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■ : BAHAUON Wednesday, December 15, 1971 College Station, Texas Fish set record in crushing ^^harton ic . | f bill henry | isfc issjjtant Sports Editor me Texas A&M’s freshman squad ,|j, (titall together here Tuesday { against the outmanned to barton Junior College Pio- lay jeers 110-79. The win brings the fish’s record to 2-1 and drops icii (larton to 10-4 This point total has established neff record for the Fish. Mike Floyd again led with 22 joints. Jerry Mercer played by i, r the best game in an Aggie uiform, grabbing 25 rebounds rhile scoring 18 points. The 6-9 [ypress-Fairbanks graduate has |*en slow coming around but ilowed the home fans some great moves under the basket. Cedric Joseph hit only 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to take runner-up honors in that depart ment. The game was never in doubt after Wharton scored the open ing bucket. A&M tied the score on the next possession. The lead built up until the Fish had a 20 point lead, 30-10, with less than eight minutes gone. At that point caught fire and next eight points two. A&M then out and began to early game form. the Pioneers converted the to the Fish’s called a time get back into The half-time score stood in the Fish’s favor, 54-38. The second half added fire to the Aggies’ furnace until they built up a 30 point lead, 87-57, with 11 minutes gone in the final stanza. With 2:08 remaining in the contest, A&M built up its largest margin, 34 points, 107-73. The tremendous height advan tage proved to be insurmounta ble for the Pioneers as only Ike Sojourner, 6-6, could vie with the talented Fish near the bas ket. To make matters even worse for Wharton, Arthur Chappell dropped two points in the A&M bucket while being harassed by the Fish press. High point man for Wharton was Sojourner with 22, followed by Ken Foots with 21. The only other double figure scorer for the Pioneers was Butch Grant with 15. Sojourner led the team in rebounds with 15. Rebounds was indeed the meas ure of victory with A&M picking up 71 caroms to only 36 for Wharton. This 71 rebound total is also a record for freshman basketball here at A&M. The Fish hit on 22 of 40 field goals the first half for 55% while Wharton hit on only 13 of 42 for 31%. Final percentages Williams says Rangers will hustle showed A&M hitting 42 of 84 for 50% and Wharton getting 30 of 77 for 39%. All five Fish starters hit in double figures while all but one Fish player added to the point total. Texas A&M’s next action will be January 13 against Blinn Jun ior College. The scoring: A&M — Mike Floyd, 23; Jerry Mercer, 18; Webb Williams, 17; Cedric Joseph, 16; Dale Donald son, 12; Isdell Birnbaum, 6; Bill Allen, 8; Tom Todd, 1; John Vaughan, 3; Lee Billingsley, 2; and James Kolar 2. Wharton — Ike Sojourner, 22; Ken Foots, 21; Butch Grant, 15; Steve Horner, 9; Gil Stalbaum, 8; Bobby Craig, 2; Allen Lam- kin, 2. 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LUNCH SPECIAL OF THE WEEK Beef Taco, Bean Tostada, Chili Con Queso, Toasted Tortillas & Hot Sauce. 99c Beer Served & Orders To Go DIAL 846-0513 311 McArthur at University Drive College Station Williams, his shirt character istically open at the collar, said he was “enthusiastic” about coming to Dallas-Fort Worth with the former Washington Senators. “Enthusiasm has made it pos sible for some clubs to improve to the point where they even tually became pennant winners,” Williams said. “I can guarantee you one thing as manager of the Rangers—you can bet our club will be a hustling club. Never once in Washington could the writers say our club didn’t hustle.” Williams said the young Tex as Ranger club will “work hard er and longer on fundamentals” Trevino named as year’s sportsman NEW YORK (A»)—Golfer Lee Trevino has been named Sports man of the Year by Sports Il lustrated magazine. The magazine announced Tues day that its editors had voted the colorful Mexican - American the honor over such athletes as heavyweight champion Joe Fraz ier and major league baseball stars Vida Blue and Roberto Cle mente. Trevino won six tournaments, including the U.S., British and Canadian opens, and finished second on the golf tour’s money list. than any other team he has managed. “We hope to make a few more trades,” he said. “We are always looking for pitching.” He said he hadn’t heard wheth er slugger Frank Howard in tended to return. “Frank realizes he is getting older and heavier,” Williams said. “If he could play with less weight than he had last year, he could have a good season.” Williams said losing seasons in his three years as manager made it hard for him to decide how much longer he wanted to stay around as a major league pilot. “It’s fun to manage when you are winning, but hard to be on the losing side,” he said. “But if I didn’t think I was getting to be a better manager I would go back to fishing. I never had to worry about cut off plays as an outfielder. 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