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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1976
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The Indy cars invade Texas World Speedway for the
first time in two years. The running of the Texas Twin
150’s marks the return of the high-powered vehicles.
The A. J. Foyt-Johnny Rutherford duel should highlight
the race.
By CARL KEY
Battalion Staff
The theory that Texans can ride
anything, be it a horse going hell for
leather or a well tuned racing
machine at full throttle, faster than
any other human will be put to proof
this weekend.
Texans A.J. Foyt of Houston and
Johnny Rutherford ol Ft. Worth will
be among the top contenders in the
Texas Twin 150 held at the Texas
World Speedway.
The last Indy car race to be held at
the Speedway was in October 1973
with the winning car running at an
average speed of 181 miles per hour,
which has been listed in the Guin
ness Book of Records.
The Texas Twin 150 will be a 150
mile race of Indy cars followed by a
150 mile race of late-model stock
cars.
Speeds for the Indy cars is ex
pected to exceed 200 miles per hour
and speeds for the stock cars is hoped
to pass 170 miles per hour.
Foyt said that more than 10 of the
Indy cars have the capability to run
in the neighborhood of 210 miles per
hour, and he expects a real scramble
for the prestigious pole position and
its accompanying $1,000 check.
With six United States Auto Club
driving championships under his
belt, Foyt is first in the club’s all-
time point standings.
Foyt finished first in the Texas 500
held earlier this season, and will be
driving the same car in the stock car
half of the Twin 150.
Rutherford was the winner of the
Indianapolis 500 this year and is
shooting for his first national cham
pionship.
He placed second for the past two
years in points accumulated by the
auto club.
Two women in the Twin 150 are
Martha Wideman and Arlene Hi ss.
both of whom competed in the Texas
500.
Wideman, a native of Lufkin and a
mother of two teenagers, is the wife
of a former race driver Glen Wide
man.
“I told my husband I could drive
better than all the women and most
of the men, ’’ she said. “He dared me
to try it it so I took his car and won
my first race in 1964.”
A high school teacher from Dana
Point, California, Hiss began her
racing career in 1963.
She is the first woman ever to
qualify for a major stock car race at
better than 158 miles per hour. Hiss
finished ninth in the Texas 500.
Activity at the Speedway starts
with practice sessions on Friday,
qualifications on Saturday and the
two 150 mile races Sunday, August
1.
Ticket prices are $15 and $20 for
reserved seats,$10 for adult unre
served seats with $5 for children be
tween six and 12 years of age and $5
for adult infield tickets with $2 for
children.
A live on-stage entertainment will
be provided for the camper-racegoer
in the Speedway infield and the
Sipolt Brothers, the World’s
Youngest Daredevils will perform
during a pre-race program that starts
at 11 a.m. Sunday.
Secondary possible weak spot
By PAUL McGRATH
Battalion StaiT
1st season marked the first time
hree years the Aggies failed to
leail the Southwest Conference in
t defense. It was the chief flaw in
^4 ^ mHSt Perfect defense.
’■ ’Wfesiis A6t\l was third behind
Baylor and Arkansas in defending
linst aerial attack, the only cate-
■ n that Defensive Co-ordinator
Helvin Robertson s contingent
failed to capture in the SWC as well
the nation.
Imposing quarterbacks struck for
■39 yards on the Aggie secondary,
six times finding the end zone. The
■toon and \\ liite surrendered an
■rage of 103 yards per outing via.
■ aii'.
lowever, the results were not so
In as they appear.
The veteran Aggie secondary,
sisting of all-America Pat
nnas, his cousin Jackie Williams,
plie Thompson and big play artist
ter Hayes, allowed a completion
■o of only 35 per cent, lowest in
VEEKlf * eague ' Texas A&M’s secondary
l njnner up to the Texas Long-
ns in pass thievery, swiping 18
Jmy aerials.
lowever, most analysts still view
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achilles heel of what otherwise is a
stalwart defense.
Leaving for the ranks of the pro
fessionals are Thomas and Williams;
Thomas joining another Aggie all-
America, Dave Elmendorfwith the
Los Angeles Rams.
Robertson is faced with the prob
lem of developing a youth move
ment to replete the losses in the
secondary. Fortunately, he has a
firm nucleus to build upon with the
return of Thompson and Hayes.
Hayes has been touted for possi
ble all-conference and all-America
honors. The 6-1, 208 lb. senior from
Houston Wheatley has a flourish for
being in the right spot at the right
time. Twice he returned fumbles for
touchdowns last season, his first
campaign at safety after lettering
twice previously at linebacker.
Hayes tied for the conference
lead in interceptions with an even
half dozen. He also smothered a
punt against Rice, one of several
turnaround plays that changed a
competitive game into a runaway.
