THE BATTALION Pag'e 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, December 15, 1965 Wrestlers Open With 31-8 Victory Charles F. Johnson ’62 College Master Representative Fidelity Union Life 846-8228 Larry Greenshaw ’64 College Master Representative Fidelity Union Life 846-8228 Coach Russ Wieder’s Aggie wrestling team opened their sea son this weekend with a 31-8 vic tory over an all-star team com posed of the top wrestlers from Houston. f a diamond ring means everything CLASSIQUE $150 ALSO TO $1975 S .SI €3* D I O I'J CZ> R I rvl <3 s And be sure it’s a Keepsake . . . the ring with the perfect center diamond . . . the loveliest styl ing . . . the one you can buy with confidence. Rin « ^.d^Ma^eg. d "”“- HOWekMpir- % :eeping • GUARANTEES ?f *£HT OR REFUND 10 00^ SANKEY PARK Jewelers 111 N. Main Bryan A quick pin by fish George Hollwildell in the 123 pound class put A&M ahead 5-0. Freshman Danny Shilk showed much poten tial in his second period loss to 130-pounder Robert Magdaleno, one of Houston's outstanding wrestlers. One of the highlights of the afternoon was the 137-pound bout between A&M’s Don Jacobs and Dave Flores, the 32-year-old coach of the all-star team. Jacobs edged him 6-5 to put A&M ahead 8-5. The second and last Aggie loss of the day occurred when fish Scott Wheelis lost a hard- fought decision as Houston tied the score 8-8, Putting A&M back in the lead was fish Mike Bishop, weak from days of not eating in his attempt to make the 152-pound limit. He pinned his man in the first period. Two more freshmen who added to the Aggie score were 160- pound Larry Hembree, who de feated his opponent 7-0 and Bruce Davis, who pinned his man in the third period. One of the out standing bouts of the day oc curred when Mike Dodd used the guillotine split to pin 27-year-old Richard Ross in the first period of the match. The climax of the afternoon’s meet was the heavyweight match between A&M’s Dave Henderson and Houston’s John Cook. Al though Cook outweighed Hender son by 35 pounds, Henderson pinned him in the first period of their match to end the scoring at 31-8. After the meet, Coach Weider stated that although he had had much confidence in his wrestlers, he did not think they would beat Houston so badly. He added that they would have to be even tougher when they meet Houston again at A&M on January 15th. Be A Tiger-Shop At Lou’s SAVE! and receive cash on your purchases this Christmas. Draw a lucky number, and that percentage of the item price is yours. fpssa^ Its Lou's Way To Say Merry Christmas 846-6312 Just time to get that second wind. Have a Coke. Coca-Cola — Its big, bold taste never too sweet, puts zing in people... refreshes best. things gO better.i .with CoKe Bottled under the authority of The Coca-Cola Company by: BRYAN COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. Ag Gagers Face Stern Test In Tournaments On Road Coach Shelby Metcalf’s basket ball team has proven it can win at home (four wins, no defeats) and now faces stem challenges on the road the rest of this month. In the friendly confines of G. Rollie White Coliseum the Aggies beat Trinity, 79-70; Southwest Texas State, 76-66; University of Houston, 93-88 and Memphis State, 93-84. Now comes the Bluebonnet Classic in Houston Wednesday and Thursday nights and the All- College Tournament in Oklahoma City, Dec. 27-28-29-30. The Aggies play Rice Wednes day and Houston Thursday in the Bluebonnet Classic. Both are 9 p.m. affairs. All-Academic Team Named By Conference A&M’s first action in the All- College comes at 7 p.m., Dec. 28, against Virginia Tech. The other game in that half of the eight- team bracket has Xavier meeting Wichita State at 9 a.m. Dec. 28. The upper bracket opens the four-day meet Monday, Dec. 27, with Wyoming meeting Rhode Island at 7 p.m. and Bowling Green going against Oklahoma City University at 9 p.m. 65.1 from the foul line . . ., Big (6-6%, 248-pounds) Randy Matson, not expected to be a pro. lific scorer, has a 6.8 average, but is grabbing 11.3 rebounds pet contest The Aggies have averaged 85.3 points per game against a 78-point norm for the foes Reserves Tim Tim merman and Terry Trippet are shooting at 70.6 and 78.6 clipj from the floor, but only 37.5 and 50.0 from the charity line PIONEER GRABS IT Fish Ronnie Peret (50), goes up to grab a rebound but too late as one of the Wharton Pioneers grabs it from under him. Billy Bob Barnett, (40) comes in to help put the pressure on. Wharton won the Monday night game 81-72. FROM THE inea By Larry R. Jerden Well, after ten years, here we are again. On probation by the Southwest Conference. Whenever this happens, it is quite natural