THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1977
Page 13
IgMormer Olympian
m igns with A&M
hx\mr Olympian heads the list of athletes who have recently
led letters of intent with Texas AtkM University,
Jeana Htx?kinjg from Puerto Rico was the youngest woman to run
the Montreal Olympics, Hocking competed in the 400- and hOO*
ueter races at the Gaines at the age of 16.
She will itin track and cross country ai Texas A&M and bt>asts best*
imes of SO.S for 400-meters, 2‘.Oh.4 for 800-metors, 4:30.2 for 1500-
neters tmd lO;50for two miles.
Women s Track Coach Dave Williams also signed Donna Branch, a
ansfer from San Jacinto Junior College. Branch placed second in the
velin at the Junior College national meet with a throw of 136 feet
Texas A&M also signed a pair of women golfers as Coach Kitty
lolly makes preparations for the exodus of her star addete Breodze
loldsmitb via graduation.
Kim Bauer of Conroe led her team to the state championship for
the seesmd straight year. Bauer won the individual A AAA crown by a
: title for the lost two years and was chiefly responsible for her
r school s capturing the state crown for the past three years-
reanis Coach Ihehatd Barker added another athlete ih .Trey. Sehhtst
Galveston, Schutg won the state Catholic title .last year while
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Texas A&M’s Linda Cornelius grimaces as
she competes in the long jump. Cornelius re-
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cently won the AAU pentathlon to qualify for
the international meet in August.
Cornelius wins
A&M woman takes AAU pentathlon
It appeared Linda Cornelius was
not about to have any doubts about
her capabilities as she overwhelm
ingly won the Amateur Athletic
Union pentathlon national title last
weekend in Xenia, Ohio.
Cornelius, a tall, lanky lass who
transferred to Texas A&M from Las
Vegas last year, outran, outjumped,
outthrew and just plain outdid her
17 opponents in the event. Cor
nelius won four of the pentathlon’s
five events while scoring a total of
3,919 points.
She won the 100-meter high hur
dles in 14.6 and took the high jump
in 5-6 % feet, the two events giving
her 793 and 925 points respectively.
Cornelius scored 839 points in the
long jump with her winning leap of
18-9 Vi and obtained 830 additional
points with her victory in the 880-
yard run, clocked at 2:16.9.
The shot put was the only event
which Cornelius did not win. She
finished far back in the pack with a
throw of 30-1 feet, good for 532
points. Despite not winning the
event, Cornelius did achieve her
personal best mark.
The AAU victory qualifies Cor
nelius for the international pen
tathlon to be held Aug. 13-14 in
Dayton, Ohio. The meet will fea
ture athletes from the United
States, the Soviet Union and
Canada.
Things settle down in Portland
after Blazers claim championship
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PORTLAND, Ore. — After a
tumultuous reception by 250,000
fans during a parade and celebration
in downtown Portland, many of the
new basketball world champion
Trail Blazers left for vacations today
while team officials concentrated on
the upcoming college player draft.
Harry Glickman, executive vice
president and general manager, said
the club had no particular need to
fill as far as he was concerned, since
it’s a young one now.
“A player, just a player, the best
player we can get,” he said is what
the Blazers will be picking up in the
draft Friday.
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From the fans’ outpouring of af
fection at Federal Plaza Park during
Monday’s celebration of the playoff
victory over the Philadelphia 76ers,
it would be hard to find anyone will
ing to give up even the least of their
heroes. While Bill Walton and
Maurice Lucas got the loudest
applause, none of the Blazers could
have been left untouched by the re
ception they got from the crowd
when they appeared on the scene
and were introduced.
To the unknowing it might have
sounded like boos when Wally
Walker was introduced, but it was
just calls of “who, who. ” This was in
recognition of the fact that when the
rookie was first drafted there were
some people who said, “Wally
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though he had impressive shooting
statistics for the Blazers while com
ing off the bench in the playoffs.
Walton came to greatness this
season and ended up being named
the Most Valuable Player of the
NBA championship series. The
honor included a new car and a
plaque from Sport magazine.
Gov. Bob Straub was on hand for
the celebration at the park, remov
ing his coat while waiting for an
hour in the hot, muggy weather for
the team to make its slow way
through the noon-hour crowd of all
ages. There was makeshift confetti
sprinkled on Straub along with
beer, which a playful Walton had
poured on the NBA winner’s
trophy, Mayor Neil Goldschmidt
and fellow players and coaches.
Straub proclaimed it a special
week for Blazer fans in Oregon and
Goldschmidt named it Trail Blazer
Day in Portland.
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By PAUL MCGRATH
Battalion Sports Editor
Picture a chilly, autumn Saturday
with a man pausing to lean back into
the pampering softness of his easy
chair. He’s spent the morning rak
ing what trees have deposited on his
lawn and it’s time now to relax and
pop the top on a cold can of his fa
vorite.
