THE BATTALION
^ursday, August 3, 1967 College Station, Texas
Page 7
Kyle Field Gets
New Look For ’67
ground, all done in the plastic
colored benches.
The improvements of the sta
dium also include lighting, park
ing and traffic artieries. A
second elevator will aid author
ized persons to and from the
press box on the West side.
The completion of phase one
will accommodate some 52,400
fans.
Phase two, a future plan, will
include the lowering of the pres
ent playing area, taking out the
cinder track, adding seats closer
to the field on both sides and
closing in both ends to form a
bowl. The final, bowl-type sta
dium will seat some 65,000.
I The expansion project to en-
fcrge and improve historic Kyle
jB'ield, the on-campus Aggie foot-
jball plant, will ultimately provide
Wexas A&M with one of the
■inest gridiron settings in the
Bation.
I The stadium renovation will be
l two-phase project. When phase
—*—- one is completed, Kyle Field will
ll§ ave u PP er decks on both East
1IVA and West sides, from goal line
goal line. The lower decks will
pave white plastic seat benches
rt/JpBnd the upper decks will have
flUC ikaroon plastic benches. Already
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ggies Get Top Prep Prospects
y back Texas A&M signed up 40 boys
ame Sac! in this year’s SWC talent search.
|The Aggies did especially well in
! (At Frfthe acquisition of blue-ribbon
Sating backs.
ge Stall' Here are the recruits (first-
iday afti team all-staters in bold face capi-
Smith 1 tal letters, second-teamers in light
to Fayet face capital letters) signed by
Razorbl Texas A&M.
noon. Stf ENDS—WAYNE HARKRIDER
Smith. F'(6-0, 180), Dumas; Allan Hanson
■tion afi'3(6-2, 185, Clear Creek; MITCH
ROBERTSON (6-3, 215), Abilene
Houston,fc|Cooper; Jim Segrest (6-1, 200),
8.) DfLafayette, La.; MIKE DeNIRO
irtered k (6-0, 195), Youngstown, Ohio;
nrk outJLarry Yeates (6-1, 175), Jasper,
afternot INTERIOR LINEMEN, LINE-
[ton Ho|-BACKERS—Mark Fulton, (6-1,
ition af>|j>io), Arlington; Andy Philley Jr.
oon. 210), Temple; Wayne
Iproeschl (6-2, 200), Texas City;
nfrerry Minyard (6-0, 195), Port
)W oweches; Kenny Smith (6-2, 220),
SjgHiif Gainesville; Mike Tighe (6-3,
d in cof 225 >-® an Antonio Lee; Jim Park-
tcross * r ^' 2 ’ Gonzales; JACK
f j a |] P^EMP (6-3, 220), Sweeny; DALE
f'WATTS (6-4, 195), Lawton, Okla.;
|Mike Fields (6-3, 235), Liberty
ylau; Lenard Millsap (6-2, 195),
[Fredericksburg; Tommy Deaton
(5-10, 185), Dallas Bryan Adams;
[ALAN SIKES (5-11, 214), San
Angelo; C. W. Walker (6-0, 195),
f !|Clebume; Andy Tewell (6-2, 195),
Austin McCallum; Ronny Rick
man (6-2, 180), Vernon; Ted
Davis (5-11, 180), Bryan; Bert
Bloodworth (5-11, 180), Sonora;
Gerald Angelo (6-0, 195), Youngs
town, Ohio; Benny DeWitt (6-3,
220), Nacogdoches.
QUARTERBACKS — Rocky
Self (6-2, 175), San Antonio Mac-
Arthur; Kyle Gary (5-10, 168),
Dallas Bryan Adams; Bill Hodge
(6-0, 180), Bryan; Jimmy Shef
field (6-0, 175), Houston Wal-
trip.
OFFENSIVE - DEFENSIVE
BACKS — Larry Kelly (6-1, 180),
Clear Creek; Randy Maddox (6-3,
220), Houston Westbury; Larry
Chandler (6-1, 205), Sweeny;
Gary Armbrister (5-10, 185),
Houston Waltrip; DAVE ELM-
ENDORF (6-1, 185), Houston
Westbury; Lee Hitt (6-1, 165),
Fort Worth Arlington Hts.; John
ny Weaver (5-11, 175), Gates-
ville; Mike Franklin (6-1, 185),
Richardson; Mark Williford (5-11,
180), Houston Waltrip; MARC
BLACK (6-2, 185), Roswell, N.M.
Texas Picked
1st In SWC
Grid Race
Sportswriters throughout the
state of Texas have voiced their
opinions about the outcome of
the 1967 Southwest Conference
football race and in a pre-season
poll picked the Texas Longhorns
to walk away with conference
crown.
The Arkansas Razorbacks were
picked in the balloting to finish
in second place.
The Texas Aggies were picked
for third place, the first time in
ten years A&M has been picked
to finish in the first division.
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