Vision Southern Conquest
Ag Tracksters Stride
For Border Victory IlSfe
College Station, Texas
Thursday, March 10, 1966
THE BATTALION
"WHERE YOU ALWAYS BUY THE BEST FOR LESS"
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By LARRY UPSHAW
With visions of conquest danc
ing in their heads, the 25-man
Texas A&M track aggregation
strides southward Friday for the
Border Olympics in Laredo.
After the Aggies’ upset con
quest of Rice and Texas in tri
angular action at College Station
last Saturday, prospects for
point - producing efforts down
south seem bright.
“We were real tickled to win
last week,” commented Coach
Charlie Thomas. “But in this one
(Border Olympics) it’s even hard
to get in the finals — there are
so many outstanding boys.”
The meet is divided into four
divisions — high school, junior
college — freshmen, college and
university. Two hundred and fifty
hustlers from all of the South
west Conference schools plus the
University of Houston and Abi
lene Christian College make up
the senior division.
“ACC should be favored in the
team standings,” said Thomas.
“They are real well balanced.”
But Aggie talent runs thick
and fast in early season action.
High jumper Mike Schrider, last
year’s conference champ, is
A&M’s best bet for a first place
medal. Schrider leaped 6-4 last
week for the season’s best jump
among Border Olympic competi
tors.
And sprint specialist Gil Smith,
who rocketed to a 9.4 in the 100-
yard dash and 21.6 in the 220,
looks good enough for a first and
a second, respectively. That 9.4
tops all foes and his 220 mark is
the second only to SMU’s Chuck
Evans, with a 21.4.
Surveying the meet’s star-stud
ded 880 field, Thomas noted,
“That will be the roughest event.
It’s full of good performers.”
Charles Christmas of ACC,
NCAA half - mile semi finalist
last year, would dominate that
event in almost every instance.
But John Moss of Rice, ’65 SWC
champ, Roger Hunt of TCU and
Preston Davis of Texas, star
miler who will test the shorter
distance, are primed to nix an
ACC runaway. Even with such
stars afield, Aggie soph Willie
Rodriguez could steal the win
ner’s circle. Rodriguez slaughter
ed Moss by five or six yards last
week in a wind-swept victory.
The Aggie effort will be de
prived of a sure 10 points again
this week, for the lack of Randy
Matson, who won’t see meet ac
tion until the Rice-LSU-A&M
triangular in Houston March 19.
“But (George) Resley could
get second in the shot,” added
Thomas. “He’s bound to get some
points somewhere (in the shot or
discus.”
Toby Belt of Texas nipped Res
ley in College Station, and basked
in the glory of a Matson-less
meet.
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AGGIE POLE VAULTERS PRACTICE
. . . before departing: for Border Olympics in Laredo this
weekend.
Bible Association To Honor
Ag Athletes With Banquet
The Aggie Bible Association,
in conjunction with the Fellow
ship of Christian Athletes, will
host the Texas Aggie athletes,
coaches and staff at the Sports
Banquet at 7:30 p.m. tonight at
the Ramada Inn.
Approximately 230 Aggie ath
letes will be honored, said Arthur
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Featured speaker for the
event will be Bill Wade, Chica
go Bears quarterback.
Wade was Nashville, Tenn.,
Interscholastic League Most Val
uable Player in Football in 1946,
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Southeast Conference in 1951
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game in 1952 and played for
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go in 1952.
He was drafted by the Los An
geles Rams of the National Foot
ball League in 1952 and in 1959
he broke the all-time Ram pass
ing mark of 58.4 per cent com
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Wade, who is referred to as
the “Dandy from Vandy” by
sports writers and broadcasters,
was named the Optimist Club
“Man of the Year” in 1959 and
was awarded the “Young Man
of the Year” award by the Nash
ville Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
He was traded to the Bears in
1961 and was named as the
all-pro quarterback by Sports
Magazine in 1963.
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