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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 3, 1976
Page 11
Associated Press
LAS — Officials at Houston,
land Texas have denied they
automobiles to two Texas
asketball players who signed
s the schools made them
:he-table offers.
it, athletic directors Jack Pat-
of Baylor and Harry Fouke of
in have suggested they feel
against their schools came
|recent Southwest Conference
lagainst Aggies Karl Godine
Williams, both freshmen
louston.
Skip Adams, assistant bas-
[ coach and chief recruiter at
|said “at no time to my knowl
edge or to anyone’s knowledge as
sociated with the athletic depart
ment did we make any kind of an
illegal offer of a car, cash or anything
else to the Aggie players.”
Harry Fouke, Houston athletic di
rector, and Baylor athletic director
Jack Patterson issued similar state
ments and added A&M was after re
venge.
“They didn’t say it in so many
words, but they implied all other
schools would be investigated,’’ said
Patterson ofTexas A&M representa
tives at last Thursday’s SWC hearing
for Godine and Williams.
“I had a feeling A&M would try to
have a few other people involved,”
said Fouke.
Godine and Williams were ban
ned from this week’s NCAA playoffs
and made ineligible for the 1977 sea
son by the SWC on a charge of driv
ing cars furnished by A&M alumni.
SWC Commissioner Cliff Speegle
said Tuesday he had yet to receive a
report from A&M Athletic Director
Emory Bellard but added “There
will be an investigation of the alleged
violations.”
Bellard received signed affidavits
from Hugh M. Smith of Dallas, an
attorney for Godine and Williams.
The affidavits claimed Texas, Baylor
and Houston offered the youngsters
automobiles last year while recruit
ing the two former Houston
Kashmere High School stars.
Adams said he would be willing to
take a polygraph test to prove his
innocence.
Resigned Texas basketball coach
Leon Black wrote the SWC office a
letter Sept. 29 suggesting that A&M
be investigated on its recruitment of
Godine and Williams.
Adams said he didn’t feel A&M’s
charge against Texas was intended as
retaliation.
“I don’t think Karl is that kind of
guy,” said Adams. “I’m sure he
heard thousands of things while he
was being recruited and I don’t think
there’s any way he can remember
everything. He may feel we did offer
him a car. If so, he was totally right in
reporting it.”
Netters take 14th place
mcentration vital in Corpus Christi meet
ir gymnastic team
ounding activities become a
ibablylhfejean as she fights to keep her
in the natiBtration. Any outside distrac-
|ismpt her train of thought and
I" 1 ™ 1 Bier to falter or fall. The pres-
K, Plain If competition is on and she
| I think only of her next trick.
? lis a competitive gymnast,
dollars wj I
Ire are 16 women on the Texas
I University gymnastics team,
d the deer: [)] js coached by Jan Fambro.
of unde: b 0 men are divided into three
a perennii es —class one contains the ad
orn re ar: jd women who have had ex-
Jrwherej (jee with gymnastics before en-
1 acre-k I college; class two contains in-
estimatee Idiates, and class three contains
68.
mers.
istimatfii |e girls in each class have tricks
Form in competition that are
to their level,” Fambro said,
only compete against girls of
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-five per cent of the A&M
has had previous experience
mnastics, she said.
[ring each meet, the women
perform a compulsory routine
contains required tricks,
ver, each woman may then
an optional routine where
ooses her own tricks to reflect
ersonality and imagination,
ro said. The optional routine
^contain tricks of both medium
iperior difficulty.
[mnastics encompasses four
i—floor exercises, the balance
i, uneven parallel bars and
irse vault.
ir exercise consists of a tumbl-
Id dance routine done to music
(40-by-40-foot area. The balance
in is 4 inches wide, 16 feet long
about 6 feet high. The girls must
the full length of the board
turns, cartwheels, head stands
[ther tricks.
ie ideal gymnast can do the
trick on the beam as she can on
loor,” Fambro said.
