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!. Page 12 THE BATTALION ! THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1981 l TANK MCNAMARA by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds ^ MOW ALL WE WEEP I5-A movie to eo wrriA tvae ap CAMRAl&Nl MAY6C A0OUT A PROM KJIGWT gEEM R>jE ?) IAAUOWE6KJ NICW?^ BEESl PONE... S' Netters prepare for Arkansas Spurs defeat Houston United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Bruising Mark Olberding scored a career-high 34 points and at the same time held Houston center Moses Malone in check Wednesday night to propel San Antonio to a 125-113 whipping of the Rockets that evened their Western Conference semifinal series at 1-1. Olberding and backup guard Ron Brewer led a second quarter rush that gave San Antonio a 62-51 halftime lead. Houston cut its deficit to eight points at the end of three quarters, but the Spurs scored the first 11 points of the final period to put the game out of reach. The series now moves on to Houston for the third game Friday night and the fourth game Sunday after noon. Olberding’s total was not only an NBA high for him but far exceeded his season average of 12.3 points per game. In addition to leading his team in scoring, the 6-9 Olberding bumped and battled with Malone all night and won the fight. Malone, who had scored 27 points in Houston’s win Tuesday night mustered a comparatively lack luster 21 points Wednesday night. The Rockets failed to score during the opening 3:27 of the fourth quarter as San Antonio scored 11 straight points. Houston’s frustration finally boiled over with 10:19 left in the game, when Malone shoved backup center Paul Griffin, who had matched Olberding in effectively guarding the mammoth Houston center. The two had to be separated by teammates and the game progressed without further incident. In addition to Olberding’s 34 points, George Ger- vin scored 22 and Brewer had 21. Calvin Murphy paced the Rockets with 34 points, 11 in the final quarter. It was during the second quarter that the Spurs running game finally began to make a dent in the Rockets’ slow-down tempo. San Antonio shot 60 percent during the opening two quarters to Houston’s 47 and dominated every phase of the game to finally take some steam out of the Rockets’ playoff surge. By RICK STOLUE Battalion Staff Undefeated in Southwest Con ference play, the Arkansas Razor- backs bring a lofty national tennis ranking and powerful team to the Omar Smith Tennis Center Satur day to take on the 20th-ranked Texas A&M men’s tennis team. The Hogs have lost only four individual SWC matches in four dual meets. They are ranked fourth in the nation by the Inter collegiate Tennis Coaches Asso ciation. “They have a very tough team, ” said Aggie tennis coach David Kent. “But they come here to us in the middle of a very tough road trip.” The Razorbacks play Trinity to day, TCU Friday, A&M Saturday and Rice Sunday, all on the road. Trinity is ranked eighth, TCU 13th and A&M 20th. Kent said he also believes Rice has been under rated and should receive some recognition in the national polls. “If the Razorbacks can do that (such a tough road trip) and keep their edge,” Kent said, “they de serve their ranking. "I can’t travel like that with my team because we have to play so emotionally.” Kent said Arkansas has a reputa tion for being a mentally tough team. It is a team, he said, that has Panel discusses NCAA violations By FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB Battalion Staff Recruiting and eligibility viola tions in college sports must be more severely punished in order to prevent their occurrence, two NCAA officials and one sportswri- ter told a 300-member Rudder Auditorium audience Wednesday night. The MSC Great Issues Com mittee hosted a panel presenta tion by Steve Morgan, executive assistant of the NCAA Enforce ment Department; Jack Gal lagher, a Houston Post sport- swriter; and Dan Devine, former head coach at the University of Notre Dame. The three panelists agreed that the number and severity of NCAA recruiting and procedural viola tions are increasing all the time. They said the only way to deal with these problems is to enforce current rules more stringently, and if possible, create more rules to punish schools guilty of break ing them. “Stricter penalties are impor tant, ” Morgan said, adding that in' order to be more meaningful, penalties should limit future re cruiting of any school which violates NCAA rules. Gallagher said the NCAA should suspend coaches and pen alize athletes involved in rule violations, and university presi dents should be made more re sponsible for the actions of their athletic departments. One of the jobs of the NCAA, Morgan said, is to help member schools understand all rules in order to eliminate the occurrence of violations. He said the NCAA must make sure that schools don’t “fall into violation by ignorance. ” Devine said all NCAA officials and coaches are caught in a “vi cious circle” in which they must “win at any cost”, and pressures inside the circle sometimes prompt rule-breaking. However, he said: “Somebody in this circle’s got to take a stance, or it’s going to get worse.” Motioning toward the audience with his hand, Devine said: “I be lieve in winning, but I wouldn’t be proud of this championship ring if I knew we’d cheated.” He said: “We’ve got to clean up our act and get the cheaters out of the business.” AOTO INSURANCE ’ FOR AGGIES: Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group 3400 S. College 823-8051 ALLEN Oldsmobile Cadillac Honda SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment” 2401 Texas Ave. 779-3516 Tfe AS o Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. MAIN BRYAN Mon.-Frt. Sat. 822-6105 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 8 a.m.-l p.m. One possible violation is that of alumni interference with the re cruitment of prospective athletes, Gallagher said, and coaches should be responsible for controll ing this influence. He said most recent recruiting violations in Texas are a result of alumni inter ference. However, he said, this interfer ence is difficult to control in Texas, and is a “scourge to the Southwest Conference.” Devine said alumni are not as responsible for recruiting viola tions as most people think. He said alumni “take a black eye in this area” and should not be blamed so much for participation in scandalous recruiting. “This area is not as big a prob lem as we paint it up to be,” De- vine said. Gallagher said the growth of all college sports has added to the number of violations as well. “The bigger the sport gets, the more chances there are of rules being violated,” he said. In the past few years, Gallagher said, newspapers have been an important source of information for the NCAA in its investigation of scandals. “Increasingly, newspapers have taken over an investigative role in scandals that have arisen,” he said. Devine said despite all the problems, college athletics are something that every campus needs. “I hope that everyone can over look some of these faults and con sider some of the benefits.” I ♦ I I AG-ECO CLUB I AWARDS BANQUET | Tuesday April 14 7:00 p.m. j Bethel Lutheran Church ! tickets on Sale in f room 112 Ag-Eco Bldg. A Price $4.00 I Coming Friday... 'The Fanciest Mew Might Club In 100 Miles!" Specials 5 Nights A Week! (Across from Texas World Speedway) mw GET AT LEAST $40.00 TRADE-IN. Now thru 4/30 Come do some old fashion horse trade’n. Bring in your tired old mower and we’ll give you at least $40.00 trade-in allowance on the purchase of any quality SNAPPER push mower pur chased at regular price. 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Last season, the Ags finished sixth in the SWC and 18th nation ally. Texas A&M was 19-8 overall and 38-34 in SWC play. Already, the Ags, at the worst, will tie that record but, due to the competi tions’ records, will probably im prove their conference ranking. Texas which finished fifth, two matches ahead of the Ags in the standings last year, has two SWC matches left. The Longhorns were 33-21 with matches against TCU and SMU left. The Ags are now 17-8 for the season with three matches lei ( the schedule, all three at Iik Besides Arkansas, the Ags play Lamar and Pan Amen; University on April 17 and IS; > spectively. Perhaps Ron Kowal said id. “Arkansas is coming in heret ing a tough road trip. Theylj tired and probably overconfide that gives us the edge. Wei* good chance to beat them.” WALTON STAINED GLASS5 STUDIO CUSTOM BEVELING, ETCHING & DESIGNING I I STAINED GLASS CLASSES & SUPPLIES I I I New classes beginning week of April 13. FREE GRASS TRIMMER. 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