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Page 6 College Station, Texas Thursday, August 19, 1965 THE BATTALION Veteran Aggie Basketballers M To Rely On Beasley, Speed Coach Shelby Metcalf’s next cage edition at Aggieland will be a speedy, running outfit paced AGGIE BENCH DURING CAGE CONTEST One of the genuine highlights of the A&M tests, which features an enthusiastic crowd school year is the basketball season. G. Rol- and the Aggie Band. Popular A&M coach lie White Coliseum with a seating capacity Shelby Metcalf is shown with part of his of 8,500, is the scene of the colorful con- 1963-64 SWC championship team. Cadet Diamondmen Favored To Take Conference Crown The Aggie baseballers will be the hands-down favorite next spring to capture the SWC crown which they missed by a single game last season. Coach Tom Chandler gets all but two men back from last year’s squad and in addition can count on help from a freshman team that swept to an 11-1 rec ord. Only senior outfielder Fred Carlton and All-American third sacker Mike McClure, who turned professional, won’t be returning. Spearheading the Maroon at tack this season will be a trio of hard-throwing hurlers. Steve Hillhouse, a two-time all-SWC senior, returns for his last sea son. Last year’s sophomore pitch- er-of-the-year in the conference. Tommy Chiles, also returns and the pair will be joined on the mound corps by heralded sopho more Ken Perrin. The Aggie infield also shows great promise. Hard-hitting sec ond baseman Lance Cobb, a two- time all-conference and second team All-American performer, is back for his senior season. An other returning all-conference in fielder is Billy Crain, Cadet first baseman. Junior Mike Arrington holds I Wmmm m 1# B ili BILLY CRAIN THE Slim 111 CALDWELL, TEXAS Superb Food and Lodging Call 1.0 1-3221 For Reservations forth at shortstop, where he bat ted .321 last season as a sopho more. The thrid base slot should go to sophomore Lou Camilli, Another outstanding soph, Joe Staples, is likely to edge veterans Ed Garner and Ralph Beckner for the firststring catcher spot. In the outfield, Alan Koonce is the brightest name. The slug ging leftfielder from Fort Worth Paschal is another all-conference performer. Fleet Chuck Malitz in center and Bryan’s Neil Thompson round out the Aggie outfield. The top incoming freshman is Robert Arnold, voted the out standing schoolboy pitcher in the state by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce selection board for his pitching performances at El Paso Austin. Among the other freshmen prospects are Walter Varvel, A&M Consolidated pitcher; Pete Maida, Beaumont Kelly short stop; infielders Bill Ulich of Lub bock Monterey and Jimmy Railey of Houston St. Thomas; and catchers Jim Conlee of Fort Worth Paschal, Tom Patrick of Midland and Johnny Walker of Texarkana. by All-American candidate John Beasley. Beasley was one of the few bright spots last year as the Aggies fell to fifth place from the championship rung they mounted in 1963-’64. The 6-9 jump shot artist from Kildare rewrote the Aggie and conference record books last year, winding up with a 25.8 season average and a 28.2 mark in league play. He cracked six school records, tied another, and broke three SWC marks in the course of the year. Beasley will be joined by seven other veterans plus two redshirts and three or four sophomores, depending on how many Metcalf decides to redshirt. It’s difficult to predict A&M’s chances, although potentially this is a sound ball club. If they jell early enough they could contend for the title but the league looks as tough or tougher than it was last year. The Aggies will likely come out running to gain the maximum from their material. The team should be the swiftest at A&M in recent years and should also play some topnotch defense. Chances are good that Metcalf will continue to use the iast- breaking, firewagon offense and hully-gully full-court zone press which he installed at times last for the starting guard slots and it’s too early to predict the bat tle's outcome. Four lettermen re turn to the position, including seniors Dickie Stringfellow (6-4), Eddie Dominguez (5-10) and Billy Atkinson (5-10) and junior