THE BATTALION TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1977 Page 9 * y?1tr W» ^ 1*W* £ r mmtm ■ ■**-> *■'. ■** i ,: wm ****»■#*'<» >.»mnr«rrT» v - *&**#*»**« *+»m ** mum** m*#*» # wrestlers win tourney •4 I Lyn Byrd clears the bar at 6-6, yet finished secondtoTexas’ Bob Keith. The Aggies won B^rac^rTphoto by Molly McMillan the dual meet with Texas 68-64. (See related story page 10). By STEVE MART AIN DALE Two days of collegiate wrestling were over and the gym emptying ! after the second annual Southwest Conference Tournament, but wrestlers from Texas A&M Univer sity and Richland College were still waiting for the final results to be an nounced. Richland had already proven it self dominant on the basis of indi vidual first place finishes, having won four divisions to the Aggies’ one. But, a strong showing in the runner-up category meant the dif ference as the Aggies totaled 24 points to Richland’s 23. Texas Tech finished third with 18 points, followed by 16 points from the University of Texas, four from Southwest Texas, four from the University of Texas at El Paso and one point from Texas Christian Uni versity. San Antonio College and Huston-Tillitson also participated but failed to score. “We were pretty far ahead going into the finals,” said Aggie coach Jim Giunta. “But we went head-up with Richland three times and lost them all.” Points in a tournament are ac cumulated as a wrestler advances through his weight bracket, gaining more points for a pin than a deci sion. Bob Hines had the only win for the Aggies, winning an 8-1 decision over Texas Tech’s Tom Abbrecht. Hines competed in the 126 pound division. A division’s limit is a maximum weight. Work continues now as the teams prepare for the Texas Collegiate Championships, scheduled March 4-5 and hosted by Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Basically the same teams will be competing in this final tournament of the season, but Giunta said he hopes the race isn’t quite as close. “The state tournament should be about the same thing,’’ he said. “Except, we should have someone in the 177 (pound division).” Steve Marchang somehow missed the ride to Austin Friday and the Aggies had to go without anyone in the 177 pound division. Also, Texas A&M suffered some close losses that the second-year coach said may be reversed. Rick Vigue, A&M’s wrestler in the 118 pound classification, had one of those narrow losses. After de feating Lafect Campbell of Richland College twice earlier this season, Vigue was beaten by Campbell twice last week. Thursday night Richland visited College Station and Vigue was on the short end of a 7-6 score. In Austin, he was defeated 8-7. “Rick should be beating this kid (Campbell),” Giunta said. “He’s just a better wrestler. I’m afraid he’s psyched himself. I feel that if he had never met Lafect, he wouldn’t have any trouble.” Bob Benevento took the toughest loss. He met Richland’s Barry Hyder in the 134 pound division and they finished the three regula tion (three minute) periods at a 6-6 tie. To decide a winner, the officials reviewed the wrestlers’ individual records for the tournament. But since both had pinned all their op ponents, it was decided to go through another match. Hyder won the second one and the cham pionship along with it, 5-3. Vigue and Benevento both finished second. Jack Cliff, the Aggie representa tive at 142 pounds, also picked up second place points, losing a 3-2 de cision in the finals. The 150 pound division was the only one where the Aggies failed to place, save the 177 pound division where they were not represented. Jay Clements picked up the Ag gies’ only third place finish, losing on an unnesessary roughness. Cle ments, according to Giunta, threw his opponent to the mat too hard and was penalized for it. The oppo nent was asked if he could continue and took the win when he said he couldn’t. Blair Monhollon took a 7-3 beat ing from Texas Tech’s Rock Robin son to finish with second place points. Robinson was later named the Most Valuable Wrestler. ogs ranked seventh United Press International he confrontation with the Texas [ Aggies tonight in College Sta- i will be the last action for the nsas Razorbacks for 10 days. [And the speculation will be in- during that period as to jhether the layoff will be adverse or pneficial to the seventh-ranked orbacks. year the Aggies prevailed ring the regular Southwest Con- ence (SWC) season and, after 10 days off, were downed by iTech in the finals of the SWC nament. here are advantages and disad- ntages either way,” said Arkansas ch Eddie Sutton. “There is the inger of being stale after the layoff, but obviously there is the danger of being weary after playing two straight nights before reaching the finals.” Arkansas’ last regular season game of the year could be one of its tougher tests in conference play. Going to College Station is never much fun in the first place and Ar kansas has not won there since 1959. But if the Razorbacks prevail as expected they will conclude their regular campaign with a 25-1 record—the most wins ever for an Arkansas club—and will become the first team in 21 years to win all of its SWC games. Elsewhere in the conference to night Houston 12-3 will be at Baylor olfers are currently It Lamar meet in fifth |The Texas A&M golf team nished the first round of the Lamar Jitercollegiate Golf Tournament in |fth place behind tournament ader University of Houston. [The Aggies tallied 455 strokes for Je first 27 boles, just 11 strokes be- ind Houston, who carded a 444 for | ie first day’s action. The other top five teams include ice who totaled 450 strokes, fol lowed by St. Thomas and Louisiana Jtate University who tied for third 1 ith 451. Fourth and fifth place were taken by the University of Texas and Texas A&M who finished with 453 and 455 totals respectively. Individual leader for the tourna ment is Jim Diaque of Rice, who finished with an even par total of 108. No A&M player figured in the in dividuals leaders for the first round of play. The final 27 holes of the 54-hole tournament will be played today at the Pinewood Country Club in Beaumont. 