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THSy.-i Track team treks to Texas Relays THE BATTALION FWOAV. A»*t 2. 1*7« 11 k.% r t By PAUL MCGRATH Battalion Sports Editor The 49th Texas Relays grt into hill xwmc today with osier 48 teams en tered in the unisersity dis-ixion The Relay s heKan yesterday with decat ho Ion competition, won by Christopher Lythell of Brigham Young with 7.521 points jeff Wells of Rice, an all-American in distance races, won the 10.000-metrr rim with a time of 2S 55.08. a tenth of a second ahead of the second plate finisher The Texas AteM track team, coached hy Charles Thomas, will take a 22 man stpiad to the Austin meet The Texas Relays are the first leg of the triple crown of amateur track The others are the ban sax and Drake Relays For the first time, all events will lie in meters not yards About 156 teams and 1.500 athletes will coippete in the meet which mchides some of the liest ta lent in the country The feature rate will be on Satur day afternoon, pitting the five top mile relay'teams in the nation. Bailor. Kansas. Texas, An/nna State and Florida all lias e a shot toca|iture ~ the four lap event Tlie Bears base run a 3 09.3 and Texas a 3:10.2 this year The Sun Dexils base the lest time in the natioii thus far. hut flic Kansans ami Floridians cannot lie counted out. Also featured will lie 15 sub-four minute miters and five athletes with the- ability to throw over 60 feet in the shot pul There will Ik* a pair of pole vaulters who have comjuercd IS feet and eight w ho have cleared 17 feet Earl Bell of Arkansas State, winner of the NCAA meet with a IS-1 foot vault, and Roland Carter of the* (•nil Coast Track Club will lie two id the favorites The half mile has amongst a stellar top 8 nation Kenyan Mike Bolt of Eastern New Mexico should be the favorite after running a 1:43 8 earlier in the year All Southwest Conference and Southeastern Conference teams will compete along with last year's out standing team in the Relays. VTEP. The Aggies should have qualifiers in both hurdles events, the 880-yard run and note vault. Texas A&M will also field competitive relay teams in the sprint medley relay, two-mile relay and SSO-yard relay. Slitfion Baker. Craig McPhail and Curtis Collier forefront the Ags in the hurdles and Jim Brannen. Joel Vogt. Tommy Glass and Tony W’heeler will take on the 880. Wheeler has the best time in the SWC this year with a 1.48 7. Charles Dawson. Ray Brooks and Chuck Butler will compete for Thomas in the sprints with Nfanfed Kohrs and Walter Jachimowic/. listed for the distance races Bill Newton (javelin). Steve Stewart (discus). Frank West and Craig (barter (shot), Ronnie Keys and IXiu Riggs (high jump). Brad Blair i|iole vault) and Tom Owen (long jump) are scheduled Ibr the field events. Thomas is very optimistic aliout the iuture of his team. "We have a real strong team hut noliody knows liecause we aren't getting the public- itv of teams like Baylor and Texas, Thomas said. The Bears and Longhorns lose most of their top point scores after this season while the Aggies will lose only a minimal amount after gradua tion. Today's prelims start at 9 a.m. with (xnnpetition continuing until 9 p in Saturday s competition will stretch from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. maR* HmMo b> Jim Hrtidrukxon Head Coach Emory Bellard looks on as the Aggie gridders continue daily workouts at Kvle Field. THE NEW SPORTS CLUB INC. PRESENTS MON. - GREEK & ORGANIZATION NIGHT Ut PRICE DRINKS - MEMBERS TUES. — DRINK & DROWN — $3 GUYS FREE BAR UQUOR 1 GIRLS A DRAFT BEER WED. - LADIES NIGHT ' 5c BEER 8-9 THURS. - “BEAT THE WHEEL” 8-9 5c BEER SUN. - CLOSED TO PUBLIC • AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE ENGAGEMENTS. EFFEC TIVE APR. 4th CALL US 846-2415 OPEN MON.-FRI. 4 p.m. - MIDNIGHT SAT. - 2 p.m. -1 a.m. HAPPY HOUR MON. - FRI. 4-7 ALL DRINKS 2 FOR 1 Cager tries teaching Ag baseball team faces Owls today; needs win 'Hie eighth-ranked Aggie haseliall team takes on Rice in a three-game series this weekend, beginning with a 3 p.m. opener this aftermxm. Aggie pitching ace James Cibson (10-0) goes for an A6cM record eleventh victory in the 1 p.m. first game of Saturday s double-header. Spring drills for softball open soon By CAROLYN BLOSSER Battalion Sport. Writer .Spring training for the Women s Intercollegiate softball team will begin Wednesday, April 7 at 3:30 p.m. The practices will lie held at the new intramural softball fields located across Wellborn Highway, opposite the campus. Spring training, unlike tryouts, will run between,two and three weeks. The practices will lie set up on an interval basis, designed to work and improve on individual skills such as hatting, liase running, and fielding. Also scheduled are sev - era! practice games ‘"niis is the first year we've had spring training," said (kiach Kay Don. "We’re having it to build a bet ter and stronger team for the fall. Gibson set a new school record in A&M ’s single victory of three games against Baylor Monday and Tuesday. Cihson will go up against Rice star pitcher Allan Ramirez (8-2). The Aggies are 24-4 for the season with a 7-2 conference record. Rice is 13-14 this season with a 6-6 record for conference play after three losses last weekend to fourth-ranked Texas. Clint Thomas (5-2) will start to day's opener. Thomas could tie the A&M career win record of 21 with a victory. The Aggies David Lockett (5-0) will start Saturday’s second game. The Aggies' starting lineup should look like this: Buddy Grobe (second base), Robert Bonner (shortstop). Bill Haymer (rightfield), Kirk Gampbell (first base), Randy Blan chard or Buster Turner (designated hitter), Mark Thurmond (center- field), Winston Whiddon (third liase), Robert Verde (leftfield) and John