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Page 12 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1979 Fantastic Animation Festival March 23 8:00 p.m. Rudder Theatre 14 Short Masterpieces of Animation Aggie notes Baseball team faces Owls After sitting in the clubhouse watching the rain wash away four scheduled games this week, it looks as though the Texas A&M baseball team finally get td take the field once again. The Aggies travel to Houston today to face Rice in a three-game Southwest Conference series. Mark Ross will start on the mound for the Aggies this afternoon at 3 p.m. Saturday’s double-header will have Mark Thurmond pitching in the first game, which begins at 1 p.m., and John Pockrus pitching in the night cap. The series will feature two of the conference’s best pitchers, Thur mond and Rice’s Allan Ramirez. “I think Mark Thurmond is the premier pitcher in the Southwest Conference,” Texas A&M coach Tom Chandler seid. “But Allan Ramirez has broken all of the strike out records at their school. He has a real fine arm. I guess ae’s kinda like their franchise. “Allan might be just a shade faster than Mark. But Mark has better lo cation of his pitches, better com mand of his pitches.” Ramirez will start today’s game for the Owls. Women s track It’s being billed as the Texas A&M Relays but the track meet will be held in Bryan. Kyle Field is normally the home track for the STEP mu THE FUTURE WITH flJR H3RCE TECHIXQJLDIGV IMMEDIATE OPENINGS TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES. Lasers. Space systems design. Electro-optic sensors. Nuclear energy. Air Force scientists, engineers, and other technology-oriented personnel are at the forefront of technology's fast-moving and complex frontiers. YOU CAN JOIN THIS GREAT TEAM if your degree is in a technology-oriented field such as engineering . . . computer science . . . mathematics . . . meteorology or physics. Comple tion of Air Force Officer Training School launches you on a challenging career and into the future. 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You need only one sip to recognize the clearly superior uality and taste of Id Grand-Dad. Cheers! event but stadium construction forced the relocation to nearby Bryan High School. 15 teams are entered in the Uni versity and College division and 30 high school teams will compete in the High School division. “We should do very well against some of the best teams in the state,” said Aggie Lady track coach David Williams. Williams said his team should finish in the top three. Other fa- vorties include: Texas Woman’s University, Prairie View A&M and North Texas State. In the high school battle, Bryan High and A&M consolidated are ex pected to hold their own against state powers Fort Worth Trimble Tech and Galveston Ball. The prelims begin at 9 a.m. and finals start at 5 p.m. Softball Hobbled by injuries (Mary Lou Wargo, broken ankle and Karen Guerrero, sprained knee) the Aggie Lady softball team returns to the road for the Sooner Invitational in Norman, Okla. The tournament is the largest in vitational in the nation with 24 teams competing for the cham pionship. Among the favorites are Ohio State, Northwestern, Univer sity of Nebraska-Omaha, Texas Woman’s University, Minnesota and Texas A&M. The Aggie Ladies open play with defending champion Southwest Missouri. The Bears finished seventh nationally last year. Also in A&M’s pool are Kansas State and Northwestern. ing pitcher for the Ags with Shan non Murray (2-1) hurling the second contest. The Aggie Ladies are 3-3 for the year. Mens track Sami Evans (1-2) will be the start- .I..... ...... The Texas Aggie men’s track team will compete in the City of Palms Invitational in McAllen. Other teams entered are Houston, Rice, Texas and Baylor. A&M will be without the services of two-time NCAA Indoor 60-yard dash cham pion Curtis Dickey for this meet. Dickey will be one of the honorees at the A&M football awards cere mony Saturday night. Only two Aggies competed in the SMU Invitational track meet last weekend, but came back with three first places. Weightman Tim Scott had a career best throw of Mil the discus, almost 10 feet bel than his previous best of li|| Scott also won the shot put uil 58-foot-6-inch effort. Mike Mul won the pole vault with a leaf \ 15-0. Football The Texas A&M Football Aw SPON MSC CRAFTS & ARTS OMMITT66 RUDDER FOUNTMN WEED and TEHUR. - APRL 'TB and TS - 9 SPIVt MTISTS CRAFTSMEN ....... f YOU LUANT TO DEPIPY AND SGLLYOUR WORKS IN TH€ SHOW. SIGN-t P M THE mSC CRAFT SHOP. FOR INFORTHATION CALL 845-1631 Sign up begins March 26 in the Craft Shop. Program will be held Saturday 7:30 p.m. in room 224 of the MS Special award presentations be made to the captains, All-SI players, All-America players, sion MVP winners and Hall of Fi Bowl award winners. The liig!i| of the ceremony will be the pres tation of the Aggie Heart Aw; A&M President Jarvis Miller, Head coach Tom Wilson wil troduce his staff and honor thei iors from the 1978 team which j 8-4 and beat Iowa State in the Hi Fame Bowl. u< Golf spi gi' col The Texas A&M golfteama petes in the tough Morris Wil Invitational tournament in As today through Sunday. There an of the top teams in the nation eluding Arizona State, Oklak |r State and Ohio State as wellaslD top SWC teams. Playing for the Aggies will! Steve Bowman, Doug Wr Richard Cromwell, Brad Jones Dave Ogrin. Last week the Aggies com[«i in the Pinehurst Intercollegi Tournament in Pinehurst, NX, finished fifth out of 28 teams. S Bowman led the Aggies withil and tied for sixth individually had 233, Cromwell 234, Jones! Biff Alexander 241 and Ogrin il Rugby The Texas A&M Rugby teau feated the San Antonio Rugby! 21-0 and moved into fourth plan state rugby competition. 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