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THE BATTALION
Coll«r« Station, Texas
Thursday, May 2, 1968
Sports Aplenty
An Editorial
By GARY SHERER
Just nine years ago, Texas was not represented in any
of the major team sports. . ^
Then, in 1960, the lack of real professional sports in Tex
as ended. With the formation of the Amerifan Football
League plus the National Football League expansion of that
year, three professional football teams were based in Texas.
In 1962, professional baseball made its debut in Texas
by adding a team to the National League baseball expansion.
In 1966, the game of baseball was revolutionized, by moving
indoors. Where? In Texas.
Recently, professional basketball, hockey and soccer
have come along to join baseball and football in the Lone
Star State.
So, recognizing these sports activities plus the effort
that it took to get them here, one can conclude there is a
true professional sport attitude in Texas.
These thoughts are brought to our mind after receiv
ing a letter from the Austin-based Texas Racing Association
In that letter, the TRA points out that while there is a pro
fessional sports atmosphere in Texas, Texans still don’t
have the largest spectator sport of them all—horse racing.
We don’t mean quarter-horse racing but the real thing,
professional PARI-MUTUEL horse racing.
Yes, friends and neighbors that horrible thing called
’horse betting’ is back before the people of Texas. On May
4, the voters will go to the polls and tell the Texas legisla
tors what they think of pari-mutuel betting. J*
Its not hard to see what the pari-mutuel opponents
think about this item. From sidewalk campaigns to jingles
on the radio, the people of Texas are being told to vote
against pari-mutuel betting.
We agree with the TRA when they say Texas is grow
ing fast We also echo their sentiments when they say its
/ about time that Texas also grows up. Even Governor John
Connally says the TRA, might go along with this idea. TRA
quotes him in the Jan. 17, 1964, issue of TIME when he
said, ‘Texas is really still in the throes of joining up with
the rest of the mid-20th America.”
They cite some very strong reasons why Texas should
adopt pari-mutuel betting. First, pari-mutuel horse racing
had the largest attendance figures in a 1966 census. The
(S«* Sport* Aplenty, Png* 9)
Matson Set For Busy June
CHARLES THOMAS
OMAR SMITH
HENRY RANSOM
By JOHN PLATZER
Randy Mataon, winner of th«
1967 Sul limn Award as “ama
teur athlete of the year,’* re-
amerted his dominance ever the
world’s shot putter* Saturday hy
decisively beating two of his three
top challengers.
Matson won the event at the
Mount San Antonio Relays in
Walnut, California, with a throw
of 69-10H. The throw was the
longest in track and field history
outside the state of Texas.
Neil Steinhauer, who had beat
en Mataon in California in the
performers’ first meet of the
season, was unable to compete
in Walnut due to an injury.
With the Oregon star on the
sidelines, second place went to
Dave Maggard of Oregon State
with m toes of 66-10.
Former Southern Illinois star
George Woods was third with a
top put of 66-9.
Mataon had thought before the
meet that a top effort could be
in the offing but was pleased
with the distance.
M I had hoped to throw that far
but I didn’t really know for sure
what I could do,” the Aggies’
6-6, 260-pound marketing major
said of his distance.
An all-around schoolboy star at
Pam pa, Matson set the world
mark of 71-5Vfc in Kyle Field on
“Randy Mataon Day” April 22,
1967.
Probably the greatest double
in track and field history had
been recorded by Matson in Col
lege Station two weeks before.
He set a collegiate record in the
discus with a toss of 213-9Vi, only
two inches off the world mark,
and hit past the 70 line in the
shot three times.
He originally set the world
mark at 70-7 V4 in the Southwest
Conference Meet of 1966 in Kyle
Field.
The 1960 Olympic Silver Medal
winner has all but given up the
discus to concentrate on his spe
cialty.
"I am really not sure what I
am going to do about the discus,”
Mataon said. “I haven’t been
working on it and I don’t plan
to any time soon.”
“When I work on both the shot
and the discus, both events suf
fer. Another bad thing is that
the preliminaries in the discus
in this year’s Olympics is on
Saturday morning with the shot
scheduled for Saturday after
noon.”
With his track eligibility at
AAM gone. Matson is currently
competing as a member of the
Houston Stride rs, an amateur
Athletic Union team.
Matson explained that the
Stridors provide an opportunity
for boys who have used up their
eligibility to compete for a team.
