th a ; vi' D th Qi po liv to ow is - pe« an< dot Aki Ko. C nov Offi Ser are faci -i ^eas Page 6 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, NOV. 7, 1975 Rugby Club Takes Two Whites, Maroons beat Baylor By GERARD A. O’DONOVAN Contributor The Aggie Ruggers won two games from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston on Saturday. In the opener, the Whites (varsity) defeated a very tough and under rated Baylor Medical side by 16-13. The Maroons clearly outshone their White counterparts and won hand ily, 17-7. The White squad began play and appeared to be trying to de monstrate their having never played the game before. The three FOOD DISCOUNT COUPON BOOKLET Discount food coupon booklets are now available at the Food Services Office, Sbisa Hall and the MSC Food Services Manager's Office. Coupons are redeemable in campus cash food facilities. Quality First Edate 'ominguez 66 Joe t-' cmiega 74 Grej Price week lay-off', unquestionably, made a big difference for it was indeed a flat, rusty fifteen that began the game for the champion Aggie Whites. Though the Aggie football team had but two weeks off, they should take note lest any compla cency sets in. John Rayton opened the scoring with a 15 mile-per-hour crosswind in his favor, with one of his patented dropped goals. The Ags led 3-0 until just before the half when Baylor scored beneath the posts for a try and a two point conversion. The Medics took their 6-3 lead into the second half and what wind there was would favor them too. At half-time, which lasts five mi nutes in Rugby games and neither side leaves the field, Tony King, Rayton, Alan Jeffrey, Billy Good rich and hustling Robert Moorman put things together and they worked. After the half, Tim Field, who played his best game ever at fullback, kicked a 37-yard penalty goal into the crosswind to tie the score at 6-6. Baylor responded in similiar fashion, with a 30-yard pen alty goal and the spirited Meds went ahead again 9-6. Ever-improving Phil Cook saw to it finally that the Ags had to punch one over and he did for a well-taken try, his third in the last two games. The conversion was missed and the Ags led 10-9. Another penalty was called against Baylor and once again, Field split the uprights from 42 yards, to in crease the Aggie lead to 13-9. Baylor was effective in neutraliz ing many of our lineouts, but some fine second efforts, three in a row, by Ray Zwartjes, started passing movements and their goal line had a charmed life. We should have scored three more times. However, it was the Baylor lads that almost scored when their center broke abruptly after a scrum and raced 65 yards for what ap peared to be a certain try, since he had a trailer alongside him. Field did the only thing that could stop the play. A panther-like leap, a ferocious tackle, and the ball was loose for Rayton, Rick Reno, and forwards Fitch and Moorman and the Ags were off and running. Back came Baylor for more and though the ball carrier stepped out of bounds and encircled the corner flag, the referee awarded a try, overruling the touch judge. BU took it anyway as the referee changed touchjudges. The score was tied once again at 13 each, as the two point conversion squirted along the ground, the proud ball being ashamed of its misuse. Ever resi lient, Rayton rallied his side once more and Wayne Womack was quite unlucky not to have scored - near the flag. The Aggie passing had become more crisp now and Curly Hillard’s passes to Alan Jeffrey, to Rayton, to Womack looked just like what the doctor ordered. At long last, Hillard whipped yet another pass to Jeffrey who found Rayton ever alert and when I saw John gaze goalwards, I knew that the Aggie surgery was successful. John wafted his fourth dropped goal in two games to give the Aggies a hard earned 16-13 victory. It was pleasant to watch Field play like a classic fullback, tackling and kicking when he had to. In the end it was the talented toes of Field and Rayton that did it again. Rugby is still a team sport and the most important ingredient of star dom is the rest of the team. At prac tice and when watching our col leagues play, we might remember that. Butch Lewis and his Maroons were superb in the second game. There were always on top, winning most of the set scrums and lineouts. Appropriately, the Maroons opened the scoring with a goal by Lewis from 35 yards out. Back came Baylor, and pushed over a try that was unconverted. The Ags trailed 4-3. Lewis, who has a peculiar habit of circling the scrum or lineout found outhalf John Collier ready, to Barry Metz, Metz quickly to flying Collier passed Frank Burke who sent Robert Stevens over near the flag. Vintage stuff it was, despite a missed conversion. At the half the Maroons led 7-4. Baylor responded with a 50 yard penalty goal and tied it again at 7-7. The controversial penalty be came a catalyst and the Maroons started to play ball. Collier, after a short pass from Lewis, faked and raced 65 yards to score. The Ags led 11-7. Two lineouts and two scrums were won by the Aggies with Frank Burke playing superbly and tackling everything tbat was not Maroon. When Baylor did challenge, they were thwarted by fullback George McKirahan, a player usually on the White side, hut the rigorous cur riculum at the Vet School kept him from practices. He never had a finer game. His tackling was timely, his running truly majestic, and it was fitting that McKirahan should score final try. On a defensive play near his own goal, he dashed 85 yards, dodged two tackles, ignored another, and in facile style, raced past the Baylor fullback for a try which he put down beneath the posts. 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