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By KEVIN COFFEY, Sports Editor
We’ve finally accumulated enough questions from sports buffs to
make a column of reasonable length. We’ll try and answer all your
inquiries, just send them to the BATT.
Q—How much does coach Bellard make and how does it compare with
the salaries of other coaches in the conference? How about his
assistants and the other coaches? R. C, Plantation Oaks.
Coach Bellard’s salary (and all University employes for that
matter) is available to the public. Just ask in the library. For the record,
Bellard makes $32,261. This is just his salary from the school and does
not include anything he may make from his television show.
As for other conference coaches, the Associated Press reported
that Darrell Royal made $40,000 for his 17th season at Texas. Bill
Yeoman hauled in $35,000 for his efforts at the University of Houston.
Salaries of coaches at church-supported schools are not open to public
scrutiny as state funds are not applied for this purpose.
Bellard’s ten assistants’ salaries range from Melvin Robertson’s
$23,265 to Donnie Wigginton’s and Robert Stanley’s $13,442.
Royal has 10 fulltime assistants, ranging in pay from Bill
Campbell’s $25,000 to the departed Jim Helms’ $11,000.
Yeoman’s eight assistants range in pay from $12,600 to $19,500.
Aggie basketball coach Shelby Metcalf makes $17,061. Texas’
Leon Black earns $17,500 while Guy Lewis at Houston makes $24,000.
A&M baseball coach Tom Chandler is paid $14,104. Cliff
Gustafson of Texas makes $14,000 and UK’s Lovett Hill makes
$16,340.
Q—I’ve heard Shelby Metcalf refered to as “The Sage of the Brazos”
and the “SWC’s Leading Fisherman.” How did he pickup these titles?
A. D. S., Dunn Hall
Among Metcalfs off the court talents, fishing for catfish and
story telling rise to the top. It is often said that when the Aggie Mentor
is recruiting a country boy for the Maroon and White, a short fishing
trip to the Brazos is always in order.
Q—Did any of the Aggies drafted by the NFL make the grade? How
many former A&M players are still playing pro ball? M. D. Moses
Only Brad Dusek of the 1973 crop remained in the pro ranks. He
was traded from New England to Washington and is playing defense. He
is currently on campus finishing up a few hours for his degree.
Charley Krueger finished the season with San Francisco, as did
brother Rolf. Other exes with pro football are: Tommy Maxwell,
Okland; Mike Clark, Dallas; Steve O’Neal, New Orleans; Larry Stegent,
St. Louis; Bill Hobbs, Philadelphia; Mo Moorman, the Kansas City
Chiefs; Ross Brupbacher, Chicago and Dave Elmendorf, Los Angeles.
John Beasley is still playing basketball in the ABA for the Utah
Stars.
Doug Rau is playing baseball for Los Angeles and Dave Johnson is
hitting homers for Atlanta.
Randy Matson is entering his second year with the new pro track
circuit.
Knowles reaching
personal plateaus
Although the Ags lost Tuesday-
night in Lubbock, the contest was
one of personal achievement for
Randy Knowles.
The 6-6 senior from Geneva,
Ohio, became the eighth player
in A&M history to score 1,000
points. Against Rice, Knowles
should became the fifth Aggie
to pull down 600 rebounds in a
career. With the season right at
the halfway mark, Knowles
should move high into the all-
time list of scorers and rebound
ers. All this despite a slow start
this season.
“I don’t think I worked as hard
as I should have in preseason
practice and I know I wasn’t in
as good shape as last year. But
I think I’m getting there now,”
Knowles said. The Aggie co
captain, who has had a history of
playing much better in Southwest
Conference competition, did it
again last week in the SW C
opener against preseason favorite
SMU.
After suffering through a one-
AM P.U S’)
for-six first half, Knowles ex
ploded for five straight baskets
from the 20-30 foot range to
break open a tight game and lead
the Aggies to a 90-75 win.
Knowles had 15 points in the
second half. Against Tech,
Knowles hit 20 of his 24 points
in the final stanza.
“Randy is an emotional player,”
coach Shelby Metcalf said after
the SMU game. “When he gets
his adrenalin flowing like it was
tonight, things start to happen.”
Knowles was second team All-
SWC last year and is a top candi
date for All-SWC honors this
season, but he has only one goal.
“I want A&M to win the South
west Conference championship.
My first two years we’ve been
close (9-5) both years). I think
we have the team to do it this
year. This team is real close,
and my teammates really pulled
for me when I was in a slump.
It’s going to take a lot of work
against some good teams.”
