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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1975)
»ge ONES THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1975 Over 10,000 students compete in 16 sports 3 Intramural department sees participation rise BY PAUL McGRATH Staff Sports Writer In addition to the increase in stu dent population, participation in in tramurals at Texas A&M is also on the climb. Over 10,000 people competed in the 16 various sports offered by the Intramurals Department for the fall semester. This number surpassed the total for both the fall and spring semesters for 1972-73. Intramural director Dennis Cor- rington attributes much of the program’s success to the amount of publicity in local papers. MacDonald’s sponsored a weekly summation of intramural activities in The Battalion. Flyers distributed in the apart ments of off campus students were cited as a possible reason for the increase in participation by these students. Corrington believes it “was just a matter of time before reaching the off campus students.” Corrington said, “The increase was a lot greater than I expected. The total participation was up over 50 percent. Hopefully it will keep up. ” Corrington added that he knew of no other university increasing at the same rate as A&M in intramural participation. Examples of the growth can be illustrated by such sports as racket- ball where the increase was almost 1,000 percent. The number com peting rose from 92 last year to 460 this fall. Other sports showing large increases were badminton, billiards and table tennis. Football, volleyball and basket ball were the main drawers as usual with over 6,000 participants playing in more than 1,200 contests. Bas ketball competition, which starts today, and softball are expected to have the largest amounts of par ticipants this spring. Corrington split up the program into six divisions which break down into Corps upperclassmen, Corps freshmen, civilian dorms, clubs, in dependent and for other students. faculty or staff. Civilian student participation is now almost on an equal basis num erically with that of the Corps which has always participated real well says Corrington. Participation by women has also risen but at a slower rate than other areas of intramural activity. The main increase in women participa tion has been in coeducational sports. Corrington feels theslowii crease may t>e due to the smltl on e population of women in compari cr ui to the men. So, it appears participationint agai i tramurals will have the sameproh cans« bility of increasing as the currento hapi^ prices. Much to the satisfaction cl I'll Corrington. SWIFTS PROVEN HEAVY BEEF SWIFTS PROVEN HEAVY BEEF CHUCK ROAST i*’ SAVOY STEAKS ^Vl 39 LUNCH MEAT roll Toast ^ ^^ B0NELESS SWIFTS PR0TEN HEAVY BEEF . 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Lacrosse was first played by I dians and may be America’s old game. 'Ilie meeting will feature| film presentation concerning I sport and its rules. A display of equipment, picture! and other information has been&l sembled in the University Libren. Club president, Dave Grubei extends invitations to the meetatrl for anyone interested in lacrosse t No equipment or experience is re quired. ■ „ The club will hold its first practkeH j on the main drill field Thursday(>I ■ those who cannot attend the meet f ing. Also in the club’s activities win be a referees clinic this Saturdayiril order to obtain more qualified olf In cials for the Southwest Lacrosst ( peopb League. Practice scrimmages wilpre dc be played to give the officials gamr confer experience. llimes. B DISCOUNT HEALTH & BEAUTY AIDS JERGEN S DIRECT AID Ul Owl ferns ALL MEAT smashed FRANKS ^ by Aggies HAND LOTION empomR i«9 LIBBYS VIENNA SAUSAGE NOTE HEMS C0N1MLLED BY LAW ARE EXCEPTED FROM THIS POLICY. 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P ro P r ' The Aggies, led by Diane Quite ^ogetl got an early lead and held itfAf'222 throughout the contest. They led k |j er s. \ 40 at the half, 49-9. in the The Aggies were as hot in the sec ond half as they were in the first by outscoring the hapless Owls 50-7 It was the worst defeat of the year | for the Owls who had lost Saturday | to Baylor 85-17. The Aggies snap-1 ped a two game losing streak for | their first Conference win. Quitta was high point for theAg-1 gies. Other Aggies who broke into | the scoring column were Sally Mor- risse with 22, Karen Aulenbacker and Lura Holmes with 14, Sissy Au- clair 10, Dana Callaway eight, Ruth Whiteley and Lury Neiman with two, and Cindy Harlon roundedoul the scoring with one. 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JANUARY 23, 24, 25, 1975 Ik *9 Redmond Terrace COUECESTATION BRYAN TEXAS Qmutbf RlgMt Reeewed BY MARY RUSSO Contributor Swimming season is under way | with the Ags boasting a win to start [ In a double dual meet last Satur- [ day, both the men and women over-1 came the challenge of Baylor Uni' I versity and Lee Junior College. | The A&M women were outstand | ing as they bettered then 1 opponent’s times by at least thret t seconds in most events and b) I nearly a minute in the 400-ya^ | freestyle relay. The men’s victory wasn’t as con vincing but they showed strong p 0, tential for the aiming season. Looking at swimmers individu ally, Carol Hemphill swam for vie tories in the 200-yard individual medley and the 50-yard brea* 1 stroke with times of 2:25.19 and 34.07 respectively. Other first place winners A&M were: Debbie Starr in the | women’s 200-yard freestyle | (2:09.64) and the 100-yard freestyle j (:58.74); Vicki Brown in the 50-yard | freestyle (:26.99) and Barbara Ger- f man in the 50-yard backstroke (34.36). Men’s first place winners were | Greg Meek in the 200-yard freestyle [ (1:53.51); Mike Springer in the | 50-yard freestyle (24.55); Lee Davis | in the 200 yard individual medley I (2:19.5); Charles Puckett in the 200-yard butterfly (2:16.48); Don | Wederman in the 100-yard freestyle (50.4); Bill Cunningham in the r 500-yard freestyle (5:21.86); Greg Carver in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:24.20); Ronald Faulkenberry in required diving and Charles Mid- dlebrooks in optionals. n t fi