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dictions that ranged fro mtho
Antes to bo ofthor tho cham
pion or a major contender for tho
Sonthwoot Conference tHlo.
Bat tho ^Aartes found thom-
oohroo nestled in seventh place
in the eight team circuit and
minus a standout player. In tho
past it had boon Carroll Brous
sard. Bonnie Lenox, John Boasly
and most recently Mike Heit-
mann that gave the Aggies tbs
consistent SO point performance.
Last year it wasn't there.
Metcalf, whoso teams own a
couple of Soutbweet Conference
titles, tore second place finishes
and a third in seven yean, will
seek to put the Aggies back in
in 1M7 bad developed into cham
pions by their senior season.
Last year's group was paced
by several sophomores, the most
prominent of which eras the
league’s sophomore of the year,
0-7 Jeff Overhouse. Overhotme
averaged 1SJ points and R.7
points to rank second on the
squad behind Steve Niles.
Niks, one of four departed
seniors, eras drafted by the New
York Knickerbockers of the Na
tional Baaketball Association in
that ka^be's annual collegiate
player draft.
Besides Overhouse, who could
see action at either post this fall,
the Aggies got timely support
especially in the oocond half of
the see son from first year play
ers, Charlie Jenkins. Bob Gobin
and Wayne Howard.
Howard, after seeing very lit
tle action in the early part of
tho season duo to a misunder-
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stenting with Coach Metcalf, fta-
iohod tho ooaoon with an 114 av
erage hi SWC gam so ao the '
former high school AU-Aosericaa
at Spring Branch Moaoorial hod
scored only 17 points la part-
time duty in • non Is ague coa-
Jenkins took over the point
post and scored at an average
of 7J during league play. His
play was valuable late in the
campaign as the Aggies had to
fill the point post that came open
when senior Pat Kavanagh miss
ed the last half of the season
due to a back injury.
Gone also are seniors Bill Cook
sey and Chuck Smith, who
shared their moments of glory
and along with Niles were mem
bers of the 1969 championship
squad.
Gobin, noted for his aggres
sive style of play, passing and
ballhawking defense, hopes to
improve on his shooting which
produced 54 per ganp.
. Another sophomore ^rom last
year’s squad was Bill O’Brien,
but the 6-0 pointman who team
ed with Howard at Memorial, is
not returning this fall as he is
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Bobby Thread gill
Bob Gobin
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transferring to McNesss State.
. 6-7 Rick Duplantis and 6-3
Bobby Thrsadgill are the only
returning senior* for the Aggies
and, like their counterparts, had
their moments but as the case
was didn't have enough of them.
Duplantis, bothered early last
ssassa with a knee injury that
was recuperating from surgery,
chipped for a 7.5 average in scor
ing and 44 rebounds per game.
His .496 shooting percentage
ranked among the loop’s leaders.
Coach Metcalf and assistant
Jim Culpepper went hunting for
the big gun and felt that the
quickest help might be the jun
ior college route where the Bay
lor Bears have benefited greatly
and the Texas Christian Univer
sity Horned Frogs found a con
ference champion.
Culpepper — spending numer
ous hours searching the midwest,
northeast and west and fighting
with the powers such as Drake,
USC and Jacksonville and just
about everybody else —- picked
up two junior college stars.
The most prominent of them
is 6-2 Mario Brown from Ken
nedy King Junior College in Chi
cago. Brown, a prolific driver,
will fight along srtth Gobin,
Jenkins and freshman Bobby
McKey for the point position.
Brad Pauling from Glendive
Junior College in Montana Is 6-
5 and will be in the battle at the
high post and at the wings when
practice starts in October.
The Aggies have added five
freshman recruits to the list but
have six prospects coming up
from last year’s 7-5 squad to
battle for the varsity.
Most prominent among the
sophomores-to-be is 6-6 Randy
Knowles, who will be trying for
a wing or poet job and McKey,
a firry competitor at’ the point.
