THE BATTALION
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1979
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orld comes to Fort Worth
United Press International
ORT WORTH — In the space of
w magic moments in Montreal
e years ago, she became one of
(bestknown athletes in the world,
er brilliant — to the judges, per-
— performances in the 1976
|mpics made her an international
ine and further enhanced the
e Little (5S P u l ar >ty of gymanstics around the
L* as thet ^ ow ’ h av ‘ n 8 surrendered her
ij ’ remacy and having matured from
se exce ei ijttle girl into a maturing
>gs toseui |ng woman, Nadia Comaneci goes
byPatCMih the top again beginning next
tk at the World Gymnastics
jimpionships.
he championships, being con-
) ted outside Europe for the first
e in the 80 years of their history,
n imence next Sunday with open-
ceremonies featuring 34 nations.
; (otonly will the team, all-around
apparatus titles he decided dur-
the week-long competition, but
| 11 event will determine which 12
flons qualify for the Moscow
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, Mne championships have come to
he United States, at least in part,
1 "I"" Hause of a change in the frequency
P 11 ” i' 1 f t!ic event. Previously the world
> ant ! Wmpionships have been held ev-
|four years. Now, because of the
mlarity of gymnastics, they are to
held in every odd numbered
r. That alternation means that for
first time the world meet will be
p in back-to-back years.
IWe felt there were few countries
! t could put together the machin-
ustice Dcf f or hosting these games on such
to eliminjj r t notice,” said Frank Bare, vice
in intercol jjjgjjt Q f th e International Gym-
d he hope! j cs Federation (FIG). “We felt it
1 exas Awl our turn to host these games, we
we were ready and we felt it was
e for the Europeans to say, ‘OK,
erica, here’s your chance.”
he city of Fort Worth was chosen
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facilities needed by the world’s best
gymnasts.
The Soviet Union’s Nicolai
Andrianov is expected to continue
his stranglehold on the men’s all-
around championship and the Rus
sians and Japanese should have a fu
rious fight for the team title.
But it will be the women who draw
the most interest and the highlight
there will be the attempted com
eback of Comaneci.
Between her success in Montreal
and the 1978 world championships
in Strasbourg, Comaneci gained 20
pounds and grew SVz inches. She
finished fourth in the all-around and
her domination of the sport
appeared to be over.
But by the time the European
championships arrived last May in
Copenhagen, she had lost 10 of those
excess pounds and again was
crowned champion — capturing the
all-around, the vault and the floor
exercise.
Now, in prepration for the 1980
Olympics, she will try to prove she is
again best in the world.
“I saw her last in Strasbourg and
she was not in shape at all,” said
Linda Mulvihill, who will coach the
American women at the world cham
pionships. “She was heavy then. But
I saw her on television recently and
she has lost a lot of weight.
“She really looks strong and I
think she will win. In gymnastics you
can’t stay at your peak forever. Peo
ple that aren’t in the sport don’t
understand.
“After Montreal, when she made
all those 10’s, she had been compet
ing at such a high peak level for so
long, her body and mind had to take
a rest and a break.
“She is at the age where your body
puts on extra weight and makes it
harder to come back. But I think she
will.”
“The Russians should win the
team title in the women’s competi
tion and the Romanian’s should be
second. We’d like to try to challenge
East Germany for third.
“Japan has traditionally won the
team title in the men, but we don’t
know what they have in the way of
new talent. The Japanese and Rus
sians should battle for first place.
Our basic goal is for third and the
East Germans will be our biggest
competition.”
Kurt Thomas, who won a gold
medal in the floor exercise at last
year’s world championships, and
who finished sixth overall, is Amer
ica’s best hope for a major break
through.
“We would like to think Kurt has a
chance, particularly since the cham
pionships are in this country,” said
Bare. “But Andrianov is defending
Olympic and world champion and he
has to be the favorite.”
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Hogs hoping to meet Sooners
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There have been only two things
the people over at the Cotton Bowl
have been afraid of for their Jan. I
game:
— A chill factor of minus 14 like
they had last New Year’s Day.
— And Texas vs. Oklahoma.
