Page 10 THE BATTALION
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1981
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Jim Haller, Guy Lewis, Eddie
Sutton and Shelby Metcalf sounded
as if they would have made a pretty
good barbershop quartet last
weekend. They were all singing the
same tune.
“I have more confidence in our
team now than any other time this
year,” said Haller of Baylor.
“We played well and we’ve been
playing well,” added Lewis of
Houston.
“Our team played very well,” sur
mised Sutton of Arkansas. “We
attacked their defense and we shot
well.”
And, finally, from Metcalf of
Texas A&M, whose Aggies finally
seem to be coming to life:
“We’ve got a better team than
most people know. It’s been the best
kept secret in Texas.”
The Southwest Conference,
which had been having a rash of up
sets, close calls and dull, slowdown
games this season — erupted in a
burst of old fashioned thrashings last
Saturday.
Houston, Arkansas, Baylor and
Texas A&M all won impressively and
on the intersectional front the Rice
Owls — enjoying their best season in
a decade — won big as well.
The Houston Cougars (9-2) take a
game and a half lead over Arkansas
(7-3) into this week’s play with the
highlight almost certain to come next
Saturday afternoon in Fayetteville
when those two teams meet for the
second time this season.
Houston does not have another
game before then while Arkansas
hosts Baylor Tuesday night in
another key encounter.
The Houston-Arkansas game will
be regionally televised with Arkan
sas hoping to avenge a 57-54 loss to
the Cougars last month.
For a while this season it seemed
as if any of the nine teams in the
SWC could emerge from the confer
ence’s postseason tournament with a
berth in the NCAA tourney. But that
did not seem the case after last Satur
day’s doings.
To start with Houston whipped
the shorthanded Texas Longhorns,
75-59, although Texas clung to with
in eight points with seven minutes to
play. Rob Williams, the league’s
leading scorer, drilled in 32 points
after scoring 40 against Texas earlier
in the season.
But big man Larry Micheaux also
scored 19 and that excited Lewis.
“Larry’s play is going to help us in
the future,” said Lewis. “And I mean
the immediate future.” ,
Arkansas never gave TCU a
chance, beating the Horned Frogs,
63-48, with center Scott Hastings
scoring 26.
“We were able to get inside,” said
Sutton, “and Scott Hastings had a
marvelous night. We’re still very
much in the race. Every game is a
key one at this time of the year. ”
Baylor destroyed SMU, 80-52,
outrebounding the Mustangs, 49-20.
The win gave the Bears third place
all by themselves at 7-4 while Rice is
6-4.
Texas A&M, meanwhile, poured
it on late to knock out Texas Tech,
65-52.
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Rice boosted its win total to 11
with an out-of-conference victory
over Southwestern, 67-53. The Owls
have not won that many games since
1971, when they took 14.
Other than Baylor’s trip to Arkan
sas Tuesday night, that evening’s
activities feature Texas A&M (3-7) at
SMU (3-8) in a battle for last place,
Rice (6-4) visiting Texas Tech (5-6)
and TCU (4-7) going to Texas (4-7).
By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
In the first tournament of the season, the Texas A&M
University men’s gymnastics team put in a strong
showing at a four-way meet in Austin.
The Ags competed against the University of Texas,
the University of Texas at Arlington and Odessa Junior
College.
The Ags beat UTA and lost to both UT and OC. The
OC loss does not affect the Texas Gymnastics Confer
ence rankings, though, because OC is not in the confer
ence. Odessa is a perennial powerhouse of men’s gym
nastics and Mark Hartwell, captain of the team, said the
Ags had a fine showing despite being outclassed by OC.
“OC has been highly ranked in the NJCAA for eleven
years,” he said. “We were outclassed by them but we
held our own for the most part.”
With the win over UTA and loss to UT, the Ags are 1-1
for the season in the conference. The conferencei
sists of A&M, UT, UTA, Texas Tech, North Texas Si
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showing.
“We worked hard for a month getting read;
season, ” Hartwell said. “It looks like we can
second in the conference with UT being our mamt
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Moltz, who was also voted gymnist of the meetb;
team, was sixth in the all-around division with as®
41.05. Mark Hartwell captured third in the floor
cises with an 8.6, third in the vault with an 8.9anda
place on the ring with a score of 8.35.
