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THE BATTALION Page 4 College Station, Texas Friday, November 19, ^ Days off nice for Aggies, now looking at Longhorm By JOHN CURYLO Battalion Sports Editor The Aggie football team had Monday and Tuesday off, and light workouts were held Wed nesday and Thursday, but Coach Gene Stallings said that he wished his squad had had an open date earlier in the season. “I’m glad we have some time off,” he explained. “I wish we could have taken a day or two off several weeks ago.” A&M is preparing for its tra ditional Thanksgiving Day battle with the University of Texas in Kyle Field. If the Longhorns win, they are the outright cham pions of the conference. For the Aggies to take the title, Texas Tech must beat Ark ansas Saturday and TCU must lose one more game this year. Then A&M must beat Texas. Considering the possibility of the Turkey Day contest being the championship game and the emotion generated by the high stakes, Stallings was agreeable. “I’m all for it,” he said. “Most of the papers have Texas and Penn State in the Cotton Bowl.” Stallings said that the most impressive factor of the Long horns is their personnel. Al though they have been plagued by key injuries, Texas is ranked twelfth in the nation. Running from the Wishbone, they have won the Southwest Conference championship three years in a row. “It’s not the formation that’s important in running the Wish bone effectively,” he said. “Their personnel makes them good. (Ed die) Phillips and (Jim) Bertel- son would be good in any align ment.” After studying films of the Rice game, which the Aggies won 18-13, Stallings and his staff gave out 30 stars to 25 players. Those receiving two each were linebacker Steve Luebbehusen, safety David Hoot, punter and tight end Mitch Robertson, offen sive guard Leonard Forey and quarterback Joe Mac King. “It wasn’t one of our better games,” Stallings explained. “Of course, Rice had a lot to do with that. We didn’t tackle excep tionally well. (Stable) Vincent’s a good runner, (Bob) Brown’s a fine receiver and (Bruce) Gadd is an excellent quarterback.” Nagging injuries involve some of the Aggie starters, but noth ing major should interfere with the lineups for Thursday’s game. Doug Neill has boils and some sores on his elbow, and he is not practicing. Homer May is play ing with sponges and tape on his hand, which he broke in the Ark-* ansas game. Joey Herr is still slowed by the sore collarbone, and Hugh McElroy is stiff and bruised with a leg injury. Mike Lord was hurt in the Rice game. What was originally thought to be a broken foot is a bad sprain. Lord was clipped, causing the foot to be rolled up under him. Lex James, who was the num ber one quarterback earlier in the season, is beginning to prac tice again. James has had his thumb dislocated twice this year. In the Texas Tech game, the last one he played, he separated a shoulder. He was unable to throw last week, so he practiced at split end and wingback. Stallings reported that he catches the ball well, but it is not known if James will play against Texas. Stallings said that key plays in the win over Rice were the bootleg play that Hoot stopped on a third and two situation, the fourth down tackle by Bill Wie- bold and Lee Hitt, and Robert son’s 74 yard punt. “Joe Mac’s calling most of the plays,” the coach said. “On that last touchdown drive, I intended for him to throw that much, but I sure didn’t think he would pass on the scoring play.” Everything points to next week's game being different than the final games of the last three seasons. This will be magnified if both schools can take the crown by winning. “I’m hoping it’ll be different this year,” Stallings said. “There is more physical competitiveness now than in the past few years. The emotion ought to be greater if we still have a chance to win conference, but we’ll lose any psychological advantage when we get out there in the arena.” SWC showdowns slated in big games Saturday By BILL HENRY Assistant Sports Editor Southwest Conference Action heads into its next to last week with three games, two of which are crucial to the conference standings. The odds on favorite to cop the crown this year (Tex as) is idle until Thanksgiving. Arkansas will entertain Texas Tech in Fayetteville on Saturday afternoon in a game that is a must for the Razorbacks if they are to have any hopes in the con ference race. Tech has nothing to gain with a victory except the spoiler’s role. If Arkansas wins and Texas loses, the Razorbacks will win the SWC and play host in the Cotton Bowl against an undetermined foe. If Tech de feats Arkansas and if Texas A&M defeats Texas, the Aggies will have an excellent chance