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Softballers win tourney In an incredibly long and sion-packed championship game Saturday night, A&M’s wo- jn’s softball team held off the iversity of Texas at Arlington 6-4 capture first place in the Sam |uston State University Softball imament in Huntsville, lost Sam Houston State defeated lor in the Consolation final to third. leating top seeded University of is at Arlington (last year’s State |ampion) in this 11 inning ithon finale was no easy task. The Aggies had to contend not ly with the two homeruns of As Brenda Marshall, but also UTA s repeated late inning ing threats which easily could changed the outcome of the icand the tournament, larshall s solo homerun in the md inning gave UTA an early 1-0 /antage. Then in the fifth inning p the bases loaded and two outs, :MsKini Bellamy singled to cen- held scoring teammate Shirley [own from third to tie the score, lut UTA came right back in the same inning, scoring to take a 2-1 lead. It was in the top of the sixth in ning when the Aggies had their big rally. Cathy Boswell, Becky Hartman and Terri Sandvik all scored, giving A&M a 4-2 lead. But the lead was shortlived. In the bottom of that same inning, UTA’s Marshall played spoiler again, homering with a runner on first to tie the score at 4-4. From then on it was the never- give-up Aggie defense that kept A&M in the game. UTA had the winning run on base in the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth innings, but each time the miraculous Aggie de fense denied them from scoring. Finally in the 11th inning A&M’s offensive got rolling. Behind the clutch hitting of Michele Alford, Boswell and Hartman, both Annette Kemp and Bellamy scored, giving the Ags a 6-4 lead. With the help of some fantastic Aggie spirit (players changing “Farmers Fight and other yells from the dugout), the Ags held UTA scoreless in the bottom of the 11th inning, bringing to an end a very emotional and unforgettable game. In the excitement of their victory, the Aggies all gathered in a large circle in the infield and, as spec tators watched in amazement, proudly sang out the Aggie War Hymn, swaying and all. The victory was especially sweet for rookie coach Diane Quitta. A player herself on last year’s team, this was her first tournament as A&M’s coach. After the game the Aggies presented her with the game ball, which was signed by each player. “That was the best game I’ve seen in a long time,” said Quitta. “But I don’t ever want to go through another game like that again,” she said. Before reaching the final cham pionship game, the Aggies first had to face Lamar University, Texas Wesleyan College, Angelo State University and Baylor. In a close game Friday afternoon, the Ags squeezed by Lamar 2-1 with the help of a two-out, run scoring double by Cathy Boswell and a homerun by pitcher Kim Bellamy. That same evening the Aggies shut out Texas Weslevan Colleee 8-0 behind a remarkable 12 strike out pitching performance by freshman Michele Alford. In their next game Saturday morning, a last inning rally pushed the Ags past Angelo State Univer sity 7-3. Now only Baylor, who defeated the Ags in a preseason scrimmage, stood in A&M’s way of reaching the finals. Behind two run scoring dou bles by Alford and a sacrifice run batted in by Liz Zemanek, the Ags defeated Baylor 3-1, thus earning the right to play in the cham pionship finale—a game the Aggies will not soon forget. This weekend, September 24 and 25, the Aggies will travel to Denton to compete in the Texas Woman’s University Tournament. And judg ing from the Ags’ performance this past weekend and from their un blemished 7-0 record this season, A&M will be considered the team to beat. i simple reasi is more set allet dancers in athletic uniform . I, Associated Press gs ravel toI^yohk _ W h en Tom s e a- winds up and sends a fast ball ping over the corner of home le for the New York Mets, that • just a baseball pitch, hats art in its purest form. Vhen quarterback Bob Griese j championi esback and unleashes a soaring e Aggies will tWI (or the waiting arms of one receivers, npleted pass ib. that isn’t just for the record ^’Insists Edward Villella, s year even ; things nl i you doll better team 4ter teamll r. It’s a cIoj ssical ballet in its most aesthetic m. 'When fans pay $8 or $10 for a tin a stadium or arena to watch a baseball or basketball game even a tennis match, they are ing more than an athletic con- ke toplay[i t, the famed New York dance ; chance. K® stersaid today, “They are seeing ficMandjelS ater in its purest sense. Athletes may not be aware of it. may not be aware of it. But .— D Ifts performers are dancers be- lakeitlllc* ethey are grim competitors and rchants of violence. There is an (anic flow, a ballet-like move- intin almost everything they do.” • illella, who has danced before re. ro ball. lfl« ns t and giveil chool. 