The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 15, 1970, Image 5

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, May 15, 1970, Image 5

Newspaper Page Text1HI el } W-ess. It : its sponsop led Nixon i,' a Pproval t,. in to Cani|» PALACE Brtjun Z’SS79 TODAY & SATURDAY HOW THE WEST WAS WON” With James Stewart en t had bjj ghowtimes—1:10-4 p. m.-6:50-9:30 1 are too weal !n ^al comp]]. ' funds is( B Congress t 'f‘ n g on six! the focus tt real posj to bear JEFF < nxAS 77W TOR MY STARTS SUNDAY BARQUERO’ With Lee Van Cleif THE BATTALION Friday, May 15, 1970 College Station, Texas Page 5 Aggie netters lose only one starter By CLIFFORD BROYLES Battalion Sports Editor cmipm NOW SHOWING “WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A NAKED LADY” QUEEN TONITE & SATURDAY ADULT ENTERTAINMENT 7:15 - 9:15 p. m. “SCREEN TEST GIRL” CIRCLE TONITE AT 8:30 P. M. Jim Brown “TIC - TIC - TIC” At 10:40 p. m. “DIRTY DOZEN” With Lee Marvin ADDED ATTRACTION SAT. “IMPOSSIBLE YEARS” With David Niven jVWVAh™ . ..CUN U».CfBl2 Vf AES' f Rfl Despite a tough go in 1970 Coach Omar Smith feels like his Aggie tennis team which loses only one of its top players will be in the thick of the race for the Southwest Conference title next spring. Smith was very optimistic over the fact that only three seniors, Bruce Crumley, Nathan Finke and Terry Smith, have completed their eligibility and only Crumley will be lost from the first team. Jon Ragland who missed the season will return to the team and will help make up for the loss of Crumley. Ragland teamed with Pete Faust to win the SWC doubles title in 1969 but set out last season with an injury to his arm. Another bright spot was sopho more Tommy Connell who pro gressed rapidly during the season and moved into the first unit midway through the year. Connell last week defeated Faust in the Brazos Open Tennis Tournament in a match that pleased Coach Smith greatly. Dickie Fikes, the Aggies num ber one player as a sophomore had the problem of facing the opposing teams best all season long. He defeated Texas’ number one player John Mozola in the first round of the SWC tourna ment before losing to Tommy Shelves of Baylor. Coach Smith said that every team in the conference will lose at least one top player except SMU. The Mustangs who placed sec ond to Rice in the conference standings return their top three singles players including John Gardner who was the number two seeded singles player in the conference. Barry Stetson and Tim Smith who played the num ber four singles spot for SMU will be the only losses. Rice which won the crown with a 30-4 mark for the second year in a row went on to place first and second in the SWC tourney singles and first and second in team doubles loses only number three singles player Tico Carrero, the fourth seeded player in the conference who advanced to the semifinals before losing to team mate Zan Guerry. Texas only loss is number one player John Mozola. Texas Tech which placed third in the league could suffer severe ly by the loss of three top players including their top three singles players and their top doubles team. Joe Williams and Rusty Powell who placed second to Faust and Ragland last year and advanced to the semifinals this year before losing to the team that won the tournament doubles will both graduate. TCU and Baylor the cellar dwellers of the league both lose their top player. The Frogs lose Marcelo de la Serna and the Bears must replace Gary Luft. Several other Aggies played in the Brazos open last week with Richard Barker, an Aggie ex out classing the field defeating Con nell in the finals. Lindsey Kroll, Nathan Finke and Steve Rosanky of the A&M tennis team also played in the tourney which also had Dr, Rob ert A. Kenefick, associate profes sor of physics in the field. Dr. William Hoover, a member of the 1948 A&M tennis team and an associate professor in Ag riculture Analytical services won the 35 and older division of the tourney. Also entered in the division with the Aggie netters was Bill Matyastik from Waco who was the top seeded player in the state for 14 and under classification. Matyastik is 14 years old. About this time a year ago New York Mets started to win Bill Rigney says Tony Oliva better hitter than Mays ■ WEST SIDE AT 8:20 P. M. “EASY RIDER” With Peter Fonda At 10:30 p. m. ’CASTLE KEEP” With Burt Lancaster EAST SIDE AT 8:30 P. M. “COCKEYED COWBOY FROM CALICO COUNTY” With Dan (Hoss) Blocker At 10:40 p. m. “WAR WAGON” With ( Big Dad) John Wayne By PAT THOMPSON Associated Press Sports Writer ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS <A>) — Manager Bill Rigney of the Minnesota Twins rates Tony Oliva a better hitter than Willie Mays. Rigney, who managed Mays at San Francisco, told Oliva to his face after a recent game: “You’re the best hitter I’ve ever seen.” Asked about this appraisal, Rigney said Thursday: “I’d have to say Willie Mays was the best young, all-around player I ever managed. But this fellow (Tony) is a natural born hitter. No telling what kind of average he would have if he walked more. “But he’s such an aggressive hitter, he attacks the ball and doesn’t walk. Tony wants to hit. And he hits to all fields, a spray hitter. It’s tough for them to play him anywhere.” Rigney is a veteran major league manager and has seen the best in the American and Na tional Leagues. Oliva, himself, says he has a chance this year to win his third A.L. batting title. “When I go good, I hit anybody,” he says. The 28-year-old, Cuban-born slugger has batted over .300 four of his six fulltime seasons with the Twins and has been selected to the All-Star team each season. Oliva has a .308 lifetime average. Going into a Thursday night’s game against Kansas City, Oliva was hitting .331 with five home runs and 27 runs batted in. Oliva was in tears last year after Baltimore swept the Twins in three straight games and Min nesota fans booed him for a field ing play, not realizing he had pulled a muscle the day before. By TOM SALADINO Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK <A>> — Were the amazing 1969 New York Mets truly a miracle team, a once in a lifetime dream or are they actually for real ? These questions no doubt are being asked in many baseball cir cles plus one more that’s most timely—can the Mets do it again ? What these young men — none a superstar until Tom Seaver emerged as a 25-game winner and Cy Young Award recipient — did was win the National League pennants as 100-1 shots. Then they went on to sweep the Atlanta Braves in a playoff and completely stifle the American League champion Baltimore Ori oles in four straight World Ser ies games, after dropping the opener to become the world cham pions. But what has happened in 1970? Actually they’re better off now than a year ago. The Mets, stumbling along at 16-16 after six weeks—32 games — actually are ahead of last sea son’s pace at the same time when they were 15-17 in third place, seven games in back of the Chi cago Cubs. Mets are now in second place, only IVz games behind the first place Cubs in the East. “We’ve still got plenty of time to win,” said Gil Hodges, skip per of the Mets. “But we’ve got to get a streak going. We should be doing better and we will do better. “Don’t forget,” Hodges said. “We really weren’t a good team early last season. But we got better and better as the season progressed. We’ve got the extra year’s experience and I believe this is a better club.” The Mets didn’t reach the .500 mark last year until May 21 when they were 18-18 and a few days later reeled off an 11-game winning streak which triggered their miracle. Read Battalion Classifieds CASH FOR USED BOOKS We Sell To 100 College Stores Loupors 1970 TOYOTA $1830.00 BRAZOS VALUEV TOYOTA INC. We Service All Foreign Make Cars Cavitt at Coalter Phone 822-2828 NOTICE NOTICE Faculty and Staff Members You may want to convert your group term life in surance policy that you now have with Republic Na tional Life Insurance Company. It may be converted without evidence of insurability. For particulars phone W. N. Flop Colson 846-4223 or 846-9090 The Chicken House 3 Pc. 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