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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1980
sports
Hogs beat Texas, still in SWC race
fourth-ranked Baidi
By TONY GALLUCCI
Sports Editor
The Arkansas Razorbacks stayed
in the heat of the Southwest
Conference basketball race Saturday
with an electrifying 60-59 win over
Texas, and in so doing showed the
Aggies just how lonely it is at the top.
Texas A&M, now 17-5 overall and
9-0 in conference, is at Texas Tech in
Lubbock tonight for what promises
to be another heart-thumper.
Arkansas was a winner at the buzzer
in Lubbock last week, in overtime,
and Tech has been as cruel to the Ags
as they have been to Arkansas.
Head coach Shelby Metcalf takes
his charges into the contest with few
changes in strategy.
“Basically we ll be the same,” he
said. “We’ve worked on our presses
a little more, but, hopefully we won’t
have to use them.”
The Ags are already 63-60 winners
over Tech this year, and will start the
same five as they did against the Red
Raiders earlier in College Station.
Vernon Smith will be assigned to
cover Ben Hill, Rudy Woods will
take Ralph Brewster, Rynn Wright
will be on Jeff Taylor, Dave Goff will
cover Kent Williams and David
Britton will start against David
Little.
Bench strength, as usual, will
come from freshman Claude Riley
and senior Steve Sylestine. Bruce
Sooter, who saw action against
Baylor could see more playing time
and Tyrone Ladson could benefit the
Ags. Ladson’s play was crucial in the
home victory over Tech earlier in the
season.
Game time is 8 p. m., preceded by
the women’s game at 4:30 p.m. The
headliner will be aired over the
Texas A&M basketball network,
KTAM locally, with play-by-play by
DeWayne Staats and color by David
Walker. Frank Glieber and Rudy
Davalos will be commentators as
Metro Communications telecasts
the game. Local televison coverage
is provided by KBTX Channel 3,
Bryan.
Dallas nears deal with NBA
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DALLAS — Although investors
will have to make a larger down
payment than originally advertised,
there were indications Sunday that
Dallas interests would accept a
National Basketball Association offer
and thus bring the NBA its third
Texas team.
The NBA Board of Governors
Saturday approved the Dallas bid for
a franchise, but said the investors
would have to provide a $6 million
down payment instead of the $3Vz
million announced by the NBA s
expansion committee.
In addition, the remaining $6
million must be paid with 10 percent
interest instead of being interest
free. And instead of protecting their
top seven players in an expansion
draft, the existing 22 NBA teams will
be allowed to protect their top eight
players.
All of these changes were less than
popular with Norm Sonju, a former
NBA executive who has acted in
behalf of the investors for the past
year.
Sonju said Dallas Mayor Bob
Folsom was also unhappy and that
Folsom told the Board of Governors,
“I know politicians change their
minds, but I expect businessmen to
honor deals.”
After the initial announcement,
however, Sonju indicated he was
optimistic that the $6 million down
payment could be raised within the
30-day limit imposed by the NBA
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and that the investors would approve
the change in the league’s admission
price.
“I’ll admit I was a little down at
first,” said Sonju, who was
previously president and general
manager of the Buffalo Braves. “But
I talked with the mayor and he said,
‘Norm, we’ve got the franchise.’
Then it hit me.
“So, yes, we re in it for the long
haul. I’ll be speaking with all our
investors. If some drop out well find
some new ones. I would hope they
would be excited about this thing, as
I am.”
If Dallas does join the league it
will begin play next season in the
soon to be completed Reunion Arena
on the edge of the downtown area.
Among those with at least a small
share in the new team are actor
James Garner. And country music
singer Willie Nelson was also
reported to be thinking about buying
into the franchise.
Women’s team fam
After a five-day layoff, the
Texas A&M women’s basketball
team gets back into action tonight
in Lubbock against the Texas
Tech Red Raiders.
Tonight’s game will feature the
fourth and fifth ranked teams in
the state. The Red Raiders are
currently 16-6 and ranked fourth,
while the fifth-ranked Aggie
Ladies come into the contest with
a 13-8 record, winners of seven of
their last eight outings.
The Red Raiders are especially
tough at home, where they have
won all 10 games played in the
Coliseum, including a recent
75-72 victory over third-ranked
Wayland Baptist. Texas Tech is
averaging almost 78 points a
game and has topped the century
mark twice.
The Red Raiders are a young
team, starting three freshmen, a
sophomore and a M ictl
Freshman Gwen McCraiJ*' 111
forward, leads the ti:f fn ! s
scoring, averaging 14.7 1
per game. Another fr« a T lv
Pam Stone, a 6-1
averaging 13.9 points a|fcf eS
and leads the team in reh/B s a
with a 10.4 per game art* ^
Louise Davis, a MB 11
starter, is averaging 3.7
game, good enough for J
place in the state. Rounci
the starting five for Techif
Lee, a 5-6 freshman i
5-10 sophomore
Penkunis.
