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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, May 15, 1969
Sports Peak
Maroon Tint
To Spring
by John Platzer
One of the more crucial tests in the history of A&M
football comes up on Kyle Field Saturday in the form of the
annual Maroon-White game.
This year’s game seems to be of special significance for a
number of reasons. First of all, after winning the Southwest
Conference championship in 1967 the Aggies dropped off to
an ego-shattering 3—7 last season. Saturday’s game will give
an indication of just how far back down the road to success
the Aggies have come in a year.
Even more importantly, the Aggie’s bumper crop of
recruits will be under the microscope of varsity competition
for the first time. Last season’s Fish team compiled a 5—0
record on the way to the Southwest Conference champion
ship and many of that team’s players are now making serious
challenges for varsity starting jobs.
Coach Gene Stallings has done all that is possible to
make the game as competitive and revealing as possible. It
would have been impossible to divide the two teams any
more equally as to talent than Stallings did this season.
The Maroon team ot Coach Dee Powell boasts an
outstanding offensive backfield of quarterback Jimmy
Sheffield, tailback Gary Armbrister, fullback Marc Black and
wingback Barney Harris and defensive standouts such as
guard Lynn Odom, end Wayne Wheat and linebacker Clifford
Thomas. Billy Bob Barnett, the Aggie’s All-SWC basketballer,
will be getting his first taste of college grid action at tightend
for the Maroons.
Among the offensive standouts for Coach Bud Moore’s
White team are quarterback Rocky Self, end Ross
Brupbacher, tailback Steve Burks, tackle Allan Hanson and
center Jack Kovar. Such well-known names as Jim Piper, end;
Van Odom, guard; Buster Adami, linebacker; and free-safety
Dave Elmendorf are included on the White defensive roster.
To the average fan, football games are always more
enjoyable when there is someone to root for and through the
efforts of the yell leaders this will be possible for Aggies at
this year’s Maroon-White contest. The student-body has been
divided into Maroon fans and White fans according to where
they reside.
This rivalry between the students as well as the players
has added a dimension to the game never before realized.
High scoring is usually the order of the day in spring
games and this one should be no different. Last year the
Maroons carved out a 42—7 decision in the game but the
squads were nowhere nearly as evenly matched.
The chore of picking a winner seems to be strictly a
matter of flipping a coin. The explosiveness of the Maroon
team led by quarterback Sheffield makes it the shaky favorite
in this corner, however.
The whole game may well hinge on how well Sheffield
can pass into the secondary of Pat Willis, Lynn Fister,
Elmendorf and Corky Sheffield and against the linebacking
corps of Adami, Mike Lord and Steve Luebbehusen.
When the final gun on Kyle Field sounds Saturday, the
scoreboard will read:
Maroons—33
Whites—21
The Aggie track team of Coach Charlie Thomas has now
completed one of the finest seasons in A&M history.
Despite finishing a disappointing third in the Southwest
Conference meet in Waco, the Aggies were among the
nation’s top aggragations all season. Paced by such sopho
mores as Curtis Mills and Rockie Woods, they compiled a
great record including the championship of the Border
Olympics.
Although it probably should have been the other way
around, the Aggie tracksters expressed thanks for the support
they received in a letter given to the Battalion yesterday.
The letter read:
To all Aggies:
The Texas A&M Track Team wishes to take this
opportunity to express its appreciation to the students,
former students, and friends of Aggieland that supported us
in our endeavor to bring the SWC Track Championship back
to A&M. In particular, we were pleased by the yell practice,
the telegrams, and the personal support we received not only
this past weekend but throughout the entire season. We owe
a great deal to a lot of people, and this is a very meager way
of saying, “Thank You”, to all of you that have backed us.
We hope we have been a credit to our school and to your
faith in us to be representatives of A&M. Despite this past
weekend, we are proud of our accomplishments this year and
thank you for helping us have a successful year.
The Texas A&M Track Team
Cepeda Makes Them Remember
NEW YORK (/P) — Orlando lanta this spring after a much
Cepedia, a powerful .300 hitter
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league seasons, is determined this
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He leads the Braves with 26
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