop "WE TACKLE TOUGH" JOBS 16 inch Supreme Cheese Pizza - $5.99 each additional item 990 Plus 3 Free drinks with every pizza Our dough is made fresh everyday! Hours: Sun-Wed _ ^ _ _ ___ 4:00-11:30 846-0079 Thurs-Sat 4:00-2:00 Free Delivery to campus and surrounding areas e- EVEN YOURS! • 10% OFF LABOR WITH ATM I.D. RECRUITMENT FOR SHELL COMPANIES OVERSEAS A service furnished to overseas Shell companies by SCALLOP CORPORATION (A Royal Dutch/Shell Group Company) FREE ESTIMATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR NATIONALS OF WEST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND OF BRAZIL BRUNEI, CHILE, MALAYSIA, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, NIGE RIA, THAILAND AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, WHO WISH TO RETURN TO THEIR AREAS OF ORIGIN. SCALLOP CORPORATION represented by P. VAN DEN BERG will be on campus to interview graduates of the above nationalities in the following disciplines: • DOES YOUR CAR HAVE TOO MANY DOOR DINGS? WESTERN EUROPE: M.S or Ph.D. level Petroleum, Chemical, Mechanical, Electri cal (Power and Control) and Civil/Structural Engineers. Ph.D level Geologists- M.S. or Ph.D. level Geophysicists. M.S. or Ph.D level Computer Systems Analysts and Opera tions Research Specialists. •or DID YOUR CAR FALL VICTIM TO A CAMPUS PARKING LOT COLLISION? BRAZIL: Masters in Business Administration and Graduates in Marketing, Finance and Economics. BRUNEI: •and ARE YOU EMBARASSED TO HAVE YOUR FRIENDS RIDE IN YOUR CAR ON FRIDAY NIGHT? Junior, Senior, Graduate students (with emphasis on Bumipu- tras) in Engineering, Geology/Geophysics, Computer Science, Business, Finance, Accounting and Economics. CHILE: Masters in Business Administration MALAY ASIA: THE BODY SHOP can solve these problems and more quickly; 696-1138 Junior, Senior, Graduates (with emphasis on Bumiputras) in Engineering, Geology/Geophysics, Computer Science, Busi ness, Finance, Accounting and Economics. NETHERLANDS ANTILLES: Senior and Graduate Students in Chemical Mechanical, Elec trical Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting and Marketing. 1 1/2 mile W on HWY 60 UN1V/ERSITY THE BODY SHOP Airport ATM Campus NIGERIA: THAILAND: M.S. or Ph.D. level Geologists/Geophysicists, Engineers, and Computer Scientists. Senior and Graduate Students in Chemical, Mechanical, Petroleum and Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Op erations Research, Finance, Accounting and Economics. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Junior, Senior and Graduate Students in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. If you are interested, please contact your Placement Office or Foreign Student Office for an appointment. * CAMPUS VISIT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29 (from 11:00 A.M.) and THURSDAY, MARCH 1,1984 fVoi7£ u Stale 5A high school champion. He was also medalist at the 1983 N; Sports Festival in doubltJ placed 13th at thejuniorl Gup tryout camp. Smith said he chose 1| A&M over other col cause of its academic — and because the SWCsi of the top two tennis ences in the nation.,% brother lettered in tennis in 1981. Connell, a left-handed from Canada, was the Wi [BEIRU nadian junior singles chaitlplanes I and played in the Frencli Bierrill, gium and Italian ChamJday as ships while on the 198’|Gcinayc nadian team. urged Kent said Connell is prdBcord \ the “star of the future’’inT® The i A&M tennis. the mo Vos. who is from the Nelsituated lands, brings more inslcontroll lional experience to the > Beirut- He has played J unior If: in live cl don and is the NetherlaniiR tional junior champion. 1/ Retei “He was an excellentfirTP 0Mt i o t> us,” Kent said. |attacks i Two newcomers from :| an( I he; ida, Joey Perry and Deanl| P° sll i 0 o fine, are highly ranked ca si Florida Tennis Assodll All 1 Both finished in thefmai I, f° * jase , the National Junior ChairaE 111111 an ships. With the help of thest freshmen along with seici^ 81 Russ Simmons, Arnold li anese ai nacker and Greg Hill-^. r ‘g a ^ f team’s No. 1 singles pla)(| P‘ n g slr the Aggies have a goodds capital of breaking into the nation™ I l> e i 20, Kent says. The competition id Southwest Conference make things any easier fe Aggies. Last year saw' teams ranked among in the nation and this seas) ide g ildinj reels, oslem Lh nc,11 ets N't. ■ U.S. C Housi ar-okl no different. Arkansas, TCU and Texas all were in the top 20 pre-seasonpd Texas A&M will pla' matches at the Omar S Tennis Center at Thursday against Wesif' State and Saturday againsi Neese State. Friday the Aj will host Stephen F. A the Royal Oaks Racquet Bryan at 1:30 p.m. The Aggies are favi sweep those four matchci| nal waki the competition will be com e | x q erably tougher at the 0)1 f rom a Christi Invitational tournajcure kill in March. Twelve of the tjfl day. teams in the nation »l|r Dr. V there. through “We’re really looking : at one j ward to the Corpus Chrisuj remove tational,” Kent said. “ h;! could g( second best tournameni ij hours la United States other tha”Si With NCAA.” Hsion w Joey Perry said the tM respirat — especially he and the freshmen — need tobeai J opponent soon and the' get a chance to do jus 1 against their first Duke. xant t er his Befor id, “H [last thin | Sheai iintil 16 rs sepa bv plast: I “He : that her If you ever expect to ha* j pull, you’ll have to pi# [ iANCl Philosopher: one who JDanocr learning more and n# less and less, until knows everything about nothing. Swallowing your angf)*; [ 1 be today is better than ha'"Tl le last eat them tomorrow. Small children are aif their wings seem W shorter as their legs longer. Fly over to Heritage hf j Boys Wear for a new t [f time you need a lift •ho arc first test I party : air our i p n said “I ha' n. Ga ken b; scussii [ays an But t idSIdLVJIIIX HERITAir DOWNTOWN BRYAH. tcasior |te deb; fWom Ohio fowing Is cam