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A 99' es SKATE Bring a Date ... to ROOM’S PARK SKATING RINK (Hwy. 6 across from water tower) 846-5737 846-5736 1st outdoor meet Page 6 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1975 Weather doesn’t hinder PONDEROSA tracksters in 75-57 win By PAUL McGRATH Staff Sports Writer The gray skies over Kyle Field did not give Texas A&M the blues as the hosting Aggie track team raced to a 75-57 win over the Rice Owls. Due to the miserable weather, the field events, scheduled to start at 2 p.m., were delayed an hour to coincide with the track events. The weather obviously slowed down the times in the meet but other than that had little effect on the runners. However, in the mile run, Manfred Kohrs of A&M slip ped as he changed lanes while try ing to take the lead. He blamed the slip on bumping into teammate Bruce Smith rather than the wet conditions. Aggie Jacob Yemme from Ghana said the water disrupted the con centration of some runners. “You’re running and then have to try to avoid the water. It’s difficult to put your mind in two places,” said Yemme. The meet began with Rice taking the early lead with Jeff Wells 4.11.0 mile. Wells is also the Southwest Conference cross country champ ion. His victory followed what had to be the closest race of the day, the 440-yard relay. Both A&M and Rice were clocked at 41.3 at the finish line. As predicted before the meet, A&M finished 1-2 in the 120-yard high hurdles. Scottie Jones carried a 14.3 time across the stripe with Shif- ton Baker right behind him with a 14.4. A&M took first and third in the 440-yard dash with Doug Brodhead (48.3) and Charles Butler (48.7). Rice’s Sam Waugh finished only a tenth of a second better than Butler to take second in the event. In another close race, Zoe Simp son of the Owls nipped the Aggies’ Charles Dawson in the 100-yard dash and again only a tenth of a sec ond was the difference. Simpson dashed to a 9.8 with Dawson getting a 9.9 time. A&M swept the 880-yard run and it was at this point that the Aggies pulled even with Rice 34-34 and then began to pull away. Leading the three man sweep in the race was Adolph Tingan at 1.55.4 followed by Ron McGonigle with a 1.56.4 and Jim Brannen at 1.56.5. The points began to bunch up for the Aggies with Baker’s 53.3 win in the 440-yard high hurdles and another 1-2 finish by Sam Dierschke and Gerald D’Ambrosio in the 220 yard dash. The two were both clocked at 21.8. Wells took first place honors again in the three mile run, over coming a 50 yard lead by Smith who finished second. Smith held the lead until the ninth lap of the 12 lap event. Wells finished with a time of 14.11.1 while Smith fought off a late burst by Rice’s John Lodwick to come in second with 14.29.3. The final running event, the mile relay, saw the Aggie team of Horace Grant, Brodhead, Tingan and Bu tler carry the baton to a 3.15.3 vic tory. A&M took firsts in four of the six field events. Bill Newton won with a 216-7 toss of the javelin and Lynn Bird won the high jump with a lead of 6-4. He was the only contestant to clear the opening height of six feet. Tom Owen used his 22-3 leap in the long jump to take first place points for A&M. The Aggies took all three spots in the pole vault with last year’s SWC champ Brad Blair leading the way with a 15 foot vault. Behind Blair were Pat Ruehle (14-6) and Jon Harrington (13-6). Frank West of A&M was held to second place in the shot put by Brent Geringer’s 55-6 3/4 toss, a personal best for Geringer by six feet. West had a 52-0 heave. Rice had a sweep of their own in the dis cus, taking all three spots. This was the first outdoor meet of the year for the Aggies. A&M Coach Charles Thomas said, “I thought the boys ran real well. We lost a couple of races we could have won, but we came out all right.’’ A new rule in effect this year led to the disqualification of three run ners in their particular event. The false start rule (jumping the gun) is now being used by the National Col legiate Athletic Association carrying the penalty of disqualification to any runner guilty of starting early. Those ousted were Rice s Herb Kinney and John Hiney and Mike Williams of A&M. “I think the rule is good,’ said Thomas. “About 90 percent of the other coaches think it’s good too.” The Aggies will meet Rice again next Saturday along with the Uni versity of Houston in the Houston Invitational held in Jeppesen Stadium. The original owners announce the return of: SOUTH HWY. 6 FRIDAY NIGHT FISH-FRY C075 Family Style - one refill DAILY LUNCHES fps Just like home-cooking v 1 AFTER CHURCH BUFFET *075 6:00 a.m. -10 p.m. Also available: Free use of unoccupied meeting areas for local clubs 11 organizations. v_ SAINT THOMAS’ EPISCOPAL CHAPEL m STUDENT CENTER 906 Jersey Street (Southern Boundary of Campus) Telephone: 846-1726 Sunday, 8, 9:30, 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Canterbury Eucharist and Supper, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Holy Eucharist and Breakfast, 6:30 a.m. The Rev. James Moore, Chaplain. The Rev. W. R. Oxley, Rector i.