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Backlashes By BRUCE SUBLETT Battalion Staff Writer Transfer student organizes first women’s rugby team THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MAR. 11, 1976 Page £ ■ ■Tii. Within a 100 mile radius of Col li Bge Station, there are 12 lakes. Why ^ 1 is everybody complaining because B i Bey can’t find a fishing hole? W ■ The closest is Somerville. It has me serious problems due to bad ss spawns in recent springs, a de- ine in the shad population and a emendous rise in the white bass ipulation. What that means is that lere aren’t many black bass, there e too many stunted white bass and lere isn’t enough food for either. |fs still not a bad place to catch two ir three really good bass. Moving on down toward Houston, ;e Conroe is hot. Right now it’s le best place around here to fill a itringer with bass. But there’s a seri- ius use problem. Aggie Bass Club msor Tommy Nuche told me that couple of weekends ago it took e 4-H Qj hree hours to launch or take out a >oat from Shiloh’s Marina. Heavy SCP.I iressure like this just isn’t any fun to SC Co* ight and it will kill the lake in a lurry. Weekdays are the time to hit sents ‘D®onroe. Lake Livingston is about an hour md a half east of Aggieland. It’s rtment iteady fishing with a lot of different artley i: vater to cover. Pressure is heavy, Univera )ut not unbearable. Cove Marina, Bell and Ford Marina and the public ;tsat2pi amp just north of Riverside are good places to put-in to fish the protected ]i|(( ipper end of the lake. Galloway’s Marina is busier, but it gives access tteeatf) to White Rock Creek, Caney Creek and the Jungle. Past Conroe, is Lake Houston. Be lieve it or not, it doesn’t get a lot of H (Mi iressure, despite its proximity to the megalopolis. The upper end of the lake is studded with cypress and looks like a natural lake. Fishing there isn’t red hot, but it’s worth a ub wilt, L Camp in MSC1 il meets* lets at j Commit I SC 2281 b meets J views alii in theft; :30 in) 7 p.tti . Assoc.1 Tower i meeli! hase I n owerl 1 meeti! 3 will I i.m. inti Intend oSinftl! nt Assoc i. inToi 8 to 5: > at Ips Arena, dents J try. Banquet honors Landry Associated Press DALLAS — A $10-a-plate banquet to honor Dallas Cow boy Coach Tom Landry has brought in more than $10,000 in ticket sales, with the money earmarked for a private school in the suburban community of Addison. Herschel Forester, banquet organizer and president of a Dallas insurance company, said most of the proceeds would go for a new football field and ath letic complex at Trinity Chris tian Academy. Other funds will he used to finance the academy’s elemen tary school and provide scholarships for children whose parents cannot afford the tui tion. Forester said the Thursday night banquet “has a dual pur pose in that we want to honor Tom Landry for the Christian gentleman he is, and of course to raise money for the school. ” op ON CAMPUS MARCH 22-25 SIGN UP NOW FOR AN INTERVIEW 10TH FLOOR RUDDER TOWER Going north from College Station, you find some good water. Lake Fair- field, about 85 miles away, is fairly new and is getting hot, especially for small keeper bass. There is a state park on the lake. Navarro Mills, Lake Waco, Stil- Ihouse Hollow, Belton and Lake Mexia get heavy pressure from Waco and Killeen, but they might bear looking into. Close to Austin is Lake Bastrop. It’s a small, old lake that’s been largely ignored. It’s going into a sec ond peak period now and there have been some impressive strings of bass taken out lately. A small lake that’s not on the map is the Alcoa lake at Rockdale. It’s big enough to be worth fishing but small enough that it doesn’t attract atten tion. The whole lake can be covered in a hard day’s fishing. The lock and dam on the Trinity River near Crockett isn’t on the map, either, but crappie fishermen have really been cleaning up there this spring. That’s where to go. Now let’s look at how to do it. Fishing over spring break could well be tough. If it doesn’t warm up in a hurry, the fish are going to be scattered and deep. If the weather stays cool, I would rec ommend using the deep diving run ning baits. Since over 90 per cent of a bass’ diet in the spring is crawfish, a bait like the Deep Little N or the Deep Big O in a crawfish color worked close to the bottom should pick up fish. If the water really warms up, fish could be back on spinnerbaits in shal low water. A small chartreuse spin- nerbait worked slowly around shal low brush could be the