THE BATTALION Page 9 THURSDAY, MARCH 1. 1979 [gie notes namej ericke goes home Texas A&M’s men’s track squad iuffered another cruel blow earlier ■week when freshman distance aner Henning Gericke of South frica unexpectedly left for home, e didn’t know he was un- ipy,” Coach Charlie Thomas said. “And we didn’t know he was leaving , s ii ' "ntil he had already packed and ft. ’ Gericke had run a 4:03 mile as a , high schooler in South Africa. Earlier in the year, Texas A&M g^^Hbeen weakened by the losses of Mike Mosley and Arthur Williams, j Mosley is passing up track this spring to concentrate on football and being toui s next Williams gave up track and trans ferred to North Texas to concentrate on basketball. The Aggies lost a dual meet to Rice last Saturday, 74-62, but competed without Curtis Dickey who had tied for fourth in the national AAU 60- yard dash in New York the night be fore. This week the Aggies will be in the Border Olympics in Laredo. Rice is the defending meet champion and the Aggies came in second last year. Thomas said that ace quarter- miler Leslie Kerr will run the 220 this week instead of the 440. “We think Steve Willis can win the 440 so we re going to try to score high in the 220 with Kerr, ” the Aggie coach said. “Dickey will run the 100-yard dash and on the 440 relay. ” The 440 relay will have Willis, Kerr, Vernon Pittman and Dickey, in that order, with Emerson Brown as top alternate. The mile relay will have Ron Wilson, Pittman, Kerr and Willis, with Karl Figgs as top alter nate. Golf meet begins I United Press International 1 AjSTIN — The Southern f@r|i)dist University Mustangs, jpthfcerhaps the strongest team in s generation-long domination of fout^iwest Conference swimming, Be.sifter its 23rd consecutive league ^neginning tonight in the SWC Wimming championships. I SMU is undefeated in dual meet pmpetition this year and upset bwlrful teams from Indiana and outhern California to earn consid- fation as perhaps one of the top five fains in the country. |As isual, the Mustangs strongest )m|)etition will come from the !exas Longhorns, who will host the leet in one of the world’s finest virlming facilities. SMU whipped ■ earlier this year in a dual meet. The Mustangs roster is loaded with talent that could produce points in the NCAA meet. Greg Kraus holds the conference’s best time in the 200-yard freestyle while SMU’s Ken Brenton, Bart E)ay and Kim Davis are the swimmers to beat in the backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly competition. The Mustangs will be heavy fa vorites to win all three relay events and should be dominant in the diving as well. Davis should also be a key factor in the short freestyle races, but Arkan sas’ Jerry Spencer will probably chal lenge in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyles. Competition will run through Saturday at the Texas Swimming Center. ee stros for sale ? United Press International SA\ ANTONIO — B.J. “Red” fcCtmbs, a local automobile dealer cl chairman of the NBA San An nin Spurs, confirmed Wednesday j is negotiating to purchase the ouston Astros baseball team and ie accompanying 28-year-old lease i tin Astrodome. [McCombs, who boasts the largest Ord dealership in Texas, revealed e has been “in discussions for ut 10 days with the present As- _B)Wners, Ford Motor Credit !orp and several Houston banks. Tlwill be a heck of a thing if it MANOR EAST 3 j HEAVEN CAN WAIT 7:30-9:50 EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE 7:20-9:45 THE LOVE BUG 7:10-9:30 iKYWAY TWIN 822-3300 WEST SWEATER GIRLS PLUS SWINGING CHEERLEADERS EAST IGIRLS NEXT DOOR PLUS SINGLE GIRLS CAMPUS COIN’ SOUTH FRIDAY & SATURDAY MIDNIGHT ROCKY HORROR comes together,” McCombs told the San Antonio Light, but he declined to provide any specifics because the talks are progressing “on a day-to- day basis.” McCombs, a principal owner of the Spurs, is credited with being the prime mover in obtaining an NBA franchise for the nation’s 10th largest city. McCombs indicated he was not the only party interested in buying the Astros but said he does not know the identities of the other prospec tive buyers. “Anytime you’ve got a major league baseball team, and anything as exciting as a leasehold on the op eration of the Astrodome, people are going to be interested in it,” McCombs said. Coach Bob Ellis and the Texas A&M men’s golf team will also be in Laredo this weekend competing in the Border Olympics tournament, which will take place Saturday and Sunday. The Aggies have made strong showings in three tournaments thus far: the Jim Deaton Intercollegiate at Houston, the Pan-American In vitational at Monterrey, Mexico and the Lamar Intercollegiate at Beau mont. Tennis Now sporting a dual-match record of 5-1, Coach David Kent’s Texas A&M men’s tennis square competes in the Corpus Christi Invitational tournament this week. The meet runs from Thrusday through Satur day. Last week, the Aggies won two home matches, beating Southwest Texas State, 6-3, and Southwest Louisiana, 8-1. Rodeo The Texas A&M rodeo club will travel to Kingsville this weekend to compete in the Texas A&I intercol legiate rodeo. Last week, the Aggies competed in the Southwest Texas State rodeo in San Marcos. The men’s team placed third overall in the competi tion. Mark Ivy lassoed the Aggies’ only first place finish with a win in the calf roping competition. Rugby Despite the mud and the cold, the Texas A&M women’s rugby team took third place in the 12th annual Mardi Gras Rugby Tournament in Hammond, La., last weekend. Saturday, the team will try to im prove on its 18-1 season record when it hosts Sam Houston at 10:30 a.m. on the polo field. PLITT Southern Halloween H H imwm UlNI IlMi .HtH The Night He Come Home! I lOTt FAl CON INTLMNATIONAI I’flODUf TKItiS C|) R, RESTRICTED C/) QC < V " Bunuel s triumph.. VINCENT CANBY New York Times Luis Bunuel’s ,.That Obscure Object Of Desire ("Get Obscur Objel du Desii") English Subtitles