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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1975
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Ags’ high hopes dashed
By PAUL McGRATH
Staff Sports Writer
After setting out for Laredo’s
Border Olympics with high hopes,
Coach Charles Thomas’ track team
came back with little more than just
hopes for next week.
. The Aggies had two key sprinters,
Scottie Jones and Sammy
Dierschke, pull up lame before they
could compete in their respective
events, the 120-yard hurdles and
the 440-yard relay.
The loss of these two costs A&M a
Aggies, Ponies vie
in must SWC game
By TONY GALLUCCI
Staff Sports Writer
DALLAS, Tex. — One down two
to go.
That’s the count for the Texas Ag
gies as they enter the final week of
play of the 1975 Southwest Confer
ence basketball season.
Fresh off a must 94-81 victory
overTCU in Fort Worth the Aggies
invade SMU’s Moody Coliseum to
night in another must contest. The
Aggies are currently tied for first
place in the SWC with the Texas
Tech Red Raiders. Both schools
have two regular season games re
maining. Tech is at Baylor tonight
and finishes out at home against
TCU while the Aggies play the M us-
tangs tonight and host the Texas
Longhorns Saturday.
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Should the Aggies and Tech end
the regular season tied for the top
spot they would meet in a one game
playoff next Tuesday in Dallas. So
for the Aggies to return to Dallas
this year they have to leave town
happy tonight.
SMU is not having one of their
best seasons. But a victory over the
conference leaders tonight, espe
cially since that conference leader is
Texas A&M, would just about make
the Mustangs’ season. It’s no secret
that there is no love lost between
these two schools where basketball
is concerned.
The Mustangs have a 4-8 confer
ence mark and are coming off a
72-50 loss at the hands of the Arkan
sas Razorbacks but they aren’t ex
pected to play dead against the Ag
gies. The two teams met earlier this
year in College Station with the Ag
gies winning 102-77.
In that game Webb Williams was
the Aggie hero as he came off the
bench to score a season high of 18
points. He was also the leading re
bounder for the Aggies with nine,
also a season high.
The Aggies will go with the same
starting lineup that they have had
during the conference season,
seniors John Thornton, Mike Floyd
and Jerry Mercer with juniors Barry
Davis and Sonny Parker rounding
out the top five.
This will be the 129th game bet
ween the two schools. A&M has
won 61 while SMU has won 67.
Tickets for the game are going fast
but plenty are expected to be on
hand at the 7:30 tipoff. The game
can be heard locally on KTAM with
Mike Mistovich doing the play by
play.
shot at points in both of those
events. A&M’s best time in the 440
relay (41.2) would have gotten the
Aggies at least a tie for fourth in that
event. Jones previous clocking of
13.9 in the hurdles would have eas
ily netted him first place.
But it was not to be the Aggies’
day as A&M was shoved into a fifth
place spot behind Texas, Rice,
Baylor and TCU. Texas was able to
dominate the meet by controlling
the field events. The Longhorns
took the first three spots in the shot
put and the first two in the discus to
gain 42 points in those two events
alone.
Nevertheless, the Aggies had a
few bright spots. Bill Newton had
his best throw of the year in the
javelin, beating his old mark by six
feet. His 222-3 toss gave him the
only first place points A&M was to
obtain.
The mile relay team of Horace
Grant, Adolph Tingan, Charles Bu
tler and Doug Brodhead sprinted to
a second place spot with a 3:16.0
time. Highjumper Phillip McGuire
tied two others for second with a
leap of 6-6.
David Peterek pole vaulted his
way into third place with a 15-0 ef
fort. Brodhead took third place
points for the Aggies in the 440-yard
dash with a time of 47.6, his best
thus far of the year.
Shifton Baker also bettered his
time in the 440-yard hurdles by tak
ing third with the stopwatch show
ing 52.9. Also taking a third for
A&M was Bruce Smith who con
tinues to battle Rice’s Jeff Wells in
the three-mile run. He too ran to his
best time of the year with a 14:10.0.
Smith has knocked off 19 seconds
from his two previous outdoor races
at that distance.
Tingan took a fifth in the 880-yard
run with a 1:54.5, knocking a second
off his previous best mark. Sprinter
Charles Dawson sped to a 9.9 finish
in the 100-yard dash to also pick up
fifth place points.
