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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).
Koufax set major league rec
ords by striking out 382 batters
in breaking Bob Feller’s single
season mark, and by hurling his
fourth no-hitter, a perfect game
against the Chicago Cubs. He
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