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Page 4 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, January 12 ,1966 FROM THE Sideti ineA By Larry R. Jerden Fish Tame Ravens The Southwest Conference Basketball season, for the Ag gies, is off to a fine start. Not only are the Ags in first place in the SWC with a 3-0 record, but one wire service has rated them 19th nationally. The cage campaign continues Saturday afternoon in Waco with the game against Baylor to be carried on a state-wide TV hook up at 2 p.m. This, reminded Coach Shelby Metcalf after the Arkansa vic tory, will put the eyes of the state on A&M. Not only the team, but the image of the school will be telecast to fans all over the conference. The students will have a part in this, and Metcalf asks the students to put out a special ef fort to attend the game. “It would really look good on TV if the Aggies had a large following at the game. We’re known for the way we follow our athletic teams, and the whole state will be watching this one.” “But,” he added, “let’s keep our speed down and don’t get caught by the highway patrol. They’ll really be out on that road from here to Waco. Why, I remember a couple of years ago . . . . ” But maybe I’d better not go into that. “I hope all the cadets that go to the game will wear their uniforms. Viewers will be able to tell the Aggies by their yelling, but when they see that uniform, they KNOW he’s an Aggie.” Randy Matson, recently chosen by SPORT magazine as the year’s outstanding performer in track and field, will receive the award during halftime of the Baylor game before the TV cameras. He was selected for the award on the basis of his 70-feet, 7-'inches world shot put record and the great amount of progress he’s made in the field during the last year. He’s looking better all the time on the basketball court, and if Coach Metcalf gambled in start- ting a boy who’s been away from the spot for three years, its cer tainly paid off well. A note on the weightlifting meet held in Bryan last weekend. It was swept by members of the A&M club, with Henry Heatherly taking first in both the press and squat. The 200- pounder pressed 270 pounds and 420 in the squat. Second in the press was Sid ney Robin and Gerald Pitts was third. Robin also took second in the squat, while Larry Edging- ton took third. New Mexico State swimmers will challenge the Aggies Satur day morning at 10:30 in the P. L. Downs Natatorium. On Campus (By the author of “Rally Round the Flag, Boys!”, “Dobie Gillis,” etc.) with MaxShuIman ROMAN IN THE GLOAMIN’ Now as the end of the first semester draws near, one fact emerges clearly: you are all going to flunk out of school. There are two things you can do about it. First, you can marry money. (I don’t mean you marry the money itself; I mean you marry a -person who has money. Weddings be tween people and currency have not been legal anywhere in the United States since the Smoot-Hawley Act. Personna® Stainless Steel Blades, on the other hand, are legal every where and are, indeed, used with great pleasure and satis faction in all fifty states of the Union and Duluth. I bring up Personna Stainless Steel Blades because this column is sponsored by the makers of Personna Stainless Steel Blades, and they are inclined to get edgy if I omit to mention their product. Some of them get edgy and some get double-edgy because Personna Blades come both in Injector style and Double Edge style.) But I digress. I was saying you can marry money but, of course, you will not because you are a high-minded, clean living, pure-hearted, freckle-faced American kid. Therefore, to keep from flunking, you must try the second method: you must learn how to take lecture notes. According to a recent survey, eleven out of ten American undergraduates do not know the proper way to take lecture notes. To illustrate this appalling statistic, let us suppose you are taking a course in history. Let us further suppose the lecturer is lecturing on the ruling houses of England. You listen intently. You write diligently in your notebook, making a topic outline as you have been taught. Like this: I. House of Plantagenet. II. House of Lancaster. III. House of York. Then you stop. You put aside your pen. You blink back a tear, for you cannot go on. Oh, yes, you know very well that the next ruling house is the House of Tudor. The trou ble is you don't know the Roman numeral that comes after III. It may, incidentally, be of some comfort to learn that you are not the only people who don’t know Roman numer als. The fact is, the Romans never knew them either. Oh, I suppose they could tell you how much V or X were or like that, but when it came to real zingers like LX I or MMC, they just flang away their styluses and went downtown to have a bath or take in a circus or maybe stab Caesar a few times. You may wonder why Rome stuck with these ridiculous numerals when the Arabs had such a nice, simple system. Well, sir, the fact is that Emperor Vespasian tried like crazy to buy the Arabic numerals from Suleiman The Magnificent, but Suleiman wouldn’t do business—not even when Vespa sian raised his bid to 100,000 gold piastres, plus he offered to throw in the Colosseum, the Appian Way, and Techni color. So Rome stuck with Roman numerals—to its sorrow, as it turned out. One day in the Forum, Cicero and Pliny got to arguing about how much is CDL times MVIX. Well, sir, pretty soon everyone in town came around to join the has sle. In all the excitement, nobody remembered to lock the north gate and—wham! before you could say ars longa—in rushed the