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TANK jMFMMARA THE BATTALION MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1980 Page 13 by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds ftOLUXXMlMfc.I ito AUPE RECORPEP Bpemumperabencm'. Ti4E HOME TEAM MUST B€ TRYING TO GET YOUR PRE-GAME iNGTROCTiONG. NO.REWINP ITTOTME BEGINNING, AMP RUT IT ON 'RBCORP' .. Soccer team wants varsity status By RICHARD OLIVER Sports Editor The fall soccer season is now over for the Texas A&M University men’s team, but one battle is apparently just beginning. The Aggies were beaten 3-2 Satur day on the drill field in an exhibition game against a junior team from Dal las, but for A&M Head Coach Telmo Franco and some of his players, a fight for varsity status is in the making. Although Franco has expressed a desire for A&M to join TCU and SMU as a SWC varsity school since the beginning of the year, now the Aggies have a successful season and a bright future to work with. “It will be a great benefit for soccer in this area,” said Franco Sunday. “Soccer is a game for the future. It would really be very beneficial for the school to start a program here. ” Franco said he felt it would be good for the University’s name and reputation to field a team, plus it would allow several area players who would otherwise be looking out of state for a place to play to consider Texas A&M. “There are some very good play ers, especially from the Dallas area, that are now playing in other areas of the country. It (varsity) would give them an opportunity to play nearer. Only a few professional players (in the North American Soccer League) are from this area... SMU and North Texas State only.” Despite the lack of a varsity title, Franco and assistant David Flentge are hot on the recruiting trail for this spring and next fall. Thus far, two players transferring from junior col lege programs to play in the spring and nine more high school and junior college students have ex pressed a desire to attend A&M. The Aggies completed the fall campaign with a 7-3-3 ledger, the best record ever at the University. The seven wins put them third in the final SWC standings. “The opportunity to recruit is here,” said Franco. “We don’t have to go out and offer them scholar ships. We can give them partial scho larships. We re looking for the title of varsity at the present time. Most of the potential players are going to go to college anyway. Many would like to go to A&M. A&M has a good academic program ... it would be easy to recruit if we had the varsity status. “I would like to see it (varsity) now at the present time. They’re (junior soccer players) looking. I receive several calls to see if we have a varsi ty team. I just have to tell them we re in an in-between state.” The Aggies took on The Titans, an under-19 team from Dallas, Satur day and fell short, 3-2. In the game, all Aggie players on the roster were allowed to play. It was the final fall action for A&M. Cowboys are 11-3; beat Raiders, 19-13 asketball *13 I A&M takes on Sam Houston State tonight ir efforts tliis res with thcm-M By JON HEIDTKE lange games § ' Battalion Staff layattheOmBps A&M will put their national us, and were 11 ? on the line tonight at 7:30 es, 6-3. Hist Sam Houston State at G. Rol- lelossoftheiiliH^hite before embarking on a p-seededl ijekame road trip which includes ler and No.lW tournament appearances. 1.3SonjaH»4 . . , Be Bearkats bring a 4-1 record 1 players lismtotlic contest against an Aggie club to Ligia MittoWi has been ranked as high as • m in the country by Sporting r Eva Holm,HP's. That ranking prompted Head ftoaeh Shelby Metcalf to corn ea Wiedelilpt: "Probably means we take ost to Matte’jjiore subscriptions here than in ther places. " des-Chrisliniw Bhe Bearkats, under the direction Vloriera-Emj, Coach Bob Derryberry, lea small team but a quick one. By are a well-coached club,” fttalf said, “and they can apply defensive pressure all over the to 1a team condudai erdine in M ug to Head >th prior gam Pavilion andei ated Bruins,! ell before tits time, 50-38, dosed the first the game. Dt« le-figi while SherylCk •ahbedateam km Houston’s potent offense is ly 6-7 center Willie Whitten- | who is averaging 23 points a ie. The Bearkats have three other Jirs averaging in double figures icluding Tony Massey,., who assis- jroach David Goff said is the best rfiund player on the team. The Aggies, who are 2-0 and 14th in the Associated Press basketball poll, will start out with their “big” line-up featuring Tyrone Ladson and “The Wall.” Metcalf has been pleased with the play of Ladson saying “he has played the smartest of any of them and has taken over the role Goff played last year.” After two games, the Aggies lead ing scorers are senior co-captains Rynn Wright and Vernon Smith. Wright holds a slim edge over Smith with a 14.5 game average to Smith’s 14.0 a game. Claude Riley is the only other Aggie averaging double-figures with 11 points a game. After tonight’s game, the Aggies won’t play a home game in G. Rollie White until Jan. 17, four games deep into the Southwest Conference race, when they will host SMU. “They don’t play that many straight road games in the NBA, ” Metcalf said ab out the upcoming schedule. The Aggies will start the grueling road trip Friday in