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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1976
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Coaches Charles Thomas and Ted
Nelson will take a 24-man Texas
A&M track squad into Fort Worth
Thursday afternoon for the SWC In
doors Championships scheduled for
Friday afternoon and Friday night at
the Tarrant County Convention
Center.
A sparkling field loaded with de
fending champions is lined up for the
third Southwest Conference indoor
track and field championships Friday
night.
No less than nine of the dozen
1975 individual titlists return to the
Convention Center arena for a show
that could once again provide a duel
between Baylor and Texas for team
honors.
Coach Cleburne Price’s Lon
ghorns captured the two previous
championships here but he con-
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tended recently that Baylor’s Bears
loom as the team to beat.
Texas outscored the Bruins by two
points last year with a six-point dis
qualification of Tim Son of Baylor in
the 60 — costing the bears the cham
pionship.
Price, who talked with several
SWC coaches last week at Oklahoma
City, said, “They all told me the
same thing: Baylor is in super shape
for the indoor meet.”
Price added, “I haven’t seen
Baylor. And I’m not trying to
sandbag them. They must really be
ready.”
Another Baylor believer is Texas
A&M track coach Charlie Thomas,
who says of the Bears: “They may
just run away with it. Maybe that is
too strong. . . run away with it. But I
don’t think Texas will beat them this
time.”
Among the 1975 winners back are
John Craig of Texas, who won the
1,000-yard run and also anchored the
Longhorns to a photo-finish decision
over Baylor in the two-mile relay.
Houston’s Floyd Cavitt, a surprise
winner in the 60-yard high hurdles,
faces a strong challenge from Baylor
football ace Alcy Jackson and Texas
A&M’s Shifton Baker.
Lionel Adams of Arkansas, the
600-yard winner, finished second to
Son a year ago but was given first
place when the Bear runner was dis
qualified on a controversial foul call.
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Son, the SWC outdoor 440
kingpin, faces serious challenges
from Herb Kinney of Rice, Larry
Gnatzig of Houston and Adolph Tin-
gan of Texas A&M.
Reed Fischer of Texas, who won
the indoor mile in record time last
year, is back, as is Niall
O’Shaughnessy of Arkansas, a record
breaker in the 880.
Texas Christian’s Sam McKinney
is not around to defend his 440 title
and the favorite is Baylor’s sopho
more sensation, Mark Collins, the
runnerup last year.
Brad Blair, who has gone 16-0 this
year, of A&M returns after a record
15-6 in the pole vault, and Randy
Melancon of Arkansas is back to bat
tle Jeff’ Wells of Rice again in the
two-mile run.
Ricky Thompson of Baylor and
Dana LeDuc of Texas are favored to
repeat in the long jump and shot put
respectively. LeDuc is bidding for
his third indoor crown.
FINALS
3:35 p. m.—Distance Medley Relay (Joel Vogt, 880
Craig McPhail, 440; Walter Jachimowicz, 1320;
Tommy Glass, mile)
6:30—Pole Vault—Brad Blair.
7:25—High Jump—Don Riggs, Roofy)
8:00—Long Jump—Tom Owen.
8:30—Shot Put—Frank West, CraigC)
8:55—-Two-M ile Relay—Adolph Ting*'
Walter Jachimowicz, Jim Brannen,
9:45—Two-Mile Run—Charles Cottle,]
10:15—Mile Relay—Curtis Collier,
Gregory Clark, Terry Novak.
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Curtis Collier
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Brannen
3.15— 1.000-Yard Run—(qualify SFJu
4 ;00—60-Yard Hurdles—(qualify
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4:10—60-Yard Dash—(qualify fil-Chife
Bench signs Reds’contract for $200,(11
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CINCINNATI — All-Star catcher
Johnny Bench, rejecting the chance
of playing out his option, has signed a
contract which could make him the
Cincinnati Reds’ first $200,000-a-
year player and only the third in
major league baseball history.
Bench, still recovering from
shoulder surgery, said the contract
was not a multiyear pact as specu
lated. He and Reds President Bob
Howsam declined to reveal the
terms, though Bench admitted it was
in the $200,000 range.
He said he signed for one year “af
ter some spul searching over
whether or not to play out my option.
