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Page 4 College Station, Texas Friday, February 18, 1972 THE BATTAL) Aggies attempt to end Frog win streak in Ft. Wort By JOHN CURYLO The Texas Aggies get another chance at first place in the Southwest Conference, but they face a rough test in playing Tex as Christian in Ft. Worth. The Horned Frogs have won 13 in a row at home, and they have put together 16 straight conference victories in Daniel- Meyer Coliseum. Their last league loss was in 1970, 77-73, to A&M. The two teams are 6-3 in the conference race, tied with Texas and Texas Tech for second place. Southern Methodist, 7-2, leads the league. The Mustangs will play at Arkansas this weekend. Coach Shelby Metcalf will go with the same five that beat the Razorbacks Tuesday night, 86-85. The point man will be Mario Brown, who is averaging 14.0 points per game, 16.8 in confer ence play. The wing men are Bobby Threadgill, 8.0 and 8.9, and Randy Knowles, 11.3 and 12.8 Playing the post positions are Brad Pauley, 3.2 and 2.8, and Jeff Overhouse, 16.9 and 15.7. The leading rebounder is Over house with 10.1 per contest, 9.7 in league play. Knowles is hit ting the boards for an average of 8.4 this season, 9.6 for confer ence games. Pauley and Knowles drew starting assignments for the first time Tuesday night. Pauley re sponded with 14 points, while Knowles tossed in 23. “I thought our changes helped us,” Metcalf said. “We were flat in the first half against Arkan- A&M swim team hosts Raiders After a strong showing against perennial Southwest Conference champion Southern Methodist Wednesday, the Aggie swimmers host Texas Tech Saturday. The meet starts at 3 p.m. in P. L. Downs Natatorium. “If everything goes as it should, either team could win by a point,” A&M swimming coach Dennis Fosdick said of the Tech meet. sas, but after getting our hearts broken twice in a row, that was no surprise. The team rose to the occasion in the second half though, and that was good for them. They showed a lot of class.” In TCU, the Aggies will be go ing against the defending con ference champions. Johnny Swaim’s Frogs lost the first meeting between the two schools, 81-74, in College Station. Led by Simpson Degrate, a 6-4 forward, the Frogs are 13-8 for the year, same as A&M. Degrate had 36 points and 21 rebounds in the SMU game Tuesday night. Degrate will be the defensive re sponsibility of Knowles. Other starters include 6-1 guard Jim Ferguson, to be cov ered by Threadgill, 6-2 guard James Williams, defended by Brown, 6-3 forward Ricky Hall, guarded by Pauley, and 6-5 cen ter Evans Royal, the responsi bility of Overhouse. “TCU is the hottest team in the league,” Metcalf said. “They are one of the better disciplined teams in the conference. They stay with their offense and play good defense. They get with it real well, like us. “We can match up better with Baylor or TCU than any other team in the league,” he contin ued. “We’re all similar. The only difference is that Degrate is the best scorer on all three teams.” TCU, like A&M, has a problem with fouls. The big men on both sides have a tendency to get into trouble in this category. In fact, this could decide the ball game. Both squads have about seven players they use regularly. Metcalf is 9-8 against TCU since becoming head coach, with a 4-4 slate in Ft. Worth. The Aggies lost to SMU, 75-71, in a showdown in Dallas last Satur day, narrowing the chances for the conference championship. After Saturday, TCU’s sched ule consists of Rice in Houston, Baylor and Tech at home and Texas in Austin. The Aggies and the Mustangs face the same four. A&M plays at Baylor, Rice and Texas at home and Tech in Lub bock. SMU faces Tech at home, Texas in Austin, Rice at home and Baylor in Waco. TCU and SMU both have won in Lubbock. A&M’s road record is not particularly outstanding this season. The Aggies’ 6-3 con ference mark has consisted of five home wins and one road vic tory (Rice) and three road losses (Arkansas, Texas and SMU). The Aggies are hitting 42.5% of their field goals in season play, but the average has gone up to 44.6% since league play began five week ago. Free throws have hurt A&M, with 63.4% being the season mark and 63.6% the con ference norm. The opponents are making free throws at a clip of 67.2% for the year and 71.3% for conference. Rebounding has been A&M’s strong category. The Aggies hold a 52.5-45.7 advantage for the year and a 50.7-42.4 margin for league action. The Aggies have been av eraging 78.0 points per game, 78.9 in loop play. The opponents have 77.5 and 77.0 averages. Other conference action finds Texas at Tech, SMU at Arkansas and Rice at Baylor. Scheduled for Tuesday are A&M at Baylor, TCU at Rice, Texas at Arkansas and Tech at SMU. Tipoff time for the varsity game at 7:30 p.m. Randy Knowles Fish, Wogs in rematch Saturday Bobby Threadgill Ag tennis squad travels to Austin A&M‘s tennis team, undefeat ed in