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Page 8 College Station, Texas Wednesday, September 19, 1973 THE BATTALION Bellard Says LSU to be Tough Kevin’s Korner By TED BORISKIE Assistant Sports Editor Anyone attending Coach Emory Bollard’s press conference Tues day might have thought A&M’s mentor had a limited vocabulary with his repeating of the word “tough.” Bellard was only describing A&M’s Saturday opponent, LSU, and after looking at the 1973 Tigers, it’s easy to see that “tough” is about the best descrip tion of each position anyone can find. “They’re a real good football team,” said Bellard, “no ifs, ands or buts about it. They completely dominated the game Saturday. Colorado didn’t move the ball at all except for one little spurt. LSU’s defense really bottled them up.” LSU upset Colorado 17-6 to move to the No. 11 spot in the Associated Press’ Top Twenty Chamberlain May Jump to ABA LOS ANGELES UP) — Wilt Chamberlain, holdout center of the Los Angeles Lakers, said Tuesday he’s talking with the San Diego Conquistadors but refused to confirm or deny he is on the verge of jumping to the American Basketball Association. “I’m negotiating with the Con quistadors as possibly being a player and coach but that’s as far as I can say,” the 7-foot-l veteran of 14 National Basketball Association seasons said during an interview. The San Francisco Examiner Tuesday reported that Chamber- lain, 37, would sign a $600,000- a-year contract with San Diego. Chamberlain’s contract with the Lakers has expired but it contains an option clause binding him to the club for another season. Pete Newell, Laker general manager, said, “We expect Wilt to play this year and if he plays anywhere, he’ll play here.” Said Wilt, “The option is not my worry.” Chamberlain, most prolific scor er and rebounder in NBA history, said, “I can play 10 more years if I have to. There’s the question of whether my mind and my body could stand playing one more year.” poll. “They played a much better game than it looked,” said Bel lard. “The score wasn’t indicative of the game. LSU missed six field goal attempts.” Bellard cited LSU’s offensive line as being “incredibly solid” and said the Tigers were “defen sively outstanding overall.” “There’s no doubt about it,” he said. “We have a tough fight on our hands this Saturday.” In speaking about last week’s 48-0 victory over Wichita State, Bellard understandably could find little to complain about. “I think we played well over all,” he said. “Jay had a much better game than the statistics show (10 attempts, three comple tions, one interception). Some of his passes were dropped. The interception was his only bad pass and he had to throw that one off balance. I think he will be able to throw effectively against LSU.” Twenty-one freshmen skw ac tion against Wichita State and Bellard was pleased with all of them. everyone who played did a good job. We also have some excellent players who didn’t get to play but we’re looking for help from them in the future.” Bellard also cited the defensive line as playing an outstanding game, especially in “being able to control the line of scrimmage.” He said injury-wise “we are in top physical condition defensively but at the moment two players on the offensive squad are hurt. “(Quarterback) David Shipman tried to work out but his knee still needs to heal a bit more,” said Bellard. “Jay has a sprained foot. He hurt it during the first quarter Saturday but played for the rest of the game. It started getting stiff Sunday and got a little worse Monday. It hasn’t been responding to treatment yet but you never can tell on these type of things. We hope he’ll be ready to play Saturday but we’ll just have to wait and see.” Everyone had praise of A&M’s sprinted all-star linebacker Ed Simonini. “We have an excellent group of freshmen,” he said. “I think “Ed always plays an exciting game,” said Bellard. “If I were a Schlitz man I guess I would say he plays with gusto.” (Continued from page 7) sides, he’s a snuff dipper from way back,” the dog between spits into a pop bottle. “You know that it just may have been destiny for Mike to come here, “Brazos said. “You know that my m means arm and Mike does have a good one. I got then: when Mike heard it from a Marty Robbins record and it just happened to be a river near here. I even went swim' ming there yesterday.” Brazos slept “mostly on the floor except when I coujj get Mike or Scott to feel sorry for me. Then they nr' let me in bed.” “I am kinda sorry to go back home because I was just gittin kinda used to it here. Everybody has treated me s« well, I really like to go over to the girls dorms and getpettei and brushed and even get some good stuff to eat,” Brazofl said, “but I can keep up with the Aggies through the paper." Brazos didn’t seem concerned that Jay’s ankle n slightly hurt and he was doubtful for the LSU game Sate, day. “Mike is really tough and he will resume workouti] tomorrow,” Brazos said. “He will be ready Saturday." Brazos said he keeps close tabs on Jay to make suit he will be ready. “Mike takes extra good care of me cause he knows i lot about dogs being an animal science major and I take can of him. He only dates on the weekends and we getaloto! sleep around here. We talk about Mike’s execution befon the game Saturday and after he settled down, he didasupa job.” I concluded the interview with Brazos and headed to the office to get it all on paper. As I headed to the door I heard that same voice screa® at the top of its lungs, “BEAT THE HELL OUT OF LSU," I didn’t have the guts to turn around to see if Brazos was humpin’ it. fyl. 67 SAF lire du “I haven’t even heard from the Lakers,” Wilt said of the team he has served the last five seasons. Chamberlain said he did not know where the newspaper re port originated. In San Diego, a spokesman for the Conquistadors said there was no agreement yet, although “I’m not denying the fact that we’ve had negotiations” with Chamber- lain. MSC BARBER SHOP For your shine needs come by and visit Robert Freelin, who’s an expert on shoe shines. Hours 7:30 a. m. - 5:00 p. m. 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