to play in the Cotton Bowl. Arkan sas has had its troubles in the past three weeks in losing one, tying one and barely snipping SMU last weekend on regional television. Tech was riding its second three-game losing streak before beating Baylor in Lubbock last weekend, 27-0. For the Red Raiders, it was the first time this season that they have gotten the offense together but this time it was under the leadership of sophomore Joe Barnes instead of senior Charley Napper. Joe Fer guson, even though injured late in the second quarter, led the Razorbacks to a stunning win over SMU, 18-*13, in Dallas. Tech does have a big plus on its side being the number one team in the nation in defending against the pass; Arkansas’ strong point. In another big SWC tilt, TCU will host the Rice Owls in an afternoon encounter in Amon Carter Stadium. TCU is the fourth team that has any hope of a SWC championship. It must beat both Rice and SMU while Texas has to lose to A&M and Tech has to defeat Rice. TCU’s hopes were given a depression last weekend in Austin when the Longhorns stomped the Frogs, 31-0. The chances of TCU win ning the conference look to be the slimmest of the other four teams. Rice’s defensive unit has come of age the past two weeks in its tie with Arkansas and in the loss to A&M last weekend. Bruce Gadd, Owl quarterback, has also caught fire with his passing to tight end Gary Butler and split receiver Bob Brown. The running attack is manned main ly by senior Stable Vincent who picked up 90 yards before he had to leave the game early in the third quarter of the A&M game 'due to the flu. TCU is led by quarterback Steve Judy, Larry Harris and Bobby Davis and Steve Patterson in a Wishbone attack. Davis led the SWC in rushing early in the season be fore an injury put him out of action for two games. Baylor hosts Southern Meth odist in Waco in an afternoon game with nothing riding on this one but the record. SMU lost its chance for the conference crown by losing to Texas, A&M and Arkansas in consecutive weeks. Baylor took the cellar honors for this year in last week’s game with Tech by losing 27-0. The SMU attack is based on the run ning and passing of superstar Gary Hammond and sophomore running back Alvin Maxson who is leading the conference in car rying the pigskin. Baylor’s of fense is almost nill except for some spotty appearances by Si Southall, tailback Godfrey White and fullback Mathew Williams. The defensive unit for the Bears is commendable however with such superlatives as Roger Goree and Phil Beall. The Mustang defense has quite a list of good personnel with Sherwood Blount, Robert Popelka and Pat Curry. Bevo YII is dead: was 18 years old AUSTIN, Tex. <A>) — The Longhorn mascot steer who sur vived capture by Texas Aggies has been put to sleep. “Old age caught up with” Bevo VII, said Bob Sours, a member of the University of Texas Silver Spur group which takes care of the Longhorn mascots. Sours said Bevo VII was the one “stolen by Aggies about three years ago. They sawed off part of his horn.” After the Aggies kidnapped Bevo, he was put out to pasture, Sours said. He said the Spurs are consid ering a gravestone “or some thing” in memory of Bevo VII. “He was one of the more gentle Bevos,” he said. “An Aggie vet put him to sleep.” Bevo VIII got so big the Spurs couldn’t carry him in their trail er, and he now grazes on state- owned land northwest of here. “He’s also going a little blind,” Sours said. Bevo IX, the current mascot, will make the trip next Thurs day to College Station for the football game between Texas and Texas A&M. 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Worship 9:00 A.M.—Bible Study P-M.—Young People’s Class 6 :00 P.M.—Worship ^ :16 P.M.—Aggie Class 9 :80 A.M.—Tues. - Ladi< 7 :1S P.M.—Wednesday s Bible Class Bible Study FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Homestead & Ennis 9:45 A.M.—Sunda^ "'ors le 9:45 A.M.-—Sunday School 10 :50 A.M.—Morning Worship P ■ 5 :30 P.M.—Young People UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP 305 Old Highway 6, South FIRST BAPTIST 9 :30 AM—Sunday School 10:45 AM Morning Worship 6:10 PM—Training Union 7 :20 PM—Evening Worship 6:45 PM—Choir Practice & Teachers’ m p^yir,orc, /• J_„\ 7:45 PM- COLLEGE HEIGHTS ASSEMBLY OF GOD 9:45 A.M.—Sunday School 11 :00 A.M.—Morning Worsh 5;IS r, “' meetings (Wednesday) 4—Midweek Services (Wed.) 10 :00 A.M.—Sunday Service 7 :00 P.M.—Adult Service 305 Old College Road South SECOND BAPTIST 710 Eisenhower 9:45 A.M.- A&M PRESBYTERIAN -Sunday School 11 :00 A.M.—Church Servlet 6 :30 P.M.—Training Union 7 :30 P.M.-—Church Service icrvic Unio 7-9 A.M.—Sun. Breakfast - Stu. 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