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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
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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.
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DIXIE
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College Station
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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
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lineman in college footbal.
Ritcher, a 6-3, 245-poun<l
was credited with inakiid
“impossible” for a centerto)
He beat eight other finii
come 34th recipient of thei
Other contenders indu
Football Writers’ All-Amei
offensive linemen Jim Bui
bama, Ken Fritz of Ohio St
Buckle of Southern Califaj
Greg Kolenda of Arkansas!
fensive linemen Jim Shi
Clemson, Bruce ClarkofPe
Curt Greer of Michigan ai
McMichael of Texas.
Formal presentation ofl
will be made early next yean
tie at the Gold Helmet
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DRIVE-THRU
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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
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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
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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
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