the First Union Invitational Tournament in Charlot te, North Carolina. The next weekend A&M will travel to Black sburg, Virginia and participate in the Virginia Tech Invitational. On Dec. 29 the Aggies will be in the KOA Classic in Billings, Monta na. After their three tournament appearances, the Aggies will open the SWC race in Dallas’ Reunion Arena against TCU. Cards grab Porter for $5 million The St. Louis Cardinals Sunday opened the 1980 Major League win ter baseball meetings by announcing they had signed free agent Darrell Porter to a three-year, $5 million contract. Porter, who made headlines early last season when he left the Kansas City Royals to attend a drug clinic, comes to a team that currently lists three catchers on its roster, includ ing Ted Simmons and Terry Ken nedy. In other meeting news, the Phil lies announed they had signed free agent Tug McGraw. United Press International OAKLAND — By Tom Landry’s standards, 1980 already has been a tremendous success for the Dallas Cowboys and the best is yet to come. Way back in training camp last summer, Landry was thinking in terms of a breakeven season, mean ing he was willing to settle for 8-8 and then come back in 1981. Now, though, with two games left to play, his Cowboys are tied with Philadelphia in their own division and Atlanta in the NFC West for the best record in the NFL — 11-3. While the Cowboys had scored 386 points against 13 other rivals, they managed only 19 against the Oakland Raiders Sunday but it was enough for a six-point victory in the 19-13 battle. The Cowboy defense played one of its best games of the year and that’s what made the difference, at least in Landry’s view. “We executed very well on offense in the first half,” said Landry, “but we didn’t play nearly as well in the second. We didn’t make the plays we had to in the second half and we had to rely on our defense. I can’t say enough about the defense. They really did a fine job against a strong team.” That they did, holding the Raiders to only 104 yards in total offense in the last 30 minutes while protecting a slim lead. Landry gave a lot of cre dit to defensive end Ed Jones and linebacker Mike Hegman whom he called the anchor of the Dallas de fense. “Those two positions are the ones that hurt us so much last year, ” said Landry. “Jones is coming back this year and Hegman’s improved play has rallied our defense most of the The Cowboys scored their points against Oakland on a 20-yard touch down run by Tony Dorsett and a two- yard smash by Ron Springs plus 52- and 34-yard field goals by Rafael Sep- tien. The 52-yard field goal was the longest of Septien’s pro career. Dorsett carried the ball 25 times for 97 yards giving the former Heis- man Trophy winner 1,014 yards for the year and an NFL record as the first man to gain at least 1,()()() yards in each of his first four seasons. t /liRBORNEr "THE DIFFICULT WE DO IM MEDIATELY, THE IMPOSSIBLE TAKES A LITTLE LONGER" AGENT AERO AIR FREIGHT ■ a SERVICES | WE DO MORE THAN . DELIVER YOUR PACKAGE 1 OVERNIGHT f WE GUARANTEE IT! f 150 CITIES 1 $22.11 UP TO 2 LBS. I f THE FREIGHT PROBLEM SOLVERS* PH: 713-779-FAST ■ P.O. BOX 3862 f BRYAN, TX. 77801 ▼ McDonald's ■ i. DRIVE-THRU WINDOW MCDONALD’S INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS AA f McDonald's I ■ I At University Drive BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING Now at Manor East Mall ie minutes in Rapp was pie uovers (coup erformanceof 1 ureoflMf 1 record fell li helped the :ant Coach Ci< points and ps ;lley Sullivan's “but the teams Ypperdine. :gin preparinj ■aduationprepJ Jacks in 1 erfu erhaps M, 2-0, returns t home agains hen takes part vitational inC veekend. also be invol 1 rmpetition o' { dng in the I* ined Texas iJ he endoflasi a come-froffl-l aver Texas M Im Game Plan INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL ENTRIES: If you have not yet signed up for next semester’s Intramural Basketball competition, now is the time to do it. Tomorrow is the last day that entries will be accepted, however due to the large volume of entries, the Intramural Department cannot guarantee acceptance of all teams. Therefore, get on over to 159 East Kyle and sign up your team before all the leagues are full. BASKETBALL OFFICIALS CLINICS: Individuals who have expressed an interest in becoming an IM Basketball Official are reminded of the training clinics that will be held this week. Tuesday’s meeting will be at 7 p.m. in Room 262 of G. Rollie White while Wednesday’s meeting will be in Room 302 of G. Rollie at 7 p.m. BASKETBALL TEAM CAPTAINS’ MEETING: All Intramu ral Basketball Team Captains are urged to attend the meeting to be held at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, December 11 in Rudder Theater. Schedules will be distributed and rule changes will be discussed. SPORTS OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: A Pre-Intramural Season Basketball Tourna ment is being sponsored by the Sport Officials Association. Entry can be obtained by seeing Dave Kerr or Don Royder in the Intramural Office. An entry fee of $30.00 per team will be assessed and trophies will be awarded to the individuals on the winning Men’s and Wom en’s teams. Second place trophies will also be awarded in the Men’s competition. Entries will be limited in this double elimination tour ney so enter as soon as possible. Tournament dates will be January 18, 19, and 20, 1981. INTRAMURAL LOGO CONTEST: Persons interested in hav ing their artwork immortalized should prepare to enter the Intramu ral Logo Contest. The IM Department needs a new logo to be used in the years to come and is therefore sponsoring a contest to determine an appropriate logo for the Department. Entry forms and rules are available in the Intramural Office (159 East Kyle). Prizes will be awarded so enter today. iping Air FoP four seconds!