THE BATTALION Page 6 College Station, Texas Friday, November 3, 1967 Sports Aplenty It’s A Zany Game By GARY SHERER Position Changed, But Maxwell Didn’t College football, as well as providing many thrills for its many fans, can also become zany as a season progresses. Who can predict perfectly what is going to happen on a college football weekend? Nobody! This season has not been any different as far as confusing results are concerned. The Aggies, Arkansas and Texas were picked as co favorites for the SWC crown. After two games for each team, they had a composite record of 0-6-0. Probably the most confusing part of picking winners every week is when you compare common opponents of two opposing teams. For example: North Carolina State beat Wake Forest, 24-7, and Houston topped the Deacons, 50-6. This means, when you compare scores, the Cougars should be 27-point favorites. What happened? Houston lost the game 16-6. Another item: This is really confusing! LSU beat Rice 20-14 but Rice beat Northwestern 50-6 but Northwestern beat Miami (Fla.) 12-7. Using my vast knowledge of math, this should make LSU a favorite over Miami. Right? Wrong! Miami won 17-15. The Aggies play Arkansas tomorrow. The Hogs were tied by Baylor 10-10. Last weekend the Maroon and White topped the Bears 21-3. This makes the Aggies 18-point favorites. We hope this figuring is right, but don’t throw away your slide rule. The Texas Aggies knew they’d landed a good one when they re cruited Tommy Maxwell from Houston Jones in early 1965. He was a good sized lad (6-2, 192), could run like the wind, had good hands and splendid muscular control. You just don’t find those kind every day. Maxwell was in the first spring training, following his freshman year, when veteran pro Bobby Joe Conrad, on hand to help coach the pass receivers, ventured that he had a chance to be an All-Amer ica. As a sophomore split end, Tom my caught 27 passes for 445 yards and four touchdowns. He started out this season at the same old stand but after the Aggies lost their first four games, three of them by 3-4-1 points, Coach Gene Stallings decided he needed to shore up his defensive secondary. So, among the changes he made, he shifted Maxwell to safety. The Aggies have won three straight since then. Before he made the move to defense, Maxwell had grabbed 14 passes for 206 yards. He’s caught two passes on de fense, both against Baylor last week, but one was nullified by an interference penalty. Maxwell and sophomore Ross Brupbacher both went to the de fensive secondary when the change-up came about. Coach Stallings said he just wanted a little more speed back there so the foes couldn’t beat us deep on passes. Maxwell already had shown that he could tackle with authori ty as he had led the charge on punt coverage and had nailed a lot of opposing safeties in their tracks. The past two weeks the defense has made big strides. It blanked TCU, 20-0, and allowed Baylor only a field goal and that came after time had run out in the first half, following that pass interference call. Tommy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Maxwell of Houston. His father, area superintendent for Pan American Petroleum, is a former student of A&M, class of 1932. At Houston Jones, Tommy was an all-city footballer and also competed in basketball, baseball, swimming and track. He also swings a fairly smooth stick in golf. He’s a management major who plans to go to law school when he finishes at A&M. TOMMY MAXWELL Georgia Boss Won’t Change ATHENS, Ga. > — Coach Vince Dooley announced Thursday that three suspended football players would not accompany the Georgia team to Houston to play the Cougars Saturday night. I sang my harp on the sun’s deck Here at the water in the cool unblossomed year. And the light notes clung at my hair roots Like bird cries gathering. All the day’s time leaned Into lengthening shadows And moments clung like fresh leaves On water. Wind crossed the pond Leaving stripes and crosses As though it rolled and cast down. Cast down its shape for vision. Wisteria hung for lavender In a blossom of perfume. And on the stone a toad Settled in sunlight. Is this saturation of senses enough? Living together between a time frame. We creature and non-creature And I among them. SUSan McCord ©Contact Magazine, 1965 To communicate is the