Page 10 THE BATTALION
MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1980
3rd-ranked Horns
zap Ladies, 78-46
By JON HEIDTKE
Sports Reporter
It just wouldn’t have been imagin
able for both Texas A&M basketball
teams to register victories over the
Texas Longhorns in their Super
Drum Saturday, so with that in
mind, the Aggie Ladies dropped a
78-46 decision to the vastly superior
Longhorn women.
The Longhorns, unbeaten, rank
ed third in the country and just off a
convincing win over Stephen F. Au
stin the night before, got off to a slow
start, but outscored the Aggies 22-4
over a seven minute span in the first
half to take a commanding 53-23 half
time lead.
Kelley Sullivan hit a short jumpter
to cut the Longhorn lead to 21-15
with 11:30 to go in the first period,
but then the Longhorns, using a
pressing defense and taking advan
tage of miserable shooting by the
Aggies, put their blitzkrieg offense
to work and put the game on ice by
intermission.
“Texas has a real fine team,” said
head coach Cherri Rapp, “and it’s no
disgrace to get beat by them. I’m
disappointed because we didn’t play
better, but this doesn’t mean we
don’t have a good basketball team. ”
The Aggies, who had been shoot
ing at a 45.7 clip for the season, had a
hard time even hitting the rim in the
first period, connecting on only nine
of 34 shots for a less-than-spectacular
26.4 percent, compared to the Lon
ghorns blixtering first half percen
tage of 61.5 percent (24 out of 39).
“We didn’t shoot well and we
didn’t handle the ball well,” said
Rapp, “but Texas had something to
do with that. They are a fine defen
sive team.”
In the second half. Longhorn head
coach Jody Conradt cleared her
bench and the fired up second team-
ers outscored the listless Aggies the
remainder of the contest, 24-23. The
22-4 1st period spurt seemed to take
the life out of the Aggies, who never
looked like the team that routed Sam
Houston State last Tuesday night.
Looking toward Olympics
Kerr top 400 prospect
Staff photo by Lynn Blanco
Great Britton!
David Britton, Texas A&M guard, drives against Texas’ John
Danks in Saturday action in Austin. The Aggies won the tele
vised contest 56-53 to remain undefeated and in first place in
the Southwest Conference. The Aggies host Houston tonight
at 8 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Haffner leaves Ag position
for Georgia coaching post
Texas A&M University offensive
coordinator George Haffner will join
the University of Georgia football
coaching staff, Georgia Coach Vince
Dolley announced Saturday. Haff
ner will again be offensive coordi
nator.
Haffner, who coached at Texas
A&M for one year, replaces Bill
Pace, who is going to Tennessee as
an assistant head coach.
“We are pleased to have George
join our staff to head up our offense, ”
Dooley said. “He is regarded as one
of the best offensive coaches in the
country.”
Haffner, 38, played quarterback
and defensive back at McNeese
State, and had coached at Florida
State, Pittsburgh and Iowa State be
fore coming to A&M.
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Two games tonight
Texas A&M’s women’s basket
ball team will be trying to bounce
back from Saturday’s disappoint
ing loss to Texas tonight when
they host the Houston Cougars.
Meanwhile, the men’s team
will be gearing up for another
game in their search for South
west Conference gold.
The Aggie women had a five-
game winning string snapped by
Texas Saturday, 78-46. The
ladies are currently ranked fifth
in the state and a win over the
Cougars would certainly help
their chances of moving up.
The men, riding a seven-game
winning streak, could make their
way back into the national polls
with a strong win over Houston.
The women will play at 5:30
p.m., while the men will start at
8 p.m. The men’s game is being
televised on cable television to a
select market.
The doors to G. Rollie White
Coliseum will open at 5 p.m.
and, as with all home games, the
doors will close when the Col
iseum is filled.
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By STEVE SISNEY
Sports Staff
Aided by a second place finish in
the 400 meter dash at the Vitalis
U.S. Olympic Invitational Meet in
New York’s Madison Square Garden
last weekend, Leslie Kerr has be
come one of Texas A&M’s leading
contenders for a berth on the 1980
United States Olympic team.
Having run only thrice indoors so
far this season, Kerr has shattered
the previous school indoor record of
48.5 seconds twice. He was clocked
at 48.23 on his first attempt, and
cruised to a 48.1 in New York.
“I was real excited about my per
formance in New York,” said Kerr,
current Southwest Conference in
door record holder. “With this being
an Olympic year, I need this kind of
national exposure.”
