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sports THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1980 Page 5 i&M employee makes Olympic team by RICHARD OLIVER Sports Editor i\fter only two years of kayaking, exas A&M University employee Edwards woke up one day last eek to find herself on the U.S. lympic team. Edwards posted a 2:08 time in the IO meter kayak race in the Olympic ials, enabling her to place as an temate on the team. The trials, held in Crafstberry, ermont June 9-13, decided the en’s canoe and kayak teams, and e women’s kayak team. T just wanted to get in the top 10,” id Edwards. “I did a little better an I expected. ” Edwards, who works as a lab su pervisor at the IMUNO Genetics Lab on the Texas A&M campus, first placed in a regional competition to enable her to advance to the Olym pic trials. Selections for regional rep resentatives and the Olympic team at the trials are on a point system. Points are obtained by perform ance in the K-l (kayak for one per son) and K-2 (kayak for two people) competitions. Edwards’ point total in both events tied her for first place in the regional event. Edwards’ partner in the K-2 event was Sue Turner of Berkley, Calif. In the Olympic trials, Edwards finished eighth out of 27 women in total points. The first four finishers constitute the A-team, and the next four make up the alternates, or the B-team. The sprint course run by the kayaks is 500 meters long, and is in a lane format. Although Edwards is currently on the B-team, she will have a chance to try again for the A-team in the na tional championships August 21-24 in Flatwater, N.Y. Edwards noted the A-team will compete in Nottingham, England on June 20-22, and the Duisburg, Ger many on June 28-29 as an alternative to the Moscow Summer Olympics. The B-team is not currently sche duled to go on these trips, but if funding becomes available, the B- team may travel to events in Mexico, Spain, Germany and Ireland in the fan. “The funding is not in hand yet,” said Edwards, “so they didn’t want to send a team. Edwards said she didn’t want to go to Moscow, anyway. “I’d much rather go to Europe,” she said. “It’s a lot more fun. You know, you get to see the country and everything. ” Agtrackster arrested during NCAA meet Baseball Standings American League National East Montreal Ptsbrgh Phila N.Y. Chcago St. Louis West Houston Los Ang Cinci San Fm San Dgo Atlanta League W L 33 23 34 24 31 24 27 30 24 31 22 37 W L 35 23 34 26 32 28 26 34 26 35 24 33 Pet. .589 .586 .564 .474 .436 .373 Pet. .603 .567 .533 .433 .426 .421 CB l‘/2 m 8^2 12V2 GB 2 4 10'/2 lOVi 10‘/2 East N.Y. Milwau Clev Boston Balt Toronto Detroit West Kan City Chcago Oaklnd Seattle Texas Minn Calif W L 38 21 — 32 26 30 27 31 28 30 30 28 29 27 29 W L 37 23 29 29 30 31 28 33 27 33 24 36 21 37 Pet. .644 .552 .526 .525 ..500 .491 .482 Pet. .617 .500 .492 .459 .450 .400 .362 GB 5% 7 7 8»/2 9 9>/2 GB 7 7>/2 9*4 10 13 15 angers single out K. C. for 6-3 ‘needed’ victory United Press International KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jon Mat- ck pitched well enough to beat the ansas City Royals — he usually ies — but if the Texas left-hander idn’t get the victory at least he dn’tget saddled with a loss, either. The Rangers lashed out eight sing- in the ninth inning, including six a row after two were out, to rally am a 3-0 deficit and post a 6-3 vic- iry Monday night over the Western ivision-leading Royals. Matlack, who has a 1-3 lifetime rard against Kansas City, scattered |mere five hits over 7% innings he re being lifted in favor of Bob Bab- ick with his Rangers trailing, 3-0. "It’s a shame for a guy to pitch that »od and not get a decision,” Texas anager Pat Corrales said of Mat- ck. “I’m happy,” Matlack said. “We eded to win this one — and I don’t ve a darn who gets credit for it. I’d like to see us win a lot more the same way. Against any other ball club, I would have allowedjust one run. But that Willie Wilson is a bleeping road runner.” Only one of Kansas City’s runs off Matlack was legitimate, a towering solo home run by Willie Aikens in the seventh inning. The legs of left fielder Wilson manufactured the other two scores. Wilson looped a single to center leading off the game, stole second on a Matlack pickoff throw, took third on a shallow fly ball to center and then scored on another shallow fly ball to right. He stretched a single into a double on a short fly in the eighth inning and then jogged home with Kansas