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ENTRIES OPEN: Table Tennis buffs should migrate over to the
Intramural Office this week to enter themselves in the IM Table
Tennis Singles competition. Entries will be accepted today (Monday,
February 9) through next Tuesday (February 17).
ENTRIES CLOSE: Tomorrow (February 10) will be your last
chance to enter two of the spring’s most popular Intramural activities,
Slow Pitch Softball and Racquetball Singles. If you have not yet
entered, then hustle on down to the IM Office and see if there is any
space available.
SOFTBALL TEAM CAPTAINS MEETING: All Slow Pitch
Team Captains are reminded of the meeting that will be held on
Thursday, February 12 at 5:15 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Attendance
is encouraged since schedules will be distributed and important rule
modifications will be discussed.
FREE THROW CONTEST: All individuals and teams who are
entered in the IM Free Throw Contest are reminded that the
competition will take place tomorrow evening (February 10) from 7 -
10 p.m. on the Main Floor of G. Rollie White Coliseum.
FENCING TOURNAMENT: Entrants are reminded that they
must be ready to begin competition at 9 a.m. sharp this Saturday
(February 14) in Room 267 pf East Kyle. Don’t forget to bring your
I.D.’s to enter the building.
WEIGHTLIFTING CLINICS: If you missed last Wednesday’s
instructional clinic on the new Universal and Nautilus equipment,
don’t despair. Additional clinics will be held on the next two Wednes
days (February 11 and 18) from 7 - 8 p.m. in Room 262 of G. Rollie
White.
INTRAMURAL LOGO CONTEST: Entry forms for the IM
Logo Contest are still available in the IM Office (159 East Kyle). Why
not put together a few ideas and enter them in the Logo Contest to
see if you might have the idea we re looking for. Prizes will be
awarded and the winning entry will also be the official IM Logo next
year.
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Attention: Volleyball Fans
Bill Dawley warms up for Class B Co-Rec softball action.
Penberthy Celebration
The time is nearing for y’all to organize your softball
teams for the Second Annual Penberthy Celebration of
Sports.
This year’s competition in softball will run from noon
On Friday, March 27 until noon on Sunday, March 29
— NON-STOP! — forty-eight hours of continuous
softball at the Penberthy Intramural Complex. Entries
will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis from
Monday, March 2 through Tuesday, March 24. How
ever since entries will be limited in each division, don’t
wait too long after the first day to enter.
An entry fee of $40.00 will be assessed each team in
each of the three divisions — Men’s, Women’s, and
Co-Rec.
In addition to softball. Special Events will also be
conducted during the weekend for individuals and
teams. Entries are limited to TAMU students, faculty,
staff, and their respective spouses.
The Valentine’s Day Invitation
al Volleyball Tournament will fea
ture several All-Americans and
World-Class Volleyball players in
both men’s and women’s competi
tion. This exciting volleyball ex
travaganza will include over 45
teams!
The Texas A&M Men' s team is
the defending champion and will
enter the competition as the top
seed, the entire A&M team has
returned from last year with high
hopes of becoming the best Aggie
volleyball team ever.
TAMU will be entering
men’s and three women’s teamsii
the tourney. For the first time tin
Men’s and Women’s Finals willlx
played on the Main Floor of C
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Basketball Finals Previewed?
The Men’s Class A All-
University Championship game
may have been previewed on
January 29 when Pabst upset de
fending All-U champs, Exit Only,
49-42.
The game, characterized by
sloppy play according to pabst cap
tain Bruce Welboum and Exit On-
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ly captain Todd Shipley, may in
deed have been a preview of
things to come. Shipley and Wel-
bourne considered the game slop
py because the game was decided
by free throws in the end. Shipley
also feels early season jitters may
have affected both teams play.
Welboume and Shipley echoed
each others thoughts in agreeing
that there are several teams this
year that could go all the way.
Both team representatives felt
that playing tough opponents early
in the season is beneficial because
it sharpens their respective team
skills early. Shipley, who was on
Exit Only’s championship team
last year, said they were glad to
play in a league with more com
petition.
Pabst and Exit only are basically
the same teams that played to
gether last year. However, both
have some new additions that
should improve both squads this
year. Also helpful in their devel
opment is that they both play in
the Bryan Men’s City League.
Pabst, who reached the Men’s B
semi-finals last year, feel they are
ready to compete with just about
anyone this year. If their opening
win against Exit Only is any indi
cation, they may be right.
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