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Aggies SKATE Bring a Date to POOH’S PARK SKATING RINK (Hwy. 6 across from water tower) 846-5737 846-5736 Two ineligibles return Aggies beat Southwest, take dive against Tech Page 8 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1975 By PAUL McGRATH Staff Sports Writer The Texas A&M Swim team had their ups and downs this past weekend in precisely that order. The Aggie tankers pulled the welcome mat out from under visit ing Southwest Missouri by a team score of 62-42 last Friday night. However, the following day against Texas Tech saw the men take a dive in the opposite direction, losing 78-35 in Lubbock. Concerning the Tech meet, Swimming Coach Dennis Fosdick said “We didn’t have one good swim in the whole meet. We swam flat. It was just a disaster. Fosdick said he was “very disappointed’ . The A&M men may have been psyched by number of Tech fans present, plus also the Red Raider band and cheerleaders. Their band played their own version of the Aggie War Hymn that started out with the same notes but then sud denly changed to “Old McDonald had a Farm.” Fosdick believes the attendance may have been partly to blame for the loss. Antoher thing, he said, was the failure in the 200 yard medley relay race that began the meet. The team had to do well in it but came out flat and could never make up the points after that. The Ags didn t swim that many people against the Missourians in an effort to save them for Tech. It didn’t work out so well as the results show. The men swam well against Southwest and could have defeated them more convincingly if the re sted players had participated. Tim Hale took a first in the 200-yard freestyle and Scott Jones did the same in the 50-yard frees tyle. Joining these two in the winner’s circle were Curtis Jordan in the 200-yard individual medley and Mike Springer in the 500-yard freestyle. “Those we re experimenting with are finally finding a place, but they’re still a year from scoring points for us,” said Fosdick. Rejoining the team after spend ing some time on the ineligibility list, were Oran Marksbury and Steve Moore. They swam against Tech but were obviously not in their old form. Fosdick said, T really can’t expect them to do well after just becoming eligible again. The two were off the team for academic reasons concerning scholastic hours. Tonight both the women and men travel to Houston to swim against the Rice Owls. Rice has just re cently given out scholarships to swimmers and for the first year, has a women’s team. This weekend the team will be in Dallas to participate in the SMU In vitational. r- An attractive potpourri ^ available in boxes or jars. Tennis team returns with 6th place finish y—^ r L o tp O F n 1 3709 E. 29th Town & Country Center 846-0075 TOWER SPECIAL “Something Different” I Your choice of any three meats or cheeses plus choice of variety bread with a cup of savory hot soup. All for $1.50 BEVERAGES EXTRA. I SERVING EACH WEEKDAY FROM 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. I on Tower Mezzanine Regular buffet on first level BankAmericard ‘Quality First’ By TONY GALLUCCI Staff Sports Writer The tennis team returned from a weekend tournament at Pan Ameri can with a disappointing 6th place finish. Coach Richard Barker’s troops gained all their points by winning three of four first round matches. Bill Hoover knocked off Rice’s Scott Turpin 7-6, 6-4. Bill Wright took SMU s John Muller 6-4, 6-7, 6-4. Muller is the number 1 junior in South Africa. Sophomore Charles Emley beat Don Stafford of Mary Hardin Baylor 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. The Ags only first round singles loss was Mark Silberman’s 6-4, 6-2 defeat at the hands of Pan American’s Paco Ceron. In the sec ond round the Ags were not so for tunate. Hoover lost to Bill Scanlon of Trinity 6-4, 6-2. Wright was beaten by Ricardo Eynaudi of Pan Am 7-6, 6-1. And Emley was blis tered by Trinity’s Bill Matyastik 6-1, 6-1. In doubles the Aggies lost both first round matches. Hoover and Wright fell to David King and Mike Grant of Trinity 6-3, 6-3. Emley and Silberman lost to Houston’s Matt Rainey and Tom McArtle 6-3, 6-1. Trinity took team honors in the tourney followed in order by Hous ton, and Pan Am. Mary Hardin Baylor and Rice were tied for fourth followed by A&M, SMU and A&I. Possibly only SMU had a more disappointing day as the 4th-nationally ranked Mustangs finished one place behind the 16th ranked Ags. SMU ace Dan Hardy was not representing the Ponies at the tourney. “We didn’t play well,” said Barker. “I was kinda disappointed. I felt we should of played better. It’s kind of earl\ ly and we missed some workouts. It’s not surprising we re playing a little down. But we really got killed iu doubles. At least we got our feet wet in the singles.” On Feb. 19 the Ags will meet Sam Houston State in their first dual match of the year. “Well have a chance to look at some more players,” said Barker. There will be six singles matches and three dou bles. “We ll have a good match,” said Barker. SPROUTS ARE MADE FROM THE FINEST ALL-NATURAL INGRE DIENTS: BUHERY SOFT GRADE A LEATHERS, SPRINGY GENUINE PLANTATION CREPE SOLE, SMOOTH HAND-LACED STITCH ING AND LOTS OF COUNTRY FLAVORING. NARROW-MEDIUM WIDTHS, 7-12,13. $23.99 SIZE 13, ADO $2 MCDONALD’S McDonald’s INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS Top five teams ranked by points Walton Hall, Fowler Hall, Sql5 and E2 lead the campus