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I io t ‘S of thi« •rks on 4 t bandu > waves, 'de. - nior nueltt 3m Houst(( sted in Hu course ofe 1 W( >rtl, Hi ''■ginatedfe atcur >dy of self-ti clf-organi!) 'perators, mates tl im radio ites and 4 os Count), simulated ators f twork THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1979 Page 11 Aggies defeat Bears 71-58 viewpoint By DAVID BOGGAN Battalion Sports Editor There’s no room for poor sports Fans of Texas A&M basketball, I salute you. For four years I have watched you watch basketball. I ve seen you when your team is winning and I’ve seen you when your team is Bing. I’ve heard you cuss officials for making calls that you did not ke. 1 ve seen you jump up and down when they didn’t make calls jyou thought should have been made. |I’ve heard you demand that an opponent coach take his seat — bind the steering wheel of a Greyhound. And, yes, I ve even heard te the rapidf leW ^ ou ^ 00 during opponent introductions. of in the U.! .'Carty. University been Let’s face it, you are by no means a coliseum full of angels. ■But even at your worst, you know where to draw the line when it ■mes to letting your opinions be known during the course of the a game. A hearty round of horse laughs is the extent of your expression. You should be proud of that. X)s JjMonday night in Waco at the Baylor-Texas A&M game, I saw one j 5 ’?" of the worst displays of sportsmanship I have ever seen from a group ^ ! of fans in the Southwest Conference. 15 , ■jAlmost from the beginning of the contest, any time an official made ' U dvcrt did not please the Baylor fans, a variety of cups, toy H ^ " l and ice would find their way out of the stands and onto the I ' ' ]P irt Many times during the game, debris thrown by fans had to be a ^ in ^ ' Semoved from the floor by players, officials or attendants, an ear, f“tW'rl 1 e larger the Aggie lead became, the harder the rain of trash fell. Bward the end of the game, the public address announcer had to 1 r j 10 f e !tco]itinuously appeal to the crowd to stay off the court and to quit sands o fM i ng trash |This is how Texas A&M’s David Britton, who fouled out with 7:03 It in the game, viewed the actions of the crowd: jl got hit right here with a penny,” Britton said, pointing to the lideofhis face. If I would have been turned around, I would have n hit in the eye. It was dumb. It was ugly. That doesn’t do anything for the South- Jst Conference. It doesn’t do anything for anybody. B’They called me a hotdog, but I wasn’t out there to hurt anybody. I’m sure their players didn’t want them throwing things. Their fevers were real good to us. They (members of the crowd) were calling us names and we’ve U Cheni called names before hut this is the first time it was obscene. tlUlually it is just in fun. T’lhat kind of thing has got to go.’ ^y|l-/\|EHe’s right. There is no place for that type of conduct in the South- C11 lowest Conference or in sports, period. Tin glad such actions don t _ur in G. Rollie White. of oil imp! g to have ] ■d equip: ty, about to get si tion is mittee. ester to irnii By DAVID BOGGAN Battalion Sports Editor WACO — There is quite a differ ence between the instinctive, free- flowing style of basketball played in the streets of New York City and the regimented, cut-and-dried game seen in the nation’s college pro grams. Harlem native David Britton and Brooklyn native Vinnie Johnson can attest to that. The two, who learned to play basketball in the streets of the Big Apple and who played against each other in New York all- star games, met again Monday night when Britton and the Texas Aggies defeated Johnson and the Baylor Bears 71-58. According to Britton, the 9,200 fans that filled the Heart O’ Texas Coliseum were denied a unique experience. “Street style is so much freer,” the Aggie junior said. “I thought we would get to show that when me and Vinnie went man-on-man against each other. But the refs didn’t want Southwest Conference Standings Texas 8-1 .889 Texas A&M 7-2 .778 Arkansas 5-3 .625 Texas Tech 5-4 .556 Baylor 5-4 .556 SMU 3-5 .375 Houston 3-6 .333 Rice 3-6 .333 TCU 0-8 .000 MONDAY’S RESULTS Texas A&M 71, Raylor 58; Texas 79, Houston 53; SMU 80, Rice 67; Texas 91, TCU 71. WE’VE GOT ’EM! it to happen, so we didn’t get to show it. It would have been some thing, I know that.” What the fans did see was a good basketball game. Southwest Con ference style, in which Texas A&M managed to stay one game behind league-leading Texas. The Aggies now have a conference record of 7-2 and the Longhorns, who defeated Houston Monday night, are 8-1 in the SWC. David Britton “This was an important one. It keeps us in the running,” said Aggie forward Vernon Smith. “They will all be important from now until we meet Texas,” Tyrone Ladson added. “It looks like they ain’t planning to lose no more. We don’t plan to