The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 23, 1970, Image 6

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    THE BATTALION
Page 6 College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 23, 1970
A&M sports news and notes. . .
Lord’s recovery
key play in win
By CLIFFORD BROYLES
Battalion Sports Editor
The play that might be considered as the turning point of A&M’s
win over LSU Saturday came midway in the fourth period when A&M
trailed 12-6.
On the first play following Pat McDermott’s second field goal, the
fired up Aggie defense caused LSU to fumble and set up the A&M’s
first touchdown that put them ahead 13-12.
LSU quarterback Buddy Lee pitched out to tailback Del Walker
but cornerback Bland Smith was waiting for him and knocked the
Bayou Bengal loose from the pigskin.
Linebacker Kent Finley reached for the ball but teammate Mike
Lord beat him to it to give the Aggies possession on the Tiger 11.
Lex James then found tight end Homer May in the end zone with
the touchdown pass that saw A&M take a 13-12 lead after trailing at
one point 12-0.
The LSU Tigers weren’t exactly used to losing their opening
game. In fact the opening loss was the first one they’ve suffered since
1961 when the Rice Owls plunked them 16-3. That season the Tigers
went to record a 9-1 season and defeated Colorado in the Orange Bowl.
Only the University of Mississippi and Auburn could score more
points against the Tigers all last season than the Aggies did last
Saturday. Ole Miss gave LSU its only loss, 26-23, and Auburn bowed
21-20 in equalling the Aggies total. LSU allowed only 91 points, and
shut out three opponents and only allowed one touchdown to four
other opponents.
*****
Coach Gene Stallings wasn’t too enthusiastic over the Aggies’
blocking on rushing plays Saturday but said, “We protected pretty well
against the pass.”
He did mention one highhght to the Aggie blocking. Leonard
Forey, offensive right guard, was graded pluses on 20 of the last 22
plays Stallings said after grading films of the game.
A plus, Stallings said, comes when the blocker carries out his
assignment. When a blocker is whipped or fails to carry out his
assignment he gets a minus.
The football squad presented Hugh McElroy with the game ball
after the LSU game. McElroy caught six passes for 180 yards to go
along with his 79-yard romp with the winning touchdown pass.
“I was really tired but I knew nobody was gonna catch me on
that run,” McElroy happily declared in the dressing room following the
game.
Jimmy Sheffield continued to get quite a workout on the bench.
Sheffield, the Aggie punter, didn’t get to punt against Wichita State and
was not called on in the second half of the LSU game. He did, however,
get off six punts in tire first half for a 39.7 average.
One pressbox scout said, “After watching A&M beat Wichita
State I didn’t think the Aggies had a chance against LSU. They
surprised me, however.”
The opportunist Aggies, who don’t make many mistakes, would
be a good way to please the Aggies from a mechanical standpoint after
their first two wins. The Aggies have intercepted five passes and
recovered five fumbles. They’ve lost three fumbles and had only one
pass intercepted.
Five different players have interceptions for the Aggies. Lee Hitt,
Clifton Thomas, Mike Bunger, Mike Lord and Dave Elmendorf have one
each. Elmendorf and Max Bird have recovered two fumbles each and
Lord one.
A&M’s meeting with Ohio State this week will be the second ever
for the two squads, with the Buckeyes taking the first meeting in 1963,
17-0.
% if; 4:
Coach Gene Stallings says he has never been with a team that
played Ohio State before. He was an assistant coach at Alabama the
year the Aggies and Buckeyes first met.
He did say, however, that he had played against a number-one-
ranked team before and that it was rough.
OSU Buckeyes big,
strong and tough
By CLIFFORD BROYLES
Battalion Sports Editor
The Ohio State University
Buckeyes, with what Coach Gene
Stalling's calls no apparent glar
ing weakness, are next on the
agenda for the aspiring young
Texas Aggies, who have a 2-0
record. (It’s been an 11-year
drought since an A&M team
started off with two straight
wins.)
“I don’t think they really have
a weakness,” the mentor said in
his weekly press conference Tues
day in the Letterman’s Lounge
as he spoke about the nation’s
top-ranked football team in the
Associated Press’ weekly poll.
“They are really big, aren’t
they?” Stallings noted as he
looked over a Buckeye depth
chart. That shows a defensive
front four ranging from 208 to
240 and interior offensive line
that averages 219 pounds per
man.
Stallings had much praise for
his team’s play against LSU.
“I think that we beat them
physically,” he observed.
“We held them to one touch
down and Ed (Ebrom) sort of
guessed wrong and the guy zigged
when he thought he was going
to zag and that’s all they got,”
he said.
