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FROM THE ^idefi By TEX ROGERS j ineA rdest h'j ’'age lit 5:15 / • Starliji &M Press I „ m r ‘H Randy’s On His Way With Record In Sight freshing I at least j Randy Matson, A&M’s current claim to fame, is now in r measure '°kyo grooming himself for the—the 1964 Olympics. But neasuririf he big Aggie isn’t going into competition a unheard-of green- 10m. Randy has been making eyes bulge and competitor’s ,. onfidence fade into shear embarrassment ever since his BTg rival to the land of the setting sun. i, it "Jj Most of the Olympic shot putters, once they see the ame Oct work, wish they never made the trip. A comparison like the city slicker going to a rodeo in top hat and tails, le feels out of place. Lv^afto ' Matson has almost taken the hearts of a good many ! Athl t> ® ac h es an d athletes. The other day he pushed the 16-pound ^ 1 sphere 65-1 ^ in practice, bringing gasps of disbelief from The J"! a [crowd of onlookers. This could be a sign of a supreme mo ^ jp ort from the 6-7, 250-pound 19-year-old. Randy always 0011 ays he is at least a foot behind his best in practice, and that ted, post ic never reaches a good distance until competition. M passes Payton Jordan, Stanford coach and Olympic instructor, &M won s so impressed with the giant’s growth, performance and mprovement within the last year that he says Matson has jck J limit. Jordan thinks Randy will go on and beat the cur- (g u d^ rent record holder, Dallas Long, within the next two years. i the firstl When you say Randy will beat Long, that automatically ^AU anlBcludes owning the best shot put performance ever. One has to admit that Matson may well be on his way RA I !^ es ^- First, you have to look at his growth dur- j 5 “Ig the past year. When Randy first came to Aggieland in If A ^fBe fall of 1963, he weighed 225 pounds. One year later he lt)rou ^tibs the scales at 250. 1 Also, he has gotten stronger as he matured. With a special re infklHeight program set up by Emil Mamaliga of A&M’s Depart- Bill Han njent of Health and Physical Education Randy not only put 11 Grodion weight but developed a lot of brawn to go with it. Only icir eligi this summer he had an informal weightlifting contest in t, signed Abilene with Roger Orell, brilliant weight man from ACC, and bench pressed 340 pounds. I Matson’s improvement in one year has been almost in- ipmparable. From 60-6 in June, 1963 to 64-11 in June, 1964 | quite a step. On top of that, Randy broke Long’s national collegiate frosh shot record of 63-7 early in the spring with a 64-10 x /2 effort. The Aggie is over a foot in front of Long at a comparative age. Jordan is so enthusiastic about Matson that he says: “There’s never been a shot putter with Randy’s potential. This is no reflection on the great ones who proceeded him ... guys like Parry O’Brian and Long. They were great athletes and still are. But they couldn’t match all of the qualities which Matson offers.” ih So, when Randy steps into the ring at Tokyo, somewhere around midnight Texas time, all his qualities will be pushed to the fore, along with a distance that should be his best ever. THE BATTALION Thursday, October 8, 1964 College Station, Texas Page 7 Hungry Aggies Meet Starved USC; Cadets Want Win, Trojans Revenge Still looking for its first win of the season, a hungry bunch of Aggies will meet a team that may be even more hungry than they when A&M faces the Southern California Trojans in Los Angeles’ Memorial Stadium Saturday. Although Coach Hank Foldberg’s Maroons have gone down three times in succession, Coach John MacKay’s men will be starving for revenge of the 17-7 upset handed USC last Saturday by Michigan State. That little upset sailed the Trojans from the nation’s number two ranking and completely out of the top 10 down to the fifteenth spot. Naturally USC will be try ing to show they are better than their lowly fifteenth rating. So, what more appropriate Sat urday is there for the Trojans to prove their worth? Aggie plans are, however, to verify that USC is just another football team and in the process pick up a win. Foldberg has indicated there will be no changes in the starting line this week, following a 16-12 Aggie loss to Texas Tech. The A&M coach did express some concern over the USC offensive attack, and elaborated on the de fensive problem of stopping it. “We have seen all of the USC game films and they present a different problem in each game,” Foldberg said. “They have a good variety of plays, they throw well, have a bal anced attack with good speed. Their quarterback is a good passer and can throw either the long or short pass. Mike Garrett (offen sive halfback) has good speed.” Foldberg was speaking of two mainstays in the Trojan offensive attack when he mentioned quarter back Craig Fertig and halfback Mike Garrett. Both boys provided the punch in USC’s 40-14 whallop- ing of number one Oklahoma two weeks ago. Garrett, a 178-pound crash run ner, is currently eighth in the nation among collegiate rushers with 276 yards in 63 carries for a 4.2 average. Handball Club Schedules Tourney An open handball tournament will be sponsored by the A&M Handball Club in DeWare Field House, beginning Wednesday. The single-elimination event will be open to A&M students and faculty. Persons interested in entering the competition may contact club offi cers or fill out an entry blank located at the handball bulletin board upstairs in DeWare Field House. Entrants may also contact Gene Evans, club sponsor, or the Depart ment of Modern Language, said Joe DePascual, Handball Club vice president. In a recent meeting, Handball Club officers elected for 1964-65 were Bill Altman, president; De Pascual, vice-president; and Hector Diaz, secretary-treasurer. DePascual told The Battalrbh ; that contestants will be notified through the mail on pairings and time of matches. t tty HHHBUnMHHHHBMUHHHI PROTECT YOUR AGGIELAND! PLASTIC COVERS ARE NOW ON SALE IN THE STUDENT PUBLICATIONS OFFICE LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE YMCA. only 25 c Fertig, who will be doing battle for passing honors with Aggie quarterback Dan Mcllhany, is the leading Trojan chunker with 391 yards in 26 completions for a .426 average. Strangely enough, Fertig ranks twenty-third among the country’s passers, while Mlcllhany ranks twenty-second with 353 yards in 26 completions for a .464 mark. Foldberg said that USC “will probably mix it up on offense.” “We are trying to prepare to stop what they do best,” he said. “But that could be hard due to their variety of attack.” What about the USC loss to Michigan State? “They were not as successful against Michigan State as they were against Oklahoma. Michigan had a pretty good football team and they came up with the key plays to keep the ball and score.” The coach reported that the Tech game injuries were not bad enough to sideline any player this week. Marvin Dawkins and Yancy Bounds suffered some leg bruises while offensive tackle Waylon Ward same out with an injured shoulder. Starting Lineups OFFENSE Southern California Wt. Pos. Texas A&M Wt. 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