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Page 6 College Station, Texas Friday, February 5, 1965 THE BATTALION Aggies Collide With Texas By LANI PRESSWOOD Sports Editor “It’s the type of game which will have some bonehead plays because of the pressure and some great plays because of the adre nalin.” Shelby Metcalf was describing the melee on tap for Saturday night between his Aggie crew and the always-tough Texas Lorn- horns. A capacity crowd is ex pected to pack G. Rollie White Coliseum for the 8 p.m. tipoff. It is a do-or-die proposition for both clubs. The loser faces an uphill fight in the race to catch free-wheeling Texas Tech. The Aggies and the Steers are currently dealing two of the hot test hands in the conference. A&M has flashed to three straight SWC victories, two on the road. Texas has _ won its last four outings, including three league skirmishes. Jim Culpepper, Aggie assistant cage mentor at A&M, has scouted both Texas and Tech and calls them, “just about even right now.” Fine speed and strong board work make the Texas attack click. On defense Coach Harold Brad ley favors switching man-for-. man. Bellwether of the late Texas surge has been Larry Franks, a 6-5 senior forward from Nacog doches. Teaming with him at the other forward slot will be Mickey White, a 6-6 transfer from Tyler Junior College. 6-8 senior John Paul Fultz will line up at center. Rounding out the starting line up are Mike Gammon, a 6-2 guard from Denton, and sparkplug Jim my Clark, a 5-9 senior playmaker. The rebounding Aggies are fresh from an 82-79 thriller ov er Arkansas in Fayetteville. Cou pled with Baylor’s upset of Tech, the win placed the Cadets square ly into title contention again. Dickie Stringfellow and Paul Timmins will man the guard posts Saturday night and will bear the brunt of stopping the Texas fast break. Dick Rector will sit out the game witth a strained knee. John Beasley will start at cen ter and Kenny Norman will open at one forward. Either Sonny Fethkenher or Tim Timmerman will get the call at the other forward spot. All reserved seats have already been sold for the encounter and general admission tickets will go on sale at the door beginning at 5:15 p.m. Tickets sales will cease as soon as the coliseum is filled so all fans are urged to be in line early to insure admit tance. The doors will open at 5:15. There will be a freshman pre liminary beginning at 5:45. A&M’s 3-3 Fish collide with the highly touted Yearling quintet, labeled “the team to beat in the frosh chase. Culpepper plans to start Larry Ditto at center, Terry Trippet and Max Mainord at forwards and Jimmy Lenox and Kent Andrews at the guard slots. The Yearlings will probably start Larry Lake and Scotty Brown at forwards and Opie Ov erbeck at center. All-star Billy Arnold and John Matzinger are the starting guards. Academy Not Surrendering TIM TIMMERMAN . . may start Saturday. The Longhorns rely on a blitz- kreig fast break as the mainstay of their offensive attack. If they don’t score off the break they like to work the ball inside for the easy shot or kick it back out for a medium range jumper. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (A*) — Air Force Academy coach es are getting ready to pick up the pieces and rebuild for the 1965 football season after losing 20 players in the examination theft scandal at the school. Of the 105 cadets resigning during the investigation, 29 were football players, but nine of these were seniors. No names have been released. “This is a body blow, but not a knockout,” Coach Ben Martin said. “Heck, I’ve started some sea sons with fewer established win ning football players. In my first year here, 1958, there were only 23 out for football the first] day of practice.” He figures to count a lot more helmeted heads than that when the Falcons open spring drills March 29. None of the freshman players was caught in the wave of resignations of the last two weeks and they had some capable- looking performers in their ranks last fall. Martin said of the 20 players lost, “only about 10 or 12 figured in our plans.” Martin, once a football player at the U. S. Naval Academy, de clined to say how many letter- men he expects in March, but it was reported there will be not more than nine or 10. There were 21 seniors on the squad last fall when Air Force won four, lost five and tied one. : ' :: : : :. Castro Pitches Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro pitches to the first ter of the Havana team at the opening- of the 1965 tional baseball championship this week. The batter pcs up on a 3-2 count. (AP Wirephoto) Buckmaii Declares Tommy Buckman, a two-year all district gridder from Fort Worth Carter, announced Wednesday that he plans to attend A&M University on a football scholarship. Buckman stands 6-4, weights 210 pounds, and played defensive tackle and offensive end at Amon Carter Riverside. He also competes in basketball, baseball, and track. He is cur rently the leading scorer in district 4A-5 with a 22.9 average. £ fit Larry Greei' ’64 College Mailt: Representati" VI 6-822! Mm.lccArlSu)f .