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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.
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Telephone: 846-1726
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Tuesday, Canterbury Eucharist and Supper, 5:30 p.m.
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Quartermiler Doug Brodhead crosses the finish line.
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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.
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Game of the week
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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.
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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.
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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.
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