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A&M and Tech is even3
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Tennis team wii
first dual match
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The Texas A&M tennis team, in its
first dual match of the year, took 108
games to Hardin-Simmons
University’s 32 to win every set.
Trey Schutz topped HSU’s Bob
Grout 6-0, 6-3 in the top-seed match
and then teamed with Jim Grubert
to take the No. 2 doubles match, 6-1,
6-2 over Jeff Woolsey and Grout.
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The No. 1 doubles team of Reid
Freeman and Alberto Jimenez took a
6-3, 6-1 win over Steve Hoover and
Chip Putman. Freeman, the
second-seed singles man for A&M,
beat Putnam in singles also, 6-3, 6-2.
Jimenez, A&M s No. 3
beat Woolsey 6-2, 6-3,
In the other singles
4 Max King of A&M
6-3, 6-2, No. 5 B
whipped Carl Johnston6i
Grubert knocked off PeteFj
6-0.
In the No. 3 doubles
Kowal and Boyd Bn
Johnston and Larry Bun
6-1.
With the 9-0 win theA@
1-0 record. They host
Texas State on Friday all
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MCDONALD’S
DRIVE-THRU
WINDOW
INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS
McDonald's
At University Drive
Free Throw Competition
The Freethrow Contest was a
wild and crazy night on G. Rollie
White’s main floor. With all the
basket balls going, it was hard to
keep up. 129 people and 36 teams
participated. It was a great contest
and we have new champs for 1980.
Congratulations to:
Men’s Champ — Glenn Demois
with 17 in a row and 19 scores.
Women’s Champ — Vicki
Cobum with 19 in a row and 19
scores"
Men’s Team Champ — The
Gym Rats with 30 in a row and 49
Scores.
(Michael Gillerman, Kevin Can
dle, Jfef Wilson)
Women’s Team Champ — Best
Kept Secret with 31 in a row and 45
scores. (Sandy Lambert, Vicki
Coburn, Annie Muniz).
CoRec Team Champ — The
Mob with 35 in a row and 48 scores.
(Glenn DeMois, Mike Psench, De
bbie Layont)
*New Record
Gymnasts Score High
Vicki Coburn in action at the free throw contest nets 19
consecutive baskets to win the women’s division.
In Men’s Gymnastics on Satur
day, January 26, A&m competed
against t.u. Arlington. Despite
being short several gymnasts,
A&M place second in overall stand
ings, behind t.u., with Pan Am
third, and UTA fourth.
Individual achievements were as
follows:
Ray Moltz — 4th on P-Bars*
and 5th in All Around.
James Higgins — 4th on Floor
Ex*.
Mark Hartwell — 3rd on
Floor Ex*; 2nd on Rings; and
1st on Vault.
Rick Zapate — 6th on Pom
mel Horse
Pat Callihan — 1st Floor
Ex*.; 2nd on Pommel Horse;
4th on Vault; 6th on P-Bars*;
and 6th on High Bar.
Recognition must also be given
to Mary Garza (despite his en
counter with a deranged set of P-
Bars), Jim Foght, Lee Burcham,
and Jeff Hill whose performances
helped the overall team total. Con
gratulations also go to Gymnast oi
the Meet, Pat Callahan.
A&M will compete against t.u.
and Texas Tech in Austin on Febru
ary 9.
*(P-Bars = Parallel Bars; Flor Ex.
= Floor Exercise)
Submitted by Gymnastics Club
A crowd gathers anxious to see who will have the highest score in the free throw contest.
You Know It’s A Good Day When —
— A good Ag found the watch you lost playing flickerball.
— The other team is also short some players.
— Your team comes from behind in the first half to win by a point.
— Your horseshoe partner has some experience, when you don’t.
Acknowledgments
This ad is sponsored by your local
McDonald’s Restaurant at Uni
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Mall. Stories by Michelle Wol-
stein. Pictures by Rose Delano.
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The freethrow contest broke.
several records this year. 173 en
tries and 63 teams were recorded
during sign ups in the IM Office.
Last year’s total was 160 entries and
39 teams.
Vicki Coburn, of the Best kept
Secrets, broke the women’s record
for shots in a row with 19 breaking
Beverly Baum’s 1977 record of 18
which she made for BSU’s team.
Other freethrow records still on
the books include Bob Kelley’s 46
consecutive scores in 1975 for the
PE Grads. The PE Grads of 1975
also hold the men’s team record of
56.
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The 1978 Tang Gang team holds
the women’s and corec team re
cords with 48 and 52 points con
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Slow Pitch Tuesday, Feb* ^
Horseshoe Doubles
Tuesday, FeM R