Biersner (catcher). Auociated Prrx. SHREVEPORT. La. — Students at Valencia Jr. High knew Robert Parish was not your average student-teacher the moment he ducked through the gym door. The door was seven feet tall. The height that makes him stoop under doors made Parish a star bas ketball player at Centenary College for four years and a V.I.P. at Valen cia. "W'hen he first came here, it seemed almost .ill the kick and teachers looped through the gym on the way to class to see him," said Bill Ducote, Valencia’s hill-time boys gym teacher and Parish’s supervisor while he student-taught. But Ducote said that nov elty wore oft quickly and the 7-fciot-l Parish became "just another teacher — who can dunk a basketball almost flatfooted, block shots at will and nearly leap tall buildings in a single bound. “I didn t enjoy teaching at first,” Parish says. "4 didn t have the pati ence and the kids wouldn’t pay atten tion. 1 gave student-teachers and substitutes a hard time when I was in school, and I guess it came hack at me.” Robert is usually even- te* nine red. hut when he first started teaching, he came to practice with a scowl on his face, said Riley Wal lace, a Centenary assistant basket ball coach. "We asked him what was wrong. He said. It’s those kids They're driving me up a wall.’ However, Ducote says Parish worked at communicating with his seventh, eighth and ninth graders and became a good instructor. He gave lessons in basketball, volleyball and track. Thirteen-year-old Rickey Moore won t soon forget the sight of Parish playing with and against children Pearly/half size. "It was amazing to actually see someclne that tall, the eighth grader said. "We were pretty lucky though — kids in the other classes said they wish they could have played against him like we did." Student teaching — first at Valen cia and now at Werner Park Elemen tary A— was 6iie of Parish‘stequire- ments for a degree in physical educa tion. It’s a degree he says his parents wanted him to get, even though he could have left college long ago for the big money of pro basketball. THAT ini /% r m Opal, Henry, Rosa Kathy, Luci PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE ADDITION OF LUCI LOVELL TO THE STAFF OF THAT PLACE. 1* COMPLETE HAIR STYLING FOR MEN AND WOMEN. 707 TEXAS 846-6933 Across from A&M ALLEN OldsYnobile ( adillac S \I.ES SER\ ICE "Where stitisfaction is standard equipment 2401 Texas A\e. 823-8002 McDonald's i® MCDONALD’S INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS McDonald's Embrey s Jewelry , invites you to a spectacular ring showing hy Designer’s Jewelers of Houston. Over one million dollars in all styles with a large selection of opals. Store-wide discounts - up to off on all merchandise (is v f B; A. The Canoeing team of Hogan and Vansickle coast into a fourth place finish in the first annual IM Canoe Race held last Saturday. See story at right for more winners. Superstar Contest Entries Now Open The second annual IM Superstar Contest will lie run between Monday, April 26 and f riday. May .. Entries close at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20at the LM Office. All entrants will meet on April 20at 5:00 p.m. in room 267, G. Rollie White. The divisions are Women's and Men's with entrants using singles entry forms. There is to be only one entry per dorm, unit, fraternity, sorority, organization, or housing unit and each jierson must have a sponsor and wear a T-shitt with their last name and sponsor on it. Events will include bowling, tennis, weightlifting, 100 yard swim. 100 yard dash, freethrow shooting, softball throw, and an obstacle course. Each contestant may enter a maximum of 7 events. 2 points will he awarded for each event entered and points will be awarded for placing in the events with 10 points for a 1st place win, 7 points for 2nd, 5 for 3rd, 3 for 4th, and 1 for 5th; If more than 20 people enter in each division, a play-off will determine the 20 to go into the finals Criteria for this play-off can be seen at the IM Office, where entry forms are also available. SmAeub fteweAu II n Fa f stpitch Tourney Tomorrow E3^| D° n t forget to come out and see the Fastpitch Softball Toui 4/5 Vnivertily Drive APRIL 2 6r 3 9 A.M. TO 10 P.M. H)0()0QMQ()QQQQQQQ(?QQfl)(li)gMMflfl88QQ9Q8Q{(i Don t forget to come out and see the Fastpitch Softball Tourna ment to be held on the softball fields across campus on April 3 and 10. D-2 Takes Horseshoe All-U Title Don Royder and Joe Tillot- son of D-2 defeated Barry Buske and Thomas Culberson, the Independent Winners in the All-University Horseshoes competition last week. The match went to three games with Buske and Culberson winning the first one 15-12. Royder and Tillotson came back and won the next two games 15-4 and 15-12. In other divisions, Dan Fischer and Jess Sheedy oF Puryear won the Civilian divi sion and the Fish division title was captured by D-2. Canoeing Winners Mike Shively and John Bugge won the first annual IM Canoe Race last Saturday on the Brazos River. Their time on the 5-mile course was 52:02. Dave Donnell and Mike Van- derhurst took second with a time of 58:18, while Dan Schul- sie and Tom Oliver placed third at 59:05. Jan Swinnea and Rhonda Koenig won the Wo men’s Division with a time of 1:50:28, while Gustavo de La Rosa and Soozy Wellborn took the Co-Rec Division at 1:03:00. The race included 22 teams of two and was deemed a great success by the IM Office. ■r 1 j"* 1 . Don Royder of D-2 tosses a shoe in the All-University Horseshoes match. Royder and his partner, Joe Tillotson, defeated Barry Buske and Thomas Culberson to gain the All-U honors. An unidentified Fish broad jumps in the IM Track and Field events held on Kyle Field this week. See next week’s ad for full results. : . ■W mm i : f . WiVvW