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JOHN McNEVIN and an unidentified opponent are all tangled up as they compete in the
Intramural wrestling campionships that have been held the past two weeks. McNevin won
the 177 lb. division of the championships. (Photo by Mike Stephens)
Saturday at 1:30 p. m.
Netters host St. Edwards
By BRUCE BLACK
The Aggie tennis team will go
up against St. Edwards Saturday
at 1:30 p.m. here.
Coach Omar Smith said that he
does not look for as tough a
match as we had against 14th
ranked Houston last week.
The Aggies beat the Cougars
by a score of 4-2 here Feb. 12.
“This will be an excellent op
portunity for the students to come
out and see the team before it
meets most of its big opponents
next month,” Smith said.
In March, the Aggie netters
will meet eight of the top 16
schools in the nation according to
the NCAA polls, including 11 all-
Americans who represent these
schools.
“Not only is the Southwestern
Conference strong this year,”
Coach Smith said, “but so is the
whole section of the state.”
Among coming competition are
seventh ranked Corpus Christi,
Rice and Trinity University,
which are tied for second place
nationally, Baylor and SMU.
“TU is certainly one of the
strongest teams in the state,”
Smith said, “and have more top
ranked players than any school
in the conference.”
“The team needs a lot of sup
port,” Smith continued. “We are
looking forward to seeing a large
crowd Saturday.”
Probable starters for tomor
row’s match include Jon Ragland,
a Southwest Conference doubles
champ, Dick Fikes, Mike Hickey,
Tommy Connell, Lawton Park and
Dan Coursin.
Ags ink Trahan;
46 have signed
Ags swim against
ENMU and Tech
By MICHAEL RICE
Battalion Sports Writer
After dropping its last dual
meet to the University of Texas
Tuesday night in Austin, 71-42,
the Texas A&M swim team hits
the road again this weekend as it
travels to Portales, N. M., Friday
to swim against Eastern New
Mexico.
Saturday, the Aggies will move
on to Lubbock, to swim against
Texas Tech in a dual confronta
tion—the basketball teams of the
schools will be battling it out at
the same time.
Presently boasting a 3-1 rec
ord, the Ags will be trying to
stick two more wins under their
belts while trying to bring their
times down as much as possible
before they begin their taper for
the conference championships.
“With an eye on the rapidly
advancing conference champion
ships, April 4, 5, 6,” Fosdick said,
“we are trying to find the best
spots to place our swimmers to
get the most possible points in
the meet.
“These dual meets really mean
nothing as far as conference
standings go, because all the
teams have a chance at the mar
bles at the conference meet,” he
said.
“Tuesday, we swam very slug
gishly because we weren’t ready
physically and mentally,” he con
tinued. “From what I can de
termine, we mentally peaked
about an hour and a half before
the meet actually started. When
we finally warmed up before the
meet, we were already going
downhill in our mental psyche.”
When the Aggies reach Lub
bock Saturday, they will have
their work cut out for them.
Texas Tech swam right on by the
University of Texas in their dual
meet, with a distant score of
81%-31%.
“Our schedule isn’t getting any
easier,” Fosdick said, “but if we
swim like we did against Arkan
sas, we should be able to pull the
rug out from under them. We’ll
have to have good times and a
strong team effort.”
Expected to produce more good
times this week for the Aggies
this weekend are Gordon Taylor,
Dan and Steve Sonnenberg and
John McCleary. Although Eric
Wolff, Steve Prentice and Tom
Sparks had an off-night at Texas,
Fosdick expects them to be ready
for the meets this weekend.
“Everyone is looking pretty
good in practice,” Fosdick said.
“I think we’ll be ready for them.”
Coach Gene Stallings an
nounced Thursday the signing of
Warren Trahan, all-state tight
end from LaFayette, La., to a
letter of intent.
Trahan, 6-4 230, played for
Acadiana High School and was
the 46th player signed by the
Aggies since Feb. 9.
A&M signed 38 on opening day
for recruiting and has the names
of 42 freshman prospects, and
four junior college transfers who
will be eligible to help the var
sity next year.
Clay Thornton, 6-1 205 center
from New Mexico Military In
stitute, and Skip Knehn, from
Ranger Junior College, signed
with the Aggies before last
Tuesday, as junior college play
ers are allowed to do, and joining
them were Bill Yoakum from
Northeast Oklahoma A&M and
John Phillips from South Texas
Junior College.
