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Sportfolio) by Jarvis Williams
By PAUL McGRATH
Battalion Sports Editor
jple of funny things happened
Rggies while on the way to the
vest Conference basketball
conference officials rocked
trwise calm Monday morning
bouncing the suspension of
Ifreshmen stars Karl Godine
•vis Williams for an indefinite
rdingoftheli
and the 0
College
as requestedi
opinion
nndly, the survivors of the at-
[grouped to utterly trounce the
n Cougars while crescendos
rang from the hostile crowd.
_ i uie Aggies entered Hofheinz
/ f jlKin guised as worldbeaters and
ed incensed enough to at-
that very task. However, the
s were the only opposition
rled for last night,.to the mis-
e of Guy Lewis and friends.
A&M bench responded with
lints in the absence of Godine
illiams. Senior Barry Davis
5 Ags in scoring with 27 points,
Ounds with nine and in tko’s
well-placed right hook on the
hatyouwim of a miscreant UH fan.
■nefits alb ich Shelby Metcalfs troops not
proved they could win under
rees.aloip nost distasteful of circum-
■nts 65 yearsi p> but that they are one hell of
gible to audi m with or without the two
>e of charge nen ' Anyway, they made the
instructor ari who voted them into the UPI
d if space in 3 look mighty good.
d class, lies,,, ,, i . i , i
Well, enough said about the
I There are other matters to be
cussed.
[veral major premises have been
jsed as to why the SWC took
m against the Aggie freshmen.
Itrap yourselves into your chairs
R ise things get pretty interesting
Houston News Service reporter
innis Tardan claims that cars and
jpayoffs were part of the entice-
ts to obtain the pair. Tardan also
Jthat after a personal investiga-
inj into possible recruiting
lions concerning the two that he
Jed his findings over to SWC offi-
Hje claims that a witness saw
Ineand Williams riding in 1976
lutjbs Supremes following the
•Bluebonnet Tournament in
Wston. Cash payoffs in excess of
and special privileges have
ibeen mentioned in regards to
ine and Williams.
founds suspicious thus far, right?
low let’s look at a lew facts.
The only cars registered in
Godine’s and Williams’ names are
being paid for by the athletes them
selves or by their families.
The alleged freebies are repor
tedly registered under the name of a
Houston junior high coach named
Wesley Boyd. Boyd said he does own
two cars and that he does know
Godine and Williams. The cars are
his, says Boyd and are used by him
for personal and business matters.
As for Tardan’s information being
the source for the conference inves
tigation, SWC spokesman Bill
Morgan said he had never heard of
Tardan until Monday morning. The
ruling concerning Godine and
Williams was made Sunday after
noon following lie detector tests
made on Friday.
Sound strange? Listen to this.
It is common knowledge that the
last two schools that had a chance to
obtain the services of the Kashmere
stars were A&M and Houston. The
Cougars lost of course.
Tardan, besides working for HNS,
is the public address announcer for
the Cougar home games. Figure that
one out.
Jarvis Williams, one of two Aggie
basketball players recently ruled in
eligible by the Southwest Confer
ence, said Tuesday night that he was
“satisfied Tm innocent of any
charges,” and that a SWC coach told
him that if he went to A&M the coach
would “turn him in.”
Williams said that University of
Texas coach Leon Black along with
assistant Skip Adams both had said
months ago that, “If I (Williams)
went to A&M, they would turn me
in.
“So I wasn’t surprised that we (he
and Godine) were investigated,”
Williams said.
Shorts
Besides being captain of Army’s
swimming team, Sam Fogarty of Or
lando, Fla., is the only senior on the
cadet squad.
A total of 24 jumping events will
be held at tbe Delaware Park
thoroughbred meeting running May
29 through July 17.
Yale hasn’t had a winning basket
ball team since 1968.
Texas A&M coach Shelby Metcalf
said in regards to Williams’ state
ment that, “I’d say Jarvis is a pretty
smart man.”
The allegations against Williams
and Godine include “new cars”, cash
payoffs, washers and dryers for their
mothers and excessive salaries dur
ing summer jobs.
The two have taken polygraph
tests administered by the SWC. Al
though not forced to take the tests,
Williams said, “They made out it
seemed to me, that if we didn’t, it
would be tough on us, you know.
Like we would be ineligible anyway.
That was the idea I got.
“I told the truth, man, because if
you don’t, that machine’s gonna to
show it. I told the truth both times
(two tests were given on different
occasions). I’ve got nothing to hide.”
A scientific approach to diamonds.
An artistic approach to fine jewelry.
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A few of the Aggie players, Davis
in particular, say that jealousy by ri
vals is the actual force behind the
By the way, A&M assistant coach
Norman Reuther told Tardan after
last night’s game that he (Tardan) had
better find a lawyer in the near fu
ture.
While the exact reason or reasons
for the SWC riding are yet to surface,
it is also puzzling as to the timing of
the announcement. Also, why the
incorrigible “gag rule” which allows
no enlightenment about the case?
The “gag rule” prohibits universities
from releasing information without
affirmation by the conference.
Maybe someone ought to interview
an A&M basketball shoe. It would
probably have a looser tongue than
SWC and A&M officials.
The conference has also violated
the rights of both Godine and
Williams by declaring them guilty
before holding a hearing and by not
informing them of the charges
against them.
As reads a well quoted movie line,
“What we have here is a failure to
communicate. ” Brother, if that guy
knew the half of it.
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