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Pfl Friday, April 8, 1988/The Battalion/Page 11 III WIHIIilllMIIIIIIIIHIIIllllWIIWH llllil—IIIIH—lllllllll^l^ll^llllll■lll■■^^^■^llllllll|l||■■^■■^^I^H«—IIII^IIHIIIII||I■^IIIII■II^»III■IIIII^HIII^II^III■■WWIIHMIIIWIW—IIHI MIIIBIW—>—■WWII II11 Sports S Nelson nabs share :pf Masters lead Sdespite bad winds I AUGUSI A, Ga. (AP) — Larry Hlelson salvaged a 69 from torment- jg winds and gained a share of the Rad Thursday in the first round of Tie Masters, played in swirling au tumn-like weather which players (felled impossible. ■ Robert Wrenn, making his first appearance on the Augusta National jolf Club course, birdied the 18th lole and tied for the top late in the thy when the winds diminished — nd the chill increased. Wrenn got his piece of the lead lith only the third birdie of the day ; on the 18th hole. He rolled in an ■glit-foot putt. ■ “A heck of a way to end the day,” ||ai(l the Wake Forest product who is ■ his fourth year on the tour. “The past couple of holes, I was getting Htmb out there.” iffltaj The chilly winds, more akin to a w New England fall than a Southern ICBring, sent spectators burrowing ttBider blankets and scurrying for ■aimer clothing. ild«HAnd it left the elite, international leld of 90 searching for adequate | words of description. iniB“Devilish,” Ken Brown of Scot- Bid said. F t id. Ti Heartbreaking,” Ben Crenshaw ^■“It was definitely one of the top four most difficult days I’ve seen in-pen said Jack Nicklaus, competing dlB his 30th Masters. “It may be the ib ilost difficult, actually.” (if-BNelson only smiled. )iulH“It wasn’t windy, was it?” the 40- year-old current PGA champion |d, his eyes twinkling. IT didn’t do anything really dumb, d I didn’t do anything really art. I just hit a lot of good shots i made a lot of short putts,” he Id. iThat was an exception, too. More onalBort putts were missed than made. mM 1 - back ? < l, awa y many, many ifmes, said Crenshaw, one of the tames finest putters. “The wind See related story page 14 would rock you and you had to back off.” Seve Ballesteros, the mercurial Spaniard who has such a fascination with this event, four-putted for a double bogey on the 16th. He fin ished with a 73. “In my 13 Masters, I have never seen conditions so difficult,” Balles teros said. Nicklaus, 48, who has won this ti tle six times, three-putted four times in a round of 75 that, he insisted, kept him in the hunt for still another green jacket. “You cannot win the golf tourna ment on a day like today, but you can lose the golf tournament,” he said. That could have happened to some of the game’s more celebrated performers. Greg Norman, who has finished second in the last two Masters, struggled to a 77. Defending cham pion Larry Mize was one shot higher. And U.S. Open title-holder Scott Simpson had a 79. Lee Trevino, who has won the other three major championships twice apiece but has given up hopes of ever acquiring a Masters title, took a fat 81. So did Ian Woosnam of Wales, who led the world in money- winnings last season but has had lim ited success in the United States. Arnold Palmer, 58, a four-time Masters winner, strained the pa tience of his loyal Army with an 80. Two shots back of the co-leaders was a mixed lot at 71. Bernhard Langer of West Ger many, the 1985 Masters champion, managed to go one under par de spite an aching back. He was tied with Sandy Lyle of Scotland, a two- time winner on the American tour this season, along with Mark Calca- vecchia and Don Pooley. Apathetic Aggies should take a good, long look in the mirror Frankly, I was shocked at most of your comments as I walked through campus interviewing Aggies for a story on student reaction on the NCAA allegations against A&M’s football program. Because of these incidents, the rest of the nation will place A&M in a category with SMU, Florida, Texas, Nebraska and Texas Tech — schools that will do anything to win a football game. Farmers in Indiana undoubtedly are thinking, “Those damn Aggies will stop at nothing to win a game of pigskin and turn a buck. Lie, cheat, steal — whatever it takes.” And maybe that’s the way we are. A good indicator would seem to be the apathetic attitude of the student body — the same student body that is constantly harping on making this school a world-clast university. I don’t recall Harvard, Notre Dame or the University of California, which are supposedly world-class, ever placing athletics above academics. I guess we’re just feeling slightly insecure that the Albritton Tower didn’t make us world-class, so what the heck, maybe a lojur-time Southwest Conference champion football team will. How else can the students’ most consistent reply of “Well, everyone else in the conference is doing it. Why shouldn’t we” be explained? Well, not everyone in the conference is doing it. TCU Head Coach