Pag-e 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, February 12, 1969 THE B/^TT/^LI^^N
Fish Tromp Yearlings, 89-7j
By RICHARD CAMPBELL
Hot second-half shooting car
ried the Aggie Fish to their high
est point total of the year Tues
day night as they avenged an
earlier loss to the Texas Year
lings, 89-71, before 5,500 fans in
G. Rollie White Coliseum.
than a three .point lead until 8:48
of the second half when A&M’s
Skip Carleton popped in a 14-foot
jumper to give the Fish the edge,
60-55. The Yearlings kept within
that five point margin for the
next three minutes until Watkins
hit a layup and Duplantis hit a
three-point play to start the Fish
on their way. Farnsworth hit two
free throws with five seconds left
to give the Fish their biggest lead
and the final score, 89-71.
The usually sharpshooting
Yearlings were cold
field and turned in their >
lowest scoring performance I
year. In nine contests so fsl
season, the Yearlings havel
seven games at home anil
both of their road games.
The Fish were led by 6'8" Rick
Duplantis with 27 points, Jeff
Watkins with 25, and Frank
Farnsworth with 21 as they con
nected on 36 of 73 shots for 49.5
per cent and avenged a 126-76
loss to the Yearlings earlier in
Austin. The Yearlings could not
get untracked in the second half
as they hit only 11 of 32 for 34.4
per cent. The rebounding depart
ment also belonged solely to the
Fish as they dragged down 47 to
38 for the Yearlings.
Aggies Take Huge Lead
In SWC Grid Recruiting
BARNETT FOR TWO MORE
Billy Bob Barnett (24) goes up between three Texas defenders for two of his team-lead
ing 23 points Tuesday night. The 6-5 Brenham product connected on 10 of 17 from the floor
to pace A&M back into undisputed first place in the SWC with a 70-69 overtime win.
(Photo by Mike Wright)
The score was tied 12 times in
the first half with the Fish keep
ing up with the run-and-shoot
Yearlings behind the timely tip-
ins of Duplantis and the outside
shooting of Farnsworth. Texas
was handicapped by the absence
of their top rebounder, Steve
Aaker, who did not even suit up
for the game.
Eric Groscurth did the most
damage for the Yearlings con
necting on 11 of 19 shots and four
of five from the foul line for 26
points. He also picked off nine
rebounds to tie with teammate
Richard Langdon for top honors
in that category.
The game was nip-and-tuck
with neither team getting more
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cut slowly into the margin until
they knotted the score at 21-21
with 8:14 remaining in the half.
The lead changed hands twice
more in the initial half until a
pair of free throws by TU’s Lar
ry Smith made the score 27-27 at
the break.
Both teams hit with great ac
curacy from the beginning of the
second half and the score
changed hands 15 times in the
first 14 minutes of the period.
Barnett picked up his fifth foul
of the night with 1:38 remain
ing in the regulation game and
Kurt Papp connected on both at
tempts from the foul line to send
the Steers in front 60-59. Larry
Smith had a chance to put the
game away for Texas 30 seconds
later with a pair of free throw
attempts but he missed his sec
ond shot.
DESPITE HIS early departure,
Barnett was again A&M’s tbp
scorer with 23 points followed by
Heitmann, Peret and Benefield
with 16, 11 and 10 respectively.
The 6-5 Brenham product con
nected on 10 of 17 from the field
and dragged down 9 rebounds
while Peret had 9 and Steve
Niles had 6, all in the first half.
Wayne Doyal, who seems to
specialize in scoring against the
Aggies, took high point honors
for the game with 26 hitting ort
13 of 21 attempts. Papp and
Bruce Motley rounded out TU’s
double figure scorers with 16 and
11 respectively.
A&M’s superior height and
muscle was once again a key fac
tor in the win as the Aggies out-
rebounded their opponents 44-25.
Texas hit on 19 of 30 from the
field in the second half for a
blistering 63.3 per cent and end
ed the game with a 55.8 mark
while A&M hit on 57.1 per cent
of their shots in the last twenty
minutes and on 46.7 for the
game.
An unusually smooth game
was also turned in by the Aggies
as they committed only 10 turn
overs in the game compared to
13 by Texas.
The team that became the
Aggies’ best friends last night
(Rice) becomes A&M’s biggest
enemy Saturday as A&M travels
to Houston to take on the Owls.
The Aggies defeated Rice 90-82
last Saturday before the regional
television cameras in College
Station.
By JOHN PLATZER
Coach Gene Stallings pushed
A&M to the top of the Southwest
Conference recruiting heap Tues
day as the Aggies announced the
signing of 24 schoolboy gridders
including six of the state’s top 20
and seven additional All-Staters.
It was the first day that the
high school stars could sign with
a SWC school and the Aggie
coaching staff made it a big one
for A&M, traveling in all direc
tions around the state collecting
the valuable autographs.
Texas’ top twenty list from
which the Aggies collected six,
was based on a poll of the SWC
coaches.
Two quarterbacks, two line
backers and two linemen make up
the Aggies’ blue chip collection.
Lex James, a 6-0, 180 pounder
from Houston Sam Houston and
Brad Dusek, a 6-1, 190 pounder
from Temple are the widely
sought quarterbacks while Bruce
Best, a 6-3, 215 pounder from
Houston Smiley and Dennis Car-
ruth, a 6-1, 195 pounder from
Dallas Jefferson are the line
backers. The linemen are Butch
Kamps, a 6-3, 240 pounder from
Houston Bellaire and Buster Cal
laway, a 6-4, 235 pounder from
Ennis.
The Aggies have doubled their
nearest competitor, Texas Uni
versity, in the signing of blue
chippers with approximately five
of the list still undecided.
Among the seven All-Staters
were two from whom the Aggies
had not received an oral commit
ment before the signing date.
These were Brooks Doughtie, a
6-1, 210 pound tackle from Pasa
dena and Ralph Sacra, a 6-5, 220
pound end from Houston Jesuit.
Grady Hoermann, a 6-0, 220
pound linebacker from Seguin;
Robert Gerasimowicz, a 6-2, 225
pound center from Dickinson;
Robert Murski, a 6-1, 178 pound
halfback from Houston St.
Thomas; Boice Best, a 6-1, 225
pound tackle from Houston Smi
ley and Gary Martin, 6-0, 220
guard from Houston St. Thomas
were other All-Staters. Martin
was an All-American selection
and was named the top Catholic
schoolboy player in the nation
this past season.
The remaining players signed
by the Aggies Tuesday were Mike
Faulkner, a 6-3, 215 pound tackle
from Victoria; Todd Christopher
a 6-2, 200 pound linebacker from
Beaumont South Park; David Mc
Kee, a 6-0, 200 pound linebacker
from League City (Clear Creek);
and Fred Placke, a 6-0, 200 pound
tackle from Houston Spring
Woods.
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of-intent with A&M TuesdaJ
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