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Page 6 College Station, Texas Thursday, May 18, 1061 THE BATTALION • Danny Roberts May Become ? Best Weightman In Nation , After meets like the SWC battle in Houston last weekend, Aggie track coach Charlie Thomas’ hair linay be turning a little grey but he is not worried because he has potentially, one of the best weight- men in the nation in big Danny Roberts. Twenty—year-old Danny is only a freshman this year, but to look at him one would think that he yhs a pro football tackle. Stand ing at 6-4i/ 2 , Danny tips the scales at an even 240 pounds. . A product of Cleveland High School, Danny close A&M over the other schools who were after him because many of his friends from Cleveland were coming to Aggie- land, one being his present room- rate. , “Coach Thomas came to see me quite a bit, too, and I liked him a- lot,” Danny remarked. : Danny, who has been lifting ^eights for only one year, is a prominent figure around the G. Rollie White Coliseum weight room. He has been on a program prescribed by weight training Coach Emil Mamaliga since last Star while visiting the campus as a prospect. “I was visiting the campus last year and Mamaliga gave me a pro gram to follow and I’ve been on it ever since,” Danny explained. “It has sure put some weight on me!” In the meet in Houston last Saturday Danny was high point man for the Fish with 14 points. He set two records in the fresh men division, one in the shot put with a throw of 53-9 and in the discus with a toss of 156-101/2. So far this season in practice Danny has put the shot over 56 feet and has thrown the discus over 170 feet. Although Danny likes the shot put and discus better than the javelin, he has looked very good this season with his javelin throws. This year is the first time he has ever thrown the javelin and he has aheady thrown it 204 feet in com petition and over 210 feet in prac tice. “I don’t like the javelin as much as I do the shot and discus,” Danny said. “I guess that I like the shot first, the discus second and thq javelin last.” The dream of any boy's life is to go to the Olympics and that is Danny’s one big goal now, “I am going to lift weights and do a lot of running this summer because I would like to get up to about 255 pounds,” Danny stated. “It would help my throwing more.” In preparing himself for his goal By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO—A coroner’s autopsy disclosed Wednesday that lightweight Harry Campbell, one of the nation’s most promising pro boxers, died of a massive brain damage—much more severe than could be expected to result from one professional fight. Coroner Henry W. Turkel de clared a further examination would be made to ascertain whether an underlying disorder was to blame for the death Tues day night of the 1960 U. S. Olym pics boxer from Detroit. Autopsy Discloses “The autopsy disclosed a mas sive blood clot on the brain and within the brain,” Dr. Turkel said in a statement. “There also were many bruises of the brain sub stance. “The amount of bleeding- and bruises seemed out of proportion to what we would expect to result from a professional fight. “We therefore are going to study the brain in detail under of competing in the 1964 Olympics, Danny has set 59 feet as his mark to reach for next season. “I want to get 56 feet by the end of this season, though,” Danny remarked. There is one person in the con ference other than Coach Thomas who thinks that Danny will break all the records and that is the pres ent SWC record holder in the shot and discus,. John Fry from Baylor. Fry stated in Houston Saturday: “Danny Roberts will break all the records the next three years. Left-handed.” Danny hopes so anyway! the microscope and see whether there was some underlying dis order which would cause such pro fuse bleeding.” 23 Years Old Campbell, 23, was knocked down twice in the tenth round by A1 Medrano of Sacramento. The final bell saved him from a knockout. He collapsed in his corner and never regained consciousness. A three-hour brain operation was performed Tuesday. Douglas Hayden of the Califor nia Athletic Commission said there was no criticism of referee Verne Bybee or any official connected with the bout. Dr. Don Lastreto, physician for the commission, said Campbell’s fatal injury appeared to be the result of an accumulation of blows. Campbell’s death was the first in United States pro boxing this year. Bybee declared he didn’t realize Campbell was badly hurt until a stretcher was ordered after the bout. 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For the publicity job, Rote Roepke, a fourth year managerf# the football team from Houston, won the nomination. Larry Broaddus, 5-1, 190-pound center in football, has been elected president of the Aggie T Associa tion. The T Association is an organi zation for lettermen in the major sports recognized by the South west Conference. In order for lettermen in minor sports like swimming, golf and tennis to be come members of the association, they must win the conference in their various sports. Broaddus is a fifth year man in football as he was redshirted his sophomore year. He hails from Caldwell. J. B. Carroll, the Fish baseball coach from College Station, was the past president. In the vice-president position is John Burton, who was the third sacker on the Aggie squad this spring. Burton is from Henderson. Wayne Freiling, guard on the football team from San Antonio, Aggies with five goals. 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