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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1975)
s lean dtl* s- J- >d al Id Id n- ;ir ! •r- ri- ;r- 'ta or at. \ SB. 14 ' H, SB fer. ust slo 1 j* I 0* Downed by 3 points THE Thinclads lose at wire By PAUL McGRATH Besides his leg in the mile relay, javelin with his best throw of the time, the best for an A&M thinclad Staff Sports Writer Baker set personal best marks in year, 228-5 3/4. His toss set a new this year. Texas A&M’s thinclads fell just both the 120- and 440-yard hur- meet record. Newton also took Distance men Manfred Kohrs three points short to Baylor in a dies. His time of 13.8 in the 120 third in the shot put, his first time and Bruce Smith picked up points meet that easily could have gone casts him into the lead in the SWC to compete in that event this year, for A&M, placing respectively third the other way. in that event. His previous best Although finishing fourth, Frank and fourth in the mile and third When the final results of the clocking this year had been a 14.3. West upped his discus mark for the and second in the three mile. Kohrs Sixth Annual College Station Re- Although he was second in the year with a 149-9 toss. The Aggie knocked 24 seconds off his pre lays were in, the Bears sat on top quarter hurdles, his time of 52.5 weight man also took first in the vious three mile time, with 81 points as compared to the placed him in a tie with Rex Guynn shot. A&M is still suffering from the Aggies’ 78. TCU took third with 39 of Arkansas for league leadership in injury plague that has hit the team points, Lamar was fourth with 31 that event. Baker outdistanced one , Tom ° wen took second in the as Scottie JoneSj Sam Dierschke and Houston finished fifth with 26 of the state’s best hurdlers in La- W T lth hlS ^ e j r S . be f and Horace Grant are still on the P oints - mar’s Alan Smith in the 120 and 23- 10 ^; Lynn Bu a so a is sidelines with leg ailments. Had it not been for two quirks had the same time as Smith in the best * But the future looks bright for of fate A&M would have taken quarter, but the officials gave the JJ} ark 0 P k 6 : 10 - Blrc ?. ll ® d ^WC leader A&M &s the team managed to stay home the bacon instead of Baylor. ra ce to Smith at the wire. Another Kevin Delor ey of Baylor in the close tQ the Bears in ite of the Robert Harris, A&M’s leadoff man A ggie hurdler, Mike Williams, post- event ’ but lost because of more at ' in j ury i osses . Bay i or has twice de _ in the 440-yyard relay, pulled up e d his best time of the year, also tempts. feated SWC defending champ Texas lame hallway around the first beating Smith, with a 14.5 clock- Butler ran the 220-yard dash for P rev i° u s meets. The Aggies’ Brad Blair clears the bar at 16 feet seven inches. Women cage squadders prepare for playoff berth curve. This marked the second time jng. - . showing glves hin , that , his year s n ome r0 has t scrattd SP " Bi “ NeWt ° n riniShed flrSt in a"" crossed the stripe with a 21.4 ™ay not be another Longhorn run- Then, Adolph Tingan fell in the 880-yard slightly. Tingan has improved time in the half mile in each of his last three races and has a best time one-half second faster than Satur day’s winning time of 1.52.9 by Baylor’s Phil McClendon. Tingan’s slip perhaps cost A&M first place By MARY RUSSO meet the Wayland Bees in their first team. Usually there are two girls in points in that event. Women’s Sports Writer game. “If the girls put everything double figures every game. This Still the Aggies trailed by only a Keeping in tune with a 23-7 rec- together, the physical, mental and keeps the team from being lop- single point going into the mile re- ord for the year, the women’s bas- desire, we have the opportunity to sided,” Don said. There are three lay 75-74. But the Baptists used a ketball team took first in zone play do extremely well at state,” com- A&M women with double figure av- season best time of 3.09.7 to cap- and will face state competition this mented Don. erages: Aulenbacher with 15.1, ture the race and the team title. Thursday and Friday. After only the second year of Auclair with 14.6, and Sally Mor- A&M’s quartet of Chuck Butler, ^ “The girls played a good defen- basketball for the women, the im- risse with 13.1. Diane Quitta could Shifton Baker (this was Baker’s first ilsive and offensive set,” said Coach provement over last year is as- break into the circle during state relay race of his career at A&M), | Kay Don. tonishing. The quality of play has play. She has a 9.5 average. Tingan and team captain, Doug The women beat Sam Houston impressed sports writers, many of Currently the team is averaging Brodhead kept pace with the Bears «73-64 in their initial game. Karen whom probably feel women should 69.8 points per game. They have for the first two legs but Tingan’s Aulenbacher was top scorer with be in the kitchen. One writer was kept their opponents to a 57.3 aver- ankle and a bad handoff between ■ 19. They continued their winning reportedly heard saying after a pre- age. Twelve points is an admirable him and Brodhead prevented the * ways as they took Baylor 68-67. game laughing spell that he found lead for men or women. Aggies from catching the Bears. Baylor then turned the tables on the women fast, aggressive, hand- Should the women continue Despite the ill fortune on the relay, the Aggies by winning the third ling their patterns well and per- through finals they would play four the Ags had their best time of the (game 73-67. Cissy Auclair won high forming much in excess of his ex- games in two days. year with a 3.12.2. ^pomt honors \n these two contests, pectations. If the basketball team continues Pole vaulter Brad Blair and Bak- Th\s put the women m apVayofi The women came to A&M with- its winning ways, A&M, after only er in the hurdles events were the situation. “Everytime we meet Bay- out the inducement of a scholar- two years of a women’s program ‘stars’ for the Aggies’ cause. Blair lor we play our best defense,” said ship. These women played high may have state