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ary 14,19{: THE BATTALION Tuesday, February 14, 1967 College Station, Texas f it]] Spring Sports ind jepper cal! s fame of tk ( itarters a'j; ble figutti game of ft, 'ints, befo!, nute to pli; Oliver Bij, Hand toft honors »ij r the seast; e the rest i,! : t Tuesday 1.1 one fortl, ire the oi] eat the Pis i in a 83-8 Waco. 9 Se HaH The bigp; s on onedi, / as the Df. ic public fti for the lSj| new orders an 10 tina ivious reciii in 278 pm. season tift. enewal prit tickets ms o there « )e bought to sell ij iwl of 75,| want then,' city direct! amed Soutl 3 ) — Becau ms sponsm college £■ e announct ATbuquerqu change, ted here hi cheduled ti| ersity Am Page 7 Track, Swim, Soccer Teams Take Victories For Aggies Coach Thomas' By CHARLES ROWTON Even though overshadowed by the record-breaking performance of Randy Matson, the rest of the squad that competed in the Will Rogers Indoor Games and The Dallas Indoor Meet came through Mac Hoolc; > n ft ne style for Coach Charlie Thomas. In the Will Rogers Games, the Aggies won three of the top four spots in the shot put. In addition to Matson’s winning throw of 69- 2, freshman Ronnie Lightfoot tossed the 16-pound ball 55-6 for third place. George Resley took fourth place to complete the near- monopoly of the event. TWO SCHOOL records were set in losing causes. Steve O’Neal flew 22 feet 7 inches to set a new Ag gie indoor stand ard in the broad jump. He ended up in second place iat the Dallas 'meet. The two- mile relay team, composed of Mike Synyard, Bob Vaughan, Chris Conley and William Rod riguez, established a new Texas A&M indoor record as they ran a 7:50.6, six-tenths of a second behind wining Abilene Christian College. Other squadmen placing in the Dallas meet included George Res ley, second in the shot put be- behind winning Abilene Christian year’s Southwest Conference champion in the high jump, placed third with a leap of 6-6; and Larry McGough took a third in the 600-yard dash. Thomas had only praise for the team in general and especially for Matson. The Pampa junior is in great shape for this early in the season, a fact that has Thomas predicting even longer throws as the season progresses. Even though Matson’s toss was 70- 7%, a fourth of an inch farther than his world record, the new record will not count offi cially. “WE KNEW that it wouldn’t count if he set a new record using the outdoor shot indoors, but he probably would not have set a record if he had been using the indoor shot.” ; Thomas was not the least bit disconcerted about the throw not counting. “He’ll just have to wait and set the record here at Kyle Field to make everything official.” Matson will have his next op portunity Feb. 24 when the Bay lor University Bears bring their thin-clads to Aggieland. SWIM TEAM WINS At the same time that Matson was performing his heroics, the Texas A&M swimming team was winning its second straight meet. The University of Arkansas fell to the swimmers by a score of 76-25. Gary Richardson of Arkan sas won three first places—the 200-yard backstroke, the 133%- yard individual medley, and the 1000-yard freestyle — and that was about it for the Razorbacks. The Aggies were victorious in the other nine events of the 12-event meet. The Aggies won the 440-yard medley relay with a team com posed of Jon Beall, Mike Pettit, Roger Byrne and Tom Holder, while Darrell Boethel, David George, Roger Byrne, and Randy Archer teamed to win the 400-yard freestyle relay. Once more, divers Bob Nida and Mike Murphy took their event. Steve Ash was the only double winner against the Hogs, with vic tories in the 200-yard and 500- yard freestyles. Other winners included Bob Dommel in the 66 %- yard freestyle, Roger Byrne in the 200-yard fly, Jerry Keating in the 100-yard freestyle, and Mike Pettit in the 200-yard breaststroke. GOACH ART ADAMSON was quite satisfied with the team as a whole and thought Jerry Keat ing looked good as he won the 100-yard freestyle and was also impressed by Jon Beall’s per formance in the 200-yard back- stroke. In coming in second to Richardson, Beall shaved four seconds from his time in the pre vious match against Rice Univer sity and Texas Christian Univer sity. The swimmers will return to action against Southern Method ist University Feb. 25 in Dallas. The Fish team will also be in ac tion against SMU. SOCCER VICTORY The little-publicized Aggie soc cer team continued the trend of victories as it defeated Rice Uni versity 6-1. A different member scored each goal for the Aggies. Jose Amaya, Ramiro Rubio, Juan Fernandez, Carlos Garza, Amado Yanez and Ricardo Hovenga each tallied. Samuel Brent was field captain for the Rice game and is a regular co-captain with Garza. The team meets Rice again