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Page 12 I Ht bA i i aliun MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1981 Vote defeats tank »fnamara by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds transfer rule Fly swatting Photo by Flavio Villacorta Members of the Texas A&M and San Antonio Lacrosse Club teams fight for the ball Satur day in a matchup on the drill field. The Aggies lost their first game of the season, 12-10, to the SALC, dropping their record to 3-1. United Press International AUSTIN — The University In terscholastic League announced member schools have voted over whelmingly to abolish the league’s one-year transfer rule, and mak ing moot several years of litiga tion. Dr. Bailey Marshall, the UIL director, said the schools voted 830-204 to abolish the controver sial rule. The regulation required that any student who transferred to another school could not parti cipate in football or basketball for one year unless the student was a senior. Litigation has been pending in several cases around the state in the past few years where students barred from competition because of the transfer rule. Two weeks ago the Texas Supreme Court heard testimony on a case by a former Austin student who was barred from competition after he trans ferred to Texas from another state. Marshall said the vote by the schools will make the legal cases moot. Marshall said the new rule would require the parents of the transfer student to establish “a bona fide residence” before he or she is eligible to compete in inters cholastic sports. The new rule, which the UIL director said would become effective during the 1981- 82 school year, could be easily en forced. r ..THERE APPEARS TO (MXWINO SUSPICION AM0N& lTWE- PRESS HERE AT RINSSIPE , Former UCLA arrested on murder char ballplayei Sfi 1 ^ JL Texas baseball team is looking good By GLENN KRAMPOTA Battalion Staff The Southwest Conference be gins league play March 13, and the team that has dominated the scene since baseball began league play is the University of Texas. This year should be no diffe rent. Since 1915 the Longhorns have won or shared the champion ship 52 times. To show the extent of their domination, Texas A&M is second with 11. This year’s model of the ongoing dynasty, conference champion by one-half game over the Aggies last year, enters the season much in the same situation as the Aggies did in 1980. Six starters return, including three All-SWC performers, to give them a very experienced team out in the field. But the pitching, according to Coach Cliff Gustafson, is a big question mark. “That’s the big area of no com parison with last year’s team,” he said. Gustafson bemoaned the loss of Keith Creel, his number one pitcher for two years. Jim Acker, who developed enough to become a first round draft choice of the Atlanta Braves, will also be missed. “We may have to do what A&M did last year,” he said. “Hand the ball to three freshmen and say go get ’em.” Over the phone Gustafson made light of his own team’s chances. “Arkansas appears awesome, they look like they belong in another league,” the coach said. “And A&M looks strong with their pitching. I would like to hope we could compete, but right now it looks like we’re fighting for second place.” With any contribution from an unproven pitching staff, Texas, despite Gustafson’s gloom, should be fighting for a slot one higher than second. Three All-SWC regulars return in the field. Dean David is an all- star at second base, as are Chris Campbell and Mike Zatopek in the outfield. Gustafson said he has another All-SWC possibility at shortstop in sophomore Spike Owens. Owens led the league in runs scored as a freshman. The Longhorns also return hur- ler Dave Seiler who fired a no hitter against SMU last season. Gustafson said Seiler has a lot of potential, but needs to prove he can pitch with consistency. Right now Mike Winthrow and Doug Laufer loom as the Lon ghorn’s other two starters, accord ing to Gustafson. The Longhorns have a flock of highly regarded freshmen pitch ers who Gustafson said may be in a position of having to contribute immediately. “It should be a very exciting race,” the coach said, sizing things up. “All of the teams have streng thened their programs, and the gap in strength of teams from top to bottom is much smaller than it has been in the past.” Texas opened up their season at home Saturday against Texas Lutheran with a doubleheader sweep. United Press International LOS ANGELES — Former UCLA football star Billy Don Jackson was charged with murder Friday in the death of a man police say was stabbed to death during an argument over a drug purchase. Jackson, a 6-3, 230-pound de fensive lineman from Sherman, Texas, surrendered to police Wednesday after hearing he was a suspect in the Oct. 27 stabbing death of Mark Bemolak, 28. Jack- son was formally charged and arraigned Friday. Detective Glen Varner said Bemolak apparently was killed as he struggled with two men over a small amount of marijuana. The struggle attracted the attention of residents in Bemolak’s apartment house who saw two men flee. De scriptions led police to Jackson, Varner said, while the other man is still being sought. Jackson was a freshman starter at UCLA in 1977 and became a three-year letterman. He was a two-time recipient of the N.N. Sugarman award, given to the player who exhibits the best spirit and scholarship by a vote of the UCLA players. But things apparently began to go sour for Jackson, and coach Ter ry Donohue suspended him for four games in his junior year be cause he missed four practice ses sions. Instead of returning to UCLA, Jackson tried out for a team in the Canadian Football League but failed. In September 1980 Jackson enrolled at San Jose State on a football scholarship but quit two months later. “The tragedy is that not only was Billy Don a great a said a former coach, "but that he had agreatspiiil great leadership and greatif passion.” MADRID, ! Spain’s 350 par rightist coup atl ection’s leader “Walk out u oist leader of t ken to civil gn Jere is that I n ' It might have been me W, jjjg bkxxfl e lights and fast pace lifeinlj ; Spain ’ s 5_y ear _< did him in,” said anotkfc|| uan Car i 0S; w ) coach at UCLA, DonnSwaiif ru j e “It is easy to get caught upilf glamour.” ? The deput.e row as parliame TRA m EUROPE!! 