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THE BATTALION Page 4 College Station, Texas Tuesday, September 15, 1964 SPORTS FARE AT 1964 STATE FAIR Trying For Size Ten-year-olds David Cantrell, left, and John Bobbo try out mementos of Texas’ great athletes from the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, which will be a featured attraction at the 1964 State Fair in Dallas, Oct. 10-25. David wears L. D. (Dutch) Meyer’s letter sweater from TCU and holds Kimbrough’s football, used in 1940 when Texas A&M defeated UCLA, 7-0. John has a ball and mitt that belonged to Monty Stratton, Greenville’s great White Sox baseball player, and wears Bobby Morrow’s jacket from the Olym pics in which the Abilene Christian College star raced to victory. The free permanent museum is in the Varied Industries Building adjacent to the Wax Museum. Randy Wins Spot On Olympic Team Randy Matson, A&M’s fabulous freshman shot putter, proved he was a big boy Saturday by heav ing the 16-pound iron ball 63-2 to win a berth with world’s shot put champ Dallas Long and the old man of the ring Perry O’Brian on the 1965 U. S. Olympic team at the Olympic Trials in Los Angeles. Matson, the 6-6, 250-pound fresh man who would have been a soph omore had he registered for the fall term, earned himself a place along side Aggie Olympic greats such as Darrow Hooper, Walter (Buddy) Davis and Art Harnden. The National AAU shot champ will head for the Games in Tokyo in late October. A&M track Coach Charlie Thom as said that Matson will not return to his home in Pampa, Tex., but will stay in Los Angeles to train with all the members *>f the Olym pic team. The team will remain in THE FAST RED MILE LEXINGTON, Ky. <A>> _ The Lexington trotting track, where many records have been set, is known as the Fast Red Mile. In 10 days last fall, there were 25 dashes of two minutes for less for the mile. ARE ALL GREAT CHEFS TEMPERAMENTAL? We can’t realty Say If they’re all temperamental... but we know about the chef at Ramada Innl His disposition is so miserable ... his voice so loud and abusive — if his food wasn’t so spectacular he'd be out of work tomorrow! Temperamental Isn’t the word for him. But the way he pre pares a steak! Easily angered? Salads like you've dreamed of! Mean and sassy? Well, we didn't hire him because he was a nice guy. Businessmen’s Lunch .75 up MONDAY THRU FRIDAY EVERY SUNDAY Buffet $2.00 For Evening Dining Try Our Delicious Steaks In The Beefeaters Room RAMADA *££uMij | jofc ££es California until they journey to Japan for the Games. Matson’s second-place toss led the field all the way through the trials until Long’s final effort. The 63-2 was not as good, however, as Randy’s 66-0 effort in the warmups that Saturday afternoon. Three other Texans will join Matson on the U. S. Olympic team. They are pole vaulter Fred Han son, world record holder from Rice, javelin thrower Ed Red of Rice and Ollen Cassel of Houston in the 400 meter dash. LSU-Aggie Ducats Off Sale Tomorrow Ticket sales to the A&M-LSU football game, slated at 8 p.m., Saturday in Baton Rouge will cease at 5 p.m., Wednesday, announced Pat Dial, A&M Athletic Depart ment business manager. Dial said that there is a limited number of tickets for the Aggie- Tiger contest available to the gen eral public, but there is also enough to take care of A&M students. Price of a ticket for a student with a activity card is $1, while date tickets and general public tickets are priced at $5. Reduced price “date” tickets at $3 each for all home games are now on sale at the ticket booths located at G. Rollie White Coli seum. Dial said that tickets must be purchased for all home games before 5 p.m. Friday before all Aggie home football games. “Date” and student tickets for games away from home will be sold for a period of one week end ing at 5 p.m. on Wednesday pre ceding the games. COACHED BY SALE LEXINGTON, Ky. <A>> _ Ken tucky basketball guard Terry Mob ley of Harrodsburg was coached in high school by Forest (Aggie) Sale, former Kentucky great who was named this year to the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame. 