Page 6 THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1975'
Army beats Air Force for fourth straight year
By PAUL McGRATH
Staff Sports Writer
For the fourth year in a row, the
senior cadets of the Army/
Navy-Marine branches put down
the Air Force in their annual grid
battle in the Elephant Bowl, this
time by a score of 14-9.
The Air Force dominated the
game statistically but came up short
on the scoreboard. However, the
Army was not the real winner since
all proceeds of the charity classic
went to the Brazos Valley Rehabili
tation Center.
The game was as close as the score
implies although the Air Force
seemed to have the upperhand of
fensively.
Early in the first quarter, the Air
Force recovered an Army fumble on
the Crunchies’ 20-yard line. De
spite losing yardage on three suc
cessive plays, the Air Force was still
able to put points on the board when
David Hicks made good on a 41 yard
field goal.
The rest of the half consisted
mostly of fumble exchanges until
Air Force quarterback Bill Stanton
directed a 33 yard drive to the Army
16-yard line following a recovered
Crunchie bobble. There the Army
front wall of Steve Prendergast,
Moon Mullen, Adrian Pompa,
Glenn Hansen and Richard Foster
tightened and forced the Air Craps
to attempt another field goal. This
time Hicks was unsuccessful from
28 yards out.
The Air Force seniors controlled
the ball timewise and had the better
field position but were not able to
convert their fortune into points. In
the latter part of the first half, the
Air Force recovered another fumble
on the Army 35-yard line. Stanton
connected with Buster Culver for 11
yards and a first down. The drive
was cut short when George Yezak
intercepted a Stanton pass on the
3-yard line.
Again the Army gave the Air
Force another break, this time on an
interception. Tony Pelletier picked
off an errant Barry Buske pass and
put the Air Force in business on the
Army 15. But it went for naught as
time ran out before the Air Force
could attempt a field goal.
The Air Force seemed in com
mand and had 101 total yards to the
Crunchies’ 63. The Air Force also
ran 36 plays and had five first downs
as compared to the Army’s 20 plays
and two first downs.
The Army came out the second
half determined to change the situa
tion and this they did on the open
ing kickoff. Corky Ragland took the
kick, cut towards the middle of the
field, spun away from one tackier
and then sped down the near
sideline for an 85 yard touchdown
jaunt. Dave Turner added the extra
point and the Army now led for the
first time, 7-3.
The Air Force penetrated Army
territory on their next two posses
sions but were turned back by the
Army defensive eleven on both oc
casions.
Then the Air Force was given
another opportunity when Don
Faulkner recovered a loose ball on
the Army seven. Three rushes net
ted three yards and a 15 yard pen
alty against the Air Force for hold
ing. A pass by Stanton was incom
plete and Hicks then missed his
second kick attempt.
The staunch Air Crap defense
pushed back the Army on a fourth
and inches situation on their own
45. The Air Force defense held the
Crunchie offense in check all after
noon with the likes of Pelletier, Tom
Green, Jim Amend, George
Theilen and Dan Anderson break
ing up passes and punishing Crun
chie runners.
After taking over on downs on the
45, the Air Force put together a 55
yard drive in eight plays early in the
fourth quarter to once again give
them the lead.
Stanton and Culver rushed for
'eight and five yards for a first down
on the Army 42. Hicks gained five
on a reverse and a 15 yard roughing
penalty was tacked on, putting the
ball on the Army 22. Keith Jacobson
land Stanton gained 11 yards and
Janother first down on three rushes.
From the 11, Keith Wilcox shot up
the middle on a draw play and
barely managed to put the ball ac
ross for the Air Craps’ only six
pointer. Hicks’ point after attempt
was blocked by Mullen.
Their 9-7 lead didn’t last long.
Ragland again stopped hearts on the
kickoff return before being dragged
down on his 46. On second down
from there, Terry Royder found Bill
Thornton clear in the Air Force sec
ondary for 17 yards and a first down
on the Air Force 37. After three
plays, the Army was faced with a
fourth and nine situation. This time
Buske hit Ragland for 15 yards and a
first on the Air Force 21. Gaining
eight yards in two plays the Army
faced third and two. Hal Pruessner
made the big play for the Army by
slanting outside for seven yards and
another first on the six. On first
down, Royder galloped for five to
the one. Dub Shook got the call on
the next two plays and found paydirt
(Photo by Steve Krauss)
Army quarterback Barry Buske (12) is tackled by defenders.
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on his second carry to put the Army
back out in front with 1:53 left, 13-9.
