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By PAUL McGRATH
Staff Sports Writer
With all of the suspensions and
injunctions SMU has received, just
fielding a team is quite a feat. But
there the Mustangs sit, ready and
waiting to upset the Aggies this
Saturday.
The Aggies enter the contest as
two touchdown favorites but an
epidemic of injuries among the
A&M running backs has the possi
bility of making the game closer
than the Las Vegas boys predict.
Head Coach Emory Bellard was
forced to move quarterback David
Shipman to a running back slot be
cause of the lack of a healthy back-
field. David Walker is a doubtful
starter and could possibly be re
placed by Mike Jay. Skip Walker is
still suffering from a sprained ankle.
Bubba Bean, Ronnie Hubby and
Bucky Sams should be able to see
some action.
And of course there is Jerry Hon-
ore, who turned in a superlative
performance for the Maroon and
White against Arkansas. He is prob
ably in the best health of the Aggie
backs.
The Mustangs seem to be suffer
ing no morale problems due to the
suspension handed them by the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa
tion and the Southwest Conference.
Led by the quick footed Ricky Wes
sons at quarterback and the last of
the M&M boys, Wayne Morris, the
SMU offense poses a formidable
threat to the unwary foe.
Guarding the middle like the
Rock of Gibralter is 6-5, 275 lb.
Louise Kelcher. Kelcher leads the
Mustangs in unassisted tackles and
is tied with linebacker Ted Thomp
son for overall tackling.
This marks the second week in a
row the Aggies will face a Wishbone
team. The nationally second ranked
A&M defense met the test and went
to the head of the class against the
Razorbacks by allowing 63 yards
rushing on 56 attempts. The Aggies
lead the SWC in total defense by
giving the opponents an average of
204 yards per game.
“The A&M defense has better
personnel than Ohio State,” said
SMU head coach Dave Smith.
“They are better than anyone I’ve
seen in college football in a long
time. I ll bet Arkansas didn’t make
the line of scrimmage 50 percent of
the time last Saturday.”
“A&M’s probably the best defen
sive team we’ve faced,” Smith said.
“In fact, from what I’ve seen of them
they are the best team.”
Referring to the A&M offense
Smith said, “They change their of
fense a little every week. They’re
not a pure Wishbone team any
more. They’ve had a few problems
fumbling but they’re better than
anyone at taking the ball and scoring
on one play. They have an excep
tional wide game. They have a
bunch of players and have a lot
going for them,” Smith said.
Smith apparently has a good deal
of respect for the Aggies and com
pared them to Texas. “I think
A&M’s ability surpasses Texas this
year, but Texas’ ability shows year
in and year out. I said before the
year that A&M has the best person
nel in the conference.”
The Mustangs are a respectable
5-3 overall and 2-2 in SWC play.
A&M’s 7-1 and 4-0 records speak for
itself.
The game in Dallas is crucial for
the Aggies as they hope to keep Cot
ton Bowl hopes alive. The Mustangs
will be out of the bowl picture for
awhile because of the NCAA rul
ings.
The Mustangs are capable of pul
ling the rug from under the Aggies
and mustn’t be taken with,
salt. Bellard said that the
Bowl was the focal point
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Simon
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Association Thursday, becoming
the highest ranking black adminis
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United States.
There had been speculation
Gourdine, 34, was to be elected to
the commissioner’s post which will
be vacated June 1, 1975, when Wal
ter Kennedy retires. The Board of
Governors didn’t vote on a new
commissioner Thursday, however,
and the next possible session in
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By RICHARD BENNETT
On a last minute safety. Hart Hall
upset Crocker Hall in a crucial foot
ball game Wednesday.
The final score was 8-8 with Hart
winning on penetrations. Both
teams were competing for a position
in the playoffs.
Crocker scored first on their sec
ond possession. Quarterback Glen
Whitehead passed to Jim Maltz for
- the touchdown on a play covering 60
yards. Whitehead ran for the extra
point.
Hart did not score until late in the
second half. After a fifteen yard
penalty called against Crocker for
harassing the referee, quarterback
Steve Cook passed to his favorite
receiver. Bo Bigelow for the touch
down. The try for the extra point
failed when Bigelow was downed
just short of the goal.
With less than two minutes to
play, Crocker had the ball on their
own 10 yard line, having been
forced back from the 20 by a strong
Hart defense. On fourth down they
attempted to punt, but the snap
from center slipped through the
arms of the punter into the end zone
for a safety, tying the game.
The team from Hart was led by
quarterback Steve Cook and Bo
Bigelow who caught most ofhis pas
ses. For Crocker, Glen Whitehead
and Jim Maltz played well. Sterling
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Squadron 15 outplays B-2 Boozers
By BOB GIBBS
The Saints used Quarterback
Mike Newton’s three touchdown
passes and six extra points and a
tenacious defense to bomb the P. E.
Majors 40-0.
Newton mixed Veer-T running
plays and effective passing to con
tinually confuse the Major’s de
fense. The Saints’ Pat Bema inter
cepted a pass a minute into the
game to set up a 5 yard scoring pass
from Newton to Rick Honacker.
Newton ran for two points to make it
8-0.
The Saints scored again when
Randy Seewald ran 25 yards for a
touchdown. Mike Newton again
scored the extra points to give the
Saints a 16-0 lead.
The Saints Don Liedke thwarted
the only serious P. E. offensive
drive of the game when he inter
cepted a pass and returned it 50
yards to the Major’s four-yard line,
where Ty Sharp skirted left end for a
touchdown. Newton ran in his final
extra point to make it 24-0 at the
half.
The Newton-to-Honacker com
bination clicked for a 10-yard Saints’
touchdown with Pat Waldie scoring
the extra points. Randy Seawald
caught a 32-yard TD pass from New
ton late after Pat Berna’s second in
terception. Ty Sharp ran for the
final two points to complete a 40-0
whitewash.
Standouts on the Saints’ defense
were safeties Bobby Coffey and
Buzz Miller and linemen Ed Hotz
and Cody Birdwell.
By RICHARD BENNETT
In a game flawed by penalties.
Squadron 15 defeated B-2, 18-12 in
playoffs Tuesday evening.
Squadron 15 scored first when
B-2 punted on the fourth down of
their first possession. Schuchart
fielded the ball and sped down the
sideline about 50 yards for the
touchdown. The try for the extra
point failed.
B-2 scored next on a pass from
quarterback Lee Buford to Claude
Elliott. The drive started dismally
when on first down Buford’s pass
was deflected by rushing linemen.
On second down they were
penalized for offensive charging.
Buford, on second and 22 ran
around left end for a 20 yard gain.
First down was gained by a short
run on the third down play.
B-2 was penalized on first down,
but on the second down play they
finally scored, ending the half with
the score tied 6-6.
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Overcoming several penalties,
Squad 15s James Gaidry, completed
a long pass on fourth down to keep a
drive going. Three plays later, on
fourth down at the two yard line,
Gaidry threw a touchdown pass to
Kolb.
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When B-2 got the ball back
Schuchart intercepted Buford’s pass
on first down. However, Elliott in
tercepted Gaidry’s pass on the next
play, returning the ball 30 yards.
Two plays later Buford made a two
yard run for the tieing touchdown.
The score remained 12-12 after the
extra point try failed.
With only a few minutes left in
the game, Gaidry passed to
Schuchart for the winning touch
down. The pass traveled forty yards
in the air. Schuchart and the defen
der went up for the ball, Schuchart
won the battle and ran the last 12
yards for the score.
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