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u Experience evident THE BATTALION Page 9 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1974 Aggies look good in first scrimmage By MIKE BRUTON To a football player two-a-day workouts are like Listerine, some thing you hate twice a day. The 1974 Texas Aggies exhibited a different attitude Thursday in a controlled scrimmage, by perform ing like a well disciplined unit. Both the offense and defense moved crisp and executed well for the first scrimmage of the season. Turnovers were the biggest prob lems of the A&M offense last sea son, but the ball never hit the ground in the entire scrimmage, ex cluding incompleted passes. Coach Emory Bellard appraised the offen sive unit as being good over all, but having a few spots that needs some improvement. Halfbacks Skip Walker and Bubba Bean had little trouble run ning behind fine blocking from the starting offensive front. Offensive coordinator Ben Hurt pointed out that the experience of this year’s line showed in the scrimmage, but more contact work is needed. “They looked pretty good today,” Hurt said of the offensive line in the scrimmage. “But what they need is more of this.” Meanwhile, on the defensive end of the field sparks were flying. Peo ple like defensive*tackle Edgar Fields, cornerback Tim Gray, linebacker John McCrumbly and Ed Simonini were making collisions that could be heard anywhere in Kyle Field. There was always five to six men in on the tackle. Defensive coordinator Melvin Robertson said the defense really played like veterans. They should, since the whole starting unit returns intact. “They’re hitting good and playing with more poise and confi dence,” said Robertson. “It looks like they’re playing reckless, but they’re all conforming to the defen sive pattern.” Looking over the whole scrim mage, it is obvious that experience is on the side of the Aggies. Instead of teaching people to play football, Bellard can concentrate on polish ing the “Maroon Machine.” If the Aggies are to perform better from this first full-speed scrimmage on through the season, they might for feit their right to lift curfew on New Year’s Eve. 15% OFF On Purchase of $50.00 or Over 10% OFF On Purchase of $50.00 or Less FOR YOU AGS WITH YOUR STUDENT I.D. Douglas Jewelry 212 N. Main Downtown Bryan 822-3119 Former titleholder falls in U. S. Open Roscoe Tanner, a crew-cut youngster out of the Tennessee mountain country, upset former tit leholder Hie Nastase of Romania Monday in a wild five-setter and joined Jimmy Connors and Stan Smith in a potent one-two-three American punch at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. In a marathon duel finished in semidarkness before some 12,000 at the West Side Tennis Club, the 22-year-old Tanner, from Lookout Mountain, Tenn., toppled the No. 7-seeded Nastase, 4-6, 6-7, 7-5, 6-4, Linebackers compete for top positions Official competition for the TAMU football team is 12 days off, but the competition for starting linebacker positions is current and spirited. “Our linebackers are really look ing good,” said linebacker coach John Paul Young. “We have some pretty hot battles for starting berths at two spots.” Ken Stratton, John Paul McCrumbly and Grady Wilkerson are all seeking the middle position. Garth TenNapel and Lester Hayes are both eyeing the weakside. Ed Simonini is the choice on the strongside. But Young notes that Jesse Hunnicutt is making head way. “I can see us playing all of them in a game. I’d say our depth is pretty solid,” said Young. The Aggies spent most of their first day of regular school term prac tice working on team coordination. 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It was just one of six of such five-set thrillers Monday. Another seeded player was among the victims. Dick Stockton, a Long Islander living in Dallas and seeded No. 14, was beaten by the deft, left-handed Ismael El Shafei of Egypt 4-6, 7-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. El Shafei thus joined an interna tional brigade composed of Tom Okker of The Netherlands, No. 6; Jan Kodes of Czechoslovakia, No. 12; Alex Metreveli of the USSR, No. 13, and little-known Sydney Ball of Australia in addition to the three Yanks. The top-seeded Connors celeb rated his 22nd birthday with his win over Australia’s John Alexander and won a 2-hour, 20-minute duel. “QUALITY FIRST” Brighten your apartment, room, or home with Living Plants Choose a planting style to suit your life...an exotic basket, a luxurious indoor planter, a cactus or succulent window garden...suit yourself! You will find your largest selection at Hardy Gardens in a complete size and price range...plus all your materials for planting and care! Come see. 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