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Page 8 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Thursday, April 4, 1968 Spring Sports Ag SWC Batting Tracksters Invade Austin For Giant Texas Relays By JOHN PLATZER Coach Charley Thomas’ Aggie tracksters travel to Austin Fri day and Saturday for the giant Texas Relays. The 41st edition of the relays is considered to .be one of the strongest ever. A total of 26 uni versities and 25 'colleges are en tered including such powers as Kansas, the Mexican National team, Missouri, Notre Dame, Grambling, Southern and Texas Southern University. Among the individuals entered are Jim Hines, co-record holder in 100-yard dash, Charles Greene, who along with Tommie Smith holds the 220 mark, and the Ag-- gie’s record shattering shot put ter Randy Matson. Hines has pre dicted a possible 9.0 time but his hope of being pushed to the performance by Greene was elimi nated. Greene announced that he was not going to run in the 100 but rather would concentrate on his speciality. Jim Ryun, world record miler from Kansas, also was to com pete but a pulled hamstring mus cle has forced him to the side lines. The Aggies will get their first chance to see all the other South west Conference schools in action in the relays this weekend. Be cause of the upcoming Olympics in Mexico City a special six-mile run has been added for Thursday at 4 p.m. The track weekend officially opens Thursday night at 6:30 with a buffet dinner for coaches, officials and press in the Stephen F. Austin Hotel. The regular Fri day season begins with prelims at 10 a.m. while the discus finals are at 12:30. Finals in 17 events will be Fri- Peggy Fleming Signs Pro Pact NEW YORK <A>) _ Glamorous Peggy Fleming parlayed her Olympic gold medal into a gold mine Wednesday, signing a pro contract that should make her a millionairess in the next five years. “Her potential is unlimited^— she can become another Sonja Henie,” said Bob Banner, West Coast television producer who joined with the National Broad casting Co. in t i e i n g up the world’s figure skating queen to what they called a long-term agreement. The details were not immedi ately announced, but Peggy’s new sponsors left no question that the sky is the limit. She will begin her career in a TV spectacular next fall in a show produced over NBC by Bob Ban ner Associates. SCORING CHAMP This is Chicago Black Hawk scoring ace Stan Mikita who wound up on top of the heap in the National Hockey League for the fourth time in the past five years. Final season statistics showed Mikita as top scorer with 87 points on 40 goals and 47 assists. (AP Wirephoto) day at 5:30 p-m. for field events and 7 p.m. for running events. The remaining 22 events will have finals in the field events at 12:30 and running events at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The Aggies will bring the con ference’s best performers in the shot put and pole vault to the Relays. George Resley tops the SWC shot putters with a top effort of 57-4, followed closely by team mate Ronny Lightfoot, and Mar tin Rollins’ best of 16-1 Va leads the conference’s vaulters. Tom Cilio, Curtis Mills, Scott Hendricks and Jack Abbott, the Aggie’s 440-yard relay team has a best time of 41.1. This is good for the second spot in the con-, ference behind Rice’s 40.9. Name Arnold, rf Staples, c Schwartz, If Elmendorf, If Long, cf Maida, ss Hadaway, rf Backest, 2b Thompson, p Dailey, 3b Stelley, lb Ghutzman, ss Raley, 2b Vaughn, lb Sanders, p Larson, p Benesh, p Robins, 2b Rau, p Walker, p Total, A&M Total, Opp. AB 10 16 8 21 22 7 19 13 5 12 7 12 12 16 0 1 2 1 1 1 185 196 R 5 3 2 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 17 H 5 6 3 7 7 2 5 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 40 Avg. .500 .375 .375 .333 .318 .286 .263 .231 .200 .167 .143 .083 .083 .063 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .243 .204 2B 1 HR 1 1 — — — — 1 1 — PO 4 48 0 12 15 9 10 3 10 4 4 34 11 7 3 1 — — — 2 60 50 156 153 1 1 1 1 51 66 10 8 Avg. 1.000 1.000 .750 1.000 .947 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .833 .929 .889 .971 .750 1.000 1.000 .750 1.000 1.000 .954 .965 LOB: A&M 41, Opp. 49 Horse Show Opens April 6th GOLF Surging Texas A&M, the de fending SWC golf champions, are at home Saturday for a confer ence match with Arkansas on the A&M Golf Course. Coach Henry Ransom’s golfex-s are currently in the league’s third spot behind Texas Tech and Bay lor with a 12%-5% mark. Neither Tech nor Baylor have been in volved in as many matches as the Aggies. Selection of a grand champion stallion, mare, and gelding and a National Cutting Horse Associa tion Championship open cutting horse contest will highlight the ninth annual Aggie Rodeo Club Quarter Horse Show April 6. Judges for the show are Dr. Richard B. Warren, Animal Sci ence Department, University of Nebraska, and O. H. Crew, Quar ter Horse producer, Fort Worth. vity classes, halter classes, and performance classes, said Ronald H. Rae, horse show chairman. Rae said awards include money paid in all performance classes as well as trophies to all first place winners and ribbons through six places. A high point award to the best all round Quarter Horse will be made. 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