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College Station, Texas
Thursday, March 12, 1964
THE BATTALION
Aggies Travel To Seguin
For 2nd Tilt With Bulldogs
Baseball weather has finally en
compassed Aggieland two weeks
behind schedule, but Coach Tom
Chandler is willing to forgive its
tardiness if it will stay about two
months.
“I wouldn’t exactely blame the
weather for our slow start,”
Chandler said, “but it hasn’t helped
any.”
The Cadets have won two while
dropping three with only one game
remaining before Southwest Con
ference action begins.
“I’m hoping a poor beginning
will mean a good end,” Chandler
commented.
The Aggie nine travels to Seguin
Thursday for a rematch with the
Texas Lutheran Bulldogs. Texas
Lutheran beat the Maroon 6-3 in
A&M’s second game.
The batting order for the
diamonders will be Neil Thompson,
centerfield; Bill Grochett, second
base; Robert McAdams, right
field; De Wayne Stewart, first
base; Bill Hancock, catcher; Lance
NCAA Cagers
Move Toward
Semifinal Play
By The Associated Press
Seven new teams come into the
National Collegiate Athletic Asso
ciation Basketball Tournament Fri
day. They’ll join the nine first-
round winners in a two-night show-
down at four locations which will
trim the field to four for the semi
finals and finals at Kansas City
a week later.
THE NEWCOMERS, each the
champion or co-champion of a
major conference, include the first
five in the final Associated Press
national rankings. Two others of
the Top Ten came through the
first round successfully and one
was eliminated.
The leader, UCLA, is the first
team to come into the NCAA
tournament undefeated since 1961.
The Bruins won 26 straight during
the regular season.
In addition to UCLA, the teams
that drew byes through the first
round were Michigan, No. 2; Duke,
No. 3; Kentucky, No. 4; Wichita,
No. 5; Kansas State and San Fran
cisco.
DEFENDING CHAMPION Loy
ola of Chicago, No. 8, and Villa-
nova, No. 7, were among the first-
round winners. Other winners
were Princeton, Connecticut, Ohio
University, Texas Western, Creigh
ton, Utah State and Seattle, winner
over the No. 6 team, Oregon State.
Here’s how they’ll pair off for
Friday’s games:
At Raleigh, N. C.—Duke vs.
Villanova and Princeton vs. Con
necticut.
At Minneapolis — Michigan 1 vs.
Loyola and Kentucky vs. Ohio U.
At Wichita, Kan.—Wichita vs.
Creighton and Kansas State vs.
Texas Western.
At Corvallis, Ore.—San Fran
cisco vs. Utah State and UCLA vs.
Seattle.
Cobb, left field; Jerry Ballard,
shortstop; Mike McClure, third
base; and John Crain, pitcher.
Three Aggies have been on the
red cross unit. Cobb is returning
to the lineup after being out with
a sore arm. Sophomore outfielder
Allen Koonce will be out of action
for about three weeks with a spike
wound while infielder Billy Crain
is out a week with a twisted ankle.
Coach Art Adamson’s swimming
team carries its title aspirations to
Lubbock today in quest of the
Southwest Conference champion
ship. The swimming events will
conclude with the final matches
Saturday.
Aggie hopes for honors hinge on
the performances of Scott Beck
with, Frank Berngen, Mike Offner,
and Paul Ouellette. Against Tex
as University two weeks age, Ouel
lette won the 500-yd. freestyle in
6:18.4.
Beckwith, a 6-2, 175-pounder
hails from California and is the
team captain with three years ex
perience on the water polo and
swimming teams.
Sophomores will figure promi
nently in this year’s meet and
could be the chief link to a pos
sible championship. In his sec
ond year at Aggieland, Frank
Berngen has done very well in the
sprint and freestyle events. Join
ing Berngen in the sophomore
ranks are Ouellette and Offner.
Netters Jaunt
To Louisiana
For Matches
Coach Omar Smith’s netters in
vade Louisiana this weekend with
stops in Baton Rouge and Lafa
yette Friday and Saturday re
spectively. The Bengal Tiger ten
nis squad of LSU furnishes the
opposition Friday while South
western La. hosts the Aggies Sat
urday.
Carrying a 2-2 record into the
contest, the Aggies hope to come
home with a 4-2 slate. They start
ed off on a winning trek when they
tripped the University of Houston
and St. Edward’s of Austin. Last
Friday the Aggies suffered their
first tennis loss as they were best
ed by Corpus Christi University,
6-1. Then, the highly regarded
Trinity netters whitewashed them,
6-0.
