THE
Thursday, May 23, 1968
BATTALION
College Station, Texas
Page 9
Sports Aplenty
A Good Year
By GARY SHERER
The 1967-68 Texas A&M sports season, was, to say the
least, event-filled.
It started out with many slogans about the 1967 foot
ball team that were wrongly-attributed to Coach Gene
Stallings. And then when the team lost four games in a
row, nobody wanted credit for the same slogans.
However, on the night of Oct. 14, 1967, things started
to look up for the Aggies, sports-wise as well as football-
wise. On that night, quarterback Edd Hargett’s 15-yard
touchdown run, with no time left, started the Aggie gridders
on a march that carried them through to the Cotton Bowl
and a 20-16 victory over Bear Bryant’s Alabama eleven.
The winning didn’t stop there! Coach Shelby Metcalf’s
basketball team went down to the final week before being
eliminated from the Southwest Conference title race. They
were stopped by the team that eventually won the crown,
TCU. The 14-10 overall record though, was the second best
in the conference and one of just three winning-season
slates.
The Texas Aggie baseballers finished with the best
overall record (21-7) and led in practically all of the hitting
statistics. However, as is the case when technicalities arise,
Texas backed into the SWC title because of the senseless
rainout rule the conference ‘minds’ came up with before the
baseball season started.
Track took a little less of the spotlight in 1968 because
of the absence of Randy Matson. However, Coach Charlie
Thomas’ tracksters did provide some excitement to the SWC
cinder season as Martin Rollins, Curtis Mills, Lonnie Noel
and George Resley had good years.
The ’68 golf team did not repeat their 1967 SWC champ
ionship performance but were among the top teams in the
conference. Coach Omar Smith’s tennis team went through
a rebuilding year and better things are looked for from
players like Jon Ragland, Marcus Beleck and Mike Hickey
next season.
The Aggie swimming team also had a inexperienced
team and better things are expected for next year.
These pages didn’t note it often, but Texas A&M had
representation in other sports in this athletic year now past.
Soccer, hand ball, gymnastics, and billiards to name just a
few, had a lot of participation.
The soccer team made several trips (Austin, LSU) dur
ing its season. They had an ambitious program, as the play
ers had to drive to the away games. Their home games
were played on the parade field in front of the MSC.
Handball is a popular sport on campus for students and
faculty and Deware Fieldhouse’s courts are usually filled
every day. In fact, Ozzie Burke and Dan Kennerly put
Texas A&M on the handball map a couple of weekends ago
by taking the National Intercollegiate Doubles Champion
ships that were held at St. Louis.
Of course, Ray Fletcher’s intramural program, which
operated all year and will continue into the summer, got
little news mention all year. However, students participated
in all the intramural sporting events and the program was
once again successful.
Last year we picked our outstanding performers from
the four major sports at A&M (football, basketball, baseball
and track). The Battalion sports staff (two in all) have
come up with their four selections for 1967-68.
Football—Bill Hobbs and Edd Hargett (tie)
Basketball—Ronnie Peret and Billy Bob Barnett (tie)
Baseball—Joe Staples
Track—Martin Rollins
1967-68 was a good sports year at Aggieland, and 1968-
69 promises to be even better.
Whites Win 32-22
In Spring Finale
EDD HARGETT
Football
BILL HOBBS
Football
RONNIE PERET
Basketball
BILLY BOB BARNETT
Basketball
JOE STAPLES
Baseball
1967-68 TOPS
The above sextet, are the
Battalion’s pick as the top
performers in their sport
for 1967-68.
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Track
Edd Hargett was the differ
ence in the Aggie’s Maroon-
White Game Saturday as he
threw for four touchdowns in
leading the Whites to a 32-22
victory.
After trailing 14-13 at the
half, Hargett connected with
Barney Harris for a seven-yard
touchdown with 4:15 left in the
third quarter to give the Whites
a lead they never relinquished.
The drive covered 80 yards in 10
plays and began when a Charley
Riggs field goal attempt from
the 18 fell short and to the right.
THE WHITES stretched their
lead to 25-14 on a Hargett-to-
Bob Long pass with 9:31 left in
the contest and made it 32-14
with three seconds remaining on
a Rocky Self to Sammy Williams
28 yard strike.
Any other college’s squad game
in the country would have prob
ably been over at this point but
A&M has found that three sec
onds come in handy at times.
This was one of those times as
Larry Stegent took the kickoff
and raced for the right sideline,
broke into the clear at about
midfield and then through the
Corps at about the 30 on his
way to an 86-yard touchdown.
The Whites broke in front in
the game with two opening per
iod touchdowns. Hargett hit
Harris for 21 yards and the first
one and then Long for 24 yards
on the second.
ROBERT STANSBERRY, a
redshirt from Eden, directed the
Maroons to the control of the
second quarter as they scored
twice to take their halftime ad
vantage.
Stegent, who gained 74 yards
in 20 tries in the first half,
scored twice to take their half
time advantage.
Stegent, who gained 74 yards
in 20 tries in the first half, scored
first on a one-yard plunge and
then Larry Kelly, a sophomore
fullback from Clear Creek, dupli
cated the feat with 16 seconds
remaining in the half.
Hargett connected on 15 of 35
for 193 yards in the game to go
with his four touchdown tosses.
The 1967 Southwest Conference
Offensive Player of the Year
threw no interceptions.
Stegent was the Maroon’s top
ball carrier with 80 yards on 23
carries, while Javier Vela paced
the Whites, gaining 79 yards on
22 tries.
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