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Baylor. Rice, close behind Texas picked to win SWC track title again By PAUfc-McGRATH Staff Sports Writer It’s funny how some things never seem to change. The Sphinx of Egypt has cast its unwavering stare across the desert dunes for cen turies. Haley s comet returns for a temporary visit every 76 years. And then there’s Texas football, Texas baseball and last but not least, Intramural budget small for program Texas track. The University of Texas has won the Southwest Conference track meet for the past two years. This year sees the Longhorns cast in the favoriet’s role again. Officials from five of the other six SWC schools concur that 1975 will again have Orange and White on top when the track cinders have settled. Only one, Coach Bobby May of Rice, dissented, saying Texas A&M would take all the marbles. Texas Tech coach, Vernon Hill iard, says he has “little to go on now (the SWC meet is May 23) but Texas is gonna be tough again. Baylor will be challenging and the Aggies have got some good kids, too. Clyde Hart, track coach at Baylor, says, “It should be real in teresting. The meet is a ways off and so many things could happen. Texas would have to be the big favorite, with us, A&M and Rice fighting in there. “Texas has the depth. They seem to score in every event, said SMU Sports Information Director, Bob Condron. He looks for the Bears to be number two and A&M and Rice following up behind. He says that TCU could be a darkhorse in the race. “Baylor is coming on, but they’re not strong enough yet,” said Bill Curl, Sports Information Director at Arkansas. “Texas will dominate, but not as much as in the past.” TCU assistant Sports Information Director, Gary Regent, said by judging the results of the SWC In door meet, it will again be Texas on top with Baylor ready to charge in if the Horns should falter. May, the dissenter, bases his pick on the fact that Texas has lost 90 points off their championship team of last year by graduation. He also says the losses due to injuries and ineligibility will hamper UT’s chances to repeat. “Texas can be beat. They’re not quite the power they have been in the past two ; ation unless I the dale * jflidal noW ihingtodos 4 j notice I* n offices W 1, ews "e<W' Hy it becomes n no case i" 11 lionisproe 11. , ..louse*' : heir own P* lithin exisM v confide*^ [lions loU 1 *' I educate 3 ' in concern^ the sludee' 1 examinaW ghts and P’’ ; not have ao itatemenis *' ad in the** 1975, ill* 1 * purposes let ded j formerly **” ,11 as to MS* AGE lots of ontroll* 11 nectioitf- ) id apart- a vnilaW* By MIKE BRUTON Sports Editor Intramurals are booming at Texas A&M. Participation has increased 45-50 per cent over last year and 75 per cent over the last two years. That is a gigantic increase, but the facilities and the budget re mains the same. Thus, a problem is created. Facilities are over crowded and there’s not enough money to pay the number of people needed for adequate supervision. I participated in an intramural basketball game Monday night, and when it was over I was con vinced that the intramural pro- I gram definitely needs more mon ey and people. The time was kept by regular clocks and there was a discrepancy between the two officials as to the amount of time left in the game. With my team trailing by two I asked one referee how much time was left as I trotted down the court. The referee re plied, “Five minutes.” It turned out that there was only one minute left, and instead of playing to tie the game right away we passed the ball around and eventually the time ran out and we suffered a disheartening loss. If the intramural program had more money and supervision there would have been an official scorer and timekeeper present. The current budget for the intra mural program is $70,000 a year. The budget request for the 1975-76 year is $170,000 and rightly so. When A&M s program was com pared with those of Texas and Tex as Tech some startling figures were revealed. Most startling of all was the differences in wages budgeted for recreational facilities supervi sion. The recreational facilities super vision program provides for build ing security and eliminates nonuni versity related personnel usage by controlling entrances to facilities. Due to the enormous increase of participation the great demand on recreational facilities merits both extended hours of existing facilities and the construction of new facili ties. In this area A&M budgeted $6,500 as compared with Texas; $65,000 and Tech’s $44,200. Texas’ facilities are obviously larger than A&M’s hut Tech s are about equal and with half the participation in the major sports. Texas’ total budget is $390,000 and Tech’s is $142,000 compared to A&M’s $70,000. A&M offers the e. a same areas of programming and services as Texas and Tech. If the enrollment and intramural participation continues to grow at A&M and no additional money is budgeted it could cause the pro gram to bog down totally. Physical activity is very important, because a healthy body makes a healthy mind. It would be unfortunate to lose our intramural program. Let’s hope that University officials feel the same way. