THE BATTALION
hursday, January 12, 1967 College Station, Texas
Page 7
Sports Aplenty
Lubbock Is Next
By GARY SHERER
Though disappointed by his
second-place finish in the recent
All America track and field games
at San Francisco, Aggie shotput-
ter Randy Matson is looking for
ward to a successful year.
Matson, the world’s record-
holder in the shotput, had his
first match, the Sugar Bowl in
New Orleans rained out. The San
Francisco meet, then, was his first
active competition.
“I’m not in good throwing shape
yet,” Matson said as he discuss
ed his second place in San Fran-
tisco. When asked about the man
who beat him, Neil Steinhauer,
Matson admitted he didn’t expect
him to do that well.
“1 threw against him last year
and he didn’t do as well.” Mat-
son said. He feels that Stein
hauer has pushed up his training
program while he (Matson) has
heen pacing himself so far this
pear.
The 6-5, 259 pounder from
Pampa said that he has trouble
when throwing indoors as oppos
ed to outside. The 64-4 Yz mark
was the best he has done indoors
and it took a world record 66-6 %
ky Steinhauer to beat him.
When asked about the basket-
hall season, Matson expressed re-
pret that he wasn’t able to play
hat that his main thoughts were
on the ’68 Olympics and that he
wanted to be in top shape for
them.
Matson’s next competition is
this weekend at Lubbock (Texas
Tech) where he will enter an in
vitational meet. His recent foe,
Steinhauer, won’t be there but
he expects Parry O’Brien, an old-
pro in the shotput ring, to be on
hand.
IN OTHER activities, the Ag
es were involved in another
home thriller and came out on the
short end. The old bugaboo, foul
, came back to haunt the
young team as they couldn’t con
vert enough of them and lost on
foul shot difference.
It is either the lack of getting
foul sots or the lack of making
them that has spelled defeat most
of the games thus far. There is
improvement each game and the
young players learn something
from each game so that they
won't make the same mistakes
again.
Coach Shelby Metcalf, though
disappointed about the season so
far, still has good things to say
about the team and is certain that
die experience gained this year
! going to make for a fine team
next season.
THE MAIN disappointment
lis season has been the crowd-
hirnouts. It definitely does help
live boys if there is a good crowd
o spur on their efforts. Their
iext game is against Texas this
Itoesday. Let’s make it a good
tin by getting out and support-
sg the team and let them know
we are definitely behind them,
win or lose.
On the national basketball
scene, UCLA almost got dumped
last Saturday night as their big
gun, Lew Alcindor, fouled out
and Coach John Wooden’s boys
were in trouble for awhile.
UCLA along with Toledo Univer
sity and Louisville are the only
major-college unbeaten teams.
Conference play has started up
across the nation and upsets
Should be popping up everynight.
The SWC race looks like it will
match the football season and go
right down to the wire. SMU
was knocked off Tuesday night
while Baylor, which was a pre
season favorite, finally got their
first league win after two trys,
a 65-53 triumph over Arkansas,
the Aggies next opponent.
Schmidt Signs As
Lion Head Coach
RANDY MATSON
A&M’s world record-holding shotputter hopes to rebound
in his next competition at Lubbock this weekend from his
second-place finish in San Francisco last week.
DETROIT (A*) — Joe Schmidt,
once rated the best middle line
backer in the National Football
League, Wednesday signed a five-
year contract to try to coach the
Detroit Lions back to being the
best club in the loop.
Schmidt, an eight-time NFL
All-Pro selection during his 13
years as a Lion player, signecj
after studying for two days a
contract offered Monday by Lion
owner William Clay Ford.
“I feel we have 15 oi* 16 good
football players that I want on
my club,” Schmidt said. “We’ll
definitely have to make some
trades.”
Schmidt said he has x free hand
to make trades and other moves.
He said it will take some time to
decide on his assistants.
Schmidt’s contract reportedly
calls for about $50,000 annually.
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For Player Academic Requirements Dispute
By WILL GRIMSLEY
Associated Press Sports Writer
HOUSTON UP) — The Ivy
League and other Eastern col
leges were soundly rebuffed Wed
nesday in their efforts to elimin
ate the 1.6 rule which puts a min
imum on academic requirements
for a player to compete in inter
collegiate athletics.
The National Collegiate Ath
letic Association’s 61st conven
tion voted 153-113 against the
East’s move to strike out the by
law, and also smothered every
other attempt to water down the
controversial regulation.
The rule, put into effect a year
ago, specifies that a college stu
dent needs a 1.6 academic mini
mum on a 4.0 grading scale and
must maintain it to be eligible
for athletic scholarships.
The Ivy League schools have
refused to go along with the rule,
contending it did not apply to
them because they do not give
scholarships based on athletic
ability alone. As a result, they
have been ineligible to participate
in the NCAA’s post-season cham
pionships.
The NCAA convention also
voted down moves to confine the
rule strictly to student athletes,
to make it not apply after ft stu
dent has once entered an institu
tion, and to require all members
to use a national table instead of
conference or institutional tables
in determining grades.
The L6 grade is equivalent to
a D-plus average. The NCAA
action is supposed to be a move
to eliminate tramp athletes.
The Eastern College Athletic
Conference, comprising 145
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