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THE BATTALION Thursday, September 2, 1971 College Station, Texas Page 5 9ilS 1P.M. Aggie newcomers make swim scene brighter When Coach Dennis Fosdick’s Bswimmers enter their first swim Imeet this fall, A&M will be field ing one of the strongest teams Ithat it has had in the sport for |a number of years. Pulling in swimmers from op- iposite corners of the United ^States, Fosdick has recruited swimmers that are national cali ber swimmers from both junior lollege and high school levels — jnes that may place for A&M in next spring’s national competi- Ition. Heading the list of new Aggie tankers is an outstanding athlete from Seattle, Washington, Kent Berryman. His major strokes are the individual medley, butter fly, and distance freestyle. “It’s going to be hard to fig ure out just where to place him in our swim meets,” says Fos dick. “Really, he can swim well in just about anything he is placed in.” Also heading the list of Fos dick’s new recruits are Lester Hamman from the College of San Mateo in California; Scott Jones, an ace backstroker and butterflier from San Jose, Cali fornia; and Doug Meadon, from Houston, a national qualifier in distance freestyle from state high school champion Memorial. In addition to these four schol arship athletes, Coach Fosdick has picked up quite a few walk- ons who show great promise for A&M possibly this year and defi nitely in the near future. Walk-ons include Ben Stephen son, a sprint freestyler from Dal las Bryan-Adams; Bill Beams, a sizzling breaststroker from Dal las St. Marks; Jim Collins, an other breaststroker from San Antonio Churchill High; Bill Loeffler, a distance freestyler from Houston Bellaire; Wade Matingly, a breaststroker and sprint free styler from Houston Memorial; and Charles Puckett, a butterflier from Amarillo Tas- cosa. • Point makers returning from last year’s team will include Kim Blakeman, Doug Carson, Dun can Cooper, Mike Hicks, John McCleary, Steve Prentice, Greg Rippey, Dan Sonnenberg, Gor don Taylor, and Eric Wolff. Southern football rated high for ’71 ]y ED SHEARER OON" s M. H” ssociated Press Sports Writer ATLANTA (JP) — Auburn’s at Sullivan and Florida’s John eaves’ two of the nation’s top !ollegiate quarterbacks, headline he list of returning stars in outhern football, but neither ppears headed toward a career- nding conference championship. Sullivan, operating with fleet ide receiver Terry Beasley, led the nation in total offense a year ago, averaging 285 yards per jame. Reaves, more appealing to the pros because of his 6-foot-3, 207- pound frame and classic drop- back passing style, needs only o maintain his two-season aver- ge to crack Jim Plunkett’s all- ime total offense record. However, in the Southeastern onference race, Auburn and Florida face rugged schedules hat could shove them to the niddle in the 10-team race. Florida faces Tennessee, Ala- 3ama and Louisiana State, the defending champion, on consecu tive Saturdays. Auburn must battle Tennessee, the nation’s No. 4 team last year; Georgia and Alabama. And the two play each other. The schedule and talent favors LSU and Tennessee, with Geor gia looming as the leading dark- horse contender. Two other returning league winners also are given good chances to repeat — Wake For est in the Atlantic Coast Confer ence and William & Mary in the Southern Conference. Georgia Tech is the leading independent and the Yellow Jack ets could be one of the strongest clubs in the South. Tech returns with an established defense and two exciting offensive backs — Eddie McAshan, the team’s first black player, and halfback Brent Cunningham, a 170-pound speed ster. LSU’s toughest SEC tests are in the den of Tiger stadium against Florida and Alabama. Charles McClendon has built a winner with defense, capturing national rushing defense titles the last two seasons. Woodard returns to UT workouts AUSTIN WP) — Coach Darrell Royal told safety Tommy Wood- ird to put on the pads Tuesday ind the 6-foot-2, 215-pounder re sponded with smashing collision with a would-be pass receiver. ‘It sure didn’t look like he was favoring his back on that )ne, did it?” Royal said, obvi- )usly pleased. Woodard admitted later that the blow hurt. He will have to live with pain if he wants to [ play his senior season, he said. Woodard hurt his back a month ago lifting weights. Treat ments have failed to bring it around, and he rejected an oper ation that would make him miss ithe season. Doctors have assured him he will risk no permanent damage by