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.
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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.
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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.