* )-49. eanwhile, «nl IM-REC Sports Dept. Salutes... Class C Flag Football Champs The Natives — Sitting, (L-R) Don Weihs, Charles Kunze, Jon Henning- an; kneeling, Ricky Powell, Bruce Woods, Richard Cox, Manny Cardenas, Jeff Hun- chingson; standing, Neave’ Falls, Dick Hoyle, Robert On- drasek, Jerry Dayton. Are you aware that over 90,000 peo ple used the A&M recreational fa cilities during September, October and November of this year? This count reprsents a 19% increase over last year’s 76,000. We hope that YOU are one of the lucky people recreating at A&M. -.... ... Class C Competitors h ilems witte cks fell to , despi t lead. 1, wil st the Athletes 1 night and host laturday even! 1 3-1 over the W the fall sea.® 5 Larry Whyde displays intense concentration as he officiates a flick- erball contest. Larry is our McDonald’s “Be Our Guest” win ner this week and can pick up his card for a free hamburger at McDonald’s by com ing in to the IM office. It takes a special type of person to compete in a competitive ath letic event with no incentive to win other than self-satisfaction. The Intramural-Recreational Sports Department would like to salute these individuals this week. Our hats go off to the fall semester Class C winners. Over 1500 people participated in the Class C offerings this fall; people who epitomized the true recreational philosophy of the IM Department. Ninety-six people competed in Class C Archery Singles with Shel don Wulstein shooting a 267 to win the Men’s title. In the Wom en’s Division, the top score was 255, shot by Clair M. Hodgin. Archery Doubles had 13 teams competing for the Men’s title. Acknowledgements This ad is sponsored by your local McDonald Restaurants at University Drive and Manor East Mall. Photos by David Hurst. Stories by John Bramblett. John Gorena and Scott Fahlquist gathered in this crown with a com bined score of 510. Gayle Rath- mah and Melinda Feibrich shot a 300 to capture the Women’s title while Randy Mitchell teamed with Carol Price to win the Co-Rec Di vision with a 449. Clad in the orange and white shirts, U.T. sifted through 40 other teams to capture the Class C Co-Rec Flag Football title. The College Station Natives (who said you ever had to travel great dis tances to achieve fame and star dom) emerged as the ultimate champions of the Class C Men’s Division which was composed of 63 teams. The Women’s Division was won by OCA III. The Jokers proved to be no joke in flicking the ball through the goal in route to their Class C Flic- kerball Men’s Championship. Charles Amster took to the links and shot a 36 hole total of 189 (93 & 96) to top the field in the Class C Golf Tournament. The Handball Singles Tourna ment was won by Mike Seawright while either Tim Sexton and Doug Guiling or Armando Gonzales and Nathan Abransky will emerge as the Racquetball Doubles champs. Table Tennis Doubles’ victors were Jeff Jensen and Gary Buckley while Sue Bierman and Jerry Fa bian captured the Women’s and Men’s titles in the Tennis Tourna ment that did not use tables. Class C Soccer is still being con tested by the field is narrowing rapidly. Stonefeet will tangle with Space Group in the title tilt to determine the Men’s Class C winner. Co-Rec Volleyball was second in Class C numbers only to Co-Rec Football with 36 teams. The Wizards proved to be the class of this group by capturing the Class C Co-Rec crown. The Transplants and Wesley Women topped the Men’s and Women’s fields, re spectively. Class C Champions do not sport T-shirts or short to acknowledge their accomplishments but rest as sured that they are winners just the same. Holiday Hours DeWare Fieldhouse, G. Rollie White Coliseum and the Indoor Pool wil be operating under an abbreviated schedule during the upcoming semester break. The following schedule will be in effect: Dec. 20 - Jan. 4* DeWare G. Rollie Pool Jan. 5 - Jan. 11 DeWare G. Rollie 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Closed Noon - 2 p.m. 4 p.m. - midnight (M-F) 8 a.m. - midnight (S&S) 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. (M-F) 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. (S&S) Pool Noon - 2 p.m. (M-F) 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. (M-F) 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. (S&S) Jan. 12 - Jan. 18 DeWare and Pool will be same as Jan. 5 - 11. G. Rollie 4 p.m. - midnight (M-F) 8 a.m. - midnight (S&S) *All facilities will be closed on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Class C Co-Rec Volleyball Champs The Wizards — Kneeling (L-R) Malcolm Richardson, Robert Sielken, Norman Lutt- berg, Robert Bernstein; Standing, Jane Sielken, Sheryl Pace, Suzanne Payne, Cindy Bernstein; Not Pictured, Carl Yost, Molly Yost.
