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THE BATTALION nnoAv am » 1*7* Aggies record four firsts A&M second in Baylor track mee n v • ; i / / a I n n Atm x» J • 1 A, m -1 Pt//J 1 r FREE PIZZA Pina inn With thi» coupon buy •rnrppni Ipr** or maAwm pitta at * •«*ular p*>c« and rpcan* on* pitta of Pi* n*at «mail*> lit* with *Qual numb** pt mpr*di*ntt F RE € 1 On* coupon p*r yitit. ptaaa* VALID THROUGH Monday. April 26 PIZZA INN NO. 2 1103 Gr**tHI*ltf Plata Mart le Aryan High HZ2A INN M* 1 413 Taias Av* S B_> PAI L ARNETT Thr \gxtr\ h^«l four fir\ts ami fini%he<i a strong sei-ond to Bax lor at the Bailor Invitational Track ami Field Meet in Waco this past Fndax night The Bears, who won this same event last sear, had firsts in three relays and five individual events Bavlor would have swept all lour re lax s. hut were beaten in the sprint relax by 0 05 of a second hx North Texas State Tl*e Aggies strongest showing was in the field events Three men finished first, second and swth in the discus Thev were Steve Stewart. Bands Scott and Frank West resjiec- tively. Stewart s toss was ISB-d and ec lipsed the old record of 175-2 set in 1974 bv Rk'c* s Bnddx Briscoe. Tliree Aggies .dso finished in the shot put Thev were Vott. ('raig (barter and West who finished sec ond third and fourth Itehind North Texas State s Phil Hall Another key victors for tin- Aggies in the field events was in die |x>le vault Brad Blair won tin' event with a jump of Iti-b and narmwlx missed at 17-t). which would have qualified him tor the Olxinpics Joe* Har rington placed sixth with a jump of 1 v-tx Bill Newton was tlie onlx Aggie w low as a n>peat winner at the meet. He tossed tin- javelin 210-10. while Stewart finished sixth with a toss of 156-S I he- Aggie thinclads held first pl.Kx* through tin* Im’IcI events. I*ut tound the running events lx*longing to Bav lor The Aggies finished fourth in the' sprint relav with a time of 40 9 Bav lor wxm the* event with a record meet time of 40.3. The 120 high hurdles found the Aggies Shifton Baker finishing third w ith a time of 14 1 This was the time* he ran List year when he set the meet record The record was broken by Dave Duncan of Bav lor who ran a quic k 13 S. The Aggies best effort in the* run ning events came in the* 440 inter mediate hurdles Curtis Collier and Raker finished 1-2 and onlx 0. (IS of a second apart Collier's time was 52.H and Raker s w as 52 S5. The shootout of t fie meet was bel tween the Bears and the Aggies ul the two mile relav At tlie Texas Re| lav s Bav lor Ii.hI defeated Adc A| at tl wire Fnclav night was a differrnl ending, finding flu* Hears fimshintl 30 vards ahead of tlie second p|j Aggies. Mice s JcH AA ells took oiitstandm. individual honors He was tin* onlx double w inner of the meet, carting borne victories in the mile and the] three-mile runs. The Aggies' next stop is Des Moines. Iowa, •here they will com-| pete in the Drake* Belays. Baseball rankings at stake this weekend A piohahle N< A A IktIIi and sec ond place in the S \\ C. will be on the line this weekend when thc I exas Afv Al base - ball team hosts Houston m a three-game senes The* Aggies arc* ciirrentls in tlprd place Ixiastinga record of 27-7 lor t In- season and 10-5 in the conference Houston is in second place* with a season mark of 29-12 and 15-fi in the conference The Aggies must vs in two out ol the three games from tin* Cougars