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age r«sQe ih inci omi i/ai_i'w>i'4 WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 26, 1977 5] 'T. titt JvS Vlai _,ab o s Cex OC jil • jipl ind Itvt squ is \ ch? tail A& tio sit m< E> toi Ue Pi ic c; Ai of ei 'tY -t\ it k c ri I I :> 't BANK VAULT BINGO ALL NEW GAME! ALL NEW PRIZES! WIN UP TO 1.000 ODDS CHART • JAN 13. 1977 Program * 479 E PIECES i GAME PIECES COPYRIGHT W. J. JEFFERY 1976 TUESDAY IS ALL RIGHTS RESERVeD r»rn im c ON purchase of $2.50 UUUtJL.t OR MORE EXCL. 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One such game in which TCU blew a big lead came against Hous ton. Leading by as much as 10 points on numerous occasions, the Horned Frogs fell apart in the final minutes and lost 78-74. The man who led the Horned Frog charge against the Cougars with 39 points was Daryl Braden. Braden is a fine forward who is av eraging 16 points and 9.5 rebounds a game. He is shooting a solid 48 per cent from the field and 77 per cent from the foul line. “Braden is a complete ball player,” coach Shelby Metcalf said. “He is one of the best players in the confernece.” Another fine performer in the conference, Steve Jones, will have the dubious honor of guarding Bra den. Jones has had no easy assign ment this year. His last two games, Jones has had to guard Otis Birdsong and Marvin Delph. Hav ing to guard those two superstars should help him against Braden. Two other men need to shine for the Aggies if they are to defeat TCU. They are Wally Swanson and Willie Foreman. Swanson has had his problems the last three games. The big man seems to be pressing a little, and therefore, having his troubles. Swanson, normally a good shooter, hit on only three out of ten shots from the field against Arkansas. A&M needs Wally to be playing at his best before it can compete effec tively. Another man the Ags need a good game from is Foreman. Willie scored a team-high 18 points against Arkansas. The stocky forward from Houston hit key baskets from in side, by beating his opponent to the ball. This aggresive play has been an element A&M has needed. The series has been a close one over the years, with the Ags holding a slight 61-59 advantage. The Aggies defeated the Froggies’ each time last season en route to a SWC crown. The game tonight will not be for the championship, but A&M needs a victory so winning ways can be found again. The Ags need to win every game possible soastol least in the number'five S J conference chase. Teams finishing in host the first round ofl play-offs. A&M is cur w 1 with Baylor for fifth place David f ten ma jack fr ’ore be nan’s < Palmer to play in San Die§ United Press International SAN DIEGO — It’s been a half dozen years or so since Arnold Palmer has played in the Andy Williams-San Diego Open, this week’s stop on the PGA Tour, and for a pretty good reason. Usually, the San Diego Open has followed the Bob Hope Desert Classic, played at nearby Palm Springs, and it has been Palmer’s policy not to play in both California events on successive weeks. Since he has had a lot more luck winning in Palm Springs, five Hope titles over the years, it’s under standable why he has passed up San Diego. Not so this year, which also is the first in the last four that the two events — Williams and Hope — are not being played back-to- back. And for that reason, plus the fact Palmer wants to play more often this year than last, Arnie leads the charge, however weak these days, this week. It’s a big boost for the local sponsors, since Palmer still has the magic that draws people in large numbers. He played in the Crosby National Pro-Am last week for the first time in three years and that tournament, given a big boost as well by the presence of former president Gerald Ford who played as a team with Palmer, set attendance records that may never be beaten. Palmer, of course, is the most visible player here this week, but the overall field is one of the strongest in years. It boasts, among others, PGA champ Dave Stockton and Masters champ Ray Floyd. J. C. Snead, who won here the last two years, is back, of course, as well as Ben Crenshaw, who took three titles a year ago and ranked second only to Jack Nicklaus in money winnings, local hero Gene Littler, Tucson winner Bruce Lietzke and Crosby winner Tom Watson. U.S. Open champ Jerry Pate had entered but withdrew when his wife Suzie came down with the mumps. British Open champ Johnny Miller is taking the week off. Pate started the 1977 Tour by winning