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Page 6 College Station, Texas Tuesday, March 4, 1969 THE i j ALId^N A NARROW WIN The Ag-gies’ Curtis Mills edg-es past Dave Morton of Texas for first place in the 440-yard dash in the meet between the two schools Friday at Kyle Field. Both runners were timed in 47.1 for the race. (Photo by Mike Wright) Spring Sports SMU Sinks Ag Tankers, 93-20 Southern Methodist swimmers set four records Saturday at Joe Perkins Natatorium in Dallas en route to a 93-20 swamping of the Texas Aggies for their 75th con secutive dual meet victory. The Mustangs bested the Ag gies in 11 of 13 events, finishing 1-2 in nine of them, while setting records in the 200-yard freestyle, 1000-yard freestyle, 100-yard free style, and 500-yard freestyle. The only events which the Aggies could cop were the 50- yard freestyle, taken by Bob Dommell, and Tom Sparks’ first place finish in the 100-yard back- stroke. In a rematch with San Jacinto, Texas A&M gymnasts showed tremendous improvement in every event but the more experienced Ravens again outpointed the Ag gies by a narrow margin of 121.20 to 118.35. Whipped into a highly com petitive spirit by this narrow defeat and the one at the hands of Sam Houston two weeks ago, the Ags have been pressing hard in practice and look forward to competing with Sam Houston again this Thursday. However, Saturday will be the big day for the gymnasts as they take on the University of Texas Longhorns in G. Rollie White. Persons interested in gymnas tics can get fine pictorial intro duction to the sport from Coach Bob Mitchell’s display in the G. Rollie White lobby. In the second week of the an nual spring soccer tournament the African team defeated Allen Academy 5-3, and due to the rain the game between Mexico and Central-South America has been postponed to Saturday, March 8. On Sunday, March 9, Africa will play Central-South America at 2 p.m. in the South Gate Soc cer field, followed by another game between Mexico and the Pink Panthers at 4 p.m. Rich Allen of the Philadelphia Phillies struck out 161 times in 152 games last season. It was two less than the National League record. Mills Shines But Ags Fall, 77-5 1 By RICHARD CAMPBELL Texas Aggie sophomore Curtis Mills won the biggest race of his young career Friday afternoon on Kyle Field but it was still overshadowed by the Aggies’ 77- 59 loss to the Texas Longhorns in a dual meet. Mills sped to a photo finish victory over his fiercest rival, soph Dave Morton of Texas, in the 440-yard dash when both were time in 47.1. Mills also anchored the Aggies in the all-important mile relay which Texas won in 3:11.3. Mills took the baton on the final leg of the race trailing Morton by eight yards but he turned on the speed just to be clipped by a hair at the wire. Rockie Woods turned the finest performance overall of any run ner by winning the 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, and the high hur dles for a total of 15 individual points. Another bright spot for the Aggies was the field events, both of which were won by A&M. Ronnie Lightfoot won the shot- put competition with a toss of 56-6 while freshman Bubba Vin cent threw the discus 143-7 for first place. Edward Strong captured first place in the 440-yard hurdles with a time of 53.5 while Richard Ball of A&M placed second at 54.0. The results were: High jump — Bill Elliott (Tex as), 6’8”; Ben Greathouse (A&M), 6’6”; and Barry Noble (Texas), 6’4”. Javelin — Walter Chamberlain (Texas), 206’8”; Marc Black (A&M), 196’3”; and Dan Kasper (Texas), 186’5”. Shot Put — Ronnie Lightfoot (A&M), 56’6”; Randy Nichols (Texas), 52’7”; and Adrian Gen try (Texas), 51’2”. 440 Relay—Texas (Tommy Col- gin, Chester Watson, Byrd Bag gett, and L. J. Cohen), 42.5; A&M’s Steve Barre dropped baton on third exchange. Mile Run — Freddy Cooper (Texas), 4:21.0; David Caffey (Texas), 4:22.0; and Arnie Meek er (Texas), 4:27.1. High Hurdles — Rockie Woods (A&M), 14.6; Deward Strong (A&M), 14.7; and Jack Abbott (A&M), 15.0! 440 Dash—Curtis Mills (A&M), 47.1; Dave Morton (Texas), 47.1; and Eddie Canada (Texas), 47.3. 100-Yard Dash—Rockie Woods (A&M), 9.9; Scott Hendricks (A&M), 10.0, and Byrd Baggett (Texas), 10.2. 880-Yard Run — Mike Mosely (Texas), 1:53.0; David Matina (Texas), 1:53.2, and John Robert son (Texas), 1:56.0. 440-Yard Hurdles — Deward A LONG BLAST The Aggies got into baseball action with a 21-3 victory over Trinity in San Antonio last week. Shown contributing to the Aggies production is Larry Stelley. A&M opens it reg ular baseball season at home Saturday against Houston Baptist. (Photo by Mike Wright) VOL Strong (A&M), 53.5; Richats (A&M), 54.0, and David (Texas), 54.9. 220-Yard Dash—Rockie! (A&M), 21.7; Byrd Baggett as), 22.1, and Scott Heni (A&M), 22.2. Pole Vault—Jim Mallard (i as), 15-6; Don Buttrill (Tti 14-6; and Robert Hofft (A&M), 14-0. Discus—Bubba Vincent (A| 143-7; Ronnie Lightfoot (11 141-7, and Bobby Mitchell (] as), 140-11. 3-Mile Run — Tommy Gar (Texas), 14:50.0; John Ht! (A&M), 14:57.3; and h, Cooper (Texas), 15:02.8. Mile Relay — Texas (Cd Matina, Canada, and Ht|j a y p a£ 3:11.3; A&M (Dolton, Boyd,3 jjg jj 0 croft, and Mills), 3:11.3, Long Jump — Charles Cijj 3rU pti (Texas), 23-2; Forrest S (Texas), 22-0; and Bill E (Texas), 21-8. SIU, Rutger: Added To Nil NEW YORK CP)—Four te including 1967 champion S« em Illinois, were added to National Invitation Tourmi Monday. 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