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Three players battle
for quarterback slot
MIKE BRUTON
Sports Editor
Will the real starting Texas Aggie
quarterback please stand up? To tell
the truth, nobody really knows
who’ll take the first snap from center
this season.
The quarterback situation after
spring training at Aggieland was
pleasingly unique. David Shipman,
Mike Jay and David Walker all
showed well in the spring sessions,
so well that Head Coach Emory Bel-
lard declined to name the No. 1
signal-caller for the upcoming sea
son.
In the spring game Shipman cap
tained five scoring drives, Walker
two and Jay three. Shipman was
most impressive with 92 yards rush
ing and 183 yards via the airways,
hitting on eight of 13 passes. But
Walker and Jay looked sharp
enough to impede any quarterback
personnel decision by Bellard.
Recently acquired Offensive
Coordinator Tom Wilson, who
coaches the quarterbacks, de
scribed the situation as an “open
battle.” “On the depth chart Ship-
man will be No. 1, but that doesn’t
mean anything,’’ Wilson explained.
“Which ever one does best in the
fall will start. ”
Ironically, Shipman is the only
member of the trio that hasn’t
started a game for the Aggies at
quarterback. The Odessa product
sustained a knee injury early in his
career at A&M that resulted in
surgery and a slow recovery. But
coming into spring training, Ship-
man had lost 18 pounds and
weighed in at a sound 200 pounds.
“He (Shipman) hasn’t been well
in his career, but he was this spring.
He improved and took charge. We
were very pleased with his at-
Ag places
in national
swim meet
Bob Leland, coming off a super
freshman season at Texas A&M,
placed third in the 100-meter
breaststroke and fourth in the
200-meter breast at the Mission
Viejo International Swim Meet in
Los Angeles with a national AAU
qualifying times in both events.
Leland, a local product who was a
consistent winner for both A&M
Consolidated High School and the
College Station Swim Club, was
timed at 1:08.1 in the 100 and 2:30.0
in the 200.
Additionally, he was a member of
200 and 400 freestyle relay teams
which placed seventh and eighth in
national qualifying times at the pre
stigious meet.
The National Long Course
Swimming Meet will be held in
Kansas City Aug. 19-21.
David
Walker
David
Shipman
Offensive >1
Coordinator
Tom Wilson v
titude, Wilson said. The Aggie
coach also said Shipman developed
much needed quickness by losing
the excess weight.
And quick he was. He ran over,
through and around defenders in
the Maroon-White contest, with
decisiveness and confidence. Ship-
man used his six foot, one inch
frame to the maximum, running
strong, executing crisply and pas
sing accurately. And most impor
tant, he never flinched when he was
hit on his once-injured leg.
Jay, who started the first five
games of the 1973 season, is the
quickest of the three and is equip
ped with a slingshot arm. If you’ve
ever watched him at practice it’s
easy to tell he once played for the
Quantico Marines. He doesn’t know
the meaning of the word, “quit. ”
“The competitor among the
whole bunch is Jay, commented
Wilson. “He wants to play more
than anyone else I ve ever been
around.”
This past season against SMU
when the Aggie offense was having
its problems, Jay stepped in and put
some snap into the players for a
couple of series before returning the
helm to starter Walker. Jay is that
kind of athlete, a fighter.
Walker, who was hampered by
nagging ailments all spring, started
half of the 1973 season and last sea
son. He’s had his high points and
low ones, but his overall play bears
no serious blemishes.
He is perhaps the best passer of
the three. In two seasons he has had
only 12 passes intercepted, while
completing 77 for 1,092 yards and
three touchdowns. Although not
Mike
Jay
widely known tor his running ta
lents, he has scored six touchdowns
on the ground.
The baby-faced lefthander was
severely criticized by many Aggie
fans last season after being named
UPI Freshman of the Year in 1973.
He is a poised athlete, with a good
arm and adequate speed and ample
talent to quarterback a collegiate
football squad.
Wilson said Walker improved
this spring despite bothersome in
juries. “He (Walker) was a little
hampered this spring, because he
was injured,” Wilson said. “After
his shoulder got well, he got his
ankle injured, but he hung right in
there. ”
For the first time in years, Texas
A&M has solid depth at the quar
terback position, This creates a
healthy situation in that each man
will work harder to be the best, be
cause the stiff competition from his
teammates. “At this stage of the
game I’d like to see either one of
them play,” Wilson added.
To make the picture even rosier,
there are a couple of incoming field
generals that show plenty for the
future. Speedster Keith Baker from
Dallas Roosevelt was described by
Wilson as a “super athlete. “He’s
(Baker) well put together — a top
prospect, Wilson concluded.
Another newcomer who might fit
into the Aggie’s plans along with the
ambidextrous Baker is Carl Grulich
from Pearce High School in
Richardson. If the Aggies should
play any team next season, which
plans to use the old “kill the quar
terback” game strategy, they’ll have
quite a few to go through.
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