head-to-head competition this season, goes to Austin to meet St. Edward’s Saturday. The Aggie netters hold dual meet decisions over Houston and Pan American. Last weekend, A&M tied with Rice for fifth place in the tough Pan American Tournament. Playing for Coach Omar Smith’s team will be senior Dick Fikes, freshman Billy Hoover, senior Tommy Connell, sopho more Dan Courson, freshman Billy Wright and jtiriior Lawton Park. The Aggies won five events in losing to SMU 70-43. Steve Prentice, a sophomore from Pas adena, had the outstanding per formance with a time of 1:59.7 in the 200-yard backstroke to qualify for the NCAA nationals later this year. Other Aggie winners were Doug Meaden in the 200 - yard and 500-yard freestyle, Duncan Cooper in the one-meter diving and Prentice in the 200-yard in dividual medley. By BILL HENRY Assistant Sports Editor A&M’s Fish return to court ac tion Saturday in Ft. Worth in a rematch with the TCU Wogs at 5:15. The first meeting between the two clubs produced a lop sided 86-57 Fish victory. TCU has had a very unproduc tive year in winning but one game compared to ten defeats. The Wogs have been shut out in conference action, having lost all five. TCU’s lone victory came at the hands of Temple Junior Col lege, 96-82, in Ft, Worth. A&M defeated the same quintet, 76-57, here. Brad Pauley After playing one of their finest games this season, against SMU, the Fish took the week off. The rest should prove helpful in Saturday’s encounter at Daniel- Meyer Coliseum. In the SMU encounter, Cedric Joseph played the best game of his freshman career, scoring 36 points and savagely grabbing 27 rebounds, both of which are sea son highs for the team. Cedric hit 12 of 18 from the field and 12 of 15 from the charity to achieve his 36 points. TCU will start a front line consisting of Dickie Walker, 6-2, 186, from Houston Davis and averaging 18.6 per game; Eddie Fitzhugh, 6-1, 177, from Dallas Kimball and averaging 9.6; Chuck Elsey, 6-6, 190, from Me tairie, La., and averaging 22.8 per contest; Sonny Cason, 6-2, 185 from Fort Worth Western Hills and hitting 11.4 a game; and John Wycoff, 6-4, 160 from Memphis, Tenn., and averaging 11.1. since breaking his foot in the second San Antonio College game. He played briefly against the Texas Yearlings, scoring eight points. The 5-11 guard will be replac ing Isdell Birnbaum, a non-scho- Petition is filed asking Texas for teenage jurors Coach Jim Culpepper will start Joseph (20.6), Webb Williams (14.8), Dale Donaldson (11.8), Jerry Mercer (9.3) and Mike Floyd. Floyd (20.3) is making his first start and second appearance HOUSTON <A>> _ A federal court petition asking that Texas and county officials be ordered to permit 18, 19 and 20-year-olds to serve on juries was filed Wed nesday. It alleges that the state has systematically excluded young people from serving on juries and that such action violates the equal protection clause of the U. S. Constitution. larship player who has itu the past seven games. Bii a 6.2 points per game peril has a leg injury which have kept him out of actioi' gardless of Floyd’s condition] TCU has had a tough go this year partly because oli lack of depth on the sqmi any W o g starter departs game, his replacement is noli to help the team in any way.] five starters average over points a game while the eot team is hitting in the 73 pi area. The first game played betn the two this year, A&M haJi Wogs down 42-16 at WiS TCU lost the battle of boards, 65-44. A&M hit an hot hand that night also, si educa while TCU hit 15% thefirstk and ended the game withal! clip. A&M’s next contest willk Waco, Tuesday night. JL OUR SPECIALTY 1/5 Carat Eye Clean Diamond For Senior Ring, $40 plus tax C. W. 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He has done much work on radio sta tions and also had his own daily programs in his hometown of Ft. Wayne, Ind. One of the unique phases of his ministry is the ability to quote and use over 5,000 verses of the Bible by memory. He studied voice for opera before his conversion, receiving diplomas from “The European School of Music” and “The Perfect Voice Institute” under Professors D. Baxter and J. Feuchingter. Solving «nomic the ro: r hims resident today. The qu nd can lysical the cor liversit; fence oi "Never ass affl ’arhaps at as a- ving tc ture,” The for ^n and hh Cen Sieves § Yemeni reblem c “ngs f 0 ‘ether n ‘at exci luence. Every [oser to ‘s and a wa fa same Mrs. Brand, who travels with her husband, is an accomplished musician, playing the gui tar, organ, guitar, piano, guitar, vibra harp, bells, and the accordian. Mrs. Brand spent seven years in the theater previous to her conversion. She not only does solo work on the instru ments, but also accompanies Mr. Brand’s vocals as well as doing duet numbers with him. It was by a freak occurance that we have the chance to hear this team since they are usually booked 8 years in advance. »SV EI ] Sw n Fn