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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1979
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Cougars facing hard time
Gerulaitis wins Fairfield Classic
United Press International
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. —
Top-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis of
Great Neck, N.Y., completed a
flawless performance at the Fairfield
Bay Tennis Classic Sunday by win
ning the final matches in singles and
doubles competition.
He was the only one of eight
seeded players to last to the finals.
COME TO A
FREE DANCE!!
and he wrapped up the tournament
undefeated.
Gerulaitis beat unseeded Butch
Walts of Phoenix in singles 6-2, 6-2,
then teamed up with Vladimir Zed-
nik to defeat Australians Phil Dent
and Colin Dibley 5-7, 6-3, 7-5.
Gerulaitis’ total winnings in the
$50,000 tournament were $11,500.
He had predicted a close game
with Walts and said he believed
Walts wasn't up to par in their final
match. Walts agreed, and said he
was tired.
By SEAN PETTY
Battalion Staff
There was another new television
show on Saturday afternoon starring
the Houston Cougars called “Hard
Times.”
The show has been in the making
most of the Southwest Conference
basketball season as team after team
has given the Coogs a hard time.
The times have never been harder
for the Houston basketball program
as they even lost to the 1-9 TCU
Horned Frogs.
The co-stars in Saturday’s episode
were the Texas Aggies who made
their second appearance of the year
on the Coogs’ show and once again,
gave them an extremely hard time
and another loss.
“I guarantee you, we played as
well as we can,” said coach and pro
ducer of the Coogs’ show, Guy
Lewis. “We haven’t folded our tent
and stolen off into the night.
“They’re (the Aggies) big and
strong and good ball handlers. They
were getting a lot of second and
third shots today. They are hard to
defend above the rim.”
Above the rim is where the
Cougars’ problems have been all
season. Lewis would likely trade his
red-and-white-checkered towel for a
tall center who can score and play
strong defense. Houston’s hard
times started early in the year with
the loss of two of their big men,
Cedric Fears and Darnell Roper.
The Coogs are using 6-5 George
Walker at center against the likes of
6-11 Rudy Woods of A&M.
Yet, it was Walker who led the
Cougars in scoring with 16 points
and pulled down seven rebounds in
the land of the giants under the
boards.
“Heck, he’s (Walker) been scor
ing for us all season,” Lewis said.
“The only reason he’s playing center
is because we don’t have anyone
else to put there.”
“I just tried to play with them,”
Walker said of the Aggies’ big front
line of Woods, Rynn Wright and
Vernon Smith. “I think I did a
pretty good job. We came out pretty
hot today and were really fired up.
We just kept pushing in the first half
but lost im the second half.
“Today was a real physical game.
I had to worry about Rynn on one
side and Rudy on the other. Rynn
will just out-muscle you and Rudy is
so screamin’ tall he’s almost impos
sible to defend when he goes to the
hoop. There was a lot of action
under the boards that the refs didn’t
see also.
“I think Rudy got frustrated out
there today,” Walker said of Woods,
who had three quick fouls that kept
him out most of the first half. “I
guess most big men do get frus
trated when they play against little
guys.”
But all the frustration belongs to
Cougar seniors Ken Ciolli and
Walker. They have seen Houston at
its greatest with talent like Otis
Birdsong and others. And now they
see this Houston Cougar team with
the worst record of any Cougar team
since 1960.
“It’s a real tough way to go out
after three years,” said Ciolli as he
sat dazed, slumped in his chair
slowly taking the tape ofl his ankles.
“People don’t remember too far
back you know.
“They’re into this year and what’s
happening now. Our past seasons
don t mean much right now.
“I’m not gonna go out and jump
off a building or anything,” said the
senior guard from Houston. “It’s not
the worst thing to happen to a team.
Nobody can live on the year before,
just look at Kentucky this year.
They were national champs last year
and I think they are at the bottom of
their conference this year or close to
it.
“We re just not shooting well. We
sure aren’t going to go out and scare
anyone with our shooting percen
tage. We are just going to try and
win the rest of our games so we can
get into the Summit for the SWC
tournament.
“Otherwise, they (the rest of the
sehools in the conference) will be
playing in the tournament while
we’re going to class wondering
what’s going on,” Ciolli said.
The season has been tough men
tally and physically for Walker also,
who has stepped into the unfamiliar
role of center this year.
“It really gets to you man," he
said. “I just try and not!
me too much. I’mjustn
losing as much as we’vel)
this year. I’m used tov
helping the team win butJ
it’s been one big struggle,]
"All we have todofrouj
play like we did today,
to have to play them a
now on if we want to malel
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Although Ciolli and Wall
be back, Guy Lewis will|
must think about Coti|
now and in the future.
“We still have games
said Lewis. “We can’t sita
on the past. We are
future.
"I sure would like to gel
that home court advanJ
everyone is talking abo/
tournament. I also hope]
shot at the Summit.’ S
1979 hasn’t exactly beffl
’ of the Cougar. The foolj|
started the very first Jay d
giving the Cotton Bowl
Dame. And now the Co*
ball team has hit an all-tim
season by losing three ga
row at Hofheinz Pavilion J
12 losses for the year. A#!|
son is not even over. ijS
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“Hard Times’ before I
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