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(... the third part in a hopefully never-ending, at least until
March 28 and 30, series on the triumphs and tribulations of the
giant and his faithful followers ... )
As we left the giant last time, he was getting ready to travel to
that den of wickedness and perversion, Austoned. I am happy to
report that the giant beheaded Sour Lemons and the rest of his
punk rock group with their own sharp-but-now-sawed-off horn to
restore sanity to the once thriving metropolis of Austoned.
Later, the giant was able to squash the funny frogs of the
“killer” to revenge an earlier pitfall. The giant had fallen asleep
against the funny frogs in the first meeting and almost did again
but at the last minute. Magical “call me Merlin” Metcalf, came
through with a quick spell and some hot coffee to keep the victory.
He was fortunate to get out of that frogs den with what he got.
But, once again, the giant will face another tough test. This time
Gambling “lucky” Lewis will sneak into the the giant’s castle to try
to draw a winning hand with his hotshot hit man, Rob “the sting”
Williams.
“Lucky” will bring his own special type of gambling into the
match. He likes to run and gun, gambling for the most part. But he
takes a while sometimes ... a long while. He has been known to
shake the dice and shuffle the cards for eight or 10 minutes until he
gets it down right.
But as the gambler he is, he wins some and losses others. A
couple of times “lucky’s” plan has backfired. He once drew the
four 10s he wanted from the deck but dealt his opponent four
jacks.
“Lucky’s” followers are not as loyal or faithful as the legions of
followers the giant has. The giant’s are always there urging him
on.
Magical “call me Merlin” Metcalf would have it no other way.
He likes the noise the followers make. (I think he secretly plugs
the giant’s ears up before each match.) He likes to see if the
opponent will go deaf at the giant’s home, the Hollerin’ House.
Also, Magical Metcalf seems to cast his best spells when the
legions get rowdy. He likes the effect it has on the outcome of his
spells. The magical quality of the faithful adds to the spell and
changes it, to make it even more powerful.
Magical “call me Merlin” will need all the help he can get from
the loyal and faithful because Gambling “lucky” Lewis will try to
steal away a win with a couple of hidden aces.
The last time the giant took on “lucky,” at the Red-eye Lewis
Gambling Hall and Casino, he rolled the dice well. Unfortunate
ly, “lucky” had his poker face on, sleeves rolled up and hand
warmed up to barely out-roll the giant.
“Sting” had a great time in the last meeting as he tried to break
the giant’s knees. He almost succeeded, too, as the giant could
not swat that far down to get rid of the pesky “Sting. ”
“Sting” is also good at bringing opponents to their knees with
his famous razzle-dazzle, behind-the-back-double-pump-in-yo -
face long shot. On their knees, his opponents are about his size
and he can take his time and shoot them to rags.
Oflate, however, “lucky” and “Sting” have been rope-a-doped.
They haven’t been able to collect from anybody like they once did.
He has been out-drawn, out-bluffed and out-rolled by the likes
of the “killer” Killingsworth and his funny frogs, Hapless Haller
and his bumbling bears, and Marginal Meyers and his red pirates
from the wastelands.
He always seems to have his troubles with groups that are not
supposed to be as good as his. Even Ignorance-is (call me any
thing) Bliss was able to come through and beat “lucky’s” group.
They played the best match of the year as far as maniacs’ games go.
In those matches, “Sting” went from a mean, dead-eye, trou
ble-shooter to a funny little kid with a pop gun.
“Lucky” has broken out of his slump against the birds of the
bayou, though.
The “Sting” romped and stomped his way through the meeting
and broke the bird’s backs. He shot from the hip with a deadly
eye. He broke a few knees, elbows and ankles as “lucky’s” group
rolled their way to victory and plucked the birds.
But in this meeting, “lucky” has to come to the giant’s castle and
meet his loyal legions of faithful followers. And the faithfull will be
out to fill the castle this time.
Against the totally evil Duke Sutton of Mutton, the castle was
not even filled. It was a real shame.
Magical Metcalfs spells only work to full capacity when the
castle battle-grounds are full. Nothing can stand in the way then.
The only way for the giant to get another shot at the evil duke
would be to get on that mystical golden path to San Antone. The
path will have all kinds of evil things lurking in the shadows.
Will the giant be able to out-shoot “lucky” to get another shot at
the evil duke? or will he come to his knees at the “Sting’s” pop
pistol?
