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Longhorns Top Batt All-SWC Roster
THE BATTALION
By RICHARD CAMPBELL
The Southwest Conference
champion Texas Longhorns domi
nated the Battalion’s 1969 All-
SWC baseball roster placing Burt
Hooten, James Street, David
Chalk, and Pat Brown on the
honor squad.
Also named were three apiece
from A&M and Tech, two from
runnerup Texas Christian and one
from Rice. Pitcher Dave Benesh,
outfielder Bob Long, and utility
infielder Boyd Hadaway were the
Aggies named to the squad.
Tech placed the leading hitter
in SWC play, second baseman
Jerry Haggard; pitcher, Gary
Washington; and shortstop, Jim
Montgomery, all seniors. TCU
had the All-SWC catcher in Bill
Ferguson and outfielder Dick
Gage. The lone Rice player was
first baseman Dick Fuqua.
Hooten was the most effective
hurler in the conference this sea
son ending with a 4-0 mark. He
also struck out 58 opposing bat
ters in only 43 innings and posted
a 1.47 earned run average. Street
joined Hooten on the first team
to give the Longhorns the most
potent pitching duo in the league.
Street was the winningest hurler
with a 5-1 record, and he struck
out 48 men in 41 innings.
Washington was the top thrower
for Tech with a 4-1 mark in con
ference play. He also pitched
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HENDERSON UP) — Hender
son’s Joe Wylie ended a six-
month recruiting dogfight for his
services Tuesday by signing a pre
enrollment application to play
football at the University of Ok
lahoma.
Wylie, 6-foot-l and 180-pounds,
was one of the most highly sought
schoolboy football stars ever to
come out of East Texas. He also
is a tremendous hurdler.
On hand for the signing was
Chuck Fairbanks, the head coach
at Oklahoma.
Wylie, an all-state and all-
American player, had narrowed
the field down to Oklahoma,
Texas and Arkansas.
Word leaked out Monday that
he was going to sign with Okla-
home, and it made the boy’s
father, A1 Wylie, a Henderson
banker, unhappy. The elder Wylie
had promised Texas coach Darrell
Royal and Arkansas coach Frank
Broyles they would be told the
younger Wylie’s decision before it
became public.
Young Wylie, who scored 34
touchdowns and rushed for 2,032
yards his senior year, said he
became so confused by the chaos
Monday that he went to the foot
ball stadium and just jogged
around the track to get away from
it all.
Jerry Pettibone, the assistant
OU coach who practically lived in
Henderson during the recruiting
campaign, was also at the Wylie
home for the signing.
Pettibone, who visited Wylie 21
times, said Wylie had never
worked with weights in his life.
He said that under a rigorous
weight program Wylie should
grow to 210 pounds his sopho
more year in college.
“I envision him as perhaps
another Doak Walker,” Pettibone
said.
Wylie said “the sum total of
everything added up in Okla
homa’s favor. I just felt like
Oklahoma was the place for me
to go.”
The boy said he had an Uncle
in Oklahoma City, but said that
had little influence on where he
went to school.
“Things have been so chaotic
at time, I just didn’t know what
was going on,” Wylie said. “But
it’s all over now.”
Fairbanks said “I think Joe is
one of the most exceptional high
school football players we have
been able to recruit. He’s a boy
with great elusiveness, excellent
speed and quickness. He’s a gifted
all-around athlete. I can see him
as a runner and a potential re
ceiver.
“Many have asked me to com
pare him with senior tailback
Steve Owens. Well, Steve is a
big powerful back. Joe is not this
kind of back. He’s a home run
hitter. Joe is more of a long
distance threat.”
Boston To Retire
After Sunday Meet
three straight shut-outs in con
ference action. Benesh was a
double threat for A&M with his
throwing and batting. He finished
with a 4-1 mark and a 1.70 ERA
and was only one of two pitchers
during the year to defeat Texas
in conference play. He also ham
mered three straight home runs
in a two-game span.
Fuqua, a junior was the leading
hitter for the Owls with a .372
mark. He barely edged out big
Gene Salmon of Texas for the
first sacker slot. Haggard was
the 1969 SWC batting leader with
a .400 mark and nailed down the
second base spot easily. He was
joined by teammate Montgomery,
who finished the year with a .311
average. The third baseman was
Jeff Newman of TCU, a junior
who batted .333 in conference
play. He led the SWC in both
homers with five and runs batted
in with 17.
Gage, a senior, batted .373 and
captured the left field position
easily. Long, also a senior, hit
.373 including a five-for-six day
against Texas, and was a unani
mous choice for center field.
Chalk, a freshman, hit .368 with
four home runs, all in the same
day against Rice and three in one
game.
The utility infielder for the
squad is Boyd Hadaway of A&M
who batted .304 and beat out
Texas’ Lou Bagwell. The utility
outfielder is Pat Brown of Texas
who batted .302 and led the league
in stolen bases with six.
