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ric and • Bryan ease in ease in ei linen s. Gulf stfered l going 'rice to w formations in store THE BATTALION TUESDAY, MAR. 30, 1976 Page 11 gs begin spring drills By TONY GALLUCCI Battalion Staff Writer eTexas Aggie Football, team oil their best year since 1956, Iractice today for the 1976-77 Itggies face their biggest loss |niory Bellard has been in Ag- 1 when 23 senior lettermen lia graduation. Included in Inch are all-Americas Garth Ipel, Ed Simonini and Pat s. Other standout starters who leave A&M are Carl Roaches, Richard Osborne, Bruce Welch, Glenn Bujnoch, Bubba Bean, Skip Walker, Blake Schwarz and Jackie Williams. But the scene is far from bleak as the positions once held by those players have a host of excellent un derstudies and newcomers compet ing. Thirty lettermen return from last year’s 10-2, nationally ranked team. Returning offensive starters in clude center Mark Dennard, guard Frank Myers, tackle Dennis Swilley, quarterback David Shipman and Fullback George Woodard. David Walker, starting at quarterback two years ago also returns. Returning defensive starters in clude end Tank Marshall, tackles Edgar Fields and Jimmy Dean, linebacker Robert Jackson, corner- back William Thompson and safety Lester Hayes. One of the surprises for the up coming session will be a look at some Indiana wins title 1 sup- know 1 im- is of a gov- pen to to get Associated Press jlLADELPHIA — Michigan lit was all over when with 44 ; left Indiana Coach Bobby began removing his star h one by one and hugging Ijoyfully as Hoosier partisans Id. |happy for them,” the elated [said afterward, “and for those 1 who have invested part of (elves in this team.” [question, Indiana is the No. 1 nthecountry,” acknowledged |an Coach Johnny Orr when per finally ended his 86-68 pare, giving the undefeated prs their 32nd season victory : National Collegiate Athletic htion basketball title. never had a better first half against Indiana, nor a worst second half. This was the first time they really beat us.” It was the third time Indiana has beaten Michigan this season — the others 80-74 and then 72-67 in over time. Orr said Michigan was running well and shooting well until his club got into foul trouble early in the sec ond half, and eventually lost two players — Britt, team captain, and freshman Phil Hubbard, who had fouled out in the two previous Hoosier games. “They were getting the shots, and we were fouling them before the ball dropped in,” Orr said. They just wore us down.” /orr cts, I lit)' of trying roals. e city some regO- which i one i sign iance. hfyas :em,a paths ive to - indi- c you s city team tionr e ser- y that >rvice for it lake a > pre- fhat’s e l> re ;ome- same n not the II ?»!’ | be a e the ; this men! , any ' S > ord>- ated- ? and ental lie"’ 3cs.,J <ing’ e iiot The i/the . i iey • 1 ving nes- "ode con- iave. a be yea are iese not rid el be .is 3 r e- Irug pe'- and tin lad’ )ese the rinning Quinn Buckner, India- inacious guard, boasted, “We II our games. What else can you rhigan almost pulled off an hut ran out of gas and into foul e with 10 minutes to go. e made a great effort,” Orr specifically referring to the srines’ strong first half when led 35-29. “But they were er in the second. We are to have lost to one hell of a all team . . . They’re damn II tell you that.” na won despite losing 7 guard Bobby Wilkerson in ening minutes. He suffered a te concussion in a collision ichigan’s Wayman Britt, hen you lose someone so sud- you don’t have much time to about a lot of things,” Knight You just try to think of a re- nent. We tried a couple of guys len we went for more quickness im Wisman. Jimmy did a great i moving the ball from side to getting it to the people who score. It’s interesting that he ayed hardly at all previously in jurnament.” sman came in with 42 seconds the first half, and he stayed all ay in the second half when the ers broke the game wide open, isman was the difference that ;d them to run their offense,” Michigan’s Steve Grote. “We etters win vo, lose one ie Aggie tennis team picked up wins last week and dropped a e match, all in non-conference as they prepare for the second of Southwest Conference d-robin play. . ie Ags beat touring Michigan on Tuesday 7-2, losing the first fifth singles matches. Richard ler shifted some of his team’s pinel and ended up with a four t|h sweep. liday the Ags lost 5-4 to a tough pnsin squad then bounced back ia6-3 win over Lamar on Satur- h Aggies resume conference this afternoon against Houston i. TCU comes to College Station biday and the Ags travel to Waco a match with Baylor on Sunday. — Tony Gallucci Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Kent Be nson, the Most Valuable player of the 1976 National Collegiate Athletic- Association basketball Cham pionship, might best be described as a Dave Cowens in a college uniform. The 6-foot-ll Benson bulls to the basket and seems to have a nose for the ball, just like Cowens, the star center of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Benson, a 245-pounder with the moves of a guard, scored 25 points, grabbed nine rebounds and handed out two assists as he muscled the un beaten Indinan Hoosiers to the na tional collegiate basketball cham pionship. Indiana crushed Michigan 86-68 Monday night to complete a march through one of the toughest brackets in NCAA tournament history. The Hoosiers beat four of the Top Ten ranked teams en route to their third title in eight postseason ventures. Both winning Coach Bobby