5-10, Rice 3-12 visits Texas 7-8 and Texas Tech 11-4 travels to SMU 7-8. The results of those contests will decide the final placings in the SWC, which, in turn, will deter mine the pairings for next Satur day’s opening round of the leagues’ post-season tournament. Arkansas, by virtue of its regular season championship, has earned a bye to the finals on March 5. Houston and Texas Tech will host two of Saturday’s games while Texas A&M, Texas and SMU are in the running for the other two host roles. And while all those clubs are battling it out during the next week and a half, Arkansas will be sitting by awaiting its challenger for the au tomatic berth in the NCAA tourna ment. The theory among some of those involved with the Arkansas athletic department is that the wait will do Arkansas some good. Arkansas went to Houston early this month and had to rally for a two-point win over the 19th ranked Cougars. And Houston would like very much to have another crack at Arkansas, since the Cougars would have the home town advantage in the SWC finals. But, the feeling in Arkansas goes, the Razorbacks were not at their best in their last meeting with Houston because it was their fourth game in nine days. This time, the belief continues, Arkansas will be fresh and, with a few fierce work outs, will be primed for the finals. Women tracksters defeat Texas 73-54 By CAROLYN BLOSSER Linda Cornelius, the versatile star of the Texas A&M women’s track team, captured first place in four events to lead the Aggie women past the University of Texas 73-54 in their dual meet held here last Saturday. Cornelius, a sophomore transfer from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, won the long jump, 100 yard dash, 100 meter hurdles and 220 yard dash, all breaking school rec ords. She also placed third in the high jump and ran the third leg on the winning 440 yard relay team. Her outstanding performances accounted for 22-1/4 of A&M’s total points. Last year Cornelius won fourth place in the pentathlon in the Association of Intercollegiate Ath letics for Women National Meet. Her winning leap of 18-8 in the long jump Saturday qualified her for this year’s Nationals in that event. Julie White, Cindy Bartlett and Sande Lambert teamed up with Cornelius to win the 440 yard relay with a time of 49.6. White, a freshman from Arlington, also won the 880 yard run with a time of 2:19.5. Bartlett, a freshman from Dallas, captured second place in the 440 yard Intermediate hurdles, while Lambert, a freshman from Clear Lake, took third in the 100 meter hurdles and long jump. A&M’s Martha Sartain clocked 5:19.6 to place second in the mile LLECTOR’S EDITIONS BUND FAITH Featuring: Can’t Find My Way Home; Presence Of The Lord; Sea Of Joy — * I ** • 4 A staple of any 1960 s rock collection. Classic performances by some of rock’s finest ERIC CLAPTON’S FINEST CONTRIBUTIONS TO ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC Now Available On Collector’s Editions S/1 ; 4 " THE RECORD COLLECTION ‘4 44 op.~ ,0-7 ®46-3901 run, while Cathy Cocke took third. Sartain, a sophomore from Irving, also took second in the two mile run ahead of third place finisher Kim Mallory. In the mile relay, A&M’s team of White, Bartlett, Jackie Soward and Trenda Burgess finished second, but their time of 4:08.6 broke a school record. In the field events, Sandra Ly man’s throw of 125 -8” won first in the discus, while Iris Tipton took second and Sammie Logan placed third. Tipton captured first in the shot put with a throw of 40’2-l/2” while Logan took second and Lyman third. A&M’s Jan Chesbro cleared 5’4” to win first place in the high jump. The freshman from Humble needs to jump 5’5” to qualify for Nationals later this year in Los Angeles. Next weekend the women’s track team will travel to Beaumont to compete in the Lamar University Invitational. Their next big meet will come March 4 and 5 when they compete against 19 other universi ties in the Southwestern Park and Recreation Meet in Fort Worth. BREAD 2.9S Served with a tasty chopped sirloin, cooked to your liking, hot baked potato or sweet corn on the cob, a fresh loaf of bread cooked in our own kitchen and a trip to the best salad bar in town, (and for your enjoyment try one of our new wines) 3C BAR-B-QUE OPEN n TO 9:30 EXCEPT MONDAY ACROSS THE TRACKS/NEARLY DOWNTOWN BRYAN 9S£ .ssas* iaas& X«< 2M6K Box of flowers is wedding gift Harpo Marx sent Helen Hayes a steinway piano crate filled with fresh gardenias as a wedding present when she married Charles MacAr- thur in 1930. 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