beginning of understanding Aggies Look For Fourth Straight The Georgia coach met with the three players—running back Brad Johnson, safety Jack Scott and offensive tackle Wayne Byrd —before announcing that he was not lifting the suspension im posed Monday for a curfew viola tion. By GARY SHERER Tomorrow afternoon is “home coming” at Fayetteville, Arkan sas. But this only goes for Razor- back football players and their ever-rabid fans. The Aggies of Texas A&M will be looking for their first win over the Porkers since 1957. In that year, Arkansas coach Frank Broyles was one year away from the Razorback head job and Aggie mentor Gene Stallings was an A&M student assistant coach. A LOT of that ever-mentioned water has gone over the dam in those nine years. Broyles has turned Arkansas into a perennial winner and Stallings has taken over the top reigns at Aggieland. The Razorbacks have made their homecoming game a success ful one for the last six years. The Aggies will hope to break both streaks after the 1:30 p.m. game is over Saturday afternoon. This year, both the Aggies and the Hogs were picked as con tenders for the Southwest Con ference crown. Both teams started out with less than spectacular beginnings. Both teams lost their first two games. Arkansas topped Texas Christian 26-0 in its third game. The Aggies went two more games before they broke the ice. Where the Aggies have turned around and won three in a row, the Razorbacks have lost to Texas and been tied by Baylor. THE AGGIES now lead the LARRY STEGENT TUXEDO RENTALS Stnrnco w ~ men's tuenr ^3let • Stationery, books, cards • baby albums • shower invitations • baby announcements • shower centerpieces • napkins, cups, plates etc. AGGIELAND FLOWER AND GIFT SHOPPE 209 University Drive join the Pampered Set DINE DANCE ATMOSPHERE PEOPLE WHO CARE BEST STEAKS ANYWHERE FRANKLIN’S located between A&M and airport on Fm Rd. 60 Open 4 p.m. - midnight Mon.-Fri. lay ’til 1 Saturday Be sure to stop by after an evening at U-HIT-M Range Now Open! Aggie Den Billiards & Pinball Open 7 Days A Week Until Midnight (Next to Loupot’s) North Gate SWC with a 3-1 record whilt Arkansas is 1-1-1 in conferentt play. A loss for either team nil. go towards damaging their titll hopes, as two losses have nevtJ accompanied a SWC champ to tkt| Cotton Bowl. Injuries are a key part of team’s success or lack of it ||| they are abundant. The Aggifl have had some this year but will go into this their seventh gaiJ of the campaign in good physici] shape. The Hogs have their sophomorj quarterback John Eichler outwitij an ankle injury. Ronnie Soutkl who was supposed to he the first.1 string field general this year,nd take his place. Coach Stallind has said he thinks that SouthiJ the best of the two so the head man won’t count Eichletj absence an advantage. The game will bring togetlm| two of the league’s top rushen in the Aggies’ Larry Stegent wl Arkansas’ David Dickey. Diekijl personally wrecked the Aggd last year as his four touchdowjJ led the Hogs to a 34-0 romp. EDI) II A R G E T T, the SW([ passing leader, will have a stilfl challenge from the Hog second ary. Junior defensive back Gai)| Adams has established himself as an ample substitute for th graduated All-America Martin Bercher. Terry Stewart, the Hogi] sophomore safety, came up will two interceptions in the 21-12 losil to Texas. The game shapes up as an evtil affair although the oddsmakenl have installed Arkansas as J three-point favorite. This willw the first time this season for ttitl Aggies to meet a team that dofs-l n’t outweigh them. The Hod feature a fast-paced offense scl most of their lineup has that slk| look. Mt chest light perfc Th p.m. “M cian Towi zales He i peop Go cess rang “H whicl posit cal < rang Mi inclu to th tro’s broU] “Tim ton c most ous hint resp< the i discr guite PALACE Brtfan A NOW SHOWING Sean Connery As James Bond In “YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE” STARTS WEDNESDAY Lee Marvin & Angie Dickerson| In “POINT BLANK’’ In feet Dr. vice Intel Frid, Ci the freqi dent fairs nati< tinu< asse: term fort: cone intei poin NOW SHOWING Ni Haley Mills In A FAMILY WAY’ STARTS WEDNESDAY 2 Big Award Winners “DEAR JOHN” & “DARLING” CIRCLE TONIGHT AT 6:30 P. M. Warren Beatty In ‘BONNIE & CLYDE” At 8:42 p. m. 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