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Page 4 College Station, Texas Friday, March 5, 1971 THE BATTALION Ags bid for Border repeat The Texas Aggie track team still recovering from an early Curtis Mills, Donny Rogers, defends its team title in the Uni versity Division of the Border Olympics Saturday, and with an injury slowing down one of their top performers the task is easier said than done. Marvin Mills, one of the key men in the 440 and mile relay as well as the sprints, will run in only the 440-yard dash. Mills hasn’t run since aggravating at the Houston Federation meet a muscle pull he suffered last sum mer at the NCAA meet, and has been able to resume workouts only this week. Brother Curtis will bear much of the burden and a top perform ance from Curtis could show whether the Aggies rule as team champs again. He’ll be in the 100 and 220 as well as running a leg on both relays. Rockie Woods, the two-time SWC 100-yard dash champion, will not run his specialty as he is season hamstring pull. He’ll enter the 120-yard hurdles, 220 and sprint relay. Assistant Coach Ted Nelson said he felt whether the Aggies repeat will depend on the relays, and without Marvin that will be a struggle. Pole vaulter Harold McMahan seeks to better his career high of 16 feet % inch in the event, one he set last week in the dual meet with Rice. The Aggies also are expected to score well in the high jump with Marvin Taylor and Ben Greathouse, both consistent 6-8 jumpers. Entries for A&M are: 440-yard relay — Steve Barre, sawm TODAY & SATURDAY Marlon Brando In “BURN” STARTS SUNDAY Tony Curtis & Charles Brunson In “YOU CAN’T WIN THEM ALL” U AM RUST TONITE & SATURDAY “DORIAN CRY” With Helmut Berger STARTS SUNDAY “BATTLE OF NERETVA’ With Yul Brynner Skyway Twin WEST SCREEN AT 6:30 P. M. “BIG FOOT” At 8:20 p. m. “DRACULA HAS RISEN” OUR SATURDAY NITE SPECIAL (All 3 In Color) No. 1 At 6:30 p. m. “HOT ROD ACTION” No. 2 At 8:20 p. m. “FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD” No. 3 At 10:30 p. m. “SAM WHISKEY” EAST SCREEN AT 6:40 P. M. Elliott Gould In “I LOVE MY WIFE’ At 8:35 p. m. “CHANGE OF HABIT” With Elvis Presley >lCI RCL E “ T ■n rti-vrE -xtc TONITE AT 6:45 P. M. “KELLY’S HEROE’S With Clint Eastwood At 9:10 p. m. ‘HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS” OUR SATURDAY NITE BIG 3 At 6:30 p. m. “WILD WILD PLANET” At 8:20 p. m. “DAY OF ANGER” At 10:30 p. m. “DADDY’S GONE A Former gridders Larry and Ross score again By CLIFFORD BROYLES Battalion Sports Editor Former Texas A&M football stars Larry Stegent, now with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League — and Ross Brupbacher — now with the Chicago Bears of the NFL — were two of six professional foot ball players who got together and provided $1,000 to William Mad den, 43, of Fort Worth so he could give his wife Betty, a can cer victim, a decent burial. Madden advertised furniture, clothing, a portable television, a record player, groceries and oth er articles under the heading “Must Sell for Funeral.” Madden said that he had spent nearly all his savings on caring for his wife, who died Sunday, and a funeral home told him the burial lot and casket would cost about $600. Mrs. John Kennedy of Fort Worth, who answered the adver tisement, started a collection when she heard the story. Per sons had already contributed $300 to a fund at Seminary State Bank in Fort Worth where the special fund was set up. Stegent and Brupbacher be came involved when Langdon “Zip” Viracola of Dallas con tacted them. Both are continuing work on their degree this semes ter. “He told what the situation was and said he thought we ought to help. I agreed and we did it,” Stegent said. Viracola, president of the American Sports Association, contacted the players whom he was an agent for when they signed their grid contracts. Stegent and Brupbacher have just finished their first season in the pro grid wars, with Stegent missing the season due to knee injury. The other players who helped contribute were Skip Butler,, place kicker of the Atlanta Fal cons, who played his college foot ball at the University of Texas at Arlington; Linzy Cole, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears, who played at Texas Christian University; and two players who were selected in the recent draft of college players in January — Bill Atessis of the Baltimore Colts and the University of Texas at Austin and Richard Harris from Grambling, who was the number one draft choice of the Philadelphia Eagles. Madden has also received at least 13 free burial plots in four different cemeteries. He accepted one and services will be held Sat urday at 1 p.m. in the Mount ATTENTION JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES Make-up pictures for 1971 Aggieland are now being made at the UNIVERSITY STUDIO Deadline Is March 12 Rockie Woods. Mile Relay — Robert Brew, Skelly Strong, Don Kellar, C. Mills. 