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• V . ■ :• . I ■: : . ■ ,V ■ Hfl fALlQ lls THE BATTALION Tuesday, March 7, 1972 College Station, Texas Page 7 osdick ‘Coach of the Year Ag swim team finishes surprising third at SWC meet > in the kjj wn given j Club^, ! of aboet; b midst ;eam." MICHAEL RICE ttalion Sports Writer e 5011 For the first time in nine years 1.1116!,t aji s sw j m team rose to a 18 8rei sition of third place or above 6 ' '[ an: the Southwest Conference — aV€ “i 1 result of competition held last nning 4 dend in Lubbock. |? ing tc ? ; The A&M swimmers shocked ' Irg xas Tech and Arkansas out of ad a bad li e third place honors to follow tofbissn kind conference champion SMU until it| d second place finisher Univer- runningtl ty of Texas. >mas sat sed a d( weekend with LSI Picked to place no higher than fifth in pre-meet evaluations, Coach Dennis Fosdick’s tankmen set nine school records and quali fied four men to go to the NCAA nationals. As another result of the Aggies swimming so well, Fosdick was voted “Coach of the Year” in the conference by coaches after the three-day affair had ended. “Our swimmers did fantastic ally well,” Fosdick said. “The team spirit was outstanding. Many of the boys clipped five to ten seconds from their best per sonal times and for the first time in two years we had contenders for the top places in nearly all swimming events.’ Although lack of depth hurt the Aggies, the team walked away from the meet with one first place, six seconds, one third, four fourths, one fifth, one sixth, three sevenths, three eighths, two ninths, three elevenths and four twelfths. betters host Michigan, day A&I here Thursday A&M will play host to the 1971 igTen champion, Michigan, on arsity Courts today beginning iSl 8. L’ [ i ; 3o p. m . in a dual tennis . 1. LOB- bles-A4I Aggies are returning from L 2 (M mnsuccessful road trip in which s). Triple |( y lost t_ 0 the nation’s number cer), Sai w (Trinity) and five (Corpus Clementj), ranked teams in the coun- M) Caml jy Against Trinity, they lost d and against UCC, 5-2. This ropped A&M’s record to 5-4 af- >r standing in at 3-0 through ) 0 0 0 HI le first three meets. 1 0 11 ri Today’s match will be the first Ray Bin- me appearance for A&M in — Bnui ter a month when they played ost to Houston, February 5. ’ 4. Emm “Ifelt we could have done much OB—Atij !ttcr against Corpus than we —A&M Hi" assistant coach Richard 0. Douklf ^ er said. “But we did just as y Roatk (ell against Trinity as expected, bey are really strong in tennis.” —- The first through fourth rated ’rinity players are returning All- ttwo taericans from last year’s sec- Bd ranked NCAA team while cieg ke remaining two are returning shed (itermen - Against UCC, Dickie Fikes of A&M lost to Jorge Andrew of UCC, 6-3, 6-4; Danny Courson of A&M lost to Roberto Chavez of UCC, 7-6, 6-3; Bill Wright of A&M lost to Ken Konning of UCC, 6-2, 6-4, and in the final singles match before UCC had to forfeit the number five round; Billy Hoover lost to Carlos Goffi of Corpus in split sets, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. In doubles, Fikes and Courson lost to Andrew and Chavez, 7-5, 6- 3, while Wright and Hoover de feated Konning and Goffi, 6-1, 7- 5. In San Antonio against Trinity, Brian Gottfried defeated Fikes, 6-2, 7-5; Dick Stockton defeated Courson, 6-2, 6-3; Paul Gerken defeated Wright, 6-4, 6-2; Bob McKinley defeated Hoover, 6-1, 6-0; Piancho Walthall defeated Lawton Park, 6-1, 6-3, and How ard Butt defeated Tommy Con nell, 6-2, 6-4. In doubles competition, Gerken and Gottfried defeated Fikes and Courson, 6-2, 6-2; John Burrman MA Rangers are not yet Texans, till seem out of place CE pn is int” POMPANO BEACH, Fla. <A>)_ be Washington Senators now the Texas Rangers, but there aven’t been any major converts -not even Manager Ted Wil iams, “Sure, I’ve got a 10-gallon hat,” Pilliams said. “I’ve got two. They fere sent to me.” Is he going to wear them ? “Heck, no,” Williams replied. What about pitcher Casey Cox, ke only member of the Senators tho has moved to Texas ? “I feel a little out of place some ime,” said Cox. “There’s not too ^pany people down there with long ;TY nd pons •5810 N > What about the things that go aith Texas—a 10-gallon hat or mots “No 10-gallon hat, no boots,” k answered. “None of that stuff imbledon champ esitant to play DALLAS OP)—Wimbledon ten nis champion Evonne Goolagong #f Australia said Monday she may not participate in this year’s South African Federation Cup tennis tournament in Johannes burg. “I am not sure I am going,” the 20-year-old athlete said in an interview after she received The Associated Press award as Wo man Athlete of the Year. The award was presented by George Saharias. The reason for her indecision reportedly was an announcement Johannesburg that all black players participating in the tour nament this year will have