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Volume 61
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1966
Number 277
n**) 1 '"". Hogs Ruin Aggie Title Hopes;
SMU Takes Raiders. Crown
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HOGS’ TOMMY ROWLAND GETS TWO
... as Aggie Eddie Dominguez fails to block shot.
Louisiana Hayride Tickets
Go On Sale At 6 Locations
Title Decided In Hills
As Metcalf Predicted
Studied
Board Decision
Expected Soon
The Texas A&M Board of Di
rectors is expected to announce
a decision tomorrow on the pro
posed expansion program for
Kyle Field after receiving a re
port on the project Friday night.
Board members, University ad
ministrators and athletic officials
heard an explanation of revised
plans from Robert Klotz, member
of the Houston consulting engi
neers firm which made the ini
tial study.
The Board also received a pre
liminary study on a fund-raising
drive designed to raise more than
$700,000 towards financing the
expansion.
Klotz noted that existing plans
recommend increasing seating
capacity to about 54,000 with the
addition of upper decks on both
sides.
Present seating capacity is
39,000, with seats on the track
adding another 3,000.
Klotz suggested the possibility
of including about 1,100 prom
enade seats in the project on the
west side stands. The seats
would have backs and would
probably be covered by the up
per deck.
They would extend from be
tween 12-yard lines and would
sell at a higher price than other
seats.
Other improvements called for
in the proposal include addition
of an official’s dressing room and
first aid station, a smaller dress
ing room for visiting teams, more
restrooms and concession facili
ties and various renovations in
Athletic Department rooms under
the stadium.
, A metal cover for the camera
deck atop the pressbox is also
included.
Field lighting would be ex
panded from the present level of
29 foot-candles to either 75 or
100 foot-candles.
Cost of the project would be
from $1,035,000 to $1,070,000, de
pending on the level of lighting
adopted.
The question of constructing an
entirely new stadium was raised
in the meeting but was not given
serious consideration.
Ponies
Triumph,
99-89
By The Associated Press
DALLAS — Defending co
champion Southern Methodist,
helped by Arkansas’ upset vic
tory over Texas A&M, won the
Southwest Conference basketball
championship Thursday night by
beating Texas Tech 99-89.
The Methodists were trailing
the Red Raiders 60-57 when it
was announced that Arkansas
had beaten A&M 94-71. Within
the next 50 seconds, SMU scored
seven straight points to go in
front 64-60.
The victory was SMU’s 10th
straight and gave it an 11-3
conference title record and a
seeason mark of 16-8.
Third place Tech’s conference
record was 8-6 and wound up its
season with 13-11.
Tech, on the shooting of Bob
by Measells and Norman Reu-
ther, several times got within
two points of tying SMU in the
second half but each time the
shooting of Charles Beasley wid
ened the Methodist margin.
The Mustangs twice had 10-
point leads late in the second
half after Tech had shot in front
51-46 for its biggest margin at
the outset of the final period.
Bob Begert of SMU, normally
a 12-point-per-game scorer, tossed
in 20 before fouling out with
three minutes left in the game.
The triumph sends SMU to
the NCAA midwest regional
tournament for the second
straight year. The tournament
will be at Lubbock next Friday
and Saturday.
Ag Eco, Sociology
Wives Meet Monday
The Agricultural Economics
and Sociology Wives Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the
foyer of the Agricultural Econo
mics Building for a regular busi
ness meeting.
Tickets are on sale at four
campus locations and in College
Station and Bryan for the second
annual Louisiana Hayride sched
uled March 19 in G. Rollie White
Coliseum.
Ducats may be purchased at
the Exchange Store, the Memo
rial Student Center Finance Of
fice, Student Publications Office
and from the Department of
Journalism in the basement of
Nagle Hall.
They are also on sale at Jar-
rott’s in Townshire and in down
town Bryan.
Advance tickets cost $2.25 in
the reserved section, $1.75 for
general admission and $1.25 for
students. They sell for 25 cents
more at the door.
Sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi,
the Hayride features country and
western stars Lester Flatt and
Earl Scruggs and Little Jimmy
Dickens.
In addition, singing stars
Archie Campbell, Wilma Burgess,
Debbie Day and Nat Stuckey
will perform. The Foggy Moun
tain Boys will accompany Flatt
and Scruggs.
Frank Page of radio station
KWKH in Shreveport will emcee
the three-hour program.
By GERALD GARCIA
Battalion Sports Editor
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas—
Texas Aggie Coach Shelby Met
calf didn’t know how right he
would be when he predicted at
the beginning of the basketball
season that the Southwest Con
ference championship would be
decided in the Hills of Arkansas.
