i Page 12 THE BATTALION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1981
Sports
I
I Season to begin Oct. 26
TANK MANAMAUA
Flickerball a welcome change
By EDDIE ELMS
Battalion Reporter
Most people know about football, basketball
and soccer, but few people know what happens
when characterstics of these sports are used to
form another sport. Combining the right ing-
, redients from each of these adds up to flicker-
ball.
Lynette Ginn, officials trainer in the De
partment of Intramural Sports, said flickerball
is a “combination of various skills. ” These skills
include agility, quickness, accurate passes and
good shooting, she said.
“Every player on the team doesn’t have to
be fast,’ Ginn said. “You blend individual
skills to make a team.”
Flickerball is played with a football on a field
53 yards long and 30 yards wide. Each team
advances the ball toward the goal with passes,
while the other team plays defense similar to
that in basketball.
The object of the game is to throw the ball
through a 2-by-3 hole in a vertical goal, and
1 three points are awarded if the ball goes
through the hole. One point is made if the ball
hits the board.
Flickerball has grown from two sections of
classes to an intramural sport with 127 teams
since it was introduced in Physical Education
activity classes in the early 1970s.
Ginn said the reason for this growth is that
the sport “offers a change from your regular
football, basketball and softball. People would
be inclined to participate in it.”
She said people think they can do as well as
anyone else because the game is new and diffe
rent, and no one has an advantage because the
sport is new to everyone.
Paul Holzhaus, a senior P.E. major from
Castroville, said flickerball is enjoyed by many
people who like football, because “everybody
is a quarterback, everybody is a receiver and
everybody is a running back.”
Monty Curry, a senior from Denison, said:
“I like football and I like basketball; you get a
shot of both in flickerball. ”
Flickerball also provides students of Texas
A&M University an opportunity to remain ac
tive between the intramural flag football and
basketball seasons. The flickerball season be
gins Oct. 26 and playoffs end in December.
Public schools have also begun to introduce
flickerball to students, and Holzhaus said he
feels that the sport will continue to grow at the
youth level.
“I think it will become more popular, espe
cially in junior high and high schools,” Hol
zhaus said. “You’ve got 100 percent participa
tion. You don’t have people standing around
like you do in baseball. Kids will go for it
because everybody is participating in it at the
same time.”
Emil Mamaliga, associate professor of phy
sical education at Texas A&M, said the College
Station schools began a flickerball program in
1973.
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Students and faculty of Texas A&M can par
ticipate in flickerball through the Intramurals
program. This year there are eight divisions to
choose from: Corps, fish, men’s and women’s
dorm, men’s and women’s independent,
CoRec and facul ty/staff/graduate.
David Kerr, assistant director of Intramural
sports, said there can be “a lot of good strategy
in the game” through diagraming plays as in
football or basketball.
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“Good teams will spend some time practic
ing. The well-organized teams are more apt to
be more serious about the game,” he said.
Ginn said other people “just like to play and
have a good time. We offer a recreational
aspect as well as (a) competitive one, ” for those
who are playing just to have a good time, she
said.
For people who want be involved in a com
petitive activity or for those who want to have
fun in a new and different sport, entries are
being accepted in the Intramural office in East
Kyle until 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The Texas A&M University
women’s soccer team defeated the
Baylor Bears 5-0 Saturday in
Waco. The win brings the 12th-
ranked Aggies’ season record to
4-0.
Coach Jim Butts said that the
victory was a little less one-sided
than the score indicates, and that
the Bears gave Texas A&M a
tough match. The score was only
1-0 at halftime, but the Aggies
scored four goals late in the game
to record the shutout.
“Until about the middle of the
second half, it was a closer game
than we re used to,” Butts said.
Sue Niles scored three goals for
the Aggies, while Laura Estes and
Carol Gittinger had one goal
apiece. Coming up with assists for
Texas A&M were Gittinger, Carol
Smith and Stephanie Barrett.
Texas A&M took 12 shots on
goal, while the Bears were held to
only six shots during the match.
Butts cited senior Becky Carpen
ter and Adele Fairman forll
play against the Bears.
The Aggies travel this we
to Austin to participate in at(
nament involving the Uniya
ofTexas and the UniversityofCj
orado, both ranked in the i
top 20 teams. Texas A&M ]
UT Saturday morning atlli
UC that afternoon at 3.
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is back —
in Seattle
United Press International
SEATTLE — With their 32-0
thrashing by the New York Giants
Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks
now have lost 15 of their last 16
regular season games and some
overt signs of fan discontent are
beginning to surface.
One disgruntled fan, who
' would identify himself only as Bill
; the Bagman, was outside the
; Kingdome Sunday distributing
; brown paper bags inscribed with
. the words “Seattle Hee Hawks.”
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For more information call 693-1529
Concerned with profit as well
as protest. Bill the Bagman was
selling his wares for $1.
The paper bags were inspired
by the “New Orleans Aints” cam
paign of last season.
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Come by relax and eat dinner out on
our new poolside deck.
at
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phone 696-1439
BAKER STREET BAR AND RESTAURANT
Opens at 11:00 A.M. Monday through
Saturday, at 5:00 P.M. on Sunday
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INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS 1 " 1
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At University Drive
BREAKFAST EVERY
MORNING
Now on S. Texas Ave.
