s - The >r the )ol re- ■mond to the Broome's SUNSHINE LAUNDRY 3815 E. 29th ST. — BRYAN, TEXAS 77801 PHONE 846-7921 Open 7 Days Weekly 7-10 Mon.-Fri./8-8 Sat.-Sun. SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRY COIN-OP DRY CLEANING PROFESSIONAL CLEANING & LAUNDRY WASH-DRY-FOLD SERVICE I’m not the quarterback Big name causes trouble THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRILS, 1975 Page 7 Tupfnambd "f E'ddre Dominguez’66’ W — Joe Arciniega ’74. Greg Price/*" * By DAVID WALKER Staff Sports Writer Ring . . . Ring . . . Ring Hello. Who’s speaking? This is David Walker. Oh! Well gosh . . . a . . . well. HAVE YOU TRIED ONE OF THE CAPTAIN’S TABLE CHICKEN FRIED STEAKS LATELY? 3600 Old College Rd. At the Triangle 822-4328 TR^STATE A&M Sporting (Hods A full line of guns, ammuni tion, fishing, tennis & golf equipment. TOWER SPECIAL "Something Different” Your choice of any three meats or cheeses plus choice of variety bread with a cup of savory hot soup. All for $1.50 plus tax. ‘ BEVERAGES EXTRA. SERVING EACH WEEKDAY FROM 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tower Mezzanine Regular buffet on first level ‘Quality First’ ick Holm a . . . are you guys ready for the big game this . . . Excuse me. I’m not the David Walker that you think you are talk ing to. I’m NOT the quarterback, I just work here. If I’ve been through that call once this year I’ve been through it at least 50,000 times. Let me introduce my self. I AM David Walker. I’m just a sports writer, not a football player and not one of you can imagine what it’s like living with the name that be longs to the school’s number one signal caller. But more times than not it’s fun. Most of the real funny things hap pened during my freshman year when THE David wasn’t as well known as he is now. I would be sitting in a restaurant and one of my friends would come hy and say, “Hey, David Walker!” I felt like the man who’s broker was E. F. Hutton. The funniest thing happened in my English 103 class. It was two days after the Rice game in 1973. There was a real good look ing girl sitting in front of me and the boys that were sitting on both sides of her • ' ' I had been telling r - . ? her that I was the quarterback. Fi nally she turned to me and asked, “Are you David Walker like in quar terback?” Well, now she was just real cute and as you know Aggie football players don’t date the cam pus uglies so I figured that one lit tle lie wouldn’t hurt so I answered yes. She smiled and I was getting pretty proud of myself and feeling fairly lucky when she answered with, “Well no wonder we re los ing.” I was crushed. How dare that girl. How dare her talk like that to the quarterba . . . whoops. I guess that’s what I get for telling her that in the first place. Two more cases of mistaken iden tity happened earlier this year dur ing football season. The first one happened the day after the LSU game. It was an hon est mistake that caused me to worry 10 years off my life. I got home about 7:30 Sunday night and had a message to return a call to a girl. I didn’t remember the name but I noticed the area code was a Louisiana one. I started really getting scared. I had been told that those girls on Bourbon Street didn’t remember names, much less phone numbers. I started trying to remember back to that night on Bourbon Street but you know how slim the chances are of an Aggie having total recall of a night on Bourbon Street. Finally I got up enough nerve to return the call. After about a minute of small talk it was obvious that we didn’t know each other and it dawned on me, wow what a relief. The very next week was also fun trying to explain which David I was. It was in Seattle for the Washington game. 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I was with Batt Sports Editor Mike Bruton who was wearing his letter jacket that he received when he was an Aggie gridder and if we had a dollar for every look that we got we could have bought a Rolls Royce and driven back to College Station. I guess I can go ahead and suffer through the trials and tribulations of being David Walker No. 2. I had thought once about changing my name to Virgil Petrovich — but you know who coach Bellard would re cruit next year. Aggies! Douglas Jewelry offers Student ID Discounts! 15% off of $ 50 00 or more 10% off of under $ 50 00 CASH PURCHASE ONLY 212 N. MAIN DOWNTOWN BRYAN 822-3119 Spiritual Sjnj makes you an offer you can’t refuse BOYI-GETl MICE Buy any one pack of Spiritual Sky Stick Incense & get another at Half Price. Pitr 11mports Also: Check Our Rataan Sale now in Progress. 3200 TEXAS AVE. Across From Manor East Mall MON-SAT 10AM - 9PM 822-7600 SUN 12-6PM McDonald’s MCDONALD’S INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS McDonald’s This week in intramurals Aggie Superstar? Yep, gang, the IM office is initiating an annual Superstars competition this year. This competition could end a lot of arguments between swell heads around campus that like to think that they are the best in many kinds of athletics. You might even be the first superstar and therefore acquire much fame and glory. The competition will consist of six events. These are Tennis, the 100 yard Freestyle (swimming), Bowling, Freethrow Shooting, Softball Throw, and the Obstacle Course. The winner will be determined through graduated points system. 5 points are awarded for each event entered. The points awarded to the top five places in each event will be 10,7,5,3, and 1 point respectively. In tennis, however, only the top four places will receive points. Entries are open to both male and female. They are limited to one entry per organization and each contestant must have a sponsor. The deadline for entries is Tuesday, April 22. The events will be run on Monday, April 28 through Thursday, May 1. Check out the IM office for further rules, entry blanks, and other pertinent information. Important meetings The IM Council will meet on Tuesday, April 15. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. in the IM office. Also, the Sports Club will meet on Wednesday, April 16. Presidents and advisors are to meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 232 of the G. Rollie White Coliseum. Quick reminder Remember the IM track competition on April 14 and the upcoming All-University Championship on April 21. IF ^-v, ■ > J» % -v f , •«- > *