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Page 10 THE BATTALION MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1980 Ag golfers ranked ninth in the country By STEVE SISNEY Sports Reporter Sports neporter Following a ninth-place finish at the 26th Intercollegiate All-America meet in Houston last weekend, the Texas A&M golf team, ranked seventh in the nation, is gearing up to compete in the Southwest Confer ence Championship April 18-20 in Tyler. Steve Bowman shot a 67 in the final round in the Houston contest, and finished fourth in the individual standings with a 287. Oklahoma State captured the meet title. Competing for Texas A&M in the SWC meet will be All-America selections Bowman, David Ogrin, and Richard Cromwell, along with Brad Jones and Jay Kent. Trying for the sixth slot on the Aggie squad will be Dan Briggs, Gary Krueger and Kel Delvin on a 72-hole qualifying test later this week. In the conference meet, a team can enter six and count the low four scores at the end of the 54 holes of play. “The conference meet is going to be tough,” said head coach Bob Ellis. “It will be a toss up between A&M, TCU, Texas and Houston.” Texas A&M is followed in the na tional rankings by Houston at eighth, and both Texas and TCU in the top twenty. Houston won the confer ence crown last year, while the Aggies were runners-up. “This is the best team in over six years,” said Ellis. “They’re good players, they work together hard, and believe in each other and them selves.” Playing a demanding 20 tourna ment schedule throughout the year, remaining on the Aggie golfers’ sche dule are the Southern Intercollegi ate Meet May 1-3 in Athens, Ga., and the NCAA championship May 28-31 at Ohio State University. Texas A&M has proven itself on the collegiate circuit this year, cap turing the Border Olympics in Lare do, winning a tournament in Guada lajara, Mexico, and tieing with Hous ton for first at the fall conference tournament. They were also able to take the PROBLEM PREGNANCY? Are you considering abortion? Free counseling and referrals Call (713) 779-2258 Texas Problem Pregnancy, Bryan, Tx. iOXCOOOCOOOCOOOO TICKETS FOR RING DANCE PICTURE PACKAGES now — on sale at M8C TICKET OFFICE Save $1.00 by buying picture ticket in advance University Studio 115 College Main 846-8019 If you're worried about cancer, remember this. Wherever you are, if you want to talk to us about cancer, call us. Were here to help you. * n *. ' ^ Wl .‘y American Cancer Society 2,000,000 people fighting cancer. MSC GREAT ISSUES PreseiiU: AN AN&WER TO THE ENERGY CRUNCH (SYNTHETIC FUELS' April 15 - 12:30 p.m. Rudder Forum Dr. Irgolic from the Center for Energy and Mineral Resources and Drs. Anthony and Harris from the Chemical Engineering department will be speak ing on the prospective uses of synthetic fuels. This discussion will include the topic of coal liquification, and the use of ethanol and methanol as sources of fuel. second place trophy at the Pinehearst Tournament in North Carolina March 11-13, and third at the Harvey Penick Intercollegiate tournament in Austin. At both Guadalajara and Pinehearst, the Aggies defeated Oklahoma State, the current No. 1- rated team in the nation. In Guadalajara, Cromwell, Orgin, and Bowman all tied for medalist, but all were unable to win the com petition as it went into extra holes. The golf team will be losing two of its top players, Orgin and Bowman, this spring to graduation. “We are going to have to get some good players if we are going to do as well next year as we are now,” real izes Coach Ellis. There are two outstanding fresh men on this years’ squad, Gary Kruegar from Valpariso, Indiana, and Dan Briggs from Paris, Texas. Yanks take Rangers United Press International ARLINGTON — Oscar Gamble! singled in one run to highlight a four- run fifth inning Sunday night to send the New York Yankees an 8-2 victory over the Texas Rangers Sunday night and a sweep a twi-night double- header. Ags thrash UH Tennis team upsets Cougars, 5-2 By MIKE BURRICHTER Sports Editor Backed by a raucous crowd, the Texas A&M tennis team pull ed off a major upset over 13th- ranked Houston Saturday at the varsity courts. The Ags, No. 20 in the nation, had clinched the team victory, leading 5-2, when play was stop ped due to