They still have to sweat out the
weather, but that second possibility
has been wiped out. Neither the
Longhorns nor Sooners, who meet
each other in the Cotton Bowl every
October, will be making a return
apperance this season.
A Texas-Oklahoma rematch had
been one of the chances Cotton Bowl
officials took when they made a deal
to take the runner-up in the Big
Eight Conference.
“But it was a chance we had to
take,” one of them said last week.
“You just look around and see what
was left for us to do. ”
Oklahoma took the heat off Satur
day afternoon, however, by knock
ing off previously unbeaten Nebras
ka, 17-14, and earning a trip to the
Orange Bowl as winner of the Big
Eight. That leaves Nebraska coming
to the Cotton Bowl Jan. 1.
Then, on Saturday night, Arkan
sas’ 31-7 victory over SMU in Little
Rock not only wrapped up at least a
share of the Southwest Conference
championship for the Razorbacks,
but it knocked Texas — which suf
fered two key injuries in its win over
Baylor — out of the Cotton Bowl
race.
If Texas wins next Saturday
against Texas A&M, Arkansas will be
the host team in the Cotton Bowl. If
Texas loses and Houston beats Rice,
Houston will come to Dallas.
So there is another week to wait
before the bowl is filled, but if it
turns out to be an Arkansas-
Nebraska matchup it would be just
fine with the merchants of Dallas.
Arkansas and Nebraska have two
of the largest, most loyal followings
in college football and businessmen
in Dallas still remember with fond
ness the matchup between those two
teams in the 1965 Cotton Bowl.
Arkansas, Texas and Houston all
won their games last weekend by
doing what they do best — the
Razorbacks seizing on enemy errors
and moving the ball crisply, the Lon
ghorns bashing the opponent over
the head with their awesome de
fense and the Cougars coming from
behind, as they have had to do in six
of their nine victories this year.
The Hogs ran over mistake-prone
SMU, 31-7, with quarterback Kevin
Scanlon throwing three touchdown
passes; the Horns shut out Baylor,
13-0, allowing only two first downs;
and the Cougars overcame a 10-0
deficit against Texas Tech on Friday
to win, 14-10. In the other game on
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the schedule, Texas A&M had a sur
prisingly easy time whipping TCU,
30-7.
That left Arkansas, Houston and
Texas in a virtual tie for the league
lead with one conference loss, but
Arkansas is through with its season
and thus can be declared a cham
pion.
“We have our share of the title,”
said Arkansas coach Lou Holtz.
“Someone else may share it with us.
When something is that good,
maybe it ought to be shared.
“It was great to win a champion
ship, especially in a year the league
is considered tougher than it’s ever
been.”
In Austin, the Longhorns were ex
tra impressive on defense, but A.J.
Jones, the conference’s second lead
ing rusher, suffered a damaged knee
and will miss not only the finale
against Texas A&M but will not play
in the Longhorn’s bowl apperance as
well. Texas also lost backup running
back Rodney Tate with a separated
shoulder.
If the favorites — Texas and Hous
ton— win next week, the Longhorns
will take on either Alabama or Geor
gia in the Sugar Bowl and Houston
will face Washington in the Sun
Bowl.
Should Texas be upset, however,
Houston would be in the Cotton
Bowl, Arkansas would go to the
Sugar Bowl and Texas would be the
Sun Bowl team.
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ENTRIES OPEN:
Monday, November 26, 1979
Entries are limited so enter early. When all spots are full,
late entries will be taken.
ENTRIES CLOSE:
Tuesday, December 4, 1979
5:00 p.m. DeWare Fieldhouse
ENTRY FEE: $5.00 Per Team
PLAY BEGINS:
Wednesday, January 16, 1980
A-B: Corps, Fish, Men’s and Women’s Dorms and Independent,
and Co-Rec. C: Men’s, Women’s and Co-Rec.
There will be a Team Captain’s Meeting
Thursday, December 12, 5:15 p.m. Rudder Theater.
Round Robin League Play in Classes A, B and C, with ail teams qualifying for single
elimination playoffs in classes A, B, and C (No class C awards).