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k, I2t5 ! «nd week- Tele. Settle, S!1U THE BATTALION Thursday, May 16, 1968 College Station, Texas Page 7 Sports Aplenty An Even Match By GARY SHERER Saturday afternoon, the Southwest Conference repre sentatives will complete their spring football training. The 1968 Maroon and White game culminates spring workouts for Texas A&M and, since the Aggies were the last SWC member to start spring training, ditto for the conferencee. Saturday’s 2 p. m. Kyle Field contest also promises to be a little more of a game than what the rest of the con ference staged. Rice and Texas had two typical routs (in their Blue-Gray, Orange-White games, respectively). In those games, the players running on the first team were pitted against the second-team members. This system doesn’t make too much sense, as it’s already known that the first team is usually one step ahead of the second team. Head Coach Gene Stallings said Monday, that he would split the candidates up as evenly as possible. Yesterday, the two squads (Maroons and Whites) worked out separate ly for the first of two workouts. A quick glance at the rosters, gives indication that the two teams indeed are evenly matched. A good title for the game should be ‘One arm against four legs.’ The White squad will be quarterbacked by Ed Hargett, and his arm will be going up against the four legs of Wendell Housley and Larry Stegent, the Maroon running backs. Defensive Coach Dee Powell’s White team also has some top hands on the offensive line to protect Hargett. Carl Gough and Mike Fields, who have been first teamers since the workouts began, are at the tackle spots. Rusty Stallings, a first-team guard and Ronald Reagan and center Waymond Lightfoot, second teamers, complete the interior line. Hargett will be throwing to some accomplished pass- catchers Barney Harris at wingback and week end Bob Long, both first-team members. Doug Valois, a second- team end, will be at split end. The White defense has first-team defenders in tackle Rolf Krueger, end Mike DiNero, linebacker Billy Hobbs and halfback Ross Brupbacher. The rest of the defensive starters will be Jerry Campbell at end, Ronald Cole at middle guard, Dale Watts, tackle, LeRoy Hauerland at rover and Randy Maddox at the other linebacker slot. The remainder of the secondary will be Lynn Fister and safety Arthur Cooley. Offensive Coach Bud Moore also has his share of top performers on the Maroon squad. Joining Housley and Stegent in the backfield will be Charlie Riggs at quarterback and Jack Whitmore at wing- back. The boys up front are Jimmy Adams, weak end and Tommy Buckman at strong end. Mike Caswell and Mark Thomas are the tackles while Jim Parker and Gary Gruben will be at guard. Jack Kovar is at center. The Maroon defense lines up with Jimmy Piper and sophomore-to-be Roy Kirkpatrick at end, first year man Allan Hanson and letterman Harvey Aschenback, tackles and first teamer Lynn Odom at middle guard. The linebackers are Buster Adami and Andy Tewell with Ivan Jones at rover. Defensive backs are Gaddy Wells, John Turney and first team safety Tommy Maxwell. The Battalion sports staff have looked over the team rosters and have come up with these predictions: John Platzer—Maroon 21, White 17. Gary Sherer—White 21, Maroon 7. LOOKS LIKE A WINNER White squad quarterback Edd Hargett shows his coach Dee Powell his passing form as the White squad went through its first team workout yesterday in preparation for the annual spring football game Saturday. (Photo by Mike Wright) mm*® I € fli ' W ' ^ " TOUCHDOWN CATCH Maroon Coach Bud Moore, watches his starting strong end Tommy Buckman latch on to the football in what they hope will be a preview of things to come for Saturday’s Maroon- White game. (Photo by Mike Wright) AnotherAward To Sam Walker AMARILLO, Tex. (JP) — Sam Walker of Dallas Samuell, who bettered the national record in the shot eight times, is the 1968 winner of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Texas High School Outstanding Trackman Award. “Walker was the standout in a year of standouts,” says Putt Powell, chairman of the selection committee and sports director of the Amarillo News & Globe- Times. Dallas Long held the national mark of 69 feet, 3 inches. Randy Matson of Pampa held the state record of 66 feet, lO 1 /^ inches. Walker hit 69 feet, 1194 inches in his first meet of the year at Carrollton. His best mark came in the Little State Track Meet at Corpus Christi with 72 feet, 3V^ inches. He went over 70 feet during six meets. BUSIER AGENCY REAL ESTATE • INSURANCE F.H.A.—Veterans and Conventional Loans FARM & HOME SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Home Office: Nevada, Mo. 3523 Texas Ave. (in Ridgecrest) 846-3708 For the best & largest THE SKYSCRAPER BURGER 14 Lb. 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Thundershowers lashed the courses in recent days and the forecast warned of more rain during the week. Former champions Billy Cas per, Julius Boros and Doug San ders were top threats, along with Dave Stockton, who twice hum bled the 7,000-yard, par 70 course in taking the 1967 crown. Miller Barber, playing well aft er his conquest at the Byron Nel son Classic, and New Orleans Open king George Archer were among the other leading con tenders. AstroFacts The Houston Astros’ first twi- night doubleheader ever played indoors has been scheduled for the Astrodome on Saturday, June 8, against the Pittsburgh Pirates with Pittsburgh that includes a start at 5:30 p.m. The June 8 date was originally scheduled as a single night game, but was rescheduled as a twi-nighter to make up for the April 9 game that had been postponed. The twi-night doubleheader (one admission for both games) will be part of a four-game series with Pittsburgh that includes a single night game Friday, June 7 and a 2:00 p.m. game on Sun day, June 9. The games with the Pirates are final games of an 11- game home stand that also fea tures the Chicago Cubs on May 31, June 1, and June 2 and the St. Louis Cardinals on June 3, 4, 5 and 6. \ . For Your Corsage For The Ring Dance It’s The Student Floral Concession. See Your Dorm Salesman Or Stop By The Floriculture Greenhouse Thursday or Friday 8-5; Saturday 8-12. Carnations Double Cymbidiums White Orchids Lavender Orchids Student Floral Concession ‘Run by Aggies for Aggies’’ TONIGHT Hear ED COOPER, Director Of Civilian Student Activities TOPIC: Civilian Student Changes MSC BALLROOM. 8:00 P.M FREE ADMISSION