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Sports THE BATTALION FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1961 Page 9 Ags travel to meet Raiders Spurs, Rockets in finale United Press International SAN ANTONIO— For the Houston Rockets and ISan Antonio Spurs, playing at home has become a ^curse instead of the advantage it’s supposed to be. The Spurs and Rockets meet again Friday for the ieventh and final game in the NBA Western Confer ence playoffs. [I“This has been a wild and crazy thing, ” said Spurs’ coach Stan Albeck. “It’s time the home team won. i It’s the law of averages.” » The Spurs have lost two of three playoff games to mouston while playing in San Antonio. The same is Hie for the Rockets, losing three of four playoff i games at their home court, including a loss delivered oby Briuliijby the now-eliminated Los Angeles Lakers. || Houston coach Del Harris says he would like to :ondplatf see the trend continue, winning Friday in San Anto- last intkjnio and allowing his team to advance in the NBA Colunga’s {playoffs. TWe’ll just have to go over there and do it again,” farris said. “We know we can do it.” I'Give credit to the Spurs,” Harris said. “They |ntrolled things in the fourth quarter (of Wednes- By’s 101-96 San Antonio win) because of their defen- Pi Epsilon! :iety. This sive pk and didn’t let us have the shots we wanted from the outside.” For the Spurs, the key to a Friday win will be containing Rockets’ guard Calvin Murphy and hold ing center Moses Malone to 30 points or less. “Paul (Griffin) did an outstanding job on Malone,” Albeck said. “He really gave him trouble.” Malone, who has scored 21, 25, 41, 35 points in the first four playoff games against the Spurs, hit for 36 points Wednesday against San Antonio, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked two shots. Griffin, who Friday will again face Malone, says he hopes the homecourt advantage will work for the Spurs. “If we lose three games at home, we don’t deserve to win the series,” Griffin said. Controlling Murphy’s scoring, Albeck says, means holding the quick guard to 20 points. “We just made too many mistakes,” Murphy said of Houston’s Game Six loss to the Spurs. “We got fewer breaks and more loose balls bounced their way.” law to pro® ’all clients f slits. le subpoeE cm strictl)' 1 agner. Hett ter tapes f; ril 7 ‘ ' itonioreq® yes by Ma« Texas A&M hosts soccer tourney By FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB Battalion Staff The Texas A&M baseball team hopes to start a new season this weekend when it travels to Lub bock to play the Texas Tech Red Raiders — even though the season is really more than half over. The first 12 games of the Aggies’ Southwest Conference schedule have left them with a dismal last- place 3-8-1 record and a no- alternative-but-towineverygame- left situation. And starting this weekend, that’s exactly what the Aggies have to do if they hope to play in the May SWC post-season tournament. The Aggies are coming off a Tuesday night double header sweep of Sam Houston State Uni versity in which they played solid baseball both offensively and de fensively. A&M must keep play ing that way in their nine remain ing SWC games against Tech, Oilers say they still want Young United Press International HOUSTON — The Houston Oilers announced that they will match an offer received from another NFL club for Oiler free agent guard Bob Young. “The Oilers have exercised its right for first refusal in accordance with the terms of the collective bargaining agreement and have matched the terms of the other club’s offer,” Ladd Herzeg gener al manager and executive vice president of the Oilers said. “Bob figures prominently in head coach Ed Biles 1981 plans and we are both very pleased to have him on the field,” Herzeg said. Young is a 16-year veteran of the NFL and played in 15 games for the Oilers last year after being released from the St. Louis Car dinals early in the season. A for mer Pro Bowl selection. Young attended Southwest Texas State and Howard Payne Universities. The 6-foot-1, 279-pound guard was named to the Football Digest All Pro team last season. )2 millioM SoccerTournament this weekend. d to F Cl* :he twofe&f concenb# -s, are< :ople in ;ing the !i ,n area, the invest# Antonio $ f Texas,’’# : after M id public® yed, acoof The four team tournament will be the first international soccer tour nament to be held in the area. Teams from Tampico, Mex., lylor, TCU and Texas A&M will meet today through Sunday in the ound-robin event. The first game legins today at 2:30 p.m. and pits Texas A&M against Baylor. At 4:30p.m. TCU will play Tampico. The Texas A&M soccer team is hosting the First International Play resumes Saturday morning at 10 with