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. <A>> — 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
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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.
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