Jim Wacker put an end to the Frogs’ illegal shenanigans even though it destroyed the football program. So why did he do it? “Because Wacker wouldn’t have been able to look at himself in the mirror every morning,” he said after the incident. Even though TCU’s football program was left in a shambles, Wacker’s courage earned TCU the respect of the entire nation. Arkansas and Rice have two of the cleanest programs in the country, and Rice is definitely a world-class academic university. Other students said, “I don’t see what’s wrong with it. 1 think the athletes’ should be paid or compensated for spending so much time practicing and training.” Compensating athletes with cash, cars or clothing is wrong simply because it’s against the rules of the NCAA which governs collegiate athletics. Also, A&M athletes are justly compensated for playing sports. They receive free housing, meals and a quality education. Add all that up and the sum is about $5,000 a year — not a bad allowance for an 18-year-old. Pointing fingers at schools that have been caught violating rules and procedures more frequently is also a cop out. So what if Texas had 61 violations and some other schools had 100-200 infractions. I’m not worried about other schools. I don’t care about other schools. I only care and worry about Texas A&M. If the allegations are true, we should stop pointing at others, turn our fingers around and point to ourselves. After shouldering the blame, we should accept any penalty the NCAA decides to hand dpwn without whining and work to correct any problems. If that includes cleaning house, so be it. “Aggies don’t lie, cheat or steal, nor do they tolerate those who do,” the Aggie Code of Honor states. Most Aggies hold that ideal close to heart — when it’s convenient. But if you truly believe in the code and read it carefully, you’ll notice it doesn’t have an amendment that says, “Unless it is done in the name of advancing to the Cotton Bowl ” Anthony Wilson Sports viewpoint UT players pleased with new basketball coach AUSTIN (AP) — University of Texas basketball players say they like what they’ve seen so far of their new coach, Tom Penders. “So far, I’m real impressed,” said center George Muller. “He seems like a real good coach. Hopefully, I can fit into his style of play.” Penders was hired Wednesday af ter two seasons at the University of Rhode Island, a team he took to the Sweet 16 in this year’s NCAA tour nament. He replaces Bob Weltlich, fired last month after six years. Texas scoring leader Travis Mays said, “If we get a coach that everyone is happy with . . . and everybody gets excited about the program, that’s all we need to really get on the road. I’m ready to run." Forward Alvin Heggs said he thought the Longhorns and Penders would get along and that Penders’ fondness of a fast-paced game would suit the Longhorns. “He’s a great personality, and I think it will fit in well with the team’s personality,” Heggs said. “Coach (Bob Weltlich) was more dependent on defense and liked things done his way. But I think (Penders’) style will be great for the team.” Penders said he waited only a “New York minute” — or not at all — in accepting the job which the Providence Journal reported offers him $1 million-over five years. PehderS’ base salary will be about * $85,000 a yeat: Sorn^ reports Thurs- day put the total package at around $ 131,000 annually. Quoting an unidentified source, the Providence Journal said Pen ders’ would earn up to $200,000 an nually with money from radio and television shows, summer camp rev enue, a shoe-endorsement contract and other bonuses. Penders will also receive an “un limited budget” at Texas, cars for himself and staff, membership at an Austin country club and an interest- free loan to buy a house, the Journal reported. UT Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds said a search committee that included former Texas football coach Darrell Royal sought a coach : who could recruit nationally, hot just in Texas, who would graduate play ers, and who was young and dy namic. Dodds said there had been great interest in the job, and several other coaches were interviewed, but the first offer went to Penders. Penders, 42, said he accepted without hesitation, although his two- year stay at Rhode Island “was a happy marriage.” “Basketball will be fun and exciu ing here,” Penders pledged. He seems like a players’ coach,” said guard Joey Wright, a transfer from Drake whose first Texas season will be next year. “With the pressure of high-level, Division I basketball, you need someone you can relate to, and a players’ coach is like that.” i£« seii Itfi' I I The All-Star chamber orchestra. The Marlboro Music Festival has been called, "the highest con centration of artistic activity...in the U.S. and possibly in the world." 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