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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Wednesday, April 20, 1966
An Interview
Stallings Views
Football Outlook
For Battalion
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an interview
with Texas A&M head football coach Gene Stallings con
cerning the Aggies’ outlook in football after three days
of spring training.
By GERALD GARCIA
Battalion Sport's Editor
BATTALION—After three days of drills, what do
you think of the attitude and condition of the players?
STALLINGS—I thought their conditioning was excel
lent when they reported for practice the first day. All
of the boys were in fine shape. Of course this is a credit
to the youngsters. They want to play football and they
knew that if they were to get any benefit out of spring
training they needed to be in shape from the start.
BATTALION—How does this team compare with last
year’s at the same stage?
STALLINGS—You just can’t really tell. The re
turning boys have shown great improvement over last
year, but last year, if we had not had so many injuries,
we could have had a good ball club. That is the key —
injuries! If everybody stays sound, this group could
surprise a lot of people.
BATTALION—How about some promising sopho
mores?
STALLINGS—We’ve got several — many who could
make the squad — but I do not want to single out any
individual until we have a good scrimmage and everybody
is tested.
BATTALION—From looking at the roster, if looks like
the Aggies will be two-deep in very position. Does this
mean that brighter days are ahead for A&M?
STALLINGS—This again goes back to the injury
situation. If we stay healthy, we can be real good. But
of course we also lost some good ball players and we will
have to go at some positions with inexperienced players.
Remember we lost Ken McLean, Jerry Kachtik, John Nilson,
Tom Murrah, Joe Wellborn, Charles LaGrange, Eddie Mc-
Kaughn, and Jim Kauffman. These boys played a lot
of football for us last year and we will have to replace
them, but I think that we have the material.
BATTALION—What do you think will be our strong
points?
STALLINGS—Competition! This year more boys are
fighting for each position and this gives a boy more of
an initiative t© work harder. This will also mean that we
have more to pick from.
BATTALION—What about weaknesses?
STALLINGS—Inexperience! We will need to fill the
gaps left by the departing players. But still, I would much
rather have a good, young team with ability than an old,
experienced team with no ability. This way we can work
with young boys and have them ready to play after they
get a little experience .
BATTALION—What do you consider harder to play
offense or defense?
Football Recruits
Stallings Announces
49 Players Signed
Coach Gene Stallings today re
leased a list of 49 football recruits
signed by the Texas Aggies for
next fall.
The 49 players, by positions, in
clude six ends, 14 tackles, 11
guards, three centers, four quar
terbacks and 11 running backs.
The players are:
Ends—Jimmy Dale Adams, 6-3,
185, Houston Waltrip; Robert
James Kirchmer, 6-1, 195, Port
Arthur; Wayne King, 6-2, 220,
Houston Reagan; Robert Richard
Pinson, 6-0, 205, Forney; Ronald
Lee Rudloff, 6-1, 190, Bellville;
Robert Anthony Young, 6-2, 185,
San Antonio MacArthur.
son, 6-1, 200, Fort Worth Arling
ton Heights.
Centers—Wm. Maury Buford,
6-4, 230, Terrell; Oscar Waymond
Lightfoot, 6-1, 205, San Antonio
MacArthur; James Norman Sel-
vidge, 6-0, 210, Tyler John Tyler.
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Quarterbacks — Ben Barnett
Harris, 6-2, 185, San Antonio
MacArthur; David Wayne Hen
ley, 6-0, 180, Brownwood; Gary
Phillip Kaposta, 6-1, 180, Shreve
port Jesuit; Robert Stansberry,
6-1, 185, Eden.
Running Backs—Ronald Tim
othy Adams, 5-11, 175, H«
Waltrip; Richard Ronald Be
6-2, 185, Pharr; Brian li
Christen, 5-10, 195, Hot
Cypress; Ronald Beryl Eh
6-1, 180, Plains; Bruce Go |
Kemph, 6-1, 190, San Ant
Lee; William Miles Knollo,
185, Bellville; James 1
Lockridge, 6-1, 185, Kress; Di
Lynn McBride, 5-1, 165, Et
Mark DeWayne Moseley, M,:
Livingston; Larry Raymonoi
gent, 6-2, 195, Houston
Thomas; Jack Anthony ran
ward, 6-0, 195, Crockett.
AGGIE COACH DISCUSSES FOOTBALL
Gene Stallings comments on spring training.
Spring Scrimmage Drill
Slated For Wednesday
STALLINGS—You have to be a good football player to
play either but you have to be a better one to play offense.