City’s final run on a Hal McRae single to left. “He gets no help at all,” Kansas City pitcher Paul Splittorff said of Matlack. “I’ve pitched against him four or five times now and I think this is the first time he’s gotten off the hook. He usually goes longer than me (and) never gets any runs. He’s got to have more patience than I do. ” Splittorff, who is 3-0 in starts against Matlack, was equally as bril liant in a non-decision of his own. He scattered four singles and retired 15 straight Rangers at one point before being relieved in the eighth by Dan Quisenberry. Pat Putnam led off the ninth with a single against Quisenberry, 4-3, and took second on a one-out single by Bump Wills. Al Oliver grounded out to advance the runners and then the barrage began with Richie Zisk, Rus ty Staub, Jim Norris, Jim Sundberg, Tucker Ashford and Putnam poking successive RBI singles. Babcock, who threw only five pitches in relief of Matlack in the eighth, was credited with his first major league victory in three deci sions. Sparky Lyle allowed one hit in the ninth to mop up for the Rangers. Texas A&M University track star Steve Willis was arrested in Austin during the NCAA Track Champion ships because of an incident which occurred in late May in Waco. Willis was arrested June 6 at 3 a.m. by the Austin police depart ment in his hotel room. The arrest stemmed from a Waco incident on May 30 involving indecency with a child. Waco police department official Carol Alleman said Willis was arrested in his Austin hotel room and was transferred to the Travis County sheriffs department that afternoon. He was later released on $5,000 bond. Alleman said Willis will be free on illlenberger trial under way; barges stem from scandal ball ofc United Press International ROSWELL, N.M. — Norm llenberger, who made a name for imself on the sidelines of a basket- court, went into a different type of court Monday — that of U.S. Dis- rict Judge Juan Burciaga. Ellenherger, who coached the ccessful University of New Mexico lasketball program for seven sea- ms, is charged with five counts of tail fraud, one count of interstate :avel in aid of racketeering and one ount of wire fraud. His trial is ex erted to last at least 10 days. All the charges are in connection pith the UNM athletic scandal, hich centers on the alleged chang- ig of academic transcripts in order o make basketball players eligible. The prosecution’s main evidence expected to be wiretap recordings if Ellenherger and his assistant oach, Manny Goldstein, made last ill by the FBI while it was investi- iating unrelated matters. Ellenberger’s attorneys, in pret- ial motions, had attempted to get the wiretaps thrown out of the trial, but Burciaga ruled that the tapes were legal. Burciaga said the agents were instucted to report any appa rently criminal activity even though they were looking specifically for illicit gambling. Ellenherger and Goldstein are ac cused of discussing a $300 payoff for forged transcripts so that junior col lege recruit Craig Gilbert would be eligible for enrollment at UNM last fall. Goldstein reportedly said he had been able to obtain a degree for Gil bert from an official of Oxnard Junior College in California, but had to “Give ... a little money. ” “I got him a degree, an AA de gree,” the FBI recorded Goldstein as saying. The trial was moved from Albu querque by Burciaga under protest from Ellenberger’s attorneys. 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SIGN UP TONIGHT AT THE HALL OF FAME! ’Register at the Hall of Fame or Sportsman’s Den. ’For more information call 822-2222 or 779-7595 Steve Willis bond pending an investigation which will determine if there is enough evi dence to indict Willis on the inde cency charge. Sun Theatres 333 University 846-9808 The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. 10 a.m.>3 p.m. Fri.-Sat. No one under 18 BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS n m n n m m m () iriTTi) n n 'n n nD n n querque before Judge Philip Baiamonte on multiple charges of fraud, most of them related to allega tions of falsified travel statements. That trial may provide one of the first tests to the Supreme Court’s deci sion to allow television cameras in side the state’s courtrooms. Ellenherger was suspended by UNM on Nov. 30, 1979, and later fired. He had been head coach at UNM since 1972 and was an assistant coach under Bob King five years prior to that. 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