Turner’s kick was good for the four
teenth point.
The Air Force immediately went
to where their branch of the service
normally goes, the air. Stanton hit
Culver for 22 yards to the Army 40.
Jerry Nickerson stole Stanton’s next
toss to give the Crunchies posses
sion with time running out. The Air
Craps called time out after each of
the three Army plays, forcing them
to punt with 48 seconds left.
Following two incompletions,
Yezak swiped Stanton’s third down
pass, his second theft of the day.
With no time outs remaining the
Army was able to run out the clock.
Overall, the Air Force had 233
yards total offense to the Army’s
135. The Air Craps ground out 12
first downs to the Crunchies five,
three of which came on their win
ning touchdown drive. The Armyis
now 4-0 in the Elephant Bowl which
has raised almost $1500 for the
BVRC in the three previous years.
Joseph guides Aggies past TCU
By TONY GALLUCCI
Staff Sports Writer
FORT WORTH, Tex. — Cedric
Joseph, playing his best game of the
year led an Aggie onslaught of TCU,
Saturday, for a 94-81 win to keep
A&M tied for the Southwest Con
ference lead. Joseph pumped in 13
points, his season high, and grabbed
eight rebounds to pace the Ags.
With TCU employing a man-to-
man defense, like Tech did last
Tuesday to beat the Ags, could not
make it work like the Red Raiders
did.
The Ags jumped out to a 2-0 lead
on a baseline shot by Sonny Parker.
Mike Floyd boosted the lead to four
with a corner shot seconds later.
But TCU lifted by consecutive
four-pointers from Bill Bozeat and
Sonny P. goes up for a shot
Ted Jones went into the lead at 9-6.
The teams traded buckets
through the 13 minute mark when
the Ags went into the lead to stay
with a followup by Joseph 14-13.
With Parker, Joseph and Ray
Roberts all hot the first half, the Ag
gies stretched the lead to 17 at
40-23. All three were in double fig
ures at the half.
TCU was playing without the ser
vices of their star post-man Lynn
Royal, who suffered an eye injury
the night before the game and had
undergone surgery. The injury was
the same that took him out of com
petition last year.
By the half, the Frogs were in
even deeper trouble, with four fouls
on Thomas Bledsoe and three each
on Jones, Rick Hensley and Gary
Landers.
Barry Davis was the only A&M
player with as many fouls at the half.
A&M came back at the half after
leading 52-39 and boosted that lead
to 18 on shots by John Thornton and
Jerry Mercer and a free throw by
Parker. TCU narrowed that margin
to 11 without a score by the Ags.
The teams again engaged in
trade-a-basket for seven minutes
before the Aggies jumped to their
biggest lead of the night, 19 points,
when Thornton hit from the left
corner to make the score 76-57.
The Horned Frogs were able,
after Bledsoe, Jones and Landers all
fouled out, to narrow the margin
again to eight points, but couldn’t
get closer as the Ags coasted to the
13-point win.
The win leaves the Ags tied for
first place with Texas Tech, who
crushed Texas 78-51 Saturday. Both
teams have 10-2 conference re
cords, while the Aggies are a step
ahead over the season with a 18-6
record to Tech’s 17-7.
Parker led all scorers with 19 fol
lowed by Floyd’s 18 which equaled
his season high. Bozeat and Alonzo
Harris each had 17 for the Frogs and
the only Frogs in double figures.
Thornton had 14 for the Aggies fol
lowed by Joseph’s and Robert’s 13
each.
Parker and Roberts had six re
bounds each to follow Joseph.
Bozeat led the Froggies in caroms
with 12.
The Aggies hit 55.5 per cent from
the floor and 70.75 per cent from the
line.
Fem netters
take eighth
at tourney
Playing against the first, second
and third seeded teams, the
women’s tennis squad took eighth in
tournament play this weekend.
It was the win-one and lose-one
circuit for the women. Jane Wright,
top seeded A&M player, took her
Tech opponent and lost to the tour
naments’ second seeded player
from Lamar.
Cindy Pinkerton dropped her
first match to Texas, won the second
and lost the third to Southern
Methodist. Ellen Buchanan took
her opponent from Texas Womens
University but lost to the
tournament’s sixth seeded player
from Tech. Robin Kendrick lost to
TWU and also lost her consolation
match with split sets, to Sam Hous
ton State.
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beating Sam Houston, butlosingto
Lamar. Kim Bellamy and Chirrone
Tibo dropped their first match and
lost their second to SMU.
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