that the restricted school come forth with some gripes and/or explanations. This is as it should be, because no one else is going to carry the torch for the offended party. As the offended party’s news paper, we intend to raise a few questions and defend our man in the athletic department. First of all, we are fully behind Coach Stallings in his actions, and believe that anyone honestly appraising the situation will agree with him, also. For instance, is it really fair for an athlete who quits to re ceive the same scholarship as a boy who competes for the full season, sacrifices for the team and the school, often to injury to himself? This, obviously, isn’t fair to the boys who play, to the school, or to the fans. And, after Coach Stallings cleared the physical education class in question with the execu tive secretary of the SWC, why did the conference come back and declare it illegal? Most glaring of all in our eyes is the unequal treatment of schools placed on probation. When the Aggies are placed on proba tion, it seems the rule to bar them from bowl games and place full sanctions on them. The same was true of SMU this past year. But what about those powers of the gridiron, Arkansas and TU? They were both placed on pro bation for illegal recruiting prac tices, but for some reason, (win ning ?) there were no sanctions imposed. Something does seem awry. I wonder if it could be tried under the equal opportunities act? Coach Stallings has said that he and his staff discussed the situation with each boy when he decided to quit, and even encour aged him to stay. He also said that the boys agreed that the university had no responsibility to send them through school after they quit. And, finally, he de clared that not one boy came ask ing for money or other support after he quit. To those honorable men in the SWC, either they did not believe these statements or they did not matter to them. If they did not matter, they should have. If they doubt the integrity of Coach Stallings, then he is not the man to be the Ag gies’ head coach ... or they are not the men to run the SWC! The decision has been made, and it won’t likely be changed, but that sure doesn’t make it right. DALLAS, Dec. 14—Teams that dominated the 1965 Southwest Conference football campaign likewise hogged the honors on the All-SWC Academic named this week by a panel of seven area sports writers. Champion Arkansas qualified three, while TCU, which shared runner-up honors with Texas Tech, led the balloting with five. SMU placed two, while Texas Tech, Texas, Rice, Baylor and A&M qualified one each on the 15-man selection. Three of the players — Jack Howe of Texas, Doug January of SMU and Jackie Brasuell of Arkansas—were consensus all/- Conference players on the field in the 1965 campaign. Howe made the consensus selection as an offensive center but the aca demic team as a defensive tackle, which was his normal position on defense. January was an all-Conference defensive end, while Brasuell was an all-Conference defensive half back, leading the league in punt return yardage. In 1964 he had been the leading ball carrier on Arkansas’ undefeated champion ship team. The all-Academic selection: Ends —< Doug January, SMU (defense) and Sonny Campbell, TCU. Tackles — Wayne Barginear, Texas Tech, and Jack Howe, Tex as (defense). Guards — Tom Mur rah, A&M, and David Cooper, TCU (de fense) . Center — Randy Stewart, Ark ansas. Linebacker — E. A. Greshman, TCU. Backs — Steve Landon, TCU; Jim Lindsey, Arkansas; Bill De fee, Baylor; Chuck Latourette, Rice. Defensive backs — Jackie Brasuell, Arkansas; John Rich ards, TCU, and Ronnie Reel, SMU. Sports writers participating in the poll were Burle Pettit, Lub bock A vanlanche-Journal; Jack Agness, Houston Post; Jack Keady, Arkansas Democrat; Joe Heiling, Austin American-States- man; Roy Edwards, Dallas News; Jim Browder, Fort Worth Press, and Dave Campbell, Waco News- Tribune. Statistical notes after A&M’s first four games: John Beasley, 6-9 senior sharp-shooter, has a 31.8 average. His scoring, in or der, has been 32, 32, 29 and 34 ... . The Aggies are shooting at a 46.9 clip from the floor and Melvin H. Johnson ’64 College Master Representative Fidelity Union Life 846-8228 Bill Altman ’65 College Master Representative Fidelity Union Life 846-8228 GOODE for Vice President OLD ARMY “F” TROOPER Class of ‘’69” Cinderella Cafeteria Features Blue Tag 98£ Meal Salad Which Includes: Two Vegetables — Dessert — Rolls or Corn Sticks Select Your Meat From Four Choices For Example: Hamburger Steak, Chicken Fried Steak, Fried Chicken, Swiss Steak. 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