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' I { Page 6 THE BATTALION TUESDAY MH Aggies on top by themselves Metcalf’s men take twelfth t Photo by Jack Holm Jerry Mercer leaps for tip in Saturday win. By DAVID WALKER Staff Sports Writer Come on now Shelby, tell us your secret. Since taking over as head coach in 1964 Shelby Metcalf has taken his Aggies to ancient Gregory Gym 12 times. Exactly half of those times the Aggies have enjoyed their ride back to College Station. Saturday night was no different as the Ags motored back to Aggieland with a 80-74 victoiy under their belt. The Ags’ fourth Southwest Con ference victory, coupled with an Arkansas loss to Baylor in Waco, gives them the undisputed SWC lead. The victory wasn’t an easy one. The Aggies and Homs thrilled the packed crowd of 7,800. The crowd was the largest of the year for the Horns, who play their games in 45 year old Gregory Gymnasium. The Aggies grabbed a quick 4-0 lead with Sonny Parker and John Thornton hitting 15-footers in the first two minutes. Good defense and deadly shooting gave the Aggies an eight point lead 14-6, their largest of the first half, with 14:28 to go. But from there, things got a little wild. Texas’ Tommy Weilert hit an eight foot follow-up of his own shot and Tom Delatour added a 15 foot jump shot to cut the Aggie lead to four. Then, in the next 3:29, the Horns hit eight straight free throws while in a one and one situation to tie the Ags for the first time at 20-20 with 10:06 left in the half. Shortly thereafter, the Horns got their first lead of the night when Bruce Baker scored on a lay-up. Baker’s shot made the score 22-20. It was the Horns’ biggest lead of the night. The last nine minutes saw the lead change hands nine times and the score tied another nine. During that time the Aggies missed the front end of four on^ and one’s. A Mike Williams jumper from the free throw line gave the Aggies a one point lead at the half, 44-43. Barry Davis and John Thornton each had eight points in the half with Sonny Parker holding the half time scoring crown with 12. Jerry Mercer did an excellent defensive job on the Texas inside game. A&M hit on 55.6 per cent of their shots from the field while the Horns hit the bucket 46.4 per cent of the time. Officials Tommy Taylor and W. D. (Shorty) Lawson held true to the Southwest Conference rule of “don’t let your whistle get cold” by calling 32 first half fouls. A&M had 14, Texas had 18. The second half started the same as the first with the Aggies getting the tip. Then it was back and forth for the Aggies and Sips as neither team had more than a two point lead in the first seven minutes, thanks to some great inside work by Jerry Mercer. Mercer continued to hurt Texas inside game and on offense he had two important tip-in’s that kept the game close. Two John Thornton jumpers froih the right baseline gave the Aggies their first breathing room of the sec ond half, if you can call four points breathing room. With 12:31 to go in the game, fouls began catching up with the Longhorns as they lost Tommy Weilert via the whistle. Three other Horns had four fouls and two others had three so the Ag gies played cat and mouse until Barry Davis put the Ags out front to stay at the 6:24 mark with an eight- footer from the left side. wiiP C£ 9v At this point, the Aggies called a time out and discussed the plans for their now famous “passing game. ” The Aggies use their passing game not to stall hut to find the open shot, and they only take the open shot when it s under the basket. ThepJ sing game also draws fouls mm other team. This is what worltedA this Saturday night as the Loti By ghorns committed six fouls inil S last fiv e minutes of the gameJ;l jr ven t more important than the fouls wJ, bettei the free throws as the Aggies cal-.’ Southwt sank seven of ten in the closing ail notes to wrap up the victor) f ]j ( | complete an almost impossibletilft' or ts. of winning in 1 aibbockandAustinl Aggie the same week. Birdinp John Thornton led the Ajj |;5’6”. Bi scorers with 17, followed by So® r exas p, Barker s 16, Kay Roberts 13 JL n j nt Barry Davis’ 12. Baylor Other Aggies scoring wereJtpBi—-*.- Mercer with six, Mike Floyd Houston Metcalf’s men now 4-0, challenge Ponies tonight By PAUL McGRATH Staff Sports Writer Coach Shelby Metcalf and his Texas A&M basketball squad hope to keep their one-game lead and unblemished Southwest Confer ence record intact as the Mustangs of Southern Methodist come to town to challenge the Aggies. The tipoff tonight is at 7:30 p.m. at G. Rollie White Coliseum. A&M now stands 4-0 in the conference after their win in Austin last Satur day. Overall, the Aggie roundbal- lers are 12-4 for the season. SMU, 2-2 and 6-10 in the record department, is fresh off a victory over the Rice Owls. The Mustangs have suffered from the loss of junior Ira Terrell because of National Col legiate Athletic Association ineligi bility and Oscar Roan who decided to play football. Still, the Ponies pose a formida ble threat. Jeff Bourquein, their 6-7 center, is averaging 16 points