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Page 12 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1975 : Ags sign several prospects Robin Baker, Class 4A singles champion in Louisiana, has signed a letter of intent to attend Texas A&M on a tennis scholarship. Baker, who attended Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport, was ranked No. 1 in the state in singles and No. 5 in the south in doubles. Aggie coach Richard Barker also announced the signing of Mike Moss, district singles champ from Houston Westchester. ★ ★ ★ Texas A&M baseball coach Tom Chandler has announced the sign ing of two top junior college play ers to A&M scholarship. The signees are Winston Whiddon from Panola JC and Mike Rey nolds from Blinn JC. Whiddon, who plays thirdbase, hit .486 and led the team in home- runs and stolen bases. He was graduated from Headwood, Tex., High School. Reynolds, who went to high school at Corpus Christi Carroll, was the leading hitter for Blinn this season and drafted ninth by the Atlanta Braves. ★ ★ ★ Biff Alexander, one of the top high school golfers in Texas, has signed a letter of intent to at tend Texas A&M, according to Aggie golf coach Bob Ellis. Alexander, from Seguin, was the district and regional medalist this past spring. He won the PGA Junior in 1974 and was 6th in the Junior All-American. Following is a complete list of Texas A&M recruits in sports other than foot ball as of June 4, i975: BASKETBALL Karl Godine, 6-4, Houston Kashmere ; Jarvis Williams, 6-6, Houston Kashmere; Lyndon Swanson, 6-8, Martinton, 111. (Watseka High School) ; Joey Robinson, 6-5, Tulsa (Okla.) Memorial; Bob Mid dleton, 6-5, Chicago St. Benedict’s. BASEBAL Walter Johnson, catcher, Austin An derson ; Rick Gorzychki, pitcher, Bryan ; Winston Whiddon, third baseman. Dead- wood, Tex., and Panola Junior College; Mike Reynolds, center fielder, Corpus Christi Carroll and Blinn Junior College. (Also Mark Thurmond, pitcher, Spring Branch who signed a football scholar ship.) SWIMMING Blake Hinman, San Jose, Calif., and West Valley Junior College; Roger Lien, San Jose, Calif. ; Bill Yates, Santa Clara, Calif. GOLF Rusty Day, North Palm Beach, Fla. ; Dave Watson, Metairie, La. ; Biff Alex ander, Seguin. TENNIS Mike Moss, Houston Westchester ; Rob in Baker, Shreveport, La. (Capt. Shreve High School). TRACK Steve Stewart, Fort Worth Richland, discus ; Tony Wheeler, 440 and 880, Dur ban, South Africa; Tommy Glass, 880, Odessa Permian ; Harold Baker, 120 hur dles, Corrigan ; Ronnie Keys, high jump, Kilgore; Walter Jachimowicz, 880 and mile, Woodbridge, Va. Goldsmith 1 to perform in Scotland Trailblazing Brenda Goldsmith, the first woman to earn a schol arship to Texas A&M due to her athletic ability, was one of the first women ever allowed to play on the legendary Royal and An cient Golf Club of St. Andrew’s ' in Scotland when she competed in the Women’s British Amateur | Championship this week. j Goldsmith, a sophomore from San Antonio, was the only Texan and one of only 10 Americans in vited to the historic tournament. Qualifying rounds are being play ed June 10-11 with match play beginning June 12. The American contingent will be led by defend ing champion Carol Semple. Goldsmith earned her invita tion by being one of the top young women golfers in the nation. The last week in May she beat de fending champion Martha Jones in the quarterfinals of the Wom en’s Southern Amateur in Nash ville, Tenn., before losing to even tual winner Beth Barry in the semifinals. During her stay in Scotland, Goldsmith will be the house guest of Mrs. Belle Robertson, captain of the 1974 British Curtis Cup team. Mrs. Robertson will take Goldsmith to play at famous Brit ish Open courses Troon, Prest wick and Glen Eagle for practice rounds. Following the tournament in Scotland, Goldsmith will fly di rectly to Tucson, Ariz., to repre sent A&M in the AIAW National Collegiate Golf Championship at Oro Valley Country Club. The 72-hole tournament will be played June 16-21. "When my brother Richard and I toured Texas recently we discovered a whole new attitude on your highways. It's called driving friendly. No more horns honking. No more tires screetching. Driving friendly. Just good people going about their business. Keep it up." Karen Carpenter newts '1 admit I do enjoy a nip every once in awhile. But I never drink when I'm going to have to do the driving home. If you plan to drink, let someone else drive. Thafs just one more way to drive friendly —the Texas way.'' —Ed McMahon "Speed on the highway usually has only one end zone ... an accident. Try driving friendly. Keep your speed down . . . You'll make it to the goal line every time." —Bob Hayes "My natural beauty usually attracts so much attention that drivers take their eyes off the road to stare at me and they run into telephone poles and fire hydrants. It's a mess. But you Texans keep your minds on your driving. You don't give beauty more than a quick glance. You drive friendly." -Phyllis Diller "When somebody behind you wants to pass, pull over to the right and let him by . . . that's driving friendly." —Chartey Pride "There's nothing the Lettermen enjoy more than putting together a little close harmony . .. On the highway we make harmony by blending in with traffic. Driving Friendly to make it all work together." —Gary Pike of The Lettermen Presented as a Public Service by the Governor's Committee on Traffic Safety- Presented as a Public Service by this newspaper