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h, how sweet it is g defense dominates Texas game By PAUL McGRATH Battalion Sports Editor jhhh, how sweet it is. e Texas A&M Aggies took one step closer to long awaited bowl trip by totally dominating •rival Texas in the nationally televised show- i at Kyle Field. was 20 for the Aggies to 10 for the Homs as Scrooge-like A&M defense allowed only a Jell Erxleben field goal in the fourth quarter > nation’s leaders in scoring offense. Bexas was limited to just six first downs, two in second half. Coach Darrell Royal’s ground- Jing machine picked up only 113 yards rush ing, their lowest rushing total since the 1972 Oklahoma game. While the defense was headin’ ’em off at the pass, the Aggie offense was setting an ambush. The A&M offense played perhaps its most out standing game of the year, controlling both the ball and the clock. The offensive front wall of Richard Osborne, Glenn Bujnoch, Bruce Welch, Mark Dennard, Frank Myers, Dennis Swilley and others literally owned the line of scrimmage in the first half as the Aggies blasted for 204 yards. In all, A&M amassed 316 yards rushing while collecting 18 first downs. “I d say this is our biggest victory yet,” said a jubilant Emory Bellard, who claimed his first victory over Texas since leaving the Longhorn staff four years ago. “We’ve got two more ball games to play. I think if we beat Arkansas we should have as good a shot at number one as anyone. ” The number two ranked Aggies let their oppo nents know right from the start that this game would not be a duplicate of the 1974 disaster in Austin. The Horns kicked off to begin the con test, perhaps hoping for a replay of last year’s game opening fumble by A&M, but more than likely trying to take advantage of the gusting wind. It wasn’t the Texas Special of yesteryear that got the ball rolling, but a plain old flanker reverse We weren’t trying to catch said Bellard, “ but we were by Carl Roaches, them by surprise,’ trying to score.” Whatever the reason, the diminutive Roaches sprinted for 47 yards to the Texas 30. Seven plays later Tony Franklin gave the Aggies a lead they would never lose with a 31-yard field goal. The barefooted sidewinder set a record with the kick, making him the first A&M player to kick 11 three-pointers in one season. He was to add an even more important mark to his record later in the game. After the Aggies stalled a Texas drive, the A&M offense took charge once again, this time getting six on a four-yard pass on third down, A&M quarterback Mike Jay was superlative in operating the Aggie attack until a second quarter back injury sidelined him for the remainder of the game. It was not a day for quarterbacks. The mystery was soon unraveled concerning Texas’ ailing Marty Akins, as the Longhorn senior started, but managed only one play before returning to the bench. Later Akins was to go back into the fray, only to go down before the fierce rush of linebacker Garth Ten Napel. His replacement, freshman Ted Constanzo, had little success in guiding his team as he was responsible for all three of the Longhorn inter ceptions . Meanwhile, Jay’s ‘backup’ David Shipman was not faring much better. His rustiness was evident as he twice lost the ball in A&M territory. But the magnificent Aggie defense was not about to let victory slip out of their grasp. Twice the Horn attack was smothered on fourth down plays under a wave of Maroon de fenders. Twice more they came up with fumbles, adding to the three other Texas turnovers via interception. Earl Campbell, alias ‘super soph’, the South west Conference’s leading ballcarrier was held to 40 yards in 15 carries. Still, he was the Lon ghorns’ leading ground gainer. see Aggie defense p. 4 Weather Fair to partly cloudy Tuesday and Wed nesday. Southerly winds 7-12 mph. High today 66; low tonight 44; high Wednesday 73. Cbe Battalion Vol. 69 No. 51 College Station, Texas Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1975 Staff photo by Gary Baldasari School Board to review Consol’s building plans Happy Emory Emory Bellard is ecstatic as he is carried off the field by the Aggie team after his first victory over his former boss. By PAULA GEYER Battalion Staff Writer le A&M Consolidated School Board voted laymoceview the building plans outlined in |$5.15 million bond election that failed Nov. Superintendent Fred A. Hopson will present Inmate plan for meeting the space needs of sckool district at the board’s regular meeting 15. ieadministration will also present an analysis fllie maintenance costs of any new buildings. “ ard member Bruce Robeck voted against ssing the previous plans at the regular meet- Robeck said he thought the public should be included in the process of deliberation over the building plans. He proposed a citizens’ advisory committee to study the enrollment and possible uses of existing buildings. Robeck’s motion was defeated by the board. It would take too long for an advisory commit tee to study the conditions and programs and report, said Board Member Charles Hensarling. Hensarling said he spent one week studying the proposed building plans