\ki:mi;\\ cun 3 Miles N.on Tabor Road Tony Booth & Band From 9-1 p.m. STAMPEDE Every Thursday Hite (ALL BRANDS BEER 35 cents) Every Tuesday Nite LADIES FREE MEN $2 All Brands Beer 35c 8-12 Music furnished by the Brazos Sounds Hie fobulou/ 111 •Jit ns m PE MOM G. R0LLIE WHITE COLISEUM TiJMnenAv rrn ot o nee THURSDAY—FEB. 27—S PM A TAMU SPECIAL ATTRACTION FOR INFO—CALL 845-2916 TICKETS NOW ON SALE MSC BOX OFFICE—1st FLOOR—RUDDER T0WEF All reserve seats - $4.50 General admission - $4.00 A&M Students and Staff - $3.00 Children 12 and under - $3.00 Photo by Kevin Fotorny Quartermiler Doug Brodhead crosses the finish line. WATCH THf HARLEm GIDMTRCOTERT POPCORA (TlfKHint. SATURDAY OT! CBS TV. MCDONALD’S McDonald's INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS McDonald's This week in intramurals Softball interest increasing A marked increase in the number of IM softball teams has been noted this year. The increase is most noticeable in the number of off-campus teams. Last year, a total of 155 teams were signed up for softball as compared with 211 this year. There are 23 co-rec teams op posed to 10 last year, and 39 inde pendents compared to 25 one year ago. According to Susan Schlieder of the intramural office, the in creased interest is apparently attir- buted to increased publicity and, mainly, to ever increasing student interest. “W.: L % Game of the week Schumacher succumbs to Moore > V J P Tennis, softball begin play ■ «f1 Entries for doubles tennis com petition close today at 5 p. m. in the intramural office. The playing will begin next Monday, February 24. The playing schedule will be posted at the IM office on Thurs day, February 20. Softball play began yesterday on various diamonds scattered across campus. With 211 teams compet ing, there are sure to be many in teresting games as teams fight to stay in the running, striving for the coveted All-University honors. As these two sports are begin ning play, flickerball is in the pro cess of finishing it up. Finals for this sport began yesterday and will con tinue until only one team remains, unbeaten. V > % h Above: David Kaapke of Squadron 5 tries for a ringer in I\j horseshoe pitching competition. Below: Bob Prescott of Squadron 3 does battle in table tenni s singles in the basement of the MSC. by Ray Wottrich Moore hall showed impressive shooting ability in their 58-42 win over Schumacher this past Wed nesday in IM basketball competi tion. The game began as a closely matched contest, with both teams trading baskets in the first half. The teams both presented their oppo nents with a man-to-man defense and a tough full court press. Schumacher did a good job of breaking the press, and Tom Smith, their top-scoring guard, led the team in its offensive efforts. The Moore team had good movement to the basket and fired in many cripple shots against the slower Schumacher team. At the half, Moore had a 25-22 lead which they never relinquished. In the second half, Schumacher went into a zone defense to force the outside shot. Moore took this move in stride as Perry Wallace and Philip Whisnand, their leading scorers, leveled their sights on the basket. Moore’s team hustled in the sec ond half to gain the momentum necessary to down their oppo nents. In the battle of the boards, Perry Wallace led in rebounding for Moore. Mo Blalock’s rebound ing spree paced Schumachers hoard efforts of the night. Very few fouls were called for such a physical game. Both teams played the ball well and the push ing for position under the basket became frenzied at times. Moores rebounding strength was a major factor in their win, as is the case in most basketball games. gag 'iy * w W' \ ""f fb - G .a * 1 ■ J mtt imsi tmm* - 3m mwm » tmmm Mark Walker of the Moses Aardvarks tries to throw the foot ball through the hole for two points as his team does battle with Walton West Side in a fast moving game of flickerball. Moses won the contest 27-23. These Intramural Highlights are sponsored every Tuesday by McDonald s on Univer sity Dr. The page is prepared by Mary Russo, Paul Nettell and the Intramural Of fice, DeWare Field House, 845-2624. Tom Smith of Schumacher goes up for two points as a Moore hall defender jumps up to try and block his shot. Moore won the hard fought ball game, 58-42. n >