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napn ■ Texas A8dVI II l I » The Battalion Sports tes :s 'idizatioaMi February 3, 1982 Battalion/Page 11 Searching through history to answer sports questions 350, ■oducers in In all the ay s have been: veralyearsat SCS j| ® re ^ With only five more Southwest Conference a 3 Hvictories, Texas A&M University basketball its were Hi coa<: Ii Shelby Metcdlf will become the most U S. Interj winning coach in SWC history, tmmission a* Trailing former Arkansas coach Glen Departnte R ()se > w h° posted a 176-118 record in 24 ffect the T 3 seasons ’ Metcalf has directed the Aggies to a inn..J 172-100 record in just l7!/2 seasons. Both i men produced five SWC champions. That answers just one of the many ques- Idons Texas A&M students have asked The :e Departmt! Battalion Sports about different areas of cide within? athletic endeavor. :ther a petitk A s long as questions come in, on any area )f an invest^ of sports, a serious attempt will be made to ^fincl the answers and print them, with spe- •l mn Hcial emphasis on questions involving Texas imllielM, A&M or the SWC. eaPj 1 * Below are some of the most frequently I1C - dueFe asked questions: Q: How many coaches has Texas A&M had in football? Including Jackie Sherrill, the Aggies I h ave I ia< d 25 head coaches since taking up fl I ! football in 1894 for an average of one every ftj S'/z years. Q: Who is the only Aggie to win the Heisman Trophy? In 1957, running back John David Crow led Texas A&M to a No. 9 national ranking sen route to a consensus All-America selec tion and the Heisman Trophy. The Aggies were coached by Paul “Bear” Bryant. Q: Have the Aggies ever won a national championship? on opens hal 2 billion fra: ith Dependr. >t said. >r David Stod t will propoi rs in savia; tg reductioB nent initials :e the deficit sources sad ckman’s ma: ‘s will be a up ut waste at: ye aimed par. ntagon, when i hopes toco:' t can achie«> resorting tt d the pianist with a vehidt rm ofaspecia liminate wait! iding—there f the heatof the The Aggie defense allowed only 31 points while the explosive offense scored 212 giving Texas A&M an 11-0 season and the national championship in 1939. The only game in which the Aggies allowed more than one touchdown was against Tulane University. Texas A&M defeated Tulane 14-13 in the Sugar Bowl Jan. I* 1940. Q: Who was the best coach in Texas A&M history? Judging from overall records, that dis tinction belongs to Dana X. Bible, who in 1917 and between 1919 and 1928 amassed a 72-19-9 record in football, with five confer ence championships and two seasons in which the Texas A&M defense did not allow any points (1917 and 1919). During Bible’s career at Texas A&M, his teams outscored opponents by a margin of 2256-384. In 1922, the Aggies defeated Centre College in the Dixie Classic, which gave birth to the Twelfth Man tradition. In addition, Bible coached the Texas A&M basketball team from 1921 to 1927, * winning three Conference championships and recording a 90-47 record. Q: What is the largest crowd ever to watch a Texas A&M football game? In 1977, 104,802 fans watched the Uni versity of Michigan defeat the Aggies in Ann Arbor, Mich. The biggest crowd in Kyle Field was in 1981, when 71,731 specta tors saw Texas A&M fall to the University of Texas. Q: Who has won the most grand slam titles in tennis? Australian Rod Laver has won the grand slam (Wimbledon, U.S. Open, French Open, and Australian Open) twice. His first title came in 1962 as an amateur and the second as a professional in 1969. Q: What nation has won the greatest* number of Olympic medals? The United States merits that distinction, having won 1,623 total in both the summer and winter games combined. The Soviet Union is second with 1,026 and Great Bri tain third with 568. (The United States did not compete in the 1980 summer games.) If you have a question on sports which you would like answered, send it to) Bill Robinson, The Battalion, 216 Reed McDo nald Building, Texas A&M University, Col lege Station, TX 77843. Questions will be answered as often as there are enough to fill the column. Judge denies modon in King case United Press international LOS ANGELES — A federal e denied a motion Monday to dismiss obstruction of justice and forgery charges against an attorney who once represented former boxing promoter Harold Rossfields Smith. Prosecutors claim Jennifer King obstructed justice by in structing one of her secretaries to give false testimony before a federal grand jury investigating Smith’s link to a $21.3 million bank embezzlement. Smith was convicted in that case last month and is awaiting sentencing. U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer rejected the attempt by Miss King’s attorney, Robert Talcott, to have the case dismis sed. Talcott said the govern ment’s use of one of Smith’s bookkeepers — who discussed legal matters with Miss King while wearing a tape recorder — violated Miss King’s attorney- client privilege. He set March 8 as her trial date. Congratulations photo by Donn Friedman Craig Buchmann of the Texas A&M swim team shakes hands with teammate Rick Walker after a good performance in the 50- yard breaststroke event in a meet with the Houston Cougars earlier in the season. The Aggies, who defeated the Texas Tech Red Raiders last weekend, will compete against the Rice Owls today at 4 p.m. in the P.L. Downs Natatorium. \?m a SANDWICH SHOP Culpepper Plaza 693-8276 SCHMALTZ'S CORPS SPECIAL! 101 DRAFT BEER (10<t Per Glass) All You Can Drink! With Purchase of Sandwich Wednesday Nights Only IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT TAMU MSC BLACK AWARENESS COMMITTEE PRESENTS: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF BLACK LOVERS WEDNESDAY FEBUARY 3,1982 RUDDER FORUM AT 7:30RM. $2.50 STUDENTS WITH TAMU I.D. $3.50 GENERAL PUBLIC tickets on sale at rudder box office S-T-R-E-T-C-H YOUR DOLLARS With These Specials on Auto Services and Uniroyal Tires! 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