to tie for second place vv ith a week remaining. Hu* teams will plav a single* game* at 3 p m on Fridas and a dotib- leheader on Satnrdav schc*duled to lx*gin at 1 p.m. Clint Thomas, with a record of 8-3. w ill re*ei*ive the* nod on Fridas He* will Ik* after his 22iul caree r win in an Aggie* uniform Hie \gs ait* James Cihson. will |ntch the o|K*uei of tfie* tvvinliill. with David !.oeke*tt going the nighteap (•ilisem lias tin- best record among the* Aggie* piteln-is. sitp|KMling .in 11 1 mark l he* Aggie*s vve*re* off tins past vve*e*ke*nd. while* Houston lost two out of thre*e* to first place* Texas Montreal Canadiens in four NHL play-off contest Media golfers to play Aggies Se*ventv-four members ol the* new s media and 22 A6c M-connec ted golfers will make up the* field of the* Texas A6i M Media golf tournament sche*<lule*el loi a shotgun start at tin* iiiiive-rsitv course* tins Fridas at II a. m The prizes for this tournament in clude* a lull se*t of ne*vv golf clubs to the* winner. Ilie're* will also Ih* lour se*ts ol irons, four sets of vvckkIs and 10 pairs of golf shoes givem to the* next 18 finishers ■> ^r PARAPHENALIA ULTRAGRAPHICS POSTERS SHIRTS CONCERT PICTURES I 315 UNIVERSITY NORTHGATE OPEN MON.-SAT. 10 A.M. - 7 P.M. s ALBUMS Reg S6 99 - Only S4 99 , TAPES i Reg S7 99 Only $5 99 IMPORT ALBUMS QUAD ALBUMS & TAPES Tl|€ S»V«P| Tlvings Hair Shaping Emporium For Men And Women 846-7614 331 University [Upstairs above Kesami If some lucks goiter makes a hole- iii-one on the* 1 1th hole*, he will re- ccive the* use* ol a new Cadilllic loi one sear. A eilunteer caddies are* ne*e<li*d lor the tournament, (.’addics should sign up this vve*e*k at the golf shop and should he* at the* course* no later than 10:30 a. m Fridas . Documentary film to be shown tomorrow Statewide* telecasts of T hat Cer tain Spirit." a documental v pro duced In Te*\as AN* M lor tlie* ern- tennial, have been sc*he*dule*d. said Roger Miller, AivM s centennial coordinator. The* 30-minute film will be* sbown locallv bv Ixith IvBTX and KAMI at 8:30 p.m., April 21. Aggie* Muste r Miller said the* film w ill show on 21 Texas stations. The* film will also lx- se*e*n in portions of Umisiana. Arkan sas. Oklahoma. Kansas \e*vv Nlexiisi and Mexico. The* documentary l)e*gins in IS78 when onlx six stnde*nts showed up lor the* first classes in Oc tob<*r. anel contrasting that dubious start with todax s Texas A&M. "Altc*r o|K*ning with some* x intage* frontier fexitage to de-jmt the* col lege s founding in a light-lte*arte*(l xc*in. Miller e\plainc*d. the film settles down to a look at T exas A£s M tixlax V».<x*i«l«t Prt^\ I he- Montreal ( anaeliens t<H>k the* xlioitest i oi 11 * - to tin National Hot kex 1 a •ague* > se-iinfinals. Now the*x have* some* time* to kill llo ( anadii*ns eliminated < Imago m tom stiaight games wrapping up the*u <|tiartei-final se- rie*s with a 1-1 de'cision Sundax niglit Now Montre*.il must wait to see* what hap|x*ns in the- other three* se*l ie*s (..line* Fixe- in all three* se‘ne*s are* ^ Nche'duleel lor Tue*selax night xx ith l.os Angele*s at Boston, the* Ne*w Aork lslandc*rs at Bullalo and To ronto at Philadelphia All tin rt* s<*- rie*s are* tied 2-2 and tlie* sixth game* in each ol the* he*st-e>f-scxe*n se*rie*s are* sche*<liile*el tor TTmrseiax night 111.it me*.ms the* e*arlie*st the* semi finals can be*gin would In* Saturday^ night. And if am of the* curremt <piarte*i-finals stre*tc*he*s to st*ve*n games tin- ( auadieus would have* to xx ait nutil I iii-selax . Apt 11 27. lot the- se'initinals to he*gin. That would mean nine* days be*twe*e*n game's for Montre*al \\ liate*x e*r the* re'sti It ol the* othe*r thre*e se*rie*s, Montre*al will [)lax the* siiia ix or with the* le*xve*st nuinlx‘r of re*gulai-se*ason points The* Cana diens xx ill also have the* home-ice* edge* in the* semis as well .is the* tinaU it thev ge*t that tar. Tlie* ( aliadle'lis e*arne*d those* adv antages hv peistmga le*ague-leading 127 |x>ints during the* re*giilar season. And they hxiked exerv hit that stremg in e'liminating ( hieago. It s pre*ttx tough to win lemr straight from am Ixidy. ohseix t-tl Montreal Coach Scotty Bowman. AA e* ce*iiainlv ehtl not oxe*rjxiwer the* Black Hawks. I lie* (..maelie'iis ele'fense* Mirre*n- de*re*el onlx three* goals in the* lour game's against C.'hieago. Im-'Two e»l the* other series. ^Htnnentum has switched with the home*-ice* advantage*. Bullalo and Philadelphia heijx* that trend eon- tinue*s. Bullalo won its first two games at home*, them drop|x*d the next two at Ne*w York Philade-lphia s defending Stanlex (iup champions won thc'ir first two at home, then lost Games Three and Four in Toronto. Boston and los Angeles, mean- while*. split two games apiece on each othe*r s tec*. Two straight losses to the Islan ders hardly Ixithered Punch Imlach, Buffalos general manager. "If tliey get the* next game, then I II start to worrx. said Imlach. "1 never ex jiected lorn straight I would take* it but there was now*ax I ex|x*c*t«*d it I Philadelphia Coach Fred Sherci thought criminal charges lodged) against three* of his plavers following a brawl-filled tlimf game fiad af fected tlie Flyers' plax in (..onel Four What has transpired h.isj Ixithe red tins c lub to a degree, N.iicj Shero. 1 m confident xvh«*n we ge Ixiek home we II lx* more condorta-l hie AA r II f«*«*l lx*tter and we II pla\| lx*tter Boston ('oach Don Cherryi thought winning the fiiHirth game ol| tlx*ir series against the Kings will lx* a big Inmist lor the Bruins, who hadl dropped two straight to los Angeles) after winning the opener. That was a big victory lor us.’ said t.Tu*rrv. "It swung th«*| momentum back to us Now wc just hav e to keep it going Tl»c Kifigs ar«‘ a good team and it's going to lx* tough from lx*re on in. But we do I have two out ol three games in Bos- [ ton, and we re readx .' A IT. AN I A The \ltantaFalcons xx ill pi.ix their first 1978 National Football League home p re season game* against the Washington Red skins on Julx 31. Pistons stop Bucks, 107-104 Braves down 76ers Associated Press It was a short but rough road the Bullalo Braves and Detroit Pistons traveled. Noxx they xe got to trx and scale a couple* of clills. The Braves squeezed past Philadelphia in the best-ol-three preliminarx round ol the National Basketball Association plaxoHs. Ix*at mg the 78eis 121-123 in overtime Sundax Noxx (hex nui smaek into the Bos- MONDAY & TUESDAY NIGHT ‘BICENTENNIAL SPECIAL” TRADE IN A $2.00 BILL FOR A PITCHER OF OLD MILWAUKEE (REG. $2.75) PLUS ... ALL BAR DRINKS 75c OPEN 7.00 P.M. 807 TEXAS AVE. 846-9513 CHARD'S BOUTIQUE JUST ARRIVED! LARGE SHIPMENT OF JEANS. Cafe Crowd and Gotcha Covered 707 TEXAS 846-9626 ton Celtics, the winningest team in the* Eastern Conference. 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