The Battalion
Thursday, January 17,1991
Page 12
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Texas A&M Skydiving
Club lands national title
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When Brian Q. Bergfield pranced
around the airfield draped in a
Texas A&M flag, rival teams chased
him, trying to steal it.
But at this year’s National Colle
giate Skydiving Championships in
Arizona fellow competitors were
chasing Bergfield and his A&M tea
mmates for more than a flag.
The TAMU Skydiving Club ran
home with a national championship
and two impressive individual per
formances.
A&M’s four-way team, named
“Tesseract”, scored an NCAA-re-
cord 28 points en route to the na
tional title over second place Air
force and the combined third place
team from Georgia Tech and Iowa
State.
Four-way team members Jon
Yonke, Anne Henderson, Bennett
Browning and Hanspeter Schaub
competed against 13 teams rep-
representing 18 universities.
The Aggie divers won the four
way diving part of the meet, in which
teams of lour divers score points for
completing aerobatic maneuvers
while plummeting toward the
ground.
After leaping from the plane,
four-way teams have 35 seconds to
complete a series of designated ma
neuvers.
Other competitions are held for
accuracy and style jumping.
After the first round of four-way
there were three teams tied for first
with 11 points and A&M was tied for
second with ten points.
But the four A&M jumpers
leaped to an eight point score in the
second round and were left needing
another eight points on their third
and final jump sequence to win the
title.
The Aggie team was slated to
jump last so Browning said there was
some added pressure before their
third and finaljump.
“There’s a monitor in the club
house to televise it live, so while we
were jumping, all the other compet
itors were watching us,” he said.
“The pressure was on.”
Yonke said their jump position
helped to motivate the team.
“We were team 13 so we had the
fortune to go last, and we knew exac
tly what we needed.”
Individually, A&M faired just as
well with Bergfield placing second in
the advanced style competition and
Matthew Burton jumping to a
fourth place finish in the novice style
competition.
The skydiving team’s accomplish
ments are even more impressive
considering that the usually domi
nant teams from the Air Force Aca
demy and West Point are funded by
their schools and are directed by full
time coaches.
But the A&M team, like many
others, has no coach and must fund
itself.
“The big competition is between
civilians and the military, because
West Point competes and Air Force
competes and they’re always domi
nating the competition,” Henderson
said.
“The only real advantage we have
is the want and the desire,” Yonke
explained.
The club is no stranger to success,
they finished third in four-way two
years ago and second last year, but
the team doesn’t solely emphasize
the competetive aspect of skydiving.
“One of the main goals for the
club is to facilitate skydiving,”
Browning said.
“We do it for the thrill of skydi
ving,” a club member added.
The club has jumps at Coulter
Airfield in Bryan every weekend
and will have a recruitment meeting
8:30 p.m. January 24 in room 504 of
Rudder. The club will also have a ta
ble set up in the MSC for prospective
members January 21-24.
Bergfield emphasized how simple
it was to get started in skydiving and
become part of the club. He said a
person can go to the Coulter Airstrip
almost any Saturday morning and be
jumping the same day.
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ARLINGTON (AP) — The Texas
Rangers face eight salary battles next
month, and outfielder Ruben Sierra
could set an arbitration record with
his expected request for about $2.6
million.
Around the majors, 153 players
filed by Tuesday’s deadline to have
their wages determined by an impar
tial third party. All arbitration con
tracts are for one season.
The Rangers who filed are: pitch
ers Brad Arnsberg, Mike Jeffcoat
and Bobby Witt; catcher Mark Par
ent; infielders Steve Buechele and
Rafael Palmeiro; and outfielders
Pete Incaviglia and Sierra.
The 153 players who filed join six
players who became free agents and
returned to their teams by accepting
arbitration offers last Dec. 19. The
159 players in arbitration is two
short of the record set last year.
The overwhelming majority of
players will settle before their cases
reach arbitrators. Last year, only 24
cases were heard and players won
14.
Players and clubs will exchange
figures on Friday, and arbitrators
will hear cases during the first three
weeks of February. Since the process
began in 1974, clubs have won 164
cases and players have won 139.
The eight Rangers who filed
earned $4.17 million last season, and
the club expects to hand out about
$5 million in raises.
Sierra is expected to ask for $2.6
million. The largest salary ever de
termined by an arbitrator is the
$1,975 million given to the Yankees’
Don Mattingly in 1987.
“There are some pretty good
names on our team out there,” ma
naging general partner George W.
Bush said. “All that talk that we’re
unwilling to spend money should
come to a screeching halt. We’re pre
pared to pay the price.”
The Rangers also are prepared to
let an arbitrator set the price. The
owners see arbitration as a tool to be
used, not avoided.
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Spurs edge Mavs
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Da
vid Robinson scored 30 points
and Rod Strickland 21 as the
surging San Antonio Spurs ral
lied for a 100-94 victory Wednes
day night over the reeling Dallas
Mavericks, who scored just nine
fourth-quarter points.
Dallas led by as many as . 19
points late in the third quarter on
90-percent shooting in the pe-
rioo. But San Antonio, winning
for the 16th time in 20 games,
held Dallas without a basket for
the first 6:11 of the final quarter
during a 16-1 surge to tie the
game at 86.
A subsequent 8-0 run by the
Spurs, iced the game. Afterward,
Dallas coach Ricnie Adubato had
to be pulled away by his players
for confronting game officials as
they attempted to leave the court.
Derek Harper led Dallas with
27 points while Alex English had
21 and Rodney McCray 18. The
Mavericks lost their fourth
straight game and ninth in 12.
