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BROKEN HEARTS
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s will take the maximum
riir ® squad limit of 28 men to
is Border Olympics this
All Southwest Conference schools
except Arkansas will he present at
the meet. Lamar University will
substitute for the Razorbacks.
The Border Olympics track meet
is one of several athletic events held
at the same time. A golf and tennis
Club Sports
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I new soccer complex across
worker Kyle Field will be the
(frthe First Annual Texas A&M
ria, wen 1 Tournament, March 6-7.
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|k.M will host the tournament in
Houston, Baylor, Ftice, Rich-
djr. College, SFA, St. Mary’s
IBl in Jr. College will compete.
riot!
[petition begins at 9:00 Satur-
thagame between A&M and
hileUH and SFA battle at the
lime. Richland Jr. College will
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while attending A&M last year.
“Our biggest activity of the year is
the sponsoring of the State
Broadhead Championship,” Jon
Brooke, president of the Brazos
Bowmen, said. “We have lots of ar
chers from the state competing be
cause we are centrally located, we
have a pretty range, and people like
to shoot at our range.”
The club meets the first Monday of
each month at 7:30 p.rn. in the Rud
der Tower. The room number is an
nounced each month on the tele
vised screen in the MSC.
tournament, also comprised of con
ference schools, are also on this
weekend’s agenda.
The University of Texas is off a
strong showing last week with
polevaulter David Sheperd clearing
17-0 feet and sprinter Daryl Jarnigan
running a 46.3 quarter on his leg in
the mile relay. The Longhorn mile
relay quartet was clocked at 3:10, a
second better than Baylor’s time at
the Meet of Champions in Houston.
The Bears were third in the nation
last year in that event with the nuc
leus of the team returning.
Baylor, the conference indoor
champ, is expected to give the Homs
the strongest competition at the
meet. The Bears rely on their depth
in the middle distances with Tim
Son, Michael Carter, Mark Collins,
Phil McClendon and Mark Lawless
providing the punch for Clyde Hart’s
team. Baylor also has control of the
high jump and long jump with Kevin
Delorey' and Rickey Thompson own
ing the field.
The Rice Owls of Bobby May have
a shot as darkhorses at the Olympics
which has become somewhat of a
prelude to the actual conference
meet.
The Owls are paced by all-
American distance man Jeff Wells
and sprinter Zoe Simpson. Wells ran
a 13:49.2 three-mile at the Meet of
Champions last week. Simpson is
second only to TCU’s Lorenzo
Ashford in the 100-yard dash and ran
a9.4 in his first outdoor competition.
Assistant track coach Ted Nelson
said the Aggies have a chance for
third and are healthy for the first
time this season.
The Aggies are blessed with depth
in the halfmile and intermediate
hurdles. “I just wish we had that kind
of depth all over,” Nelson said.
The Aggies are still without an es
tablished mile relay team. This
week’s quartet contains four diffe
rent faces from last week’s team.
Curtis Collier, Terry Novak, Chuck
Butler and Adolph Tingan are
scheduled to go at the Olympics.
Aggie hopes will ride on hurdler
Shifton Baker, who is expected “to
come along pretty soon,” Nelson
said, and polevaulter Brad Blair,
who is competing in his first outdoor
meet of the year. Baker was second
in the conference last year in the
high hurdles and Blair has already
cleared 16-0 feet during indoors.
The running events get underway
with the prelims at9 a.m. tomorrow.
The finals start at 7 p.m.
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RUGBY
Ion-conference game between
jM Rugby Club and the Hous-
Backs Rugby Club will get un-
at 1 p.m. Saturday on the
[adjacent to the Main Drill
pe Aggies lost their first game of
lason last weekend to San An-
[19-7. This leaves A&M with a
ague record and a 4-1 season
The loss wrapped up league
lor the rugby team and nar-
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matched teams, but an off-
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Antonio left the Aggies be-
Bruce Mills and John Wyble
[he only scorers for A&M.
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win over the second team
San Antonio last weekend,
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ARCHERY
Brazos Bowmen are exactly
they say they are: individual
^ sin Brazos County. The club
shown■ iposed mainly of bow hunters
ere are some target archers as
p year the club sponsors the
Broadhead Championship as
as tournaments and league
tition.