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Wednesday, May 14,196}
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IB—Dick Fuqua
Rice
Junior
.372
2B—Jerry Haggard
Tech
Senior
.40fl
3B—Jim Montgomery
Tech
Senior
.311
UIF—Boyd Hadaway
A&M
Junior
.301
OF—Dick Gage
TCU
Senior
.373
OF—Bob Long
A&M
Senior
.373
OF—David Chalk
Texas
Freshman
.308
UOF—Pat Brown
Texas
Senior
.302
C—Bill Ferguson
TCU
Senior
.326
P—Burt Hooten
Texas
Freshman
4-0
P—James Street
Texas
Junior
5-1
P—Gary Washington
Tech
Senior
4-1
P—Dave Benesh
A&M
Junior
4-1
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Captain Action Returns Home
For Rich Preakness Running
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. <A>) — One
more meet and Ralph Boston, long
one of the nation’s track lumi
naries, is calling it quits.
Boston, who turned 30 last Fri
day, said Tuesday he will compete
in the Dr. Martin Luther King
International Freedom games in
Villanova, Pa., Sunday and then
hang up his spiked shoes. After
that, he said, he will embark on
a career as a sports commentator.
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Boston has been a track com
petitor for 15 years and has won
Olympic gold, silver and bronze
medals in the long jump.
“I really hate to quit after the
length of time I’v been at it,”
Boston said. “But jumping just
doesn’t hold the attraction that it
once did. That’s the main reason.
“I wish I had more time to
train for this last one,” he added.
“I’d like to quit a winner but it’s
hard to beat Bob Beamon with
out being in top condition.”
Beamon’s spectacular leap of
29 feet, 2i/2 inches in the Olympics
in Mexico City last October shat
tered Boston’s world record of
27-5.
Boston, who finished third be
hind Beamon in the Olympics, said
he had no personal score to settle
with Beamon.
“I’ve beaten him a couple of
times this year, but this time I
just want to win for the sake of
winning,” he said.
Faust, Ragland,
Wade Top Aggies
Pete Faust and Jon Ragland
provided the only first places for
the Aggies Saturday in the ten
nis competition and Bill Wade
finished second in golf play to
highlight the Southwest Confer
ence Spring Meet for A&M in
Waco.
Faust and Ragland downed top-
rated Rusty Powell and Mike
Beene of Texas Tech 4-6, 9-11, 6-
3, 8-6, and 6-4 in the doubles
title match.
Wade toured the Ridgewood
Country Club Thursday and Fri
day in 289 to tie Dean Overturf
of Texas for second.
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BEST
RESULTS
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BATTALION CLASSIFIED
BALTIMORE UP) — Captain
Action, a Maryland-bred who
finished out of the money in
three of four starts on the state’s
half-mile circuit, returns home
Saturday for a shot at the $150,-
000-added Preakness.
The likes of the Kentucky
Derby winner Majestic Prince,
Arts and Letters and Top Knight
may have scared off some faint
hearted opposition but not Jim
my Conway, trainer of Captain
Action.
“I have respect for Majestic
Prince, and Arts and Letters ran
a good race in the Derby,” Con
way said Tuesday, “but I’ll take
my chances with the rest, al
though I’m not discounting them.
Maybe on good form or racing
luck we can give it a shot.”
Although Captain Action has
won only four of 14 starts and
has a career money winning to
tal of just $36,057, Conway
doesn’t view his Preakness start
as a surprise.
“This is not a sudden thing,”
Conway said. “Captain Action
ran decently through the winter
and got stronger in the cool
spring weather. He seems to be
improving with every race.”
The 3-year-old son of Rash
Prince won his last two starts at
IVs miles—an allowance at Aque
duct April 8 and by eight lengths
in the Survivor Stakes at Pimlico
April 26. Kenny Knapp, who rode
him for the first time in the Sur
vivor, will be aboard in the
Preakness.
“He handled the track espe
cially well in the Survivor and
won easily in good time,” Conway
said. “He’s done well in training
since, so we decided to take our
chances in the Preakness.”
Captain Action has scored
two of his four victories at Pim
lico, where he is unbeaten.
“Majestic is not a super horse,"
Conway said. “But he’s done
everything he’s been asked to
do.”
Captain Action is due at Pim
lico Wednesday and Conway
plans a final blowout on Friday
of about a quarter-mile.
Jay Ray, the California Derby
winner, was scheduled to arrive
late Tuesday, A1 Hattab and
Greengrass Greene on Thursday,
and Glad’s Flame early Saturday,
Majestic Prince, Arts and Let
ters and Top Knight, the only
Preakness starters on the
grounds, were galloped Tuesday,
Post time Saturday is 5:4(1
p.m., EDT. The race will be na
tionally televised.
Viking Pair Called
For Active Duty
ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS W
— John Beasley and Gayle Knief
of the Minnesota Vikings have
been called to active duty with
the National Guard and probably
won’t be available to the Na
tional Football League team until
about mid-September.
The Vikings office said Tues
day the two will be attached to
the 194th Armored Division at
Fort Knox, Ky. It is expected
both will miss the 1969 training
camp and preseason exhibition
games.
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