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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1970)
Page 8 College Station, Texas Wednesday, March 4, 1970 THE BATTALION Texas Longhorn Basketball Squad Having Problems AUSTIN OP) _ Coach Leon Black says his University of Tex as basketball team, which was favored to win the Southwest Conference, has been “outtough- ed” this year. A former player blames the Longhorn swandive on dissension and poor coaching. Texas, 10-13 for the season and 5-8 in conference play going into the SMU game Mlonday night, was fighting to keep the Mustangs from grabbing a share of sixth place in the final con ference standings. “We’ve simply been outtough- ed all year,” Black told the American-Statesman. “I’m not pointing to any individuals. We’ve simply been out-toughed as a team.” Black said his players lacked aggressiveness. The freshmen had more wounds than the var sity, he said. “We’ve had to sew more fresh men up in 12 games than we’ve had for the varsity the whole season,” he said. John Mark Wilson, hottest scorer in Texas frosh history, has had three sets of stitches, he said. He could not recall a single varsity wound that needed stitches. But Steve Aaker, who was nam ed the outstanding high school player in Colorado in 1968, and who quit Texas last spring after his freshman season, says there are other reasons. “There’s a lot of dissension on the team,” Aaker told the As sociated Press Tuesday by tele phone from Boulder, Colorado, where he is sitting out a year at the University of Colorado to regain eligibility. “People hated other people and stuff. Not so much on the fresh man team but on the varsity,” Aaker said. “I personally didn’t get along with coach Black,” he said. When asked in what respect he said he would rather not say. Aaker said “The situation in general” at Texas was bad. He said he was moved from the post to forward and needed but did not get help on dribbling and shooting. “Right at the end when they heard rumors I was quitting, they began to pay attention to me. I guess they hoped I’d stay. They began complimenting me a lot,” he said. Asked if the coaches brought out the potential in other play ers, Aaker said: “they took it away. They took the will to play away. When I left there I didn’t care whether I ever saw a bas ketball again.” Aaker’s teammate, Larry Mc Coy, also quit Texas last spring and they are roommates at Colo rado this year. They led Wheat- ridge, Col., to an undefeated sea son and the state championskip in 1968. Two other Wheatridge atk- letes who came to Texas anj made major contributions to tke national championship football team are Freddie Steinmark, tke Longhorn defensive back who last a leg to cancer after the Arkan sas game, and starting offensire guard Bobby Mitchell. gel! * TV.E5E CPCK- EPPECTivfe tHdP 1 ?' Fpl /tND SAT /V'APCH 5-6< 1 70| TMUIOJUKE KLEENIX TISSUE 55* 200 2 PLY RED DELICIOUS— EXTRA FANCY lAPPLES-5' TEXAS — EXTRA LARGE ORANGE Fresh Green ONIONS mm iSS .. Bunch 3.0c | Cello RADISHES tkg 10c NEW 4-WAY STRETCH ASSORTED COLORS REG. $1.29 " PI5COOMT PWCE5 Of* HE/AITH W BE/nutY/^ID 2PEC1AU5" niutil ww w/t PEPSI COLA 6 BOTTLE CARTON PLUS DEPOSIT . 3j_$1.00 Gold iNtd ' ORANGE juice HUNT’S WEDGE ^ TOMATOES i, P/\p£R TOWEL 'SPl* wrew g79c|i&n {SW luwfcL SCOITOVVEIS 3 STOKELY 6U/\|i^|v)TEE0TENDER PPO-TENl HE/wy BEEF" ROUNPSTCAK PpOTENl HEAVY Beef RILCut lg.' ill rr bootw'Sfrozen /—* | py| R<w SUCKS &614 HEART O’ TEXAS WHOLE LB. rrpiMpy » r./iwivi^ I WHOLE LB. TE^ioeRF^YeR5 _ _ I O&c/np-ma-yer^pecials f TYTfcTrriTfcrf spin BPO11025Ls35c PORjciidKSAU^^ea. RV[h\ 7|) c '/. rovrp PKf- , OC J 5tlCEOBOU35MA8R 5 42>d 111,1 Yt-PPYEP io39q QtlVE LOAF S7d CUT UP • LB - 35c EVERYD/Ny tow PRIC£^ cracker^ sums^ne i# 41c HYDROX 1 43c MPTOMTE/t^ •%*. 41c TE/\B^6S PORK 6EAN<; & gss 1 6c C-LOpOX bieacu. "Mg 3?c KOTEX 38c Qmw CATS POCTTDPStik HI-CDrinks GREEN BEANS i weave. DOUBLE STAMPS Eveisy TUESDAY C72. TAOKe IN\PEK1/VL. PUPE CftNESUCAR f- mm IWf " “ THIS COUPON WORTH Y 1! 100 FREE GOLD BOND STAMPSl Ife WITH PURCHASE OF WITH PURCHASE OF $10.00 or More (Excluding Tobacco) BRYAN PIGGLY WIGGLY ONLY EXPIRES: MARCH 7, 1970 ^ * ‘ APOITION TO TOO# ■MV ABIT |AaM(D tAVIMO «TAWs M I I P H) ll,ll>>- -INK COyi^UM PKR FAMII.Y| 0()UO000h^g^. KRAFT CORNER 7 !4 -OZ. 19c BUTTERMILK r.V’a. mi UMU 1 PUA5E’ WITH $5.OOP Spurchase LILLY’S Vz Gal. Carton 55c Macaroni DINNERS . ^ Parkay MARGARINE .... 1 LB. BOX 29c Miniature MARSHMALLOWS IOV2-OZ. 19c With Free Pepsi CHEESE PIZZA. .. 15%-OZ. 49c TARTAR SAUCE .. 51/2-OZ. 29c Velveeta CHEESE 2 LB. BOX 99c Thousand Island DRESSING 8-OZ. 34c Apple Blend JELLIES . 18-OZ. JAR 3 FOR $1 Pillsbury BISCUIT 4 PKGS. -10 CT. 39c Caramel CANDIES 12-OZ. 43c Vol. SOUTH W W05T S^iCif »rn5f^CTi0H SUARAHTEEp tocAiep AT TUMWEfjKIMW mtiRM A0WT1TY WHT5 PE5EPVED