lose no more. So they’re all important.” Texas A&M coach Shelby Metcalf couldn’t agree more. “This was a big win for us,” the Aggie coach said. “We’ve got a good basketball team no matter what happens. “They were mentally ready to play tonight. They’ve got the enthusiasm back that they had in December. And David Britton is back again where he use to be and nen say als say (lie virtually recent ugh announces retirement United Press International JALLAS — The professional career of Dallas defensive tries belouJI j e thro Pugh ended Monday e weeKeMBig )4_y ear veteran found him- t point' j n an unaccustomed role — the ,D the show. company had long grown accustomed ration (W* n g forgotten man in the line, front four and Vie seemed allocatingiJ se( j w h en hi s retirement party another(» j nt() a media event, to impose i J na iiy reac hed the point during ippliesto« ason ^ a(; j realized I had had feh football,” Pugh said. T all year this was going to he last year.” n, when asked what he felt he •contributed to the Cowboys’ or- Inc. asKti during Yiis 14 years with >ion Thiit' team, Pugh said: epartmenllA not that much. I just tried to tions t0 |ie best job I could. Early in my »untry, 78 levels] f the n. bates >00,0001 i Iran rica’s i# at of its! has been] prodm career, when I became a starter, I tried to play the perfect game each week. “After a few years I realized it was impossible to play perfect. I just tried to play the best I could.” But despite Pugh’s downplaying of his own talents, he retired hold ing the NEL record for having par ticipated in the most post-season games. He ran his string of post season appearances to 24 in the just- completed season. With the retirement of Pugh, an era ended for the Cowboys. He was the last member of the club’s origi nal “Doomsday Defense,” a unit that included tackle Bob Lilly, mid- dVe linebacker Lee Boy Jordan, out side linebacker Chuck Howley, cor- nerback Mel Renfro and safety Cor nell Green. From Hewlett-Packard, the HP-37E & HP-38E! Loupot’s Bookstore Northgate Across from the Post Office Day students get their news from the Batt. Introducing Something New Especially For Ladies 1 • t Iran MS" products t drop will ihould cow eilbom Rd. VISA ANNOUNCING LADIES NIGHT Happy IT'S Tuesday) For Ladies Only 5C CHAMPAGNE PRICE DRINKS LADIES NO COVER CHARGE (Guys $2.00) we need him. Britton, who had fallen into a slump, and as a result, lost his start ing position three games ago, said that he is playing well because the whole team is playing well. “Everybody contributed to night,” he said. “We held our heads up. We were a little shaky in the second half but we came back like a good team should. We had class.” Freshman center Rudy Woods contributed 20 points to the Aggies’ efforts, hitting 9-of-12 from the field. The rest of the front line, Rynn Wright and Smith, scored 15 and 14 points, respectively. "Don’t forget those guards,” Met calf stressed. “It’s the guards that get the ball in to Rudy. It envolves teamwork. This was a team victory.” The Aggies took the lead on a Ladson jump shot with 13:49 left in the first half From that point on Metcalfs men never relinquished their command, except for a 57-57 tie with 3:13 left in the game. The Aggies then scored 14 points to Baylor’s one and the game was over. “The coaches had the right plan for the game and we executed well, Ladson said. “We looked good as a unit and we played great defense.” Texas A&M’s defense faced the problem of stopping Vinnie Johnson, who had scored a total of 80 points in his three previous games. The Aggies allowed Johnson only 12 points, all of those coming in the first half. “We tried to double Vinnie with a wing and a guard,” Smith said. “And we wouldn’t try to block his shots because you can’t block Vinnie’s shots. We would just stand straight up and usually when he shoots he will lean into you and get called for charging.” “We proved tonight that we can play defense,” Britton added. “We shut down Kenny Williams in Hous ton. We did it to Moncrief. We did it to everybody against Tech. To night we did it to Vinnie.” The Aggies, ranked 14th in the country, are 18-4 for the season, and Baylor dropped to 5-4 in the SWC and 11-8 for the year. BOX SCORE TEXAS A&M (71) Wright 7 1-2 15, Smith 6 2-2 14, Woods 9 2-5 20, Goff 3 1-2 7, Ladson 1 4-6 4, Britton 4 1-1 9, Robinson 0 0-0 0. Totals 30 11-18 71. BAYLOR (58) Teagle 9 3-6 21, Mays 5 4-4 14, Gallardo 1 0-0 2, Nunley 2 0-0 4, Johnson 4 4-5 12, Zeller 0 0-0 0, Vaszauskas 2 1-2 5, Stanley 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 12-17 58. Halftime — Texas A&M 33, Baylor 24. Fouled out — Britton, Johnson. Total fouls — Texas A&M 21, Baylor 19. A — 9,200. ALPHA PHI OMEGA National Service Fraternity RUSH MEETING SERVICE .... The finest frontier Tues. and Thurs. 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