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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1967
Number 508
How Sweet It Is! Aggies Beat TU,
Win Undisputed SWC Championship
| Yarborough Sets
I Forum Address
s
Ralph Yarborough, United
States Senator from Texas, has
been named a Nov. 30 Great
Issues’ Political Forum speaker at
Texas A&M.
Bill Preston, Political Forum
chairman of the Memorial Stu
dent Center’s Great Issues Com
mittee, said Senator Yarborough
will discuss “Why I Am a Demo
crat” at a 7:30 p.m. public-free
program in the MSC ballroom.
Yarborough, a prospective can
didate for governor of Texas, has
served in the Senate since April
20, 1957. He is a member of
numerous Senate committees in
cluding appropriations, labor and
welfare, post office and civil serv
ice, and the special committee on
the aging.
SEN. YARBOROUGH
He is chairman of the Sub
committees on Veterans’ Affairs
and Postal Affairs. In addition,
Yarborough is a member of sub
committees on health and educa
tion, contested nominations, re
tirement, health of the elderly,
frauds affecting the elderly, fed
eral, state and communtiy serv
ices, agriculture, District of
Columbia, Legislative, military
construction, treasury and post
office, and long-term care for the
aging.
A native of Chandler in Hen
derson County, Yarborough at
tended Chandler and Tyler schools
and studied at Sam Houston State
Teachers College and the U. S.
Military Academy. He later
graduated with highest honors
from the University of Texas Law
School.
During World War II, Yar
borough served with the 97th In
fantry Division in combat and
wtih occupation forces in Japan.
He was discharged as a colonel
in 1946.
Yarborough, former presiding
judge of the Third Administra
tive Judicial District, was an un
successful candidate for the
Democratic nomination for gover
nor of Texas in 1952, 1954 and
1956.
The speaker is a member and
former national chairman of the
Legislative Committee of the Re
serve Officers Association of the
United States.
Security Officers
To Talk Traffic
New traffic laws concerning
university security departments
will be emphasized in sessions
Wednesday and Thursday at the
Memorial Student Center.
Nola White of the Texas At
torney General’s Office will dis
cuss facets of Senate Bill 162 and
answer questions from the floor.
The presentation is in connec
tion with a meeting of the Texas
Association of College and Uni
versity Traffic and Security De
partments.
Ed E. Powell, A&M campus
security chief and association
president, said 45 participants
are expected from 34 universities,
senior and junior colleges in Tex
as and New Mexico.
The conference opens at 9:30
a.m. Wednesday with the Rev.
Lloyd Elder, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of College Sta
tion, Bennie A. Zinn, A&M as
sociate dean of students, and Ru
fus L. Taylor of the University
of Texas at Arlington, on the
program.
BRAZOS COUNTY Judge Bill
Vance will discuss laws on ath
letic ticket scalping following re
marks by Taylor.
Ira E. Scott, coordinator of po
lice training for A&M’s Engine
ering Extension Service, will cov
er investigation of homicides.
Dr. T. Paige Carruth, dean of
student life at West Texas State
University, will speak at Thurs
day’s opening session.
Bill Caffee, director of police
and fire protection at Southern
Methodist University, will review
specific laws to aid peace offi
cers in accident investigation.
N. K. Woerner, manager of the
Statistical Services branch of the
Texas Department of Public Safe
ty, also will discuss new laws on
accident investigation.
WALLACE BEASLEY, direc-
Bryan Building & Loan
Association, Your Sav
ings Center, since 1919.
B B & L —Adv.
tor of the Texas Commission on
Law Enforcement Officers Train
ing and Standards, will cover
plans for establishment of mini
mum standards for law enforce
ment officers.
Speaker for a 7 a.m. Thursday
banquet at Sbisa Hall will be
State Rep. G. F. (Gus) Mutscher
of Brenham.
Two panel discussions zero in
on problems of campus security
officers. William L. Purse, assis
tant campus security chief at the
University of Texas, will lead the
Wednesday panel. Chairing the
Thursday panel will be George
E. Doughty, campus security chief
at Dallas County Junior College.
A&M Magazine
Gets Top Rating
The Texas A&M Agriculturist
won top honors at the Agricul
tural College Magazine Associa
tion convention at Chicago and its
managing editor was elected na
tional vice president.
A&M’s quarterly student publi
cation won on the basis of best
presentation of technical material.
Managing Editor John McCar-
roll, junior agricultural journal
ism major from Odessa, was
elected ACMA national vice
president.
The magazine competition was
sponsored by the Farm Journal.
Its editor-elect, Lane M. Palmer,
presented the trophy signifying
best publication to Manuel Pina
Jr., the 1967-68 editor of the Agri
culturist. Pina is a senior agri
cultural education major from
Melvin.
The winning issue of the Agri
culturist was published last
spring and edited by Leroy
Shafer, who is now an agricul
tural journalism graduate stu
dent at Iowa State Universtiy.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M”
—Adv.
ONE OF FOUR THEFTS
Linebacker Billy Hobbs grabs a tipped-up Bill Bradley pass deep in Texas territory dur
ing second-quarter action. A&M defenders picked off four passes to stymie the Long
horns’ offense at key points in the game. (Photo by Mike Wright)
STEGENT ON THE PROWL
Tailback Larry Stegent takes an Edd Hargett handoff and heads up the middle for a
short gain during the first period. Stegent was the game’s top ball carrier with an 80-
yard total on 22 carries. (Photo by Joe Anderson)
KOY FINDS THE GOING ROUGH
Texas tailback Ted Koy runs into an Aggie roadblock led by Harvey Aschenbeck (70)
and Buster Adami (60). Koy took over the position after Chris Gilbert was injured
early in the second half. (Photo by Joe Anderson)
WINNING MARGIN
This was the game-wining margin—a 32-yard field goal by Charlie Riggs in the second
quarter. Holding is Curly Hallman. For more pictures, see pages 4-5. (Photo by Joe An
derson)
Ags Face ‘Bama
In Cotton Bowl
By GARY SHERER
Batallion Sports Editor
During the 1956 season, the
then Aggie Coach Paul “Bear”
Bryant used to refer to eight
players as the heart of his team.