“Mike Lord and Van Odom
played extremely well. Dave El
mendorf always looks good.”
“Leonard Forey on the last 22
plays had 20 pluses,” Stallings
said when appraising some indi
vidual performances after study
ing the game films.
Returning to his analysis of
the Buckeyes, he said “they’re
as good physically as any team
we’ll meet.
Right halfback Larry Zellina
is rated one of six All-American
candidates for the Buckeyes. He
and split end Jan White, another
All-American candidate, are rated
as top threats to break-away, as
Hugh McElroy of the Aggies is.
“He’s a very intelligent operat
ing quarterback,” Stallings says
of the Big Ten school’s quarter
back, Rex Kern, also an All-
American prospect.
Middle guard Jim Stillwagen
and rover Jack Tatum will anchor
the Buckeye defense that will
run from a 4-3 alignment, he
said.
GIANT
BOX
WITH COUPON IN THIS ADD & PURCHASE OF $5.00
OR MORE — EXCLUDING CIGARETTES & BEER.
PRICES GOOD THUR. - FRI. - SAT.
SEPT. 24 - 25 - 26. QUANTITY RIGHTS RESERVED.
Silver spur—Sliced
BACON
FRANKS
Shurfine—Canned
HAM
•c
Rath
All Meat 12-Oz.
WE REDEEM
FOOD COUPONS
SHURFINE
GREEN BEANS
GOLDEN CORN
Shurfine
A 303
X Cans
Shurfine
303
Cut
Cans
Shurfine
303
C.S/W.K.
d Cans
$1
OAK FARMS
COTTAGE
CHEESE
$1
16-Oz.
Pkgs.
ROUND—U.S.D.A. Choice H.B
mMSSI23SI3Sa!ESI5
tfinnnnA/uw[rj
Maryland Club
COFFEE 2 £.$1.59
With This Coupon
ORR’S SUPER MARKETS
Coupon Void After Sept. 26. 4025
COFFEE
MARYLAND
CLUB
LB.
CAN
59
With Coupon
In This
Ad
Shurfine
> owder Detergent
GIANT TIDE Ito .59c
With Coup & Purchase of $5.00 or
More. Exc. Cigarettes & Beer.
ORR’S SUPER MARKETS
Coupon Void After Sept. 26. 4015 1
Asparagus
Breast-O-Chicken
TUNA
Shurfine—White
MEAL
Shurfine—Tomato
SOUP
No. 300
Can
No. i/ 2
Can
5 Lb.
Bag
No. 1
Can
Ivory
LIQUID
HVWIAAAAIH^I
Parkay
,45c
Giant
Size *
With This Coupon
ORR’S SUPER MARKETS
Coupon Void After Sept. 26. 4015
SHURFINE, FROZEN — ORANGE
llllf E
6-Oz.
9 C
iJ U1W Ei
Can 1
7
SHURFINE — FROZEN
STRAWBERRIES
16-Oz.
39t
CAPTAIN DUKE — FROZEN
FISH STICKS
A 8-Oz.
Pkgs.
SI
WEST PAC FROZEN ]
CUT CORN, CUT GREEN
20-Oz.
$1
BEANS, GREEN PEAS,
MIXED VEGETABLES J
Pkgs.
1
(.LIP 1HIS COUPON
Tomatoes
Vine Ripe
onTT® l,,D tRms - --»•
19
C
With This Coupon |g TEXAS ORANGES
ORR’S SUPER MARKETS g
Coupon Void After Sept. 26. 4008 ^ Golden Ripe
5 Bag 59c
SWEET POTATOES
FRESH CABBAGE
2 ll. 29c
Lb.
Injector 5’s or Double Edge 4’s
PERSONNA “. .29c
With This Coupon
ORR’S SUPER MARKETS
Coupon Void After Sept. 26. 4010
Bananas JO
©
THIS COUPON GOOD FOR
100 FREE S&H GREEN STAMPS
With Purchase of $10.00 or More
Excluding Cigarettes or Beer.
ORR’S SUPER MARKET
Coupon Void After Sept. 26,1070
ii^«i^i j ^ < flaHAAAAAAAA/J
HAIR SPRAY
Kraft — Macaroni & Chi
DINNERS
VIVA
Adorn
Reg. $1.50
7'/4-Oz.
Pkgs.
Paper
Towels
Jumbo
Rolls
2 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS
200 E. 24th STREET DOWNTOWN
3516 TEXAS AVENUE RIDGECREST
WE GIVE S&H GREEN STAMPS
□M