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Randy Matson Returns To Aggieland As Spring Semester Gets Underway By LANI PRESSWOOD Sports Editor William Shakespeare has re placed Dallas Dong' in the thoughts of Randy Matson. The massive Aggie sophomore is resuming his college studies after a one-semester layoff dur ing which he claimed an Olympic silver medal in the shot put. “It’s good to be back in a way,” he remarked early this week, "but it sure is going to be hard getting back to studying.” The textbooks in Randy’s room look familiar. One of them was open to a play composed by some sixteenth century Englishman. The title is "Romeo and Juliet.” His serious face almost broke into a smile when he said of the play, “I have enough problems of my own without worrying about theirs.” Matson’s problems are not easily recognizable. The Pampa Blind Pupils Try Knack At Skiing SPRING MOUNTAIN, Pa. (^>— "Can you imagine us skiing?” asked Anita. It got tougher when she and her fellow skiing students laced their boots and began to walk. In little over an hour, this par ticular class of ski instructor Gun ther Starker had completed its first lesson. Only one fell. What’s so great about that? The students are blind. It seems an impossible task, to teach the blind to ski. But not for Starker, who taught Willi Hohm, regarded as the world’s finest blind skiier. At the bottom of the slope, in his heavy Germanic accent, Stark- er’s voice was sharp. "Left ski . . . right ski . . . left . . . left ski . . . right ski . . .” "Wonderful, Mark. Wonderful,” he said to a tall, 14-year-old boy slowly completing a semicircle. Mark Burns couldn’t see how wonderful he was, since he was robbed of his sight by cancer at the age of 3. Neither could Nicole Spiegel, 20, nor Anita Hawthorne, 19. They had lost their sight before enter ing public school. Patricia Fulton, a physical edu cation teacher at the Overbrook School for the Blind where these young people study, brought them to Spring Mountain. She explained they are used to feeling their way with their feet when they walk, but the thickness of the ski boots prohibited them from doing so. As Starker hooked Anita’s left ski in place, she said, “Let me see how this thing looks.” She looked with her left hand. Each student finally skied about 10 yards unaided on a slight hill, coming to a 90-degree stop. "The last time down the hill I though I was really going to slide, but not on my skis,” said Anita. Mark said he was glad he didn’t break a leg. "I couldn’t afford it,” he noted. “I have to wrestle Saturday.” Mantle Agrees To Yanks’ Offer NEW YORK (A*)—Mickey Man tle has agreed to terms with the New York Yankees for a $107,000 salary, tops in baseball, the New York Post reported Wednesday. The report said the Yankees al so have reached an agreement with Roger Maris at $70,000, restoring the cut he took last season. Both players reportedly will sign official contracts within the next few days. The Yankees said neither player had signed a contract, and declined to comment on salary offers. Mantle reportedly got $100,000 last year. Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants has generally been accepted as the top-salaried baseball player at $105,000. He re cently signed for the same figure. Other $100,000 players were Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial and Ted Williams. Nisenson Becomes Cinderella Netter HEMPSTEAD, N. Y. <A>)_Skin- ny Steve Nisenson, who couldn’t play basketball in his own back yard as a boy because he was too small, is about to become the third player in the New York area to score 2,000 points in a college ca reer. The 6-foot 2, 170-pound Hofstra University senior has 1,994 points and should hit the magic mark Thursday night aaginst Long Is land University. strongboy now reigns as the planet’s foremost shot man. At the tender age of nineteen he al ready has a hammerlock on the top rung and doesn’t seem at all anxious to relinquish it. His Tokyo blast of 66-3^4 is second only to the distances reached by the now-retired Long, who has a mark of 67-10 pend ing as a world record. Matson is already back on a full scale training schedule which includes a rigorous, weightlifting program. He didn’t start lifting weights until after his gradua tion from high school. Now he does repetitions in the bench press with 350 pounds and in the full squat with 410. The 250-pounder hopes to build up to around 265 after competing at 260 in Tokyo. His performance in what is probably the world’s largest city capped a year in which his prog ress was remarkably consistent. “I improved faster last year because I was getting bigger and stronger all the time,” explains Randy. “I won’t be gaining strength that fast from now on so my improvement will be up and down instead of steady.” Since his return from the Olympics Matson has been work ing in Abilene. He performed in an exhibition capacity in Lub bock Saturday and uncorked a 65-6% heave. Of the throw, he says typical ly, "No, I didn’t expect it. It sur prised me.” Randy has surprised not only himself but the entire track world as well with his feats in the shot put ring. What is his ultimate goal ? "I never set myself a goal or shoot for any certain distance. I just try to improve.” Some observers feel that his greatest potential lies in the dis cus, but Matson disagrees, say ing, "I’ll still concentrate on the shot. I’ve worked on it longer and enjoy it a lot more.” His two biggest thrills in sports have both come from hurl ing an iron ball over a sizeable expanse of ground. He ranks winning the state meet as a high school junior second only to cap turing of an Olympic medal. Randy is a business major who would like to go into public rela tions after graduation. He served as an instructor in a recent coaching clinic in Houston and has made other appearances as a public speaker. Several mementos in his room keep the memory of the 1964 Olympic Games alive. One is a photograph showing Long atop a platform with his gold medal. It shows Randy standing on a lower level, which is symbolic of second place. Don’t count on a picture like that ever being taken again. A&M OLYMPIAN RANDY MATSON . . hits the books again after a Tokyo vacation. NASA ASTRONAUT Clifton Williams 2nd Speaker, Great Issues Space Fiesta ’65 w An astronaut’s report on manned space flight” 8:00 P.M. - MSC BALLROOM One of the prime contributors to the American Space Program—MARINE ASTRONAUT—C. C. WILLIAMS A man who will make space history Tonight On Our Campus Admission Free With Activity Cards YOU GET TOP QUALITY FOR LESS WITH fCTEETna French Bread 10 Skylark. Foil Wrap. (Reg. 25# Loaf) — I-lb. Loaf IHI Enriched Flour Kitchen Craft. Regular or Self-Rising 5%39* Corn Meal Kitchen Craft. White or Yellow. 5n29* Facial Tissue Sirloin Steak U.S.D.A. Choice Grade Heavy Beef. Broiled or Grilled. It's Delicious—Lb. 85 Truly Fine. 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