restlers enjoy their sport
THE BATTALION Page 7
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1977
By STEVE MARTAINDALE
r ev 'l Rirk Vieue has little to gain from
' eve Line for Texas A&M except for
dl> enjoyment he gets from it.
h just wrestle for the fun of it.
1 J ' back from Lubbock,
had a snowball
ntOfhfw; just have a lot of fun.”
rfjjrlue is undefeated in eight matches
jke coming bacl
re stopped and
the 118 classification.
Not included in that record is
tournamemt play, which most re
cently included a first place finish at
the Texas Tech Invitational. In win
ning the tournament he picked up a
12-2 decision over a Texas Tech
wrestler and a 4-1 decision over a
Richland athlete.
Though Vigue competes in the
118-pound division he usually
weighs more.
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HOENIX — Jesse Owens, son of
Alabama sharecropper, made
ympic history in 1936 when he
m four gold medals with the ruli
ng prowess he developed through
own grit and determination.
With a disapproving Adolf Hitler
MSC Joking ° n in Berlin, the 21-year-old
*0 State University student won
100-meter dash in 10.3 seconds,
ng the existing record. He then
t new Olympic records, which
jod for years, in the 200-meter
sh 20.7 seconds, the long jump 26
?t, five and a quarter inches, and
nalegon the 400-meter relay team
lich won in a time of 39.8 seconds.
The long jump record was not be-
d until Bob Beamon turned in 29
two and a half inches at Mexico
Ity in 1968.
jToday, Owens, now 63, makes
koenix his home but is far from re-
;d st pj re( l He operates a public relations
t dconsulting business and is one of
e biggest boosters of the Olym-
cs. A member of the U. S. Olympic
jmmittee, he makes appearances
lover the country to raise funds for
■hletes and is in charge of a
jjgj leaker’s bureau for that purpose.
D>vfZ>sahoparticipates with sev-
;a\ major corporations in develop-
itfifyoung athletes through such
exits as the }esse Owens T-racV.
lassie for novices in the 10-to-15
;e group.
Owens doesn’t share the opinion
many who have criticized the
ktical developments in Olympic
imes.
He says that people who protest
e “nationalism” creeping into the
unes “are the ones who never had
e opportunity of standing atop the
ctory stand.”
it's a tremendous feeling when
ou stand there and watch your flag
above all the others,” he said.
k'ou say to yourself , T am an Olym-
ic champion’ and the last thing in
our mind is nationalism, commer-
jalism or any other ism.”
In that same vein, Owens says he
las “no negative thoughts ’ about the
fext Olympiad in the Soviet Union.
Knowing route
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PERSHORE, England—Pity the
Y§) l°or mailman trying to deliver
dong Stonebow Road in the village
•f Drakes Broughton in northwest
II I England.
Ill l Tie road has five houses with the
■■ umber 1, four other are number 2,
nree have number 4 and two are
lumber 6.
To add to the mailman’s woes,
ere are four families called Davies
n Stonebow Road, plus two named
^ges, three named Barker and
w « named Webb.
“I think Russia is going to do a
great job in developing and having a
great Olympics there, partially be
cause they want the world to know
and to bring the world to their door
to change the image of what a lot of
peple think about their country,”
Owens said.
“I feel it’s going to be a good
Olympics. I’m not looking at the
negative end of it at this time be
cause I don’t think we can motivate
and inspire our young athletes if we
demonstrate a negative attitude
about the games themselves.”
Because of this, Owens says, he is
going to work even harder in the
next three years on Olympic fund
raising and development of “our
athletes of the future.”
“I’ll probably weigh about 132
when the season is over,” he said.
“Right now I weigh about 125.”
The 118 is a maximum limit, but
the rule only says the wrestlers
must not weigh any more than that
at the weigh-in, usually about two
hours before the match. In fact, if a
wrestler wants, he may eat between
the weigh-in and the competition.
“Actually, losing 10 or 12 pounds
before a match isn’t unusual,” the
freshman explained. “People will
usually say ‘You lose 12 pounds in
one day?’ But it’s mostly water. The
hard part is the last two or three
pounds when you run out of water
and start trying to lose fat. Some of
the bigger guys, especially up
North, will lose as much as 25
pounds for a match.”
Vigue graduated from Samuel
Clemens High School in Universal
City. His wrestling began, how
ever, in Vandalia, Ohio.
“I first wrestled in the eighth
grade during football off-season and
I liked it. When I got into the ninth
grade some friends talked me into
trying out for the team.”
When he moved to Texas, he
found out that Samuel Clemens, like
many high schools, had no wrestling
team. He and a couple of friends
found a coach and started a club of
their own. In his pre-college wrestl
ing, Vigue says he has a 60-15 rec
ord.
Comparing wrestling here with
that in the North, he said he
thought Texas A&M could “stay
with’’ one of the schools where
wrestling is a more popular sport.
“As long as you don’t get too far
North. Like up in Pennsylvania.
They’re really good up there.
He said that most of the Aggie
wrestlers are from the North, in
cluding Coach Jim Giunta, of
Pittsburgh.
“It’s more advanced up there.
There are a lot of good wrestlers
here but the training just isn’t as
good.”
Vigue credited Giunta with much
of the Aggies’ success.
“He puts a lot of work into this,
all on his own time and money,”
Vigue said. Wrestling is a club sport
at Texas A&M and receives limited
monetary support.
“He takes care of the training,
getting the schedule together and
making all the travel arrangements.
He keeps pretty busy.”
As for post-college wrestling,
Vigue says there is little to choose
from.
“There are a few open tourna
ments I could compete in but that’s
about it. If I’m still in shape in 1984,
I would like to try out for the Olym
pic team but that’s a long way off.”
Vigue said he and his teammates
are looking forward to a possible
state championship.
“We think we can win it,” he
said. “We would especially like to
get it for those that are graduating. ”
The Texas College Cham
pionships will be held March 4 and
5 at TCU. The team will wrestle
Texas Tech Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in
DeWare fieldhouse.
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Aerobics Club
Shoe Sale Continued
The A&M Aerobics Club is selling New Ba
lance Running Shoes to A&M students and
faculty. This is not a money making project
for the club, we just want to break even, for
this reason we are ab)e to se)} the shoes for
$15.00 — they regularly run for $20.00-
$25.00. You can purchase these shoes at
G. R. White Col. Annex from 12:30 to 1:30 at
Room 255. Here are the sizes left: 5D, EE;
5-1 /2B, D; 6D; 6-1 /2B; 7-1 /2E; 6-1 /2B; 9A,
B,C, D, E;9-1/2B, E; 10B,C; 10-1/2B, 11B.
MAHENDRA
THAKRAR, M.D.
takes pleasure in announc
ing the relocation of his
medical practice specializ
ing in Obstetrics and Gyne
cology
at
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Bryan, Texas
779-7943
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