after being ap pointed to the board in October (when he re placed board member O. C. Cooper). Hensarling said the week was spent catching itevens nomination as little opposition Associated Press ASHINGTON — The nomination of John Stevens to the Supreme Court appears to only the question of when rather than iether the Senate will confirm him, according iliminary indications. esident Ford’s selection has met with gener- favorable reaction in the legal community in Congress, where so far there have been no of serious opposition to the nomination, e Senate Judiciary Committee is to begin ings Dec. 8 on Stevens, who is Ford’s first inee to the high court, Chairman James O. Jand, D-Miss., said Monday, itevens, a member of the 7th Circuit Court of ials sitting in Chicago, met Monday with (land and ranking minority committee imberSen. Roman L. Hruska, R-Neb., as part the traditional courtesy call on senators. Ste- iswas accompanied by White House counsel ilip Buchen and presidential aide John O. Marsh Jr. After a lengthy conversation, Eastland emerged to say Stevens seemed “very pleasant and capable.” Eastland said that if the committee’s hearings are to be completed before Congress leaves for Christmas recess,.there will have to be practically no opposition. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., deputymajor- ity leader and a member of the Judiciary Commit tee, said he doubted the Senate could act on the nomination before adjourning, especially if re cess begins Dec. 12. Byrd told reporters there would be a better chance if, as appears likely, adjournment is de layed until Dec. 19. In naming the 55-year-old jurist to the court. Ford said he hoped the Senate would act promptly to bring the court to full strength. Ste vens was nominated to fill the seat of retired Justice William O. Douglas. up on plans discussed by the board over the eight months he was not on the school board. Other plans discussed by the board were the possibility of calling another bond election for the additional facilities proposed for the high school. The proposed facilities for the high school would include a vocational facility, plus library and food service expansion. Board member Lambert Wilkes said the dis trict should begin on these “because they are needed and are of high board priority.” During the meeting Wilkes also said he was concerned over the national decline in Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores. Wilkes asked Hopson whether scores in the district had declined over recent years. Hopson said he would look into the scores and report back to the board. The board was also informed by Hopson that one of the new buses ordered by the school dis trict has arrived. With the addition of the new bus the district has eliminated children standing inside moving buses on two routes. Another large bus and two mini-buses have been ordered by the district but have not arrived yet. The district must eliminate standees to comply with a new Texas Education Agency (TEA) regu lation. rnn Campus DR. A. J. THOMAS, JR., Chairman ol Graduate Legal Studies and Professor of Con stitutional Law at Soutem Methodist University School of Law, will speak to the Pre-Law Society of A&M at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Room 510 in Rudder Tower. Dr. Thomas will talk about pre paring for the study of law, law school admissions at SMU, and employment opportunities after law school. He will be available to answer students’ questions. • RITA BROWNING will perform Friday and Saturday at the Basement Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. She has previously played with a rock group. Admission will be 50 cents. • THE DEADLINE for posting special events and activities on the Spring Calendar is Friday, December 12, in the Office of Student Activities, Room 216G, in the MSC. • TEXAS A&M received 7 first place votes and remained in 2nd place in the Associated Press college football poll. BOBBY TUCKER, a sophomore agricultural education major atTAMU, was elected National President of the Future Farmers of America. Tucker is the first Texan to head the National FFA. President Ford sent a telegram to Tucker which was presented at the ceremony. As Na tional President of FFA, Tucker will travel na tionally, making personal appearances and ad dressing the importance of agriculture. KAMU TV will rerun Friday’s game between Texas A&M and the University of Texas this evening at 9:30 p.m. Texas EARL BUTZ, U. S. secretary of agriculture, made it plain in a news conference in Dallas yesterday that Texas cattle face quarantine unless Texas cattlemen comply with federal controls on brucellosis. Although the Texans have balked be cause they believe that state controls on brucel losis — a disease which causes cows to abort — are sufficient, Butz said that the other 47 states could not be jeopardized. He said that he was sure the US DA and Texas could work out a solu tion. TEXAS SCHOOLS must be redirected toward helping pupils find careers. Gov. Dolph Briscoe told the 42nd annual convention of the Texas Farm Bureau in San Antonio yesterday. He said that despite increased