Hall‘}»ournament sponsored by the
meeLijas Field Archery Association
id floor®) w iH held By the club in
loor target competition is held
hurday, 7:30p.m., atCrockett
mtary School. The competi-
is sanctioned by the TFAA.
club’s outdoor range is located
be sh Highway 60 across from the
Jptry Kitchen.
>n wP |e bowmen also participate in
brtlienqall game contests, bow fishing,
shunts, campouts, and canoe
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Associated Press
AUSTIN, Tex. —The chairman of
the University of Texas Athletic
Council says, in effect, two sus
pended Texas A&M basketball
players should either appeal to the
courts or shut up.
J. Neils Thompson, a soft-spoken
man given to understatement, said
in answer to a reporter’s question
Offense
may have
new look
The Texas A&M offense may pos
sibly have a new look come spring
training, offensive coordinator Tom
Wilson said yesterday.
“We’ve been looking at some new
things,” Wilson said. “But we ll have
to wait until after spring training be
fore making a final decision.”
An Associated Press story said that
the Aggies were switching from the
Wishbone formation to a two-back
backfield. Wilson said however, that
the ideas are just in the planning
stage at the moment and that the
A&M coaching staff will experiment
with the new formations during
spring practice.
“Lm encouraged, Wilson said, “I
think it’s got some good possibilities.
It can help us to be more balanced
and a little more flexible.
Wilson said he was pleased with
the apparent depth available in the
running back positions. The Aggies
have six backs returning for spring
drills and will have four more next
fall as the high school recruits report
in.
The Aggies will have good compet
ition at quarterback, Wilson said,
where four players have a chance at
the starting berth.
Texas A&M, which shared a piece
of the Southwest Conference crown
with Texas and Arkansas last season,
has been picked 31st in the nation by
one poll.
Spring training will begin Mar. 30
and until then Wilson says, “it’s wait
and see.
Wednesday that the players can win
their fight in court and should take it
to that forum if they are innocent.
Asked if he thought they should
appeal or stop complaining,
Thompson said: “That’s right.”
The Southwest Conference hear
ing at which freshmen Karl Godine
and Jarvis Williams were suspended
was held behind closed doors. “We
are dealing with individuals and we
try to do as little harm as we can,”
Thompson said.
An appeal to the courts would air
the controversy in public.
Godine and Williams have denied
accepting illegal inducements to at
tend A&M. They have signed af
fidavits accusing members of the ath
letic departments at Texas, Baylor
and Houston of offering them cars.
Godine has said A&M is the only
school among the hundred that re
cruited him that did not offer illegal
inducements.
Thompson said he did not know if
the affidavits named the individuals
who allegedly offered the cars but he
assumed Godine and Williams
would have to do that before the con
ference would investigate.
One report said the affidavits iden
tify the alleged wrongdoer at Texas
as assistant coach Skip Adams.
Adams denied it and offered to take a
polygraph test.
Thompson said the accused per
sons could be required to take the
test. “Yes, under the conference
rules they would have to take the test
or they can’t coach,” he said, adding
that the ban on coaching also in
cludes recruiting.
In answer to another question,
Thompson labeled inaccurate a leak
to a newspaper that the conference
had banned two A&M alumni and
one other person in the Houston area
from participating in recruiting for
the Aggies.
The report was inaccurate both as
to the names of the three men and as
to the instruction to A&M on what
they could or could not do, he said.
Thompson said a report will be
made “within the next couple of
weeks” to UT President Lorene Ro
gers on the athletic council’s investi
gation of five Longhorn athletes who
were paid for up to 15 days after they
left Texas Senate jobs.
A special three-man faculty com
mittee also has investigated that mat
ter and is scheduled to report soon to
Dr. Rogers.
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INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS
This Week in Intramurals
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Ennis Top Frisbee Freak
The first annual IM All-University
Frisbee Championships were held last
Saturday on Kyle Field with Bob Ennis
of Davis-Gary Hall taking top honors.
Out of five events, Ennis won the accu
racy throw and maximum time aloft
with 41 and 90 points, respectively. His
total for the five events was 315 points,
with Kevin Venner taking second at 287
points, while Scott Keltner placed third
with 270 points.
