The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 11, 1970, Image 6

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Page 6 College Station, Texas Friday, September 11, 1970 THE BATTALICDN
GIBRIL FADIKA of the Texas A&M soccer team and an unidentified member of the
University of Texas at Austin team work for position on the ball during a meeting of
two of the top teams in the Texas Collegiate Soccer League. The A&M team will open
its TCSL season Saturday on the AstroTurf of the practice field south of Kyle field at
10 a. m.
A collegiate soccer first...
Ags open on AstroTurf
A collegiate soccer first will
be recorded Saturday at Texas
A&M when the Aggies open their
1970 season on the recently in
stalled astroturf.
The game, which is against a
strong Stephen F. Austin team,
will have a 10 a.m. kickoff on the
astroturf field to the south of
Kyle Football stadium.
A&M with 14 returning letter-
men from the 1969 season is a
favorite against the young team
from SFA.
In non-league play last year
SFA tied the Aggies 3-3 in their
first encounter but fell to A&M
Intramurals
begin Monday
Intramural sports for the fall
semester are slated to get under
way Monday, according to Ray
Fletcher, director of intramural
sports.
Schedules for the various sports
are ready and can .be picked up
at the Intramural Office in De-
Ware Fieldhouse, Fletcher said.
Those activities starting Mon
day are:
Class A and C: flag football,
handball and bowling.
Class B and D: basketball,
horse shoes, and ping pong.
Class D, Fletcher pointed out,
is the newly organized league for
civilian freshman.
in an injury-marred second game
by a score of 5-3.
The Aggie hooters finished
third last year in the Texas Col
legiate Soccer League with a 11-
2-1 record. Recognized as one of
the more colorful teams in the
circuit, A&M will be fielding an
offense of the same caliber as
last year’s unit which led the
league in scoring. Additionally,
the Aggies are blessed with an
abundance of experienced half
backs and fullbacks.
The Texas Collegiate Soccer
League (TCSL) includes a mix
ture of private and public Texas
colleges and universities repre
senting various athletic affilia
tions: Southwest Conference,
Southland Conference, Lone Star
Conference and independent. Pres
ent members of the league in
clude: University of Texas (Aus
tin), University of Texas (Arling
ton), University of Houston, Tex
as A&M, TCU, Trinity, St. Mary’s,
Rice, Texas Tech, Stephen F.
Austin, and Midwestern. With the
DETROIT (A 5 )—Pitcher Denny
McLain of Detroit, lately one of
the biggest headline-getters in
baseball, has become suddenly,
totally silent.
“He’s hiding out for a few
days,” said his wife, Sharyn,
when reached at the couple’s
Lakeland, Fla., home.
expected admission of SMU, Tex
as A&I, and LeTourneau the
league will probably split into a
north and south division for next
year’s season.
The UT Longhorns, undefeated
in league play during the past
two years are the defending
champions. Top challengers are
expected to be St. Mary’s, Texas
A&M, and Houston.
The league’s opening schedule
will find five games on Saturday
and one on Sunday. Midwestern
plays Trinity in San Antonio,
Houston takes on Texas in Aus
tin, UT/Arlington will play TCU
in Ft. Worth, Rice will meet Tex
as Tech in Lubbock, and Stephen
F. Austin will challenge the Ag
gies in College Station Saturday.
Midwestern, getting a workout
in its first weekend of action, will
play St. Mary’s in San Antonio
on Sunday.
There will be no admission
charged for the A&M-SFA game,
offering an excellent opportunity
for sports fans to watch this fast
and exciting game.
McLain, the 26-year-old Cy
Young Award winner, fell silent
after Baseball Commissioner
Bowie Kuhn suspended him for
the third time in this season.
Kuhn imposed the latest suspen
sion for the remainder of the
season with a terse public state
ment that seemed to raise moi-e
questions than it answered.
McLain reported to Kuhn’s
New York office with his lawyer
to meet with the commissioner
and Tiger officials. After the
214-hour conference, Kuhn emerg
ed and told reporters, “certain
new allegations have been brought
to my attention, including alle
gations regarding McLain’s con
duct with respect to the Detroit
management and information that
on occasions McLain has carried
a gun.”
1970
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