"There is really not that much
advantage to belonging to the
Stridors for me because I have
my program set up," Matson said.
“I go with the team and repre
sent them at the different meets
and the team will go to the AAU
Championships.”
The main value of the Houston
amateur team is in what they are
attempting to build up, according
to Matson.
“The Strider* are trying to
get a permanent program started
where more Texas boys, those
not competing in college for some
reason, can work against top com
petition in the various AAU and
other meets.”
Next competition for Matson
will be at an AU meet in Houston
May II. The meet, which will
probably be held in Jeppenaen
Stadium, will pit the Strider*
against several top track clubs
from California as well as a few
strong Armed Forces teams.
The top opponent for Matson
in the meet will be Woods who
has said that Steinhauer, Mag
gard and himself will fight for
the two remaining shot put posi
tions on the United States team
in the Mexico City games behind
Matson.
Matson isn’t sure whether or
not he will face Steinhauer again
before the Olympic trials on June
28-29.
A confrontation does seem like
ly, however, since Matson has
meets scheduled for four straight
weekends in June in California,
the state ia which Steinhauer
competes the most
The top two meets for Matson,
besides the Olympics, are back-
to-back on the last two weekends
in June. The AAU Champion
ships will be ntn off June 21-22,
one week ahead of the Olympic
Trials.
Aggies Host Rice
In, Home Finale
By GARY SHERER
The Texas Aggie baseball team,
its back against the wall, winds
up its home season with Rice Fri
day and Saturday, looking for two
must wins to stay alive in the
Southwest Conference race.
Coach Tom Chandler’s nine is
8-6 in SWC and a split of the
Rice series would just about ruin
any chances at the crown. The
Aggies are presently in third
place, behind Texas Christian at
16-6 and Texas at 12-4. ,
THE OWLS, coached by Doug
Osborn, topped the Aggies earlier
this season 10-3 at Houston.
Rice started off well in the
conference scramble and was in
first place for awhile. However,
they dropped two doubleheaders
in a row, and have been off-and-
on since.
Record notwithstanding, the
Owls have some good hitting and
fairly solid pitching. The pitching
for Rice has been s real surprise
this year. Last season, the Owls
had probably the best pitching
staff in the SWC. The top three
of Mickey Holder, Bill Palmer
and Ray Hooter graduated, how
ever, and left Osborn without
seasoned pitchers.
two teams’ first meeting this
season. Sophomore David Ownby
has also been responsible for
some of the Owls’ six conference
victories.
The Owl nine’s hitting attack
has been lead mainly by their
3-4-6 hitters in the lineup, Hugo
Hollas, Billy Costa and Dick
Fuqua. t
Hollas, a footballer too, is the
Owls’ regular leftfielder who as
a senior two-letterman has pick
ed up the role of team leader.
Costa, a junior shortstop, ia the
clean-up hitter. His 6-8 stature
belies his strength with the bat
however, as the Houston product
has hit the long ball this season.
Fuqua, a sophomore first-base
man, has performed well in his
first year of varsity ball.
THE AGGIES are, as mention
ed, in a shaky situation. They
cannot afford a loss. Chandler
will start Rick Schwartz on Fri
day and Doug 'Rau, Saturday.
Schwartz was the losing pitcher
in the earlier Rice-Aggie game,
so the Brownsville righthander
will be looking for some measure
of revenge.
Chandler is counting on his I
team to continue their good hit-
A SOPHOMORE and freshman * ting. The Maroon and White lead
have picked up most of the load the SWC in that statistic, but
for th« Owls and have labored Chandler would like to see them
well. First-year man Tommy lead in the category that counts)
Speck stymied the Aggies in the the most, runs scored.
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In The State
Representative Race:
BILL PRESNAL is the only can
didate that is a lifelong resi-
den of Brazos County and the
district.
BILL PRESNAL is the only can
didate that is a graduate of
Texas AAM. (B.S. degree •
1963, M.S. degree - 1959)
BILL PRESNAL is the only can
dldat* that has served on the
Texas AAM University staff
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BILL PRESNAL is the only can
didst* that gave up full-time
employment to seek the office
of State Representative
BILL PRESNAL is the only can
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ment in the field of education
BILL PRESNAL is the only can
didate that has held a political
party office.
BILL PRESNAL is the only can
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plete confidence and support.
VOTE FOR
BILL PRESNAL ’
State Representative
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