‘Fictute. puww •923 SaCelUg# Avi-Brjwlfc Ansv Monday you th compul cation ? Neil said, looks g greater who re “In a said Fr “It wo\ of thos would Corps rather quantit Jim Comma work. Corps, Corps : body is Soph Fudge The be weigh ' "The Preside said Ji “What best, w said. The oppose the pr Fish ville s; keep tl was fc ciple. anothe Stan said, “ they w ter wh How Wore : compu allow 1 withou Person lieve 1 school let it they d things Rea< did no presse Seni Anton Corps forese Reps From NCAA, AFL, Have Confab NEW YORK (A>) _ Jim Corbett, chairman of the NCAA’s pro re lations committee, had a meeting with American Football League Commissioner Joe Foss Thursday and said the AFL would have a statement within a week on the premature signings of college foot ball players. Baylor Redshirt To Keep Bargain DALLAS (A*) — Henry Pickett, Baylor halfback, is one “redshirt” who doesn’t plan to pass up his fifth year in college for pro foot ball. Pickett told the Dallas Times Herald Thursday that he felt ob ligated to play his final season with Baylor. “I guess I have a funny feeling along that line, but I feel this way,” said Pickett. “If a guy is given the opportunity to go to school for four years and they pay for all that, then I think a boy has an obligation to pay back that school the fifth year.” The comments came after George Sauer Jr., Texas end, said he would pass up his final year of eligibility with the idea of playing pro foot ball. His coach, Darrell Royal, expressed opposition to it. Pickett said he gave some serious thought to signing with Oakland, which had drafted him last winter when his class graduated at Bay lor. He was redshirted in 1962. Bueno Default Touches Off Tennis Feud AUCKLAND, New Zealand UP) — Suggestions that Maria Bueno of Brazil feigned an injury rather than lose to Margaret Smith of Australia, her chief rival for world honors, has touched off a feud in international tennis. The incident happened last Mon day in the title round of the Aus tralian tournament at Sydney. Miss Bueno was trailing 5-2 in the final set when she fell to ground, grabbed her leg and rolled around in apparent pain. She de faulted because of a leg cramp. Miss Bueno arrived here Thurs day for the Auckland International Tournament and immediately for feited to Miss Smith in singles. The Brazilian star said, however, she would play doubles. The keen rivalry between the two girls is certain to carry over to the summer campaign at Wim bledon and the U. S. Nationals at Forest Hills, where Miss Bueno is the defending champion. Miss Bueno stoutly denied the Sydney rumors about her default Monday. She was undisputed queen of tennis in 1959 and 1960 but short ly afterward became ill. It was then that Miss Smith moved in. Winning the U. S. championship in 1962 and Wimbledon in 1963. “It was a very amiable discus sion,” said Corbett, Louisiana State athletic director. Corbett also said he had a brief discussion with National Football League Comissioner Pete Rozelle. The National Collegiate Ath letic Association, which repre sents some 600 colleges and uni versities- in this country, in its annual convention in Chicago last month, passed a strongly worded resolution calling on the profes sional leagues to take steps to halt the premature signing of col lege players. Almost simultaneously with the NCAA action, Rozelle announced that the NFL clubs had been order ed to refrain from signing any player until he had completed his college eligibility, including post season bowl games. Foss, however, declined at that time to make any firm statement until after a meeting with his club owners in Houston later in January. The NCAA resolution also call ed for both leagues to hold off their played draft until January. Both leagues have balked at this. Ag Cindermen To Compete In Dallas, Cowtown The A&M tracksters are in for a busy weekend as they journey northward for a Friday night meet in Fort Worth and a Saturday event in Dallas. In the Fort Worth Indoor Meet, Coach Charley Thomas will enter an eleven-man delegation, headed by Olympic weightman Randy Matson. A mile relay team will compete, and will be taken from the follow ing quintet—Ted Nelson, James White, Larry McGough, Arie Britt, and Gilbert Smith. McGough will run in the 300- yard dash and Smith is entered in the 60-yard dash. Gene Westmore land is scheduled for the 600-yard run and Cecil Wood and Mike Schrider will compete in the high jump. In the Dallas Indoor Meet, White will run the 60-yard dash and Bobby Brown will compete in the broad jump. McGough will not run the 300 but the rest of the entrants will compete in the same events they did the previous night. Harness Great Dies In Sleep At Age Of 33 MAPLE PARK, 111. UP) — Grey hound, fabled snow-white gelding who was the Man O’ War of har ness racing, died in his sleep Thurs day at the age of 33, comparable to 132 for a human being. The fastest trotter in harness racing history. Greyhound suc cumbed to infirmities of his age in his luxurious stable at the R. C. Flanery farm, 50 miles west of Chicago. Big grand opening offers a little something for everyone. Suddenly things have gotten very big at the little car dealer’s. Big for the car hunter. A spacious center. (It makes our small car look even smaller.) Big for the VW owner. Our new service area gives us the room we need to service VW’s even faster. Room for more lifts and equipment. Room for more mechanics. Room to stock all of Volkswagen's integral parts. All 5008. A comfortable lounge for you to relax in as we service your car. Come in and look at our new building. While here, take a look at our complete Volkswagen line-up. 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