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g Pro Draftees Happy With Outcome I By JOHN PLATZER Professional football teams rom New York to Houston will ake on an Aggie flair in their raining camps this spring as ine more A&M gridders join the lay for pay bunch. This is the result of the recent FL-AFL combined player draft yhich saw the Aggies’ record number of draftees top all other ollege teams in the South. The lewcomers from Aggieland will oin such established pro stars ria A&M as Lee Roy Caffey Green Bay), Jack Pardee (Los \ngeles), Ed Breding (Washing- on), and Grady Allen (Atlanta). ROLF KRUEGER, brother of ormer Aggie All-American and Jan Francisco 49er great Charlejy (rueger, topped the list of South- vest Conference recruits going n the second round to the St. Louis Cardinals. Tommy Maxwell was the second hoice of the NFL champion Bal timore Colts, while Bill Hobbs went to the Philadelphia Eagles, Steve O’Neal was chosen by the world champion New York Jets, and Tom Buckman was a pick of the Green Bay Packers. Edd Har gett, George Resley, Bob Long and Wendell Housley completed the list of Aggies selected this season going to the New Orleans Saints, Houston Oilers, Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings re spectively. When contacted by the Bat talion Wednesday, each of the players expressed delight at the teams which chose them and in some cases said that they were STEVE O’NEAL S • 8 Mi $ No. 1 In College Sales Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company 503 College Main 846-8228 TOMMY MAXWELL TAMU TOWN hall special attraction JULIUS UIECHTER AND THE BAJA MARIMBA BAND vyO ^ Yvse^ GET YOUR Tint „ CK ETS NOW! ! MSC STUDENT PROGRAM OPp IC E Monday-Fri^sAM . 5 Texas A&M Student/ Date/Spouse Reserved $3.00 General Admission Faculty/Staff/ Patrons $1.50 Other Students $3.50 $3.50 $2.50 $2.00 EUROPE surprised that it wasn’t some other team. “I DIDN’T really know who was going to draft me. I got stuff from all the teams,” Krue ger said. “St. Louis was the place I wanted to go to. It is just a real nice town,” the 6-4, 250 pound defensive tackle added. Maxwell, who is picketed for a defensive backfield post with the Colts, said that he was called after the draft and welcomed to the defending NFL championship team. “I kind of wanted to play in the South or out in California where it’s a little warmer,” the 6-2, 192 pound Houston product said. “But I am just real excited about the whole thing. I’ve al ways been a big fan of theirs (Baltimore).” A TWO TIME All-American at linebacker for the Aggies, Bill Hobbs went in the eighth round to the Eagles, who have plans for him at outside linebacker. “I thought that I would go sooner in the draft but I am not going to let that bother me,” Hobbs said. O’Neal, the Aggies’ prize punt er, said that he also might rather had stayed where it is a little warmer. He quickly added, how ever, that he was “happy about that world championship. You can’t complain about going with number one!” “I was really kind of surprised that the Jets drafted me because they never really got in touch with me,” the Hearne native said. “THEY ASKED me about kick ing off. I think their punter (34- year-old Curley Johnson) kicked off for them last year. I don’t know whether he is going to be back next year or what because he is a good punter.” The cold northland of Green Bay, Wisconsin, is the destination of tight end Tom Buckman, but he is not letting the prospect of cold weather chill his enthusiasm. “I am glad to go to the NFL and am looking forward to play ing for the Packers,” the 6-4, 220 pounder said. “I wasn’t expect ing them to draft me because a few other teams contacted me more than they did.” Staying the closest to home is Resley, a 6-6, 260 pound shot putter and defensive tackle, who was picked by Houston. “I figured it would either be Houston or Dallas because they