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Page 6 College Station, Texas Wednesday, May 16, 1973 THE BATTALION S At SWC Track Meet In Austin Aggies Hope For Second Place It’s a whole new season for coach Charley Thomas and his Aggie tracksters as they enter the 58th SWC track and field championships in Austin Satur day. , The Texas Longhorns are heavily favored to cop the crown but Thomas has his eye on sec ond place expecting a heavy fight from Rice, SMU and Baylor for that position. “I think we’re hitting our peak just at the right time,” Thomas said. “I guess we’re saving the best for last but I’m glad that it worked out that way. We had some trouble early in the year with our kids being sick or in jured or both but things are really looking up for us now.” Looking up indeed. The Ag gies beat Baylor in a dual warm up meet here last Saturday and received some tremendous effort from individuals in the 75-60 win. Donny Rogers, Bill Newton and Craig Carter really came through getting season’s best in their specialties of the long jump, javelin and the shot put. Rogers jumped 25-6 losing by only five inches to Danny Brab- han, one of the national leaders. Newton, the left-handed fresh man, tossed the javelin 231-10 which now stands as the third best in the SWC behind Siggi Busha of Texas and Jim Pearce of Rice. Freshman Craig Carter finally got everything together in heav ing the 16-pound ball 57-2 which places him as the conference’s fourth best. ROBERT HALSELL TRAVEL SERVICE AIRLINE SCHEDULE INFORMATION FARES AND TICKETS DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL CALL 822-3737 1016 Texas Avemie — Bryan IMPORTED 3 & 10 SPEED BIKES Tourist & Racing Styles • Motobecane • Raleigh • Atala • Peugeot • Bianchi CENTRAL CYCLE & SUPPLY Sales • Service • Accessories 3505 E. 29th St. — 822-2228 — Closed Monday Take East University to 29th St. (Tarrow Street) Another fine showing was in the sprint relay with the Aggies running a season’s best of 40.4 with a team of Gerald D’Ambro- sio, Sammy Dierschke, Billy Por ter and Donny Rogers. This time places A&M in third position in the standings. David Peterek won the pole vault in 15-6 while teammate Harold McMahan took third with a 15-0 jump. The conference meet is rather hard to figure out except for Texas domination. The Long horns have about eight first places out of sixteen events sewed up with lots of depth over all. They don't have a long jump er or a 100-yard dash man but have at least one in the top three of each other event. The problem arises as to who has the best chance for second place. Rice has three or four sure first place finishes in pole vaulter Dave Roberts, discus man Ken Stadel, Jim Pearce in the javelin and Mike Cronholm in the 440-yard intermediate hurdles. Baylor has at least two first places in Brabham and 880-yard run leader Sonny Rollo. A&M has Scottie Jones in the 120-yard high hurdles, the sec ond fastest time in the mile re lay and the third best in the sprint relay. Rogers in the long jump, Newton in the javelin, Ben Greathouse in the high jump, Dierschke in the 100-yard dash all have a good chance at a sec ond place finish. SMU looks real strong in the sprints with the Pouncy twins and in the sprint relay. “We’ve got a chance at sec ond,” Thomas said. “SMU’s sprinters may hurt us though because we really need those points for depth purposes. Rice and Baylor have some sure points that we need to overcome with depth points. We’re really going to have to come through for second. That’s what we’re shooting for but it will be tough overcoming Rice. What may hap pen is that we’ll be fighting it out with Baylor and SMU for third. I* hope we’re in there for second though.” The meet itself will be quite exciting as nine conference rec ords have already been broken during competition and should be new records if the weather per mits. Records that will be brok en look to be in the long jump, pole vault, discus, mile run, 440- yard intermediate hurdles, three- mile run and the mile relay. Preliminaries will be held at Memorial Stadium beginning Sat urday morning with finals that evening. Top A&M individuals will continue running throughout the summer until the national meet to be held in Baton Rouge June 18, 19 and 20. (Bdt J4, enry UUAAJ Aerobics Offered In June By A&MP.E. Department The Texas A&M University Department of Health and Physi cal Education will offer men’s aerobics program beginning June 4. The course is designed to meet the individual needs of univer sity personnel and businessmen in the Bryan-College Station area and will give instructions in the proper methods of exercise. Dr. George T. Jessup, program supervisor, said such a program is “very much in demand” in this area. He pointed out that con cern with physical fitness has developed into a national trend, and the desire for the aerobics program in the Bryan - College Station community reflects this A Free Movie Party for a„ RR o. Junior Savers and Their Guests Come to the big BB&L Movie Party on Saturn a*. • • free for all Junior Savers and each member can also brin" 1 ^ 00 ' S guests free. rm9 ° Free popcorn and cokes for everyone. Your BB&L Junior Saver T-shirt or membership card is your ticket to fun and a surprise gift for someone. If you haven't joined the BB&L Junior Savers (and if you're under 12) there's still time to join before the free movie. Visit either BB&L Office or the Savemobile and open your BB&L Junior Saver account with $5.00 or more. JUNIOR SAVERS trend. Individual programs include a complete health examination by the individual’s private physician, an extensive fitness evaluation in the human performance labora tory, computerized exercise pre scription on a daily basis and ex perienced leadership and guid ance. Three one-hour exercise groups will be offered Monday through Thursday on a continuous basis. One group will meet at 6:30 p.m. and the other two will meet at 5:30 p.m. Each group will be limited to 20 persons. An individual must have a health examination and be cleared by his physician before enrolling in the program. A $25 fee will be charged to cover phy sical fitness testing and laundry. The classes will continue throughout the summer, Dr. Jes sup said. Another series of class es will begin Sept. 1. Read Classifieds Daily Summer School Grades 2~“i2 June 18-July 27, 1973 / 8:30-3:00 Individualized instruction for boys and girls who desire to do extra work and who can profit from accelerated programs of study as well as remedial courses