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— 3 — Disc sports are hot at A&M By Brian Pearson Senior Staff Writer Texas A&>M may not be the flying disc capital of the universe, but it’s more than just a speck on the map of Texas as far as Frisbee sports go. While traveling on or off campus on New Main Drive, you might have seen the Aggie Ultimate team running their legs off and chasing plastic plates on the polo field on the east side of campus. Ultimate basically is another name for what some people call disc football. Scott Gunn, an A&>M grad uate zoology student, says Ag gie Ultimate was “reasonably organized” in about 1978 al though it wasn’t recognized as an extramural sport by the Uni versity until 1982. G\ funn, who started play ing for Aggie Ultimate in 1981, says the team participates in from 10 to 12 Ultimate tourna ments a year. The team has traveled all over Texas and to places such as Florida and St. Louis to play in these tourna ments. He says A&=M usually hosts two tournaments every year. One tournament held in early fall, called the “Aggie Ultimate Experience,” draws about 16 men’s teams and four women’s teams. The spring tournament, “Savage Seven,” draws between 13 and 15 men’s teams, Gunn says. Savage Seven and the Ag gie Ultimate Experience are played the same, but Savage Seven does not allow substitu tions for the ragged-out players who’ve been hoofing it around for 45 minutes with few oppor tunities to catch a breath or slam back some water, beer or whatever. Gunn says Aggie Ultimate was the pioneer of Savage Seven. If the physical challenge of Ultimate is not appealing, then try the A£>M disc golf course. While traveling on Houston or Throckmorton Streets around the Floral Test Gardens, Mount Aggie and the Presi dent’s Home, you might have seen groups of people walking around and throwing plastic plates at striped trees and light poles. This is the A&>M version of disc golf. The A&>M disc golf course, which was created in 1979, has 18 “holes” and presents an abundance of hazards includ ing bushes, trees and streets which count as water hazards. i4.<§pM will hold an intra mural disc golf tournament Saturday and students can sign up in the Intramural Office through Friday. Otherwise they can come to Mount Aggie at 11 a.m. Saturday and try to get a tee-off time. An Intramural Of fice spokesman says 23 partici pated in last year’s tournament, despite the howling wind and torrential rain. There’s no entry fee and the only equipment needed is a flying disc, so grab your Sbisa disc and go for it. \ AGGIE Tom Hanks and John Candy are building a bridge between two cultures... even if no one wants it CINEMA Ready or not, here they come. R mirmcTio MOM I! ItOUIIM UCianiTM not KiJCTH) Tx/nes -.p A TRl STAfl RELEASE i © 19*5 TrvSurPciuf** Inc A* Rights R«Mrv«d The last silent film by Sergei Eisenstein, this film con cerns the collectivization of Russian agriculture in the 1920's. Eisentein’s careful editing and camerawork produce emotional images of machinery relieving the peasantry of their enslaving and sustaining labor. The General Line Sunday, April 27,1986 7:30 p.m., Rudder Theatre $2.00 cosponsored by the Agriculture/Liberal Arts Project a look at the dark side of 1960’s and 70’s social attitudes and culture... the very first X-rated CARTOON... FRITZ THE CAT FRIDAY & SATURDAY, April 25 & 26,1986 THE GROVE 8:45 p.m. $1.50 MIDNIGHT Advertising in The Battalion is as Good as Gold! CALC 845-2611