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DANCE To The Music Of SHELTER SATURDAY NIGHT — 8-12 P. M. In The MSC BALLROOM $2.00 Couple — $1.00 Stag Presented by The Dance Committee Page 8 College Station, Texas Friday, October 26, 1973 JHE BATTALION Pat Thomas Brings Speed To Defensive Secondary The Texas Aggies admittedly have perhaps the fastest football team in their history this season but all of the fleetness isn’t lim ited to the offensive unit. Sophomore Pat Thomas, the resident at left cornerback on the Aggie defense, is one speedster not on offense. Defensive coor dinator Melvin Robertson says, “Thomas has the fastest feet of any player Pve ever coached.” This week, Thomas will have to utilize his quick feet and speed be cause the Baylor Bears invade Kyle Field with the SWC’s top passing game and some of the BEER AND SAUSAGE! The MSC TRAVEL Committee is sponsoring a trip to the New Braunfels Wurstfest. Leave Saturday, November 3 from MSC Post Office at 12:30 p. m. Arrive in New Brunsfels at 3:00 p. m. Dress informal. Ticket: $7.00. This includes a 2-way bus ticket & Entrance Ticket to Wurstfest Hall & Dance. Leave New Brunfels at midnight Saturday. HURRY Call 845-1515 For Your Seat! ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER IS AVAILABLE AGGIELAND FLOWER & GIFT SHOP 209 University BEAT BAYLOR, AGGIES! FOOTBALL MUMS FOR THE GAME! CUSTOM PERSONALIZED MUMS ARE OUR SPECIALTY! SHOW THAT YOU CARE CALL 846-5825 w 4611 Texas Avenue Open Weeknights Till 11:00 p. m. Weekends Till Midnight says: Gig’em Aggies! We’ll be open Friday night until 2:00 a. m. and open Early On Saturday At 10 a. m.! best speed in the league. Thomas has about 4.5 speed for the 40-yard dash. He display ed it in the season’s opener against Wichita State when he leaped into the air to intercept a pass and then raced 51 yards for a touchdown. “Man, that felt good,” he said after the game. “It was my first score since high school.” In high school, he was an all- state fullback for Plano and he helped lead his team to the state championship. When he arrived on the Aggie campus, help was needed in the secondary and he was moved onto the varsity be fore the season was over and finally finished as a starting cor nerback. He’s been there / ever since and now, though only a sophomore, he’s considered one of the very best in the SWC. He’s the only Aggie with two interceptions this season and that’s half of the team’s total. Also, he has pounced on two en emy fumbles and he’s put a lot of bumps and bruises on ball car riers with his solid tackling. When he’s not in action, Thom as is the happy-go-lucky type, a big smile beaming across his face and humorous, kidding remarks aimed at his mates. But, when it’s time to buckle on his helmet and step into action, he’s all busi ness. At Plano High, Pat was an all- around athlete who competed in football, basketball, track and baseball. In one football game he had 254 yards rushing and scored five touchdowns. Now, though, he’s on the other side of the scrimmage line and his interest is to stop the enemy from rolling up yardage, complet ing passes or scoring touchdowns. He’ll have his work cut out this Saturday afternoon because the Baylor offense will put a lot of pressure on the Aggie defense. Those who know Pat Thomas best are confident that he’ll rise to the occasion and give one of his bet ter performances—and that could range in the super category. UNDER THE GUN — A&M Larry Ellis, James Daniels and workout Saturday as they face in Baylor’s Neil Jeffrey. defensive backs Tim Gftj Pat Thomas should the SWC’s leading pad Ten Napel Grabs SWC Hono AP Names Garth Defensive Player of the Week Garth Ten Napel By DENNE H. FREEMAN Associated Press Sports Writer A&M linebacker Garth Ten Na- pel’s hobby is drag racing and he’s not bad at dragging down enemy ball carriers either. Ten Napel made 12 tackles and sacked the quarterback four times Saturday in a 35-16 victory over Texas Christian to earn The As sociated Press Southwest Confer ence Defensive Player of the Week. The 6-foot-2, 202-pound sopho more from Euless races a 1962 pickup truck with a 427 horse power engine in it during the drag racing season in Kennedale. “It’s something to do,” Ten Napel says. Ten Napel was particularly pleased to