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i. SWC To Vote On Eligibility For Freshmen DALLAS •A’) The Southwest Conference is conducting- a mail vote to decide whether to make all freshmen athletes except football and basketball players eligible immediately for varsity competi tion. The NCAA, governing body of major college athletics, voted last week to make freshmen athletes eligible for all varsity sports ex cept football and basketball. But the Southwest Conference rules now permit freshmen to compete only in varsity golf and tennis. Last December the con ference voted to allow freshmen to compete in all varsity sports except football, basketball and swimming with the beginning of the 1968-69 school year. If the conference approves the new NCAA freshmen rule, swim ming, which is already underway, would be the first sport affected. Howard Grubbs, Southwest Conference secretary, said the ballots went into the mail Mon day and he expects to have the results within a week. Page 6 College Station, Texas Tuesday, January 16, 1968 THE BATTALIOI Consol Roars By Cy-Fair For 16th Straight Victory TWO FOR PERET Ronnie Peret drives for a basket in Saturday night’s 78-77 loss to Southern Methodist. Bill Voight (40) and John Higginbotham (35) defend for SMU while the Aggies’ Mike Hazel (30) looks on. (Photo by Mike Wright) From Battaion News Source Picking up their 16th consecu tive win, the A&M Consolidated Tigers raced to a 78-59 victory over the Cy-Fair Bobcats Friday night at Cypress-Fairbanks. The win, paced by big Ennis Watson’s 33 point performance, left the Tigers in first place in District 10AAA with a 4-0 mark and increased their season slate to 22-1. Watson hit on 13 field goals and 7 free throws in the game while compiling his season high point total. Also scoring in double figures for Coach Jack Church- hill’s cagers were James Nichols with 17 and Jan Dozier with 15. Consolidated jumped to a quick six point lead in the game but saw it melt away to 14-14 at the end of the first quarter. With Watson pouring in 10 points, the Tigers pulled away in the second quarter. The Tigers stretched their lead to 30-20 with 3:48 left in the quarter and then held on to retire to the dressing room at halftime with a 38-28 advantage. Putting the game out of reach in the third quarter, the Tigers kept their lead over 20 points. The largest margin was 25 points at 59-34 and the third period ended with the Tigers in front 61-38. Cy-Fair could get no closer than seventeen in the final eight minutes. For the season. Consolidated has now scored at a 62 point per game clip while holding their op ponents to 45. In conference ac tion the Tigers are rolling at a 60 point clip while choking off their opposition at 46. Consolidated kept its one game lead in district with the win. Con roe remains in second after de feating Brenham Friday 77-43. The Tigers defeated Conroe 60- 50 at College Station earlier in the campaign and will have a return match with them January 30 in Conroe. Consolidated is in Mexia tonigt for a non-district battle with I Mexia Black Cats. Lew May Miss Uof H Battle LOS ANGELES (A*) — The it jury to the left eye of UCLA bn ketball star Lew Alcindor is m« : . serious than at first believed t there’s a possibility he may mi; next weekend’s game with Hot; ton which pits the nation’s t* top teams. UCLA said Monday the l-fm,] li/ 2 -inch center is suffering treme pain’’ and impaired viiiij and has entered the Jules Sk Eye Institute on the campus J tests and observation. VOL of^T^sociation Matson Clinic Terry Trippit was elected presi dent of the “T” Association of Texas A&M Thursday night. Other new officers elected at the association’s regular monthly meeting were Grady Allen, vice president, Joe Staples, secretary- treasurer and Bill Sallee, ser- geant-at-arms. Set For Jan. 27 Bugged, Iron Ruler, Family Fun and Francie’s Hat are ex pected to race at Hialeah this winter. They were the 1-2-3-4 finishers in the rich Garden State last November. Clubman Sportscoats at 2Um 5 turn co mcnb incur Texas A&M’s Randy Matson, who has reached his goal in all shot put efforts except one, will conduct a clinic and exhibition for West Texas High School coaches and athletes in Andrews, Sat., Jan. 27. Matson’s remaining goal with the 16-pound shot is the upcoming Olympics, scheduled for Mexico City next October. He now holds the world record of 71 feet, 51/2 inches, set at Col lege Station last April 22. He also has thrown the discuss 213- 9Vi, just two inches under the world record. The Andrews appearance is sponsored by the Andrews Even ing Lions Club. For all your insurance needs See U. M. Alexander, Jr. MO 221 S. Main, Bryan 823-3616 State Farm Insurance Companies - Home Offices Bloomington, 111, The schedule calls for Matson to make a short talk at 1:30 p.m. and then demonstrate with the shot, discus and weight-lifting. Matson, a tremendous all-around athlete at Pampa High School, re cently was voted Amateur Ath lete of The Year for 1967 by the Texas Sports Writers Associa tion. Still working toward his degree at A&M (he missed his sopho more fall semester because of the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo), Randy will compete in selected Indoor Meets and a few outdoor events this year in the open division. He plans to concentrate on weights to build up his strength and likely will work hard on throwing the shot about six weeks prior to the October Olympics. CIVILIAN SENIORS and GRADUATE STUDENTS Will have their portrai made for the 1968 Aggit land Now thru Jan. 31, Portraits will be made a University Studio. (Coats & Ties) PARDNER You’ll Always Win The Showdown When You Get Your Duds Done At CAMPUS CLEANERS Navy quarterback John Cart wright completed 129 passes last season, breaking the Naval Acad emy record of 119 set by Roger Staubach in 1964. FALLOUT IN INNER SPACE A1 Zetzsche (30) of De Paul University falls down chasing rebound in first period of basketball game with Notre Dame in Chicago. Surrounding fallen players are Notre Dame’s Bob Whitmore (53) Bob Arnzen (40) and Mike O’Connell (20). Notre Dame won, 75 to 68. 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