the Phoenix Open. Lietzke, who won at Tucson two weeks ago, was a late entry here as was Tony Jacklin, runnerup to Wat son in the Crosby. Jacklin lost out to Pete Brown here in the 1970 tour nament but the way he is playing now, Tony ranks as a favorite. Watson was near perfect in win ning the Crosby and should com mand a good gallery here. The former Stanford University student won the Crosby with a .4 under par score of 273, a tournament record, and a pretty fine performance any way you look at it considering the difficulty of the three courses they use in that tournament. The Williams, with its combined course of two Torrey Pines layouts, can be difficult at times and cer tainly is not a shooting gallery. Snead won last year with a 16 under par score of 272, which was the low est winning score in years. Palmer won the 1957 Sai outright, and with a 271, 1961 title in a playoff Ofi those were his glory yen Arnie says he feels he can™ if he plays more often. Last week in the Crosby missed the cut by two shots spent so much time trying former president Gerald Fo partner in the pro-am, thatl neglected his own game TUNE IN THE WORLD with W5AC THE MSC AMATEUR RADIO STA TION OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE MSC RADIO COMMITTEE. LI CENSING CLASSES WILL BE HELD THIS SEMESTER. DETAILS AT THE FIRST MEETING. 27 JANUARY 1977 502 RUDDER TOWER 7:30 P.M. 0 s ' PROGRAM: OPERATING A HAM RADIO STATION. JOIN IN THE FUN OF HAM RADIO WITH US. Bounce back tin for Baylor Bear United Press International The past week has brought cpiite an alterrrticfnIn the life of Jim Hal ler. "Last week I was suggesting what people should do, he said. “Now I’m telling them. Haller took over as head basket ball coach at Baylor University last week after the unexpected resigna tion of Carroll Dawson. And since then the Bears have dropped deci sions to Texas Tech and Houston. Baylor will try to give Haller his first victory Wednesday night against the lowly Rice Owls (1-6) in one of two Southwest Conference games on the schedule TCU (0-7) will be at Texas A&M (3-4) in the other contest. “It’s been hectic to say the least, said Haller. “There’s been a big change in my life, and a big change for the team, too. “I’m quite disappointed in the way we started, of course. But this is not going to be an overnight pro cess. “I had a lot of respect for Carroll Dawson. But no two people are alike. I think the biggest factor right now is to get the players to thinking like winners and have more confi dence in ourselves. We have got to be more intense and compete a lit tle harder, have more concentration in what we doing. “I thought we played pretty good against Tech, but I was disap- ’s C < i i BLACK HAT SALOON PRESENTS pointed with out effort Houston.” Baylor, one ofthepreseai ference favorites, will carr league mark into the meeti Rice. “You can never take any granted, Haller said. “Rice has yet to play its of the year. * “And the coaches at Ti Houston both said their played the best game played all year against us; But I’ve always been l don’t get down on mys not going to get down players. Right now they| we could do is worry about of the teams in this coni] What we ve got to do is hi best team Baylor can becoi “We have the resourcest told the people in Houston game there Monday night Cougars were coining on win of the season againsl A&M and they had there. Our last two gafflb 5 have drawn 9,000 and 7 have the support. Conference activity will Thursday with two key e« — league leading an( ‘ „ Arkansas (7-0) at SMU (o-'l ond place Houston (5-1) Tech (5-3). Those two games were back to Thursday from W in order to reduce t“ e ll ' 1 sas and Houston would n road for their weekend trip I will also take the Baylor on Saturday Houston to SMU on THUR JAN 27 Houston p Ag fenced The Texas A&M Univejf ing Club hosted an og I ment Saturday m ^ P House. , The results of the worn I were: ^ , J 1. Lisa Crispin, Texas (victories, defeats); 2. Alison ColquhouM Club, Houston, 5-1; , J 3. Kim Jones, Dads»] ton, 4-2. , . , , In the men's foil fi nals were: , iTnivfi 1. Mike Monks, o nl "j Houston, 5-0; ^ 2. Richard Lanfear, , Datlf nd 11' 2700 S. TEXAS AVE COLLEGE STATION 3. Mike Bienek, Houston, 2-3; Seven women a peted in all. , sC | “For this early in „ tl ’ & \| was a good turn out, • Coach Abe Cyrus sal , “This is the first coll preparation for the Championships coming F at U.T.’ i fi Club president Pm' 1 “The A&M fencers, ® ^ slow season in the tam , quite well against other areas.’