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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1980 Page 9 Sports ght^ggie gymnasts ) e among best in state i Western-sty] , . H ' By STEVE SISNEY 'haritV organist Sports Staff ik Eastcampass; Men’s gymnastics is gaining in for a specialK opularity across the country as ponsibleforlltmerican participants are at last be set up simtjming competitive with those from nps accommother nations. igees, andStunjiThis increased interest in the sport is to expand opts hit Texas A&M University too, as facilitieshousisiie Men’s Gymnastics Club has sided its largest and strongest team najor problem;; recent years this season. [ualified to tea; With over 100 members in the nning classes, aiub, and 13 who participate in state- tmese, Cantonsde competition, the Texas A&M ‘ssary. Shesaiciuad has taken a first place finish in etnam are ante Southwest Texas State Universi- eir profession® Invitational Gymnastics Tourna- t opportunity ent and a second at the Pan Amer- jyen-nan, aim Universith Tournament. They at Kai Tak Efiive also defeated Southwest Texas r classes—agd'ate and Texas Tech in dual meets busiastic and is r year. The Aggies’ only loss came at the tion in Vietnaunds of the University of Texas in [able only toa ial meet competition, ose childrens With this strong early showing, efore. e team is hoping for a high showing ley were so eill itrate on corralfl or. Now they; :o learn." he has troubli >rked the land; d in learnint at the eight-member Texas Collegi ate Gymnastics Club Conference Championships April 25-26 at UT- Arlington. Because men’s gymnastics is not recognized by the Southwest Con ference as a varsity sport, the Texas A&M team is without the benefits of a full coach or scholarships. While the team is hindered by obsolescent equipment, a new room in the expanded G. Rollie White complex, complete with new equip ment, is on tap for the team next year. “Because of our current limited facilites, we haven’t been able to hold a meet on campus, which has limited our publicity,” Callihan said. Despite the cramped quarters of the existing workout room, a meet here has been slated for March 29, with both UT-A and North Texas State tentatively agreeing to attend. The Aggies, with six times the membership of a year ago, attribute much of their success to the intra squad competition between mem bers. This has been the first year the team has ever defeated the Universi ty of Texas, the perennial power in Texas, finishing ahead of the Lon ghorns at the Southwest Texas State Tournament. In doing so, they set a new school record of 154 points in one meet. This shattered the old record by 14 points, in a sport where records are usually broken by fractions of a point. In gymnastics, the events include the high bar, parallel bars, vault, pommel horse, rings and the floor exercises. Each team must have two members compete in all six events, as well as have four to six specialists in each of the individual competi tions. The Aggies team has shown excep tional promise in the rings, pommel horse, and floor exercises this sea son. Top performers in these areas include Scott Royse, Mark Hartwell, Ray Moltz and Callihan. Ladies lose last home game By JON HEIDTKE Sports Reporter The Texas A&M women’s bas ketball team’s lack of practice fin ally caught up with them and the result was a 65-52 victory for visit ing Wayland Baptist University on Saturday night. The Aggie Ladies opened up a 31-24 halftime advantage, but could manage only 21 second half points compared to the 41 tallied by the Flying Queens. “We were out of shape, ’’ said a disappointed Aggie coach Cherri Rapp. “We outplayed them in the first half, but then we got tired.’ But even if the Aggies hadn’t run out of gas in the second period, it would have taken an exceptional effort to keep with the Flying Queens, who hit 17 of 21 shots from the floor for a siz zling 81.7 percent in the second half. The Aggies’ troubles began with 8:50 remaining in the game. With the Ags leading 48-44, the Queens reeled off ten straight points. The Lady Aggies were outscored 21-4 in the last eight minutes to turn the close game into a rout. The Aggies, who shot 33 per cent from the floor for the game, were led by Lori Foreman’s 17 points. Trigg Crawford tallied 16 and Peggy Pope tossed in 10. Foreman also pulled down 11 re bounds. Next stop for the Aggies is the Southwest Regional Tournament in Baton Rouge, La. The eigth- seeded Aggies will face the Uni versity of Houston, who beat the Ags in the state playoffs, in open ing round action Wednesday night. Pa 3ff( :s b etie: don lacks on late again, Torre denies trade 1 Qtafoc Lc United Press International p r Judging by the weather, the ma- < r , 0 11 " -league baseball players in Florida 'ii ' r' 0 7 i y as we N have been at home. At ed by Canada ^ tone ofthem was . „ Reggie Jackson, the slugging right months, for the New York Yankees, issue number Again singing his own version of AShl D 'd lt M y Wa y” Detained by id. a he notedB|es S matters at home, Jackson ! ] led to show at training camp for agreed last J .■j Con( J straight day and his abs- ce is drawing increased attention w stream an m c i u b officials, jgee official rh e team had asked players to re- gKongbinfo^rton Feb. 29, one day before the icial opening according to the spread that Hor jy ers ’ Basic Agreement, and 1 a boat outto^jlone But Jackson complied, irovidedforbi general Manager Gene Michael eelse, Lees 0 S g ( ] to confirm or deny plans to s have the repiit-g Jackson although there are in- Itons of Soutk-^ti 0 ns a penalty will be levied, ing Vietnam. riflers win Texas A&M rifle team took place in sectional competition at BVorth this weekend, fen teams from Texas, Oklahoma ■Missouri competed for the iiijjpionship and a place in the na- iaj finals. jb Ags placed first in both the air d free rifle events. The overall ipionship was decided by com- |g the scores in those two js. e air rifle competiton, the Ags 1444 points out of a possible :o win. Air rifle is a pellet gun t. UT-Arlington came in second T-El Paso placed third. Ihomore Todd Woodard scored out of400 to lead the Ags in that t. He was followed by Jerrold inghausen, 362; Eric John- 9 and captain Mike Winzler, I Ags completed their sweep li victory in the free rifle event, which the shooter uses a .22- t rifle to shoot at a target 50 feet om three different positions: g, kneeling and prone, each jossible 400 points, zler led the Ags with 1103 Ms out of 1200 in that event, fietta Johnson was next with ^followed by Schaminghausen’s d Eric Johnson’s 1076. Ags must now wait until re join all 12 national sections are e if they have qualified for the ils at Tennessee Tech in April. 0 highest scoring teams in the [will qualify for that event. — Mike Burrichter “I want to get it all together before I do anything,” said Michael, who added he would meet with Jackson sometime this morning. Manager Dick Howser and Executive Vice President Cedric Tallis are expected to sit in on he meeting. Cloudy weather prevailed at the Yankee camp and other clubs experi enced even worse weather. Gusty winds, chilly temperatures and rains curtailed workouts elsewhere. New York Mets Manager Joe Tor re moved his players indoors and used the time to hold a meeting with all pitchers to discuss philosophy of pitching and fundamentals. Torre also indicated the club is not actively seeking to trade catcher John Stearns, who has often been mentioned in trade rumors. “We are not offering John around anymore than we did last spring when his name was mentioned in several trade rumors,” Torre said. “However, you can’t rule out any player in a trade.” Torre reiterated that the Mets do not have a deal in the works at this time but General Manager Frank Cashen is talking to all clubs, parti cularly those in the American League. Two weeks remain in the interleague trading period. The weather also wiped out the first full squad workout of the Mon treal Expos. President John McHale reminded the 40 players in a clubhouse meet ing that attitude during spring train ing would be as important as per formance in determining the makeup of the squad that will head north. MSC 'olitical Forum troudly resents HARLB \RR0W MARCH OF TACOS (with coupon) 107 Dominik in College Station 3312 S. 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