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Page 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, April 22, 1964 Cassius-Sonny Rematch Likely In September LOUISVILLE, Ky. CP)—Cassius Clay’s manager said Tuesday a re match between the heavyweight champion and Sonny Liston is likely in September “probably in Louisville” if Liston and Inter Continental Promotions meet cer tain conditions. Bill Faversham, Clay’s manager said negotiations have been under way several weeks between Clay’s sponsoring group and Jack, Jimmy and Bob Nilon of Inter-Conti nental. “Both the Nilons and the Louis ville sponsoring group are inter ested in a Clay-Liston rematch here in September,” Faversham said. Asked by telephone from New York about such a fight, Clay said; “I love that. . . . It’d be a big thrill—all my friends seeing me while I’m on top. “I’d like to fight Liston again . . . I’m not gonna make a pre- dition now because I might change my style this time. And I’m gonna be quiet now. I don’t have to talk like I used to.” Katy Gridder Inks Ag Pact John Rhodes, outstanding foot ball and basketball player at Katy, has signed a football scholarship pact to attend A&M University. Rhodes, who stands 6-5 and weighs 210, played end in football, making the second-team all-state squad, was all district three years. He caught 27 passes for 512 yards and scored 54 points. Kathy won district and posted an 11-1 record last fall. He was first team all-state in basketball, all district three years, scored 654 points for a 24-point average. He had a career total of 1,661 points. Katy also won dis trict in basketball and had a 21-6 record. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rhodes of Katy. He was signed by A&M assistant football coach Neil Schmidt. the battalion Aggie Pinbusters Are After Their Original Loop Title This is the Aggie tennis team which de feated the Texas Longhorn netters Satur day in a Southwest Conference match, 4-2. It was the first time in history for the Ag gies to win over a University of Texas net team. The members are, left to right, Bob More Aggie Giant (?) Killers Neal of Junction, Albert Aldrich of Hous ton, Rickey Williams of Austin, Richard Barker of San Saba, Luis Rojas of San Juan, Costa Rica, Bill O’Briant of Sabinal, Raul Contraras of Mexico City, Mexico, and Coach Omar Smith. SWC Statistics Show Stuff Of Scholarly Soph Slugger By LANI PRESSWOOD Battalion Ass’t Sports Editor An overall GPR of 2.7 with a major in physics ? A .500 South west Conference batting average? These impressive statistics both belong to Lance Cobb, sophomore centerfielder on the resurgent A&M baseball club. The Aggie nine has won its last eight ball games, and the 6'0", 185- pound Cobb has been a major fac tor. A shoulder injury sidelined him earlier in the year, but since his return to action the 20-year- old has hit safely in every A&M FROM THE By JIM BUTLER ineA Over a month ago The Battalion started a fund with the intention of buying basketball coach Shelby Metcalf a new car in appreciation for A&M’s first Southwest Conference basketball championship in 41 years. At that time, we said we'd keep a running total of the donations received and print the names of all contributors of $1 or more. Since that time an ominous silence has per vaded the Batt Cave and each check on the progress of pro ject “Champ” has made the gloom thicker and darker. As Press time came around each day, each day more disappointing than the last, we kept telling ourselves that we’d wait one more day, things would pick up, the Ags would come through. But with only a month of school left, it is pretty obvious the Ags aren’t going to come through and it’s a pretty sorry observation. A group of 150 SMU exes bought Hayden Fry a new car for a mediocre football season. Yet 700 Aggies can’t chip in a measly 50 cents for a championship coach and a championship guy. After six weeks of soliciting, “Champ” can boast a grand total of $350, nearly all from former students. Now we could have let this thing die in silent ignominy, swallowing our pride with a big gulp, buying Shelby some fishing equipment or some other little token. But there’s a little slogan that sticks in our craw and won’t digest very easily. It says “Aggies Never Quit.” So we’re bending our backs and pushing a little harder, hoping that the Aggie Spirit will come through. Let’s be able to present Shelby with those car keys at the All-Sports Banquet May 15. Let us not see the hand writing on the wall—“They have been weighed and found wanting.” contest. In his first home confer ence appearance Lance smashed two home runs off Texas ace Bob Myer to pace the Ags to a crucial 5-2 win. Cobb