darkness. Houston came into town with high hopes of an easy victory over the Aggies, who had lost a heart- breaker to TCU, 5-4, the day be fore. But freshmen Brian Joelson, Tom Judson and Ron Kowal have yet to be psyched out this season and responded with fantastic play Saturday. Judson, the only singles victor over TCU, blew Houston’s Mike Liushitz off the court in the No. 5 seed duel, 6-2, 6-0. The Fort Worth resident is the team’s only walk-on and coach David Kent is elated with his play. “Judson is the best walk-on in the nation,” Kent said. “No one wanted him and he has turned out great. ” Joelson’s and Kowal’s singles victories were a little more dra matic. Joelson, the Ags’ No. 4 four seed, dropped the first set to Houston’s Juan Ayala, 7-5, but re bounded to take the second and third sets by identical scores of 6-4. The third set was a thriller, with Ayala pulling out to a 4-1 lead. But Joelson, stomping around the court yelling at him self, broke Ayala’s serve in the sixth game and fought his way back into the match. With Ayala’s spirit broken and the crowd of about 50 backing up Joelson, the Oregon freshman breezed in to win the match. After Joelson’s match, the crowd marched over to court six, where Kowal was involved in an even closer match with Houston’s Van Manning. Manning won the first set 6-4 and Kowal took the second by the same score. In the third set Kowal raced out to a 3-0 lead before Manning rallied to tie it up. The two remained dead locked after twelve games and a nine point tie-breaker had to be played. The two continued to play even and with the score tied at four apiece, Manning served for the match. Manning, whose serving stance and ensuing grunt had an ape-like appearance, got his first serve in but Kowal, the Illionois high school champion last year, returned a low, hard shot to Manning’s backhand and the Cougar hit his return into the net, giving the Aggies a 4-2 lead. Kowal and Judson then teamed up to win the win the only com plete doubles match. They beat Liushitz and Ayala, 6-1, 7-5. The other two teams of Reid Free- man-Joelson and Jim Grubert- Trey Schutz were leading their matches when play was stopped. The unfinished matches will be played at Corpus Christi on April 24. After the Aggies’ first two play ers, Schutz and Max King went down in straight sets, the Cougars did not win another match. Kent was ecstatic with the team’s play, as well as the crowd’s backing. “The crowd made the differ ence,” Kent said. “We wouldn’t have won without them.” One of the leading cheerers was Mike Moss, who played four years of tennis for Texas A&M before graduating last fall. The crowds at the Aggies’ matches this season have been relatively small and rather sedate, and Moss said it’s completely different at other schools. “All you have to do is imi what it would be like if we wen Houston,” Moss said, aftenltl yell. "At other schools, thespel tators are really rowdy, crack: Aggie jokes during matches r clanging the fences whilei were trying to serve.” Kent couldn’t be happier#] the type of play he’s getting m| his freshmen. “The fearless freshmen amazing,” he said. 'Theyseenj thrive on competition. This our best match of the season.] The Ags’ next match willhe Friday against Pan Amenc here. Pan American defeated! Ags 5-4 in a match earlier t season. The women’s tennis team pc ed what Kent called their h match of the year when they h Houston 5-4 at Texas Kk). courts Saturday. When Kathleen Sissomu Alexis Hefley won their doukl !■ match in straight sets, theAgp had avenged an earlier 541 back to the Cougars earlier I season. The women’s team will be the AIAW state meet in F: Worth next weekend. In the opener, Jim Spencer pounded a grand-slam and Gamble hit a two-run single during a six-run fifth inning to lift New York a 9-4 : decision. Luis Tiant went 6Va innings to pick up the victory and Steve Comer took the loss. The Rangers had a 1-0 lead going into the fifth inning of the second game when Bucky Dent and Rup- pert Jones singled. Gamble drove in Dent with a single. Jones scored when Pepe Frias hobbled Reggie Jackson’s slow grounder. Starter and loser Gaylord Perry, 0-1, walked Bob Watson to load the bases. Reliever Dave Rajisch made a wild pitch that allowed the runners to advance