Can the giant lean down enough to swat “Sting” and out-roll
“lucky” or will the giant lose his pants in the encounter?
Stay tuned to the tale of the giant and the golden path to San
Antone to find out ...
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Women’s golf — The Texas
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crest Country Club. Last
weekend, the Aggie women
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Club, try to rebound against
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versity at 1 p.m. on the drill field.
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play Houston at Houston, begin
ning at 1 p.m.
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gin the 1981 season against Texas
Woman’s University tonight at 6
p.m. with a doubleheader at Bee
Creek Park in College Station.
On Saturday, the University of
Texas-Arlington will be in town for
a doubleheader starting at 12 p. m.
On the mound for Texas A&M
in the first contest tonight will be
Lori Stoll. Shan McDonald will
pitch the second game.
Track— For the first time since
the spring of 1978, Texas A&M
will host a track event at the Uni
versity on the newly resurfaced
Kyle Field track.
Saturday at 11:30 a.m., a dou
ble-dual meet involving both the
Ag men’s and women’s teams will
be held against the University of
Texas-Arlington. No women’s
scores will be tallied because UT-
A isn’t sending enough female
athletes.
Basketball — Both the Aggie
men and the Aggie Ladies will
take the court at G. Rollie White
this weekend.
The Texas A&M men, sporting
a 6-1 second half SWC record,
take on the University of Houston
in a crucial contest beginning at
2:10 p.m. Saturday. The Aggies
must win to assure themselves of
getting the home court Monday in
the first round of the SWC post
season tournament.
The Aggie Ladies, 7-20, play
the University of Nebraska
tonight at 7:30, and follow up the
men’s contest at approximately
4:30 p.m. Saturday is their final
game of the year.
Men s golf— The Ag men are in
Laredo for the Border Olympics
GolfToumament which begins to
day and ends Saturday. Texas
A&M shot a school record 21-
under-par two-day total last year
to win the team title.
Baseball — The long-awaited
baseball season begins for the
Texas Aggies today at 1 p.m.,
weather permitting, with a dou
bleheader against the Northeast
Louisiana Indians. There will be
another doubleheader against the
Indians Saturday at 1.
The games can be heard on
KAGC radio (1510 on the AM
dial), with Ernie Moore, Richard
Oliver and Jon Heidtke
announcing.
Men’s tennis — The 20th-
ranked Aggies, 6-1 this spring,
will host Southwest Texas State to
day at 1:30 p.m. on the Omar
Smith Tennis Center courts.
At 1:30 p.m. Saturday, the Ags
open their SWC schedule with a
dual match against Baylor.
Women’s tennis — The Aggie
women, 4-2, travel to Houston to
day for a dual match against the
Cougars beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, the women will be in
Beaumont to play Lamar Univer
sity at 10 a.m.
Fencing — The Texas State
Collegiate Fencing Champion
ships will be held in Austin Satur
day and Sunday at the University
of Texas.
Approximately 20 Aggie fencers
will participate.
Bugby—The Aggie men’s rug
by team, 9-8 overall and 1-3 in
Cup play, will be hosting the
Houston Heathens at 10 a.m.
Saturday on the main drill field.
The match will be a Cup contest.
Cowboys ignore Pearson
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DALLAS — Running back Pre
ston Pearson said he may be near
retirement because the Dallas
Cowboys have not offered him a
contract.
Pearson’s $101,000-a-year con
tract expired following the 1980
season and the Cowboys did not
make a qualifying offer before the
recent contract deadline.
“I think it’s pretty obvious that
they don’t want me, ” Pearson said
this week. “If there had been any
interest, I think I would have re
ceived an offer.”
Pearson now is eligible to sign
with another team but has said he
does not want to move.
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By RICHARD OLIVER
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The Texas A&M cycling team
will host the third annual Little
Aggieland Bicycle Races Saturday
on the streets immediately bor
dering the drill field across from
the Memorial Student Center.
Three-member teams will com
pete in races along with men’s and
women’s individual contests. The
teams will go 30 laps around the
drill field (approximately 10
miles), and each team member
must race one lap. A pit area for
bike changes will be given.
The women’s individual racers
will go 10 laps (approximately four
miles) and the men 15 (approxi
mately six miles).
Only teams need to sign up, and
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in the MSC. The squads must reg
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before the race itself. Cost will be
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race, except people who will or do
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