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Page 14/The Battalion/Friday, January 26, 1984 TANK MCNAMARA by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds Women run at LSU meet By KAY MALLETT Sports writer Sandra Cooper will be lead ing the rest of the women’s track team to Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 28 for the two-day Louisiana State University Invitational. Cooper, who competed in the d ii But more importantly, the meet last weekend gave Cooper practice on an indoor track. Practice that the rest of the team won’t be able to get because the indoor track season will be en ding after only two practice meets and Southwest Confer ence championships. •••••••••••«••• f 1..... A INTERNATIONAL HOUSE Iresfaurant J 1 - 'Includes 2 ^ ■ $-1 99 Monday thru Friday Up to 4 people with this coupon Offer expires Feb. 29, 1984 bacon strips and 2 sausage links. *■ m m m * * oLPANCAKES* RESTAURANT J >3 N. College Center } Eastman Invitational in Tennes see last weekend, has a jump on the rest of the team in more than one way. In Tennessee, she qualified for the NCAA championships with a time of 55.09 seconds in the 440-yard dash. That time put her into the Texas A&M record book by breaking the previous school re cord by more than two seconds. Coach Bill Nix said there will be eleven teams competing at LSU, including two from the SWC, the University of Texas and Rice University. in the Tarrant County Conven tion Center. Another Aggie, Suzanne Sheffield, will lie looking for a NCAA bid during the next few weeks. Sheffield competes in the 880-yard and mile runs and last year she placed third in the NCAA’s. With Sheffield and Cooper as team leaders, coach Nix said he is hoping the team will place in the lop four at the champion ships. Next week, the team will be on the road again for the Okla homa Track Classic Feb. 11. The team then travels on to Fort Worth Feb. 17 for the SWC Championships. They’ll be held “Our real (goal) this year is to get third,” Nix said, “but we would be happy if we got fourth. We just want to place in the top four because last year we got fifth.” '/ 1 * ik Track coach Bill' S’ Ski Steamboat Springs over Spring break for only $299.00 Subrepresentative needed-Will receive a free trip! Call Elise at 764-7517 (after 4:00) Agents suspect Skins GM soys United Press International Fla. — Bobby TAMPA, Beathard is going through his second inter-league pro football war, on another side of the issues, and is finding the battle tactics even dirtier this lime around. Juniors, Seniors Grad, Vet, Med students Get your picture taken on-campus at the Aggieland photo 8:30 a.m.-12 noon, 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. For more information call 693-6756 or 845-2681. Beathard, general! of the Washington Rtii once worked for Los! Raiders owner Al Dasty Davis was commissioner^ old American FootballL Beathard scouted colli R ro players “so wecouldn FL and beat them tos some college kids.” Now, with the Uniledl Football League challt and in some cases beam National Football Led ’ l0 P isdis ers, Beathard is disturbed! methods being used,| ly by some player agents j “A lot of agents are c lot of money off ofsomec? kids and the kids donil know about it,” Beatkl last week before the Sup “There’s a lot of monej to (agents) to deliveraplaj certain team or leagued players don’t knowaboui| agents may makemoretl players they represent. “Some very already have signed«i USFL. In many cases,tbf j could get every bit as] money in the NFL, I (agent) might notgetasi In a published reponi ard accused “some agi supplying drugs tocoliepl ers in order to get tk< clients. “There’s more goingk agents slipping money to| who is still playi: save energy T Lech and f lins lam! I T 1978 17-9. Tech Cause bd fr< (he A and v eithe T1 bd in !}ts le b-14. belle voul jCOT iCC is still playing co ball,” Beathard told thel Globe. “That’s been goind years. But now there arti involved. Some agents ait j cocaine to secure kidsastf and to keep them ast Beathard said he saw : agents hanging around It recruit the players thanj were coaches and scouts”* of the post-season co star game practices. “There are a lot of got est, hard-working peopled senting some of the playt there are a lot more whoai he said. | Beathard said the R«! have dropped players t draft priority list “even' for various personal pit But he said drugs have shot more in recent years. “We don’t test our playej drugs and we don’t testf we might draft,” he : not sure if some of thes combines do drug testiifl we want to Find outasmtii out a youngster as possiH “If we hear rumorst lege player might be in or that his agent is invobj drugs, we try totalktoa^ people as possible whoaiff to the player and know! “I do know I’ve had mo? lege coaches this year dial before ask me about dniif their players and whattliia look for. But we’re naive| those things, too. We’rele:; as we go.‘ Beathard said the evils inter-league battle fort; much larger and moreo than what he saw 25 yeafll He attributed it to the! amounts of money involw the popularity of profes football. “I expected we wouli| some top (college) players j USFL last year and lexfj we would lose morel he said. “There is atreitif^ amount of money invoM that alone attracts morei- trying to gel some off money.” a vertj brief idea ...