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N °veml)e r ! IE BAHALiON Wednesday, November 1, 1972 College Station, Texas Page 9 °f fine li ani l SaturiJ Weekly Press Conference Report Bellard Looks For Solution To Offense u Saturday 3 z a i * iy BILL HENRY jattalion Sports Editor What can you say about a earn that has lost six football ames in a row? Coach Emory ellard found that question some what hard to answer at his week ly press conference Tuesday aft- Brnoon. “We’ve just got to keep doing the things we are supposed to do and get better at them,” he said. “We’ve got to get more consist ency from our offense.” Skip Kuehn will not work out this week sustaining an injured hand in the third quarter against Baylor. He is scheduled to play on Saturday, however. Mark Green also will not work out this week and is definitely out for the Arkansas game. Green’s knee injury, suffered against TCU, may cause him to miss the entire season as no time has been set for his return in uniform by Bellard. It seems there will again be a shakeup in the lineup for the Ag gies against Arkansas. Bellard indicated that he and the other members of his staff are still working with different combina tions hoping to ignite the Aggie offensive unit. They also are hinting toward tremendous work in the defensive secondary trying to combat the arm of quarterback Joe Fergu son. Last year, when the Aggies de feated the Razorbacks 17-9, Fer guson hit on 31 of 51 passes for 357 yards. Bellard praised the Razorbacks highly even with two losses so far this season. “They are a darn fine football team,” he said. “They have a great offensive team and their defense isn’t too bad either. Fer guson is an uncanny passer and his line gives him great protec tion.” “They’ve lost two games but they’ve been to two great football teams. Southern Cal is rated the nation’s top team and Texas has a pretty fair football team itself. “They’re very physical, big and strong in the offensive line. They’ve just got a lot of muscle and a lot of talent.” To be any bit successful, the Aggies are going to have to put a strong pass rush on Ferguson. Against Baylor, the pass rush was poor and some feel that stunting linebackers is the an swer. “The first thing you’ve got to do is be able to rush the passer with your normal lineup,” he said. “If you start trying to rush five or six people the quarterback will detect where they are com ing from and hit the zone vacat ed. Then whoever you have back with the receivers is going to have a hard time. “The solution is to get a good pass rush out of your regular defensive set; ours is a four man front with three linebackers.” Passing isn’t the only offensive weapon going for Arkansas. Dickey Morton leads the confer ence in rushing with five 100- yard or more games. “They also have Jon Richard son and Marsh White in the line up,” he said. “White was a start er last year but has been injured this season, he’s a good fullback. They will also have three line backers back in their lineup that missed last week’s game against North Texas.” Bellard was asked about how breaks have affected the Aggies in the past three weeks. “You’ve got certain plays you must make to win football games and if you don’t make them, you don’t win,” he said. “There have been plays in each of the confer ence games that if we had made them we could have won.” The Aggies face Arkansas Sat urday afternoon at 1:30 in Kyle Field. BUSIEK - JONES AGENCY HOME MORTGAGES INSURANCE FARM & HOME SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Home Office: Nevada, Mo. 3523 Texas Ave. (in Ridgecrest) 846-3708 1 Craig Morton Credits Line With Victory Over Detroit 1 Aggieland Flower & Gift Shop 209 University Dr. 846-5825 AGGIELAND BACKING THE AGGIES ALL THE WAY! BEAT ARKANSAS TAMU Football Mum Corsages Special Design and Special Ideas For That Special Girl. Trevino Says He Should Be Fined SAN ANTONIO, Tex. </P>—Lee Trevino said Tuesday he should be suspended or “fined quite heavily” for quitting the Sahara Golf Tournament in Las Vegas last week. “I don’t think that I should get away with it scot-free, simply be cause if I get away with it, then everybody can do it,” he said. Arriving here for the Texas Open Golf Tournament, Trevino told newsmen he already has apologized by telegram for walk ing off the course Saturday in Las Vegas after playing only nine holes of the third round. “The damage has been done, so the apologies don’t do any good,” the flamboyant Texan said. “But I know that one hour after I had done this, I would have given $5,000 if I could have walked back out there and re sumed play.” So far, he said, there has been no word from golf officials on his abrupt departure from Las Vegas. “I’ve been hiding,” he quipped. “I have an unlisted