Press
The uneven parallel bars consist of
jjlbars, one 4 feet tall and the other
N—Tin Sidehorse vaulting is done over a
2e said''Jj about six feet high, and each
e capiwftiiis allowed two vaults,
i Ben I Texas A&M’s gymnastic team will
noon f lohahly rank fifth out of the 13 teams
ington f|j)h will participate in state com-
Kon at Amarillo today, Fambro
Ite and id.
Someone always gets the breaks in
■■(nasties because the judging is
E tive, Fambro said.
}t depends on what the judges
rsonally,” she said. “Our class
or class threes could win a
ihy if we get the breaks.
Our biggest problem now is our
spirit. We probably have the
lest spirit of any of the com-
itors because the girls on the
are not behind each other.”
the team is the spotter, Fambro said.
A spotter helps the women learn new
tricks and can catch them if they fall.
“We need a new spotter for next
year,” Fambro said. “We want
someone who will get involved with
the team and help build spirit.”
— Debby Krenek
Women gynasts
travel to
Amarillo today
By CAROLYN BLOSSER
Battalion Staff Writer
The women’s gymnastics team will
travel to Amarillo today where they
will compete in the State Gymnastics
Championship Meet.
All of the top teams in the state will
be there. The University of Texas,
Southwest Texas State, University of
Texas at El Paso, and Amarillo Junior
College look to be the Ags’ most for
midable foes. Coach Jan Fambro
said.
“We’re ranked about fifth in the
state,” Fambro said. “We’ve got a
good chance to move into third and
win a team trophy, depending on
how the judging goes.”
The Aggies have competed only in
dual and triangular meets this year,
losing only to the University ofTexas
and Southwest Texas State.
Last Friday night, the Aggies eas
ily wdh a meet against Texas Wo
man’s University at Bryan High
School. All three classes competed in
both the compulsory and optional
routines.
Saturday, Classes I and II traveled
to Fort Worth where they competed
in a triangular meet against Texas
Christian University and Tarleton
State.
“This past weekend was a pre-run
before state,” Coach Fambro said.
“We worked out last minute kinks
and bugs before getting down to the
Texas A&M finished 14th in the
Eighth Annual Corpus Christi Inter
collegiate Team Tennis Champion
ships last weekend.
Trinity University placed first in
the 16-team event, followed by the
University of Houston, the Univer
sity ofTexas and Southern Methodist
University.
The Aggies lost matches to the
University of Oklahoma 8-1, Texas
Southern University 5-4 and Rice
University 7-2. Their lone victory
was over Texas Tech University 8-1.
One bright spot for A&M was the
play of Tom Courson. Courson, a
junior from El Paso, won all four of
his singles matches, bringing his
overall singles record for the season
to 11-0.
“Courson is playing the best of
anyone on our team right now,”
coach Richard Barker said. “He’s
winning the crucial points in his
matches. ”
The crucial points occur when the
players are tied 3-3 in the game, a
game being decided by the first
player to win four points. Tie break
ers are played when both players
have won six games. Tie breakers
consist of nine points and the first
player winning a majority of the nine
points wins the game and the match.
Barker said that for the Aggies to
be successful they must start win
ning their share of the crucial points.
Another bright spot for the Aggies
was the play of Courson and John
Kirwan in the doubles competition.
Courson-Kirwan were 2-2 in the
tournament, playing as A&M’s No. 2
team. Against Texas Southern they
faced TSU’s No. 1 doubles team and
lost 4-6, 7-6, 6-2.
Mark Silberman missed the final
three matches of the tournament due
to a bruised shoulder. The junior
from Houston injured his shoulder
while wrestling with some of the
other players following the first day
of competition. Replacing Silberman
for the rest of the tournament were
Roger Pier in the singles matches
and Robin Baker in the doubles.
The Aggies have a week and a half
to prepare for their next match when
Rice travels to College Station to ^
play the Aggies March 12 .
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