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"If football fans, hopefully hap
pily hurrying home, have nothing
planned after the game, we wel
come you to come to the main drill
field where the current National
Champion Aggie rugby side will
play a first annual Past vs. Present
game with the newly formed Old
Maroons,” said Dr. Gerard
O’Donovan, rugby faculty rep
resentative.
The Old Maroons will probably
sport such touted exes as Aaron Ga
lloon, the founder and team captain,
(who was unavailable for comment
at press time), Randy ‘Mr. Smooth
Harju and George Alden. The best
fifteen players available from former
Aggie sides that once sported an
88-4 record are expected back for
the matchup and reunion.
John Rayton, player-coach and
captain was quoted by O’Donovan
as saying, “One hopes to be up for
all games and clearly so, for though
we have shown improvement we
are neither fit nor up. Club prexy
Billy Goodrich said, “This can be
come an annual affair and I am up for
it.
“There have been some bright
spots in the forwards,’ said
O’Donovan, “but our scrums and
lineouts have been scraggy. We are
aiming for the National Champion
ships which we plan to host here at
Aggieland.
“Among the returning graduates
this weekend will be ‘super’
scrum-half Gaboon, Mark Anthony
and Larry Gallego who must be
seen to be believed. I have seen him
(Gallego) kick 70-yard penalty goald
(field goals) with ease.
“Bruce Mills, in whom two pro-
football teams have shown interest,
kicks and punts left-footed,” said
O Donovan.
tries from his own endzone and
found touch on or inside the 20-yard
line using a borrowed American
football! He is strong as a bull, his
average get-away time is 2.4 sec
onds and hangtime: 5.2. His aver
age distance is 60 yards. Of late, he
likes to play on the wing but he will
be at fullback for the Old Maroons
tomorrow. We all hope to see ‘Mr.
Smooth’ (Randy Harju) get his pas
sing game going and that those who
have provided us with so much ex
citement in the past like George Al
den, will be able to make the game.
George probably still is the best
hooker in the U.S.A., said O Dono
van.
O’Donovan finished with a wel
come and a quote, “The present
young Aggie squad are numerous
and itching to have a go, a clean,
well-behaved go, at the Old Ma
roons and we welcome everyone. A
party will follow for both teams in a
manner befitting the camaraderie
that is Rugby. As Don Rutherford,
the English International player
and writer par excellence says, ‘If
you do not enjoy it, do not play.
Welcome home, Old Maroons.
The game will start at 3:30 p.m.
with renowned referee Tony King
officiating. There is no charge.
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By BRUCE LOW1TT
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National Football League players
overwhelmingly rejected the own
ers latest contract offer Thursday,
although the Cincinnati Bengals
bucked the trend and voted to ap
prove it.
The vote against the contract was
not a vote to strike. That must be
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done by a separate ballot. None of
the voting clubs has said it has any
plans to hold a strike vote. All the
clubs are expected to play their up
coming Sunday or Monday night
games.
Voting against the contract
Thursday were 13 teams — half the
league. They were the New Eng
land Patriots, San Francisco 49ers,
Washington Redskins, Oakland
Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs, New
Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears,
Miami Dolphins, Cleveland
Browns, Philadelphia Eagles, De
troit Lions, Green Bay Packers and
Atlanta Falcons. Cincinnati’s vote
was 26-13 to accept the contract.
New England voted 47-0 against
it, including four players on the in
jured reserve list. San Francisco,
Washington, Oakland, Kansas City
and New Orleans voted 43-0 against
the offer, Chicago’s vote was 41-0,
Miami’s was 30-5, Cleveland’s was
30-11, Philadelphia’s was 24-18 and
Detroit’s was 27-15. Not counting
unreleased Green Bay and Atlanta
balloting, the total player vote was
470-75 against the contract.
The teams joined the Buffalo Bills
and Houston Oilers, who had each
voted 43-0 Wednesday to reject the
off er, thus getting a jump on the rest
of the 24 clubs in opposing the
four-year proposal presented by the
NFL Management Council to the
players association last Monday in
Chicago.
Green Bay and Atlanta declined
to reveal vote counts but player rep
Clarence Williams said tbe Packers’
vote was “95 to 99 per cent” against
it and player rep John Zook said the
Falcons “voted nearly unanimously
to reject the contract.”
The management council, the
owners’ bargaining arm, called its
latest contract “our best shot. The
union passed the proposal to the
players without a recommendation
and sources close to the NFLPA say
the union leadership’s view of the
offer was almost wholly negative.
The Bills’ vote was announced
Wednesday by Reggie McKenzie as
42-1 against. But Mike Montler,
subbing for McKenzie in Chicago,
said the actual count was 43-0.
Several teams said they would not
vote until Friday or would vote on
Thursday night but wouldn’t release
the results until Friday.
Quarterback Ken Anderson, Cin
cinnati’s player representative, an
nounced his team’s vote and said the
Bengals’ players would begin pay
ing their dues “so their votes would
count.” But there was no other
comment from the Bengals who,
during the recent labor troubles,
opposed the strike and were the first
to collectively cross the picket line
during last year’s walkout.
Detroit player rep Jim Yar-
even discussed that. There was too
much trial and tribulation last
week.”
The Patriots struck on Saturday,
Sept. 13, refusing to play their final
exhibition game on Sept. 14 against
the New York Jets. Within a few
days, the Jets, Redskins, Lions and
New York Giants joined the walk
out. The brief strike ended when
the owners promised to come up
with a new contract offer, the one
which was put forth in Chicago.
Now, with the contract surely de
feated, the question remains: will
there be any more negotiating?
The rejection of the offer leaves
the players and owners virtually
where they were when the last con
tract expired on Feb. 1, 1974,
namely far apart on the so-called
“freedom issues.
And without a contract, the
players have three options: return
to the bargaining table once again,
continue to play without a contract,
or stage their third strike in 14
months.
The owners’ current contract
offer reportedly was considered ac
ceptable by the union from an
economic point of view.
But it is the “freedom issues like
the Rozelle Rule, impartial grie
vance arbitration, representation on
tbe retirement board, squad size, an
agency shop and bargaining changes
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for each of the divisions are:
Military 211
Fish 151
Independent 180
Civilian 125
Recreational 76
Women 72
By JAN SWINNEA
Co-rec sports are becoming
increasingly more popular and
flag football is no exception. In
1974 there were only 10 teams,
this year 21 teams have en
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Co-rec action got underway
with the Slip Slides, last year’s
championship team, edging
Plantation Oaks 19-12.
Plantation Oaks was obvi
ously more prepared for the
first encounter of the season,
but couldn’t seem to get every
thing going right. The Slip
Slides scored on their first pos
session of the ball when Willie
Robson threw a long pass to
Ronnie Loomis for the first
touchdown.
Plantation’s first chance for a
score turned into a touchdown
for the Slip Slides when Loomis
intercepted a pass and ran un
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Plantation’s first score was
also on a pass caught by Randy
Lecompte.
Well into the second half
Loomis scored again to give the
Slip Slides a comfortable lead
19-6. Plantation was not ready
to give it up though, late in the
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efforts were in vain, though, as the Slip Slides went on to win
19-12.
Refs’ Corner
There will be an officials meeting
Thursday, October 2, 1975, room 267,
G. Rollie White, 7:30 p.m. Football of
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