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Page 8 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1980 Sports Ags start season against tall Lions By JON HEIDTKE Battalion Staff The Texas A&M women’s basket ball team opens the 1980-81 season Women's basketball tonight against Southeastern Louisiana starting at 7:30 in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Lady Lions will present a big challenge for the Aggies in the form of 6-4 Rita Austin and 6-2 Janice Tho mas. The two juniors finished one- two in rebounding last year on the club, and pose a sizeable problem for second-year coach Cherri Rapp since the Aggies have no one taller than 6-1. To even out the size advantage, Rapp said the Aggies will have to run and press so much that the Lady Lions can never set up offensively or defensively. At this time Rapp hasn’t decided on complete starting line-up but she said Trigg Crawford, Sherry Winn and Kelley Sullivan will be out there for the opening tip. The other two positions are still open but the lead ing candidates are Monte Meyers, Tammy Grafton, duRae Gill and Cathy Fuller. Though the Aggies are small and inexperienced, Rapp said they are in good shape. “We need to be in excellent shape to run as much as we plan to,” she said. RISK TOORMAMCNT The Battalion Picks Kurt Allen Rick Stolle dp Mike Burrichter Richard Oliver Jon Heidii; Texas A&M at Arkansas A&M by 3 A&M by 1 A&M by 4 Arkansas by 17 Arkansas by 7 A&M by 7 Baylor at Rice Baylor by 7 Baylor by 17 Baylor by 20 Baylor by 24 Baylor by 1 Baylor by 3 SMU at Texas Tech SMU by 9 SMU by 8 SMU by 7 SMU by 12 Texas Tech by 7 SMU by 10 Texas at TCU Texas by 2 Texas by 10 Texas by 7 Texas by 30 Texas by 30 Texas by 4 Notre Dame at Alabama Alabama by 10 Alabama by 2 Alabama by 3 Notre Dame by 4 Alabama by 13 Notre Dame l(| Purdue at Michigan Michigan by 6 Michigan by 3 Purdue by 10 Purdue by 8 Michigan by 17 Purdue by 5 Princeton at Yale Yale by 4 Yale by 1 Yale by 7 Yale by 1 Yale by 14 Princeton by 1 Oilers at Bears Bears by 1 Oilers by 2 Oilers by 13 Oilers by 1 Oilers by 2 Oilers by 4 Cardinals at Cowboys Cowboys by 6 Cowboys by 4 Cowboys by 3 Dallas by 21 Cowboys by 1 Cowboys by 3 Temple at Bryan Bryan by 2 Temple by 6 Bryan by 6 Bryan by 1 Temple by 14 Bryan by 1 Season records thus far: 58-29 (.667) 39-21 (.650) 56-31 (.644) 55-32 (.632) 52-35 (.598) 51-36 (.586) • november 14 ,15 ■ friday & Saturday ’ msc main lounge ■ 7:30 pm ■ $1 entry fee - bring a game if you can ■ GROMETS/ msc recreation From Hornets to Hippos — only in Te™ By WILEY GILMORE Battalion Reporter Herein find the composite wis dom of a bottle of tequila, a dement ed mind and a day off. There has been meandering inside my head for a long time something that was said of old Ben Franklin: that Ben once proposed that the symbol of the United States be the turkey instead of the eagle. Let’s carry the idea a couple of preposterous steps further and sup pose that (1) the founding fathers had agreed with him and, furthermore, that (2) they decreed that henceforth everything that had been called “eagle” would be called “turkey,” and vice versa. With me so far? Okay. The Amer ican family sits down to a Thanksgiv ing feast of roast eagle. Country folk dance to the strains of “Under the Double Turkey.” The basketball star slam-dunks and yells “In your face, eagle!” And Air Force fighter pilots roar into the sky in their F-15 Turkeys. An interesting exercise, and fun. Unless, of course, one happens to work for this area’s other daily news paper, or supports Philadelphia’s pro football team, or comes from one of 76 high schools in Texas which have the eagle as their emblem. Yep, 76 high schools in the state go to battle every fall bearing the title of Eagles. It is the second most fre quently used team name among over 1,000 high schools in Texas. Bulldogs leads the list with 80. coaches of all Texas high schools and colleges. But a bit of time, tequila and tenacity in reviewing this tome will Comment This timeless information comes from the Texas Sports Guide of High Schools and Colleges, a directory of some considerable worth to coaches and sports writers. It lists the names, addresses, nicknames, colors and yield a wealth of sociological phenomena. The 10 most popular names for Texas high school teams, including the aforementioned, are Tigers (62), Wildcats (48), Panthers (46), Mus tangs (35), Lions (33), Indians (33), Pirates (29) and Hornets (28). There are 188 individual team names used by Texas high schools, 112 of them being used by only one school each. There are some in teresting matchups. Things look pretty good for all the Indians, for instance. There are 33 of them, but to keep them fed through ATTENTION IMSCI di S vr MSC Town Hall Option Pass holders! oQUE ES IXTAPA? MAY 19-23 MSC TRAVEL 845-1515 Hewn hollar Priority period to purchase tickets for LACY J. DALTON and the DALTON GANG Croc O’Shirt P.O. Box 157, Richmond,VA 23201 I know a good thing when I see it! Send me. as indicated below. I