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The coach feels that after being at Aggieland for three years now he has had a better opportunity to analyze A&M playing personnel. “These seniors have played for the last two years,” the former Army All-America said. “There is a good deal of improvement in 1964 their attitude, but the competition from the younger boys on the squad has motivated them. There is more evidence of senior spirit than ever before.” The 16 seniors of the Aggie squad seem to be carrying a big part of the responsibility in keep ing this year’s team moving. Fold berg said he was real pleased with the way they have taken charge. Actually, the Aggie football sen iors decided on their command back in February, before spring train ing. A&M’s light but hard running fullback, Budgie Ford, said about seven or eight of this year’s vet erans were sitting in his room one day at Henderson Hall when the discussion turned to football and the 1964 season. That was where the “senior revo lution” was born. It seems they remembered a sign hanging up in the office of S. M. (Monk) Meeks, the Aggie equipment manager. Aggies No. Name Wt. Ht. Age Class-Exp. Hometown-High School ENDS 35 Larry Bates, 220, 6-2, 21, Jr-lsq., Houston (Jones) 80 John Brotherton, 212, 6-2, 21, Sr-2VL, Mineola 81 James Drennen, 197, 6-3, 21, Sr-2VL, Hooks 82 Tuffy Fletcher, 190, 6-1, 21, Jr-IVL, Kerrville 83 Billy Uzzell, 193, 6-3, 21, Sr-IVL, Eagle Lake 84 Ed Breding, 205, 6-4, 21, Soph-lsq., Jacksboro 85 Lawson Howard, 175, 6-2, 19, Soph-FN, West 86 Marvin Dawkins, 210, 6-2, 19, Jr-IVL, Orlando, Fla. (Boone) 87 James Wallace, 190, 6-4, 19, Soph-FN, Texas City 88 John Poss, 195, 6-4, 20, Soph-FN, Brownsville 89 Rickey Whatley, 195, 6-2, 21, Jr-IVL, Port Lavaca 90 Ted Sparling, 169, 6-0, 20, Soph-lsq., Jal, N. M. TACKLES 70 Lindy Endsley, 239, 6-6, 19, Soph-FN, Waco (Waco High) 71 Melvin Simmons, 212, 6-1, 21, Sr-2VL, Odessa (Odessa High) 72 Bobby Evans, 220, 6-3, 22, Sr-IVL, Thomdale 73 Jack Pyburn, 218, 6-6, 19, Soph-FN, Shreveport, La. (Byrd) 74 Waylon Ward, 221, 6-3, 22, Sr-lVL, Mt. Pleasant 75 Ray Gene Hinze, 221, 6-1, 22, Sr-2VL, Waco (LeVega) 76 Jim Wickerham, 219, 6-4, 19, Soph-FN, Houston (Lamar) 78 Don West, 209, 6-2, 20, Soph-lsq., Corpus Christ! (Ray) 79 Harvey Ermis, 218, 6-4, 18, Soph-FN, Corpus Christi (Miller) GUARDS 60 Tom Kirchmer, 204, 6-2, 19, Soph-FN, Port Arthur 61 John Nilson, 213, 6-3, 20, Jr-IVL, El Campo 62 Don Koehn, 206, 6-2, 20, Soph-lsq., Brenham 63 Tom Murrah, 187, 5-11, 20, Jr-IVL, San Antonio (Jefferson) 64 Yancy Bounds, 215, 6-0, 21, Sr-2VL, Carthage 66 Marty Leonard, 213, 6-2, 21, Soph-lsq., Mionroe, N. Y. 67 Sherman DeBusk, 215, 6-1, 19, Soph-FN, Austin (Austin) 68 Ronney Moore, 218, 6-1, 21, Sr-2VL, Brownwood 69 Jerry Pizzitola, 214, 6-1, 22, Sr-IVL, Houston (St. Thomas) CENTERS 50 Andy Overton, 186, 6-0, 21, Sr-IVL, Palestine 51 Gary Kovar, 201, 5-11, 20, Soph-FN, Houston (Jones) 52 Ken Lamkin, 190, 6-0, 19, Soph-FN, Early 55 Joe Wellborn, 209, 6-1, 20, Jr-IVL, Tomball (Houston St. Thomas) 56 Phil Scoggin, 187, 6-1, 20, Jr-Tr., Denison QUARTERBACKS 11 Eddie McKaughan, 185, 6-0, 20, Soph-lsq., San Benito 14 Harry Ledbetter, 190, 6-1, 20, Soph-FN, Breckenridge 15 Danny Mcllhany, 