make some big plays in front of the home folks. Euless is near Fort Worth. However, he adds “I didn’t feel like I played that good a game. I got blocked quite a bit . . . but those big plays made me feel better.” Ten Napel said “I believe we can win the Southwest Conference with the team now ... if we don’t turn the ball over in the danger zones.” He said the erratic Aggie of fense had put the defense into holes until Saturday when fresh man David Walker took over the helm. “Turnovers hurt the defense mentally,” Ten Napel said. Ten Napel says he wishes he was a little taller so he could see over some of the giant offensive linemen now playing collegerj ball. “Those guys from lege were so tall I had taj following the football,” Tet!| pel said. Ten Napel has been overei owed most of the season Simonini, another sophomore,^ is working at an All-SWC] “It’s tough keeping up i Simonini,” Ten Napel said, in a way it works as an incentij Ten Napel says he learns s every game. “In the first half againstl I was goofing up because ofj weak side option I was takind quarterback instead of thefi back,” he said. “I went baclj my man in the second half.' SWC’s Leading Defense Ready for Baylor Bears By KEV1 Foot! games an positions. The ( spot with champ. ^ Penn Sta1 the runni Notn ranking t champ. ^ loss to Te more mor perhaps F Day. Nebr two losses Ithe Corn Hous won’t sta until 197C still recei' against A A U1 peal in T people lik have bee: matchups all had bi ence is a the conte; This rankings. USC-Noti also has Saturday. Lubboc with a he SMU. It’: suffered claimed t SMU besides T into this regular s victory o Gam favorite. SMU by Tech ^ game awi Conf Memorial as the tei Rice 2-0 in co Rice a freshm, freshman (Continued from page 5) The Aggie offensive line, which was at its finest hour against TCU, will have co-captain Ricky Seeker at center, Bruce Welch and freshman Billy Lemons at guards and Glenn Bujnoch and Dennis Smelser at tackles. Aggie receivers, who saw a drought in passing last week, are Carl Roaches and tight end Rich ard Osborne. Roaches also returns punts and kickoffs for the Aggies, ranking second in the latter. Defensively, the Aggies are the conferences’ top unit but have their work cut out for them against a balanced Baylor attack. The Bears will probably throw more than any team the Ags have faced this year. Don Long and Paul Hulin are the Aggie defensive ends. Against TCU Frog Quarterback Kent Marshall optioned the ends off for good gains, but after a half time adjustment, they shut down the TCU ground game. They will be joined by tackles Warren Tra han and Ted Lamp in the defen sive front four. The second team defensives for the Aggies is compriseil four freshman in Brad Bii^ and Tank Marshall at the with Jimmy Degn and Terry^ lis at the guard spots. Co-captain Ed Simonini, Gil Ten Napel and Ken Stratton ij the A&M linebackers with< provided by John Paul McCfl bly and freshman Lester Haisj The Aggies defensive that should get a workout agaid the air-minded Bears are 'll Gray and Pat Thomas at corners with Larry Ellis James Daniels at the safet* Jackie Williams has also WoA himself into a regular po in the defensive backfield. This will be the 70th meetii between the schools. A&M It* last year 15-13 and A&M the series, 39-23-7. Baylor 10-9 here in 1971 on a 53-J*| field goal by Pat McDermott Next week A&M plays Arbj sas in Fayetteville and Ba) faces TCU in Waco. ALWAYS A DEEP THREAT is A&.M’s split receiver Carl Roaches. Roaches is the second leading kickoff return man in the conference. Roaches also returns punts for the Ags and is the SWC’s No. 8 pass catcher. ANDRES BIKE SALE SHOP $89. Royal Asport SIMPLEX DERAILLEURS MICHELIN TIRES — OCT. 29-NOV. 6 ONLY — AGGIELAND CLASS PICTURES Seniors & Graduates: L - O OCT. 22 - 26 P-S OCT. 29-Nov.2 T - Z NOY. 4 - 10 Note: Students needing pictures early, may come ahead of schedule. Call University Studio for information. 115 College Main — 846-8019 — P. O. Box 2 College Station, Texas 77840 Rice the Edwi week, 28 Texs they fact point fav The the bigg' Auburn Last Coogs ar Miami ai schedule. Aub of highly Kiel with the 27. TCL can hand 14th in t running TCI hope of conferen The and Ron from tht Ovei Stadium the tean TENNE; ->-i / I j.1 j. •%. A * L ■ jr ■ ■ s* r. % A