Baker, without his teammate
Jones beside him, dashed to a fifth
place 14.8 time in the 120 hurdles.
The only other Aggie to place was
freshman Manfred Kohrs in the
mile, coming in sixth. His 4:13.8
run was his best outdoor mile of the
young season.
A&M plays host to Rice for the
second time along with the Univer
sity of Houston as those two schools
travel up Highway 6 to test the Ag
gies in a tfi-meet Saturday.
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MCDONALD’S
INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS
McDonalds
This Week in Intramurals
Track Competition
Well, it’s time for you speedsters to get into the IM track
Icompetition and prove your expertise on the oval. The entries for
|track close on Tuesday, March 11. This year’s competition con
sists of three meets. Military and Fish Preliminaries and Divi-
Isional Finals will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 7. Then,
the meet on Monday, April 14 will consist of Civilian, Club,
Recreation, Independent, and Women’s Preliminaries and Divi
sional Finals. The big All-University Championship Meet will be
[held on Monday, April 21. All meets will take place on Kyle Field.
Teams are limited to two entries in a running event (except
[relays) and two entries in a field event. Substitutions will be
[permitted and each person may enter as many events as he or she
[wishes. Drop by the IM office for more information.
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Game of the week
E-l becomes flickerball
champion in close game
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Above - Bob Nossov (no. 66) and Bill Thornton go for a
jump ball as E-l and A-l vie for all-university honors in IM
flickerball championship game.
Below - Bill Thornton makes three points for A-l as he puts
the ball through the hole. See story at right.
Photos by Paul Nettell
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by Ray Wottrich
Flickerball has become a
popular sport in many schools
and colleges. For you good ole
Ags out there that have never
seen a championship IM flicker-
ball game, here is the setting in a
nutshell. Just imagine unleash
ing fourteen all-out,
give-’em-hell CTs onto a 53 by
30 yard flickerball court. Add to
that a football and a referee that
is supposed to control the ac
tion, and you have one of the top
“fights” of the season.
In the game that occurred last
week, E-l defeated A-l by a
score of 18-16. Both teams
played an extremely physical
and aggressive game.
After seeing such a game, it is
obvious as to why this new
fangled sport is growing so fast.
Flickerball is a cross between
football and basketball. The goal
consists of a vertical board 4 feet
high by 5 feet wide with a hole 2
feet by 3 feet. The goal is placed
9 feet above ground level and 15
feet from either end of the court.
To score, the football is thrown
at the goal in a passing motion.
One point is awarded for hitting
the goal and a team receives
three points for putting the ball
through the hole. The ball is
moved only by passes, yet the
player with the hall can run lat
erally or away from his goal.
Since play is continuous, the
game is fast moving and excit
ing.
In the first half of the game,
E-l took the first few shots.
Fighting the blazing afternoon
sun that glared from behind the
E-l goal, they followed the lead
of Bob Nossov (who scored four
points in the first half). A-l’s de
fense then rose to the occasion
and allowed A-l to take the half|
time lead 10-8. Bill Thornton led I
the A-l scoring in the first hallj
with four points.
In the second half action, E-l|
out-hustled the A-l team. E-l’s|
point scoring after several stolen|
passes allowed them to cornel
back from their two point hall I
time deficit. E-l’s high scorer,[
Steve Canter, had seven points]
in the game. Joe McKnight also]
had seven points to lead in A-l s|
scoring.
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George Jussart, a fish Aerospace Engineering major, goes
for a ringer for Squadron 8 in IM horseshoe competition.
Quarter and semi-final championship matches will begin some
time in mid-March.
Photo by Paul Nettell
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These intramural highlights are
sponsored every Tuesday by
McDonalds on University Dr.
The page is prepared by Paul
Nettell, Ray Wottrich, and the
Intramural office, DeWare Field
House, 845-2624.
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Mark Gochenour of the Cremasters (Veterinary students)
hammers the softball as his team plays the Mad Hatters (fish
jocks) in IM softball play. The Mad Hatters squeezed by the
Cremasters in a high scoring game, 18-17. IM softball games
will continue through March and into April. Go and check out
some of the action on scattered diamonds throughout the cam
pus from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays.
Photos by Paul Nettell