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»Page age e 6 TH) TUE: Page 12 THE BATTALION MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1980 m ■McDonald's DRIVE-THRU WINDOW MCDONALD’S INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS McDonalds drive-thru SERVICE At Manor East Mall Penberthy Celebration Smashing Success. .. 1 i BV ■1b ■ The Tournament The softball tournament ran 50 hours and 20 minutes through Friday night’s chill, Saturday’s dust storms and wind, and Sunday morning’s rain and drizzle. The tourna ment was a double elimination in men’s, women’s and corec divisions. All the final games were close and exciting contests. In CoRec play, Half Fast came up through the losers bracket to beat the Gusto Gang in the finals. The finals game was a close one with no score until the top of the fourth inning. It was a three up, three down game until the Gusto Gang brought a man in to home on a double and a single. The fifth inning saw no scores, but in the bot tom of the sixth. Half Fast was suddenly inspired into motiva tion and scored three runs. The Gusto Gang loaded the bases in the seventh inning, but only managed to bring one man in home to give the game to Half Fast 2-3. This tied the two teams and threw play into a deciding “if’ game since each team had one loss. The game started off slow ly in the first inning with each team only getting one runner on base before retiring at bat. The second inning started Half Fast’s momentum as they scored 2 runs. The third went by quickly with no scores, but Half Fast picked up another run in the fourth. It was not until the fifth that the Gusto Gang got moving, but when they did, it was a Great Job! To all the officials, super visors, EMT’s and all student workers — congratulations on a job well done. Your profes sionalism was well proved dur ing the Penberthy Celebration of Sports. Your efforts contributed to the overall success of the weekend, despite the long hours and adverse weather conditions. Thanks for all your time, effort and dedication. momentum that scored 7 runs for them. The sixth gave three runs to Half Fast and two more to the Gang for a score of 6-9. Half Fast managed a tie in the seventh and another score in the eighth to lead 10-9. The weekend had finally worn down the illustrious Gusto Gang who just couldn’t fight the final score and lost the game and came in second place in the tournament 10-9. In women’s play Half Fast came up through the losers bracket to face Lucky Strikes. Luck was a lady that Penberthy weekend as the Strikers managed to pull ahead in the last innings from far behind in several tournament games to win. It was almost that way in the final game as the score stood 7- 3 in the third inning for Half Fast. The Strikers managed no hit innings to bring their tally up to 5 when Half Fast scored to put the tally 8-5. The sixth inning was the Striker’s lucky The Opening Ceremonies Friday night opened the Penberthy Celebration of Sports with a short program honoring Mr. W. L. Penber thy. Many dignitaries and IM people attended. Dennis Corrington, Director of Intramurals, presided. Dr. John Koldus, Vice President for Student Services, Roderick Toler, Chairman of the In tramural Advisory Council, and Dr. Carl Landiss, former head of the Health and Physical Education Department made remarks. Dr. Jarvis Miller, President of Texas A6cM Un iversity, presented Mr. Pen berthy and his wife with a re plica plaque of the one which dedicates the Intramural Com plex to him. The ceremonies ended with the turning on of the lights by “Mr. Penny ”. Mr. Penberthy then pitched the first ball of the tournament with Dr. Koldus officiating and President Miller at bat. Other Events Other events besides softball went on during the Penberthy Celebration of Sports. Several Extramural Clubs gave excellent sports demonstrations. Those participating included Fencing, Judo, Polo, Roadrunners, Tai Kwan Do, and Women’s Rugby. One of the highlights of the day was the tobacco spitting contest. Spitters competed for a mounted golden spittoon. The record distance was spat by Doug Allmand during the spitoff for second place due to a tie with Gary Click. Doug spat 19 feet to break the tie. Winners were — Distance: 1st George Myrick 2nd Doug Allmand 3rd Gary Click 4th Mike Hansen 5th Goby Long Accuracy: 1st Gary Click 2nd Drew Temple 3rd Paul Hastings 4th Danny Pate & Bill Fidler 5th Roy Kothman 17 ft. 11V. in. 17 ft. 7 in. 17 ft. 7 in. 17 ft. 0 in. 13 ft. 8 in. 50 points 45 points 40 points 35 points 10 points In the