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Sports THE BATTALION Page 7 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1980 ealthyAgs face Hogs t a Bible i service w| 'spapertyou' t 7:30 p,i|j I willspeall )N:Wil nces Cenleij n. ontbei By KURT ALLEN Battalion Staff It may not be the kind of recovery an near death that Chrysler Cor- lation brags about these days, but le Texas Aggie football team is defi- itely looking healthier, hat makes the future look rosier Texas A&M Head Coach Tom son as the Aggies prepare to face :ansas is the return of several ex- ienced players from the sick bay. he big news, of course, is the of senior quarterback David J, who suffered a slight fracture to sfight wrist in the Houston game month. Although X-rays showed his wrist t completely healed,Bealhas n given die green light to play inst Arkansas Saturday. Moreim- tly, he ll have had two weeks orkouts to prepare after being wed to practice last Tuesday, son showed his confidence in Iby naming him the Aggies’ star- Ifor Arkansas. jl think our team ought to be able better with David Beal back at irterback because of his experi- and maturity,’ said Wilson, cn at/pi:B e11 8° int0 the g ame P lannin g to neetimnJ i koth Beal and (Gary) Kubiak. * I fty’llboth he going through a lot of , reparation this week, although ! ' 1 1 njbably little if any contact work, J cially for Beal.” was contact work in a scrimmage ng that reinforced Wilson’s con- ice in Beal. However, it also him the scary type of moment o|che.s have nightmares about. JWe had a scrimmage Friday where David led the first-team at 5:30 p,I j !ON:Wi 7p.m.ial bisa, theC offense,” explained Wilson. “They started four drives from 65 yards out and against a strong defense he took the offense down and scored touch downs in three of four possessions. ” “However, I did get a scare one time when he fell on his wrist. David got up slowly and was holding his wrist. I just held my breath to the point of turning blue until I knew he d be all right.” According to Wilson, the doctors believe Beal’s wrist should hold up okay under the rigors of normal game play, barring any extreme type of hit. Of course, if Beal falls on the wrist, it will hurt for sure, but the chances of the fracture worsening are slim. Besides Beal, four others have been cleared to return to practice, including junior guards John Osborn and Kent Adams, sophomore corner- back Darrell Adams and freshman kickoff return specialist Billy Can non. In additon, junior linebacker Mike Little is back in form. “Mike’s probably more healthy now than he’s been at any time dur ing the last four games,” said Wilson. “And Billy Cannon is back at full speed after having some calf prob lems. Right now, Darrell Adams has a broken wrist but has been released to play. We’d like to use him if at all possible to add some depth.” Injuries have been the name of the game for Texas A&M this year. Trainer David Heath’s records show 23 of 87 scholarship players have been out an average of seven and a half weeks. In addition, 13 are out for the season. The latest casualty was sophomore starting offensive guard Kevin Kennedy who underwent knee surgery last Monday. The situation has even forced the Aggies to cancel their junior varsity game with Cisco Junior College Monday. Even so, Wilson said he still believes j-v teams serve their purpose as experience builders. “The reason we canceled is we’ve just run out of players, ” said Wilson. “We re playing pretty much with ev erybody on our team. Of course, the thing you’ve got to remember is that we’ve had an unusual problem this year with having to play so many young players. Normally the fresh men would all be playing on the j-v team.” Despite all the injury problems, Wilson is optimistic about the game with the Razorbacks. His optimism stems from the fact that Arkansas too has had numerous injuries, thus put ting the two teams on almost equal footing. “You look at Arkansas’ squad and you can see where their injuries and inexperience have hurt them,” said Wilson. “Of course offensively, they’ve gone back to the Veer. Their starting quarterback Tom Jones is still suffering with an injured toe and on defense, (cornerback Ronald) Matheney seems to be definitely out. “I think the one area they do well in is the kicking game. That’s one area where we’ve got to eliminate our mistakes and upset them if we expect to have a chance to win the ballgame.” ernandez paces women, efeats top seed from NTSU InternalMil — The rcedTulsalL B RICK S TOLLE 'nforamj Battalion Staff campus mMjliana Fernandez led the Texas :nts impro a&M women’s tennis team in its habits, ait pest showing of the fall season at ■ April Sounds Invitational at e canceW Lai,: Conroe Sunday, e vacatehFnB'ernandez won the singles divi- i spray i sjor over top-ranked Gwenn Sum- irmitories'mell of North Texas State University he itchy PJiree sets, 6-2,4-6, 6-1 and led her hen the s®bles team to the semifinals. Sum- ms Monday jpell has played in professional open tolds, an oiMnaments in Europe and South ounty HealBca and was the top-rated woman he problaBie tournament, dents' peiBSummell is a quality player,” said ■ or a lad;of®(1 coach David Kent. “This is 10 move baflana’s best win ever and the finest still have *in the women’s program has ever appear, "Effld.” officials taHLiliana played fabulous tennis,” 1 the callofSaid. Kent called her his “14-carat [dingsonffliiaimmd”. She hit winners from 0 of the idBrywhere on the court. Her back- ined up ItBd was devastating, he said, ichool infinoHhe got tougher ami tougher as the al shampoofttch progressed, said women’s e. Bob Jan Cannon. Both girls were ml spokesiuBning all over the court and play- i out of mod® very well. -the-counteiBliliana was in better shape and it Iditional l!'showed in the later games of the m anothersfet, ’ she said. “Summell was worn school ha 1 completely down by the end of the liars” on niatch.” services sioB’ernandez hit excellent passing ly last weet mots every time Summell came to iroblem clip net. Every phase of her game /ironmentaflas going well, said Cannon. 