At Manor East Mall
IM Game Plan
ENTRIES OPEN: Racquetball doubles sign-up begins today,
and run through Tuesday, Oct. 27. There will be three doubles
divisions: Men’s, Women’s, and CoRec. Classes A&B are single
elimination while Class C will play round robin. Participants
must supply their own equipment and a new can of balls. For
more information stop by the IM Office in Room 159 E. Kyle.
ENTRIES OPEN: The first-ever AGGIE OLYMPICS take
place on Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. in room 303 East Kyle. Entries for the
Olympics open today and close Tuesday, Oct. 27. There are
eight events with competition limited to two-person CoRec
teams. Teams change after every event and the total points
accumulated at the end of the evening will determine individual
male and female winners.
ENTRIES CLOSE: Entries for Flickerball, the Fun Run and
Weightlifting contests close Tuesday, Oct. 20. Remember the
weight-lifting contest is closed to power-lifters and all varsity
athletes
MEETING THIS WEEK: Flickerball officials meet Tues
day, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. in room 162 East Kyle. A Flickerball team
Captain’s meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in Room 267 G. Rollie
White.
WEEKLY EVENTS: Swimming prelims are on Tuesday,
Oct. 20 and Thursday, Oct. 22. The IM Fun Run starts at 9a.m.
on Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Beef Cattle Road.
The five mens Punt, Pass
and Kick finalists are:
(back, 1-r) George Dur-
rell, Robert Kersh, Jim
Currie, (front, 1-r) Tony
Weber and Will Jordan.
After winning last fall and last
spring, the awesome doubles team of
Steve Spalding and Sam Roxburgh
have won Men’s Class A Pickleball
Doubles again. This is their third
championship victory in two years.
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A&M Rugby In The Astrodome
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as Anne
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womens vol
leyball com
petition.
It was hot and dry in New Mex
ico when the Texas A&M Rugby
Club arrived for the High Desert
Classic. While thousands were
watching the Aggie football team
squeak by the Houston Cougars,
the Rugby team was devastating
the University of New Mexico
and Arizona Tri-City Rugby
Clubs. They went on to win the
championship game on Sunday
winning 16 to 6.
TAMU Rugby players are
accustomed to victory. The club
was founded here in 1972, and in
1974, they were national cham
pions. Brian Shallenberger attri
butes much of the Club’s recent
success to its two player-coaches.
Bill Taute and Mark Anthony.
Both are state and regional all
stars after being chosen to play for
the Texas Select-Side and the
Western Select-Side.
The team currently has 35
members who practice regularly
but welcomes anyone who wants
to learn how to play the game. No
experience is necessary because
one of the club’s goals is to prom
ote the sport of rugby.
At A&M, Rugby is an Extra
mural Sport Club, so it is only
partially funded by the Universi
ty. Members must raise much of
the money needed to pay travel
ing expenses and tournament
fees. They also do much of the
administrative work themselves.
Next weekend the club travels
to San Antonio, but on October
31 at 8 p.m. they will play their
first home game at the Penberthy
Intramural Complex. The high
light of the season will be on De
cember 19 when they play in the
Astrodome. Texas A&M is one of
six teams invited to play. Of
course, the tournament directors
are expecting the Aggies to be
there in force to cheer their team
on to probable victory.
Tickets will go on sale in
November, but information ab
out the tournament or the club
itself is available by contacting
Bill Taute (779-1682) or Brian
Shallenberger (693-1456).
Although, the turnout was low
and the skies threatening, the
competition was intense in last
week’s Intramural Punt, Pass,
and Kick competition. Six women
and eight men started the contest
with the top five in each division
advancing to the finals.
When the clouds cleared, Beth
Mamaliga had set a new women’s
record of 301 feet, eclipsing Mary
Caster’s record of 250'6". Mama
liga set her mark with a punt of89
feet, a 97 ft 3 in. pass and a kick
measuring 114 ft. 9 inches.
In the men’s competition,
Tony Weber used a 175' punt, a
145'5" pass and 166'4" kick to tal
ly 481'9" to out distance IM Field
Goal champion, William Jordan.
Jordan’s total was 449'5". Other
men’s finalists were George Dar
rell, Robert Kersh, and Jim
Currie.
tramurals is a one-game suspen
sion. Think before you do some
thing foolish in the playoffs. It’s
only a game.
Footnotes
After October 18 ALL SOC
CER GAMES — rainouts and
playoffs — will be played on the
Penberthy Intramural Complex.
SOCCER is now a varsity sport
at Texas A&M. According to reg
ulations, varsity players are in
eligible to compete in that sport
in Intramurals. Therefore, as of
Sunday October 18, soccer team
members will not be permitted
to play IM soccer.
The minimum penalty for un
sportsmanlike conduct in In-
THE POOL WILL BE
OPEN at 6:00 before the Swim
Meet for swimmers to warm-up
and practice.
Acknowledgements
Beth Mamaliga
won the womens
division of Punt,
Pass and Kick
competition.
She also won
this week’s
McDonald’s®
“Be Our Guest”
award for her
outstanding ef
forts. Beth
should pick up
her B. O. G.
card, good for a
free
McDonald’s®
meal, at the In
tramural office.
McDonald’s® Intramural Highlights is sponsored each Mon
day in the Battalion by your local McDonald’s® Restaurants at
University Drive and Manor East Mall. Stories by John
Bramblett’s; photos by David Einsel and Bob Sebree.
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