190, 6-0, 21, Sr-2VL, Pasadena (South Houston) 16 Glynn Lindsey, 175, 5-9, 20, Soph-lsq., Mineral Wells 17 Jim Willenborg, 193, 6-1, 21, Sr-2VL, Clifton 18 Charles LaGrange, 186, 6-1, 20, Jr-IVL, Rio Grande City HALFBACKS 21 Lloyd Currington, 158, 5-11, 20, Soph-FN, Houston (Austin) 22 Mike Phillips, 179, 5-11, 20, Soph-FN, Mineola 25 Ronnie Lindsey, 202, 6-0, 19, Soph-FN, Hallettsville 28 Mike Pitman, 171, 5-11, 21, Sr-2VL, Dallas (Adamson) 34 Jerry Gipson, 175, 6-2, 19, Soph-FN, Katy 39 Ken Caffey, 190, 5-11, 20, Soph-FN, Thorndale 40 Tommy Meeks, 176, 6-0, 22, Sr-2VL, Bryan 42 Jerry Nichols, 175, 5-11, 21, Jr-2sq., San Augustine 45 Jim Stabler, 187, 5-11, 20, Jr-lsq., Dallas (Hillcrest) 46 Dan Westerfield, 181, 5-11, 19, Soph-FN, Crawford 47 Mike Devine, 174, 5-11, 20, Soph-lsq., Corpus Christi (Ray) FULLBACKS 26 Bubber Collins, 187, 6-2, 21, Jr-lsq., San Antonio (MacArthur) 30 Budgie Ford, 186, 6-0, 22, Sr-2VL, Taylor 31 Mike Kohlman, 211, 6-0, 20, Jr-IVL, Jal, N. M. 33 Jim Kauffman, 185, 5-9, 20, Soph-lsq., Georgetown 36 Joe Weiss, 212, 6-4, 19, Soph-FN, Pflugerville 37 Jerry Kachtik, 207, 6-1, 21, Jr.-lVL, Rio Hondo The sign reads: “Everybody brings happiness — some by coming, some by going.” "We realized that this was our last chance,” Ford said, “and we didn’t want people to be glad when we leave.” At least the desire to win is in the Aggie camp, and it has been there every since that day last February. That desire may revolve around to a winning season for the Ag gies. 68 Freshmen Go Through 1st Practice Drills LAN I PRESSWOOD Assistant Sports Editor “It’s just too early to tell what we really do have out here yet.” A&M freshman grid coach Dick Johnson uttered these familiar words yesterday as his 1964 Fish squad hit the practice turf for their first workout. Johnson and his staff greeted 68 eager candidates, including 20 who came from the ranks of the Corps to try out. The first practice session was a spirited one, beginning with calis thenics and continuing through agility and reaction drills, stance techniques, and light contact work. The fledgling Aggies include several gridders who received all- state recognition in high school. Three ends, Covey Griffin of Rains, John Rhodes from Katy, and Mark Weaver of Victoria were selected. Two Fish backs, Paul Johnson of Silsbee, and Rockdale’s fleet Ronny Menn, were also honored by the all-state selectors. Coach Johnson is beginning his third year at the reins of the frosh gridmen. The youthful-looking mentor will be assisted by several former Ca det standouts, including Jim Kel ler, Bill Ward, Gary Williams, Cliff Warrick, and Travis Reagan. Johnson is hoping for a repeat of last season, when the Fish swept to the unofficial Southwest Con ference title with a 4-1 record. The season opener is slated for Oct. 7, when the Fish journey to Fort Worth to battle the TCU Wogs. Liston, Clay Fight Is Set BOSTON hP) — Dour heavy weight champion Cassius Clay and smiling challenger Sonny Liston flanked Gov. Endicott Peabody of Massachusetts Monday when the commonwealth’s chief executive an nounced the formal signing for their title rematch Nov. 16 at Boston Garden. Chief among the stipulations of the 15-round bout is that the win ner must post a $50,000 bond guaranteeing he’ll meet one of the top four rated contenders - as listed by the World Boxing As sociation - within six months after the bout. Greenberg said he had been in touch with WBA officials, assur ing them the commission’s deci sion to approve the fight was not a breach with the organization or a defiance of its opposition to the bout. The WBA had threatened to strip Clay of his crown if the rematch was signed. "T" s:*z. FROM