and 11 rebounds a game. He has done well on the free throw line as of late, connecting on 18 of 20 freebies in SWC play through the Rice game. Freshmen forwards Joe Swedlund and Jeff Swanson have worked their way into the starting lineup for coach Bob Prewitt’s squad. Swed lund had hit for double figures in nine straight games and Swanson in six games before their loss to Baylor. SMU is not hurting in the depth department as seen by the play of Bob Arnold. The sophomore guard is the Ponies’ second leading scorer although he has started only one game this year. Chances are he will be in the starting lineup tonight. The other Mustang guard is John Sagehorn, the only other returning letterman beside Bourquein. Sagehorn will be handling most of the floorwork for the Ponies. Barry Davis has broken out of his recent slump and still leads the Ag gies in rebounding. The Farmers’ second leading scorer was named the SWC Player of the Week for his performances against Texas Tech and Texas. Sonny Parker leads the Aggies in scoring with 15 points a game and is hitting 55 percent of shots in his conference play. John Thornton, Jerry Mercer and Mike Floyd will also represent A&M on the hard wood tonight. In four conference games, A&M has defeated its opponents by an av erage point spread of seven points (71.8 to 64.8). The Aggies have also outrebounded their SWC foes thus far by an average of three bounds a game. A win over SMU will preserve the Aggies’ slim lead over Baylor and Arkansas who play Texas Tech and Texas respectively. TCU will be in Houston to play the winless Owls. five, Cedric Joseph and Webb Up n liams with lorneach, Mike Willi© l g m j| e with two and Gates Erwin without l conc [ |- The victory officially operitJ^g 4 Catch the Aggies" season withtbBj ()ra(;( , SMU Mustangs getting the firstshiBjje - tonight at G Hollie White withfcl j n q, tip oil at 7:30. Gates open at6. bL ( Tith a ti PUyer Parker Davis Thornton Floyd Wtlliatm W. Hobert% Mercer Tone Erwin Joseph Williams M. Mezger Avj U ^ 15.1 k false) too m »P vent w y t pext wit tar 7.5 (.1 a u i» o » 13 «» M III 0.3 111 gVilliam: 1.8 seco I Manf: Lamp wins™ Ag heart award Jack Williams presents Heart Award. Photo by Steve Kraus Ted Lamp is the newest recipient of the coveted Aggie Heart Award The award was presented to Lamp at the Texas A&M’s Honors Prop- ram last Saturday night in the Rud der Tower. Lamp was a two-year starter and also made the AlI-SWC academit team. The award given Lamp is based on such things as spirit, de sire, dedication, effort and deter mination and is limited toasenior The recipient is determined by the vote of the entire football team. Captains for the 1974 season were announced during the program with Fat Thomas, Warren Trahan and Ricky Seeker being the honorees MCDONALD’S For Mrs McDonald's INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS McDonald's Free toss kid Game of the Week sinks 46 shots Bob Free throw champion is Kelly. With competition taking place last Tuesday, Kelly sunk 46 con- 1 secutive baskets. He stood at the free throw line chunking the hall in without any difficulty. Larry Archer finished second shooting 19 accurately made bas kets. Gary Elliot took third with 181 baskets. With the team maximum set at 60, the P. E. Grads won with 56 bas kets. The team members were Bob Kelly, Gary Elliot and Larry Rod gers. m Rinky-dinks stave-off Monaco sit agP'i By PAUL NETTELL Fast and furious action Monday highlighted the game between the Rinky-dinks and Monaco. Both are off-campus competitors. The score was very close all the way down to the wire. When officials called game end, the score was 60-58. Rinky-dinks apparent winner. But, the game clock showed three additional minutes of play and a wild battle for survival began. The Rinky-dinks effectively stopped Monaco by delaying the game through pass and dribble techniques. The Dinks managed to hold the hall in possession long enough to prevent a Monaco score. The teams were evenly matched and fought an outstanding battle. i *««**£.: i -V ■ John Riddles from LoneStar, LI, makes the charge to confound his compet ition as handball double play goes on. Team entries numbered 423. Last year Bronson and Shapiro took the crown. lacspihi, mm m Bk, immml February calendar rl m FEBRUARY 4 TABLE TENNIS entries close. Play for single players. & 10 TABLE TENNIS play begins. 11 SOFTBALL entries close. its TEAM MANAGERS MEETING at 5 p.m. room 267, G. Rollie White 3^ mmm 12 IM COUNCIL MEETING at 7:30 p.m. room 232, G. Rollie White David Belt from Crocker Hall takes a try in the free throw com- . petition. 17 FLICKERBALL PLAYOFFS begin. SOFTBALL play begins. 18 TENNIS DOUBLES entries close. 24 TENNIS play begins. ,—- Mu Ron Felderhoff of the Rinky-dinks and Leroy Collins of Monaco jump for Jay Gotcher puts two away for the Rinky-dinks. The Monaco team: the ball. The closely contested game caused sweat to pour as the climate in played in skins and lost by the skins of their teeth. Better ball handling G. Rollie got hotter. PHOTOS BY PAUL NETCHELL benefitted the Dinks.