am enclosing $_ .Croc O'Shirt(s) . at $11.95 plus $1.50 postage and handling for each shirt (VA residents add 4% sales tax). I'm impatient but I will allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Name. Address. City, State, Zip S M Light Blue White Yellow Burgundy Brown Navy dfc- cett-Wodk-fJwt-! j * f!6C- MUtvvyww -ytiv won# the winter there are 10 Buffaloes, two Bisons, four Elks and five An telopes. And the 13 Cowboys shouldn’t; bother them too much. Four matadors, however, must share one Bull ... and seven Greyhounds must make do with but four Jackrabbits. If they work in shifts, the eight Coyotes must might finally outwit the lone Roadrunner in the whole state (Austin Westlake’s Chaparrals). The four Knights have plenty of chances for glory against 12 Dragons. But what’s the sense? There are no Damsels in Distress. The Knights may chuck the whole thing, form a quartet, and sing music from the ’50s. Scattered throughout the state are teams with the names of Bears, Lon ghorns, Red Raiders, Cougars, Owls and Mustangs. No Homed Frogs or Razorbacks, and only one team of Aggies. A case of life imitat ing sport? Sport imitating sport? There are eight Rangers but, alas, not a single Riot. Back to busting massage parlors, guys. And this brings me to the nomina tion of the 10 most interesting nick names in the book. The Crane Golden Cranes actually once had a coach named Crane. Try working all those Cranes into a lead paragraph without getting your type writer tongue-tied. Wonder, also, what them Cranes are doing out there in the Texas Outback where the fireplugs look lovingly at every passing dog. San Saba Armadillos. Unique in that San Saba is the only school to use it in a state where the ’dillo is practic ally the state critter. The Hutto Hippos, with nary a rhinocerous to keep company. The Somerville Yeguas, pro nounced YAY-WAHS, an Indian tribe, not a variation of the Aggie whoop. Byj One couf print. They’re actually the ft SMU is Well, these and other na* to the richness of Texas higfca heir histoi sports. And high school sports,!) hough Tex mind, give the best returns leans mon sports entertainment dollai lj mce you s\ wish one thing were different like to be able to go through!)! and apply a few nicknames! We would have the Bartlettfi the Canadian Bacons, thed Kids, the Comfort Blank!: Blanket Comforts, the EarlyS the Karnack Magnificents. Also the Kashmere Sweatee,® r,. Katy Bar-The-Doors, the Mi d m c atol Wells Trotters, the Moody!' ® ar atui and the Motley Crews. The Hockaday Daisies,) trade school for girls in Daias»!| fields excellent teams in cotilti orthodontist-marrying. The Lake Worth Bullfrogs,.- - „ give a cheer for those croak ' lrase He keep a straight face. The Hamlin Pied Pipers,. Polar Bears and Winters B!g ) ?nur fi™ — what can you say except lode h° m spired. leTulane But now let us contempt ' on * n | )ot grand champions: the Itasol W e htion pus Cats. Folks at ItascaHighSi ' ne '‘ 1 °ur don’t know what a WampusC iara “ 1 ° n - nor how the school came toai] 111105 ^ They referred me to Di: 106 on McDonald, editor of the Itasral “PS^d who didn’t know what a Wampo ieie was either. He did say thatths ^ ™ s had been around for 55 or Ik j™ to and that it had been propose!! e ] unenv * a high school cheerleadernamdl ““ nationa na Farrow, later Mrs. i ‘ n a “ u ' McMahan. Last year The Booker Kowes. Hiis« earstae dj was in the running for the weiri *’ crow 11 all until I discovered it wass® 11 ^ ■ st ' earn The Texa am, after f igular seas' The Seymour Katz, that. Campbell, Payton showcased Sunday United Press International ilprrpv IUpvi The NFL’s two premier rushers, Walter Payton $ ' ^ dll he shnweased in SnnHav’s interleapnie matrlilP y 6 United Press International CHICAGO Earl Campbell, will be showcased in Sunday’s interleague matchup Soldier Field between the Chicago Bears and the Houston Oik The Oilers, who survived a 38-34 shootout against New Engl® Monday night, enter the contest 7-3 and tied for the AFC Central If* 1 with Cleveland, one game ahead of Pittsburgh. The Bears, 4-6, are® last place in the NFC Central but trail front-running Detroit two games. Chicago Coach Neill Armstrong said his team must win “j the rest of all of our games if we’re going to make it to the playoffs!)* season.” Houston, the favorite in the contest, must win to remainiS! the tough AFC Central. The Payton-Campbell matchup may be more important to the)® and the media than to the outcome of the game, which pits two o! better defenses in the NFL. [The Aggi eek by Ri ately 300 lat tie aim ito fourth Standings, b ta still the The Aggie i, and are irst taste of ion, when t to tournament. DIETING? Even though we do not prescribe diets, we make it possible for many to enjoy a nutritious meal while they follow their doctors orders. You will be delightei with the wide selection of low calorie, sugar free and fat free foods in the Souper Salad Area, Sbisa Dining Center Basement. OPEN Monday through Friday 10:45 AM-1:45 PM QUALITY FIRST