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THE BATTALION Page 5
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1975
A&M. 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
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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
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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-
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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. Many
of the members work for motorcycle
shops in the Bryan and College Sta
tion area, such as Ken Morrison, a
mechanic at University Cycles.
They are able to provide the other
members of the club with more
knowledge on servicing motorcy
cles and are able to help them.
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