Metcalf and his scrapy cagers
came here tied for the confer
ence lead with the Southern
Methodist Mustangs, but when
they departed Thursday night
the season was OVER.
The Arkansas Razorbacks turn
ed spoiler, just like Metcalf had
predicted, and halted the Aggies’
drive for a second conference
championship in three years, 94-
71.
Meanwhile, the Mustangs ral
lied to down the Texas Tech Red
Raiders, 99-89, in Dallas to win
the conference title and a right
to participate in the NCAA’s
Midwest Regional Tournament in
Lubbock March 11 and 12. The
Ponies ended conference play
with 10 straight wins and an
overall mark of 11-3, while the
Aggies were 10-4.
A&M did have one consolation
though. John Beasley, the 6-9
forward from Linden - Kildare
who was the Aggies’ only offen
sive weapon Thursday night, es
tablished three SWC marks.
The Beas, who is A&M’s all-
time scoring champion, broke
Dick O’Neal’s SWC per game
scoring average of 30.2 set in
1955. Big John needed 38 points
to tie the mark, but his 44 points
— which is a career high —
pushed his average to 30.6.
Beasley also broke two records
he established last season. His
429 points in SWC play shattered
the old mark of 395, and his 164
field goals erased the old record
of 156.
Big John, who hopes to play
professional basketball, hit on 17
of 36 field goal attempts — 10
of 18 in the second half — and
10 out of 10 free shots for his 44
points. Beasley’s previous game
high was 43 against the Baylor
Bears. He was given a standing
ovation by the 5,000 fans who
crowded the Barnhill Field House
when he fouled out with 41 sec
onds to play.
The Aggies led the Razorbacks
only three times and that was
early in the game as both teams
started off cold. A free shot by
Dick Stringfellow gave the Ag
gies a temporary 1-0 lead in the
first minute of play. Then a
jump shot by Eddie Dominguez
three minutes deep in the game
pushed A&M to a 4-2 lead.
The last time A&M was ahead
was at 16:58 of the first half at
Election Filing
Opens Monday
For Class Posts
Filing for class offices opens
Monday in the Student Programs
Office of the Memorial Student
Center, Election Commission
chairman Harris Pappas announc
ed Thursday.
The deadline for filing is March
15, with the election slated
March 24.
Positions open are senior, jun
ior and sophomore class pres
ident, vice-president, secretary-
treasurer, social secretary, MSC
Council representative and five
Election Commission representa
tives.
In addition, student may file
for senior class historian, two
senior yell leaders, two junior
yell leaders and a civilian yell
leader.
A poll to decide the type of
insurance students prefer will
also be taken March 24.
6-4, but the Aggies did tie the
score five times in the first half
at 7-7, 9-9, 11-11, 15-15, and 19-
19.
Arkansas' starting five seniors,
playing their last game in a Raz-
orback uniform, gave the Aggies
a great opportunity in the early
going to break the game wide
open but the Cadets could not
cash in. The Razorbacks missed
their first six field goal attempts,
but the Aggies were as cold as
they were.
The Razorbacks grabbed the
lead at 21-19 with 8:36 left in the
half on a jumper from the left
wing by Tommy Rowland and
were never headed.
Arkansas padded their lead to
43-33 at halftime as Rowland
connected for the last 10 Razor-
back points in a two-minute and
40-second scoring spree.
The 6-4 junior from Little
Rock rang up 17 points in the
first half as he hit on seven out
of nine field goal tries and three
out of four charity shots.
The Razorbacks hit at a 50 per
cent clip in the first half on 17
of 34 even though they missed
their first six shots from the
floor.
But as the Razorbacks got hot,
the Aggies were still cold hitting
at 32.3 clip on 10 of 31.
Beasley’s hot hand kept the
Aggies within striking range for
10 minutes in the second half,
but the Razorbacks made nine
straight points to take a 79-59
lead with 3:29 left and the Ag
gies were knocked out.
A&M crept within seven points
of the Hogs after three minutes
were gone in the second half on
baskets by Beasley and String-
fellow, but a three-point play by
John Talkington, who made 29
points with 19 coming in the
second period, pushed Arkansas
to a 10-point lead. Arkansas’
biggest lead was registered with
54 seconds to play at 90-65.
Dances, Talent, Review Highlight Military Weekend
Talent, artistry, beauty and
practice will combine efforts be-
gining at 9 p.m. tonight as the
annual Combat Ball kicks off an
activity-filled Spring Military
Weekend.