Suddenly it dawns on him. It’s
time for the college Game of the
Week. What’ll it be? Southern Cal
versus Notre Dame? That’s always a
classic. Ohio State against Michi
gan? Another grudge match. Maybe
it’s Army-Navy up to their old war
games once more.
He grabs the control to his color
television and pushes the button.
What flashes on the screen is not a
chalk-marked field surrounded by
screaming masses, but a courtroom
where balding, bespectacled men
pass legal jargon like it was third
down with long yardage needed.
The Game of the Week has been
replaced by the Suit of the Week
with the opponents being the Inter
nal Revenue Service and the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa
tion.
Sound silly? Perhaps, but should
the IRS continue with what it has
indicated earlier, then the NCAA’s
most important spectators this fall
might be a judge and jury.
Although its plans are far from
Two Aggies
make regional
all-star team
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LUBBOCK — Baylor shortstop
Steve Macko and Texas A&M pitch
er Mark Thurmond headed the
NCAA district 6 all-region baseball
team announced today.
Tom Chandler, who led the A&M
Aggies to the Southwest Conference
championship, was named the dis
trict’s coach of the year, edging out
Mickey Sullivan of SWC tourna
ment winner Baylor.
The all-district team:
IB — Gary Ashby, Texas Tech;
2B — Gary Weiss, Houston; SS —
Steve Macko, Baylor; 3B — Robert
Bonner, Texas A&M; C — Bob
Kearney, Texas. Outfielders —
Wendell Hibbett, Texas; Arvis
Harper, Arkansas and Paul
Johnston, Texas Tech. DH — Gary
Sims, Texas Tech. Pitchers Mark
Thurmond, Texas A&M and Allan
Ramirez, Rice.
Cross Country
entries available
for 2.5 mile run
Entries for the 2.5-mile In
tramural Cross Country race close
June 14 with the contest being held
two days later.
The race, scheduled for a week
from tomorrow at 5:15 p.m., will
cover a course located on the front
section of the Texas A&M campus
adjacent to Highway 6 and Univer
sity Drive.
All students and faculty members
are eligible to enter the race.
The Intramural Department
opened summer competition in
softball and other sports today.
finalized, the IRS, after auditing
SMU, TCU, the Cotton Bowl As
sociation and Kansas Univeristy,
claims that television revenue from
football and basketball games is
“unrelated business income.” That
is, money unnecessary for the oper
ation of a tax-exempt educational in
stitution, and therefore taxable in
come.
A Texas A&M official cited the
corporate tax rate under which
NCAA institutions would fall as 25
percent. Dr. John Stephens, assis- +
tant to SMU President Richard*
Zumberge, and with an under
standably keen interest in tht*;
suject, said the rate would be 46,
percent. That’s right off the top. .
Last year’s contract between the* *
NCAA and the American Broadcast
ing Company brought in $26 mil
lion.
Most athletic conference’s, in
cluding the Southwest Conference,
have a share in the wealth program
for television revenue. Any time a
member school is on television, the
prdceeds are divided amongst the
entire conference. This has proven
beneficial to those schools whoose
athletic programs have been on the
decline.
Many NCAA schools were ex
periencing financial problems al
ready when women’s athletic pro
grams became required several
years ago. Now, the IRS is threaten
ing to take a bigger bite out of many
decreasing budgets.
I There has been much speculation
about what happen should the IRS,
go through with its plans. Certainly* J
the contract between ABC and the _
NCAA would be affected — but
how much?
Schools which need television**
revenue to keep their athletic prd^ t
grams thriving will whither on the
vine.
Even schools with healthy athv*
letic programs would have
tighten their belts, perhaps having
to eliminate some sports to conser\t®^
funds.
Women’s programs, already qri*
the low end of most budgets, wil}>
only suffer more.
The IRS may later be tempted fo‘
consider bringing a tax on tick0t
sales and concessions as well. '.*>
It is difficult to fathom the logic
IRS officials in this case. Thirhf*
precedent-setting years have gone*
by where the IRS has paid no attep-^
tion to television revenue.
Their claim that the money is uri~*
related to the running of an educa
tional institution is ludicrous. With*
out this money many schools, such
as SMU and TCU, would not be
able to keep their athletic programs
above water.
The IRS says NCAA schools are
competing in a taxable business and
are unjustly tax-exempt.
The only groups which could be
said to be business competitors in
this situation are NCAA schools, so
where’s the injustice?
With so much money at stake, the
NCAA will have no alternative but
to battle the IRS to the bitter end.
“There is some thought to the ef
fect that if the IRS follows through
with their indications, there would
be some inclination to take some
legislative action,” Texas A&M Ath
letic Council representative Dr.'
Charles Samson said. “That is seen
as the first alternative.”
Stephens added, “The IRS is in
vading an area they have left alone
for 30 years. This may result in the
IRS killing themselves.”
It might be interesting to see the
IRS lose its shirt for a change.
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