' it
li
i
sports
SWC race in full gear
Four games on tap this weekend
United Press International
Before the weather turned
pleasant, four teams were gen
erally mentioned as the best bets
to unseat Southern Methodist as
the Southwest Conference
champion.
Those four teams — Arkan
sas, Houston, Texas and Texas
A&M — all start out on their
conference campaigns next
weekend with varying hopes for
success.
“The First part of our season
is over and the second part is
about to begin,” said Texas
A&M coach Jackie Sherrill last
Saturday night after his Aggies
had finally outlasted Louisiana
Tech in a marathon 38-27 battle
that featured 104 forward
with 43 seconds left proved un
successful.
So Sherrill’s first league game
should provide enough of a test.
And there will be plenty more to
follow.
Rice’s Ray Alborn has seen
Owls get outscored 103-33
passes.
“Now we get into the confer
ence. And playing Louisiana
Tech is not the same thing.”
The Aggies, having been the
victim of one of college football’s
larger embarassments early this
month and having to play with
out their top two running backs,
will start out next Saturday night
against a team originally consi
dered to be the weakest in the
league.
The Houston Cougars have
also had their troubles despite a
48-3 smacking of outmatched
Lamar last Saturday.
“You have to win sometime,”
surmised Houston coach Bill
Yeoman. But he added a touch
of realism. “Lamar is not a
Miami or Arizona State.”
Those two teams manhand
led the Cougars in their first two
games and this week Houston
travels to Baylor for what shapes
up to be the best matchup on
next Saturday’s conference
schedule.
But Texas Tech has whipped
Air Force (winners over
Brigham Young) and almost
downed Baylor last weekend.
The Raiders fell, 24-23, when a
two-point conversion attempt
Then there will be Arkansas
vs. TCU in Little Rock, where
the Razorbacks will be after
some revenge. A year ago the
Horned Frogs beat the Hogs for
the first time since 1958.
The No. 9 Razorbacks are
coming off a 14-12 win over Mis
sissippi — a victory that would
have been a loss if Todd Gatlin’s
48-yard field goal on the final
play of the game had been bare
ly inside the uprights instead of
barely outside them. Mean
while, TCU suffered one of its
patented heartbreakers, falling
16-13 to SMU in a game the
Frogs could easily have won.
The other conference opener
will send Texas to Rice in what
figures to be one of the larger
mismatches in the nation. The
15th-ranked Longhorns dis
played a particularly, impressive
defensive effort in their 21-0
blanking of Missouri while the
Owls began to look more and
more like an 0-11 team.
Rice lost to LSU, 52-13, last
Saturday — a defeat that
seemed to leave a sour taste in
the mouth of coach Ray Alborn.
“I think maybe Jerry (LSU
coach Jerry Stovall) is worried
about his job,” Alborn said in
indicating that the Tigers ran up
the score. “All I can say is what
goes around comes around. I
told our underclassmen to re
member it and they have long
memories.”
Levine tops Alkio in finals
by Joe Tindel Jr.
Battalion Staff
Aggie tennis standout Kimmo
Alkio defeated Rice’s Tres
Cushing before losing to Texas
All-America Johnny Levine, 6-
2, 6-3, in the semifinals of a
three-way tourney in Austin this
weekend.
Alkio, a sophomore from
Finland, defeated Craig Kar-
don, 6-4, 7-6, before turning
back Cushing, 6-3, 6-2.
In doubles action, Alkio and
junior Van Barry advanced to
the finals with a victory over
Doug Snyder and Edgar Giffm-
^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiii^
BETA BETA BETA
ing, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6. They fell to the
Texas duo of Levine and Paul
Crozier in the finals, 6-2, 6-2.
In other singles action, soph
omore Greg Hill knocked off
Rodney Tomasco of Rice, 1-6,
6-1, 7-5 in the first round.
Coach David Kent said junior
Arnold Kettenacker turned in a
good performance in the indi
vidual meet ^t the University of
Texas, and said freshman Russ
Simmons performed well.
Mandatory Election
NOW IN COLLEGE STATION
Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 30
7:30 p.m.
Room #105 BSBE
FUIM • FOOD • DRIRMK=
4
Meet Don Scott Marable
He’s Your On-Campus
Beer Expert.
Whenever the subject is
beer or social events, Don’s
the one to call. Maybe, it’s
four days before your
fraternity or dorm “Casino
Night” and you need advice
on how much beer to have,
how to get it and how to
serve it, call Don. Don is
your Coors Campus Rep.
Not only he personally assist
you in planning your social
event, but he can also direct
you to all the Coors beer
you need to ensure it’s a hit.
Call Don, your Coors Rep
at 696-6818.
Coors made for the way
Aggies really like it.
A fo
with ril
nades a
mandei
tion Or
non’s I
man sa
Abu
ber wh<
died lal
pital ir
rushed
said.
