The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 03, 1974, Image 9

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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.
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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.
The workouts were highlighted by
the throwing of sophomore quar
terback David Walker and the pass
catching of tight end Richard Os
borne.
The Aggies will continue workout
at 4 p.m. each day.
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6-4. It was just one of six of such
five-set thrillers Monday.
Another seeded player was
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