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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, February 13, 1969
Sports Desk
Ags Thrive
On Pressure
by John Platzer
As each game of the Southwest Conference basketball
race is checked off the calendar, steady nerves sink deeper
and deeper into the column of fleeting memories at Aggie-
land.
Following the latest one point overtime romp past
Texas, it has reached the stage where Aggies are demanding
a one-and-one opportunity on anything that is free.
If Billy Bob Barnett, Ronnie Peret, Mike Heitmann,
Sonny Benefield, Harry Bostic, Steve Niles, Bill Cooksey,
Chuck Smith and crew had served under General George
Armstrong Custer, it would have been the Indians who would
have lost by a “hair” at the Little Big Horn. Instead they
are serving under General Shelby Metcalf and it is their
SWC opponents who have been scalped seven times in eight
outings.
This has been good enough to propel the Aggies into
undisputed first place in the conference one game past the
midway point. As could be expected, however, two teams
(Southern Methodist and Baylor) continue to keep the pres
sure on A&M one notch behind with identical 5-2 marks.
A&M began its heart stopping habit of extremely close
games early in the season when they lost a 75-74 decision
to Stephen F. Austin after leading by as many as 18 points
in the second half. They then hit their stride over the
Christmas holidays with back-to-back two point victories
over University of Pacific (77-75) and Wyoming (83-81)
for the consolation championship of the prestigious All
College Tournament in Oklahoma City.
By the time conference play rolled around, the Aggies
had mastered their art and wasted no time in proving it
by racing past Texas Tech 85-84 in the opener.
The Aggies enjoyed a “laugher” in their next outing
as they ran up a 73-68 score on the Arkansas Razorbacks. '
It was no time at all before the Aggies were back in the
groove, however, with a 76-75 overtime victory over SMU
and a last second 72-71 verdict over Texas Christian.
After an embarrassingly easy 65-57 win orver Texas,
A&M had the tables turned on them briefly in Waco suf
fering a 66-65 defeat at the hands of Baylor. Coach Met
calf’s cagers became wasteful in their next game against
Rice as they scored 7 more points then needed in a 90-82
win. Aggie fans were glad to see their team return to the
game plan Tuesday night with the 70-69 overtime rout of
Texas.
A top secret dispatch from the White House (inter
cepted by the Battalion Wednesday) reveals that the Aggies
are currently leading the pack (by one vote, of course) for
the much coveted “Conservationist-of-the-Year award.”
Considering that on their way to compiling a 12-6 record
for the year thus far the Aggies have singed the nets for
exactly 1388 points while holding their opponents to only
1388 points, it is obvious that the honor is well deserved.
Supreme confidence has been the main factor that
has allowed the Aggies to keep their cool while all about
them players are losing theirs. The Aggie cagers don’t
“think” they are going to come through in the clutch situa
tions, they “know” they are.
Many writers in the country call the current UCLA
basketball squad the greatest ever assembled and say that
no team has a chance of defeating the Bruins this season.
Given the right situation, however, they would be no match
for the Aggies.
If in a game between the two schools, UCLA had the
ball and a one point lead with 10 seconds remaining another
victory for the Aggies would be all but assured.
A&M Gymnasts Fall
To Strong Bearcats
The Texas A&M Gymnastics
team tasted competition for the
second time this year Friday night
in G. Rollie White Coliseum as
they fell to Sam Houston’s older
and more experienced gymnasts,
103.65 to 99.36.
A&M’s weak events were the
free exercise and the side horse.
Shannon Young of Sam Houston
placed first in both of these
events helping to pull his team
4.9 points ahead of the Aggies.
A&M was able to muster a third
place on the floor exercise with
Lee Reeves scoring a 7.05 and a
second place on the side horse as
Mike Kyler scored a 5.2. While
competing in the floor exercise.
Reeves, A&M’s best vaulter,
sprained his ankle seriously
enough to eliminate him from
competing in what could have
been the Aggies most important
event. With their number one
vaulter out, the Aggies gave up
first place to Sam Houston’s Bob
Kofoed in the long horse vault
who scored a 6.55 while Mickey
Stratton of A&M took third with
a score of 6.05.
The parallel bars provided the
keenest competition with Sam
Houston’s Clayton Thurston turn
ing in a score of 7.2 for a first
place, while A&M’s Rex Stratton
earned a 6.95 rating and placed
third. At the end of this event,
Sam Houston was ahead by 7.14
points. The high bar was the
Aggies best event of the night as
Mickey Stratton took first with
a 5.95, while Mike Kyler and Rex
Stratton earned second and third
places, respectively. A&M’s fine
performance here cut SHSTC’S
lead to only 3 points. In his first
meet this season, A&M’s Tcm
Cooper took a second place in the
rings, but this was not enough to
put the Aggies in the lead.
Even though the Aggies were
edged this meet, they are improv
ing and expect to have a fine
season. The team score went up
21.7 points over their score in
their last competition. Average
individual scores went up from
4.37 to 5.57.
A&M’s gymnastics team’s next
competition will be Saturday,
Feb. 15, in a triangular meet
against San Jacinto and Odessa
in Houston.
A&M Car Club
Hosts Rally<
The Texas A&M Sports Car
Club will be having its club pic
ture taken for the Aggieland this
evening at 7:30 p.m. in front of
the M.S.C. After the picture
taking, a short Monte Carlo-
type rallye will be held which
will last no more than an hour.
This rallye will be of a promo
tional nature, in preparation for
the club’s big two-day, all ex-
penses-paid rallye to Del Rio and
back, which will be held early in
May. The May rallye will be
the club’s largest venture to
date, with fifty entries, over
night stops and twin banquets
included, a large purse for the
winners, and plenty of exciting
driving.
The TAMSCC offers to all
drivers a chance to compete with
their 'automobile in club-spon
sored and other local and state
wide events, and offers valuable
discounts and information to nov
ice ai d expert drivers alike
through its meetings and other
functions. The club is open to
all drivers and non-drivers, if
they have a true interest in any
aspect of the automotive world.
For more information about the
club and its upcoming plans, call
Mr. Alan Weckerling or Mr.
Emil Pela at 845-3005 or 845-
1984.
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