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Page 6 College Station, Texas Wednesday, March 15, 1972 THE BATTALION Make JUNIOR WEEKEND Better Your Student Discount from with I John Curylo Jay's Package Store Longhorns’ win over Houston good for SWC with this ad or student ID At the Saber Inn CASA CHAPULTEPEC OPEN 11 A. M. TO 2 P. M. — 5 P. M. TO 9:30 P. M. 1315 COLLEGE AVENUE — PHONE 822-9872 SPECIALS GOOD WED., THURS. & FRI. Taco Dinner 99c 2 Tacos Fried Rice Fried Beans Guacamole Tostaditas Hot Sauce Tamale Dinner 99c 2 Tamales Spanish Rice Fried Beans Chile Conquezo Tostaditas Hot Sauce Enchilada Dinner 99c 3 Enchiladas Fried Rice Fried Beans Guacamole Tostaditas Hot Sauce 99c Combination Dinner Enchilada Tamale Spanish Rice Fried Beans Taco Guacamole Tostaditas Hot Sauce College Freshmen SAVE The Southwest Conference is a very lucky league. Saturday night’s University of Texas victory over the Houston Cougars showed that the tight race for the SWC title was a show of strength and not a dis play of weakness. The conference is lucky, too, that Houston is not a competing member of the league yet. The examples of lack of discipline and sportsmanship put on by the Cougars would have smudged the name of all the schools in the SWC had they been our repre sentatives in the playoffs. When Dwight Davis, Houston’s super post man, refused to accept the handshake offered by Long horn Harry Larrabee, his tele vised obscenities served to indi cate his maturity level. But, when the game was over, his attempt to assault one of the officials made several points clear. First, the talent of the Cougars is surpassed only by their lack of discipline. This is directly re lated to their character, a defi nite reflection on the Houston coach, Guy Lewis. Second, the SWC isn’t upgrad ing its program with the addi tion of Houston to the league. It’ll be a while before the Cou gars will help the conference. Sure, their athletes rank with the best in the nation, but their recruiting methods are known to be shady. Finally, the SWC, especially the University of Texas basket ball team, received quite a boost. The Longhorns, pre-season fav orites, won the playoff berth by beating the Southern Methodist Mustangs in an overtime game which decided who would repre sent the conference. The upset of the Cougars by Texas made teams that came close, such as the Aggies, look very good. With a few more good breaks, that could have been any one of five teams out there in Las Cruces showing up the Cougars for what they really are —a bunch of prim a donnas. A&M fans were treated to many fine basketball moments this year. Coach Shelby Metcalf, whose squad was picked last, said before the season started that the Aggies may not win the title, but games would be exciting. What an understatement. Anyone who was in the crowd for the Texas Tech game here or the Texas Christian or Tech games there, can testify that Ag gie basketball was far from dull this time around. Next year’s unit promises to be higher ranked, but they will have to go a long way before they can match this year’s team for excitement, suspense and de sire. But Aggie basketball teams not only put on a good show, they also do an excellent job of rep resenting the school. There was not a time this past season that students, former students or resi dents of the community could complain about the conduct of A&M players on a road trip. You’ll never see an Aggie player curse an opponent on tele vision or attack an official. And battles are fought on the court. Texas players can appreciate the treatment they received after de feating the Aggies in G. Rollie White Coliseum this year. After Saturday’s game, they were pelt ed with trash by Houston players and fans on their way to the locker room. Getting back to Davis, it seems a shame that a player with so much talent uses it so foolishly. In December, the Aggies played in a two-day tournament in the Astrodome with Houston, Michi gan State and Louisiana State. The Cougars won both contests handily, but Davis fouled out of one and was thrown out of the other for fighting. Such an exhibition of imma turity, coupled with his selection to the all - tournament team, caused some observers to hope for many Houston defeats. Yet, the Cougars decided to play to gether as a team instead of as five individuals, and they won a place in the playoffs. While Aggie fortunes shine brighter on the horizon, the same cannot be said for the Cougars. At the beginning of the season, Lewis proclaimed that his fresh men could whip any varsity squad in the conference. Well, it looks like Lewis had better find some new bosses, be cause his varsity didn’t make the cut, and his freshmen were less than fantastic. It seems their leadership was poor and their character and discipline were lacking. Yes, the Southwest Conference is lucky. Not because the Hous ton Cougars have blessed us with their presence, but because our representative showed that SWC basketball can compete on the national level. The fact that the Cougars humiliated themselves along the way was more of a sidelight, serving as proof that Houston is not what it’s said to be. Any body can go to pieces under pres- By JOH' sure, but it doesn’t take a» n tional ranking to be a good tot A ference champion. Hughes argues for compensation NEW YORK (A*)—Commission, er Pete Rozelle of the National Football League heard argu ments Tuesday on Ed Hughs' request for monetary compensa tion for his ouster as head coact of the Houston Oilers. Hughes, fired last Decembe by owner Bud Adams in a dis agreement over personnel chang es, contends he still has font years remaining on a five-year contract. Adams dismissed Hughes after the coach refused to release trainer Warren Arial and rehire Johnny Gonzalez as equipment manager. Attending the closed door hear ing in Rozelle’s office were Hughes, Adams and General Manager John Breen. Rozelle will make his ruling at a later date, an NFL spokea man said. ednesdaj A loose wit pitchers ioublehea Universit bring thi The Agg A&M game, ar used in t Cardinals the twinl Jackie the first nings an blanking omore so and did was relie who gav bits. The A in the t out, Bink played g ond as a baseman him hom *10.000 Diamond Darlings will work during all Aggie home games During The Next 4 Summers. Unique Summer Opportunity! INTERVIEWS Thursday, March 16 MSC Room 3-D 6:00 p. m. The Diamond Darlings, A&M’s group of batgirl coeds, will per form at the remainder of the Aggies’ home games this season, it was announced yesterday. The girls were originally sched uled to work four doubleheaders on a trial basis, but the decision was made to allow them to ap pear at all the games. 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They will work the Southwest Conference series with Texas Christian this weekend and both doubleheaders against Minnesota Monday and Tuesday. Their next home appearance after that will be April 7-8 for the Baylor series. The girls have been helping retrieve foul balls, assisting with keeping the equipment in order, and serving as public address an nouncers during the games. Sponsor for the group is Mrs. Willadene Chandler, wife of Ag gie Coach Tom Chandler. Overhouse lands first team berth Jeff Overhouse, who made on ly second team on the All-South west Conference unit, took first team honors in the NCAA All- District VI basketball team. Overhouse was paired with SWC scoring champion from Texas Tech, Greg Lowery; SWC Player of the Year from Texas, Larry Robinson; Dwight Davis of Houston and Simpson De- Grate, Texas Christian. Rice head coach Don Knodel, the National Association of Bas ketball Coaches District VI rep resentative, made the announce ment. 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