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— ■ ■ • • ■ . ' " ■ ' ■ i i 36 36 Pag-e 4 College Station, Texas Thursday, April 2, 1970 THE BATTALION HOW IT FIGURES: Interesting statistics, right? Look at them one way, and you get 96. Look at them another way . . . long enough . . . and what you’re likely to get is married. From that point on, you multiply. So do your responsibilities. It pays to plan for responsi bilities. You can do this now by investing in a life insurance program that can provide the foundation for a sound finan cial structure. The earlier you start, the less it costs, and the more security you’ll have a chance to build. Stop by our office today. Or give us a call, and let’s talk about subtracting something from your life: financial worry. GORDON RICHARDSON (713) 567-3165 PROVIDENT MUTUAL=S= LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA Aggie Tracksters Prepare For Texas Relays Texas A&M's Curtis Mills must be convinced that those footrace defeats he suffered last summer were no flukes. Mills had just returned home to Lukfin after setting a world record of 44.7 seconds in the 440- yard dash at the NCAA meet. His younger brother Marvin chal lenged the new champ to a race down the street. They paced off roughly 150 yards and, with half the neighbor hood looking on, Marvin beat Curtis two out of three at that distance. Last Saturday Marvin, who followed big brother’s footsteps to A&M if not in the 150-yard dash, ran the first 220 of his ca reer in Corpus Christi. He blazed to a 21.2 clocking, the best in the Southwest Confer ence for 1970. And, reports coach Charlie Thomas, it was the first competitive 220 of Marvin’s life. With that strong showing by the younger Mills, the Aggies are definite threats in the 880-yard relay this weekend at the 43rd annual Texas Relays. “That might be our best race,” Thomas conceded. “I’d hate to say what we can run, but we might get down around 1:22.” Thomas plans to lead off with freshman Donnie Rogers, follow ed by SWC 100-yard dash champ Rockie Woods, Marvin and Curtis Mills. The Aggies will also present record threats in the 440 and mile relays—with a 40.1 clocking in the former against a 40.2 university division record, and a 3:12.1 in the former against a 3:07.0 rec ord. The Aggies’ mile relay hopes, however, hinge on Willie Black mon’s sore leg. He sat out the Corpus Christi meet and A&M ran third behind Rice’s 3:11.2 and Texas’ 3:11.9, the top two out door SWC times of the season. The Corpus Christi meet pro duced some excellent times as all races finished into a brisk wind. Marvin ran the third competitive Aggies’ Best Outdoor Marks For 1970 Track Season (Through CC Invitational of March 28. Next meet, Texas Re lays, April 3-4.) 440 Relay: 40.1 (Scotty Hen dricks, Curtis Mills, Marvin Mills, Rockie Woods) (3-14, College Station) Mile Run: 4:13.7 Sammy Skinner, (3-28, Corpus Christi) 120 Hurdles: 14.5 n, Donny Rogers (2-28, Fort Worth); 14.6 n, Rockie Woods (3-28, Corpus Christi); 14.7, David Prince (3- 14, College Staiton) 440 Dash: 46.4, Curtis Mills (3- 28, Corpus Christi) LORD JEFF TOWN SHIRE / BRYAN. TEXAS 77*01 SUMMER CAMP POSITIONS AT CAMP STEWART FOR BOYS HUNT, TEXAS Looking for Outstanding Men for Rewarding Summer Work— Need General Counselors, also Camping and Athletic Skills. Interview Tuesday, April 7 — 3rd Floor Student Placement — YMCA or Contact Camp. 100 Dash: 9.6, Marvin Mills (3- 28, Corpus Christi) 9.6 n, Rockie Woods (3-28, Cor pus Christi) 880 Run: 1:54.1 n, Willie Black mon (3-14, College Station) 440 Hurdles: 51.2, Don Kellar (3- 28, Corpus Christi 220 Dash: 21.2, Marvin Mills (3- 28, Corpus Christi); 21.6 n, Donnie Rogers (3-14, College Station) 3-Mile Run: 15:08.0 n, Bill John son (2-28, Fort Worth) Mile Relay: 3:12.0 n, (David Mor ris, Harold McMahan, Don Kel ler, Curtis Mills) (3-28, Corpus Christi) Shot Put: 57’5”, Ronnie Lightfoot (3-7, Laredo) Discus: 168’214”, Ronnie Light- foot (2-28, Fort Worth) Javelin: 211’5 1 4”, Marc Black (3- 14, College Station) High Jump: 6-9, Marvin Taylor (3-14, College Station); 6-7, Ben Greathouse (3-28, Corpus Christi; 3-14, College Station); 6-4 n, Kim Sutton (3-7, Lare do); 6-4 n, John Taylor (3-14, College Station) Pole Vault: 15-0 n, Larry Mc Intyre (3-14, C.S.; 3-28, Corpus Christi); 15-0 n, Harold Mc Mahan (3-14, College Station) Long Jump: No places. n—non-winning.) Next Meets: Fri.-Sat.—April 3-4: Texas Re lays at Austin. Sat., April 11: A&M-Texas- Rice at Houston. Sat., April 18: Rice-Ark-TCU- A&M at College Station. Fri.-Sat., April 24-25: Drake Relays at Des Moines, Iowa. Fri.-Sat., May 1-2: Southwest Conference Meet at Rice, Hous ton. 100-yard dash of his track career and shaded Woods as both clock ed 9.6. Although he’s a newcomer to the sprints, young (Mills hasn’t surprised Thomas with his times. “He ran the intermediate hur dles in high school (at Lufkin Dunbar), but his form wasn’t very good—he was getting good times on his speed,” Thomas ex plained. The Corpus Christi meet also produced seasonal bests in the 880, the 440 and the 440 hurdles in addition to the 220 by Marvin and the mile relay times by Rice and Texas. David Morton, the junior quar- termiler from Texas who has doubled at the 880 the last two weeks, became the first SWC runner to dip under 1:50 this sea son with a 1:49.4 half. He knock ed 2.2. seconds off his previous best of a week earlier in besting Rice’s Steve Straub (1:50.5). That one race produced four of the SWC’s six