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BARKER PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO 405 University Dr. Phone 846-2828 World’s fastest man of 1944 successful coach here FINE Wedding Photography AT Reasonable Prices Discount Liquor’s MAIN STORE has now moved from the Speedway to its NEW LOCATION, 1 block South of Redmond Shopping Center on Texas Ave. We offer: Complete Bar Supplies Very Wide Selection of Fine Wines. 1600 Texas Ave. Imported Beers Cold Beer & Cold Wine 846-2521 Also Discount No. 2 Located Across From the Sands Motel By BILL HENRY Assistant Sports Editor Eighteen years ago, a Universi ty of Texas trackster was acclaim ed by Track and Field magazine as the world's fastest man in the 220-yard dash. This man, Charley Thomas, is now the highly successful track coach beginning his fourteenth season at A&M. In his freshman year, as in 1972, an Olympic year was upon him and a burning desire was within to make the U. S. team. There were three places avail- Aggie Betters here today Coach Omar Smith takes his Aggie tennis into action today on Varsity Courts beginning at 1:30 against Texas Wesleyan Col lege. A&M, winner of its last four matches against Texas A&I, La mar University, Louisiana State and Indiana by a 32-4 set record, will try to improve on its 9-5 meet record. “We played real well last week end in winning our matches,” Smith said. “The three teams we played on the road were strong clubs and our team had to fight for the wins.” Participating in today’s meet are Dick Fikes, Bill Wright, Billy Hoover, Dan Courson, Mike Mills, Tommy Connell, Kermit Smith, Jere Mills, and Lawton Park. “Our team effort really shined against LSU,” Smith added. “We split sets in every match and came out with an 8-1 team vic tory; that really shows team ef fort.” Southwest Conference action doesn't begin until March 28 when the Aggies take on TCU in Fort Worth, but Smith feels the team is beginning to peak. “I think the kids are beginning to peak for conference action. But I hope they are not peaking too soon.” Saturday the Aggies travel to Norman, Oklahoma, to try and avenge an early season loss to Oklahoma University, 4-3. able on the squad for 220-yard dashmen, the odds-on favorites being Andy Stanfield, Thane Bak er and Thomas. “I knew I would qualify but I wasn’t sure about Thane and I really wanted him to make it,” Thomas says remembering that fateful day in California. “I knew a way for Thane to come in a sure third.” In those days the 220 was run on a straightaway in normal meet competition but for international competition it was run on a curve as it is now. So, most runners didn’t know how to run it. Thomas’ plan for Baker was for him to sprint through the first curve and come out even with Thomas, a strategy intended to insure Baker the third place fin ish. “The problem was that when the race started, Baker came out ahead of me on that first curve and it really shook me up. I still had faith because even if he was to get second, I would get third.” That was not to be the case as an Air Force trackster over took the pressured freshman from Texas, leaving Thomas with a fourth place finish. “I just went to pieces during the race,” Thomas remembers. “I knew that I had it made but when those people started gaining on me I just lost my composure and the race.” The three who qualified, Stan field, Baker and Ron Gethard also finished 1-2-3 in the 1952 Olympic Games. Throughout the remainder of his track career at Texas, where he still holds the school and UT’s Memorial Track record in the 220-yard event on straightaway with a 20.5, he never lost a 220 race to any of the people who ousted him from his Olympic bid. This includes the Olympic cham pion, Stanfield. The possibility for an Aggie to go to the Olympics this year looks doubtful. But if Thomas could have coached the world’s second fastest 220 man while being only a freshman in college, there is no telling what he can pull out of his travel bag in 1972 for the Aggies. Polo club tries for finals berth The A&M polo team tries to advance to the national finals to night when they play the Uni versity of Virginia. The tournament, being held in Darianne, Conn., features five time national champion Yale in a semifinal match with Connecticut tonight. The winners of this game and the A&M-Virginia con test play in Saturday’s finals. Action at the indoor arena of the Ox Ridge Hunt Club this week had Virginia winning over Howard, 15-9, and Connecticut downing Cornell, 16-15. The trip to nationals for the polo club was financed by the do nations of many former students and fans. The largest contribu tion, $600, came from Jerry L. Holmes. THE BATTALION Page 6 College Station, Texas Thursday, March 16,1911 Special Spring Clearance “The Lounge” Daily from 4:00-8:00 P.M. All Beers 27c Sports schedule A&M golf team in weekend meet Friday Baseball: TCU, here, double- header, 1:00 Saturday Baseball: TCU, here, 2:00 Track: Arlington Relays Tennis: Oklahoma, dual meet, there Monday Baseball: Minnesota, here, dou bleheader, 1:00 Football: Spring practice begins Tuesday Baseball: Minnesota, here, doubleheader, 1:00 Football: Spring workout, 4:00 A&M, Rice and Baylor will clash in a triangular golf match at Briarcrest Country Club in Bryan at 12:30 Saturday. Each team will enter five golf ers. There will be medal play, two-ball and five-man team play. The five-man Aggies squad has not been determined, as nine golf ers are still battling for the five spots in Saturday’s meet. Those nine include Steve Ver- iato, Tom Gilbert, Tom Johnson, Tom Shelton, Clay Dozier, Bill Schmidt, Randy Tickner, Paul Dieckert and Wayne Batten. 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