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THIS SPACE GORTRIBUTB) BY THE PUBLISHEB AS A PUBLIC SERVICE Page 16 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1979 Texas A&M’s Kelly Sullivan takes a shot against Lamar while her teammate, Susan Kimbro, waits nearby. The Aggie Ladies are participating in the Texas Classic in Austin this weekend. Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr. Ladies playing in Texas Classic The TAIAW state basketball tournament will be previewed in Austin this weekend when eight of the top teams in the state, including tow of the top teams in the nation, get together for the Texas Classic in the Super Drum. Texas A&M, 18-8 and ranked fourth in the state, plays a first round game against North Texas, ranked sixth in Texas, at noon today. Other teams in the tournament are the nation s No. 1 team, Stephen F. Austin, No. 5 in the nation Texas, No. 5 in the state Houston, No. 9 in the state UT Arlington, No. 10 in the state Texas Tech and Southwest Texas. If the Aggie Ladies win their opener, they will play the winner of the UTA-Texas game at 9 p.m. Fri day. If the Aggies lose to NTSU, they will play the loser of the UTA- Texas game at noon Friday. The championship game will be at 3 p.m. Saturday. After getting off to a great start against some tough competition. Coach Wanda Bender’s squad has been in a slump recently, losing to Lamar 75-63 and to losing to Texas 75-41. Cancer is often curable. The fear of cancer is often fatal. If you're afraid of cancer.. .you're not alone. But some people are so afraid that they won’t go to the doctor when they suspect something’s wrong. They're afraid the doctor might “find some thing!' This kind of fear can prevent them from discover ing cancer in the early stages when it is most often curable. These people run the risk of letting cancer scare them to death. % American Cancer Society Aggie notes Champs prepare to defend till Texas A&M’s defending South west Conference champion baseball team is starting preseason workouts with a strong nucleus of veterans and a goal of winning its third straight pennant. Leading the returnees are pitch ers Mark Thurmond, Mark Ross and Johnny Pockrus, catcher Buster Turner, first baseman Kyle Hawth orne, second baseman Randy Woodruff, third, baseman Mark Warriner and outfielders Mike Hurdle, Gary Bryant and Shelton McMath. Thurmand, a two-time Academic All-America, was 13-1 last year and has a career record of 24-4. In eight SWC starts he had five shutouts in cluding a no-hitter against Texas Tech. Ross was 11-4 last vear and has a career record of 24-8. Both are seniors and both have a good shot at breaking the school career record for wins of 26 set by Clint Thomas in 1973-76. Hawthorne set school records for homeruns (14), runs batted in (53) and total bases (109) last year while hitting .310. Hurdle returns for his junior year after hitting .349 as a freshman and .331 last year. He has 14 career homeruns and 80 RBI’s. Bryant hit .299, Turner .252, War riner .250, McMath .232 before suf fering a knee injury and Woodruff .219. Coach Tom Chandler’s biggest concern is finding a suitable re placement for All-America shortstop Robert Bonner who finished his career with numerous school records last season. The top candidate is junior college transfer Bryan Little who hit .355 for Louis- burg (N.C.) Junior College and was a fifth round draft choice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Other top newcomers are outfiel der Simon Glenn who hit over. 400 for Blinn Junior College, and freshmen pitchers Bobby Taylor and Brad Wiggins, both righthanders. “It’s going to be tough to defend our title,” Chandler said. “There is going to be great balance in the league.” The Texas A&M women’s track and field team, victorious in the LSU Indoor meet last Saturday, is idle this week but will be back in action on Feb. 10 at the Oklahoma City Indoor meet. The Aggies won five first places and scored 44V2 points to beat LSU and Alabama in a three-team meet at Baton Rouge, La., last Saturday night. Texas A&M’s five first places were fashioned by Lori Scott in the mile run (5:11.7); Sande Lambert in the long jump (17-5); Jan Chesbro in the high jump (5-4); Early Douglas in the shot put (42-1014) and by the mile relay team of Sandra Brown, Beverly Porter, Evelyn Smith and Cindy Bartlett (4:09.7). The squad also registered three second places, a tie for second, three thirds and two fourths. points, followed by LSU with 52, Alabama with 28 and Texas A&M with 26. However, the Aggies won three first places and got a school-record high jump from freshman Jim How ard of Alvin, who cleared 7 feet, 2 inches. The other two winners were Les lie Kerr in the 440-yard dash (49.2) and Joel Vogt in the 1,000-yard run (2:16.69). Coaches Charles Thomas and Ted Nelson are hopeful that sprinter Curtis Dickey and freshman Miler Henning Gericke from South Africa will be ready to compete this weekend. Coach Bob Ellis has nine g qualifying for six places in | coming Jim Deaton Invitatiog Houston Feb. 3-4. Ellis saidll five low players of the sixintl Deaton meet will go to I American Invitational! Monterrey, Mexico Feb. I The Texas A&M men’s swm will host the University oflt Arlington Saturday at 3 pmj Aggies defeated Lamar 60. lost to Texas 65-37 last women’s team beat Lamar and lost to Texas 67-33. In the! meet, Texas A&M’s Sharon set a new school record in l meter backstroke of 1:01.9. Texas A&M’s men’s track and field squad goes to Monroe, La., for another indoor meet this week after a fourth-place finish in the LSU meet last Saturday night. Houston won the meet with 54 {TEXAS HALL OF FAMl { Thursdays { HAPPY HOUR NIGHl ^ ALL MIXED DRINKS AT HAPPY HOUR PRICES £ ALL NIGHT LONG! M Admission - $2/person M BAND: Country Edition STEAKHOUSE i Now serving Prime Rib Hwy. 6 South, College Station HAVE A SUPER DELUXE DAY! ft Hamburger 1800 S. Texas Ave. College Station 693-95151 tfslfti attic .® GRAND OPENING THRU THIS SATURDAY COME BY AND MEET TWO OF THE WORLD’S PREMIER MARATHON MEN Jeff Wells Madisonville, Texas Winner of the 1977 Honolulu Marathon 2nd place behind “Boston” Bill Rogers in the 1978 Boston Marathon. 3rd fastest Marathon in the world in 1978. Winner of the 1976 Houston Marathon. 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