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.
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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.
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