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By’ The United ion have retu 1962 Cuban i U.S. is the un former naval c Zumwalt { U.S. military i attentive Mon out 300 in Ru< expressed hoj tration would toward regain Zumwalt, ( naval operatic the United St three chance frontation witl United State: edge in 1962 yv\ IMcDonald’s MCDONALD’S DRIVE-THRU WINDOW INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS At University Drive BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING Now at Manor East Mall would have casualties for However, h< been exactly He said the surpassed Ar by outspendi spend 18 pen product on th four perceni States. Zumwalt President Jin military spen “a long and si American mil need to fix ou: defense spen would requir “If (Presi mains in offi regain parity He cited a tage in tank: numerical ed cades-long generation ai He said t forces “neve IM Game Plan Sports Clubs Are For You... ENTRIES OPEN: Today (Monday, Feb. 23) is the opening day for accepting entries in Horseshoe Doubles, Frisbee, and the Fast Pitch Softball Tournament. Rules and information on all of these competitions can be obtained in the IM Office. ENTRIES CLOSE: Tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 24) will be your last chance to enter Tennis Doubles or Team Bowling. Bowling teams are reminded that all league games and the first round of playoffs must be paid for at the time of entry in the IM Oflice ($11.20). INTRAMURAL WRESTLING: Entries are still available for the IM Wrestling tournament and will be accepted at the weigh- ins next Monday (March 2) from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Matches will begin on Tuesday, March 3 at 8:00 p.m. Practice time is available this week (Feb. 23-27) from 8-10 p.m. in room 260 of G. Rollie White. No hard shoes are permitted on the mats. RACQUETBALL PARTICIPANTS: Those individuals en tered in the Racquetball Singles Tournament are reminded to double-check what facility their match will be in (East Kyle or DeWare). If you are assigned D1 through D7, then your match is in DeWare and if you are assigned EK8 through EK14, then your match is in East Kyle. Don’t be in the wrong place at the right time! INNERTUBE WATER POLO OFFICIALS: Anyone inter ested in becoming an IM Official for Innertube Water Polo should attend the first meeting at 7 p.m. on March 2 in room 231 of G. Rollie White. For further information, contact Lynette Ginn at 845-7826 or stop by Room 159 East Kyle. BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: There will be team captain’s meeting concerning playoffs on Thursday, March 5 at 5:15 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Playoffs will begin on Sunday, March 8. A&M cycling team members Gene Kraft, right, Rick Sandberg, center, and Scott Yar borough train at the Brazos Center. Students, faculty, staff and their re spective spouses should be aware there are still recreation lockers available for rent in East Kyle. These lockers rent for $3.00 per semester or $12.00 annually. Inter ested individuals should stop by tke Intramural-Recreational Sports Of fice in room 159 East Kyle. IM Fencers Foil Tanna Rose and John Vastano emerged from last week’s Intra mural Fencing Tournament as the top foilists in the women’s and men’s divisions, respec tively. Penberthy Countdown ... Check Into One! Jim Magdelens- ki sets to shoot during a recent Association of Handicapped Athletes’ basket ball practice. Jim is our McDonald’s® “Be Our Guest” winner this week and should stop by the In tramural Office for his B.O.G. card. : I The Second Annual Penberthy Celebration of Sports will be ac cepting entries starting on Mon day, March 2. Entries will be limited in the respective divi sions (men, women, co-rec), so enter as early as possible. The Celebration will run from March 27 through March 29 at the Penberthy Intramural Com plex. The highlight of the celeb ration will be the 48 hour con tinuous play softball tournament. Other special events (i.e. tobac co spitting competition) will be planned throughout the weekend. Additional information may be obtained from the IM Office in room 159 East Kyle. The three women foilists com peted for three rounds after which a composite score was tal lied with Rose claiming the title. In the men’s competitions, six foilists competed in the first round while five competed in the second round. The top three in each round then advanced to a round-robin final with Vastai outlasting the other five chafe gers. TAMU Fencing Club Touife ment Chairman Kenneth commented that all of the ( petitors showed good fell form and that the tournams! was a very good beginners t nament. The Intramural Departing would like to express theirs cere appreciation to Peck > the Fencing Club for their assisj ance and cooperation in ■ ing the competition. i spo#l I.D. Checkers Only Doing Their Job Acknowledgements This ad is sponsored by your local McDonald’s ® Restaurants at University Drive and the Manor East Mall. Stories by John Bramb- lett. Photos by David Einsel and Robert Sebree. Whenever you enter a recre ational facility at A&M you are asked for your I.D. card by an Intramural-Recreational Sports Department I. D. Checker. The I.D. Checker at Texas A&M has the proverbial “thankless job.” Their responsibility is to in sure that only valid students, faculty, staff, and their respec tive spouses use the recrea tional facilities. They are actu ally protecting the students from unauthorized users from outside the TAMU community. However, they are occasionally confronted when trying to en force this policy. The Intramural Department employs approximately 30 stu dents as part-time I.D. check ers at a base pay of $3.64 per hour. These students come from all walks of life and their majors range from animal sci ence to engineering. Many of the students work from their freshman year through graduate school. Jesse Hernandez is an example of such an employee. Hernandez is in his fourth year of employ ment and still reflects the service oriented attitude that all of the I. D. checkers possess. Another veteran with the de partment is Denise Shaw. Shaw is in her fifth year as an IM employee. As has Hernan dez, Shaw has moved up the ladder from I.D. Checker to Building Supervisor. Both Hernandez and Shaw have expressed their concern that often the students feel in timidated by the I.D. Checker when asked for their identifica tion, when in fact it is the stu dent’s responsibility to keep his/her I.D. with him/her at all times. Scott Shafer checks a student ID. Austin Elsne father, Jurgi son at play.