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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)
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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.
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In Colonial
FORT WORTH, Tex. (/P)—Rid
dled by withdrawals and threat
ened with rain, the $125,000 Col
onial National Invitation Golf
Tournament opens Thursday with
a record field of 74.
There was no clear-cut favorite
to take the $25,000 top prize,
since several of the big names
were missing, including leading
money winner Tom Weiskopf.
A date with the draft board in
Ohio knocked Weiskopf out while
Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer
and Ben Hogan declined invita
tions for various reasons.
It’s been quite a while since
Hogan, a Fort Worth native and
five-time Colonial champion, was
not on hand here. He said an
ailing knee would not hold up.
Former PGA champ A1 Geiber-
ger, Chi Chi Rodriguez and Ma
son Rudolph were among late
withdrawals.
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.
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White Orchids
Lavender Orchids
Student Floral Concession
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