Other events highlighting the
Weekend will be the Military Re
view, Intercollegiate Talent Show
and the Military Ball.
The 1966 Combat Cutie will be
selected and announced tonight at
the Combat Ball in Sbisa Hall.
Finalists include Linda Lee
Moltz, Vickie Nesom, Donna Le-
Blanc, Whitney Vickers, Janna
DuRard, Sandra Sherman and
Jacqueline Lee Smith.
Uniform will be class C fa
tigues, with battle scarves op
tional, and no flight suits.
Tomorrow’s activities begin at
2 p.m. when the Corps of Cadets
form on the main drill field for
a review that will honor two
visiting generals and hutnerous
civilian guests.
Distinguished visitors include
Lt. Gen. Harvey H. Fischer,
deputy commanding general of
the Continental Army Command,
and Maj. Gen. Nils O. Ohman,
vice commander of the Air Train
ing Command at Randolph Air
Force Base, San Antonio.
Other guests are Mr. and Mrs.
Royce Wisenbaker, president of
the Association of Former Stu
dents ; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Thomp
son, representing the A&M Board
of Directors; Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Young, Mardi Gras sponsors of
the Ross Volunteers; Mrs. Pat
Leslie, president of the Federa
tion of A&M Mothers Clubs, and
Lt. and Mrs. Ralph B. Filburn
II, parents of the Corps com
mander.
Fischer, a 1932 graduate of the
U. S. Military Academy, is for
mer commanding general of Fort
Hood. He served in Killeen from
January, 1964 until February,
1965, when he was assigned to
Virginia.
The lieutenant general is a
native of California. In World
War II, he served on the Joint
War Plans Committee in Wash
ington, D. C., and saw action in
Italy during the Rome-Arno Cam
paign and in the China Theatre.
During the Korean Conflict,
Fischer commanded the 5th Regi
mental Combat Team and later
the 45th Infantry Division.
His decorations include the Dis
tinguished Service Medal, the
Silver Star, Legion 0 f Merit with
cluster, Bronze Star with cluster,
Combat Infantryman’s Badge,
Senior Parachutist Badge and
medals of valor from China,
Korea, Italy, Brazil and Great
Britain.
Ohman, also a West Pointer,
received his commission in 1937.
He earned his wings at Kelly
Field in San Antonio in 1938 and
was commander of the 19th Air
Division at Carswell AFB in
Fort Worth from 1956 to 1961.
He is a native of Sweden. A
starting guard on West Point’s
1936 football team, he was named
to all-time Army football squad.
A veteran of 6,000 flying hours,
Ohman flew 34 B-17 missions in
Italy during World War II as
commander of the 97th Bombard
ment Group. He had 46 Korean
War combat missions in the B-26
and B-29 as commander of the
3rd Bombardment Wing.
His decorations include the
Silver Star, Distinguished Flying
Cross with two clusters, Legion
of Merit with two clusters, Air
Medal with seven clusters, and
the French Croix de Guerre.
At 6:30 p.m. Saturday the 15th
annual Intercollegiate Talent
Show will spotlight 12 acts, in
cluding the Tyler Junior College
Apache Belles and an appearance
by Aggie Sweetheart Cheri Hol
land.
Master of Ceremonies Bob Jay
of Radio Station KILT in Hous
ton will host the entertainment.
Acts will include Jim Baldauf,
A&M magician; Texas Tech in
strumentalists May McVorkle,
Mack Lawhon and John May;
jazz dancers Lucy Linderbom,
and Cissy King; rhythm and blues
singers Ben Chavez and Ron
Cardwell and pianist Beth Ertz,
all from New Mexico University.
Baylor singers Terry Phelps
and Louis Perry; Texas Univers
ity’s vocalist Larry G. Smith, and
singing duet Marie and Molly
O’Shaughnessy will also appear.
Grambling College will provide
dramatist Eddie Jones, and from
McMurry College will come the
Three Windjammers, Jerrel El
liot, Clark Walter and Jack
Wilcox.
Rounding out the show will be
the Just V folksingers, Bob
Graham, Bill Spann, Bill Graves,
and Jerie Ford, of Louisiana
State University; and Arlington
State College’s pop singer Sally
Soldo.
The final event of the weekend
will be tomorrow night’s formal
Military Ball for the Cadet Corps
and their guests at 9 p.m. in Sbisa
Hrll.
The dress will be class A winter
uniform with white shirt and bow
tie.