Among those eight, singled out
because of their participation at
the famous Junction training
camp, was a player with the
nickname of “Bebes.”
That season was also remem
bered as the last time an A&M
team had beaten Texas. All those
memories of 1956 must have
popped into Coach Gene (Bebes)
Stallings’ thoughts before, during
or after the “Turkey Day” game
of 1967.
It is sure, however, that those
thoughts were not the most im
portant in the Aggie mentor’s
mind as he watched his Aggies
topple Texas 10-7 before 50,000-
plus at Kyle Field on Thanksgiv
ing Day.
THAT WIN “made something
happen” as far as the Aggies and
Stallings were concerned. It gave
the Maroon and White its first
Southwest Conference champion
ship since that same year of 1956.
It gained an invitation to the
Cotton Bowl for A&M, which
ended a drought of 25 years.
It gave Texas Coach Darrell
Royal his first defeat at the hands
of the Aggies.
For Stallings, it will bring back
an encounter with the man he
has played for, coached under and
admired, Bear Bryant.
When Bryant left Aggieland to
“answer a call from home” in
1957, Stallings was a student as
sistant. Stallings later went to
work for Bryant at Alabama and
was one of the Bear's top assis
tants.
IT WAS from Alabama that
Stallings was called to return to
his alma mater to take over the
head coaching job at A&M. Upon
his arrival, people were impressed
with the way this man set out
to improve football fortunes at
College Station.
Last Thursday afternoon in a
sun-bathed Kyle Field, Stallings
turned his optimistic words of
1965 into true, distinct fact.
It was a game that proved
statistics are for losers but big
plays are for winners. The Ma
roon and White defensive team
had as much pressure put on it
as those historical Alamo de
fenders did back in 1836. The
Aggie hardnoses met with much
better success, however.
AFTER PUSHING Texas
around in the first half, the Ags
were in a fight for their lives as
the second half began. Charlie
Riggs’ 32-yard second quarter
field goal was the only score on
the south scoreboard as the final
thirty minutes started.
A little more than a quarter
later, another score went up on
the board and it was 7-3 Texas.
It took Edd Hargett 16 seconds
to erase that four-point deficit.
Hargett hit the Aggies’ answer
to the “Old Faithful” geyser, Bob
Long, with an 80-yard pass that
broke Texas’ back.
THAT SUCCESSFUL pass
play (longest of the SWC '67
season) was about all the offense
the Aggies could muster in that
hectic final half of play.
Then, following the final score
of the day, the Aggie defense
stopped Texas’ efforts to get back
that short-lived lead. And they
did it with the method that
Stallings has commended his
team for all season—the big play.
It was fitting that the last
offensive big play of the ’67 regu
lar season should be engineered
by Hargett. The quarterback who
Stallings describes as “very
coachable” had started the Ag
gies’ road back with a big play
against Texas Tech. How many
big plays have followed ? Total
in this case doesn’t matter; what
does is what these clutch occur
rences have produced.
THE 10-7 WIN brought some
thing back to Aggie football that
has been missing since Bryant’s
departure, namely a winner. As
mentioned, it brings a Cotton
Bowl berth to Aggieland for the
first time since 1942. That 25
years really seems a long time,
when you consider that none of
the present Aggie footballers
were born yet when the Aggies
last tasted Cotton.
Finally, it gave a twinge of
happiness to those optimistic
forces who engineered the “Ag
gies Are Back” bumper stickers.
★ ★ ★
Tickets On Sale
For Cotton Bowl
Seniors and graduate stu
dents lined up outside the ath
letic business office this morn
ing as Cotton Bowl tickets went
on sale.
Juniors and seniors may buy
tickets Thursday from 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m., and freshman can
purchase them beginning at 8
a.m. Friday.
Student tickets are $3 and
date tickets are $6, Wally Groff,
athletic department business di
rector, announced. Faculty
members who bought season
tickets may also get tickets for
the Jan. 1 game with Alabama
for $3, and may buy spouse or
date tickets at the regular price,
Groff noted.
“AH tickets will be for reser
ved seats,” Groff explained.
“Seniors and graduate students
will get tickets in Sections 21
and 22, near the 40-yard line in
the lower deck, and other stu
dents will get seats in sections
15 through 21.”
Groff said student and date
tickets w i 1 1 be basically the
same except that stubs will be
pulled from student tickets and
they will be stamped according
ly. Student identification cards
will be required of anyone pre
senting a student ticket at the
gate.
First Bank & Trust now pays
5% per annum on savings certif
icates. —Adv.
SWC Standings
Conference
Team
W
L
T
Pet.
PF
Texas A&M
6
1
0
.857
147
Texas Tech
5
2
0
.714
150
TCU
4
2
0
.667
83
Texas
4
3
0
.571
145
Arkansas
3
3
1
.500
154
SMU
2
4
0
.333
98
Rice
1
5
0
.167
52
Baylor
0
5
Season
1
.083
59
Team
W
L
T
Pet.
PF
Texas A&M
6
4
0
.600
191
Texas Tech
6
4
0
.600
217
Texas
6
4
0
.600
186
Arkansas
4
5
1
.450
200
TCU
4
5
0
.444
99
Rice
3
6
0
.333
137
SMU
2
7
0
.222
107
Baylor
1
7
1
.167
76
PA
78
130
80
99
121
132
117
131
PA
138
165
123
149
157
150
199
172