440-yard dash — Brew, Strong, Marvin Mills, David Morris. 100-yard dash — C. Mills, Rog ers, Barre, Allen Swagerty. 220-yard dash — C. Mills, Woods, Rogers, Barre, Swagerty. 120-yard hurdles—Woods, Rog ers, Gary West, Edgar Harvey. 440-yard hurdles — Kellar, Da vid Prince, West, Morris, Harvey. 880-yard run—Dennis O’Brien, Willie Blackmon, Harold Vaegt- borg. Mile run — Frank Ybarbo. Three mile run — Ybarbo. Shot put — Mitch Robertson, Clifton Thomas. Discus — Tim Brown, Bubba Vincent. Pole vault—Harold McMahan, Larry McIntyre, Billy Hoffman, Robert Hoffman. Javelin — Marc Black, Kris Johnson. High jump — Marvin Taylor, Ben Greathouse. Broad jump — Eric Elkins. Wrestlers host UT The Texas A&M wrestling team travels to Nacogdoches Friday night for a contest with Stephen F. Austin State University, ac cording to Steve Goiffon, a spokesman from the team. Saturday at 1:30 p.m., the team coached by Steve Stone faces a tough University of Texas at Aus tin team in the third floor gym nasium of the G. Rollie White Coliseum. Aggies finish season against Arkansas five Chuck Smith By JOHN CURYLO Bill Cooksey, Chuck Smith and Steve Niles close out their col lege careers here tonight when the Aggies meet the Arkansas Razorbacks. The three will be in the start ing lineup for the 8 p.m. tipoff that ends play this year for both teams. Cooksey is a 6-2 guard from Houston Sam Houston, Smith is a 6-5 forward from Odessa Permian, and Niles is a 7-foot center from San Antonio Lee. “When they were sophomores, we won the conference champion ship,” Coach Shelby Metcalf said. “Then, last year, we were second, and now we have, at best, a 9-17 year. It’s a shame that it couldn’t have been the other way around for the type of athletes and people they are.” Another senior on the squad this year was Pat Kavanagh. He injured his back in the Citadel game before conference play and was not able to finish the season. However, he did make a contrib ution to the team as a scout. Met calf said that he is one of the best scouts the team has ever had. Kavanaugh is a biology ma jor from Camden, New Jersey. The other starters tonight will be Charlie Jenkins and Jeff Over house. Jenkins came to A&M to play baseball. Although he didn’t start on the Fish team last year, he has developed this season into one of the best players on the team. Overhouse scored 17 points against TCU Tuesday night. This pushed him past John Beasley in to the No. 2 position as top Aggie scorers as sophomores. He is still 45 points short of Carroll Brous sard, who is first, but Overhouse should win SWC Sophomore of the Year without any trouble. The Aggies will play tonight without Rick Duplantis. The 6-8 junior was kicked by a TCU fan during the fight Tuesday night, reinjuring the knee which he has bandaged due to an operation last summer. The Aggies are 8-17 this year, and 4-9 in conference play. Arkan sas has had similar difficulties, posting 5-19 and 1-12 marks. The Aggies have lost several close ones, two in overtime. Of Arkansas’ 12 conference losses, 11 were by four points or less. A&M won by four in the first round in Fayetteville. Razorback Coach Lanny Van Eman will start his only senior, Bobby Vint, along with three juniors and a sophomore. Vint is 6-8 and is averaging 11.5 points per game. His hometown is North Little Rock. The juniors are Vernon Mur phy, Aimer Lee, and Donnie Watts. Murhpy, 6-6, comes from Texarkana, Texas, and has been getting 16.3 points a contest. Lee, from Fort Smith, is only 6-1, but he is the leading scorer with an average of 17.8 points. At 6-6, Watts is making 15.2 tallies an outing. His home is Harrison, Ark. Larry Box is a 6-9 native of Leachville, Ark., who has a 5.4 average. The top two substitutes, are also sophomores. Joel 1 and John Searles have beets ing 3.8 and 9.0 points per | respectively. There will be no preli game, since the Aggie Fishe their season Tuesday nightt an 86-76 win over the TCU! This left the Fish with a | record for the season. The l sas freshmen finished within feet record of 16-0. If their young players can heljJ varsity, this could meanbigt! will be happening in the foe of Arkansas a year fromi The Razorbacks will have allij one player returning froitj year’s squad. Vol- Region playofi here Saturday Dallas Kimball, with a | ing 37-1 record, is the early!, vorite to win the region! class 4A boys basketball 1 ment here Saturday. The four-team, one-day i will be staged in Texas G. Rollie White Coliseum anii winner will qualify forthed meet, slated for Austin nextiij Kimball, of district 12,1 on Fort Worth Poly in the ti nament opener at 10 a.m, Site day. The other game, at HI a.m., pits Marshall against I} press-Fairbanks. The two ram play for the regional title ill p.m. Admission for each sesu will be $1.50 for adults ansi drill fie for students. Up to $308 off! 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