to wear a badge making them “honorary whites.” Miss Goola- ?ong is one-eighth aborigine. She declined to make any com ments on the Johannesburg an nouncement itself and said the decision is up to her manager, Victor Edwards. fcfc— - That’s the way it is at the Rangers’ camp. Texans who are n’t Texans. Of the 40 players in the Ran gers’ camp, only Cox is living in Texas, and he has moved right into Arlington, the site of the Rangers’ new stadium. The site itself has caused peo ple who used to chuckle about the way the Senators played to chuckle about where the Rangers will be playing. Arlington is a city between Dallas and Fort Worth best known for its family enter tainment attractions. Along a six-mile stretch of turnpike are Six Flags Over Tex as, an amusement park, The Way, a religious attraction, and Lion Country Safari, an African-style animal park. There are those who suggest Williams now has three options —he can laugh at his Rangers, pray for them or watch them eaten alive. The Senators built such a bril liant reputation for ineptness in Washington, as a matter of fact, that when the club decided to use the nickname Rangers it felt com pelled to see if Texas’ most fam ous organization would object. “We consulted them,” said the one club official, “to make sure they wouldn’t be insulted.” They weren’t, and the club was ecstatic. “It’s the best name any team could have in Texas,” Williams emphasized. “You think of Texas, you think of Rangers. “And they never lose.” SWC standings Team Texas SMU A&M TCU Tech Arkansas Baylor Rice FINAL W 10 10 9 9 8 4 4 1 IMPORTED 3 & 10 SPEED BIKES Sales - Service - Accessories • GITANE • KALKHOFF • RALEIGH • ATALA • PEUGEOT CENTRAL SUPPLY 715 S. Main Bryan 822-2228 Closed Mon. and Walthall defeated Wright and Hoover, 6-2, 6-5, while Butt and Bill McEdwan defeated Park and Connell, 7-6, 7-5. The Aggies will return to ac tion here again Thursday when they take on Texas A&I Univer sity in a 1:30 p.m. contest at Varsity Courts. Doug Meaden, perhaps one of the best distance freestylers to come to A&M in years, grabbed A&M’s lone first place in the 1650 yard freestyle with a school record time of 17:05.3. Meaden also set A&M records in the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:50.6 to beat teammate Eric Wolff’s claim to it by over eight seconds; and the 200 yard free style with a time of 1:45.5, also an event in which Wolff held the record. The other school marks were set by Steve Prentice in the 100 yard backstroke with 53.8 and 200 yard backstroke in 1:58.6; Lester Hamann, 2:01 in the 200 yard butterfly; and Wolff with a time of 42.8 in the 100 yard free style. Two other records were set by the 400 yard medley relay team of Doug Carson, Prentice, Ham ann, and Wolff by two-tenths of a second over the old record of 3:39.0 and the 800 yard free re lay team of Meaden, Hamann, Prentice and Wolff with a time of 7:12.9. A bright aspect of all this rec ord setting for the Aggies is that five of those that set records in the meet will be returning for next season’s competition. In addition, Prentice, Wolff, Meaden and Hamann have quali fied for the nationals, Prentice Doug Meaden in the 100 and 200 yard back- stroke and 800 free style relay; Wolff in the 200 yard freestyle and 800 free relay; and Meaden in the 200, 500 and 1,650 yard freestyle events and 800 free re lay. Also, Hamann qualified in the 200 yard freestyle and 800 yard freestyle events. Other finishers in the top six for the Aggie swimmers were Hamann, ninth in the 500 yard freestyle and fourth in the 100 yard butterfly; Prentice, second in the 200 individual medley; and Dan Sonnenberg, sixth in the 100 yard backstroke. Finishers in the second six were Hamann in the 500 yard free; Mike Hicks, seventh in the 200 and 400 yard individual medleys and eighth in the 200 yard back- stroke. Also, Kent Berryman placed twelfth in the 400 yard individual medley; Scott Jones, ninth in the 100 yard backstroke; Steve Son nenberg twelfth in the 100 yard breaststroke; Dan Sonnenberg eleventh in the 200 yard back- stroke; and Carson eighth in the 100 yard breaststroke. In diving, Duncan Cooper fin ished eleventh in the one meter and twelfth in the three meter events while Greg Rippey finished twelfth in the one meter. Steve Prentice UNIVERSITY NATIONAL BANK’S M jft. Y LJ> H/o: J n.a i. c H Hgj Loan-By-Phone Introducing The Sixty Minute Loan - By - Phone Just Call Mrs. Taylor or Mrs. Sellers at 846-8751 They’ll get the information we need for your loan application. Then, in Sixty Minutes or less, weTl be back in touch with an answer. Things to Finance With a UNB LOAN-BY-PHONE New Car New Boat Medical or Dental Bills Home Improvements New Mobile Home College Tuitions New Home Appliances New Fence New Motorcycle New Camper Vacations New Piano In Fact, You Can Use U. N. 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