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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1978
Texas A&M sports notes and quotes
Defending Southwest Conference
lampion Texas A&M opens the
1978 baseball season Friday and
[Saturday in a pair of doubleheaders
t ainst LSU in Baton Rouge. Action
irts at 1:30 p.m. each day.
With veterans at every position
fixcept secondbase and thirdbase,
Kgie coach Tom Chandler expects
|to field another outstanding team. “I
J ovv we ll be picked high nationally
preseason, but our players know
it it is where you end up that
unts,'’ Chandler said. “They
t [worked hard to earn the cham
pionship last year, but we can’t rest
i\M last year’s record.” A&M took
jHeSWC pennant with an 18-4 rec-
•onl and finished 37-10 overall after
losing to Southern Illinois and
Michigan in the NCAA Regional
| ( 'playoffs.
■Chandler announced the follow-
iifibatting order for LSU with last
■■
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year’s batting average in par
entheses: Robert Bonner, ss (.293);
Mark YVarriner, 3b (Jr-Tr); Mike
Hurdle, cf (.349); Kyle Hawthorne,
lb (.328); Robert Verde, If (.226);
Shelton McMath, rf (.270); Tim
Feickert (.281) or Gary Bryant (Jr-
Tr), dh; Buster Turner, c (.280);
Steve Robinson (Jr-Tr), 2b.
Pitchers seeing action will be
Mark Thurmond (10-2), Mark Ross
(11-3), Jim McWilliams (4-2), David
Pieczynski (6-2) and John Pockrus
(1-1) along with freshmen Perry
Swanson, Rodney Hodde and
Randy McDonald.
The Aggies return home to play
McNeese Monday and Tuesday at 1
p.m. each day.
All A&M games will be broadcast
over KAGC Radio (1510).
The Texas A&M men’s golf team
will compete in the Lamar Intercol-
leegiate Tournament in Beaumont
Monday and Tuesday.
The Aggies finished eighth in the
24-team Pan American International
in Monterrey, Mex,. last weekend.
Sophomore Dave Ogrin finished
sixth in the individual standing with
a 54-hole total of 2.17. Scores for the
other A&M golfers had Tim Carlton
at 230, Biff Alexander at 230, Jay
Kent at 232, and Richard Cromwell
at 237.
The Texas A&M men’s and wo
men’s swimming teams will be in ac
tion this weekend. The women
swim against SMU, TCU and
Southwest Texas at 7 p.m. Friday in
P.L. Downs Natatorium. The men
swim Texas Tech at 2 p.m. Saturday
in the A&M pool.
Both teams lost to Arizona and
Arizona State last weekend.
Erstwhile football running back
Curtis Dickey will be in the spot
light Friday, leading the Texas
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By Paul Arnett
A&M lacks class
Aggie charge in the Southwest Con
ference Ipdoo*- Track & Field
championships at Fort Worth.
Dickey, the 6-2, 210-pound
sophomore wh 0 lacked only 22
yards of rushing for 1,600 this past
fall, came within six-hundredths of a
second of equalling the American
record for the 60-yard dash indoors
Saturday in tfm Oklahoma Track
Class at Oklahoma City.
Dickey ran a 6.17 in the prelims
and won the event in 6.18. The
American mark i s 6.11, set this sea
son by Houston McAtear.
The 60-yard dash prelims are
scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Friday and
the finals in that event will be run at
7:10 p.m.
The Aggie squad is scheduled to
leave for Fort Worth at 6 p.m.
Thursday.
Events with tentative A&M en
trants: (Prelims):
1:30 p.m. — Shot put: Tim Scott
and Randy Scott; 2 p.m. — Mile
run: Manfred Kohrs; 2:30 p.m. —
440-yard dash: Jiqnes Peterson, Les
lie Ken-, Vernon Pittman; 2:45 p.m.
— 600-yard run: Karl Figgs, Arthur
Williams; 3 p.rr\. — 880-yard run:
Tony Wheeler, Jim Brannen; 3:15
p.m. —- 1,000-yard run: Joel Vogt,
Tom Glass; 4 p.m. — 60-yard high
hurdles: Billy Busch, Kent Figgs,
Mike Mosley; 4:10 p.m. — 60-yard
dash: Curtis Dickey, Leslie Kerr,
Philip Steen.
Finals Schedule:
6:30 p.m. —- pole vault: Randy
Hall, Pat Ruehle; 6:55 p.m. — 60-
yard high hurdles; 7:10 p.m. — 60-
yard dash; 7:25 p.m. — High jump:
Ronnie Keys, Mike Whitwell; 7:45
p.m. — 1,000-yard run; 8 p.m. —
Mile run; 8 p.m. — Long jump —
Philip Steen, Darcy Turner; 8:15
p.m. — 440-yard dash; 8:35 p.m. —
600-yard run; 9.T0 p.m.: Two-mile
relay: Joel Vogt, Tom Glass, Jim
Brannen, Tony Wheeler; 9:25 p.m.