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ For all you hams out there Satur day is that chance of a lifetime to get on TV as TVS will regionally tele vise the A&M-Rice basketball game. Besides there will be no closed-circuit broadcast of this game in Rudder Tower and it be hooves you to get out there and bat tle for a seat in G. Rollie White. The best solution to the seating problem in the coliseum is to keep filling it for basketball games and I promise you the athletic depart ment will make plans to build a larger one. Leaders set examples for others to follow and basketball followers of Texas A&M apparently have set the pace for the fans of other SWC schools. Coach Shelby Metcalf said in a press conference Wednesday that the Baylor crowd of Tuesday night conducted themselves better than he d ever seen before in his years of coaching at A&M. So the positive approach to team support is catching on. It could be the recession though; maybe they didn’t have enough money to buy cold drinks and had no ammunition. Metcalf also said the officials did a fine job calling in Waco. There could be a correla tion there. Maybe the officials call SWC game close to keep the game and the sometimes belligerent SWC crowds under control. Violent crowd conduct could also be the reason for the number of so- called “bad calls” by SWC referees. It could be pretty difficult to watch ten moving bodies and a ball and at the same time be worried about being bombarded with chunks of ice. It stands to reason that the SWC would get better officiating if the crowds all had admirable conduct. Since this business of crowd con duct has been in the air all eyes have been on A&M fans because of our reputation supporting our team in the right way. There’ll be even more viewers Saturday via tele vision. The whole Southwest region will have a chance to see the class crowd of the nation. Photo by Tony Gallucci Ron McGonigle, Jim Brannen and Adolph Tingan lead the Aggie sweep in the 880-yard dash against Rice. A&M introduces 60-year AII-SWC roundball team Ag weightlifting tourney has 100 teams entered Approximately 100 schools in Texas are expected in Saturday’s Collegiate Weightlifting Tourna ment at Deward Field House. The Aggies return nine of ten who re ceived honors on last year’s champ ionship team. The event is open to all Junior Colleges and Universities across the state. Top contenders include The University of Texas, TCU, North Texas State University, Sam Hous ton State, Tarleton State and How ard Payne. years. A&M is stronger this year than I’ve seen in several years. They have a lot going for them right now and have a better chance to win than last year.” The Aggies finished sec ond in the race last year. Blackwood agrees with May that Texas is “a bit weaker this year. But we have more quality than last year although we may not score as many points.” He feels that at this point, Baylor would have the best chance to win if “the conference meet was next week. ” Texas, coached by Cleborne Price, returns a fine 440-yard relay team consisting of Canadian Marvin Nash, John Lee, Overton Spence and a fourth spot that needs to be filled. Hurdler Robert Primo was the national champ two years ago and gets good competition from teammate Bill Blessing. Twins John and Paul Craig plus Reed Fisher featured distance runners. David Shepard has vaulted over 16 feet on the high bar and discus man Jim McGoldrick can toss the plate 192 feet. Dana LeDuc in the shot put was second in the National Col legiate Athletic Association finals last year. Baylor has all four members of their mile relay team (Steve Lang, Mike Carter, James Jordan and Kim Son) back for another season. Son and hurdler Jimmy Gailey went to the NCAA finals last year. Confer ence champion Kevin Delory re turns to compete in the high jump. Long jumper Ricky Thompson was second in the indoor meet. Miler Walker Lee and half-milers Mark Lallos and Phil McClendon