was a standout in high school ball at several positions playing for the Panthers of Fort Worth Paschal. He hit well over .300 each year, making the all district team three years and the second team all-state squad one year. Lance picked Aggieland over other schools because of its sound baseball program and high scho lastic ranking. The future for the hard hitting outfielder could include a crack at professional ball. One look at his performance so far this season and one can easily see why: Russky Cagers Top Americans MOSCOW <A>)_The Russian na tional basketball team, using a tight zone defense, defeated a somewhat disorganized United States AAU team 82-65 Tuesday in the opening game of the Ameri cans’ eight-game tour of the Soviet Union. It was the first time an Ameri can team had lost on Soviet soil since Russian-American competi tion began in 1958. The U. S. players, who had been together for only two games in Poland before coming here, lacked cohesion and were unable to score on shots from the outside. During and after the game the Americans complained about the officiating of referees Elio Luglini of Italy and Hubert Jacobs of East Germany. Leonard Buck of Denver, head of the U. S. delegation, declared: “This is the worst officiated game I have ever seen. The fouls called on us were fouls, but they missed a lot of fouls the other team com mitted.” Through seven conference games, he is leading the A&M club in hits, runs, rbi’s, doubles, total bases, and home runs. His figures in each department are also near the con ference lead. The Cadet baseballers, after a slow start, have surged into the conference lead. Can they hold it for the remaining six games ? “Everybody’s starting to hit, and the pitching is really beginning to come around. Man for man we have the best team in the confer ence. I think we’ll go all the way now,” says Lance. If the prediction holds true, one of the big reasons will be the con tinued clutch play of the poker- faced Lance Cobb. By JIM BUTLER Five years ago, a couple of in dustrious members of the Memorial Student Center Bowling Committee decided that the Lone Star state needed an intercollegiate bowling conference. They proceeded to form one and named it-—what else?—the Texas Intercollegiate Bowling Conference. FOR THE FIRST three years, A&M won it in Yankee fashion, clinching it with barely half the schedule completed. Last year the competition got tougher and found the University of Texas in the lead going into the last round. But the Aggies put on a fantastic spurt and won its fourth straight title. This season, A&M was handi capped by having almost all of its top bowlers scholastically ineligible and spent the first half of the slate mired in sixth place in the seven team league. WHEN THE HOT shooters got back on the squad in February, A&M stood 17 games behind the leader, Arlington State. Febru ary’s action brought them to with in 14 games and after the March session the bulge had been cut to seven. Then came April at the Post Oak Lanes in Houston. The Aggies pulled up to second place, two games behind new leader Houston, and in the process broke almost every record on the books with some amazing pin pummeling. WHEN THE DAY had closed, A&M made the board with the top three team games, top three team series, top two individual 9- game series and 3-game series and third high individual game. The Maroon keglers shot 20 games over 200, seven 600 series, and four team’s games over 1000. FRESHMAN MIKE SHEEHAN paced the teaip with a fantastic 9-game set of 1951 (217 average) on series of 619, 696, and 636. Senior Larry Glisan, who holds high league average of 198, added an 1894 on a trio set of 685, 608, and 601. The team shot games of 1031, 1025, 1076 and 1052 and series of 2957, 2954, and 2954. The scores enabled them to take four games each from Trinity and Baylor, while winning three of four from Arlington. v BESIDES SHEEHAN and Gli san, the Aggie bowlers were Milt Rasmussen, Rich Rasmussen, Jim Milstead and Dalton Hill. The final deciding league session will be bowled in Waco, May 2. The Cadets will bowl first place Houston and third place Arlington, three games behind. The league meets once a month at a different school. Each team shoots three 3-game sets against different opponents. Points are awarded on the basis of one for each game of the set won plus s point for total pins, thus makinE four points for each match and 12 for the day. The league is composed of A&M, Baylor, Arlington State, Trinity o! San Antonio, San Antonio Junior College, University of Houston anj Texas Christian University. The National School Binding, Inc. 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