Possessing excellent speed, hav
ing been timed at 9.4 in the 100,
Hayes is extremely difficult to beat
deep. His size also makes him al
most impossible throw over. Hayes
has retained some of that linebacker
instinct in playing the run, becom
ing a headhunter who punishes
enemy runners. There is little won
der why pro scouts are already lick
ing their chops at the sight of
Hayes.
The other returning veteran finds
himself in much the same position
as former teammate Jackie
Williams. Underrecognition has
overshadowed Willie Thompson’s
generous amount of talent. Then, it
would be quite a task for anyone to
grab many headlines in the com
pany of Thomas, Tim Gray and
James Daniels’, all stellar perfor
mers.
Thompson became steady and
solid at his corner position in 1975.
Most opponent game plans called
for an assault at Thompson, consid
ering him the weak link in the A&M
secondary.This strategy proved as
successful as Napolean’s winter op
erations.
The smallish, 5-9, 180 lb. senior
out of El Paso swiped three passes
last autumn, including two game
clinchers against Texas. The tutel
age of Thomas and Williams instil
led confidence into the three-year
letterman who backs oft from no
one.
Mike Williams (6-0, 183 lbs.) and
junior college transfer Wadine
Miles (5-11, 186' lbs.) will compete
for the eornerback spot opposite
Thompson. Both are considered
fine athletes by Robertson.
Williams injured a knee last year but
has since recovered nicely. Spelling
Thompson at his corner post will be
6-0, 195 lb. Charles Bell.
Reggie Williams (6-2, 190 lbs.)
and Larry Johnson (6-3, 197 lbs.) are
slated for the other safety position,
with only Williams having any pre
vious experience. Carl Grulich (6-0, *
188 lbs.) will back up Hayes.
"It just takes experience,”
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intense—they’ve got a lot of pride
and confidence. I think they’ll come
along darned quick.
The Aggies will have added sup
port in speedsters Ralph Barrett and
Jimmy Hamilton, the only freshman
defensive back recruited this
spring. Barrett transferred from
Blinn Junior College while Hamil
ton was snatched from under the
noses of LSU scouts, graduating
from New Orleans West Jefferson.
Both Barrett and Hamilton have
been timed in the 4.5-4.6 neighbor
hood for the 40.
Texas A&M safety Lester Hayes jaunts jubilantly into
the end zone with a Baylor fumble for one of his many
big plays of 1975. Hayes will be one of the keys to an
Aggie secondary which many say is the top pitfall of the
team. Only one other starter, Willie Thompson, returns
to help firm up a rather inexperienced group.
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400-meter records
Debra Sapenter, Prairie View
A&M University English instructor,
set a new American record and
passed the Olympic record in the
women’s 400 meter qualifying
rounds Monday, while two other
PVAM team members at Montreal
won honors for homeland Jamaica.
Sapenter blazed to a 51.23 timing
in the second round of qualifiers for
the 400 meter, winning her heat and
posting the best time among win
ners.
The 24-year-old PVAM graduate,
now a freshman English teacher,
smashed her own American AAU
record of 51.6 and crushed the
former American record of 51.64 set
by Kathy Hammond at the 1972
Munich Olympics.
Her time Monday also surpassed
the official Olympic 400 meter mark
of 52.0 set in 1964 by Betty Cuthbert
of Australia and again in 1968 by
Colette Besson of France.
Carol Cummings, a May graduate
of PVAM, advanced to the women’s
200 meter quarterfinals by capturing
fifth in her heat with 23.50 seconds.
Cummings and PVAM junior
Andrea Bruce, this past year’s top
PVAM athlete, are competing for
Jamaica.
Monday, Bruce placed 17th in the
pentathlon long jump, clearing I8V2
feet. Sunday, she won the pen
tathlon high jump and placed fifth in
the 100 meter hurdles.
Four of the eight members of the
women’s national championship
team are at Montreal from Prairie
View A&M. Temple freshman Aur-
thurine Gainer, an alternate, is the
fourth member.
Aggies sign
fem swimmer
Susie Lynde
The Woman’s Swim Team has
signed Susie Lynde on scholarship.
Lynde, a transfer student from
Fullerton College, has been a na
tional level competitor for the last
six years.
She is expected to be one of the
top swimmers on the woman s
team, competing in both the 200
and 400 yard individual medleys as
well as backstroke, butterfly and
middle distance freestyle.
Her former coach, James
Montiella, is one ol the U.S. Olym
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She will be joining a former
teammate of the Lakewood Swim
Club, Jeannie Buckles, who was an
outstanding freshman swimmer on
the woman’s team last year.
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