1 Aggies los! in that Ck entire start a few veto t obviously| tremendous ■king hafdii r fine [aria Gann & presidents and the crowned heads of Europe, has put his unique ideas into substance through a nationally televised sequence to be shown by CBS-TV next Sunday, 5-6 p.m. EDT. He calls the “Dance of the Athletes.” Villella'has taken seven well- known athletes of differing sizes, abilities and sensitivities and made a sort of Balshoi Ballet out of their doing nothing more than their thing. His “guinea pigs” include the Seaver and catcher Jerry Grote of the Mets; Griese, of the Miami Dolphins; George McGinnis, 6-foot-8, 235-pound basketball star of the Philadelphia 76ers; Muriel Grossfeld, former Olympic gymnas tic performer from New Haven, Conn.; Virginia Wade, British ten nis star, and Muisaki Togotara, a ka rate expert out of Tokyo. The motions of the athletes were set to music for the hour show and Villella found a ballet quality and sensuality in all of them. “When Seaver pitches, there is a stylish, beautiful flow to his move ment,” the dancer explained. “The FARMERS NEEDED PEACE CORPS ON CAMPUS OCT. 4-7 Placement Office Interviews: 10th floor Rudder Tower INFORMATION TABLE: STUDENT UNION FORYOUR\ARIED LIFE, A VARIETY OF WATCHES BY SEIKO. No. AH103M- 17J, chronograph, self-winding. 98.2 ft. water tested, bilingual calendar, luminous. Stainless, HARDLEX mar-resist crystal, black dial. No. ZW670M- 17J, yellow top, russet dial, faceted, mar-resist HARDLEX crystal. Today a man lives many lives. The elegant life, the executive life, the sporting life. That's why many men have more than one Seiko watch. Superb Thin Seiko Quartz. Handsome, efficient DX watches, self-winding, with instant day/date setting calendars. Ruggedly masculine Seiko Chronographs. And those sophisticated Seiko colored dials. 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Royal said on that 69-yard scoring drive, which enabled North Texas to pull within three points, “43 yards of the 69 was officials.” A 15-yard penalty for holding wiped out a 9-yard North Texas loss and advanced the ball to the Texas 37. A 9-yard pass gain, with a 14- yard penalty for “spearing” the re ceiver moved the ball to the Texas 14, although Royal said, “I don’t know what it was for.” On the next play, quarterback Ken Smith fought off two Texas tacklers who were clawing at his left arm and threw to Jeff Brown, who dove and appeared to scoop the ball off the artificial turf in the end zone. Defensive back Raymond Clayborn protested that the ball had bounced off the turf and claimed that Brown told him after the game he should have gotten an “Academy Award’’ for pretending it was a touchdown. “Officials sometimes blow ’em, like coaches blow ’em and players blow ’em,” Royal said. “He didn’t catch a touchdown pass. It (the ball) was on the carpet.” Royal said it was a “late call,” and the official seemed to be looking “for help that didn’t come. He couldn’t see the ball.” Royal admitted, however, that he had not seen the film but was rely ing on the word of photographer Gary Pickle, who is in charge of mo tion pictures for each game. “It was not a big deal,” Royal added, “but it made us sweat. Texas was penalized seven times for 84 yards, and penalties also kept alive North Texas’ first scoring drive, but Royal said the officials’ calls were “shades of gray. None of it was outright vicious and flagrant. We didn’t outright clip anybody or pile on.” Royal said he would have been embarrassed if Texas had been guilty of “vicious or flagrant” fouls. He mentioned two personal fouls against Texas and fullback Earl Campbell’s fumble at the North Texas 12 and said, “Flags and fum bles are what kept us out of the North Texas end zone.” Royal said Campbell “was obvi ously outstanding” in pounding for 208 yards on 32 carries even though he “wasn’t full speed” because of a pulled leg muscle. Royal said he wished Clayborn “hadn’t been so vocal” about the pass to Brown, but Clayton had spoken out in the dressing room, because “he has a lot of pride and he wanted everybody to know he (Brown) didn’t catch a touchdown pass” on him. Mustangs may use spread Associated Press DALLAS — Don’t be shocked if Southern Methodist dusts off the spread formation in the near future. SMU Coach Ron Meyer, who was a scout for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League, said Monday “I’ve been thinking about getting into the shotgun situation.” Quarterback Rickey Wesson, who only stands 5-feet-9, had trouble seeing over Alabama’s huge de fensive linemen in last Saturday’s 56-3 thumping of the Mustangs. Wesson is an excellent scrambler and has developed an average pass ing arm out of SMU’s Slot I attack. Meyer didn’t come flat out and say SMU was going to do it. “We’re not going to emulate the Cowboys or anything like that but it would give Rickey a chance to see his receivers a little longer,” said Meyer. Whatever course of attack SMU decides, something needs to be done quickly because North Texas State and the coach SMU fired, Hayden Fry, are on the schedule Saturday night in Texas Stadium. “It will be real competitive,” said Meyer. “I don’t think there’s any animosity between the two schools. 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