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Page 10 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1975 TH/S WEEK’S COUPON SPECIAL 25% DISCOUNT ON ALL HIGH PERFORMANCE EQUIP. i (from Manufac. list with this coupon) -A Holley Carburetors ★Edelbrock ★ Mickey Thompson ★Zoom ^^0^^ ★Accel Ignitions void after June 11, 1975 ^00 1974-75 ‘the year that was’ AL CAPONE’S PENTHOUSE NOW OPENING Gameroom underneath Penthouse I in Briarwood Apts. The gameroom is open at 1 p.m. daily, 7 days a week. Come in to our Costra Nostra atmosphere. Serving longnecks, draft beer and mixed drinks. Every Monday and Tuesday we have pool tournaments. Monday singles and Tuesday doubles. Entry fee is $2 per person. The winner may win either prizes or gift certificates. Once a month we have a big playoff against the winners for an extra large gift. If you get tired of playing games you may go upstairs and enjoy our new club atmosphere in Pent House I — open Wed. thru Sat. at 7 p.m. New Special — Unescorted Ladies bar drink free all of the time. Couples get 5 free drinks to get you going. Single men come on up. Maybe you will get lucky and get one of these unescorted ladies. $1.50 cover charge per person. peat house 1 By MIKE BRUTON Sports Editor 1974-75 should be called the “year that was” for Aggie sports. Not in the terms that Texas A&M had its greatest all-around year ever and definitely not its worst. But it should bear that name, be cause the year’s achievements seemed like a renaissance for the entire scope of A&M athletic, inter collegiate, club and intramural. It was a year that the pride of all Aggie sports par tisans, football, rose up as an awesome an force on the national scene. Coach Emory Bellard got his troops to gether and they *• v displayed their ' ‘ talents posting a 8-3 record. Pat Thomas became the first front line All-American since Dave Elmen- dorf. The solid A&M defense was second only to perennial power Notre Dame in this nation in total defense. It was a year that Shelby Met calf got his 100th SWC victory en route to a conference title in bas ketball. In doing so the innovative Aggies brought due respect to SWC basketball with the aid of fine teams like Arkansas and Texas Tech, who also brought tons of excitement to fans when they played. For SWC basketball it was a year of transi tion. It was a year that A&M’s annually competitive baseball team got a bid to the NCAA playoffs after finishing behind an excellent Longhorn team in the conference race. The Ag baseballers broke the all-time rec ord for victories in one season with 32. It was a year that women’s sports excelled. Women’s Athletic Direc tor Kay Don with the help of some hard-working Aggie coeds ended up co-winners of the Texas Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women All-sports trophy, after only three years of existence. Play ing in a tough league with schools who have had female sports pro grams much longer, Don and her women got to the state level in six of the eight sports sanctioned by the TAIAW. A&M coeds also made it to nationals in three different sports. It was a year that the Aggie water polo team did its usual thing and proceeded to continue domi nance in the Southwest. The Den nis Fosdick coached team also fared very well out on the west coast where aquatic sports are king. It was a year that the Texas A&M bowling team topped the Texas Intercollegiate Bowling Conference with a record of 40-14. Hal Vor- land averaged 187 to lead the Aggie onslaught. This team was no doubt one of the greatest bowling teams in the school’s history. It was such a pity that the Aggies had to host the tournament at the Cougar Lanes in Houston, because A&M officials wanted to save a few dol lars. It was a year that intramurals be came an important part of student life. The intramural department said the participation in the pro grams was greater than ever before. Most important of all the landslide of campus athletes brought about efforts to increase the deficient budget. It was a year that hardships also showed in many areas. The usually potent Aggie track team was hit with a rash of leg injuries that ham pered their overall performance considerably. Texas robbed the A&M football team of a champion ship on three uncanny fumbles. The game was history after 54 sec onds of play. The Aggie swim team, which ranks with the best in the conference with the exception of superior SMU, lost all their chief performers through grade defieien- Fastballer Ryan fires 4th no-hitter SUMMER 1975 OPTIONAL BOARD PLAN Summer students may dine on the board plan during each session of summer school at Texas A&M University. Each