You can be good, mean and play good defense, but you
have to be good, mean and skillful to play offense. A ball
carrier needs to have moves to carry the ball. To play on
the line, you have to be able to block. Blocking is hard to do.
Texas A&M head football coach
Gene Stallings set Wednesday
and Saturday as tentative dates
for the first scrimmages for the
Aggie football team.
A&M, which is currently hold
ing spring training, has had four
days of workouts. They worked
out Thursday, Friday and Satur
day of last week and Tuesday.
“We will try to have a con
trolled scrimmage Wednesday
afternoon in Kyle Field,” Stal
lings said. “It will not be very
long. We will work on funda
mentals the first hour of prac
tice and the second hour we will
have the scrimmage.”
Stallings said steady improve
ment has been the theme of the
early workouts.
The Aggies also plan to work
out Thursday this week, besides
the Tuesday, Wednesday and Sat
urday drills. This will be the
pattern the Aggies will follow
until the completion of spring
drills.
After the four drills, Stallings
said he believed the Aggies had
improved a little each day.
“The returning boys are the
ones who have shown great im
provement over last year,” he
declared. “They’re setting a fine
pattern for the younger players.
I don’t want to single out any
individuals until after we’ve en
gaged in a good scrimmage.”
The Aggies have 36 days in
which to complete 20 days of
workouts. The traditional Ma
roon and White game held an
nually on the last day of practice
will not be held this year.
Only A&M students and facul
ty with identification cards and
persons with passes are allowed
in the practice area behind Kyle
Field.
Tackles—Richard Lee Adams,
6-2, 200, Houston South Houston;
Winston Gail Beam, 6-0, 235,
Odessa High; Terry Dean Brew
ster, 6-3, 200, Jacksboro; Thomas
Christopher Chaffee, 6-2, 220,
San Antonio MacArthur; Ray
mond Leslie Dickson, 6-3, 220,
Waco High; Ronald Wayne
Gooch, 6-0, 200, Bryan; Wm.
Howard Husband, 6-3, 220, Hous
ton Sam Houston; Wm. Daniel
Owens, 6-1, 210, Carthage; Jack
Lee Roberts, 6-0, 215, Alpine;
Gary Don Robertson, 6-2, 205,
Corsicana; Joseph Woodrow
Shaw, 6-3, 218, Brownwood;
Michael John Smith, 6-2, 210,
Houston Waltrip; John Russell
Stallings, 6-1, 190, Midland Lee;
Robert Vipon Thomas, 6-2, 212,
Liberty.
Guards —- Ronald Frederick
Cole, 6-0, 200, Paris; Daniel
Charles Eckermann, 5-11, 185,
Bellville; Roy Lee Fry, 6-3, 215,
Tyler Junior College; Wm. New
ton Gilliam, 6-1, 195, Del Rio;
Gary Frank Gruben, 5-11, 185,
Tulia; Charles Wm. Hendricks,
6-3, 230, Baytown; Wm. Henry
Kubecka, 6-0, 195, Palacios; Wal
ter Rosing Mohn, 6-2, 195, San
Antonio MacArthur; Leonard
Ray Odom, 5-11, 185, Corsicana;
James Allen Powell, 5-11, 195,
Lafayette, La.; Michael Lee Stin-
Cooper Wants
To KO Cassius
LONDON OP)—“I don’t make
predictions, but I’ll go in there
and try to end it fast,” British
heavyweight champion Henry
Cooper said Tuesday.
Cooper was talking about his
title fight with champion Cassius
Clay in London May 21.
“Clay is a fast mover with a
long reach. My job will be to try
and get inside and catch him with
my short left hook,” Cooper said.
Cooper, ranked sixth by Ring
Magazine, demonstrated the ef
fectiveness of that punch to Clay
during their previous fight in
London June 18, 1963.
Cooper was interviewed in
dressing room of his reg
gymnasium at the Thoims
Beckett Pub on Old Kent P,
The Briton dumped Clay in the
fourth round of that scheduled
10-rounder.
Clay came back and cut Cooper
so badly about the eyes in the
next round that the referee
stopped it and awarded the fight
to Clay.
“I’ve proved that Clay can be
puto n the floor,” Cooper said.
“You can reach him. It’s up to
me now to catch him with a good
punch.”
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Beatle-type group was reki
ing. A myna bird screeched
cursed in another corner. Ot
wall ws a glass case enclosing
red gloves with which Coopti
gained the British heavyw
title in 1959.
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seem to have changed mud
studied films of his recent!
wtih George Chuvalo. He!
to move and jab. Chuvalo i
seem to have much success b
body.
“I have no plan worked
I’ll tyy and put my best p:
right on his jaw.”
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