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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1974 Page 5 )TICE 'olugTi Doctori] i j) mer m Phy in l ml ’HIPS Of* JCOS TE M p.ra. 'loyical & Collegi OLLECE | Doctonl D TIVENES -STUDY INTESS ERSITY. l :00 ta afringtoi! Colie*, OLLECE Joe torn] I* !VE EFFI > TWO® OF I0HH E TWOI >0 p.m. the Biol, Colleg, iruarj' H .d mission he Texui aduate n idemic ,a inety-tm passed K riod on I satisfyin, snt Shi ition mi, e Rinj C Huildiny Is to dete, hese rinp starting ti i rough Ei; rturned t y on orK erk is on l noon and: through F: Dean ■cords m Park OBILE 'ITY" Tiedowi tios I o live 1 >ad, ;th !680 I EA, EX. CANTERBURY flSS0ElflTIQN[ Each Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.—Holy Eucharist and Supper Thursdays, 6:30 a.m.—Holy Eucharist and Breakfast Daily 5:30 p.m.—Evening Prayer EPISCOPAL STUDENT CENTER 904 - 906 Jersey Street (Southern Boundary of Campus) 846-1726 Father James T. Moore Chaplain A A , XTVJ. 0.47 1-* Hammerin’ Hank nails No. 715 ATLANTA (A*)—Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run re cord Monday night hitting No. 715 in the fourth inning of a game between the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers. The peerless Brave hit the sec ond pitch from Dodger hurler A1 Downing. Aaron had walked in his first trip to the plate. NIXON vs CONGRESS: SHOWDOWN?" Senator John Tunney Democrat of California RUDDER THEATRE-8:30 P.M. APRIL 10, 1974 Admission FREE to Students 50c to Non-Students A POLITICAL FORUM PRESENTATION “When he first hit it, I didn’t think it would be gone but it kept carrying carrying,” said Down ing, moments after surrendering the historic homer. Aaron hit the pitch out over the left field fence into the Braves bullpen, where Atlanta re lief pitcher Tom House retrieved the ball and gave it back to Aa ron. Aaron had one ball on him when he connected for the historic home run, which cleared the fence just right of the 385-foot marker be fore an overflow hometown crowd in the 52,870 seat stadium. After Aaron touched home plate, teammates lifted him and carried him a few steps before the slugger broke away and trotted to a special box adjacent to the Atlanta dugout where he em braced his wife Billye, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Aaron of Mobile, Ala. Soon after the 40-year-old slug ger hit the homer. President Nix on phoned his congratulations. Aaron was in left field when the call came through but talked to the President between innings. A spokesman for the Braves said he did not know what was said during the conversation. Aaron’s chase for the record many thought unbreakable was surrounded by controversy in which Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn had intervened twice. First Kuhn directed Atlanta to play Aaron in two of the three opening road games at Cincinnati. Then—after the slugger had tied the record Thursday with No. 714 —ordered the Braves to play Aa ron in the final road game. The legendary Ruth played for 22 seasons, got into 2,503 games and had 8,399 at-bats in hitting 714 home runs. The soft-spoken Aaron is in his 21st season, and the record-breaker came on his 11,295th at-bat in his 2,967th Netters drop two matches, face tough Mustangs today The A&M tennis team suffered two defeats in three dual matches over the weekend to leave its record at 15-7 going into todays Southwest conference match with second-place SMU. In College Station on Friday the Aggies demolished a strong Southwest Louisiana team 9-0, to up their dual match record to 15-5. Tom Courson was the only Ag to have any trouble in singles as he had to take a tie-breaker in the first set but went on to win in straight sets. The new top doubles team of Dan Courson and Mark Silberman had no trouble in downing Mark Schultz and Skipper Hunt in straight sets 6-2, 6-1. The A&M team then traveled to Norman, Oklahoma. Saturday to take on Oklahoma University. The Sooners, ranked 16th in the nation and the team that the Aggies up set in the first round of the Cor pus Christ! tourney, withstood a heavy challenge from the Ags but prevailed 5-4. A&M led 4-2 after singles on the strength of matches won by Senior Dan Courson and Fresh men Charles Emley, Silberman and Tom Courson. Coach Omar Smith revamped the lineup somewhat to resemble that before the North Texas State match, with Bill Wright and Bill Hoover playing the No.s 1 and 2 spots. Hoover teamed with Dan Cour son in the No. 1 doubles setup that was a runnerup in the Rice tourney to win the first set over Rick Lashley and Paul Lockwood, 6-4. The two Sooners though came back to take the second set at 6-2 and prevailed in the tie breaker in the third set. Tom Courson and Wright lost to Barr Baynton and Mike New port in the second doubles, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, while Emley and Silber man lost the third match to Dale Quigley and Mark Crozier, 6-3, 6-4. Sunday in Oklahoma City the Ags managed to split singles with Oklahoma City University but again dropped all the doubles matches to go down 6-3. The Aggie lineup was almost back to normal as Wright held down the top position, Hoover was second, and Dan Courson third. Freshmen Emley, Silber man and John Kirwan held the next three spots. Wright was beaten by Steve Wedderbum 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 and Hoover won his match over OCU’s Dennis Maddem 6-2, 7-5. Dan Courson upped his season record to 16-3 with a win over Nondas Argiou, 6-4, 6-3. John Kirwan took the last match 6-0, 7-5. game. The home run also brought Aa ron across the plate for the 2,064th time in his career, a Na tional League record and two runs ahead of Willie Mays in third place on the all-time run list for both leagues. Aaron also scored in the first inning after he had walked. Hoover and Dan Courson won the tie-breaker in the first set but succumbed in the second and third, losing 6-3, 6-1. The Aggies are in Dallas, today, to play SMU in a do or die match. SMU, pre-season favorites for the title, dropped a heavy 6-1 de cision to University of Houston on Saturday leaving Houston at the top of the conference with a 27-1 slate and an almost sure title. SMU, who beat everyone to take the Rice tourney with every title at stake, boasts All-Ameri cans in George Hardie and Tim Vann. The Ags must take at least four matches to be in contention for fourth place. The Aggies are fighting Rice and Texas for spots in the top four. MIKE MISTOVICH Business Machines Electronic Calculators Victor Adders Royal — S-CM Typewriters Sales - Rental - Service 909 S. Main 822-6000 It's time to choose your rings Keepsake assures perfect clarity, fine white color and precise cut. 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