killer. Red- fins, Rogues and Rapalas in chrome are also good this time of year. If you’re a worm fisherman, stick to the darker colors. It just isn’t time yet to throw a translucent firetail By DEBBY KRENEK Battalion Staff Writer Kathi Chappell, a petite, blonde haired transfer student from Florida State University, organized Texas A&M University’s first women’s rugby team this semester. Chappell played on the Florida State women’s rugby team one semester and upon finding that Texas A&M did not have a team, decided to start one. She began by putting up signs to promote her idea and said she went up to anyone who looked athletic and asked them to join. The result? A 20-member team, with no previous experience and four weeks of practice before its first game, which has won three of four games played so far . “The girls here are really gung ho about playing. They work extra hard because they have to learn every thing on their own,” Chappell said. She is coach and captain of the team and works with team members on plays and strategy. Members of the men’s team also work with the wo men, but the women had to pick up a feel for the game on their own, she said. “Our main problem now is tackl ing,” Chappell said. “Most girls are afraid to because they’ve never done it before, but they’ll get over that in time,” she said. The image of huge women thun dering down the field, knocking down everyone in their path would be shattered by the A&M team. The average height is about 5 feet 4 in ches and weights range between 110-130 pounds. Women’s rugby is an extramural sport, therefore it receives some funding from the intramural office. TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED barker photography NORTHGATE 846-2828 Wedding Special Buy your wedding pictures; color bridal portrait; and your invitations from us and receive a -| 5 0/ o Dj SCO Unt on the initial order of each. 707 TEXAS PRECISION HAIR CUTTING FOR MEN AND WOMEN. ACROSS FROM A&M 846-6933 Ever thought about feeding a Wallaby? How ’bout watering Gypsy Rose? Wallabys and Gypsy roses are just a sampling of summer jobs offered by the Fun Co., Mayor’s Summer Youth Program. We’re looking for qualified students that are residents of Houston, to fill summer jobs in the Zoo, Arboretum, Garden Center, Miller Theatre and many other city parks, pools and recreation centers. So, come by the Student Placement Center, pick up your application and take it to Albert Thomas Convention Center, March 13 & 14. If you have any questions, call Kathy Hooker — 222-4551. Funded by The Mayor’s Office MPD. “We get some money from the former students, but most of our ex penses come out of our own poc kets,” Chappell said. The team has to buy its own equipment such as cleated shoes, socks and uniforms. “We’ve been invited to the first women’s national tournament in Colorado,” Chappell said, “but it’s many of the girls because the sport is rough, Chappell said. The women fight to get possession of the ball, falling on each other and tackling each other without mercy, she said. “That’s what the exercises are for, to keep us in shape so we don’t get injured, ” Chappell said. Texas A&M was the only team out of nine to re going to cost us $2,000 to go.” The team is depending on sponsorship from former students, banks and do nations. The general consensus is that women like rugby. “Women have always been sheltered from contact sports, but I think it feels good to be aggressive,” team member Adell Thomas said. Bruises are not uncommon on turn from the Mardi Gras Tourna ment without an injury. Women’s rugby is only four years old and A&M’s team is the second to form in Texas. “Some of the men from Canada’s team were really surprised by our performance at the Mardi Gras Tournament, ” Chappell said. “They traded us their $17 jerseys for our t-shirts that said: ‘women’s rugby .” PIZZA INN’S DELICIOUS HOT SANDWICH A quarter pound of lean tender steak, with cheese, steak sauce, and lettuce on a sesame bun. We have private party rooms for special occasions at both Pizza Inn locations. Call for reservations. NO. 2 PIZZA INN OF BRYAN 1803 Greenfield 846-1784 we re new. come by and see our plants. we invite you to compare: quality and price. university drive texas a&m campus the greenery 4303 texas ave. 846-2838 tropical foliage * the greenery rosemary drive iiiiiiiittii NO. 1 PIZZA INN OF COLLEGE STATION 413 Texas Ave. 846-6164 Come in and try on a pear . . . Just Arrived: New shipment oi pre-washed de nims. 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