Baseball is at a crossroads and I think
it’s up to the players to decide
whether to keep it going. I don’t
want it said that I ruined the game for
others, ” he said in a telephone inter
view from Springfield, Ohio.
Bench was reportedly the highest
paid Cincinnati player a year ago
with a $190,000 contract.
The 28-year-old eight-time All-
star becomes the first Reds’ regular
to sign. Second baseman Joe
Morgan, the league MVP in 1975,
and World Series hero Pete Rose are
also reportedly seeking the
$200,000-a-year contracts.
The superstar trio helped the Reds
capture their first World Series
championship in 35 years. All three
have won the league’s Most Valuable
Player award at least once. Bench
did it twice, in 1970 and 1972.
Dick Allen and Henry Aaron were
the first players to reach the
$200,000-a-year plateau.
Bench hit his highest average in
five years last season, despite a nag
ging shoulder injury resulting from a
collision April 22 with San Francis
co’s Garry Matthews.
Howsam said thechbis.
the operation to remow
cartilage and a small boi
cessful.
He had a .283 batting
home runs, and HOrunsln
He has averaged 106
past eight seasons and rank
the Reds’ all-time homenii
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Club sports
By DANA McNABB
Tomorrow at Prairie View A&M,
the weightlifting championship of
Texas will be decided. The Aggie
weightlifters will aim for an unprec
edented third state championship in
The A&M team feels that their big
competition will come from UT and
NTSU (last year rated number 3).
Individual A&M weightlifters out
to break current state records in
clude Bruce Campbell, Stan Peters,
and Doug Wood.
Campbell is presently the state
champion weightlifter at 114 lbs.
team starting at 2 p.m.
im proved Navy team will by . L
A&M their first defeat ofls
after being beaten by Atoll
The next A&M home [
Feb. 28, against San Antra
The Aggies, which beatlk
Huns 16-10 last weekend.!!
a 3-0 record.
The second team alsoli
home a victory Satnrdaybyi 1
the Huns 16-7. Thiswaslk
first win of the season.
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The Texas A&M Rifle Team
scored a 187-point victory over UT in
a rifle match in Austin last Saturday.
The Aggie victory was spearheaded
by Jeff Potter with a score of 532.
With the defeat of UT, the Aggies are
assured of the first place spot in the
Southwest Rifle Association. The
other firers in last weekend’s match
and their scores were as follows:
James Beal (528), Robert Stone
(520), Robert Lunsford (519),
Elizabeth Nealin (512), and David
Weldon (503).
The Texas A&M Womei!|
Team played its first o
day, beating a spirited Aiis I
men’s Rugby Team, 30-0,H cation
women dominated everyfc
game and made seven tries
conversion worth a total of?
Scorers for A&M
Speidel, Kathi Flowers.
Hardwick, Kathi Chappel
Petty, and Holly Barbee.
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The A&M Racketball Team will
sponsor a tournament starting at 5
p.m. in the DeWare Field House.
Students and faculty of A&M will
be competing in five divisions: men’s
open, men’s B, men’s C (novice),
women's open and women’s novice.
Two A&M students placed in the
finals of the International Racketball
Association Pro-Am Tournament in
San Antonio last weekend.
A home lacrosse game
A&M and UT will be plaj’f
day at 2 p.m. on the Mi
Field.
A&M is now 1-1 for the sa
Texas also has 1-1 for
The lacrosse team lostifl
against Houston last wed|
Houston is undefeated,
the same conference as A6!
SCUBA
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Amistad over the spring bit |' s hi
also planning a cave dive id |^ e (
Neysa Buckley won the first place
tropihy in the women’s novice divi
sion, while Connie Karcher took
fourth in the same division. Rod
Woodard, also from A&M, made it to
the quarter-finals of the tournament.
the end of the spring seme L a y
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RUGBY
The rugby team will journey to
San Antonio tomorrow for a game
against the Corpms Christi Navy
Scuba club, will be ini
classes in cardio pulmonaiji
tation starting March 2. D|
will be offered at night,
Cross sponsored, and will
137 MSC. An advanced!
class will also be offered
ter by the club.
The club meets even
Monday night, with them
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