champions on then set a school record of 16-7 with his Don. The women went into an school ball, but that was half court hands. Athletic letters anyone? vault Saturday. His mark is one overtime and beat the Bears 66-64. play. Most of the players are fresh- The women will fly to Amarillo inch short of the Southwest Confer- Aulenbacher took high point hon- men and sophomores and Don said to compete against 16 other teams, ence record set by Dickie Phillips of orswith24. several high school girls averaging in The tournament is single elimina- Rice in 1970. Blair’s leap led a The women are seeded second double Figures have expressed inter- tion. sweep by Aggie vaulters as David behind Stephen F. Austin for the est in playing for A&M. “If the girls get past Wayland Peterek and Pat Ruehle took sec- State Tournament. The women “1 work for a well-rounded we’ve got it,” Don said. ond and third with 15-6 marks. A&M now prepares to once again go back to Dallas this week end to compete in the Dallas Invita tional. The Aggies were forced to cancel out of a tri-meet in Dallas due to foul weather. Shifton Baker en route to his 13.8 time in the 120-yard hurdles. McDonald's MCDONALD’S INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS McDonald's This week in intramurals Basketball Playoff Schedule Here is an important reminder for you basketball fans. Two big IM basketball championship games are coming up next week. On Monday night, March 31, the playoff for the Civilian Championship will take place on the G. Rollie White main floor. The Dunlaps and the Saints will be competing. Then, on Tuesday night, April 1, the best military tema and best civilian team of the IM competition will vie for the All-University Championship title at G. Rollie White. Both games will start at 7:30 pm. In the playoff action before the Spring Break, the Saints defeated the Stray Gators for the Independant Division title. The Rednecks beat BSU 38-28 to gain the Women’s Division Title. JBAH won over the Slipslides 102-59 for the Co-Rec Division title. Dunn defeated Moore hall in a close game, 40-37, to win the Civilian Division title. The Dunlaps beat Range Sciences 65-26 to gain the Recreation Division title. Then, in the quarter-finals, the Dunlaps went on to defeat Dunn hall 49-31. Also in a quarter-final game, N-2, the winner of the Military Division, defeated Sq-15, the winner of the Fish Division, 50-34. Wrestling Finals For those of you who enjoy a great wrestling match, the All-University IM Wrestling Championship will be held before the Civilian basketball playoff at 6:00 pm on. Monday night, March 31 on the main floor of the G. Rollie White Collesium. Come out and support the wrestling champs here at A&M. II ■0i s V. f *"** i ’•/(* p All? i K- Above, Chris Coughron of Squadron 5 goes up for two points as his team fights to become the military IM champions. N-2 defeated Sq-5 46-32. Below, Alton Prihoda (no shoes), representing the independent division tries a turnout on David McCabe of White Hall in IM wrestling competition. Prihoda won the competition Photos by Paul Nettell 4 DeWayne Cobum of Puryear tries a turnover on Denny Seal an ;« H independent in IM wrestling competition. Coburn won the match Tl-4. The All University IM wrestling championship will be held PPREStiT [at 6:00 PM on Monday March 31, main floor G. Rollie White. Photo by Paul Nettell Game of the Week Basketball finals begin By RAY WOTTRICH The Dunlaps defeated Dunn 49-31 in an interdivisional IM bas ketball playoff several weeks ago. The Dunlaps is an impressive team, especially when one considers the fact that it is made up of graduate students and faculty members to compete in the Recreation Divi sion. The team can keep up with teams made up of students and draw on their experience to win the big game. In the first half, Dunn tried to outrun their opponents. They also tested the Dunlaps shooting ability by playing a sagging zone defense. The Dunlaps took advantage of this by playing a slow and deliberate of fense to look for the good shots. They also got many steals by playing a strong, harassing man-to-man de fense. With 11 minutes left in the first half, they had mounted a 14-6 lead which they never lost. Malcom Richards, the leading scorer and re bounder for the Dunlaps, scored 8 points in the first half. Ken Jones and Don Deeile both scored 4 points in the first half for Dunn. The Dunlaps went on to a 22-12 halftime lead. In the second half, Malcom Richards scored time after time on lob passes. Then, with 13 minutes left in the game and Dunn behind 12-34, Dunn went into a man-to man defense to stop Malcom’s scor ing spree and to pressure the Dun laps into turnovers. Don Deeile led the Dunn team in the second half and did most of Dunn’s scoring. However, the Dunlaps went on to win, 49-31. The Dunlaps leading 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. scorers were Malcom Richards, Jim Benjamin, and Jim Flagg. They scored, respectively, 16, 10, and 7 points. Don Deeile lead scoring for Dunn with 12 points. Ken Jones scored 8 points for Dunn. In other competition, N-2 de feated Sq-5 46-32 in a big run and gun shootout. N-2 is now the champion of the military IM com petition. Both teams played a very physical man-to-man defense. In the first half, N-2 played good defense. Mike Tucker was their leading rebounder. Lindsay Sneedl and Dan Welsh lead scoring with 8l points each. For Sq-5, Ronniel Maddox lead the rebounding. Thel team had cold outside shooting and! committed numerous turnovers. At| halftime, N-2 led 25 to 14. In the second half, Keith Wilcoxl led Sq-5 in a try for a comeback. Ini fact, Sq-5 pulled to within eight! points of N-2 with six minutes left ini the game. Ronnie Maddox lead Sq-5| scoring with 6 points. Mike Fontenol came on for N-2 and scored 7 points. [ “4 1 | J \ X ; • - •v'* WW: ¥ 7. .Haifcv V ’ ■ • V“- " - v sap* - Don Deeile of Dunn Hall is closely guarded by a Dunlap defender I as he tries for two points in IM semi-final basketball competition. | The Dunlaps won 49-31. Photo by Paul Nettell |