THE BATTALION
Page 8 College Station, Texans Wednesday, October 22, 1969
Don’t look now but the Baylor Bears, who will be here
Saturday night, are the only team in the conference with a
season record worse than the Aggies. They are also last in
total offense and next to last in total defense. They have yet
to win a game in four tries and have scored only 40 points
while giving up 149.
The Bears have been getting the horselaugh around the
conference because at the beginning of the season with new
coach Bill Beall they were supposed to be on the road back
after some so-so teams under John Bridgers. Beall introduced
new uniforms with a different shade of green and a newer,
more ferocious Bear symbol for their mascot. But in their
debut against Kansas State, they were trounced 48-15 and it
looked like new uniforms, new colors, new mascot but the
same ol’ Baylor players.
But their 21-7 loss to highly touted Arkansas two weeks
ago marked the beginning of a new Baylor look as they
gained 116 yards rushing, 133 passing and scored the first
touchdown against the Razorbacks in 20 quarters. Their
defense also shored itself up and held the Hogs to 346 yards
total offense.
It’s been almost a year since the Aggies have played on
Kyle Field with the Rice game last Nov. 16 being their last
home contest. The TCU game was the first Aggie game this
year played before a less than capacity crowd. At LSU, they
drew 67,510; at Nebraska, 66,331; at Army, 41,000; at Texas
Tech, 49,000 but at TCU only 38,000 showed up and nearly
20,000 were Aggie supporters.
This game will feature a 30th Anniversary reunion for
the 1939 Aggies’ National Championship team. They’ll hold a
luncheon Saturday at which time H. B. McElroy, sports
information director at A&M in the Homer Norton era, will
receive a citation for membership in the Helms Foundation
Athletic Hall Of Fame.
Having seen both fish football games to date, they
definitely warrant a look by everyone able to make it to a
game. Though they lack some polish and finesse, they do
know how to win. For their seventh consecutive win
spanning two seasons, they beat the Baylor Cubs last
Thursday and seem on their way to another undefeated
season. Coach Jim Keller, who took over last year, has not
coached a losing team yet. Their next home game will be on
Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. when they meet Texas Tech. Their next
game will be against Rice in Houston on Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Player of the Week
College Scoring Soars
NEW YORK UP> — Explosive
offenses have sent college foot
ball off to its strongest ball-
moving and scoring pace in all
of its 100 years.
The use of the forward pass
appears to be leveling off and
there is renewed emphasis on
rushing. Field goals are averag
ing better than one a game.
These are some of the trends
noted Tuesday by the National
Collegiate Sports Services in sta
tistics based on the first half of
the season.
The average game among ma
jor teams this year has produced
4'2.1 points for the combined
teams compared with 39.3 a year
ago. The 1968 season broke all
offensive records.
Total offense average is up to
644.5 yards for both teams com
pared with 629.0 at the midpoint
in 1968. Of this, rushing ac
counts for 342.4 yards and pass
ing 302.0. Last year the break
down was almost even with rush
ing 330.1 and passing 299.0.
Although the running game is
coming in for greater attention,
touchdown passes are averaging
two a game, bettering the record
pace of 1968 when an average of
1.77 was thrown.
The college boys are almost
duplicating the pros in field goal
activity, although the posts are
10 yards back of the goal line in
stead of on the goal line, as in
the case of the pros.
The field goal average per
game is 1.05 compared with one
in every three games in 1959,
when the goal posts were wid
ened.
Even with this accelerated of
fensive pace, the team leaders in
the various departments remain
ed the same as a week ago with
one exception. Florida moved into
first place in the team forward
passing table, replacing Idaho,
which dropped to third.
The pass-happy Gators have
completed 107 of 188 throws for
1,568 yards and a per game av
erage of 313.6. San Diego State,
with 312.3 yards a game pass
ing, is next, followed by Idaho,
305.6.
Water Polo Tea*
Downs Longhoi%
Third baseman Ron Santo of
the Chicage Cubs was the fir,st
National Leaguer to drive in 90
runs this season.
The Aggie Water Poloers held
off a determined Texas Longhorn
rally to take a sweet 11-10 vic
tory from the orangemen, last
night in P.L. Downs Natatorium.
The Aggies were fast starters
as they charged to a 5-2 first
quarter lead. Colin Dunn sparked
the opening quarter drive with
3 goals. At the half the Ags
were on the board to the tune
of 6-4.
In the third stanza Dunn add
ed two more goals as the Ags
added to their lead to the tune
of 10-5. At the beginning of the
fourth period the Aggies cooled
off and the Longhorns came
alive.
Dunn scored the winningJ
in the fourth period as Texal
lied the last three goals J
the Aggie lead. The LonJ
were in possession of the
when the clock ran out 1
Anderson was the top gunn,
Texas with six goals. He i
four in the last quarter.
Aggie scorers were I
Dunn with six, Hank Paup
two goals, and Tom Sri
Steve Henry, and Bob Dod
with one each.
m
Harmon Killebrew of the]
nesota Twins was the first!
in the major leagues to drii
100 runs this season.
LYNN ODOM
The Batt’s Player-Of-The-Week is defensive lineman Lynn Odom,
a stubby 5-10, 202-pounder from Corsicana.
John Ruthstrom, the mammouth center for TCU, said that Odom
was “about as tough a defensive guard as you will ever play against.”
Odom typifies all that coaches look for in a defensive lineman
and Aggie Coach Gene Stallings has said that “Odom is a real football
player.” What the senior lacks in size he makes up for in savvy and
desire.
Odom performed against TCU in his usual manner with con
sistency and is one of the big reasons that Aggie foes this season have
found that running up the middle of the A&M defensive line is rough.
Ski Trip Presentation Planned
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Groups of four taking the rent
car option receive a $25 refund.
Scopel noted an estimated
5,000 high school and young col
lege students from throughout
the world will be at Courchevel,
France, during the Jan. 23-Feb. 1
trip period. A 250-member group
from Wisconsin also will be at
Courchevel then.
Dr. Thomas W. Adair III, phy
sics professor, will be faculty ad
viser for the trip, working with
Tom S. Gillis, 1942 A&M gradu
ate and president of Best Indus
tries in Houston, and Jack Roach,
Jr., 1941 A&M graduate and pres
ident-general manager of Jack
Roach Ford in Houston.
Gillis, who is past president
and current board member of the
Houston Ski Club, and Roach
will assist French instructors
with lessons at Courchevel.
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