best times as Da vid Caffey of Texas ran a 1:52.8 and teammate Steve Minnis a 1:52.9. And Aggies Curtis Mills and Don Kellar turned in outstanding times in their specialties. Mills, hampered by an ankle injury in past weeks, had a 46.1 open quar ter to tie the best time set by Morton a month ago. Kellar fash ioned a 51.2 intermediate hurdles, third best in the nation this year. The Aggies really experienced only one major disappointment at Corpus Christi—and it was tem pered. Marvin Taylor, the SWC’s top high jumper, failed to clear the qualifying height, but team mate Ben Greathouse won at 6-7, equalling his best jump of the year. Booters Travel To Austin; To Battle League-Leaders As the season slowly closes, the Texas Aggie Rugby team finds itself in position to make a run for the title. The Aggies were preseason picks to finish a step out of the cellar. The Aggies have made believ ers out of skeptics while forging a 7-3-1 overall mark and despite being the smallest team in the conference, they are known for their aggressive style of play. This Saturday the team travels to Austin to play the conference leaders Texas with match time set for 3 p.m. at Zilcher Park. Thus far in the season, the Ag gies have outscored their oppon ents 136 to 51 and they have crossed their opponents goal line 32 times while holding the oppo sition to only 5 sorties. The penalty kick has hurt the Deadline for Make-up Pictures 1970 Aggieland FRIDAY-APRIL 10 JUNIORS and SOPHOMORES UNIVERSITY STUDIO North Gate Aggies because 36 of the points scored against them have come from penalty kicks. The team has shut out the opponents three times this season. The leading scorer is Andy Scott with 31 points but Jon Farmer and Butch Preston are close behind with 29 and 26 points respectively. Other members who have en tered the scoring column are: Mark Fischer, 18; John Rayton, 11; Dave Lee,6; Steve Johnson, 6; Greg Schwei, 3; John Winters, 3; and Steve Fincher, 3. Other members are: John Hines, hook er; Ron Cole, prop; Harry Finley, prop; Ron Nizer, prop; Bill Scherle, lock; Steve Sturman, lock; Phil Tybor, lock; Harry Herman, lock; Mic Newman, break; Jim Robertson, break; Mike Jaynes, 8th-man; Mike Brants, 8th-man; Ron Neblett, outside center; Bob Shain, out side center; Leo Tomic, outside center; Gary Holsworth, outside center; and Gary Junot, fullback. The next home match for the Ag gies will be on April 25, against Texas on the Parade Grounds at 3 p.m. Bullets Try To Take Over Lead The Baltimore Bullets, higher than a stack of pro centers, will try to take the lead from the reeling Knicks Thursday night at New York in their best-of-7 East ern Division playoff series in the National Basketball Association. In another tie-breaking game Thursday, the Los Angeles Lak ers will play the Suns at Phoenix in the third of a Western Divi sion series that is tied. 1-1. The Milwaukee Bucks sought to build a 3-1 lead over the Phil adelphia 76ers in the other East series Wednesday night in Phil adelphia. SPEED TO BURN—Marvin Mills, shown here winning the 100-yard dash, will be one of the top point producers in the Texas Relays Friday and Saturday in Austin. (Photo by Mike Wrig-ht) Levias Did Need Some Eye Surgery By Denne H. Freeman Associated Press Sports Writer Those flashing lights got to be rather bothersome to Jerry Le vias. He would be home in bed and see them, sweeping across his eyes like an automobile’s head lights on high beam. Levias, the slippery split end for the Houston Oilers and an All-American at Southern Meth odist, would be out on a pass pattern. Here would come the ball . . . and the flashing lights. “It’s hard enough to catch a football under normal circum stances, but with your vision messed up, it’s a little tough,” said Levias. “I decided some thing had to be done.” The doctors told him he had a detached retina in the right eye. It was a souvenir from a San Diego linebacker on Thanks giving Day. “The linebacker stuck his hand out and happened to catch me right in the eye,” Levias said. “I played two more games with it. The flashes kept coming. They didn’t have any set pattern, but they got more frequent.” Levias underwent surgery ear ly this year. “Progress is being made,” said Levias. “Everything seems to 1« correcting itself.” Levias said, “Dr. Charles Russo did one helluva job. He told me he knew what he was doing .., that he wasn’t no rookie. “I was afraid of the operation, They used a laser and you could feel it. I wasn’t all the way under because with this type of opera' tion you have to move your eyi some. I must say there was some pain.” It’s the second time Levias has had an eye operation. “I had an operation in college to correct double vision,” Levias said. Now, he’s back out catching the football again. “The doctor said I mustn’t get bumped before the healing proc ess is over,” Levias said. “I will have to have checkups at various intervals. I go back for my last one just before camp.” Levias, who lives in Houston in the off-season and has started a weekend sports program on KHOU-TV, said, “I’ve got a theory about trying to protect myself from now on.” What’s that? “Speed, man, speed,” said Le vias. “Those linebackers can’t poke what they can’t catch.” AGGIES ... DON’T DELAY! Order Your Boots Now For Future Delivery - Small Payment Will Do YOUR BOOTS MADE TO ORDER Convenient Lay-Away Plan ONLY $70.00 A PAIR Economy Shoe Repair & Boot Co. 509 W. 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