The Aggies play four of their
next five games on the road, but
with a rejuvenated Randy
Knowles, they should make a bat
tle of the SWC race.
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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1974
Ali, Frazier engage in pre-fight anti
Skirmish interrupts national television show
The a
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By WILL GRIMSLEY
AP Special Correspondent
NEW YORK (A 5 )—Muhammad
Ali called Joe Frazier “ignorant”
and set off a tense, five-minute
skirmish between the two former
heavyweight champions Wednes
day that interrupted the taping
of a national television show.
Nobody was hurt. Frazier left
the premises, apparently upset
and spitting mad. Ali kept his
cool and the show went on.
The fight game is renowned for
wild publicity stunts, but this did
not appear to be one. If it was,
it almost got out of hand.
The two hulking black men,
who meet next Monday night at
Madison Square Garden in a 12-
round sequel to their 1971 “Fight
of the Century,” were pulled apart
after wrestling and tugging and
falling to the floor from a 12-
inch high platform. No punch was
thrown.
“I’ll see you Monday night,”
the impish, loquatious Ali yelled
at Frazier as the latter stormed
out of the TV studio, protected
by a cordon of friends.
“Be on time,” snapped Frazier.
The two fighters were invited
to view the film of their historic
15-round championship bout
March 8, 1971, won by Frazier
on decision, and make comments
for showing on the American
Broadcasting Company’s “Wide
World of Sports” next Saturday.
Howard Cosell was the moder
ator.
The show moved along mod
erately well for the first nine
rounds—the two fighters swap
ping friendly insults that have
been a feature of pre-fight pro
motion—and suddenly erupted in
to unscheduled commotion during
the 10th round.
At that time, the two fighters
began badgering each other about
which took the most punishment.
“You went to the hospital,” Joe
said to Ali.
“I went to the hospital for ten
minutes and you went to the
hospital for a month,” Ali chided.
“Just for a rest,” countered
Frazier. “In and out.”
came up again. When Frazier be
gan talking again about taking a
rest, Ali responded, “That shows
how ignorant . . .”
Frazier leaped to his feet, a
menacing figure in a brown lei
sure suit, open at the neck and
red shoes with platform heels.
In a flash, Frazier reached
down to pull Ali out of his chair.
Ali grabbed a headlock on Joe.
The two tumbled to the floor,
falling onto concrete from the
12-inch wooden stage.
Cosell sat, gaping. He seemed
stunned. But, in the tradition of
show business, he recovered after
a few moments.
clowning. He is serious.
Eddie Futch, Frazier’s trainer,
grabbed him. Dr. Ferdie Pacheco,
who is always in AH’s corner, and
one of the directors, Gene Kilroy,
grabbed Ali.
The fighters were pried apart.
The show continued through the
last five rounds with Cosell and
Ali occupying two chairs, the
third chair vacant.
The managers and haul; ^ . e
the pair paled at the thoH s l' ! 1
a possible broken hand. hB “If s.
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To the onlookers—a fet| lav.
men and the TV crewa-J gvailata
stunning at first. None o!> ^j ve co
loused old fight writers®
to feel they had been hat “Stu
“This seems to be the real
thing,” Cosell told his TV au
dience, which won’t see the in
cident until Saturday. “Ali is
probably clowning. But Joe is not
The coat-off, fist-threatening
bit has been done dozens of times
between these two men, but nev
er before had it reached the
point where they actually came
to grips.
This is what bothered the en
tourages of the fight principals.
The professionals were horrified
at the idea of a real show being
staged spontaneously before a
non-paying audience.
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no blows were struck. Yet
excitement they co
Frazier and Ali are men
ferent life styles. They
each other immensely.
As for the scuffle il
might score it a draw,
picked up points on
He remained cool. Fraiig 1
his temper fuse. It’s still i
tion which of the two will
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“That shows how dumb
are,” snorted Muhammed.
There was another heated ex
change and the hospital question
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“This should be a very exciting
match,” coach Dennis Fosdick
said. “Both teams are about equal
and should be the top contenders
for third place in the Southwest
Conference.”
The Aggies are 4-2 in dual
meets this season with wins over
UT Arlington, Texas Tech and
San Jose State.
“We are really swimming well
for as hard as we’re working,”
Fosdick said. “We’re swimming
between 10-12,000 yards a day.”
Competing for the Aggies in the
meet will be Steve Prentice, Scott
Jones, Bill Cunningham, Doug
Meaden, Nash Dowdle, Jim Yates,
Don Reesor, Steve Moore, Mike
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