Robinson had 19 points by
halftime, helping San Antonio to
a 46-43 lead.
War overshadows game
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San An
tonio Spurs fans sat solemn-faced
before the team’s basketball game
against the Dallas Mavericks and
watched news reports of the Persian
Gulf war on big-screen television in
HemisFair Arena.
“I hate to see us go to war, but
sometimes it’s necessary,” said Abe
Luna, at the game with his wife and
brother.
Arthur Luna, the brother, said
the crisis had touched his family.
“I have a nephew down there. My
sister is really close to me. She’s been
crying a lot,” he said.
The players huddled around a
television set in their lockerroom be
fore the game.
“You have to do what you have to
do. To play on a day like this seems
kind of ...,” Spurs forward Sean El
liott said, then stopped.
Spurs center David Robinson, a
Navy reservist who spent two years
in active duty, simply shrugged. The
former Naval Academy star said ear
lier he would gladly serve if called,
but Navy officials said it was un
likely.
Meanwhile, in Houston, the out
break of war was announced at the
Rice University-Texas Tech basket
ball game. The crowd participated in
a moment of silence before the na
tional anthem was played.
In San Antonio, some fans lis
tened to car radios in the parking lot
before the game.
Kevin Flanigan, at the game with
his family, said he heard the war
news on his car radio and immedi
ately noticed rush hour traffic
speeding up.
“It was awesome —just the tempo
of the traffic,” he said. “When it all
broke, everybody sped up. They
wanted to get home and get in front
of their TV and see what’s going on.
It usually takes me 45 minutes to get
home. It took me 30.”
Lady ’Horns pound UNLV
“We believe arbitration is set up to
settle disputes, not create disputes,”
Bush said.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, like the
Rangers a club that complains of
limited financial resources, last year
set a precedent for this course. The
Pirates had 10 players file for arbi
tration and took seven to a hearing.
The Pirates won four cases and
handed out an average 32 percent
pay raise to the seven players.
The Pirates won the National
League East in 1990 with their arbi
tration players in the forefront.
Pitcher Doug Drabek, who won his
case, won the Cy Young Award.
Outfielder Barry Bonds, who lost his
case, won the Most Valuable Player
award, and outfielder Bobby Bo
nilla, who also lost his case, was run
ner-up in the MVP balloting.
The Rangers settled with their
four arbitration filers before reach
ing a hearing last year, giving them
an average raise of 153 percent.
AUSTIN (AP) — Vicki Hall hit 13
of 17 field goal attempts, scoring 27
points Wednesday night as No. 19
Texas routed No. 5 Nevada-Las Ve
gas 89-67, the first loss of the season
for the Runnin’ Rebels.
The game was interupted with
7:49 left in the first half, with Texas
leading 39-13, and both teams and
the crowd of 5,935 stopped to listen
to President Bush’s speech concern
ing events in the Persian Gulf.
After a 24-minute delay, both
teams went to their locker rooms,
then returned to resume play after a
warm-up period.
The Lady Longhorns lifted their
record to 10-5 on the season. UNLV
dropped to 14-1.
Cinietra Henderson followed Hall
in the scoring column with 24 points,
while Edna Campbell chipped in 18.
Hall also ripped down 14 rebounds.
Sharon Hargrove led UNLV with
13.
Texas blistered the nets in the
first half, hitting 20-of-30 shots and
eight of their first 10 for an early 17-
4 advantage. Hall and Henderson
accounted for 13 of the 17 points
during the run.
Two free throws by Campbell
gave the Lady Longhorns their big
gest lead of the half at 45-16. Texas
led 50-28 at the half.
Hall was perfect from the field on
eight shots in the half.
UNLV, which came in shooting
SWC games will go on
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Con
ference commissioner Fred Jacoby
said on Wednesday the games will go
on if there is a war in Kuwait.
“We will assess it as developments
occur but right now our plan is to
continue with our basketball games,”
Jacoby said.
“We have no idea of the duration
if war breaks out. We don’t know if it
will be one day or one year. We’ve
talked about it but right now we plan
to play our games.”
50 per cent from the floor, hit only 8
of its first 33 shots.
The Lady Longhorns used a 12-4
run at the start of the second half to
open their lead to 62-32. They main
tained a cushion of about 30 points
for most of the second half. Their
biggest lead was 80-49 with 7:16 re
maining.
Ponies punish
Bears 80-63
WACO (AP) — Southern
Methodist defeated Baylor 80-63
in a Southwest Conference game
Wednesday night behind the 24
points and 13 rebounds of Mike
Wilson.
The victory raised the Mus
tangs’ record to 7-8 overall and 2-
2 in league play. The Bears fell to
8-6 and 1-4.
SMU trailed, 21-20, with 7:03
left in the first half, but used fast
breaks and offensive rebounds to
spark a 17-6 run that gave the
Mustangs a 37-27 halftime lead.
SMU hit more than 60 percent of
their shots from the field while
Wilson poured in 15 points for
the half.
Baylor never got closer than
seven points in the second half,
despite the heroics of David Wes
ley, whose 24 points led the
Bears. Wesley converted a four-
point play with 7:15 left, keeping
Baylor within reach.
But as Baylor, behind 61-52
with 4:27 to play, struggled to
stay within range, Chad Allen hit
two consecutive 3-pointers to
help put the game away.
SMU held the Bears to 35.1
percent shooting (20-of-57) for
the game.
Tim Mason scored 19 points to
aid the Mustang attack, while
Tim Schumacher added 10 for
the Bears.
Sigma
Chi
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