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11. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1981
Sports
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The Texas A&M Water Polo
team, undefeated thus far, left
Tuesday for Providence, R.I. and
the AAU Indoor Water Polo tour
nament.
The tournament, to be held at
Brown University, features some
of the best teams in polo, includ
ing the New York Aquatic Club,
Queens, Fordham University and
Slippery Rock.
Last week the team competed
in the San Antonio Aquatic Club s
tourney, taking first place.
Appearing in the AAU cham
pionships is nothing new to the
Aggies. In 1979, the team finished
fifth.
The team took 14 players.
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Staff photo by Brian Tate
The fenberthy Intramural Complex has often
had problems with drainage after heavy rains.
Wet playing fields, which often take several
days to dry, have forced the cancellation of
numerous intramural events in the past.
However, new plans for a more effective -
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By EDDIE ELMS
Battalion Reporter
The large amount of rain the
past two months has done more
than keep the grass watered at
the Penberthy Intramural Com
plex.
Because of the rain, ideas are
beginning “to float’ around about
the repairs that are needed on the
fields.
Thoughts of repairs surfaced in
September when the rains came,
ending the dry summer.
“It is something that probably
sneaked up on us. It probably
shouldn’t have but it did, ” Dennis
Corrington, director of Intramu
ral-Recreational Sports said.
Gene Ray, director of the
Grounds Maintenance depart
ment, said the problems resulted
from poor drainage and soil com
paction. The middle of the football
fields and areas where the base
paths are for softball remain wet
for up to three days after a rain.
James Welford, associate dire
ctor of intramural sports, said the
field’s inability to dry has caused
cancellation of many of the league
games so that the playoffs could
begin. League play normally gives
every team three games. Howev
er, some teams began this year’s
playoffs after only two league
games.
“We have to start the playoffs
now because if we don’t, we ll run
into dead week,” Welford said.
With 635 teams involved in flag
football, Penberthy is used five
days a week from 5 p.m. to mid
night.
The 700 feet by 700 feet com
plex is divided into four equal
quadrants. All four are designed to
drain toward the southeast corner
of the complex.
“There needs to be a main
underground drainage system,”
Ray said. “Each quadrant needs to
be raised. The bare spots need to
be roughed up so you get a good
compatibility between the clay
soil and the sandy soil that will be
added.”
Ray said the best way to repair
the field is to rebuild each quad
rant similar to the new football
practice field.
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The new field, if built, will be
west of Penberthy and will also be
a 700 feet square field.
The Texas A&M Rifle Team re
turned from its first match of the
year with a second place finish.
The Aggies, led by first team
members Todd Woodard, John
Heye, Glen Park and Kurt Nauck
compiled a total score of4,243 out
of a possible 4,800.
Corrington said the cost of a
new complex would be from
$800,000 to $1 million, including
lights and everything. The actual
cost will be determined about a
year before the work is started.
Woodard paced the Ags with a
score of 1,072. Heye was second
with 1,070. Park and Nauck had
1,068 and 1,033, respectively.
It has a lose soil structure com
posed of heavy sand and organic
matter. This mixture allows the
roots to grow freely and also allow
water to drain through to the
underground drainage system.
If a project of this type is done
on Penberthy, a collecting system
would be built between the four
quadrants to take excess water
away.
“That would be the one way to
salvage Penberthy,” Ray said.
The University of Texas Intra
mural Department is involved in
renovating their intramural fields.
The new fields will have 4 inches
of sand on top of a good drainage
system.
“If we get a morning rain, it is
highly likely we can play on it that
night,” Tom Dison, UT associate
intramural director said.
If a similar program is done to
Penberthy, it would be done a
quadrant at a time. The intramural
department has not received any
figures on what the cost of renova
tion would be.
“Doing it a quarter at a time
might not take that much,” Ray
said. “It would not be a cheap pro
ject however.”
Another possibility for impro
ving playing conditions is to build
a new intramural field.
“There has been talk about a
new complex,” Ray said. “I think
there is one in the master plan that
would be located across the road.
He said the money to pay for
the field will have to come from
the Texas A&M University Sys
tem Board of Regents.
Until action can be taken to
build a new intramural field or re
novate Penberthy, the intramural
department and participants of IM
sports will have to be patient.
The Texas Longhorns won the
match with a total score of 4,312.
Both, Texas and Texas A&M,
fielded two teams. The Texas
number two team finished third
with a score of 4,049. The Texas
A&M team shot 3,974, good
enough for fifth place.
Individual standings were not
tabulated.
By GAYE DENLEY
Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M women’s vol
leyball team boosted its season re
cord to 30-13 Tuesday night, de
feating Southwestern University
three games to two in G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
The 18th-ranked Aggies came
hack from a 2-1 deficit to win the
last two games in the two-hour,
best-of-five match. Southwestern
took the first game 15-6 and the
third game 15-8, dropping game
two to the Aggies by a 15-5
margin.
The Aggies took over from
there, however, holding off
Southwestern 16-14 in game four
and cruising to a 15-7 victory in
the deciding game.
Texas A&M next hosts Texas
Tech University in G. Rollie
White at 7:30 Thursday night be
fore traveling to Austin this
weekend for the SWC Tourna
ment.
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“ We re going to still keep work
ing at it,” Ray said, “but you are
going to see the bare areas.”
The Aggies return to action this
weekend in Fort Worth for the
TCU Triple Crown. TCU, Texas
and A&M, the top three teams in
the region, will compete.
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