Page 14 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1981
Out of the Blue
By Rick Stolle
A&M men face
toughest tourney
TANK MCNAMARA
by Jeff Millar & Bill Hindi
Time changes Ag fans
Throughout the year, we have all heard about how bad
things were when sporting events were held at other South
west Conference schools.
Barnhill Arena in Arkansas has always been known for being
a very rowdy place. You never knew who would be flying out
of the stands next — ice, paper cups, and sometimes, even
lids to Skoal cans.
Houston has been known to have a bad reputation as well.
Last week, the women’s tennis team suffered such bad treat
ment, obscene language and abusive manner, the Texas A&M
coach threatened never to return.
A vocal minority always seemed to give the worst impress
ion to visiting schools. They not only disrupt the game, they
destroy the esteem of the university in the eyes of the other
conference schools.
Aggies have always been proud of their teams. We have
taken the derision other teams love to heap upon us with such
zeal. But, the thing that made Texas A&M different, and gave
it more class in many eyes, was the fact that we as Ags could
take it and be above all the low-class antics other universities
seem to relish in.
My grandfather had a great saying. Don’t bother with the
pigs ... let them lie in their own slop.
But the changing face of father time has come to Texas
A&M.
It seems as if the changes that have come to A&M have been
for the worst, too. The fans were not only booing (which I really
do not strenuously object to), but throwing ice, paper cups,
newspaper and things out onto the court of the basketball game
Monday night against TCU.
We did not let the pigs lie but joined them in their slop.
One of the yell leaders said it best when he pointed at a
young man on top of the sound booth who threw ice and
shouted, “Don’t do it again, something like that reflects on all
of us.”
Being rowdy at the games and sporting events is one thing. I
have always believed that A&M could use more rowdiness at
its events — more spontaneous, heart-felt yells. Maybe a chant
or two the fans could yell in between led yells. But when things
get out of control, people get hurt.
And with something like ice being thrown onto the court,
the only people we can hurt are ourselves.
Vernon Smith looked totally disgusted with the crowd when
paper came flying onto the court.
It was something he had seen a lot of over the season ... at
Barnhill and such places. I feel very sad for him that the
seasons he and Bynn Wright spent starting for Texas A&M had
to end this way.
By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
Going into the biggest college
tennis tournament of the season,
Texas A&M University tennis
coach David Kent feels the press
ure is on all the other top-rated
teams to prove themselves.
“In a tournament of this cali
ber, anything can happen,” he
said. “It’s a good place to go either
up or down in the ratings.”
Twelve out of the 24 teams in
the Corpus Christi H.E.B. Col
lege Tennis Team championships
are among the top 20 teams na
tionally.
Kent said it is the best tourna
ment, besides the NCAA playoffs,
this year.
“It is a tough tournament with a
lot of top-rated teams, ” he said. “It
will be a good gauge as to how we
will do later in the conference sea
son. ” The Ags could face a number
of conference foes.
Arkansas, Texas, SMU, TCU,
Houston and Texas Tech will join
Texas A&M as the Southwest
Conference member schools in
attendence.
Among the top-ranked com
petitors are: the fifth-rated Uni
versity of Arkansas, sixth-ranked
Clemson University, seventh-
ranked University of California at
Berkeley, the University of Michi
gan at eighth, Trinity University,
ninth, the University of Houston,
11th, SMU, 14th, TCU at 15th,
the University ofTexas rated 17th,
San Diego University at 18th and
Texas A&M with Wichita State
University in a tie for 20th.
The four-day tournament, last
ing today through Saturday, will
feature some of the best college
tennis players in the nation. But,
as is common with so many good
players, upsets become the norm.
“But for us to have a good tour
nament, we have to improve our
singles,” said Kent. “Our doubles
have always been good but the
singles have just been inconsis
tent.”
Kent said he has not been
pleased with the top three singles
matches in particular. The lower
three have been much more de
pendable, he said.
Kent complimented Max King
and Tom Judson on their recent
good play and solid tennis for the
past few weeks.
“They have been the most con
sistent players on the team,” he
said.
It will be a plus going into the
tournament to have some depth.
Kent said the Ags are lucky to have
a team as equal in ability as the Ags
are up and down the team ladder.
“We are not crippled if we lose
anybody,” said Kent. “With a lot
of luck and some good matches for
us, we could surprise a few
people.”
The tournament features seven
of the nine conference members.
Should conference foes meet, the
results would not count in the
SWC standings.
“It would be a confidence buil
der if we should meet and beat
another SWC school,” said Kent.
The general lineup for the
matches will be: Brian Joelson,
Reid Freeman, Trey Schutz, Tom
Judson, Max King and Leonard
Smith. The doubles teams will be
Joelson-Freeman, Judson-Ron
Kowal, Schutz-Smith.
Kent said he will play around
with the line-up trying to get the
best matches out of his players.
“I also don’t want anybody to be
able to guess what we’re going to
do,” he said.
The Ags are going into the tour
nament with a 9-1 record. The
only loss came at the hands ofTrin-
ity, who beat Texas A&M 9-0.
Women’s team travel
By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
Looking for some experience,
exposure and a national ranking,
the Texas A&M women’s tennis
team travels to Provo, Utah today
to compete in the Brigham Young
Invitational Tournament.
The Ags will be competing
against eight other teams, four of
which are in the top 20 nationally.
In the first match, Texas A&M
goes against the University of
California at Berkley. The 9 a.m.
match on Thursday will only be
the beginning of a tough tourna
ment for the Ags.
“We will be playing a lot of
tough teams,” said coach Jan Can
non. “But we should beat a few
and come back with a national
ranking. ”
The teams in the tournament
are: Cal-Berkley; third- ranked
BYU; fourth-ranked Arizona State
University; TCU, ranked 13th,
LSU, Colorado University and the
University of Utah.
The Ags played ASU in a five
way tournament on Feb. 15.
“We should have beaten them,”
said Cannon, “but we were very
tired and were ready to get
home.”
The Ags lost 7-2 to ASU.
Cannon said the line-up will
vary in the tournament in order to
get the best performances. Gener
ally, she said, the line-up will be
Liliana Fernandez, Pam Hill,
Maylen Hooton, Amy Gloss, Son-
ja Hutcherson, Laura Hanna^
Judy Willard. Doubles teanuj
be Closs-Hanna, Hill-Hutchen
and Hooton-Fernandez.
“We are very excited i
and ready to play,” she said, j
The Ags are 7-2 on thes
and Cannon believes the tearnj
come back with a national r
after the weekend.
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