McKey, from Dallas Thomas
Jefferson was impressive with
his leadership, quickness and a
good shooting eye. Knowles,
from Geneva, Ohio, is an out-
standing outside shooter as he
led the Fish with an 16-point av
erage last season.
Other prospects from the Fish
are 6-3 Jo* 'Arciniega at a wing
post, and 6-6 postmen Johnny
Mayo and Jack Vest.
Mark Stewart, who was one of
the Fish leaders despite playing
without a scholarship, will also
contend for wing poet.
The five freshman recruits who
will make the nucleus of the Ag
gie Fish team coached by Cul
pepper are headed by C e d r I e.
Joseph who was chosen the play
er of the year last season f<
high school basketball in Tex/ *
and scored 66 points in one gan|
He will be joined by high echo
teammate 6-4 wingman Dei
Donaldson.
6-7 Webb Williams brings 1 [
30-plus average from Class
power Comstock and 6-6 Jei
Mercer brings a lot of mus
and scoring power from Cypre
Fairbanks, the Class 4A bask
ball champion. Mercer, also
an All-State selection in foot'
and dominated the back
at the state basketball tour
Another 30-point average w
corded by 5-11 guard Mike
from Rockford, Illinois.
With defending national ci
pion UCLA leading* 4 off tl
son the Aggies will
be the underdog but
possibility the Aggies w
back and that comeback
a string one. Remember
1969
Aggie netters seek first =j
team tennis championship
The Rice Owls lost All-Ameri
cans Zan Guerry and Mike Estep
to graduation and with them
possibly went the Owls’ complete
domination of the Southwest
Conference tennis race for the
past four seasons.
It will at least bring the Owls
down to earth and Aggie tennis
coach Omar Smith feels that it
will be at least a four-team
scramble for the crown next year
with runnerup Southern Meth
odist, the University of Texas at
Austin and the Aggies vying for
the crown with the Owls.
Rice does return All-American
freshman Harold Solomon for his
sophomore season. Solomon also
has Jorge Berm, Emiloo Mon
tano and Gus Pellixi.
Smith points out that SMU
returns its top player Jon Card-
ear among three of Mb top four
from last year’s squad and the
Longhorns have everybody back
including number one player
Avery Rush.
Smith feels his own club will
be strengthened with the compe
tition and some outstanding new
comers.
Heading the newcomers are
A AM Consolidated slkte doubles
champions, Billy , Hoover and
Jere Mills. Hoover recently
placed third in the Texas Junior
Davis Cup tournament
Smith has added Billy Wright
from Ecuador, who has oatstand- ,
ing potential and Bobby Coch \
from Erasil. Although from Bra- ‘
xil, Coch is an American and his
brother. Bill, played for Coach
Smith and the Aggies in the
early 1960’s.
The Aggies will be minus two
of their top six playe& from
last year, Jon Ragland and Mike
Hickey, who have completed their
eligibility.
But coach Smith feels the new
comers plus the competition by a
tqugh group of returnees will
make the team stronger next
season. *
Leading the returnees is the
number one player Dickie Fikes,
who teamed with Ragland for
second place in the Southwest
Conference doubles last year.
Smith foresees a tight battle for
the number one spot with Fikes.
Senior Tommy Connell, junior
Lawton Park and sophomore Den
Courson will lead that fight al
though several other players are
expected to be in the battle for
the top six spots on the team.
Among the leading players
back from last year are Carl
Jaedicke. Mike Mills. Jeff Cart
er, Mitch Barker. Bill Pecor,
Mitch Barker, Hermit Smith.
Dennis Hirschfield, Don Smith,
Bob Barnard and Doug Laukhuf.
Former Aggie netter Richard
Barker has returned to help
Smith as an assistant coach this
''•■ason. Barker is a former SWC
doubles champion.
The Aggies have never won n
team championship and Coach'
Omar Smith would like nothing
better than for this to be th«_
time.
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