High school players, who have
signed since opening day besides
Trahan are Eric Cain from Hous
ton Bellaire, Dennis Henderson,
6-0 210, tackle from Mansfield
and Mike Newton, a quarterback
from Knox City.
A&M is allowed 50 football
scholarships.
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Friday, February 19, 1971
THE BATTALION
Ags out to spoil Tech title plans
By CLIFFORD BROYLES
Battalion Sports Editor
The Texas Aggies, now playing
a role as spoilers, go for what
would be the upset of the year
Saturday when they travel to
Lubbock’s Municipal Coliseum to
tangle with the Texas Tech Red
Raiders in a game that will be
telecast as the Southwest Confer
ence game of the week, with tip-
off set for 2 p.m.
The Aggies, with a 2-7 chart,
face three of the four contenders
in the home stretch of the con
ference race, and Saturday’s
game could be the roughest of
the three.
Tech has built a tremendous
following of its sports in Lub
bock and the West Texas area,
and for proof, they’ve averaged
more than 9,000 fans per game
six times since they first played
in the coliseum in 1956. In fact
their lowest attendance total was
an average of 6,874 two years
ago.
This year the Raiders’ small
est crowd was 9,648 and that was
in their last game as the Lub
bock fire marshal — after the
attendance at one game reached
10,300 — made Tech officials
stop at 9,600 because there aren’t
but 7,500 permanent seats in the
place and a little over 7,500 per
manent seats on the floor.
One Tech official said that the
Raiders have sold out for every
home game this year and have a
waiting list of about 1,000 fans.
Naturally when you can pack
’em in like that, the crowds get
pretty noisy and have been known
to affect the play of opposing
teams.
Last year in conference play
Tech was 6-1 at home. The lone
loss was to Baylor after the Rice
Owls had already decided the
league championship for them
selves.
This year the Raiders are 3-0
in league play before the home
folks. In A&M’s last visit to the
hub of the South Plains they lost
84-66 on the same night the Har
lem Globetrotters were perform
ing their magic at G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
Aside from the home court ad
vantage the Raiders can field a
pretty good team and one that
right now is in as good a spot
as any in the league race.
The heart of the Raiders lies
in their two returning all-SWC
performers, Gene Knolle and
Greg Lowery, and senior ball
handling expert Greg Williams.
Knolle is the team’s most de
pendable scorer and rebounder,
hitting for 22.1 a game and pull
ing down 8.1 rebounds.
Lowery is averaging 19.6 for
the year but 21.9 for the season
and he and Knolle are the only
two Raiders who rank in the top
20 in scoring in the league.
Lowery is also the league’s
leading foul shooter and Knolle
is seventh. Williams is averag
ing 12.2 in league play.
The Raider inside men, Larry
Wood, Ron Douglas and Gene
Kaberline, have been inconsistent
for Tech but should be influen
tial in the home stretch. Wood
led the trio with 7.6 points and
6.7 rebounds. Douglas has 4.8
points and Kaberline, who had
double figures in the first A&M
game, has a four-point and four-
rebound norm.
The Aggies are expected to
send the same lineup they’ve used
in the past three starts with
hopes of finding themselves in
their shooting.
A&M has rebounded and play
ed defense well — especially in
the conference games after reach
ing their peak — but have
struggling with a 36-40 per
shooting ratio while oppoi
have usually hit around 51)
seldom less than 45 percent
The lack of shooting has
A&M to lose at least threeli
encounters, where it has 22
15 more shots than their oi
ents yet lost by six in ovi
in one and by seven on the
in another.
Wayne Howard continued
be a pleasant surprise whei
chalked up a career high
points, hitting on 10 of 16
the floor against SMU. It
last four games Howard is a
aging 18.5 and for the season
Steve Niles, still in a stoi
slump that has spanned
games, now is averaging only
after nearing the 17.0 norm)
fore his streak.
Jeff Overhouse, who will
good late-season finish could)
come the second-highest see
in history by an A&M sophow
has an 11.9 mark.
Vo
Chuck Smith, with a 8.3si
age and Bill Cooksey,
snapped a three game slurapii
10 points against SMU, will
up at the guard posts.
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9 :30 A.M.—Sunday School
11:00 A.M.—Sunday Service
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day
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7 :30 P.M.—Evening Service
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