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Page 8 College Station, Texas Thursday, May 29, 1969 THE BATTALION Ags Sign Two Top Tracksters The Texas Aggies upgraded their track hopes for the future last week with the announced signing of two of the top school boy tracksters in the state. Donny Rogers, a Bay City track star, and Sammy Skinner, an out standing miler from Deer Park were announced by Coach Charley Thomas as having signed letters of intent. L O U P O T ’ S 1,000 $5 to $10 Books (LOU’S MISTAKE) These were bought for re sale and edition changed. Buy for 95£ each or 10 for $7.50 Build Your Library at Lou’s Expense “Donny is, in our opinion, the top hurdler in the state,” Thomas said. “We feel he has a great career ahead of him at A&M.” Rogers, coached by his father, set seven individual school rec ords in a four-year career at Bay City. He had offers from 44 col leges including Texas, Tennessee, UCLA, and Rice. Skinner, a star miler with clockings consistently under 4:20, is also a cross-country runner and could be the best distance man that A&M has ever had. Others who have joined the Aggie fold include: Dennis O’Brien of Houston Me morial who has a 1:53.5 in the half-mile and a 48.0 in the mile relay. Harold McMahan of El Paso, a 15-foot pole vaulter, a 22-foot broad jumper and a relay man who has run a 46.7 in the mile relay. Skelley Strong of Blinn JC who has a 47.5 in the quarter and who runs on 440 and 880 relay teams. David Morris of Victoria High, a 9.8 sprinter, a 23-5 broad jump er, a 48.5 in the mile relay and who tied the state record of 37.6 in the 330-yard hurdles. Mike Morrison of Fort Worth Haltom, a broad jumper who has leaped 23-7. Longhorns Gain Playoffs But Have To Share Laurels As champion Texas prepares for its 17th participation in the National Collegiate baseball play off over a 23-season span, it has to share pride with the rivals it dominated during the 1969 South west Conference campaign. Texas’ conquest was the most decisive the league has experi enced since TCU won by a like margin (4 1 ^ games) in 1956 and its record (14-2) the best since the (14-1) national championship season of 1950. Not all of the spoils went to the victor, however. SAMMY SKINNER Runner-up TCU led the league in batting, and its even-.300 per centage has been bettered only seven times in the modern era. Texas Tech, the most improved team in the league that finished a half-game back of the Horned Frogs, can claim to be the best fielding team over that same span. The Red Raiders’ 18 errors constitutes a record low for the SWC since 1946, and its fielding average (.969) ties the 1966 TCU team for a like honor. Tech also produced the indi vidual batting champion in Sec ond Baseman Jerry Haggard at .400. It was a second straight good season for the Red Raider star who ranked tenth in 1968 SWC batting (.333) when he was named to the all-Conference team. Run ner-up to Haggard was Roger Williams of TCU at .396. Most of the ten leading hitters of 1969 might well have been mo tivated by the belief that if at first you do not succeed, try, try again. Williams batted only .125 the previous season, while Team mates Dick Gage and Wayne Mor rison achieved similar about-faces. A&M’s Bob Long, Rice’s Dick Fuqua and Gene Salmon made strong advances, but Haggard was the only one of six returnees from last year’s Top Ten to make the flight again. V0LI ILinS 1 Ife mmm ow* PFices axo TMUpSPAf-fPlPAY/ 5*10PPAY M/Y M-yy-bi SWIFTS Fpoies BEEF S*i£./! Y STEW 43 79 f/WOY 0POII -STEAK CHUCK ROAST ^ ROAST *49f 6C5W BpUED ft A CUUE ROAST STEAK 9TBr/ MEAT ’89 PRME 0-6'? 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