BATTALION
Wednesday, March 21, 1973
College Station, Texas
Page 7
&M Should Try The Same
TCU Football Coach Has Foot Amputated
TA Drag Championship Set
Doctors announced Tuesday
that Billy Tohill, TCU head foot
ball coach, had his right foot
amputated at 7:30 this morning.
Tohill, 33, suffered multiple
injuries in a one-car traffic acci
dent last Wednesday.
Dr. Charles A. Crenshaw of
John Peter Smith Hospital said
the foot was removed because
physicians were unable to restore
circulation.
Dr. Crenshaw said, “The dam
age to the blood vessels in his
foot was so severe that the major
blood supply appeared to be lost.”
The doctor said Tohill agreed
to the amputation.
ION
Women’s lib, having conquered
; |e horse track, moves to the
jrap strip next month as college
Samurais gets off its feet and
its wheels for the second
Jual Texas College Drag Rac-
o| Championship.
hile last year’s runs were
|ted to male college students,
[Ilf Arlington Intramural Direc-
flijjim Garrett has opened the
jtnt to the gals this time.
Tt all takes place Saturday,
jjril 14, at Dallas International
for Speedway.
ihen the college drags were
(pirated by the UTA Intra-
ral Department last year, they
h thought to be the only such
Int in the nation. No one has
yet disputed that claim.
The idea for an intramural
drag championship was brought
to Garrett by a couple of students
last year. At first he thought it
slightly ridiculous but, being the
type to try anything once, de
cided to give it a try.
The result was a field of 173
cars from throughout the state.
Top eliminator was Mike Dunn
of UTA in a 1969 Dodge Super
Bee.
“The drivers had so much fun
last year,” said Garrett, “that
this year’s date was set at that
time.”
Virtually any car, from an old
clunker to a fuel dragster, can
enter. The only stipulations are
liinclad's Marks Improve;
Top Meet On Tap Saturday
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Respite problems during the
fc ling of the season, Texas
A4M thinclads are ranking high
long Southwest Conference
inpetitors.
cottie Jones is the only A&M
Ider with a 13.9 high hurdle
set last weekend,
en Greathouse stands second
the high jump with a 6-9 leap
rnered here two weeks ago.
le vaulter David Peterek
mds third with a 15-6 jump,
die freshmen Craig Carter and
II Newton stand fourth in their
spective specialties of the shot
and javelin. Carter has
rown 53-10 while Newton has
|213-0 heave to his credit,
un other individual efforts,
Jllie Blackmon and Horace
lant are ranked in the 880-yard
la with Blackmon holding third
in 1:52.1. Grant is fifth with a
le of 1:52.3.
Doug Brodhead is third in the
ID-yard dash in :47.6 and Ger-ald
lAmbrosio is tied for third in
e 100-yard dash with a 9.7
lie. Marvin Mills stands in a
lurth place tie in the 220-yard
ish in 21.6.
In relay events, the Aggies
and with the fifth best time in
ich the sprint and the mile
lents. The team of D’Ambrosio,
Wayne Mills, Marvin Mills and
Donny Rogers has a 41.5 mark
and the team of Grant, Harold
Davis, Blackmon and Brodhead
has run a 3:13.5.
★ ★ ★
Six universities and about 22
high schools will be in action
Saturday at Kyle Field for the
College Station Relays.
Prelims in the high school di
vision start at 11 a.m. Finals in
field events will be run off in
the afternoon.
Running event finals will get
underway at 6:30 p.m.
There will be no relays for the
university field that includes
Texas A&M, South Carolina,
Abilene Christian College, Bay
lor, SMU and TCU.
One of the feature events in
the university division will be
the long jump where four of the
contestants were over 24 feet last
weekend. Donny Rogers of the
Aggies hit 24-2 1 /^, Kenny Har
rison, SMU, 24-1%; Danny Brab
ham, Baylor, 24-1, and Ricky
Thompson, Baylor, 21-0%.
The 100-yard dash should be
a blazing battle, too. Gene Poun-
cy of SMU has a 9.5 while Ron
Shaw of TCU, Joe Pouncy and
Rufus Shaw, both of SMU, all
have 9.6 times.
that the drivers must be Texas
college students and the car must
be able to pass a safety inspec
tion.
Time trials begin at 7:30 p.m.
to determine which of 10 E.T.
(elapsed time) brackets the cars
will be placed in. Final elimina
tions begin at 2:30 p.m. Winners
in each bracket will receive tro-
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Begins Action
It’s a busy week for Texas
A&M’s tennis team with action
scheduled five consecutive days,
Wednesday through Sunday.
The Aggies, 5-2 in dual com
petition, face the University of
Houston Cougars in Houston
Wednesday. They’ll compete in
the Rice Intercollegiate tourna
ment Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday and then they’ll return
home to host Oklahoma City Uni
versity Sunday.
The Aggies lost a 6-3 decision
to Oklahoma here last Saturday
after a 7-0 victory over Sam
Houston Friday.
The A&M squad consists of
Bill Wright, Dan Courson, Bill
Hoover, Lawton Park, Mike Mills,
Kermit Smith and Carter Lomax.
Kruse
(Continued from page 1)
Delegates also created a posi
tion to coordinate the Texas Stu
dent Lobby. North Texas Stu
dent Government President John
Shackleford was elected to fill
the position as vice president of
legislative affairs.
TSL closed the TISA conven
tion by endorsing several pro
posed bills. These included an
opposition stand on an increase
in foreign students’ tuition; ap
proval of the bill to make credit
transfer between state colleges
easier; and approval of legisla
tive investigation of the Prairie
View A&M administration.
A&M opposed the last endorse
ment.
Delegates to the convention
from here were Kruse, Sears,
Tom Locke, Mark Fitte and John
Tyler.
phies plus merchandise gifts from
major dealers.
The top eliminator will be de
clared the Texas College Drag
Racing Champion.
Each driver may have as many
pit crew members, college or non
college, as he desires. Each spec
tator will be charged $1.00 plus
an additional $1.00 if he goes to
the pits. This year, a driver may
have a co-rider in his car with
him.
Car entry fee and pit fee for
each driver is $2.00. All partici
pants and spectators are covered
by the Dallas International Motor
Speedway’s insurance.
Entries from Dallas - Fort
Worth area schools must be in
by April 9 by entry form or let
ter. Students out of the Dallas-
Fort Worth area may enter at
Dallas International the day of
the races.
While it will be only the col
legians who’ll run for the tro
phies, several big-name racers
have agreed to make exhibition
runs.
“I feel we’ll have about 300
entries this year because the
word has gotten around,” said
Garrett. “If this thing continues
to grow like we hope it does, we
may open it up to college stu
dents throughout the Southwest
next year.”
Spring Sports
Event Schedule
Wednesday
Tennis—at Houston
Thursday
Tennis—at Rice Intercollegiate
Tourney
Friday
Baseball at Rice, doubleheader,
1 p.m.
Tennis at Rice Intercollegiate
Saturday
Baseball at Rice, 1 p.m.
Tennis at Rice Tourney
Track at College Station Relays
Sunday
Tennis here against Oklahoma
City, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Baseball here against Minnesota,
doubleheader, 1 p.m.
Football spring trainings begins
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