Feb. 25 in Houston. TENNIS LOSS THE TENNIS TEAM did not fare as well in the Pan-American Tournament as the University of Corpus Christi took the team title. The Aggies lost in the first few rounds, but Coach Omar Smith was not disappointed by their performance. The netters are young—two juniors and four sophomores—and have not been working out too long. Smith be lieves that much valuable experi ence was gained and future con tests will produce better results. The tennis team will try to im prove its record against St. Ed wards University in Austin Sat urday. BASEBALL Baseball is just around the cor ner and the varsity has been working out for about a week. Coach Tom Chandler has sched uled freshman team tryouts to begin Monday on the baseball field north of DeWare Gymna sium. Anyone interested should be at the field at 5 p.m. dressed to play, regardless of the weather. The varsity opens the baseball season March 1 against St. Ed wards University of Austin at College Station. The Fish team starts with Blinn Junior College March 10 in Brenham. SPECIAL THIS WEEK (TUBS. FEB. 14 THRU SAT. FEB. 18) 3 pr. TROUSERS DRY CLEANED $1.19 GOLDEN CLEANERS 3 Locations: 315 University - North Gate 103 Walton - East Gate 313 College Main Floyd Patterson KO Victor Over Willie Johnson At Miami BREAKING IN NEW MAN Cardinal Manager Red Schoendienst, center, Louis. General Manager Stan Musial hap- gives new redbird Roger Maris some point- pily contemplates the bang of Maris’ bat in ers about Busch Memorial Stadium in St. the line-up. (AP Wirephoto) Indefinite Suspension Slapped On Athletes Following An Unsanctioned Meet On Friday MIAMI BEACH, Fla. <A>>— Floyd Patterson, aiming at a re turn match with Cassius Clay, extended his comeback string to three Monday night with a third- round knockout victory over out classed Willie Johnson of Miami. Patterson was in command all the way as he picked up his 45th victory against five losses. He felt Johnson out in the first two rounds and put the Floridian away with a left hook with two minutes, five seconds gone in the third round. Patterson, nine pounds heavier than Johnson at 196, slashed his opponent’s right eye in the second round with a quick flurry of punches. Patterson went to work on the cut in the thfrd round and ended the fight with his sweeping left hook that sent Johnson through the ropes. Johnson crawled back to the ring and sprawled unconscious on his stomach. Referee Cy Gottfried counted Johnson out and raised Patter son’s hand. Patterson lost on a technical knockout in 12 rounds at Las Vegas, Nev., to Clay last year. Patterson was hit only once solidly. He caught a quick right hand late in the first round but came back strong. Patterson, the only heavy weight ever to lose and regain the title, has now defeated Brian London and Henry Cooper, both of Great Britain, and Johnson since losing to Clay. A1 Bolan, his advisor, said Patterson would like a rematch with Clay after one or two more fights. Bolan said Patterson would like to fight Clay in Sweden, where Patterson is popular. Patterson regained his title from Ingemar Johansson of Sweden after losing to him by a knockout. By RON RAPOPORT Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK (A>)_The Ama teur Athletic Union made official Monday that foreign and non- collegiate athletes who took part in an unsanctioned meet here Fri day have been suspended from further competition under AAU jurisdiction. Affected athletes could also be barred from foreign competition, all of which is regulated by the International Amateur Athletic Federation. The AAU is the inter national body’s representative in the United States. Col. Don Hull, executive direc tor of the AAU, said such athletes had been warned not to compete in the U. S. Track and Field Fed eration invitational meet here last Friday and that the organization had no choice except to suspend those who did. ‘This is a regretful action on the New York Athletic Club meet our part,” Hull told the New York Track and Field Writers Association. “We did our very best to get the meet sanctioned. We cannot understand why the federation, an arm of the Na tional Collegiate Athletic Associ ation, did not ask us for it.” Among those suspended are Chris Papanicalaou, Greek pole vaulter who attends San Jose State; Frank Murphy and Ian Hamilton, Irish runners at Villa- nova; Maryland State’s Benedict Cayenne and Carver King of Trinidad; and Jim Johnson, a graduate student at William and Mary. Papanicalaou was prevented from competing in the Los An geles Times games last Saturday. Relay teams from Villanova and Maryland State, which would nor mally include some of the sus pended runners, are entered in here Friday. 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