expenditures, the state is getting less quality education for its children. • MERGER of Houston Union locals is still a longways ofi despite U. S. Supreme Court action ending segregated membership along the Texas coast. International Longshoreman’s Associa tions representatives said. National JACQUES COUSTEAU said at a news confer ence at United Nations Headquaters yesterday that only massive international efforts can keep pollution from killing every living thing in the Mediterranean Sea except bacteria and viruses. • HENRY A. KISSINGER, secretary of state, irked by Cuban “meddling” in Angola and Puerto Rico, has vetoed a plan to improve U.S./Cuban relations through sports, American officials say. Bellard enjoys aura of a king Bonfire 1975 Staff photo by Steve Goble As one of the largest press conference crowds in Ramada Inn history passed around the numb mumbo-jumbo that goes with a football game of national importance and stuffed their respective guts with sandwiches and Schlitz, a not-so-tall, but very stately figure floated into the room with an expression heretofore unknown on this par ticular person. That particular person floated over to his cus tomary position on the hotseat near the window with the aura of one who knew he was king. Not Royal-ty but definitely the king. His name, Emory Bellard, his quest the Southwest and maybe the National Championship. The reason for his smile: he had just overcome the major stumbling block of his quest by overcoming the fifth-ranked Longhorns of Texas University 20-10 in the warm winds of Kyle Field. Indeed, what a king. Queried as to how long he was going to enjoy the victory, a pert, “‘til in the momin’,’’ was the reply, followed by a sly, “But I am gonna enjoy it ‘til the mornin’.” It was a very different attitude for Bellard, and one that is most welcome after sitting through too many of these affer-the-game sessions. For the first time this year, despite his untarnished record, Bellard did not have to go on the defensive about any part of the game. The writers this day knew the Aggies were for real and they might as well leave them alone and maybe reap a few alms themselves by sharing the bask of glory. Bellard did apologize for the kicking game say ing, “We played the kicking game poorly. We didn’t have a very good third quarter. David (Shipman) wasn’t as sharp as he has been,” were the only other areas criticized. The rest of the comments were ones of ecstasy, relief and pride. “We’ve played some excellent games but I don’t think any game we’ve played has been more meaningful. The defense played outstanding. The offense gave ‘em ten points early to start with. Offensively I thought the fellas played real well. “I’m real proud of that bunch of fellas. These guys came here and didn’t have a damn thing except losing as a prerequisite. All of them came from winning programs and they’re accustomed to it. They came here and built their own record and character. Nothing was ready-made for them.” About Carl Roaches’ reverse play thatvot the game off and going? “We’ve had it all year, we put it in the game plan and then hunt around for a time to use it and end up not using it all. But I told him before the game (Tom Wilson) that we were gonna run it on the second play of the game no matter where we were.” When were you sure you had the game won? “When Tony (Franklin) kicked that last field goal and we went ahead 20-10 was when I was sure we had ‘em whomped. I felt a lot better when we had the ball and there was only 40 seconds left.” On Robert Jackson, voted ABC defensive player of the game, Bellard said, “He did as fine a job tackling as you’d ever see. He did a tremend ous job on Campbell, turning him around.” Did the referees calling offsides on the last Franklin field goal give you second thoughts about taking the penalty and trying to score on the fourth and one-and-a-half play? “No way. No second thoughts about it. We had the points up there on the board and they were gonna have to put two touchdowns up there to win. And they just stopped us three times at the goalline. Course, on one of those, George Woodard was supposed to go right but went left. But I don’t give ajarn now. I’ll hug his neck.” Asked whether he saw any clips on the long punt return by Raymond Claybom which put up Texas’ touchdown on the board, Bellard replied no. A writer said he saw a definite clip. Bellard said, “Then why didn’t you call it?” The writer replied that he tried. He even threw his wallet down. Another writer said it was probably re turned for insufficient funds. And so it went, very relaxed, the throne room with no jesters, no jokes, just an amazing king. The sweetness of a victory over Texas is a rare •treat, only twice in 18 years. Maybe the cotton candy will come more often now that Aggieland has royalty of its own. Start packing Staff photo by Steve Goble Brandishing a soaked cotton plant. Senior Yell- Leader Chuck Hinton admires the technique of fish fable-teller at the steps of the YMCA Building who advised the crowd to start packing for the Cotton Bowl and then pulled out a yell for his class. He also did 79 pushups.