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By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Staff
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(mess with Muhammad Ali.
— “The Greatest” Sept. 25, 1979
[ want to publicly thank the members of both the Great Issues
mmittee and Black Awareness for bringing Muhammad Ali to
pus Tuesday. Meeting “The Champ” is the highlight of my short
er.
As Ali pointed out to the members of the press he addressed Tues-
iy afternoon, there is an entire generation of people in this country
it has grown up hearing stories of Ali, boxing’s only three-time
orkl Champion.
I was seven years old when Ali, fresh from winning the gold medal
the 1964 Olympic Games, defeated Sonny Liston for the
ivyweight crown.
For the past 15 years I have followed his career, once reaching the
lint that I had my brother, then working as a sports announcer on a
k> station in Dallas, call me after each round of the first Ali-Joe
taper fight to read the round-by-round wire reports.
The man had me in his power.
Last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone,
italized a brick,
so mean I make medicine sick.
After being around Ali for 10 minutes, I could see how complex the
ian really was. I had only seen the show-business Ali, the clown that
ade brash statements about his prowess and boxing expertise. But
hen off camera and away from the stage, Ali let his inner person out.
His reason for coming to campus Tuesday was to give a talk on
iture world peace. He was asked by a member of the local media
hat his qualifications were to speak on such a subject, being a boxer
iy profession.
Ali answered frankly and honestly. He is the most recognized per-
nality in the world. Because of that reason, he has been able to
et with the most powerful men on this planet.
Ali had just recently returned from the Soviet Union where he was
ited by the heads of that country to come and stage a boxing
libition. It was the first time a professional athlete had ever per
med in the USSR.
After the exhibition, he was invited to visit with Leonid Brezhnev
the Kremlin. Following their public talk, Ali asked, and was
nted, that the press leave the room so he and Brezhnev could
ak in private.
They did, for 45 minutes, one-on-one. Ali does carry some weight
this world.
The heart is like a net
here fish of love are caught
Those of you who attended his talk on world peace Tuesday night
card the spiritual side of Ali. As he pointed out, he speaks from the
eart, using no notes for reference.
The man, who never finished high school, proved he is an orator.
If all you saw was Ali’s speech, you missed a lot of the real Ali.
You missed Ali walking through campus talking to anyone who
anted to stop and talk. You missed Ali going over to Kyle Field to
ee the football team as they worked out.
You missed Aggie head coach Tom Wilson give Ali an A&M hat and
from Caldwel
s a spikerfortli ratch 'The Champ” wear it around Kyle. You missed Ali squaring-off
/ith Aggie basketball player Vernon Smith doing a little play-boxing,
tnd you missed Ali, with the Aggie team gathered around him,
bally sparring with anyone who wanted to challenge him at a game
Twits. There were few takers. I
I was able to talk to him, listen to his questions and comments and
>lk to the man who I feel Tve known for the past 15 years.
Before he-deft, he signed two pictures of himself for me. Somebody
lay be able to take those pictures from me, but for as long as I live,
II always have the memory of meeting the greatest; Muhammad Ali.
If I tell you that a mosquito can pull a plow,
hn’t ask how,
fust hitch him up.
THE BATTALION Page 15
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1979
Aggies to take on top Texas teams
By CAROLYN BLOSSER
Battalion Staff
The women’s volleyball team will
host the Texas A&M Invitational
Tournament this weekend at G. Rol-
lie White Coliseum. The Aggies will
compete against Lamar University
and the University of Texas at Ar
lington (UTA), two of the top 20
teams in the nation according to
A&M coach Dave Schakel.
A&M begins play Friday at 2:30
p.m. against Lamar and faces UTA
at 7:30 that evening. Lamar will
have a match against UTA at 5 p.m.
On Saturday the Aggies play UTA
at noon and Lamar at 3 p.m. UTA
faces Lamar at 9:00 in the morning.
Schakel expects an intense tour
nament with no easy matches.
“Every match will be 3-out-of-5
games and will be against the top
teams in the state and two of the
better teams in the country,” he
said.
Last weekend the Aggies tied for
first in the University of Houston
Tournament. After being shutout
0-15 in the first game of their match
against Houston, who is ranked
ninth in the nation, the Aggies ral-
| lied to win the next two games and
the match, 15-9 and 15-10.
A&M also defeated UTA and
Texas Lutheran two games to one.
In their final match of the one-day
tournament, the Aggies faced
Lamar after having played five
hours straight in three back-to-back
matches. Lamar defeated A&M
15-5, 8-15, 16-18, but later lost to
Houston, thus making it a three-way
tie for first.
Going into the tournament this
weekend A&M’s season record
stands at 8-3. Lamar is 9-3 and UTA
5-6.
Schakel says he has already seen a
lot of improvement in his young
squad during the three weeks
they’ve been playing. With only
three of last year’s players returning
to the 1979 team along with six new
freshmen, it was questionable
whether the Aggies could maintain
their top ranking of eighth in the na
tion and continue to be the top team
in Texas.
As the season progresses, any
doubts that the Aggies won’t be able
to repeat last year’s performance are
slowly disappearing.
Schakel singled out his three
“veteran” sophomores for sparking
last weekend’s play.
“Nancy Dunn was the outstand
ing player for A&M in the tourna
ment, he said. “I felt her spiking
was the best in the tournament.”
He also cited Kristen Bloom’s set
ting as the best in the tournament.
“She’s by far the best setter in Texas
and one of the top setters in the
country,” he said.
One of A&M’s most dangerous
threats is the spiking of Krista
Sodich. “She plays with such inten
sity and spikes the ball so hard, that
many opponents can’t protect them
selves from being hit by the ball,”
Schakel said.
The three starting freshmen for
A&M are Sue Wetzel, Ann Yardley
and Elizabeth Echternach.
“All three have improved a great
deal in three weeks and have been a
contributing factor to our success at
this point,” Schakel said. “Suzanne
Askew has come off the bench sev
eral times to spark victories and has
helped in several clutch matches.”
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