Dick Rector (6-1). Stringfellow has always shown great potential and he could be the key to A&M‘s chances. Rector displayed flashes of brilliance last year and is one of the most fiery performers in the league. Dominguez and Atkinson are both steady, consistent performers. The other two guard candidates are Henderson County JC trans fer Gary Payne (6-2) and Kent Andrews (6-0) a hell-for-leather type who only needs experience to round out his abundant talents. At the forward slots there is also competition and the starters here are still indefinite. Seniors Tim Timmerman (6-7) and Sonny Fethkenher (6-6) and junior Reggie Gilbreath (6-7) will be joined by Kilgore JC transfer Wiley Jenkins (6-3) and sopho mores Max Mainord (6-5), Terry Trippet (6-3) and possibly one or two others up from last year’s Fish team. Heading the incoming fresh men are Sonny Benefield (6-3) of Sweeny and Ronnie Peret (6-9) of Plainview, considered by many the top two schoolboy cagers in the state last year. Other re cruits include Billy Barnett (6i3) of Brenham, who averaged 26 points a game and 6-9 Jack Lang ley from Galena Park. JOHN BEASLEY Magnificent Randy Matson Paces Maroon Trackmen Six players will be competing Swim Team Looks Better A&M swimming coach A. D. (Art) Adamson looks for an im proved club this year but the Aggies appear to face an uphill fight in their attempt to break SMU’s nine-year grip on the SWC. Top individuals for the Cadets should be Jim Hooten and Jerry Keating in the freestyle events and breaststroker Mike Offner. George Staples and Dave Trifon will pace what could be a stand out 400-meter relay team. Only six lettermen return and sopho mores will be counted on heavily. Robert Dommel of Houston Jones and Midland’s Steve Ash appear to be the top freshmen. The A&M track team, headed by incomparable Randy Matson, should be strong title contenders next year in a heated battle with Rice and Baylor. Matson is the internationally famed weightman who broke the hallowed 70-foot barrier last year in the shot put with a 70-7 effort in the SWC meet on May 8. He is unquestionably the world’s finest shot putter and in time may be the finest discus thrower as well. He has a 201- 514 throw to his credit, only 11 feet short of the world record. The 6-6, 260-pound giant was stamped for greatness early. He smashed the state schoolboy mark while at Pampa and had thrown the 16-pound shot 60 feet before entering college. As a teenager he won an Olympics silver medal and last spring he stunned the track world with a dazzling series of puts which culminated in the 70-foot master piece. His ten points in last year’s SWC meet paced the Aggies of Coach Charley Thomas to second place and this year the Cadets have a chance to take all the marbles. Leading the sprint corps now is Gilbert Smith, who has had a wind-aided 9.3, freshman Drew Hemphill (9.6), and Victoria JC transfer Larry McCartney (9.4). In the quarter the top names are Larry McGough, Arie Britt, and sophomore Bob Vaughn. Soph Willy Rodriguez is the leading halfmiler. Juniors Danny Clifton, Geof frey Earl and Don Smith are the top distancemen while sophs Steve O’Neal and Gary Abernathy and veteran Don Kooser head the hurdles corps. Aggie strengrth is concentrated in the field events, where in addi tion to Matson, SWC champions Mike Schrider (high jump) and Dan Meadows (javelin) return. Earl Edwards is the top Cadet pole vaulter, Bob Brown is an excellent broad jumper, and sopl David Resley could develop into the league’s second best shot putter. Next year’s freshman prospect) include: Distance runner Mik Synard of Mobile, Ala.; halfmiler Richard Key and hurdler Richarl Ball of Arlington; distance » ner John Heffner of Beam®\ South Park; sprinter Bill Lower; of Carlsbad, N. M.; high jumper Jim Brown of Bishop; and pole vaulter Kenny Walker of White House, Tex. SPECIAL CHECKING ACCOUNTS FOR STUDENTS WELCOME To The College Station - Bryan Area BANK RATE AUTO LOANS CONVENIENT NEW BANKING QUARTERS Across From Ramada Inn Savingrs Accounts Personal Loans Travelers Checks • Bank Money Orders • Collection Services Complete Banking Service 411 Highway 6, So. 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