and catcher Dave Roberts threw wildly, allowing two runs to Women’s athletic program growing at Texas A&M By KATHLEEN McELROY Sports Stall Just like its athletes, the women’s athletic program is young but impro ving, said its director, Kay Don. “We’ve had several new coaches and have had mostly young teams,” she said. “We’re still in the building stage.” However this has been a pretty ALTERATIONS IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF OLD TEXAS WHERE MOTHER TAUGHT DAUGHTER THE FINE ART OF SEWING SO HELEN MARIE TAUGHT EDITH MARIE THE SECRETS OF SEWING AND ALTERATIONS "DON'T GIVE UP — WELL MAKE IT FIT!" AT WELCH'S CLEANERS WE NOT ONLY SERVE AS AN EXCaLENT DRY CLEANERS BUT WE SPE CIALIZE IN ALTERING HAf\D TO FIT EVENING DRESSES, TAF^RED SHIRTS, JEAN HEMS, WATCH POCKETS. ETC. (WE RE JUST A FEW BLOCKS NORTH OF FED MART.) WELCH’S CLEANERS 3819 E. 29th (TOWN & COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER) good year for the nine teams in the program — basketball, volleyball, tennis, track and field, golf, softball, gymnastics, swimming and cross country. “Right now, our softball team is ranked fourth in the nation, and hopefully we’ll finish that high or higher,” Don said. The cross-country team finished third in the state and fifth in the the Association for Women in Intercolle giate Athletics Southwest regional which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. The AIAW is the governing body for women’s collegiate sports, and like the NCAA sponsors regional and national championships. The volleyball team, after a slow start and coach Dave Shakel’s res ignation at mid-season, finished sixth in the state. “We had a real good comeback in the regionals — we ended up fourth and we were seeded eighth,” she said. Next year’s coach is Terri Condon, currently teaching at the University of California-Bakersfield. She will assume the leadership of a team which is so young there are no seniors on next year’s squad. However, things went better for first-year Cherri Rapp and her women’s basketball team, which won 19 and lost 12. The Texas A&M gymnastics team was the most successful of the teams that have completed the season — it was first in the state. Four sports haven’t competed in TASCO TIRE & WHEEL New in Town by AGGIE GRADS Open Monday to Saturday 8 A.M.-6 P.M. SALE Flyer (poly.) A7814 E7814 G7814 G7815 Retail Price $ 33.52 $ 37.75 $ 39.97 $ 40.81 Distributor Special $23.52 $27.75 $29.97 $30.81 Super Stag bold tread with raised white letters N7815 10-15 12-15 9.50-16.5 $ 84.52 $ 92.00 $110.35 $105.10 $72.55 $79.21 $95.54 $90.87 SUPER STAG The Bold One 3700 S. 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AIAV- rationally forbidding schools to pay fejhey coul campus recruiting were chaat'ormanc year and a half ago. jitchers. “Now we can provide fundsfe Tick L coach,” she said. “There’sstiiliiight gan restriction, but the change hkn a real The college coach recrtfice Neal the campus can only talk to tkieven inn school coach, not the recruil Luecke another rule change has ®ianes to t easier for the student to getiiieven ini tact with the coach — school!fom Cha can provide meals and livipAe felt L penses for recruits who pa; tiany pitc own way to get to the campus Sophon Softball has benefitted Wnound foi change more than any other spvas greet Texas A&M. Of the 14 athtearrage. the team, only six are from W Matt T Don said she realizes wAlatt Min athletics has someways togohoard to it’s close to the men’s sports “It’s still a changing time, said, but she added, “I thinHl^i^ exciting time.” Uliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiij^ | TAMU | Astros clip | Classical Piano Group |LosAngele | Spring Recital I APRIL 18, 1980 agai plat 7:30 P.M. RUDDER FORUM Featuring DONNA RICHARDS I (Texas Christian University-Piano Performance Major) NO ADMISSION EVERYONE INVITED | Curtis United Press Internatioml ,r °Ught in HOUSTON — KenMOimete stroked a two-run single and econd, tc tered seven hits Sunday to lei fressive s Houston Astros to a 4-2 victor* Iruee Jen the Los Angeles Dodgers. Six Agg Houston took a 3-0 lead Calif., for l second. Singles by Jose Cruz, toome plac Walling and EnOs Cabell prod* Hall tie one run. 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