home run hitting contest, Andy Fraselle scored 2 home runs out of 5 trys against strong and gusty Saturday afternoon winds. Congratulations to all winners and participants. It was a good time for all. charm as they scored seven runs to lead 12-8. Half Fast managed six scores in the seventh, hut the Strikers made it to 15 to win the game and tournament 15-14. The men’s competition was fast and fierce. The Ballbusters came up through the losers ranks to match up in the finals against the Warriors. Each team got off to a good start with a run each in the first inning. The juices did not start flow ing again until the fourth in ning as the Warriors scored their final point and the Ball- buster racked up 5 runs. Even with the bases loaded, neither team could get another man home and the Ballbusters took the game and tied the tourna ment 6-2. The “if’ game took 11 in nings to decide the winner. Ballbusters started off with two runs in the first inning. The Warriors pitched a no-run in ning and scored a run in the second inning. In the third the Ballbusters kept the Warriors from scoring and managed to add 3 runs to their own score. The fourth was a stalemate, but in the fifth the Warriors scored again to trail 2-5. The sixth gave the Busters another tally, but it was the seventh that turned the tide. The Busters gained 2 points for a total of 8, and the Warriors crossed home plate 6 times to tie the game. It was a stalmate again until the eleventh inning when the Warriors made the final score after the game had been tied for 3 innings. Final score was 9- 8 to give first place to the Warriors. Tournament Winners Mens: 1st Warriors 2nd Ballbusters 3rd Rousters Womens: 1st Lucky Strikes 2nd Half Fast 3rd Ruggers CoRec: 1st Half Fast 2nd Gusto Gang 3rd Infield Fungus The Penberthy Celebration was a weekend filled with something to please everyone. 1) A tobacco-spitting contestant “loadsup” for the accuracy spitting contest. 2) Vice President John Koldus speaks during dedication ceremonies for Penberthy intramural complex. 3) Rick Majewski shows mock anger over an “almost” home run during the softball home run hitting competition. 4) Sophomore Jennie Klepper helped man the concession stand. 5) Members of the judo club demonstrate that size isn’t the most important thing 7# m in judo. 6) Joanie Massengale watches one of the softball gain 6 * with her father, Scott. 7) Melinda Cloud takes a well-deserve res after an intense softball game. The Winner’s Circle Handball Winners Congratulations and a hand massage to the new IM Handball winners. Great job, Ags. Men’s Class A - Mike Moore & Jeff Bronson Men’s Class B - Jerry Kirkland & Mark Patterson Men’s Class C - Steve Folk & Tom Shults CoRec Class - Beth Rowley & Ricky Seawright CoRec Class B - Rocky Smith & Cathline Stevenson Acknowledgments This ad is sponsored by your local Stories by Michelle Wolstein, Pic- McDonald’s Restaurant at Univcr- tures by David Hurst, sity Drive and Manor East Mall. Gymnasts Close Contest On Saturday, March 22, the Texas A&M Men’s Gymnastics Team lost a close contest to t.u. in Austin. Top scorers of the meet were as follows: Vaulting: Mark Hartwell - 1st, Ray Moltz - 4th, Danny Wilson - 5th; Horizontal Bar: Scott Holman - 2nd; Parallel Bars: Ray Moltz - 4th; Still Rings: Mark Hartwell - 4th, Ray Moltz - 5th, Scott Hol man - 6th; Pommel Horse: Scott Royce - 2nd; Floor Exercise: Dan ny Wilson - 3rd, Mark Hartwell - 5th; All Around: Ray Moltz - 5 Extra Acts Scott Holman - 6th. Congratulations to gymnast of the meet Danny Wilson. Recognition also goes to Jim Foght, Rick Zapa ta, and Francisco Sun whose scores contributed to the team’s overall score. For the Birdies In the spring the birds come out, and this spring so are the birdies! The TAMU badminton club is hosting a badminton tour nament April 4 and 5 (Friday & Saturday). Jlay starts at 5:00, April T ^ White’s main floor. Entry deadline is Thursday, Ap ril 3. Entry forms are available on G. Rollie White’s main floor or in 1 the IM office, DeWare Fiel- dhouse. Entrants are allowed to enter up to five events at a fee of $2.00 for the first event and $1.00 for each additional event entered. Divisions are A,B, and Novice. Events include men’s doubles and singles, ladies singles and doubles, and mixed doubles. Awards will be presented to the finalists in each event and to the consolation snioe c Entries Closing: Superstars Meetings: Slowpitch Captain’s Playof 5:15 pm Superstars 5:00 pm Wednesday, AP n * 2 Tuesday, April 1 Rudder Theater Thursday, A i inl 3 Rm. 267, C.R.