Page 10 THE BATTALION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1979 Lemons sweet on Aggies United Press International Abe Lemons, Texas Longhorns basketball coach and pundit, had just finished a lengthy sermon based on the theory that you can’t believe ev erything you read. “I read these books (press brochures from the individual col leges) and they rave about every player,’ said Lemons. “It says this player has good quickness and excel- lenhjumping ability and really hus tles. And I look at his statistics and I see he averages three points a game. “Some year I’m going to write the book. And it’s going to say, T wish I had never recruited this player. He has eaten $5,000 worth of groceries and cost us $10,000 overall and he’s scored one point. He’s a dog. ”’ After the proper number of chuck les had been elicited, Lemons paused for a minute and said. “You know the thing about this league? It’s nasty. Real nasty.” The Southwest Conference, which during the last five years has barged into the national conscious ness as a league in which basketball is played, begins all that nastiness again Saturday. Seven of the nine SWC teams will open Saturday night to start a season in which all the pressure is on Texas A&M. Since the Aggies return a front line of 6-8 Vernon Smith, 6-6 Rynn Wright and 6-11 Rudy Woods, A&M is the unanimous choice of the league’s coaches to win the South west Conference and make the largest impact on the national level. “Texas A&M can play in the NBA,’’ said Baylor coach Jim Haller in a typical comment. But, as good as A&M should be, the Aggies will have plenty of sweat as they struggle through the confer ence schedule. After all, it is hard for any team to win in places like Lub bock, Fayetteville, Austin and Houston. “I kind of look for there to be another tie this year (Texas and A&M tied last season),” said Lemons. “There are a lot of teams that can beat the other teams. I put Texas Tech in that category and Barcelona Your place in the sun, Spacious Apartments with New Carpeting Security guard, well lighted parking areas, close to cam pus and shopping areas, on the shuttle bus route. 700 Dominik, College Station 693-0261 Texas Ave. BARCELONA Whataburger A&M Golf Course yv\ f McDonald's SMU. And I know Guy Lewis (the Houston coach) thinks he has a good team. “I put Texas A&M and Arkansas in a tie. Arkansas has been to the wars and they’ve been to the top and it’s not easy to get those people out of there when they’ve played like they have in the past.” Most of the SWC teams have already seen action against interna tional teams touring the United States. SMU and Texas Tech, for in stance, have lost to the Russians and Poles while Baylor and Texas have defeated the Greeks and Canadians. “I wish Canada was in our league, ” said Lemons, demonstrating why he never considered joining the diplo matic corps. “If they were we’d be sure to win two games.” The official action starts Friday with Texas hosting Northwestern Louisiana, Houston at home against Arizona, Rice traveling to Vanderbilt and Texas A&M taking part in the Alaska Tournament at Anchorage. On Saturday evening Arkansas starts up at home against Loyola (Calif.), Baylor will visit Brigham Young, SMU will be at home against Tulane, TCU hosts Texas-Arlington and Texas Tech entertains West Texas State. The SWC has lost some talented players to graduation this year — Sidney Moncrief at Arkansas, Vinnie Johnson at Baylor and most of the Texas starting lineup, Jim Krivacs, Tyrone Branyan, John Moore and Phillip Stroud. But Texas recruited well this sea son, the center point of the Lon ghorns’ freshmen class being 6-10 LaSalle Thompson from Cincinnati. Among the top players returning this year will be Arkansas center Scott Hastings, Baylor forward Terry Teagle, Houston guard Ken Wil liams and SMU forward Brad Branson. Unit* IRAN- airspace Itlah Ri' Mini; an ir and ir do so b; to the Is I Iranian general I [5-memb .this afte Jon in Ira leans are unbassv Putting the squeeze on the Juice' . ByANG] Texas A&M tailback Johnny ‘Juice’ Hector is stopped short of 0,1 20 carries. Hector got the nickname Juice in higlutff i the goal line he’s concentrating on hy a TCU defender. Hector am l says that O. J. Juice Simpson has been his idol fonBilycles an< started in the place of Curtis Dickey who may be out for the years. |:|B : they d c Texas game this week. Hector finished the day with 68 yards Battalion photo by faioiB DIXIE CHICKEN SALOON 307 University Drive College Station Beer on Crushed Ice Progressive Country Music Hangdown Sausage Cheddar Cheese on the Wheel Authentic Turn of the Century Texana N.C. State’s Ritcher wins Outland Tro United Press International OKLAHOMA CITY — The Foot ball Writers Association has named North Carolina State’s Jim Ritcher winner of the 1979 Outland Award, honoring the outstanding interior ALTERATIONS' IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING — SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS ‘DON'T GIVE UP — WE LL MAKE IT FIT!” AT WELCH’S CLEANERS WE NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCELLENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE SPE CIALIZE IN ALTERING HARD TO FIT EVENING DRESSES, TAPERED SHIRTS, JEAN HEMS, WATCH POCKETS. ETC (WE RE JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTH OF FED MART.) WELCH’S CLEANERS 3819 E. 29th (TOWN & COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER^ lineman in college footbal. Ritcher, a 6-3, 245-pounarate rc and hi pd by stu ie the c areas of Bette and reg of the i Jnse in tl us bike-i Ions to th jsed sol from ee the 28 s falmost all dst, but i Id be trie' :d. lutions c [, restrict ■ ramps ai Jle traffic I WINDOW At University Drive The Winner’s Circle CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS 31 miles Men’s Individual - Don Kirby - 15:04* Women’s Individual - Gail Zieschany - 18:16* Men’s Team - Gruene Hall 15:26 Tinker Murray 17:06 Steve Zinkgraf \ 15:04 Don Kirby 47:36* Women’s Team - Tinker’s Tonkers 22:32 Carolyn Key 20:48 Terri Hunter 24:17 Chris Muenster 67:34* Co-Rec - Seandia II 17:45 Lance Freeman 18:23 Tommy Bruns 20:48 Terri Hunter 22:32 Carolyn Key 79:28* LONG-DRIVING CONTEST RESULTS Men - Steve Griseom - 195 yds. 2 ft. 10”* Women - Jame Brickline - 148 yds.