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Women’s tourneys possible
NCAA, AIAW will cooperate
By TONY GALLUCCI
Staff Sports Writer
Kay Don, women’s athletic direc
tor, returned from the annual dele
gates assembly of the Association for
Intercollegiate Athletics pleased
Ferns dominate
swimming meet
By MIKE BRUTON
Sports Editor
The A&M women’s swim team
ally made waves Tuesday as they
teamed with the men to defeat
Lamar and Midwestern.
The women’s 400-yard freestyle
relay, composed of Vicki Brown,
Carol Hemphill, Beth McArthur,
and Debbie Starr, posted a time of
3:53.17 to qualify for the nationals in
that event.
“They may be better than we had
hoped, was what Coach Dennis
Fosdick had to say of the women
tankers, who also had five firsts, five
seconds, and three third place
tinishes in individual events. The
female swimmers have individuals
who may qualify for national com
petition although the women’s ath
letic program is relatively new at
Aggieland.
Hemphill is about three seconds
from qualifying in the 200-yard
freestyle and McArthur is only
three-tenths from the standard in
the 50-yard freestyle. But the big
gest surprise this season was Susan
Johnston, a diver last year, who has
been swimming better every meet
thus far. She took third in the
200-yard freestyle with a 2:14.25
time.
Fosdick credits the A&M Athletic
Department as a factor in the rapid
improvement of women’s swim-
ry Jaym'
ming. “I think the department has
been fair to the women athletics
program.”
The men won both the 400-yard
medley relay (3:51.73) and the
400-yard freestyle relay (3:38.13).
In the individual events they had
five firsts, five seconds, and six third
place finishes.
The men will have several indi
vidual performers vying for the na
tionals: Mike Reeser in the back-
strokes, Bob Leland in the indi
vidual medley, Dave Donnell could
be a darkhorse contender. The Ag
tankers will be without the services
of key swimmers Steve Moore,
Larry' Shueekler, Don Wederman
and Nash Dowdle due to ineligibil
ity. Moore, Shueekler and Weder
man are expected to regain their
eligibility before the season is over.
The women, who finished third
last year in Texas, have an excellent
chance to be tops in the state this
year. The men aren’t expected to do
exceptionally well teamwise, be
cause the competition is tougher
and the loss of key performers
leaves them crippled.
Both men and women’s teams
will take on the University of Texas
at 7 p.m. Friday in P. L. Downs
Natatorium. The men go to Hous
ton the next day to face a strong
Cougar team.
with the results and a new-found
cooperation with the National Col
legiate Athletic Association.
“Most of the work we accomp
lished had to do with rules and regu
lations, said Don, “mostly in the
area of scholarships and recruiting. ”
“A resolution to have a letter of
intent was passed, but certain
others were turned down like dead
lines for signing.” That motion was
put into a committee.
The resolution which came up at
the annual NCAA meeting held dur
ing the same period was pretty up
setting for AIAW members to start
with. However all turned out well.
An NCAA representative at the
AIAW assembly was explaining the
NCAA idea of introducing National
women’s tournaments this spring
while that same resolution was
being introduced to a general meet
ing at the NCAA gathering.
“Of course we thought this was
infringing on our territory,” said
Don. “We replied with telegrams to
our NCAA representatives and the
newspapers. We had hoped they
would work in a committee on the
subject. They didn’t pass the action.
Dr. Samson, one of our representa
tives, was pleased to know my reac
tion. He said they were quite sur
prised by the action when it was
presented.”
Don said that it appeared that the
majority of AIAW reps had a good
rapport with their NCAA counter
parts. “It is very important for
women athletes to have cooperation
between the two organizations.”
There will also be a restructuring
of the association. This should allow
for three representatives from each
of the three major areas on the ex
ecutive board. The major divisions
are major college, small college and
junior college. According to Don
there is already divided competition
on the JC and college levels. But
major universities and colleges are
competing together. Along that line
reps from the NCAA, NAIA and
NCJC were present to present vie
wpoints.
Don noted that, “Overall, I was
pleased. It was a very successful
meeting, and I feel we will have a
very good organization.”
Cowboys select
‘Ed Jones’ again
EATONTOWN, N. J. (AP) —
Too Tall, move over. Make room for
Too Short.
“I don’t think of myself as too
small,” said Ed “Too Short Jones, a
6-1, 190-pound defensive back from
Rutgers, after learning he’d been
drafted in the ninth round by the
Dallas Cowboys. “I think I’ve got
the right size.”
When the Cowboys handed in
the slip containing their ninth round
selection, it was listed as Ed “Too
Short” Jones. The team already has
on its roster Ed “Too Tall Jones, a
gargantuan defensive end from
Tennessee State.
^Backlashes)
Wet...wet...wet...wet duck hunt
in Piney Woods of E. Texas
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By BRUCE L. SUBLETT check a pond that Joe said usually
It was wet in East Texas during had some ducks on it. Sure enough,
the Christmas holidays. Not just there were, so we crawled under a
wet, but WET! It rained every day barb-wire fence to get to them,
for two weeks. Everybody made it under without
All this , water just naturally any problems, we thought.
caused the Sabine River to rise and
flood its bottomland. All that flood
ed bottomland
attracted ducks
and those ducks
attracted duck
hunters.
My old buddy
Buck Birdsong
called me from
Longview and
asked if I might
stand a little duck
shooting. I
thought about it
long and hard and about two sec
onds later I told him to be ready be
cause I was going to be there.
That Saturday was clear, the first
blue sky over the Piney Woods in
two weeks. Not really good for duck
hunting but fine to be out in.
Buck, Carl Brown, Joe Hudspeth
and I got to the bottoms about four
that afternoon and proceeded to put
on our chest waders. They told me
there were some deep holes where
we were going to hunt, but they
were easy to find. All you had to do
was step in one.
We eased on down toward the
hunting area, detouring a little to
About 70 gadwalls flushed off the
pond, headed straight into the sun.
They were out of range for my little
20 gauge, but Joe brought one down
with his 12.
When we topped the hill that
overlooked the flooded bottomland,
wave after wave of mallard, gadwall,
blackjack and teal came off the wat
er. There were probably a thousand
ducks on that five-acre area.
With Joe leading the way, we
slipped through the dark water. It
had been cold that morning and tho
water was like ice.
Right away, I hit a hole. Not
much of a hole, just about waist
deep. It was deep enough to let me
know that I had a gaping hole in
my waders, pocket high. Two or
three gallons of freezing swamp
water running down the leg would
be enough to discourage the less
dedicated sportsman, but I had to
stick it out.
We took up shooting stations near
a levee, ready for duck. The ducks
were there, but they were on the
other side of the levee. The water
was too deep to cross, so we had to
settle for hearing hundreds of mal
lards quacking and gabbling and
just generally having a good time.
Two hours and no shots later, we
decided to give it up. I hadn’t been
really cold standing still, but when
I got out of the water I felt like a
king-size ice cube. I had to dump
water out of the waders so I could
walk. To learn the true meaning of
frustration, try putting a pair of wet
chest waders on over wet clothes af
ter dark with fingers frozen into
gun-stock shape. It’s a real chal
lenge, I guarantee.
Back at the car, I found out 1
wasn’t the only wet one. Carl had
punched a hole in his waders cros
sing the fence and had one wet leg.
Joe had gotten hung up on an
underwater limb and had shipped
water over the top of his wader.
Buck was the only dry soul among
us. He didn’t say much about our
soaked condition, because we were
all armed and dangerous.
Sometimes I wonder if I might be
better oft sticking to indoor sports.
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