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Sportfolio By PAUL McGRATH Battalion Staff Writer I Bail Columbia! For 200 years the ik of freedom has sounded from shores. In the aftermath of the ntennial, much of the hoopla be laid to rest for another cen- |ut now, having the time to mull 'er, have you ever thought what country would have been like il forefathers had been involved in fessional sports? Taking liberty li the history books, let’s consider possibilities. ■he National Football League was rn' din 1776 as a pastime for those ■ weren’t roasting icicles at Valley |ge. English Commissioner Pete elle III worked with the league’s 13 owners to mediate what was in iparison, a mild player strike bss the Atlantic. pe league was comprised mainly pokies in those early days. Now r doesn’t mean the colonial erdogs didn’t have what it took to L No siree. Why after a couple of COKfcs over the London Reds, the ■ericans built a very respectable Bid on the road, although they ■ned to have their problems at If Bemember those bygone teams, ■ lost amongst the record books of ie Library of Congress? The Wash- ■i-pigton Whigs and the New York . liWeralists, the North Carolina To- 8s and the New England Patriots icerniB) ar e still around today, hut have went | w j n a championship). What joint-Bit that greatest of rivalries, the can Wsburgh Hamiltonians and the ■inia Jeffersonians? It was these nclud* teams who played in the first cadi Gonial championship game, the ontheHependence Bowl, which was vels. Wed by Ben Franklin s kite-flying as thep inc l s crew, t. Bot v Yort| pedi Buffakl efeal The Jeffersonians won that grudge match in the final quarter when Aaron Burr nailed Alexander Hamil ton on a safety blitz. You might say the Hamiltonians were outdueled that day. Despite his success, the Jefferso nians coach, Thomas Jefferson, was not much for recruiting new talent. Seems that while his rivals were selecting the top collegiate names available, Jefferson was satisfied in drafting the Constitution. Yesteryear’s athletes also rank with the highest. Names like George Washington, who won the John Paul Jones Award for seamanship, and Paul Revere, whose equestrian tal ents were known throughout the land. There was also the notorious free agent Benedict Arnold who re vealed his team’s plays to the oppo nent for profit. Arnold was later traded to a minor league franchise in Philadelphia for a player to be named later and an undetermined amount of cash. When Abraham Lincoln took over the league in 1860 he was faced with a serious problem. A group of South ern upstarts broke away from the elder organization, starting a major bidding war for players. The sub sequent merger five years later left several unhealed wounds. What would the Great Emancipator think of the present system of buying and selling athletes at will, like so many cattle? It is doubtful that Charley Finley would head his, or Bowie Kuhn’s, Christmas gift list. After 200 years, America has molded herself into quite a franch ise, the most unique on earth. But it took the suffering and searching of many to find the right answers. Perhaps your credo is not com pletely correct after all, Mr. Durocher. Nice guys can finish first. American Olympic team sets eyes on Montreal THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1976 Page 11 By KEVIN VENNER Battalion Staff Writer Three world record-holders but only 12 olympic veterans will be among the 63 men who qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team, which will begin its 1976 Olympic Games com petition in Montreal, Canada on July 23. The high jump should prove bountiful for the U.S. team this year. Dwight Stones, who recently won the N CAA title with a world mark of 7 feet, 7 inches is the favorite, al though he finished second to Bill Jankunis, who cleared 7 feet, 5-3/4 inches during the U.S. track and field Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. “I’m the favorite. Everyone else is saying so, so I guess I’ll admit it, too,” said Stones. Mac Wilkins, the world record- holder and winner in the discus at the Trials, said, “The Olympics won’t be much difierent than any other meet. The best discus throw ers in the world will be there, but I’ll be competing against Mac Wilkins.’ The 880-yard world record- holder, Rick Wohlhuter, will run two events at Montreal; he won the 800-meter and the 1,500-meter races at Eugene. Frank Shorter will also double-up in events at the Games. The gold- medal winner of the 1972 marathon assured himself of a place on the U.S. team with a marathon victory in May. Shorter also won in the 10,000-meter distance up in Ore gon. Teaming with Arnie Robinson, the 1972 bronze medalist in the long jump and currently considered to be the best in the world, will be Randy Mogs reset A&M game cludi*he Texas A&M-Arkansas football i oninffiie has become the victim of tele boob pm scheduling. iru/l»Mhe American Broadcasting ij andBrnpany (ABC) will broadcast the Btest nationally for the second ^^Jlsecutive year. Last year’s view- ^^paudience was estimated at 34 mil- 1, prompting a request to televise ie matchup again this season. Arkansas officials have switched ie playing site to Little Rock’s War iemorial Stadium rather than etteville. The game will part the cond half of a college football ble-header on Saturday, Nov. following the Alabama-Notre ne contest at South Bend, Ind. Rice-Arkansas game, which was nally set for Little Rock on Oct. has been relocated for Fayet- le on the same date. is the second television |hge for the Aggies. The Nov.27 pe with Texas was reset for |T 6|nksgiving Nov. 25, also to commodate the TV folks. *-¥•* le Houston Astros have finally aged a World berth, albeit for ma purposes only, ie Astros and their fans will be integral part of the upcoming |p prime-time movie, “The mien in Box 359. ” Fans attending July 5-11 homestand against the ■ York Mets and Montreal Expos Tie given free passes to take part filming sessions on July 22, 23 and will not begin practices until July 21. The Dallas Cowboys, the Cin- deralla team of 1975, opened their Thousand Oaks, Calif, camp last Monday. The Cowboy veterans will report next Monday. Bum Phillips’ Houston Oilers, off their best season in years, start camp in Kerrville on the 14th with both rookies and veterans reporting in. -¥■-¥-¥• Professional baseball’s 47th an nual All-Star game will be held July 13 in Philadelphia’s Veteran’s Stadium. The National League has won 12 of the last 13 contests, including a 6-3 triumph last year. ABC will televise the game as part of Monday Night Baseball. tR Ea Ijany of the crowd scenes have 'eady been shot from the As- fg dome’s standing room only crowd over 47,000 present at the iros-Reds, Ali-Inoki fight twin bil- g- ) IE me National Football League lays groundwork for its 1976 season as of 28 teams open their training nps to rookies and veterans this ek. the Philadelphia Eagles got an ly start on the league by opening m poors last Saturday. On the erhand, the Minnesota Vikings niriy 0looni Top of the Tower Texas A&M University Pleasant Dining — Great View SERVING LUNCHEON BUFFET 11:00 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. Each day except Saturday $2.50 DAILY $3.00 SUNDAY Serving soup <b sandwich 11:00 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. Monday - Friday $1.50 plus drink Available Evenings For Special University Banquets Department of Food Service Texas A&M University “Quality First” MIT M L.( 1 I. 'S, THE INDY CARS ARE COMING AUGUST 1 1:00 P.M. 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Be sides, the minute the field was cut to just three men Dave became my teammate, and after that everything was just practice anyway,” said Bell. Bruce Jenner upped his world record in the decathlon by scoring 8,507 points. Although he trailed the leader, Fred Dixon, by 141 points at the end of the first day, Jenner said he was confident he was going to win. Jenner said that the second day brings all his best events. See American p. 12. 1315 S. COLLEGE BRYAN 779-5116 under the original manager-owner —Vera Manriquez & Family— Wife of the late Tony Manriquez Aggie Special — Regular - 1.75 for 7.45 3 enchiladas, Spanish rice, fried beans, taco, chili con queso, tostaditas, hot sauce, tea or coffee. EVERYDAY NOON SPECIALS FIESTA DINNER: 2 enchiladas, rice, beans, taco, tostada with guacamole salad, tostaditas $-| 39 and hot sauce. The Bacardi Driver. Zippier than a screwdriver. Easy as 1,2,3- Pour 1 Vi oz. Bacardi light rum over ice in a tall glass. 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