going full blast, he said. “Over-all, I’d say the pain is about the same as before,” he said. “If it doesn’t get any worse, I can tolerate it and play.” “We felt it was best for all concerned to go ahead and see what Tommy can do,” Royal said, explaining why he gave the suit- up order mid-way in Tuesday’s practice. “If he’s ready to go, we want to know. And if he is not, we’d like to find that out too.” > Woodard is determined to be ready for the UCLA game Sept. 18, but defensive back coach Fred Akers said: “Tommy moved real well, but you could tell he was in pain. And he hasn’t worked out for five weeks. He’ll have trouble getting in shape for UCLA.” Also facing conditioning prob lems is defensive end David Ar- ledge, still recovering from a knee operation. He will begin contact work Monday. Two-time All-SEC fullback Curt Watson is back at Tennes see. The Vols’ strong point will be defense, with eight starters back, including linebacker Jackie Walker and safety Bobby Majors. Georgia will field a solid first unit, but the Bulldogs will be in trouble if injuries strike because of a lack of depth. Auburn’s defense is question able. Florida has a healthy Car los Alvarez back to catch Reaves’ passes. The leading rusher in 1971, Johnny Musso of Alabama, trig gers an explosive offense at Ala bama where Paul “Bear” Bryant is on the verge of bringing the Tide back into national promin ence. Mississippi is ruled out of the title picture for the first time in years as the Rebels rebuild un der Billy Kinard, successor to longtime coach Johnny Vaught who retired after suffering a heart attack last season. Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and Kentucky continue to im prove, but again will be battling each other to escape the cellar. The ACC race should be a two- team battle between Wake For est and North Carolina. The Dea cons attacks from a veer forma tion engineered by Larry Rus sell, who gained more than 1,300 yards offensively last fall. Defense is the key at North Captains named for Owl-UH battle HOUSTON OP) — Rice coach Bill Peterson named four Owl captains for the Sept. 11 season opener against the University of Houston. Offensive captains will be Randy Lee, a senior guard from Port Neches, and Stable Vincent, a senior halfback from Greens boro, N.C. Defensive captains are Mike Taylor, a senior defensive back from Waco, and Dale Grounds, a senior monster man from Dal las. THERE’S mORE THAR SHE BARK RROURR... BUT ODE BHIIK DOES moR /Ms YOUR FULL SERVICE BANK SERVING TEXAS A&M AND COLLEGE STATION SINCE 1946 T ^ 101STAVL f E b^aistk: COLLEGE STATI OfJ, TEXAS 77840 Member FDIC on the Side of Texas A&M 713/846-8751 Carolina, with eight starters back from last year’s Peach Bowl team. Ike Oglesbury, a junior tailback, succeeds All-American Don McCauley at tailback. Clemson and Duke fall in line behind the favorites, with the Tigers returning 15 starters and 17 other letter winners. Steve Jones will provide the offensive thrust on the ground at Duke, which lost ace passer Leo Hart. If anyone is to eliminate Wil liam & Mary from Southern Con ference contention, it will come early. The Indians, sparked by outstanding fullback Phil Mos- ser, face their toughest contend ers early — the Citadel Sept. 11 and East Carolina Sept. 18. Citadel, operating from the veer, will be explosive offen sively, but lacks experience on defense despite the presence of Jeff Varnadoe, one of the league’s top defensive backs. Georgia Tech’s strongest in dependent competition should come from Tulane, Florida State and South Carolina. Others returning for the Ag gies are John Allred, Martin Lit- teken, Fred Meyers, Steve Son nenberg, and Mike McClellan. Through the month of Novem ber, the Aggie swim team will be filling its time with two-a-day workouts for a water polo sea son which sees the University of Texas at Austin facing the Ag gies in the first confrontation of the season on October 16. This coming Tuesday, there will be an organizational meet ing for the new Aggie girls’ swim team which will be coached by Fosdick. All girls interested in joining the team should either come to the meeting or come by Fosdick’s office in Downs Nata- torium. OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC SCIENCE 18 Mos. of Training Next Class Begins — Sept. 13, 1971 TEXAS A&M RESEARCH ANNEX 822-2323 SIG II ~ CHIC II SHAMROCK GASOLINE MAJOR BRANDS OF OIL AND QUICK STOP ITEMS: Beer Milk Bread Ice Soft Drinks Serve Yourself and Save Major Oil Co. 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