Yass
organu
central
killing ’
and tht
Kent described his feeling ab
out his team at this point as “cau
tiously optomistic,” and said the
Aggies need to work on their
doubles play, which was a bit
more sluggish than singles play
in the Austin tourney.
The men have until Oct. 8,
when the men and women will
host a three-way tourney with
Texas Christian and Oklahoma
State, to work out the bugs in
their doubles play.
A&M wins two-mile rui
not esc;
In \
the las
Beirut
day or
for 1,2
the trir
In Jt
ter Me
The Aggie women’s cross
country team won the Rice In
vitational, finishing with 32
points at the two-mile event held
in Houston Saturday.
Texas A&M’s Suzanne Shef
field ran the course in 11:26 to
place first in the seven-team
meet, while the Aggies’ Debbie
Noel finished in 11:30 for third
place. Esther Dedrick placed
sixth at 11:39, Lisa McCorstin
ran eighth at 11:50 and Paula
Odom rounded out the Aggies’
top finishers in 14th place at
12:02.
Houston finished second with
47 points and Louisiana State
placed third with 74. Other
scores include the Universin
Texas-San Antonio 99, 1]
131, Pan American 164
Texas Southern 186.
: expectt
Sjudicial
[thing”
i Palestir
Tacked
The Aggie met
women’s cross country sqm
will compete in the 15m
UTA Invitational, which sts
Friday at 4:30 p.m.
Soccer clubs keep winning;
England wins billiards event
Amazing. Simply amazing.
The Aggie w'omen’s soccer
club has yet to allow a goal in
three matches this season. The
three opponents — Stephen F.
Austin, Southwest Texas State
and Trinity — are still trying to
figure out what happened when
they faced the Aggies.
Trinity, the latest victim of
Texas A&M’s powerful attack,
lost to the Aggies 5-0 in Satur
day’s match at Trinity. In the
three one-sided matchups,
Texas A&M has scored a total of
29 goals and has allowed five
shots on goal by its opponents.
All-America Carol Smith led
the Aggies with two goals and
two assists, and Renee deLassus,
Tina Luft and Carol Gittinger
added a goal apiece. In other
soccer action, the men’s club de
feated Texas Southern 4-1 to
post its third victory of the sea
son against only one loss.
Neto Walsh and Carlos
Gutierrez, the Aggies’ two lead
ing scorers, again led the team
with a combined three goals
against a talented and experi
enced Tiger team.
Walsh gave the Aggies a 2-0
lead at the half after scoring one
goal on a rebound shot and per
fectly placing a 25-yard indirect
free kick in the corner of the
Tiger goal.
After the intermission, the
Aggies increased their lead to 4-
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR OUR SPECIALS
SUNDAY-MONDAY-THURSDAY
FOOTBALL ON THE BIG SCREEN
2 for 1 during game
Shiloh Place
Skaggs Center
Delivery
693-0035
846-4809
846-3412
Bryan-Downtown
100 S. Main 775-6788
Texas Ave. 779-2431
NOW OPEN SHILOH PLACE
0 when Gutierrez tapped
7-yard shot after a series of:
ses and Ramon Marini score!
a breakaway after an Aggie
TSU added its goal onaSO-i
shot that was placed at then
the Aggie goal and was imj
ble to defend.
The men’s club faces
here next Sunday at 2 p.m
what could be its toughest
of conference play while
women face Rice on the is
drill field Saturday at 1 p.m
In other Texas A&M
activities, Charles England
Texas A&M student, won"
day’s MSC Bowling and G;
student 8-ball tournament.
The event, which feaW
double-elimination, best
three matches, took place
tween 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.i
the MSC. The top six finish®!
who received prizes, indm
Texas A&M students Joe h
Greg Hutto, Todd Mutni
Cody Whitten and Jeff For
! The Resale Gallerf
Furniture
I New and Used
at affordable prices
f 2795 S. Texas 775-73«
^ across from Brazos Savings^
ad
U.S. Congressman
JIM COLLINS
Republican Senatorial
Candidate
FROM HOUSE TO SENATE:
PURSUING THE TEXAS VOTE
TONIGHT
Congressman Jim Collins is serving his eighth term as the U.S.
Representative from the Third Congressional District of Texas.
Congressman Collins holds important committee positions on
Capitol Hill. He is a member of the Republican Policy Committee
and has had distinguished business and military careers. A
Dallas native, he attended SMU, Northwestern, and Harvard
Business School where he received an M.B.a. Congressman
Collins is running against Lloyd Bentsen for a Texas seat in the
U.S. Senate.
Monday, Sept. 27 Rudder Theatre
8:00 p.m. FREE
WA
5l,00i
mayh
ses cai
add i
shows
Th
centc
the Ui
the tu
if poll
says.
If:
statu,
many
hy tht
interh
Office
Bu
— ma
powei
Perce:
the ni
duced
all Ni
draft
Air
from i
ried t<
easier
ehemi
f°r kil
other