phone num ber and I don’t take any calls from anybody but my doctor.” R FANTASTIC FASHION UNDER $20“ New Shipment of Pant Suits All Polyester reg. $24 now $18 By HUBERT MIZELL Associated Press Sports Writer DALLAS <2P) — Craig Morton was being Mr. Nice Guy. “Credit my offensive line,” said the Dallas quarterback. “I had all night to throw back there. I could’ve had a picnic.” Then to the Cowboy receivers. “When you’ve got Bobby Hayes and Lance Alworth on the bench, it’s got to be some set of receiv ers,” he said. “Ronnie Sellers and Billy Parks have been doing an amazing job.” Then, the fog of humility lift ed. “Parks made a helluva catch for his touchdown,” said Morton, still a wethead after Dallas rainy Monday night victory, “But, of course, it was a pretty good toss, too.” The 29-year-old quarterback, hooted more than cheered in his Dallas history, was cloaked in rare post-game advalation. He didn’t want to give away all the glory. “Sure, I’ve heard all the talk . . . people wondering when Rog er Staubach would get his chance to return,” he said, sitting easy on a kingsize National Football League thigh bruise. “But, I’ve heard it before. All I can do is perform. I heard the boos when I was introduced to night, but I’ve heard them before, too. Let them boo. It’s a free country.” Morton urged even his boobirds to cheer during the Monday night television performance. He hit 11 of 19 passes including a 38-yard touchdown bomb to Parks, a 33- yarder to Calvin Hill and a third score covering 15 yards to Mike Montgomery. Montgomery also grabbed a 27-yard screen from Morton that carried to the Detroit one-yard line and the second-year running back plunged over on the next play in the 28-24 whipping of the Detroit Lions. Dallas, 5-2, pulled within one game of Washington in the hot ly-contested National Conference Eastern Division. Detroit, 4-3, plunged into a tie in the NFC Central with Green Bay. “The next time, when we play Washington down here in Dallas,” said Morton, “it’ll be a show down. And, we’ll beat ’em. You can make a note of that.” Morton was a man determined to play keep-away against the scrambling Staubach for the Cow boy No. 1 job even though Roger the Dodger’s supporters moaned that Dallas could never win it all with Craig. It was the old Navy Heisman Trophy recipient who finally won the big one for Dal las. “During the past three games, I feel I’ve been very consistent, he claimed. “I’m taking more time, thanks to that offensive line. I’m more careful. The big mistakes are being weeded out.” UT’s Leaks Named Player Of The Week By JACK KEEVER Associated Press Writer AUSTIN, Tex. tff) — Texas Coach Darrell Royal was one of only two head football coaches to recruit Roosevelt Leaks, and Royal must wake up every day patting himself on the back for being so persistent. Leaks, injured most of his freshman season, is the second leading rusher in the Southwest Conference as a sophomore, rip ping off 608 yards in six games. A former high school all-Amer ica from Brenham, Leaks, 5 feet 11 and 205 pounds, gouged Rice for 154 yards in 15 carries in the first half last Saturday night and scored touchdowns on runs of 39 and 26 yards. He was so impressive he was selected as The Associated Press’ offensive player of the week even though he rested the final two quarters. “He doesn’t display emotion, but he may be burning up inside —that’s the way he competes,” said backfield coach Fred Akers. Leaks said only Royal and Bill Yeoman- of, Houston, among head coaches, personally visited him during the 1971 recruiting sea- “I guess they wanted me pretty bad, you know, because a couple of times Coach Royal came out to my house just to check up on me and see if I was there, to talk to me and my parents and things like that,” said Leaks. Leaks said a Southern Meth odist coach asked him to postpone his visit to the University of Texas campus to watch a rodeo in Dallas, and peaks’ .^reaction was, “What do I care about hors es and cows?” i Colonel Sanders CATERS to You! 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Maurice Angly of Austin was one of the original small group of legislators who stood firm last year and spoke out for a full investigation of the Sharpstown case. Rep. Angly needs your help to finish the job. He’s running a hard race to clean up the State Treasury. Angly’s campaign pledges are simple: “I will never play favorites. I will put excess state funds to work earning maximum interest consistent with sound bus iness. practices. I will run the treasurer’s office honestly and efficiently as a public trust for the taxpayers of Texas.” Let’s finish the job. Vote for Rep. Maurice Angly for State Trea surer on November 7. pd. pol. adv. By Angly for Treasurer Committee Loretta Rouse, Chairman