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Yours at the special student rate of only... *2.98 (plus shipping) Offered in bookstores for $3.95. Order cards located in college bookstore. Send no money now. Mail your card today. ® 1970. THE READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION. INC. Metcalf Says Team Needs Improvemenl By Richard Campbell Coach Shelby Metcalf was not too enthusiastic about his varsi ty’s performance Monday night against the Aggie Fish and of fered but one good point about the Aggies since practice started Oct. 15. “No one has been hurt since we started pract icing seven weeks ago,” the Aggie cage men tor commented. “That’s about the only thing good to come of it.” Metcalf talked with newsmen Tuesday afternoon in the Let- INSTRUCTION terman’s Lounge in G. Rollie White to critique his squad’s play in preparation for the Ag gies’ 8 p.m. opener Thursday against the Northwestern Louisi ana State Demons. Fish coach Jim Culpepper was also present to evaluate his team’s progress. Although the varsity emerged on the top side of a 73-58 score, Metcalf was not really pleased with their overall play. “Our shooting was about the only part of our game that was up to par. I don’t believe that our new players (sophomores) are tough enough both mentally and physically to win. They just don’t realize yet what it takes to compete in the conference.” Metcalf also mentioned that he was glad to be going on the road to play in three tourna ments before conference play opens Jan. 6. “Success in the Southwest Conference depends on the im provement that the team makes in the month of December. Last season our players seemed to jell as a team during the All-College Tournament.” “I like the tournaments be cause of the national recognition and the gifts which the players receive,” Metcalf continued. “I guess that we (A&M) are be coming more respected in bas ketball because we are not play ing the host teams in any of our tournaments this year. Usually the host team will pair itself with a team it thinks it can beat in the first round.” Obviously the big improvement this season will have to come from the sophomores and from the Aggies’ big men, Steve Niles and Rick Duplantis, who were not impressive on the boards against the shorter Fish. The Fish took down 48 rebounds to 46 for the varsity. OBSERVATION Metcalf said that he will go with the same starting lineup Thursday night. Niles, the 7-0 junior will start at low post while Duplantis, a 6-8 sopho more, will open at the high post. Junior Bill Cooksey and senior Mike Heitman, the 6-4 Aggie captain, will start at the forward slots while 6-1 Pat Kavanaugh, a Hill County junior college trans fer, will open at point. The Demons will counter with an experienced squad of four re turning starters from a 16-13 team. Charles Bloodworth will be the big man for the Demons, who earlier this week dropped a 96-90 decision to North Texas State. “It was a two-point game with only 30 seconds left,” Metcalf said, “but North Texas made two free throws and a long jump shot to pull away from Northwestern. Bloodworth, a 6-8, 240-pounder at post, will be joined in the Demons starting five by senior guard Doug Watts, who led them in scoring against North Texas. The other guard will be junior John Janese, a 6-1 speedster, and forwards Jerry Masters and Carlton Walding, both 6-3, round out the starters. Culpepper seemed pleased with the performance of his players, on the whole, against the SWC champs. “We got good performau Ly. Mi"—”"" from several of our plaje (Jeff) Overhouse, (B) Goli and (Wayne) Howard all pla; pretty well.” He had special praise for H in even though he admitted!: it was not one of his scrimmages. “Gobin is a real smooth hander,” Culpepper said, “a«ij is the best all-around player this stage in the year thatij coached since I’ve been here Aggie Fish Face Blinn Tomorrow Nigh By Mike Wright Assistant Sports Editor The Texas Aggie Fish basket ball team opens its regular sea son tomorrow night against the Blinn Bucs in the preliminary game before the varsity encount ers Northwestern Louisiana State. Fish coach Jim Culpepper will likely start the quintet of Bill O’Brien at point, Jeff Overhouse and Bryan Mezger at the posts position, with Bob Gobin and Wayne Howard at the forwards. This year’s team does not have the exceptional height but all members are well blessed with muscle and a degree of quick ness. They have the ability to overpower any opponent who will cross their path. This fact was driven home in Monday night’s scrimmage against the Varsity as the Fish out rebound ed the upper classmen 48-46. Overhouse, 6-6, from Clear Creek guarded the Aggie’s Steve Niles with ease to be among the Fish drawing praise for their ef fort. Overhouse was all-district for two years, as Clear Creek won their 15th, 16th, and 17th straight district titles. At the other post slot, Mezger also brings two years of all dis trict honors to Aggieland from Marble Falls. Bill O’Brien, of Houston Mem orial, was introduced to the floor of G. Rollie White last spring as he helped lead the Mustangs to a victory in the regional tourney. Gobin hails from Perryton where he was all-district, all state and All American in bas ketball. He was also all district and all south-plains in football. He was named to the SWC Blue Chip list by the coaches in both sports. Howard, also a Houston Mem orial lad, was named Most Val uable Player in Memorial’s tough district. 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Wood Brothers crew has been unofficially clocked d«t races and performed the si tasks in as little as 17.0 sect! “I figure my crew will rd give me an advantage in Texas 500,” says Yarborod “We will be running in tr»* at speeds of about 170 miles hour. This means we’re tr> ( ing about 250 feet per serf I have won several races W lot less than 250 feet. If 1 Mercury is running thes® speed as the Fords and Do£ then the difference will be it 1 pit stops. If we can be a see ; quicker in the pits, then web gained distance on the Yarborough explained. Most experts look for a ^ imum of seven pit stops the $93,150 race on DecemW an outlook that will add ff 5 significance to the ability speed of the pit crews. Tickets are available at Texas International Speed* 1 ticket office Highway 6 So 1 * College Station, Texas, 7$ and at ticket outlets througb the state. T