for students who need to make up courses or strengthen their background in essential subjects. Superior faculty in a fully accredited school. Planned recreation including use of the school’s new swimming pool and new gym. COURSES AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER Grades 2-5 Special reading clinic. Grades 6-8 Planned programs in the language arts and in mathematics. Grades 9-12 English I, II, III, IV; Biology; Chemistry; Typing; Algebra I and II; Geometry; European History; Civics/Government; American History; Driver Education. Enrollment is limited. For application forms/fee schedule/brochure or other information about summer school or the regular term write or call: W. B. Stephenson Director of Admissions Allen School (formerly Allen Academy) Box 953 / Bryan, Tx, 77801 / (713) 823-0066 World’s Largest Tennis Tourney Set For Corpus It was a big week for Texas in national sporting events with the Colonial National Invitational Golf Tournament and the World Championship Tennis singles championship held in Dallas. Austrailian Bruce Crampton blew his three-day three stroke lead on the final round of Colonial which enabled Tom Wieskopf to carry off the $30,000 first prize pay check. Crampton, who had won the Houston Open the previous week for $41,000, took home $13,875 from Fort Worth. He was six under par through the first three rounds including a fabulous four-under 66 on Thursday’s opening round. He led throughout 71 holes and only a par on the final hole would have won him his second championship in as many weeks. Well, as luck would have it, Crampton double-bogeyed No. 18 for a three-over 73 on the final day. Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed. Arthur Ashe must have felt the same way bowing to good friend and tremendous tennis star, Stan Smith, in four sets, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. The first two sets were all Smith. It was just one of those days when every shot was a winner. In fact, Ashe didn’t get more than one point on any Smith-serviced games. The tables were turned in the third set when Smith, obviously confident of an easy win, had his service broken on the first game of that set and Ashe looked to be on his game with his whip backhand winning the match. The fourth set was masterful with both men equally sharp. That is until the ninth game of that set with Smith ahead 5-4 with no service breaks. Ashe was serving and took an easy 40-15 lead only to have two line calls go against him to cause the service break and the loss. The first line call, on a service ace, was the call that lost him that game and the match for all practical purposes. He had thrown his racquet up in exuburance for winning the match only to have it nullified on a very late call from an official on the other side of the court. It was also a very bad day for Women’s Liberation when 55 year old Bobby Riggs “man-handled” super-pro Margaret Court in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 in a match billed as “The Match of the Century.” Court, 30, and the mother of three is the top money winner to date in the women’s association and was clearly the favorite before the match began but as it progressed, it wasn’t even close. Riggs, termed a “hustler” by fellow aging athletes, was victorious strictly because he kept the ball in play. He had no power as was shown in the Ashe-Smith match but his ability to volley Court’s shots was the difference. Court, a time-tested professional, was visably shaken during the match and quite cautious. She played his game of backcourt tennis instead of using her superior strength and quickness. Riggs. 1939 Wimbleton champion, was cool, calm and collected though he had $10,000 on the line as well as “male supremacy” which started it all two years ago when the invitation went out to Billy Jean King. Sipping a cool one a couple of years back, at the country club, Riggs was asked if he’d like to play a woman pro. He exclaimed “everyday and twice on Sunday.” The match was finally promoted with the $10,000 side bet going to the winner. Approximately 3,000 people, including such supremists as John Wayne, were present paying $10 for a seat at an unfinished country club 38 miles outside San Diego. That money went to a charitable organization. So, men, if you ever get into a hassle about Women’s Liberation, remember what occured Sunday. But, as I now know from experience, don’t take you wife on. Unless you two are quite equal, you’ll be in big trouble. Either you or her will be embarrassed and very little conversation will take place at your house for a spell. And, possibly, like me, will be fixing your own dinner and sleeping on the couch. The 59th Annual Texas Si tional Tennis Championshipi be held at the H. E. Butt Tie Center in Corpus Christi June 10, 1973 with 2500 anticipjt entries will be the world’s largi tennis tournament for the set)] consecutive year. Sponsored by the Corpus Oul ti Park and Recreation De(fl ment and sanctioned bythelLj Lawn Tennis Association, Texas Tennis Association, Texas Sectionals is the primal tournament for ranking purpojj in the Texas Section. Texas’ti tennis players will be compe|j|| in the event. Entries for all events close at 6:00 p.m. Friday, Hi 18, 1973. Fees, which musts company each entry, are per person for 18 year oldsai under for each event, and {Sj per person for each event (i adults. Checks should payable to the C. C. Tennis .li sociation and entries mailed 1 tournament referee Bob Mapal Box 6185, Corpus Christi, TeJ IT’LI 78411. State Junior DevelopmJid Tex< fees are included in the emVC tin fee. Events include singles; 3|08.9 fc doubles for all ages, Juniors i 10-18, Men’s and Women’s, i Senior events. Special events J elude Mixed Doubles, Fatherij| Son Doubles, Husband and Doubles, and Mother and Daup!| ter Doubles. Matches begin for all boys a girls ages 10 through 18 at8:1 a.m. Tuesday, June 5th. Add events will begin 8:00 a.m. S# urday, June 2nd and sped events 1:00 p.m. Monday, Jus 4th. All participants must hi! a USLTA card and be memte of the Texas Section. Entertainment includes a pri for adults Saturday, June2,Bil becue and awards night Junesil and junior watermelon pafl§ Thursday, June 7th. Official entry blanks havelw mailed to all USLTA memben Additional information is ami able through H. E. Butt Tenii Center, Corpus Christi, Texas Tournament Directors are 1 John Zimmerman and Mr, E Braswell, Corpus Christi Tenii Association. 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