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ports notes and quotes: football recruiting, basketball THE BAnAOON Wednesday, February 16, 1972 College Station, Texas Page 7 By JOHN CURYLO No longer unanimous Bruins still ranked first in nation The Aggies have signed 29 high school football ers to letters of intent in the last week. Re ting is continuing with the visit of six prospects to campus last weekend . . . Speaking of recruiting, it was interesting to hear speculation among some of the top sports writers the state at the A&M-Southern Methodist game in las Saturday. It seems there are numerous tales of ain schools offering play-for-pay deals to top s, It brought up the joking question of whether or Hayden Fry’s son, recently signed by the Mus- P tangs, is getting anything “under the table” as the m K /offs are called You hear some great quotes in the sports world Hind in the newspaper game, but combining the two ore pi start f» on iducessome outstanding observations. Bob Galt, of Dallas Times-Herald, asked if the policeman who arrested Dallas Cowboy back Duane Thomas advised of his right to remain silent . . . Another memorable statement was made to this orter the Monday night after the Baylor football me by place kicker Pat McDermott: “You’re going think I’m crazy, but believe me, we have a chance ainst Arkansas.” Basketball Coach Shelby Metcalf, known for his lips, said this about the question of playing the Star ungled Banner before basketball games: “What are ey going to use to break up fights? One quote that has to win The Battalion’s first Iver Lining On the Black Cloud Award is the atement made by assistant coach Pug Gabrel the |eek after Gene Stallings was fired. Gabrel was at klahoma State last year, coming to A&M last spring, ae coach observed, “Well, since 1 haven’t lived lywhere six months and haven’t established resi- mey, I guess that means I won’t have to pay income mind, we can’t go without mentioning Eddie Domi nguez, who graduated in 1966. Now the proprietor of the Tupinamba Restaurant in Dallas, Eddie, affection ately known as “The Locator”, goes to every A&M game. He also helps with recruiting, in addition to his position as a Twelfth Man Scholarship donor .. . Renowned for his wardrobe, Eddie brags that the members of the team have never seen him in the same outfit twice, except for the maroon coat. Metcalf said that most people don’t own clothes as nice as what Eddie wears fishing . . . Billy Bob Barnett, a basketball and football player at A&M, is a partner in an Austin club, the Nickel Keg. Also involved is Ross Brupbacher, another Aggie grid great. Brupbacher is a starting linebacker for the Chicago Bears . . . Tom Chandler is moving forward in his quest for the SWC baseball crown this spring. Not only is the veteran coach innovating batgirls in four non conference games, but he is also outfitting his team in double-knit uniforms, white for home and gray for road games, both sets trimmed in maroon . . . x.” There are some interesting combinations on mory Bellard’s staff at A&M now. Ben Hurt and elvin Robertson coached together seven years at the niversity of Houston. Hurt was an assistant at range High when R. C. Slocum played there. Dan aGrasta was Bellard’s assistant at Breckenridge High lid San Angelo Central. Donnie Wigginton was a high hool quarterback under Paul Register at Spring ranch. And, of course, Gabrel, Dee Powell and John aul Young were on the staff last season . .. George Mehaffey, the assistant basketball coach Rice, was captain of the 1957 Aggies. The 6-5 Enter, nicknamed “Spider”, lettered three years at &M. Bennie Lenox, an assistant cage mentor at exas, played here in 1962-64, leading his senior iam to the SWC championship in Metcalfs first year head coach . .. Since former Aggie basketball players are in Two former Aggie All-Americans—Tommy Maxwell and Rolf Krueger—are back in school at A&M this spring. Maxwell is a defensive back for the Oakland Raiders, and Krueger is a defensive tackle for the St. Louis Cardinals . .. Last night’s victory over Arkansas gives Metcalf a 121-98 record at A&M. Unless Bob Prewitt of SMU wins it, look for the cage sage of the Brazos to be chosen SWC Coach of the Year this season . . . Texas Christian guard Jim Ferguson is no relation to Aggie head yell leader Jimmy (Tarzan) Ferguson .. . Basketball attendance is up in the league this year. A crowd of 8,108 packed G. Rollie White Coliseum for the Texas Tech game, and a record 9,389 were in Moody Coliseum for the SMU en counter. Tech has to take honors there, though. There are 800 people on the waiting list for reserved seats. It’s too bad that out of a student body of 14,000 and a community of 53,000-plus only 3,826 cared to be at the game last night.. . And, in keeping pace with Jack Gallagher of the Houston Post, we’ll close this session with an Aggie joke: It seems there was an Aggie who had a dog with an ingrown tail. He solved the difficulty by taking the pet to the animal clinic every week for x-rays to see if it was still happy. Yet, the worst Aggie joke is that so many people were hurt at the game last night. Everybody kept turning around and bumping into each other looking for the flag during the National Anthem. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UCLA lost a first-place vote in The Associated Press poll an nounced Tuesday but still re tained the position as the top major college basketball team in the nation by a wide margin. The Bruins, unanimous No. 1 choice for the past three weeks in the balloting of sports writers and sportscasters, received 40 first-place votes and 818 points. Marquette received the other No. 1 vote and 720 points. Both were unbeaten in 19 games through Sunday. North Carolina, Louisville, Pennsylvania and Virginia fin ished in the same 3-4-5-G order as last week. But South Caro lina advanced from ninth to sev enth, Ohio State dropped one place to eighth, Long Beach State fell from eighth to ninth and Marshall cracked the Top Ten with 10th place. The remainder of the Top Twenty is Birgham Young, South- western Louisiana, Providence, 7. South Carolina 14. Florida St. Florida State, Missouri, Hawaii, 8. Ohio St. 15. Missouri Kentucky, Memphis State, Mary- 9. Long Beach St. 16. Hawaii land and Tennessee. 10. Marshall 17. Kentucky Kentucky, Maryland and Teni 11. Brigham Young 18. Memphis St. nessee gained the Top Twenty 12. SW Louisiana 19. Maryland this week, while Minnesota, Du- quesne and Jacksonville dropped 13. Providence 20. Tennessee out. The Top Twenty: 1. UCLA Marquette North Carolina Louisville Pennsylvania Virginia A&M rifle team defeats Texas The A&M rifle team, composed of three males and two females, outshot the University of Texas- Austin in a dual match at Aus tin Saturday. The Aggies scored 2,609 out of a possible 3,000 points. OUT OF BUSINESS SALE Entire Stock of Bill Board Hits. ALBUMS - $2.68 TAPES - $4.49 ROCK - SOUL - COUNTRY Colony Oak Apts. 200 Rebecca Apt. No. 19 Thurs. - Friday Sat. 4 p. m. to 9 p. m. 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. READ BATTALION CLASSIFIEDS 747 JUMBO JET CHARTERS to You’re on your own in Europe! We arrange your jet air transportation from Dallas to Brussels and re turn, including last night hoteling, transfers to the airport, passport and visa information, European hotel in formation, car rental brochures, and insurance information. You have all the fun of planning! 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