board student may dine three meals each day except Sunday evening if the seven day plan is elected, and three meals each day, Monday through Friday, if the five day plan is preferred. Board meals are not served July 4,1975. Each meal is served cafeteria style in Sbisa Hall or in the Commons for individuals living in Krueger-Dunn. Fees for each session are payable to the Controller of Accounts, Fiscal Office, Coke Building. Board fees for each plan are as follows: PLANS Seven Day - $130.00 Five Day - $115.00 FIRST SESSION June 2 through July 9 (excludes July 4) SECOND SESSION July 10 through August 15 Day students, including graduate students may purchase either of the board plans. ANAHEIM (AP) — Reid Ryan graduated from nursery school Monday and went pony riding. He was accompanied by the pitcher whom most people figure will be the first ever to hurl five no-hitters in major league baseball. Nolan Ryan, only the second man ever to throw four no-hitters, takes his fatherly duties seriously. He and wife Ruth were up early to accom pany son Reid on his day of achievement. On Sunday, it was father Nolan doing the achieving, beating Balti more, 1-0, in a no-hitter to match the feat of Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who became the first ever to pitch four no-hitters. T know how he feels and want to send him my congratulations, the now-retired Koufax declared, ad ding that the 28-year-old Ryan might pitch 10 or 12 no-hitters be fore joining him in retirement. In American League history, only Bob Feller had pitched three no hitters before Ryan. Earlier in the week, after the California Angels lost to Cleveland, 9-2, Ryan had observed. 'Tve yet to put it all together this season: I had my velocity the past two games, but not control. Tve got to concentrate on getting the fast ball over the plate and low. He did that against Baltimore, but it was his curve and change-up that befuddled the Oriole batters. Ruth Ryan and Reid, known as “Choo Choo,” were in the stands when Nolan fired the no-hitter, but the youngster doesn’t yet quite know what baseball is all about. He wants to be a bronc rider back in Texas where the Ryans have their permanent home. “He knows when Daddy wins or JcRoss sr. FRom CAMWS rffaAO 'HaZc Across sr. FRo a\ c /4 '*» P £ 34(9 JERSEY Sr. - Southside Shoppimg Center. - Hours IOa.m. TiLLiZMipNiTE m/pa/xc - s+t-gn i L-m/t / c-ouPon Tez OustometA. Co uPo in P/ZEse/zr '7W/s CeoPdrf at &o/frtrA PoR. Gfine op Poosff/UJL Coupon expires June 6 I I I I 1 \ -L Fk££ Pe>e,L L.//viit / coupon Tea COUPdAi Present th/s (Loopc// at(L*/itea Po TK. '/z /f/t.FtR. Toi o Coupon expires June 6 Spill Home of -ta/e ~rkXA& 3 (J7R 65 £R. //ot (2/Y/ej /So-r P_ Q#€~£se: PPZfA* Co/e/vy Vt<;s F’Ecj” 0 E /£: /yf/?Ers - Srt/)-SuAfMzrs - Soft 7)#/a/ks | Lityut / aouPoN 'Pea Qusrt'nc./Z. I I | Fk£SE/fr 7#/s. CouPc/V AT c+u/SrrR \ FoP Game 0F T/rt&ALL. I Coupon expires June 6 Cao?cn 'Pool. 7~/93l£S AjR P cokey cies. It was a year that Aggie athletes gained the respect of many. No longer will A&M be taunted by fel low SWC schools. Most important, it was a year to build on. Again Bellard went out and got a prize crop of athletes to fill the ranks of missing seniors. The basketball team will surely be boosted by the play of newcomen Carl Godine and Jarvis Williamsu Houston Kashmere. The trackais swim teams signed some qualitt athletes to strengthen their pro grams. In the near future AW should have an extremely soil athletic program. But in the met ories of all, 1974-75 will always 1< the year that wits the beginning. loses, but that s about it, Mrs. Ryan declared. "Reid doesn’t think a no-hitter is anything special. The pitcher wasn’t over-whelmed with his achievement, saying, “The biggest thing is that I wanted to be a stopper.” His Angels had lost five straight and it took his record equalling per formance to end it there. Baltimore’s Ross Grimsley gave up eight hits, but the only run of the game came in the third inning on consecutive singles by Mickey Riv ers, Tommy Harper and Dave Chalk. "We haven’t been aggressive and we needed something to pick us up, said the quiet Ryan, who was helped by a great play by second baseman Jerry Remy. “Tve never witnessed a no-hitter before,” commented Remy. T just hoped I could keep myself in posi tion. Remy was in the right spot when pinch hitter Tommy Davis hit a high hopper over the mound and behind second base; the rookie infielder grabbed and threw to first in time. Obvippsly pleased with his patch ing feat, Ryan nevertheless com mented, "It’s something that won’t change my thinking. 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