Colkc* Station, Taxaa
Wednawiay, Aamut 9, 1972
THE BATTALION
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Aggies important part of North-South game
By JOHN CURYLO
TW Texas Hiffti School Coaches
AssoeiatioD’s North • South
AD Star frame in the Astrodome
last Thursday saw seven of the
nine A AM recruits in the contest
in the starting lineup.
The South,won the classic, 1&-
12, in a battle (fating which two
touchdowns were called back, a
drop kick at a point after touch
down was attempted and a de
fender kicked the ball away from
the holder on an extra point.
Alvin Bowers, a fullback from
Wharton, was the leading rusher
ia the game. Playing for the
South squad, the 5-11, 209 pound
er finished the night with 78
yards on IS carries.
Ernest “Bubba” Bean, the lead
ing Texas schoolboy ground gain
er in history, started on defense,
Astros host
Frisco Giants
in final series
Willie McCovey and the San
Francisco Giants will be in the
Astrodome for an important four-
game series with the Houston
Astros beginning Friday and run
ning through Monday. This will
be the Giants’ final series in the
Astrodome this season.
Houston will play San Fran
cisco in 7:80 p.m. games on Fri
day, Saturday and Monday. Sun
day will be a 2 p.m. game.
Friday will be San Francisco
plaque night with the first 5,000
youngsters receiving a free Giant
plaque. Also, Friday the contest-
. agts in the Miss Astro contest
will be introduced before the
game.
Sunday will be Family Day
with g one dollar reduction on
any box or reserved seat for chil
dren 14 and under when accom
panied by a parent It will also
be Chevy Truck Day with all
Chevrolet trucks driven to the
game getting to park free in the
Astrodome parking lot Also, Miss
Astro for 1972 will be crowned
before- Sunday’s game.
San Francisco has been one of
I the '‘‘hottest- Hubs fa the Na
tional League since the All Star
break. Since the return of slug
ger McCovey, the Giants have
been winning on a regular basis.
With the potent bats of Dave
Kingman, McCovey, Ken Hender
son, Bobby Bonds and Tito Puen
tes and the pitching of Sam Mc
Dowell, Jim Barr and Don Bryant
the Giants have regained the re
spect they owned last season when
they won the West title.
Tickets to all these games are
.available at the Astrodome ticket
* windows from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.
daily, .and at all five Foley’s
stores, Houston Citizens Bank
and Trust, all Western Union of
fices in the Southwest, or by
mailing check or money order plus
25 cents for handling to: Ticket
Manager, Houston Astros, P. O.
Box 1691, Houston, Texas 77001.
but he saw action for a few of
fensive plays* one of which eras a
brilliant eight-yard touchdown
run in the third quarter.
Bean intercepted a long Scott
Hill pass ia the fourth quarter.
Had the- aerial been completed,
it would have set up a North
touchdown. The 6-0, 190-pound
Kirbyvillo product tore a ligament
in the top of his foot late in the
game, and he is expected to be
out of action two more weeks.
Carl Roaches, the 5-9, 160
pounder from Houston Smiley,
started for the South at safety,
next to Bean. He also saw limited
offensive action late in the game,
carrying the ball once for a two-
yard loes. .
Roaches wss the deep man on
kickoffs, with Bean on one side
and Port Arthur's Oklahoma-
bound Joe Washington on the
other. After the opening kickoff,
the North deliberately angled the
rest of their kickoffs to Washing
ton. avoiding Bean and Roaches.
Washington carried 14 times for
62 yards, and he arms voted the
game's outstanding back by a
wide margin.
Pat Thomas, playing both ways
for the North squad, carried four
times for a net of five yards. But
he showed his class in the pass
receiving department, beating
Bean for a 41-yard toes and also
hauling in a 23 yarder. Thomas
is a 5-10, 174 pounder from
Plano.
Richard Osborns, the San An
tonio Lae sensation, played split
end for the South the entire game,
but he was thrown to only three
times, all in the first quarter.
The 6-5, 205 pounder received
the praise of all observers during
workouts, and he showed some
fine moves during the game, but
he finished with taro receptions
for 16 yards.
Other Aggie signees in the con
test were running back Mark
Martin, a 5-11, 190-pound CoHna
graduate, and Denais Smelser, a
6-4, 255 pounder from Odessa
Permian, who started at offensive
tackle and defensive end, for the
North; and Jim Norman, a 6-2,
230-pound guard from Ennis, and
Henry Tracy, a 6-2, 210-pound
guard from Houston Sam Hous
ton, who started at center, for the
South.
Soccer team .
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t
practicing now J
The ARM soccer team is ptnc- ^
ticing st 6:80 p.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays of each waek this ;
summer st its usual fisld, across^
from the new educational televi- '
■ion station.
The club will organise formally
Thursday, August 81, st ■ time
and place to be announced.
Anyone interested in soccer
should corns out and practice.
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