7 that liceff|It was definitely an upset, she instead are win. “This is absolutely the best we rough borrfiave ever done and that’s with a ■hats. capital B.” rasites alsc j^fernandez had a bye in the first ugh contadBnd. She reached on the finals by thes ofp«; defeating teammates Amy Gloss in the quarterfinals 6-7, 6-0, 6-1 and Sonja Hutcherson in the semifinals 6-4, 6-2. The women’s team also had two doubles teams get to the semifinals before losing. Hutcherson and Maylen Hooten lost to Linda Gomez and Ellen Hopkins of NTSU in three tough sets 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. Pam Hill and Fernandez were beaten by Pam Slo gan and Summell in another tough, three-set match 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. “We re very proud of the whole team,” said Cannon, “but especially proud of Liliana. ” The men’s team also did well in the tournament sending one doubles team to the finals and one singles player, Brian Joelson, to the quarter finals. Reid Freeman and Brian Joelson teamed to go all the way to the finals before losing to Carl Richter and David Bate of Trinity 6-2, 6-4. “They played very well,” said Kent. “They had to go indoors be cause it was dark and weren’t used to that. ” Joelson was defeated by Guiller mo Stevens of Texas for the third time this fall 6-3, 6-4. “I don’t know what it is but Stevens has had B. J.’s number every time they’ve played,” said Kent. Kent said he saw most of the Southwest Conference teams at the tournament. He feels the SWC will once again be one of the toughest, strongest conferences in the nation. “Everybody is awfully good,” he said. “TCU, Rice and Houston will be very tough again.” Kent said Arkansas, Texas and SMU will be good with some good, young players. The men’s team will be on the road again traveling to Austin Friday to compete in two tournaments. The ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE KTAM FAMILY NIGHT AT MANOR EAST III ON TUESDAY NIGHT EACH WEEK. Adults Only $2.50 Children 14 & UNDER FREE WITH PARENT , i ivTo rV kaggs shopping center/Across from A& Call 846-6714 For Correct Times. Open at 7:15. Times for Today only \ a Focus Coaches pick Ags to win SWC title majority of the team will compete at the Westwood Invitational at the Westwood Country Club at 9 a.m. Friday. Reid Freeman, Trey Schutz, Max King, Ron Kowal, Tom Judson, Brian Joelson and Jim Gruhert are scheduled to compete in the singles. The doubles teams are Schutz- Grubert, Freeman-Joelson, Kowal- Judson and King-Smith. Three players will also be compet ing in the Lakeway Adult Tourna ment in addition to the Westwood. Leonard Smith, Robert Stapper and Genero Fernandez are scheduled to compete in both but may not be able to depending on how well they do. MANOR EAST MALL 3 : MANOR EAST MALL 823-8300 ; AND United Press International DALLAS — Southwest Confer ence basketball coaches agree that Texas A&M and Arkansas were the two best teams in the league this season, but they said neither one was unbeatable and that the remaining seven spots in the league race were wide open. “I’ve got to go along with the ex perts that Texas A&M should be the favorite,” said Houston coach Guy Lewis. “But the real improvement has been at the lower end of the con ference. “The people at the lower end are a lot closer to the top end. I’m not saying that any team is going to be as good as A&M. But I don’t consider them any cinch. Lewis and the league’s other coaches gathered Sunday for their annual pre-season review of rules changes and for a meeting with the media. “Every coach in the league is real ly optimistic,” said Lewis. “And that means that somebody is going to be very disappointed at the end of the season. “Texas A&M and Arkansas are a notch above everyone and the rest of us are fighting it out for the other seven places. But they don’t pay off for what it looks like on paper. If that was the case then Baylor wouldn’t be heading for the Cotton Bowl.” Texas A&M was knocked out of the NCAA playoffs last season until the semifinals of the Midwest Re gional, when the Aggies were defe ated in overtime by eventual cham pion Louisville. And since the Aggies return their front line of Rudy Woods, Rynn Wright and Vernon Smith, along with lanky Claude Riley, they are the obvious pick to win. -k ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★> * MANOR EAST 3 7 t MANOR EAST MALL J T 823-8300 2 “They are as long as they have that Berlin Wall down there,” said TCU coach Jim Killingsworth. As far as the most improved club in the league, the Rice Owls seemed to be the popular choice. Rice won only seven games last year, but the Owls have been build ing steadily under coach Mike Schuler. “I thought we played as well as anybody in the conference last Feb ruary,” said Schuler. “We have all our starters back and are probably the most experienced team in the conference. “I’d be very disappointed if we didn’t have a winning season and I’d be very, very disappointed if we didn’t make it to San Antonio (where the top six teams in the league gather for the SWC’s post-season tourney). “I think we are among the top five teams in the league, the kids think we are a good team and they think we can beat anybody we play. Now it’s time for us to go ahead and do it. “We’ve played a lot of close games that have been three and four point losses the last few years. It’s time for us to start winning those games. ” jgmsc AGGIE CINEMAimwmife I "CITIZEN KANE" | I WED. 7:30 /C1FMTJ4I TFlJ&ffi. MAY 20-JUNE 15 MSC TRAVEL 845-1515 WE BUY BOOKS EVERY DAY! 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