The winners of the other three events
included Brad Stayton, topping the dis
tance and accuracy category with 77
yd., 8 in.; Scott Keltner, who won the
target accuracy throw with 54 points;
and Tom Cole, who was the best Fris
bee Golf player and collected 67 points
in that event.
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Fencing Tomorrow
The IM Fencing Tournament will be held tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. in
rooms 260 and 261 of the G. Rollie White Annex. Entries close today at
5:00p.m. in the IM OHlce. Even ifyou do not plan to participate, you are
invited to come and watch as these daring young swashbucklers try their
hands at being IM All-University Fencing Champion.
Fastpitch Tournament
The IM Fastpitch Softball Tournament will be held on Saturday, April
3. Competition will begin on all of the softball diamonds across campus,
with the last rounds being played on the new fields at the Complex,
located across the railroad tracks near the rodeo arena.
The men’s teams will play single elimination while the women will
play double elimination. There are 55 teams entered this year as op
posed to only 32 a year ago, so the competition should be extremely
tough and exciting.
Water Polo Closing
Water Polo entries.will close on Tuesday, March 9 at the IM Office
with competition open to all students, faculty, and staff. Play will begin
on Monday, March 22 and will run from 6:00 p.m. till 9:00 p.m. at the P.
L. Downs Natatorium.
NCAA Water Polo rules will be in effect with certain TAM U revisions.
To learn of these revisions, each team must send their captain to the
mandatory meeting on Thursday, March 11 at 5 p.m. in room 232 of G.
Rollie White. Schedules will also be given out at this meeting.
Canoe Race Planned
The IM Office is sponsoring a combination Canoe Race/Picnic on the
Brazos River soon. The tentative date for the event is Saturday, March
27, depending on the weather. All staff, students, and faculty members
may participate in this exciting event. The race will be approximately 5
miles long and will end in a picnic lunch.
The first 17 teams of2 to enter will be supplied with canoes, paddles,
and life preservers, but any subsequent entrants must supply all of
these things. Each entrant will also need to bring their own lunch. All
participants will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the IM Office and the race is not
limited to men. Entries close on Friday, March 26.
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Above — Bob Ellis of Moses tosses a Frisbee into the “hole” in
Frisbee Golf, part of the IM Frisbee competition last week.
Ennis won the entire competition, for more winners, see
story at left.
Below — Dennis Dickenson (left) of Dunn defeated Tim Bil
lingsley (right) of Sq. 2 in singles handball Wednesday night
to become the All-University Champion. Dickenson also
won the Civilian title and Billingsley won the Military divi-
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To Meet Soon
Entries for the annual IM Track meet
will close at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, March
9 at the IM Office. The Civilian and
Fish preliminaries will be held on
Monday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. The
Military, Women, and Indepen
dent prelims will be held on Tues
day, March 30, at 7:00 p.m. Divi
sional finals will be held the follow
ing day at the same time. The All-
University Championship meet
will be held on Thursday, April 1,
at 7:00 p.m. Each of these meets
will take place at Kyle Field,
yd. dash, the 440 yd. relay, the 220 yd.
dash and relay, the 880 yd. relay, the
100 yd. dash, and the mile run and re
lay. Field events in this division
are: shot put, high jump, softball
throw, and long (broad) jump.
The Women will compete in the fol
lowing field events: high jump, softball
throw, long jump, and shot put. Wo
men’s running events are: the 440 yd.
dash, the 50 yd. dash, the 880 yd. relay,
the 100 yd. dash, the 220 yd. dash, and
the 440 yd. relay.
There will also be two Co-Rec events
including the 440 yd. relay and the 880
yd. relay. These events will be held at
the AU-U meet on April 1. Teams are to
consist of two men and 2 women, with
runners alternating as to sex. Runners
of either sex may be the starters.
A brand new event, known as the
Master’s Mile, will also be instituted at
the All-University meet. This event will
be open to all students, faculty, and staff |
members who are over 35 years of age.
Entries for this event only will be ac
cepted until 5:00 p.m., March 29.
So come on by the IM Office and
register^oon, aU you track superstars!
Ref s Corner
Softball Officials will meet at
7:30 p.m. only in rm. 267 of G.
Rollie White on Thursday
March 11. Water Polo Officials
will also meet the same day at J
5:00 p.m. in the same place.