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Page 8 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1978 11:1 I f 'S ANEW lAltliM Nl 1 All IN HEWN,. The Squire Club Membership Card entitles you to a 20% discount on all purchases at The Country Squire. Ever figure out how much you spend a year on clothes? Probably not. So it might surprise you to learn that the average American man spends $900 a year on his wardrobe. Maybe you spend more. Maybe less. But let's assume that you spend a like amount. By belonging to The Squire Club, you'd save $180 for the year. That's hardly peanuts. To belong, all you do is pay $50 for a two year membership. And it's transferable one time in case you move. Twenty-four months of receiving a 20% discount on everything at The Country Squire. Socks, shoes, shirts, sweaters, sports clothes, suits. The works. Even custom-made suits. And you get the best in contemporary-traditional lines. Like Hart Schaffner 8c Marx, Corbin, Lord Jeff, Gant and Deansgate. What's more. The Squire Club also provides special group rates on travel. Like 5 days in Mexico City for as little as $99. And other trips to Acapulco, Aspen, and Las Vegas. Membership is limited. To 1,000. So come into The Country Squire, in Townshire Shopping Center on Texas Avenue, pick up an application, and send it in today. You'll soon receive our new fashion plate for fashion plates. THE SQUIRE CLUB The Country Squire Townshire Shopping Center On Texas Avenue A very fashionable way to save money. Inoffensive Owls Thwart Ag Comebacl Sivierc’s 95-Yard Kickoff Return Kills Bowl Hopes By KEVIN COFFEY Sports Editor HOUSTON—To say that Rice University’s football team is of fensive would be a lie. To say their band is offensive would be an understatement. But, those inoffensive Rice Owls fought off the Aggies’ sec ond comeback of the afternoon here for a 24-20 Southwest Con ference win, dashing all hopes for an A&M bid to the Peach Bowl. Carl Swierc did the final dam age to the Ags. After fighting backs from a 17-0 halftime deficit to a 20-17 lead with just over two minutes remaining Swierc dashed 95 yards for a touchdown with the Ags kickoff. It then became a clear case of A&M’s offense against Rice’s defense and the clock. Having just 2:14 to move 80 yards, A&M got behind the arm and scrambling of freshman quar terback David Walker. Reaching the nine yard line with 0:27 and no timeouts, the Ags left their successful passing attack and tried to push the ball over with two runs. Bucky Sams and David Walker made valient efforts but the clock ran out with the Ags on the three. Three yards away from a guaranteed winning season and a good chance to travel to Atlanta, Ga., for the Peach Bowl. Head Coach Emory Bellard said he thought the interference was called in the end zone and that the Ags had the ball on the one and not the nine. A&M drove to their 20-17 lead with a 59 yard nine play effort. Haddox booted the extra point and the Aggies pulled themselves from the deepest hole of the season. Swierc’s runback was indeed a-dandy. Starting at his five, he seemed swarmed under at the Ag gie 30. Willie Thompson nailed the speedster from behind, but Swierc regained his balance and romped the remainder unmolested. “I’ve been trying to break one for three years,” said Swierc “But this is the first one I’ve gone all the way. I regained my momen tum when I was hit from be hind.” Thompson, whdSe shot would have knocked down most ball carriers just said, “he scored.” The Rice Band parodied the military marching of “The Fight ing Texas Aggie Band”, draw ing mixed emotions from the 45,- 000 fans and a police escort after the game as a crowd of Aggies waited afterwards. You could say that A&M dug it’s own hole in the first half, falling behind 17-0. The Owls’ Preston Anderson returned a in tercepted pass to the nine. Fred Geisler hit Ed Lofton for the final three steps and a 7-0 Rice lead. The Owls then took advantage of another A&M miscue as Cornel ius Walker batted the ball from Bubba Bean and Rice recovered on the A&M 21. The hapless Owls could move but three yards but that was plen ty for Alan Pringle to boot a 31 yard field goal and a 10-0 Rice lead. A&M’s offense was stopped by what Bellard called “sloppy” ball handling as mistakes rubbed out any gains. Cornelius Walker was also throwing a wrench into matters as he always seemed to be around Aggie ball carriers. The Ags had Rice bottled up with second and 25 on their own 25 but Geisler hit Swierc for 34 yards and a first down. Two plays later the substitute for high ly touted freshman Tommy Kra mer pulled some fireworks of his own. Dropping straight back, Geisler threw for Lofton in th^ endzone. Aggie defensive bacip Tim Gray and Lofton went up together and the ball went be tween Gray’s hands and Rice had another touchdown. A&M started it’s second half comeback with a six-play, 46-yard effort with 6:14 left in the third quarter. David Walker kept for the final yard after passing to Skip Walker for 12 and Richard Osborne for nine. Randy Haddox booted the extra point to close the gap to 17-7. The defense continued to hold Rice to three plays and a punt. Greg Landrum averaged 37.7 yards on 10 punts. David Walker hit Carl Roaches for 27 yards to spearhead the Ag gies next effort. David traveled the final three yards and A&M was within four at 17-13. A&M wasted what later turned out to be a valuable time out when Bellard sent the extra point team on the field, but later decided to go for two points and failed. A&M took the lead on their next touchdown and held it 13 sec onds before Swierc’s runback. It was almost unbelievable that Rice won the game. The had the ball almost 36 miiwt the Owls’ 23. Rice had total offense the second just 160 for the game to Ai 392. Turnovers and bobbles wtn deciding factor as the fumbled seven times, losingh There are still studentti left for the Texas Game fi day. The ticket office wit at 4:30 p. m. and those lei will be sold to the general starting Wednesday. CHAPULTEPEC Mexican Restaurant 1313 S. College AGGIE SPECIAL DINNER — only After 5 p. m. Includes - 3 enchiladas, refried beans, 1 taco, Spanish rice, 1 chili con queso, tosta- das & cheese dip, iced tea or coffee. Special good Tuesday thru Friday Under Management by: Mr. and Mrs. Cedillo Owl Band Offers Apology For Halftime Performance HOUSTON (A 5 )—The Rice Uni versity band, besieged inside Rice Stadium last Saturday by irate Aggies who took offense to Rice’s halftime show, issued an apology to A&M’s band Monday. The Rice band, called “‘The Mob,” did an on-the-field imita tion of the A&M marching band Saturday night in which they played an off-tune version of the Aggie fight song and did an out- of-step block-T, an Aggie tradi tion. The Owls band also gave a salute to the Aggie mascot Rev eille by forming a fire plug on the field. Police had to restrain the Ag gie cadet corps from running onto the field at the halftime perform ance. After the game, the Rice band huddled under the south end of the stadium two hours while Aggies milled about outside wait ing for the band to leave. “We certainly did not intend any offense to Aggie traditions last Saturday,” Rice band Direc tor Bert Roth said in the letter of apology. “But if our presen tation was offensive to anyone, we wish to extend our sincere and genuine apology. Roth also pointed out it had been the policy at Rice to parody current events and the band pro grams of Rice football opponents for the past three years. The University of Texas band prides itself by marching behind a huge drum which is called “The world’s largest.” At the half time of the Rice-Texas game in Austin, the Rice band marched onto the field behind a tiny snare drum pulled by a child’s wagon. “We consider these programs to be a tribute to our fellow schools, because only strong tra ditions and colorful individual istic activities are subject to parody,” Roth said in the letter. At the halftime of the Rice- Arkansas game two weeks ago the Rice band performed a trib ute to the banana, complete with a simulated strip-tease by band members at the end to show that the band had gone bananas. CANTERBURY ASSBCMTIB Each Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.—Holy Eucharist and Supp«i Thursdays, 6:30 a.m.—Holy Eucharist and Breakfast Daily 5:30 p.m.—Evening Prayer EPISCOPAL STUDENT CENTER 904 - 906 Jersey Street (Southern Boundary of Campus) 846-1726 Father James T. 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