THE ^ideiinei By TEX ROGERS Football, Track, Cricket Anything For Sports Fam Baseball is still with us and the Phillies are picked tn play just about anybody in the American League in the World Series. Cassius Clay is having trouble keeping hii title without even fighting and the Aggies are predicted to open the football season Saturday against LSU in Betoi Rouge. Voli V Texas Aggie sports fans are still basking in their bee and memories of two Southwest Conference championship! in 1964 by way of the basketball court and baseball diamond and they are preparing to hear the news of Randy Matson'i performance in the Tokyo Olympic Games. On top of that, a group of senior football players havi decided that the Aggie way is not the losing way, and the) have vowed to make amends for defeated football seasoni since 1957. Those 16 last year gridders, coupled with a bund of mean and hungry sophomores who don’t know whati means to say quit are giving promise to an exciting f season at Aggieland in 1964. The tennis team, coached by Omar Smith, got a taate winning this spring and want some more victories to chew while they are dreaming up memories of A&M. Aggie golf Coach Henry Ransom finished a lowly fourtl in the conference race in May, the lowest the Aggie linta had done in four previous years was first in the league. Noi Ransom and his men have promised to regain their gol domination and are pulling at the bit for another chance The 1963-64 Southwest Conference basketball charapi have all but two men returning from a squad that produca a 13-1 mark for the trip to the NCAA playoffs. Shelby Met calf is looking for a repeat of the title, “if we get tin breaks we had last year.” By TexE r hig Coach Tom Chandler has a heck of a rebuilding projfran to go through before the Aggies can be considered till material in the baseball race. But he still has a group o sky.^ juniors who should provide the leadership for a auccessfi vorite season in the spring. Now that you have a brief rundown on what might, wi or should happen in Aggie sports this year, you may fin more of the facts and figures on sports and stars in The Bit talion. state tally \ the N< “Ser in the most 1 low.” The Battalion sports page is principally written for tli students of A&M University with their interest in mil) 1 From here on The Battalion sports staff will be doing it Wiliu best to cover all sporting and athletic events on campus, lates Of course, that will be quite a job and it will take from the people on campus. hi"”' “We lion i; We do not intend to slight anybody on sports coverafl the The Batt sports staff feels that one sport is just as big»b; the other, at least to the persons involved. Therefore, tl Mine sports page of The Batt may contain anything from ioflttn to skydiving to billiards. Our main objective is to give the best coverage on * sporting events at A&M and in the Southwest Conferenti When we have done that job our goal will have been accottf lished. In the meantime, give your support to the Aggie tea® participating in sports this fall. The football team is getting into its 1964 campaign^’ ^ cross country boys will be underway in October and the cries et team is starting to work. They are all Aggies, and they need your help. ItlEl feMi 50% DISCOUNT TAYLOR TIRE CENTER 1105 W. 25th TA 2-4661 Melvin Taylor, 750 - 14, 4 Ply—Reg P rlfe $28.95 Discount $14.18 Same discount ea ftH first-line tires. Save Owner Pins Tn* nnd Old Ti« off. n r The Studen Meetin •rial S Thursd The #{ put 'ecordi '’ere ^ Corf W, pliai Othc for Th •Ppoin Port c studen res ai foe Se iilech Heti ire Pi >ld p Horen ^illia thaim Southwestern States Te/eph one 5 Hot 0 inter sevj] »tp, C