Possibly an even faster time
eluded Kerr at this meet as first place
winner Mike Cameron of UTEP who
won in 47.3, did not have to run
against Kerr, since the finals were
held in two separate heats.
Assistant track coach Ted Nelson
feels Kerr, “has a good chance of
making the Olympic team. But,
there are about 10 excellent quarter-
milers in the U. S., so it is going to be
tough to make one of the three spots
on the team.”
The threat of competition doesn’t
deter Kerr, though, as he continues
his twice daily workouts, getting in
shape for the long spring track sea
son ahead.
“To be the best, you’ve got to de
vote the time to it,” Kerr said. “It
(running) has to be the main thing in
your life.”
The quarter-mile oval has played a
dominant role in Kerr’s life over the
past five years. It provided him the
opportunity to compete in the World
University Games in Mexico City
(where he placed fourth), and to
come to Texas A&M. He was the first
the sprints, became the class AA
100-yard champion his junior year,
and was both the 100- and 200-yanl
dash champion his senior year.
“When he came here, he was a
good sprinter, but not quite good
enough to be a consistent winner
After we saw him run the 400, we
knew that was where he should be ”
Nelson said.
Kerr had little trouble adjustinj
from the one-lane track at Snook to
the eight lane-all weather tracks of
most major colleges. During bis
freshman year, he lost only three
races, and became the SWC outdoor
champ.
Leslie Kerr
athlete from nearby Snook, Texas,
ever to receive a full four-year scho
larship.
His coaches currently consider
him the second best quarter-miler
ever at Texas A&M, behind Curtis
Mills, who in 1969 set a world record
at 44.7 seconds.
Head Track Coach Charlie Tho
mas feels, “Les is coming along
quickly and still has a lot of poten
tial.”
“I feel he can run under 45 flat,”
added Nelson. “But to do this, Kerr
is going to have to work exceptional
ly hard.”
Kerr’s best time at 400 meters is
45.51, coming last year at the NCAA
national finals in Champaign, Ill.,
where he finished second.
Surprisingly, Kerr had not even
run 440 yards competitively until his
freshman year at Texas A&M.
During his high school career at
Snook, Kerr had stuck exclusively to
“Being from a little school, I
wanted to show everyone that 1
could make it,” Kerr said.
With the list of accolades he has
already accumulated under his belt,
it is a safe bet to say that Kerr has
“made it.”
Although recruited by many col
leges while a high school senior, it
was the poultry science farm that
proved to be the key factor in Kerrs
coming to A&M.
While in high school, Kerr partici
pated in a co-op program at the poul
try science farm, and it was during
his work there that he was able to
meet enough people and see enough
of the University to convince him to
come and join the Aggie track squad.
Kerr still has continued his in
terest in agriculture. The junior is
majoring in poultry science. He is
the first to admit, though, that his
studies have taken a backseat to his
track career.
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But to Kerr, it is all part of the
game. “If you really want something
you must be willing to pay the
price,” he said.
With his eyes toward the Olym
pics, Leslie Kerr seems willing; only
time will tell if he is able.
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Play Begins:
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H-2 had a hard time making bas
kets against the S-2 Marauders, but
they gave S-2 a hard time on the
courts. It was over a minute after
the initial tip-off before Keith Au
stin made the first score of the
game for S-2.
Ed Gardener, Doug Heard, Dan
Roffee, and Doug Trawick led the
H-2 anti-Marauder strategy. S-2’s
every score was challenged by an
CAUGHT IN THE AC
TION this week were the
sideline supporters of K-l’s
Fish basketball team.
Throughout the game
against the M-l Meds Fish,
the guys on the sidelines did
yells and cheered the
roundballers on the court.
Vivid support and good
sportsmanship was evident
during the entire game.
Bert Garcia, Tom Van
Dyke, Bryan Wendt,
Roberto Garcia, Mike
Makar, Kenneth Doman,
and Robert Peterson can
take credit for being the
Aggie Spirit behind the
Kayo-K’s Best victory over
M-l 23-9.
For The
Record
H-2 work-out. Austin tallied the
next four points and assisted
Michael Branum for the next score
off the backboards.
The game moved extensively
across the courts and Trawick
scored two points for H-2 with 39
seconds left in the half. S-2 lead at
the Half 20-2.
The action quickened and
roughened in the second half hus
tle for points. H-2 tried a valient
come back as Gardener racked up
eight points and Chris May scored
two points. H-2 held S-2 to only
five points in the second half. The
final score showed S-2 victorious
25-14.
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