contacted me more than anyone else did,” the Fort Stockton prod uct said. “I wanted to stay in the state so I am glad to be drafted by the Oilers.” EDD HARGETT, one of the greatest quarterbacks ever pro duced by the SWC, will be fight ing Bill Kilmer for the starting job with the New Orleans Saints. “From everything I’ve heard, I think they (New Orleans )have a real good organization and I am looking forward to playing for them,” the 6-0, 190-pound Marietta star said. Hard running fullback Wendell Housley believes that Minnesota may have a multiple of plans for him. “They told me that they draft ed me primarily as a running- back but that I should be ready for some defense possibly as a linebacker or strong safety,” the 6-2, 210 pounder said. “I WAS REAL surprised that they drafted me because you us ually fill out questionnaires for each of the teams throughout your college career and I had never filled out one for Minne sota. In fact I had never even been contacted by them.” Bob Long, who has also drawn the attention of many profes sional baseball scouts, has yet to decide which direction his pro career will take. “I intend to play baseball this spring and then just see what developes,” the Paris product said. “I didn’t really care who drafted me just as long as I would have a chance to play.” Pueblo (Continued From Page 1) stroy classified papers on the Pueblo. Schumacher said he was as sisted by Communications Tech nician l.c. Miachael Thomas Barrett and Communications Technician 3.c. Steven J. Robin. “Were you strafed during the time you were outside to burn the publications,” asked New- some. “Yes sir.” “Was anyone hit?” “No sir.” Schumacher said Fireman Du ane Hodges, 21, of Creswell, Ore., was fatally wounded while he was feeding a fire in a wastebasket on the deck with secret papers and files. Harris told hOw he ran out on the deck, grabbed a camera that was being used for surveillance photography and threw it over the side. Then, he said, he grabbed class ified publications from the radio shack and the chart house and made eight or nine trips with them to an incinerator on the deck. “Were you exposed to North Korean ships?” asked Newsome. “Yes sir,” Harris said. BOB LONG > • ' ■ TOM BUCKMAN FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED THE BATTALION Thursday, February 6, 1969 College Station, Texas Page 7 LAST 3 DAYS FALL CLEARANCE FINAL REDUCTIONS OUR FAMOUS BRAND DRESS SHIRTS-NOW $5.97 Values to $10.00 ALL WEATHER ZIP-OUT COATS Were $35.00 NOW $20.00 ALL SWEATERS REDUCED 25% SEE OUR SPECIAL % PRICE TABLE. SALE ENDS SATURDAY OPEN THURS. ’TIL 8 P. M. TOWNSHIRE / BRYAN. TEXAS 77801 Wrestlers To Start Monday Competition in intramurals be gins Monday for Class A and Class C in wrestling. Participants must weigh-in on Thursday or Friday afternoon from 5 to 6 in the locker room of G. Rollie White Coliseum. Competition begins Monday for Class B volleyball. Class C Standings Includes football, basketball, bowling, horseshoes and handball: (1) Milner Hall, 330 pts.; (2) Law Hall, 290; (3) Crocker Hall, 270; (4) Hotard Hall (tie), 265; (5) Hughes Hall (tie), 260; (6) A.Y.I., 250; (7) Moore Hall, 240; (8) Leggett Hall, 235; (9) Wal ton Hall (tie), 210; and (10) Fow ler Hall (tie), 210. Class A Standings (1) G-l, 310 pts.; (2) Sq. 11 (tie), 295; (3) E-2 (tie), 295; (4) Sq. 12, 290; (5) Sq. 4, 287; (6) B-l (tie), 285; (7) F-2 (tie), 285; (8) C-2 (tie), 277; and (10) B-2, 275. A MAN OF MOTION DENVER <A>> _ Only 10 ath letes won track and field letters at the University of Denver last spring, so Bob Wiesner of Maple wood, N. J., apparently decided he had to help take up the slack. Tn the Texas Relays, Wiesner competed in the pole vault, long jump, javelin and relay races. Special Group Flight for University Students and Faculty NEW YORK ... AMSTERDAM 267.00 NEW YORK ... 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