re ceived praise from Hart. The Bears were runners-up to Texas in this year’s indoor meet. Rice returns their cross country champion Jeff Wells in the distance races and 9.3 sprinter Zoe Simpson in the 100-yard dash. Quarter- milers Herb Kinney and Sammy Waugh are expected to shine, says May. The Owls enter Brent Geringer, Buddy Briscoe and Dean Daugherty in the shot and discus. Freshman hurdler Curtis Isiah and distance man John Lodwick are other Owl hopefuls. Savana Shaw has thrown the javelin 230 feet in high school. The Horned Frogs of TCU have their ace sprinter Bill Collins back. Collins is the defending outdoor 100-yard champion. He, Sam McK inney, Greg Bryant and Jim Kenezek form the nucleus of coach Guy Shaw Thompson’s mile relay team. TCU’s main strengths lie in their short distance men and relay teams. Bill O’Shaughnessy returns for Arkansas as the SWC’s best miler last year. The Razorbacks were the cross country champs this year and rely heavily on their distance men. Randy Melancon is another miler expected to do well for the Hogs. Elijah Davis will try to give some strength to the sprints in the 100. High jumper Arthur Ezell and shot putter Paul White lead the field events for Arkansas. Curl feels Ar kansas is “a young team with a tre mendous future” Texas Tech has “a better fresh men crop than usual” says Hilliard. Their distance races are led by Mark Freeman and Terrell Pendleton. The state’s top high school 220-yard dash man, Gary Price is a top sprinter along with William Pearson and Tony Harris in the 440-yard dash. The Red Raiders have a fine man in the javelin, Ken Norris, who has a personal best of 239 feet. Bryant Huckaby leads the high jumpers for Tech with a 6-9 leap and the Raiders also return Tommy McIntyre in the long jump who has a 23-10 jump to his credit. SMU may form the cellar of the SWC this year since they have “lost virtually everyone who scored points” for them via graduation. The Mustangs have 11 freshmen com peting this year. “We may not score as many points as the Pounceys (Joe and Gene) did together,” says Con dron. “We have a totally new group. The Ponies are optimistic about sprinter Mike Rideau and dis tance man Jeff Dixon. They also have hopes for three-time high school champion Tennel Atkins in the hurdles and a new pair of twins from Colorado, Gerald and Farley Burl in the distance events. Texas A&M’s 60-year All- Southwest Conference basketball team will be introduced Saturday at the A&M-Rice contest as a halftime feature. Selected to the all-time team were: A. L. “Todda” Forbes, Jr., class of’21; Jewell McDowell, class of ’52, Carroll Broussard, class of 62; Bennie Lenox, class of ’64; and John Beasley, class of ’66. Four of the five men honored will be on hand to accept awards as Forbes is deceased. Forbes was All-SWC 1919-20-21 and the captain of the 1921 team. Aggie teams of 1920 and 1921 won SWC titles, with Forbes leading the SWC in scoring in 1920. He was captain of a troop cavalry, captain of the Ross Volunteers, student rep resentative of the A&M athletic council. He received his B.S. in civil engineering in 1921. Forbes aided in the founding of the Trans continental Gas Pipeline Company which pioneered “Big Inch” pipe lining. At the time of his death in 1952, he was president of As sociated Gas Pipeline Contractors in Houston. McDowell was the captain of the 1951 team which was SWC co champion. He set several scoring records and was All-SWC in 1950-51. He played one year with the Phillips 66ers. McDowell re ceived his B.S. in physical educa- i*Batttsiy>iitfy] Women netters beat Baylor in dual meet Participants will compete in the bench press, back squat, and the dead lift. The total amount of weight lifted in the three events deter mines the individual champion. A&M’s Larry Cozart topped all competitors in the 148 lb. class last year. Overall, the Ags’ chances to re peat are excellent. Should they per form well here, the team hopes to compete in the National Meet at Northwestern University April 5 and 6. Coach Laura Kitzmiller’s Texas A&M Women’s Tennis Team de feated Baylor in Waco 9-3 in its first dual meet of the year. In singles action Jane Wright (A&M) beat Ann Bowen (Baylor) 6-2, 6-3; Cindy Pinkerton (A&M) beat Betsy Phillips 1-6, 6-3, 6-4; Sherri Sharp (A&M) beat Joan Curry 8-6, 6-3; Jennifer Judin (Baylor) beat Ellen Buchanan (A&M) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Carol Calvert (Baylor) beat Kelly Dozier (A&M) 6- 4, 4-6, 6-3; Deborah Grahan (Baylor) beat Kim Bellamy (A&M) 7- 6, 3-6, 6-4; Holly Hutchinson (A&M) beat Cindy Bilton (Baylor) 6-1, 8-6 and Karen Boerner (A&M) beat Susan Kentroti (Baylor) 6-4, 6-3. In doubles action Wright and Dozier (A&M) beat Bowen and Curry (Baylor) 6-1, 1-6, 6-2; Pinker ton and Sharp (A&M) beat Phillips and Judin (Baylor) 6-4, 6-0; Chironne Tebo and Bellamy (A&M) beat Calvert and Graham (Baylor) 6-4, 6-3 and Boerner and Hutchin son (A&M) beat Kentroti and Bilton (Baylor) 6-3, 6-1. The women next swing into ac tion Saturday against Sam Houston State in a dual meet here. tion in 1952 and is now living in Victoria, Texas. Broussard, who was District 6 All-America, set 13 scoring records, was the first A&M player to score 1,000 career points and still ranks No. 2 on the all-time scoring list with 1,382 points. He was All-SWC 1960-61-62, captain of the 1962 team and MVP in the SWC in 1962. He finished his career as the top rebounder in A&M history and now ranks sixth on the all-time list. Broussard still holds the A&M re cord for the most free throws in a game with 19 vs. Texas in 1961. He also led the SWC in scoring that year. He received his B.S. in busi ness in 1962, as a distinguished stu dent and obtained his Masters in management in 1965. He is pres ently an executive with Southwest ern Bell in Beaumont. Lenox was All-SWC in 1963-64 and co-captain of the 1964 team which won the conference title. He was the MVP in the Southwest Con ference in 1963 when he tied for the conference scoring title. Lenox set seven A&M scoring records and still holds the SWC record for most points in one game —53 vs. Wyom ing in 1964. He is the No. 3 scorer in A&M history with 1,344 points. He got his B. A. in business in 1964 and is now an Austin businessman. Beasley was the co-captain of the 1966 team and All-SWC in 1965-66. He is the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in A&M basketball his tory with 1,594 points and 784 re bounds. The 1966 Helms All- American still holds the SWC scor ing record with a 30.6 average in 1966. Beasley played pro basketball for seven years in the ABA during which time he was named to the ABA All-Star team and played on the Utah Stars championship team. He presently resides in Spring, Texas where he is a sales represen tative for Converse. Ag motorcyclists have own club By PAULA GEYER Contributor If you hear the roar of 30 to 40 motorcycles coming through the TAMU campus don’t be alarmed, it’s probably not the Hell’s Angels but the TAMU Motorcycle Club. The motorcycle club for this school year has been founded on the old defunct motorcycle club which Baseballers to contest St. Mary’s The Texas A&M baseball team will take a 2-0 record into its doub leheader with St. Mary’s Tuesday. St. Mary’s opened the season with a double loss to Texas and will play Rice Saturday before coming to Aggieland for the 1:00 p.m. en counter. Kirk Campbell will pitch the first game for the Ags and Clint Thomas will toss the second. The other probable starters for A&M are Jim Bratsen at first; Mike Schraeder at second; Fred Russ at shortstop; Robert Bonner at third or designated hitter; Tommy Hawth orne catcher; Al Thurmond, Mike Frazier and Billy Raymer in the out field; Campbell could see action at third if not pitching and Mark Olmo could see some work as designated hitter. St. Mary’s is a school competing at the NAIA level and should give the Ags a good early test. stopped holding regvdar meetings in 1972. Mike Cardisco and John Fal- lis, along with the help of Sam Bass, got the club reorganized and set up a schedule of meetings. The club now meets on the first and third Wednesdays of every month at 7:30 in the Rudder Tower. “The idea of the club is to provide motorcyclists with a chance to learn tips about driving and servicing bikes and to give cyclists an oppor tunity to meet other cyclists and plan places to go,” said John Fallis, the club’s vice-president. “I think all of the cyclists in the club enjoy just being able to talk with other cyclists.” Fallis also talked about some of the club’s objectives. He said, “We would really like to sponsor a prog ram to promote an awareness of motorcycles for car drivers. Many drivers do not treat motorcycles as motor vehicles and do not watch for them. He also remarked that the club is involved in trying to get bet ter parking and lower parking re gistration fees for motorcycles on campus. The club’s other officers are: Marcus Post, president, Jan Ritchey, secretary and Jackie Bras sard, treasurer. The club tries to provide other services for its members also. 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