Luis Rojas will lead the Aggie
netters and will be backed up by
good support from Raul Contreras,
Richard Barker, Bill O’Bryant,
Bobby Neal, and Albert Aldrich.
Rojas teamed up with Contreras
to defeat St. Edward’s. In that
match, Rojas lost to his brother,
Luis a St. Ed’s star.
The freshmen baseballers open
their play Thursday afternoon
against Allen Academy in Bryan.
SWC play starts for the varsity
Saturday when they host Southern
Methodist in Bryan’s Travis Park
Chandler feels the Aggies have
a good chance of winning the
crown. “TCU and Texas are defi
nitely the teams to beat.”
Ouellette suecializes in the free
style event while Offner performs
in the breaststroke division.
Featured Aggies in the diving
events will be Burt Griffey, Gary
Harvison, Mike Palmer, James
Sedberry, and Lance Sindo. All
are juniors except Harvison who
is a sophomore. Swimming in the
butterfly division are Carl Con-
tella, James Hooton, and Tom Mc-
Millien.
After the Aggies conclude the
championship match in Lubbock,
they will set sights on the NCAA
championship events in New Hav-
ven, Conn.
Smith Optimistic
Over Ag Chances
For Tennis Crown
By RAUL CONTRERAS
Special Writer
Omar Smith, coach of the A&M
tennis team, enjoys his work so
much that he makes a. hobby out
of it.
SMITH HAS been a lover of
tennis and a student of the game
most of his life.
He started coaching at A&M in
1959. “I enjoy coaching especially
because of my association with
the fine athletes I have.” For
this coming season he has a strong
tennis program. In fact, he said
A&M should be in contention for
the conference title this year.
SMITH WAS BORN in Sioux
City, Iowa. He studied at Har-
landale High School in San An
tonio and attended A&M in 1937,
getting his degree in the school of
business administration. He worked
in the General Motors Company
as an accountant for one year.
After this he became a District
Boy Scout Executive at Sam Hous
ton Area Council for three years.
The World War came and he
served in the Air Force in Okina
wa. Three years after he went
into business for himself and be
came the owner and operator of 10
Dairy Queen stores here in Tex
as.
Today he is the past president
of the State Dairy Queen Trade
Association, and presently is on
the board of directors. He will
be the president of the Lions Club
of 1964-65.
Adamson’s Squad
Seeks SWC Title
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and Directories
# FREE .... Baby Sitting (for those buying tickets in advance only)
* 28 Beautiful Contestants . . . representing various clubs on campus. Each Contest
ant will model her own Beautiful Gown in the
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* Fine music to dance by supplied by the entertaining “Down Beats”
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Rabbit) -
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• We know that you won’t want to miss the most fantastic and beautiful event of the
year
“Mrs. Texas A&M Contest and Dance
Saturday, March 14, 8-12 PM
Ramada Inn Ball Room
Advance tickets only $2.75 per couple at M.S.C. Cashier or $3.00 per couple at the door.
The romance of music and candle light - The Beauty of an Enchanted Garden - The Ex
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gifts . . .
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By JIM BUTLER
Late Monday night, or rather very, very early Tuesda;
morning in Dallas’ Holiday Inn, Bennie Lenox relaxed on hi;
bed, managed to smile and said,
“Now I can take it easy.”
After leading a fine Aggie basketball team to its first
conference title in 41 years and finally bowing out with a
tremendous performance against Texas Western in the
regional playoffs, Lenox deserved a rest.
But the National Collegiate Athletic Association ani
the United States Olympic Basketball Committee had other
plans for the Aggie sharpshooter.
Benno was handed an invitation to the Olympic Trial;
and a notice that his rest period would end March 23. Tha:
is the day he will report to the Memorial Coliseum on the
University of Kentucky campus where the tryouts will begin
While sharing the floor with the 30 best collegiate
basketball players, Lenox will be under the tutorship of a
former coach of a former coach.
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coached last season’s Aggie coach Bob Rogers in college.
The 30 players will be divided into three teams known
as the Red, White and Blue. Each team will practice ani
play as a unit during the first week’s preparation period.
The three squads will be joined by the NCAA champions foi
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Bennie Lenox heads for Olympic tryouts late in March.
lowing the national tournament in Kansas City.
Each squad will compete in two exhibition games with
the funds going to defray the living and traveling expenses
of the players.
On March 29, the squads will be re-grouped into two!
12-man all-star teams with the six remaining stars being
added to the NCAA titleists.
The teams will then travel to St. John’s University in
New York for the final trial period. Each team will play
three games and the final selection of the Olympic team will
be made April 4.
It’s obvious that Lenox won’t get much rest in Kentucky
and will have his work cut out for him. Good luck Benno.
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