as the IM Office posts final point standings for sports completed before the start of the 1975 Spring semester. ..7 Upperclassmen Corps stand ings are: E2, 428; Sq8, 403; Sq2, 392; Dl, 391; and FI, 379. The squadrons look strong with eight in the upper half. The first brigade is leading in the Army side with six teams in the upper half. Women teams rankings start with Fowler, 353. Keathley fol lows with 292. The rest of the women shape up with Hughes, 258; Kruegar, 248; PE Majors, 160; and Wl, 60. With spring comes softball. Fast-pitch and slow-pitch offer to those people who feel more confident swinging at some thing bigger than a baseball, an outlet for “the gas.” Seven innings or one hour constitutes an IM game, unless a tie occurs then one more in ning will be played. The eight- run rule will be enforced after three and a half innings. A in ning begins when the third out occurs in the bottom of the pre ceding inning. A slow-pitch team will have 10 players, while a fast-pitch can Downtown Bryan McDonald’s Spring brings softball play for fast, slow Doux Chene beats Devil 1 Campus men are led by Walton’s 446 points. Moore is challenging with 430. Other men’s teams are: Puryear, 378; Hart, 352; and White, 352. ^ 1 - The fish rankings surprise even the Coqjs. Sql5 fish end up leading with a 379 and D2 a very competitive second with 376. Their corresponding up perclassmen were in the bottom half. The rest of the top five are E2, 353; Sq4, 338 and LI, 337. . ifJft For complete listings come by the intramural office, west side of DeWare Field House. These Intramural Highlights are sponsored every Tuesday by McDonald’s on University Dr. The page is prepared by Mary Russo & the Intramural Office, .De Ware Field House, 845-2624. f /" ^ \ (Photos by Paul Nettell) Handball is enough to hurry anyone, but these two. Their looks say more than that about the fast-moving game. In the lifeguard shirt, Steve Logdon, is challenging one of the campus’ finest handball players, Jack “Bombom” Gressett. Earlier this year, Gressett took half the first place honors for doubles. The photos illustrate typical return techniques—look at the ball mean enough and it’ll die. (This is called a kill shot). The independents took the intramural eye this week as Red Devil met Doux Chene in a bas ketball game that showed speed and accuracy count. Led by rousing Rohn Camp bell, the DCers took to the wood and net capturing 48 points to the Red Devil’s 43. Greg Arnold and Brian Holme proved to be the top scorers for Doux Chene. Arnold sunk 12 points while Holme took the top honors with 16 points. DC generally made their moves with such speed that the Devils were late in reacting, al lowing those extra seconds down court necessary for clear open shooting. Campbell would make an ex cellent steal and Holme would back him up. This second half action made up the three bas kets DC was behind at half. Red Devil man Mark Schlu- ter rebounded the ball and put it in. He made 14 points. The Devils were effectively break ing the DC defense, but their shoots didn’t make the hoop. have only nine. Seven players constitutes a playing team. Five men and five women, al ternating batting positions, composes a co-rec team. Women play neither pitcher nor catcher, but must fill four other positions. Play must begin within ten minutes of the scheduled play ing time. For each minute a team is late a run is awarded to their opponents. Score cards must he filled out before the game begins. Overthrown foul-territory balls limit runners to two bases, the ball is still in play at this point. The streets and parking lots around areas are out-of-play territories and base award is au tomatic. When the ball is received by the pitcher from an infielder, the base where the runner is, becomes his. Upon the final throw, runner’s last base posi tion is awarded if the throw is from an outfielder or second successive play. Three bases can be taken on a fair hit striking a tree. A fair hit landing in the street is a home run. A fair hit rolling into the streat is a three-base award. A PERSON SLIDING IS AUTOMATICALLY OUT OF THE GAME. Catchers and umpires wear face masks and no player may Wear metal cleats. A player removed from a game can only coach from that point of competition until the season ends. F Four innings constitute a complete game. Entries close today at five. A team representative must at tend the meeting tonight in room 267 of G. Rollie. Upcoming sports ha: is: Twosome tennis time told Bring a friend and challenge for the top tennis trophy Entires close for doubles February 18. Players must furnish their own balls and rackets. Playwill consist of one pro set, the winner being the first to win eight games. Playing schedule will be posted February 20 in the IM Office. Wrestling Weight-in when wins warned The lightest tennis shoes and sweat shorts accompany entrants February 25 as they enter and weigh-in for Im wrestl ing competition. Forms must be filled out and brought to the 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. weigh-in taking place in the men’s dressing room, G. Rollie. Teams must weigh-in together. A team consists of entries in five different weight classes. Classes are: 126, 134, 142, 150, 158, 167, 177, 191 and unlimited. Bouts will be two one-minute rounds and one two-minute round. The A&M varsity wrestlers will officiate by NCAA rules. Practice in the wrestling room will be held February 17, 24, 25 and 27. . otl ca en wi