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Sports THE BATTALION Page 7/1 TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1981 tax assessmi Officii s taxes could in. 2(K) percent,! for a decade d icated up win ■nowledgedtb ; t0 reappraij. r operty,''wli and furnishii businesses ased in Dallas used a dr burden, equired to pa; >n in addition^ isiness persoml V SI4 million, irdo Medrano indicated resi- give city halli orrect the !ii is of Dallas® snt of Dallas! said, “I thidi ity council m, change in die ilysts contend because fear of ; s outweighed ghe Hall looks to improve in ’81 Park ado r Photo by Pat O’Malley Randy Hall basks in the glow of victory after vaulting to the NCAA outdoor title last May in Austin. Hall comes back again this year to lead the defending SWC Champion Texas Aggie track team. By ANN DUFFY Battalion Reporter Texas A&M University track star Randy Hall will be hard up to im prove on his 1980 record as he enters this track season. Last year’s All-Southwest Confer ence Indoor and Outdoor pole vault ing champion also holds the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) meet record of 18-21/2 feet. His record-setting performance at the SWC Outdoor Championships was a prime factor in the Aggies meet-winning effort. But his accomplishments last spring don’t end there. Hall won the NCAA pole vault championship in both the indoor and outdoor com petitions, and broke the SWC record at the Rice Invitational in Houston with an \ S-OV2 effort and jumped the same height in the non-conference Bruce Jenner Invitational. That jump tied him for the title. He also won his event at the Florida State Invitational in Tallahassee. “My most memorable jump was my first 18-foot jump last year, ’’ Hall said. “It was a goal I’d been wanting to achieve all along.” Hall, 21, is a finance major and has been vaulting since he was 10 years old. His father vaulted in high school and at Southwest Texas State Uni versity in San Marcos. “My dad’s really my coach,” said Hall. Hall’s father now coaches track at Calhoun County High School in Port Lavaca. “I ran hurdles and did the high jump in junior high, ” Hall said, “but to really excel in vaulting I had to devote all my time to it ” )OM J Borg shoots for elusive Open crown United Press International NEW YORK — Now that he’s learned the secret of winning in New lork, Bjorn Borg is looking to achieve the single major prize that has eluded him in tennis. Five years in a row he has won Wimbledon, and five times he has raptured the French Open. Yet the young man who already is consi dered by many as the greatest player ever has been stopped short in his quest to capture the U.S. Open. The last three years Borg went to the Open with his hopes alive to achieve the Grand Slam, a feat accomplished by only two men, and each time he failed. So it was little wonder that when Borg was asked his hopes for the new year on Sunday, he replied, “I want to do well in the big tournaments, hutprobably my biggest mission is to do well in the U.S. Open. ” Until the Masters last year, Borg had failed in nine tries to win a tour nament in New York. But he finally made the breakthrough, and on Sun- he completed a successful de fense of the $400,000 Masters Cham pionship with a surprisingly easy 6-4, 6-2,6-2 rout of Ivan Lendl. t only does the Super Swede continue to win, but at 24 he claims | he has yet to reach his peak. “I’m still continuing to improve my game,” Borg said. “Over the last couple of years I’ve been improving my serve a little bit, also I’ve been very consistent. Even Borg, who hadn’t played competitively for six weeks coming into this tournament, was surprised at how easily he handled Lendl, earning him top prize of $100,000. “1 expected a very tough match, ” he said. “The last time I played Ivan he beat me in five sets in Basel (Swit zerland).’’ Have you been published yet? We’re completing the Kinko’s Professor Publishing Library for the spring semester now! But we still have plenty of time to prepare your outside reading materials for your spring classes. Just call and we’ll come by to explain our program and pick up your materials to be copied. All at no charge to the professor! mmo’S COPIES 201 College Main 846-8721 r 25C Off On Each Entre Offer good through Jan. 22 The Original area Potato House One Potato, Two Potato... Serving Giant, Simmering, Nutritiously Delicious Meal-in-One Stuffed Potatoes! Try one of our 12 different house specialties or build your own. And try our Machos, just $1.00. Orders To Eat Here Or To Go COUPON, 102 Church St. College Station 846-0720 COUPON - | - University COUPON b* FRENCH’S 4 Convenient Locations After School Pick-up Infant, Day Carey Kindergarten & Private First Grade Tap-Ballet Classes nonA State Licensed 69o-99UU Almost better than Grandma’s. The track star is now a senior as far as his track eligibility, but is only a junior at A&M because he stayed home from school last fall. “I thought I had a chance for the Olympics, but they boycotted it, ” he said. “I wanted to stay home and prepare for it.” Hall was one of eight Aggies to qualify for the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. June 21-July 1. He said several of his friends thought he wouldn’t return to Texas A&M if he stayed out a semester. At those Trials, Hall succumbed to bad track conditions and failed to make the team. “It (staying home a semester) helped me out a lot,” he said. “I found out how far I wanted to go with my vaulting and my career. I’m going to keep doing it as long as I can, and I’m good at it, so why not? I like being in shape.” Hall’s workouts include running, gymnastics, trampoline ,(for body coordination in the air) and weight lifting. He works out six days a week. Still, Hall said he developed most of his techniques from what his dad taught him. “Pole vaulting requires a more specialized workout with gymnas tics. We also have to watch the food we eat.” The training is not all physical, however. When a person is falling 18 feet, he must depend on quick men tal reactions. During the off-season (September and October), Hall runs cross coun try to keep in shape and lifts weight October through May. He starts vaulting in November with a short pole, not for height. SWC track and field competition begins in mid- February. Last summer, Hall traveled through Europe with the NIKE track team, which took 15 people from all over the nation. Texas A&M shot put star Tim Scott was also chosen to accompany the team. 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