* indicates a new record Up, Up In The Sky Acknowledgments This ad is sponsored by your local McDonald Restaurants at University Drive and Manor East Mall. Stories by Michelle Wolstein, Pictures by Gary Reyes. WE WANT AND NEED YOUR OPINIONS! Recreation Survey The Intramural office is seeking help from the Students Faculty and Staff ofTexas A&M University. IfYou have played in Class C Competi tion please respond to the questions listed below. Your opinions will help us to serve you better in our Class C programming. Check One: Male Female 2. Please respond YES or NO 1. Do you prefer a recreational (fun) atmosphere with win ning as a secondary goal? Did the elimination of awards and points help improve the recreational atmosphere in Class C. In Class C would you prefer to play 4 to 6 regular season games and have no playoffs for a champion? Will you continue to play Class C if no awards or points are offered? What sports have you played in Class C in the past? Please list the activities. 3. 4. 5. 6. If you have some helpful comments of suggestions please note them below. CLIP AND RETURN TO THE INTRAMURAL OFFICE IN DE ! WARE FIELDHOUSE. The Texas A&M University Sport Parachute Club is alive and jumping. The Club is fielding a team again this year to compete in the Collegiate National Parachute Meet in Marana, Arizona. At last year’s nationals, William Caldwell and Stan Moore com peted on the second-place Relative Work Team, the “Mudd Divers ”. A relative work is a four-man team who dive together and form varioiis formations while in free fall. This year’s team consists of: Carole Horrigan, Diane Ecklund, Tommy Cannon, Mike Sartor, Mike Windsor, and William Cald well. The team will travel to Arizo na on Dec. 26. The 27th will be a practice day while official competi tion begins on the 28th and con tinues through the 30th. The competition events include accuracy, style, and relative work. After competition, a Boogie (fun jumping) will be held in Coolidge, Arizona. The team is looking for ward to both the competition and the fun of this upcoming event. (Article submitted by the Parachute Club) Runners in the Intramural’s Cross Country Run prepare themselves before the start of the 3 mile race Lots a Luck Eases Over N. Nightriders IM Picks Football Well, he’s trying it again — this time for all-University champs. W whiz, we hope you did ’em right. Here are his picks for all-Universit)' In Polo: A&M vs. t.u. This weekend preceeding the A&M vs. tu football game, the Texas A&M Polo Club will carry on the same rivalry, but on horseback. The Polo Club is hosting a tour nament complete with a barbeque. On December 1, at 9 a.m., the first game will be between McFadden Ranch and the Houston Polo Club. The big game is at 10:30 a.m. when A&M and tu match up. The barbe que will be served during half time at 11 a.m. The Diamond Darlings and Chi Omega will serve the meal. All spectators are welcome to come share in the barbeque. The winners of the two games and the losers will play again on Sunday, December 2, at a time to be announced. Class C Volleyball is a courtfull of fun and often fairly close in points. Play is less difficult, but just as exciting and filled with imagina tive and spontaneous plays. Nola Ann Boyd, Kenny Munsell, Cindy Vaughn, Mark Andrews, Kelly Stewart, and Brad Furry comprised the winning team. Nightriders included Carolyn Bulovas, Don Siebenmorgan, Karen Higbee, Mike Glenn, and Dana Marton. The three games of the match were fairly close, especially the first two as both teams competed as energetically as possible. By the third game, fatigue was showing its effect and the game was filled with errors. The first game went to N. Night- riders 13-15, but Lotsa Luck hop ped on the express train to win the last two 15-12 and 15-9. Men’s Class A Sebek’s Bunch MIST Running Bucks Women’s Class A Briggs Jokers Spence Superstars CoRec Class A MOB Art/. Army Sehocker Club Men’s Class B Wizards Pumps DG Daug’s Daw Women’s Class B Mosher Maggies Trouble BSU CoRec Class B Chamblin Wild Bund Dr. J and Geolog)’ In The Basket mo 5 c Ready for the of one-on-one? Basketball entries are opening to day, but entries are limited due to the number of courts we have to play on. Basketball is the second largest intramural sport, so get your en tries in as soon as possible. Entries must include names, phone num bers, and mailing addresses of team managers and team captains. Also know when your team can and cannot play. The entry fee is $5 per team. The team captain s meeting will be December 11 (Tuesday) at 5:15 in Rudder Theater. Games will start early next semester, so hustle on down and sign your team up! MomV.w, NovemW Playoffs Begin: Volleyball Finals - All University: Table Tennis, 7 p.m. Room 256 of G. RoJlie White CoRec Wednesday, Noveinl Men’s & Women’s Thursday, NoveniM Flickerball Tuesday, Nov. 27, and Wed., No' (check for specific times and lixiiti in tlie Iiitniinunil Of Entries Open: Basketball Monday, Novempet Entries are limited, so eiiU‘i i' J J i