— 880-yard run; 9:45 p.m. — three-
mile run: Manfred Kohrs, Lane Mit
chell; 10:15 p.m. — mile relay:
A&M team to come from following:
Leslie Kerr, Vernon Pittman, Karl
Figgs, Arthur Williams, James
Peterson, Kent Figgs, Billy Busch.
Texas A&M s women tennis
squad was scheduled to play TCU at
College Station Tuesday afternoon
in an effort to get back on the win
ning trail.
A&M s women lost three matches
over the weekend. They dropped a
4-3 decision to Lamar in Beaumont
Friday and lost identical 9-0 verdicts
to LSLT and Miami, Fla., Saturday
in Baton Rouge, La.
Debbie Odum and Alexis Hefley
won singles matches against Lamar
while Kathleen Sissom and Susan
Schilling won their doubles match.
Other Aggies who were in competi
tion included Judy Willard, Elise
Richardson and Betty Shillcutt.
The Texas A&M men’s tennis
squad weathered out of two
scheduled matches this past week,
but are hopeful of playing twice this
week.
The Aggies are slated to entertain
SW Louisiana at 1:30 p.m. Thursday
and then take on LSU in Baton
Rouge, La., Saturday.
Last Friday’s match with St. Ed
ward's here was cancelled because
of bad weather and was rescheduled
for Monday, Feb. 20.
Saturday’s scheduled match with
North Texas also was cancelled and
reset for Saturday, March 4.
Bryan’s newest radio station,
KAGC (1510 on the AM dial) will
carry all of Texas A&M’s baseball
games this season.
Jim Butler, assistant Sports In
formation Director at A&M, will do
the play-by-play and Derrick
Grubbs, student assistant to the
SID office, will handle color.
First broadcast will be this
weekend (Friday & Saturday) from
Baton Rouge, La., where the Aggies
play LSU.
The horn atop the “Super Drum s scoreboard
junded signifying the end of the first half After wit
nessing a poor performance by the Aggie basketball
Bani 1 decided it was time for a Coke break.
■Lucky for me my departure was halted by a friend in
tlip news media. He informed me that the halftime
Ihows at lexas were well worth the watching. His
.words had barely fallen from his lips when the Long-
■rn public address speaker made this announcement;
■ Ladies and gentlemen will you give a warm round
jpfapplause for the Longhorn Love.”
E hat name has a familiar ring I thought, as 1 returned
ly chair. After a moment’s reflection I remembered
re Id heard the name. A friend of mine back in
ieland had seen a Longhorn game over Christmas
I’lU'k and had said that the halftime performance by
tin'Longhorn Love was something to see.
n |Mle was right.
^■The Love danced to a modern-day rock number and
j»vas entertaining to say the least. The group consists
of; ne women who perform at every Longhorn game.
Tile Love s performance was good. But what foi
led was a real treat. The Longhorn women’s choir
Js next on the halftime agenda. They sang and danced
I the remainder of the intermission. It was an unex-
.vliftB ed pleasure to see a well done halftime show.
rVhich brings me to the crux of my column. After
nessing excellent halftime programs at other confer-
be schools, I’ve decided that A&M needs to enter
20th century.
etsfaee it. The only entertainment an A&M crowd
eives at the half is the thrill of tossing a frisbee or
incing a beach ball. So I’ve decided to lay' the
undworks to bring some much-needed class into
ieland.
As well as the Aggie band plays, 300 people blowing
and going are just too much for a gymnasium. A 30-
member stage band playing modern-day tunes would
be more to my liking. Those “Old Army numbers
went out of style after World War II.
The military look is also out. So why does A&M insist
on holding onto dead ideas? All male yell leaders
should become a thing of the past. What A&M needs is
some good-looking women to help the men.
The yells don’t need to change, just their presenta
tion.
Next we need to find some dancing girls. Houston
has the Houston Honies, Texas has the Longhorn
Love; our girls will be called the Gollie Rollie Dollies.
The girls duties will be restricted to entertainment.
Chasing down basketballs is out.
Dancing is good, but nothing beats singing. A&M
has the Century Singers and the Singing Cadets. Why
can t these groups come on over during the half and put
on a little show?
The best halftime shows of the year at A&M oc
curred when the Bryan and A&M Consolidated High
School drill teams performed. The A&M band is absent
for more than half a basketball season, so it was decided
that the local high schools would be given a chance to
show off.
It was a good decision. The A&M crowd was obvi
ously pleased with their performances.
And if they were, then why not form a group out of
your own back yard? Many people are tired of this old
conservative attitude that A&M holds so close to its
heart. New ideas were meant to replace old ones.
The entertainment performed in the “Super Drum
is the new sound of this century. Texas A&M needs to
march, to the tune of that drummer.
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