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3) 'ED time tiift Jge. a 3 Memo. • Judson )3 778SS for Mrs, ctor iley Ai Tops rebounding, second in points THE BATTALION Page 11. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1975 Davis provides all around play By PAUL McGRATH Staff Sports Writer I’d rather come out of a game with 15 to 18 rebounds than 30 to 35 points." So says Texas A&M’s leading re bounder and second leading scorer, Barry Davis. Davis came to the Aggies this year as a transfer student from Hill Junior College. In his last year at Hill he helped guide the team to a ~ — jlfifth place finish in the national ■junior college tournament, ninth' f )av > s began his basketball ^ “career” back in the seventh grade. However, his first love was baseball 1 not basketball. Later he played itjtf, some football before a knee injury A diamond is forever ilulr. S!W imkwdnti! t to he mar. 1 hour sir' to suits® rr person to ae « Saluyip r. BrsonuU IN ED -a. ss it thefts ndi att*. All biB 25- i and tliittT SU mu up.utmwt ^ artment ft ithls. Sfr® Because of its lasting beauty and value, a diamond ring is the perfect symbol of love. And . . . there is no finer diamond ring than a Keepsake. Embrey’s Jewelry Aggie Sweetheart Rings 9:00-5:30 North Gate College Station cut his grid days short. He then switched to basketball. Apparently it was a wise choice for he eventually became a two-time All-District player at Galveston Ball High. “Basketball was something I en joyed doing,” said Davis. “It caught on and just got in my system.” He is not the only member in his family to play college basketball. His brother, Dwight, starred at the University of Houston and went on to a pro career in Cleveland. The problem of suddenly chang ing from junior college to major col lege basketball seems to have had little or no effect on Davis. “I’d say we re satisfied with Barry’s play,” said assistant basketball coach Norm Reuther. “He’s a team player and that’s the most important aspect. Being a junior college transfer is not always easy. Barry’s done well. He’s got a lot of character. ” tally tough individual that is needed in close games. ” “I don’t believe in pressure. I feel I can handle any situation,” Davis said. “I go out saying this is what I’m going to do and there’s no ifs or huts about it. ” Reuther says Davis is “one of the better defensive players we have. He credits Davis’ junior college coach for having helped Davis come to A&M defensively sound. “He’s got a lot of pride in his defensive play and he works hard at it,” said Reuther. At 6-6, Davis is not overly tall at the post position. His defensive strategy for taller opponents is to maintain his position and not let his man get the ball. Logically, a man can inflict little damage without the basketball and so Davis makes it his objective to prevent his opponent from getting it. vidual pride shows in his rebound ing.” Averaging 14 points a game, Davis trails only Sonny Parker in team scoring. Much of the offense is keyed off the post man who has the option to pass to the open man or go Reuther believes that the mental aspect of playing basketball on a col legiate level is about 85 per cent of the game. In close games, says Reuther, mental toughness is re quired to overcome fatigue. He de scribes Davis as the type of “men- tough rebounder and again his indi- Davis leads the Aggies in re bounding with 105 caroms, averag ing eight a game. Reuther says, “Barry is a mobile, competitive, tough athlete. He’s the kind we like to have inside . . . He’s a strong, to the hoop himself. Again Reuther says Davis has been doing a fine job in this aspect also. As for personal goals, Davis says he has none except to win the con ference. He says in the SWC “every game is like playing for the champ ionship. You know you have to win. ” He looks for a close race this year with no pushovers. Then again, neither is Barry Davis. NOTICE Students—Faculty— Staff—Former Students Memorial Student Center Guest Rooms, located in the Memorial Student Center on campus, is now open. For reservations call 845-4253 BARRY DAVIS Women may get benefits from NCAA convention By TONY GALLUCCI Staff Sports Writer Women’s athletics in the United States may have benefited by a near mistake by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, say observers. Associate Athletic Director Mar vin Tate and Athletic Council Chairman Charles Samson attended the December convention of the NCAA and returned bearing good news for women. Samson explains, “There is a women’s organization, the AIAW (Association for Intercollegiate Women’s Athletics), that is consid ered to be a counterpart of the NCAA. This group was conducting its convention in Houston on the same day as our convention. “At a round table discussion a day and a half before the business meet ing where voting takes place a re solution was introduced. Basically it was a perogative to set up a couple of women’s sports this spring to build up the women’s program. “Well, the headlines got out and there were some anxious moments. The AIAW apparently had obser vers at the meeting, too, and they transmitted the message to Hous ton. By the next morning every school had gotten a phone call from their women’s representative. It seems that most people thought that the NCAA was moving without consideration to the women’s group. The resolution was withdrawn and the NCAA was in structed to conduct a study and re turn with the results at next year’s meeting.” Tate added, “The resolution that was adopted said that the NCAA would work with the AIAW on a workable plan, which is the way I think it should be, that is, interac tion between the two groups. ” TAMU currently competes in 10 sports associated with the Texas AIAW. Women’s Athletic Director Kay Don, who attended the AIAW meeting, was not available for comment before press time. In other NCAA action, a resolu tion allowing 12 football games to be played in a regular season was with- MARVIN TATE drawn from the floor and did not come to a vote. “One thing I thought might affect A&M athletics,” said Tate, “was a resolution concerning recruiting contacts.” In the Southwest Con ference recruiters cannot contact prospects until they have com pleted their junior year of high school. This rule is not currently ac cepted by the NCAA, and therefore a team from another conference can contact prospects in this area long before they are seniors and available to SWC members. Tate said, “We (SWC) can be more restrictive than the NCAA hut not less. That might hurt us.” Also, athletes are currently al lowed four tickets to distribute to his family friends. A resolution in troduced by the University of Ar kansas would prevent the athletes from gaining possession of such tic kets. Persons designated by the ath lete would receive the tickets at the event by showing a receipt. “This would create problems from a logis tic standpoint because of the handl ing of the tickets, ” said Tate. A further resolution would, ac cording to Tate, “make drastic changes in the game of football as we now know it. The measure would reduce the numbers of players on the squad and limit substitutes, ef fectively eliminating the two pla toon system of football. The resolu tion was dropped. bicycle values HUFFY 10-SPEED. 27” Contestant model. Center pull dual caliper brakes. Stem mounted shift levers. Reflective pedals with toe clip. Huffy custom racing style saddle. AMF 10-SPEED. 26” Scorcher model. Side pull caliper brakes. Stem mounted shift lever. Six way reflector. AMF 3-SPEED. 26” model. Side pull dual caliper brakes. Trigger shift control. 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