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THE BATTALION Page 11 FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1979 Night Boxers meet tonight itifu f|l the»H By MARK PATTERSON n( j ; FK Battalion Sports Staff hat^^Vho needs Ken Norton, Earnie it vvii Sha\ ers, Larry Holmes and Ossie indaiLpcasi 1 ’ when you can have Bimbo the j Bivens, Brett Frammel, Lupe Gar- ' thei bialnd Rodney Howard. ariesj^While the former group is on the 1 fight card in Las Vegas tonight, in- birds,, voLved in deciding the heavyweight re iniochampion of the world, the latter are among the fighters scheduled to 5oftjlj,compete in the third annual Sigma [ftfidij Phi Epsilon Fraternity Fight Night, scheduled for tonight and Saturday. This year’s event, held in the Brazos County Pavilion, will match W 73 fcghters in four weight classes: lightweight, middleweight, light heavyweight (added this year), and heavyweight. The fighters will be TU coihpeting in two divisions, Greek ' and open. Preliminary bouts will be held Friday from 6 p.m. until mid night and resume at 1 p.m. Satur- |day Finals are scheduled to begin !!! jat v : 3° p.m. Saturday. , ^iWe’re trying to make this as pro- llll/ '4 fessional as possible,” said Gary Childress, this year’s Fight Night Birman. “Last year we bought a regulation ring (20 feet by 20 feet) and this year we spent around a* $800 in new equipment.” The Tr‘ Sig Eps purchased a new canvas and If- mat along with new boxing gloves T--E^«he two-dav affair. 11 re*i Five of last year’s champions are returning to the ring to defend their crowns. Missing from this year’s card is Jay Gilbert, last year’s open division heavyweight champion. “It was all mental with me last year,” Jay Gilbert said. “I’m just not fired up this year. I’m out of shape. “It’s like cliff diving; if you get through it once the fun’s missing the next time. Plus I got my nose bro ken in my first fight last year and had to fight two more fights after that. “But I’m going to be there to watch. This year I’m going to let other people put on tbe show for me.” Seven fraternities and five dorms will be represented, along with other teams entered in the open di vision. The winning team in both the Greek and open division will win a 16-gallon keg of beer and a 30-inch trophy. Second-place finishers will win an 8-gallon keg and a 28-inch trophy. The third place team will win an 8-gallon keg. Each individual winner in each class will win a trophy as well. “The community has really gotten behind us and helped this thing to grow,” Childress said. “We’ve used the area merchants more this year in promoting Fight Night. Even the city has helped out, letting us use park bleachers for the people to sit on.” Seating is available for 1,600 people. A local jewelry store is giving away $2,000 worth of precious stones and an athletic store will give away running shoes to people at the fights. Henry Miller and J.J. Court will handle the referee duties. Miller has 15 years of experience as a re feree of service fights. Court is a student at Texas A&M and has Gol den Glove boxing experience. “We’ve discouraged anyone with ( extensive boxing experience,” Chil- j dress said. “We don’t want any rin- ( gers coming in and winning this | thing. It’s strickly amateur boxing. \ And it’s restricted to A&M students ] only. We will be checking the box- ; ers’ school I.D.s” While many organizations of the i University will be represented, the ! Corps of Cadets won’t. At first, j members of Corps were in favor of! fighting in Fight Night. But partici- i pation was discouraged. “We got no cooperation at all j from the Corps,” Childress said. “At \ first we were going to give them ! their own division, but the head guy | said that if they fought they would ! be supporting our fraternity. All the ; teams dropped out, but two Corps \ members will fight anyway.” nrrsTnnnrtirsirvTrvTrvT'rrroTri 8TnnnnnnnB~g~ J ® - AUTO START -779-7333 Let this be an introductory offer to the newest auto repair shop 4n town. This coupon is worth $5 or 10% off on your first repair job. One per customer good until July 4, 1979. We are located one block off Texas Ave. behind the Bryan Pizza Hut. .10% )dLg.«.a.fl.afl.a 2614 — MALONEY — BRYAN SiSLSJLSULSLSJLJLSL1ULAJLSLJLJLSLSLSLJLJLAJL\ HOME AREA PARTY 1 REFUGIO GOLIAD & DEWITT COUNTIES AT THE BLUE ROOM AT BRIARWOOD SATURDAY MARCH 24 FROM 8 til ? FOR INFORMATION CALL 693-7128 BEER AND MUNCHIES TICKETS ON SALE NOW I’iiradisr Eoiim ls iiml kl I’n'scnI^ 8 p.m. y AAichael m y^urphey Wed. 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