Goths, the Visigoths, and the Green Bay Packers! Well, sir, that’s the way the empire crumbles, and I di gress. Let’s get back to lecture notes. Let’s also say a word about Burma Shave®. Why? Because Burma Shave is made by the makers of Personna Blades who, it will be recalled, are the sponsors of this column. They are also the sponsors of the ultimate in shaving luxury. First coat your kisser with Burma Shave, regular or menthol—or, if you are the devil-may-care sort, some of each. Then whisk off your stub ble with an incredibly sharp, unbelievably durable Personna Blade, Injector or Double Edge—remembering first to put the blade in a razor. The result: facial felicity, cutaneous cheer, epidermal elysium. Whether you shave every day, every III days, or every VII, you’ll always find Personna and Burma Shave a winning combination. % # * © 1966. Max Shulman Personnam a mo, Tom Personnam amat, Dick PerBonnam amat, Harry Personnam amat, quique Personnam amant— et quoque amabitis. By JOE LEMMING Battalion Sports Writer The Ravens of San Jacinto Junior College flew in to Col lege Station last night hoping to enjoy fried Aggie Fish, but instead wound up with salted tail feather as the Aggies dunked the Birds 73-68. San Jacinto’s Thomas Mitchell drew first blood for the Ravens, but the Ags’ Gary Ditto quickly retaliated with a well aimed jump shot from the corner. The game became a defensive battle as both teams pulled some fancy thefts on their opponents. The Ravens Percy Anderson awed the crowd with superhuman leaps to head up the Birds rebounding. Aggie ace Billy Bob Barnett caught on to San Jacinto’s de fensive maneuvers, and teamed with Jack Langley to shoot the Aggies in front 15-10 with 12:21 left in the half. Barnett, 6-4 195-pound guard from Brenham, kept the pace going with on-the- target hook shots, aided by the Black Birds sudden ability to double dribble. With 8:12 left before the half Ronnie Peret, the Aggies 6’-9” forward, angled for a shot under the left side of the basket. Using his height, Peret lurched for an easy score, but Mitchell of San Jacinto had other ideas. Sneaking his hand in front of the basket, Mitchell managed to squelch the ball just as it slammed into the backboard. The previously quiet Aggie bench sprung into fury screaming “goal tending,” and Peret received his first addition to the Aggie total. Barnett nudged San Jacinto’s Blanton, who was rewarded with a one-and-one free throw series. He cut the mustard for two points, then found the pocket again with a jump shot, narrow ing the slackening Aggie lead to 29-25. Sonny Benefield popped the basket for a two-pointer as the first half entered its final min ute. Vasquez followed suit, keep ing San Jacinto’s iron in the fire. Ronnie Peret fired the last shot of the first half as he scored two for the Aggies after pulling in a rebound and slamming one through the net. The circuslike first half ended with A&M favor ing a six point lead, 35-29. After intermission, layups by Aggies’ Barnet and Ronnie Wol- tes added four points to A&M’s credit, 39-29. Then it happened. Trailing by 10, the fearful Ravens began pressing, and literally choked the Aggies lead. Apparently a cold wave struck the Fish, as every effort to defeat the press ended in failure. San Jacinto’s murdrous trio of Mitchell, Vasquez, and Blanton trimmed the Ags with accurate hook and jump shots that chopped the lead to a single point, 40-39. A seesaw battle ensued, and the Ravens second half strategy payed off as they briefly led the action 45-44 with 13:11 left in the game. A hook shot by Langley broke the Black Birds spell, returning the lead to the hometowners. Langley’s effort aroused the sleeping Farmers, and Barnett teamed with Benefield to pad the lead again. Vasquez and Mitchell turned sharpshooter for the Ravens, and with 9:09 remaining the tally read A&M 58-Visitors 49. Mitch ell sank a foul shot to make it an even 50. Benefield used a one-and-one for two points, as Barnett added two with a short jump shot for the Aggies” greatest lead of the ball game with 12 points. FISH GOES HIGH Fish guard Curly Hollman (10) makes a mighty lei the game against San Jacinto Tuesday night precedk; Aggie-Hog varsity match. Ronnie Peret (50) and' Ditto (42) size up the situation for the Ags. The came out on top 73-68. Matson Named Top Athlete In Track, Field By SPORT Olympic shotputter Randy Matson of Texas A&M has been named “Top Performer in Track and Field” for 1965 in SPORT magazine’s 19th annual selec tions honoring the top performer in every major sport. Matson, the 20 - year - old weight-tosser with limitless po tential, captured the SPORT award for heaving the shot an incredible 70 feet, 7 inches, a world mark that track experts feel will not be approached for 10 to 15 years. “In less than two years,” the SPORT editors say admiringly, “Matson has added an unparal leled 10 feet, 2 inches to his throws. Who knows what his ultimate limits are?” they ask. Another major award issued by SPORT magazine names Sandy Koufax “Man of the Year” for 1965. Koufax, who previously received the award in 1963, becomes the frst winner to earn the distinction for a second time. “None of baseball’s immortals, not even in their single best sea sons, had as good a year as Sandy Koufax had in 1965,” say the editors. Despite the presence of a chronic and painful arthritic con dition in his pitching arm, the great Dodger lefthander led the major leagues in victories (26), in complete games (27), in earn ed run average (2.04), and in innings pitched (336). 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