Tampico and Baylor fighting it out. At 12 noon Texas A&M will play TCU. On Sunday, Texas A&M will play Tampico at 2:30 p.m. Head Aggie Soccer Coach Tel- mo Franco, said he expects the Mexican team to be skilled and strong, “but we must increase the exposure of our American players to international competition; they need the experience.” EPISCOPAL SERVICES EASTER EUCHARISTS 7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11:00 a.m. Maunday Thursday Supper 6:30 p.m. (phone for reservations) GOOD FRIDAY 6:30 a.m. Eucharist Meditations 12:00 Noon-3:00 p.m. Holy Saturday Vigil 7:30 p.m. Canterbury Group 5:30 p.m. Wednesday ST. THOMAS CHURCH & EPISCOPAL STUDENT CENTER 906 Jersey, College Station (So. Side of Campus) ph. 696-1726 E MSC Cafeteria UNBELIEVABLE WEEKEND SPECIAL Each Night Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Friday Evening 2 pieces Golden Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes, Gravy and a Hot Roll only $1.79 Saturday Evening Italian Spaghetti and Meat Sauce only $1.49 Sunday Evening Chicken Fried Steak with Mashed Potatoes, Gravy and a Hot Roll only $1.99 Deportment of Food Services "Quality First” College Station 413 Texas Ave. South 846-6164 Tails are a lift. A real kick that will absolutely thrill' ^our date. Try them on. hey’re yours at a rental cost that s far less than you’d expect, and they come in eight different col ors. STUDENT DISCOUNTS Free Cap With Each Order FORMAL WEAR\ 1609 Texas Ave. Culpepper Plaza 693-0947 Baylor and Texas in order to have even an outside chance of playing in the tournament. Like the Aggies, the sixth-place Red Raiders have not had much luck in SWC play and are strug gling to gain a spot in the four- team tournament. Tech lost three games a week ago to the Universi ty of Houston by close scores of 6-5, 7-5 and 7-6, and is now 24-15 overall and 4-8 in the SWC. The Aggies have won three of their last five games, including an impressive 9-2 win over the Uni versity of Arkansas Saturday. The two wins over SHSU make A&M an above-average 23-14 overall, but at this point, it’s only the con ference record that counts. Joe Paul Bramhall is leading the Aggies with a .378 batting aver age, while Rodney Hodde is next at .377. For the season, A&M is hitting .302 as a team, but their conference batting average is only .238, seventh in the conference. The Aggies have shown some speed this year in stealing 57 bases, which is four away from the record of 60 set a year ago. Bramhall also leads in that categ ory with 23 steals. The Red Raiders come into the series with a .318 season average and a .284 SWC average, good for third in the conference behind Arkansas and Texas. Tech’s lead ing hitters are Bobby Kohler at .398 and Jimmy Zachry at .375, and Kohler also leads the team with six homers. A&M and Tech will play a dou ble header Saturday at noon and a single game Sunday at 1:00 p.m. In Saturday’s first game, A&M’s Steve Davis, 4-0 with a 3.15 ERA, will pitch against Tech’s David Carroll, 7-2 with a 3.46 ERA. In the second game of the double header, the Aggies’ Robert Slavens, 1-2 with a 6.26 ERA, will pitch against Kyle Fahrenthold, 7- 2 with a 4.29 ERA. The final game of the series will feature A&M pitcher David Flores, 4-3 with a 6.25 ERA, pitching against Tech’s Mark McDowell, 1-1 with a 6.17 ERA. SPECIAL NOTICE Optional Board Plan Summer Students may dine on the board plan during the First session of summer school at Texas A&M University. Each board student may dine three meals each day except Sunday evening if the seven day plan is selected, and three meals each day, Monday through Friday, if the five day plan is preferred. Each meal is served in the Commons. Fees for each session are payable to the Controller of Accounts, Fiscal Office, Coke building. Board fees for each plan are as follows: Plans First Session Seven Day - $171.43 Jun 2 through Jul 2 Five Day - $145.29 and ‘Plus Tax Jul 6 through Jul 8 Day students, including graduate students may purchase either of the board plans. Battalion Classified 845-2611 MORE AT PIZZA INN If you like more , this is where it begins. SUNDAY NIGHT BUFFET 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. MONDAY NIGHT BUFFET 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Both Buffets feature all the Pizza, Salad and Spaghetti you can eat for only $2.89 B Pizza inn G Ybu getf^Moie of th^TtiingsyOiflove. ANNIVERSARY SALE! iLHUOJiuA' t, » First Sale in New Location.. . At least 20% off everything in store (and much more on some items) Visa / Master Card / Layaway 105 North Main 822-6512 Selected Mens Athletic Shoes $ 16 90 were to 30.99 Great Buys! Selected Jogging Shoes by Nike, Mercury, and Track King. 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