Knight and loser Johnny Orr put the finger on Benson as the major differ ence between the two Big Ten rivals. Knight observed that Benson de served the MVP accolade. “He played an outstanding game,’’ said the Indiana coach. “He did an outstanding job on the boards. He got the ball for us.” Benson, a junior from New Castle, Ind., didn’t allow a little thing like a cast on his left wrist to deter him. He’s been playing with torn liga ments, and has plans for an operation during the off season. And to hear Knight tell it, Benson has yet to reach his peak. “Benson has developed well at In diana,” observed Knight, who has encouraged the big guy to be aggres sive. “He’ll develop even more next year,” Knight said. “He’s done an outstanding job and he’ll do even better,” the coach advised. It’s hard to envision Benson any better than he was against Michigan Monday night. He was devastating. Phil Hubbard, the talented Wol verine center, fouled out trying to stop the Indiana crasher. Benson scored 10 points in the first half as Indiana left, trailing 35-29. “It was just a matter of gathering myself together,” Benson said. “I was a little tight in the first half. I knew I had to take the ball stronger to the hoop. I had to do my job re bounding and defending.” Then, Benson provided the un derstatement of the night. "I guess I just played harder in the second half,” he noted. Benson credits God with his de velopment as the best center in col lege basketball. “Coach Knight helped me consid erably, but everything I’ve done goes back to my faith in Jesus Christ. I played tonight (Monday) not for myself, or for my teammates, but for the glory of God. I get my emotional energies from Jesus Christ. He’s my only audience. I try to play for Him. ” new offensive formations, including one which sets a back in mobon from the fullback position. Bellard said earlier that the wishbone may still be used in the coming season in refer ence to news reports that the forma tion of his invention had been scrap ped. The position in motion, known as the floater, will be handled during spring training by Mike Floyd, Robert Verde and Randall Teate. Both Floyd and Verde have played at split-end for the Ags previously, while Teate is a mid-term junior col lege transfer. The backs in the formation will likely be Woodard, and Eddie Har din, a reserve fullback behind Woodard last year. Top candidates for the back positions will be Adger Armstrong, Gary Young, Darrell Smith and Bobby Mitchell. High Aggies beat Baylor 6-3, then get first SWC loss Associated Press WACO, Tex. — Buster Turner’s pinch hit three-run homer capped a five-run seventh inning as the Texas Aggies beat Baylor 6-3 Monday, but the Bears gained a split of the Southwest Conference baseball doubleheader with 5-2 victory in the second game. Baylor led until the final inning of the opener, when the Aggies exploded for four hits that produced the five runs. James Gibson got the victory for the Aggies, his 10th this year. Until Monday, Gibson had not allowed a run for 52 innings. John Schott scattered six Aggies hits in the second game to hand Texas A&M its first SWC loss of the season. The Aggies led in the early going, but Shane Nolen’s two-run double tied it in the fourth and Baylor went ahead for good on a solo homer by Mike Wells. Baylor’s record is 14-13 overall and 6-5 in the SWC. The Aggies are 24-3 overall and 7-1 in the confer ence. The loss in the second game drop ped the Aggies into second place in the SWC race, behind Texas and Houston which each have 11-1 loop marks. 1976 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Site Kickoff Sept. 11 Virginia Tech College Station 4 p.m. Sept. 18 Kansas State College Station 4 p.m. Sept. 25 U. of Houston Houston (Rice Stadium) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 Illinois Champaign 1:30 p.m. Oct. 9 Texas Tech* College Station 1:30 p.m. Oct. 16 Baylor* College Station 1:30 p.m. Oct. 23 Rice* College Station 1:30 p.m. Oct. 30 SMU* Dallas (Cotton Bowl) 1:30 p.m. Nov. 6 Open Date Nov. 13 Arkansas* Fayetteville 1 p.m. Nov. 20 TCU* College Station 1:30 p.m. Nov. 27 Texas* Austin 2 p.m. SKATTinSTG- ):Nri_r5r every TUESDAY 7:00-9:00 PM * * r- * feature: iller Skating mper Cars Mature Golf ooting Gallery ime Machines otographs incessions bo A a Park 846-5737 846-5736 oss from College Station water 'er on Hwy. 6 What was Bonanza ... is now STEAKS & SEAFOODS IT’S THE SAME .. . ONLY BETTER! Better Quality Foods & Better Selection of Entrees. 317 N. COLLEGE AVE. 846-8741 school sensation Curtis Dickey will have to be reckoned with in August. A battle is also shaping up at quar terback where Shipman and Walker, both starters in past seasons, will be challenged by Keith Baker, a freshman who saw limited action last season. Three of the front four defensive linemen return with the open posi tion being sought by Stacy Breihan and transfer Eugene Sanders. Thompson’s spot at the corner looks solid, with a host of others seek ing the open spot. Hayes at safety will also be accompanied by one of half a dozen talented competitors. Basically both sides of the line look solid with major competition upcom ing in the backfields. The culmination of four weeks of hard work, the Maroon and White game, is scheduled for 7 p.m. April 24. © © © © © © © © - - ©-^ © © The Aggies’ new “floating bone” formation includes a fullback-split end who may “float” either right or left according to the play. Other formations are in the works as Texas A&M begins spring drills today. Vols, Horns run ‘dual’ at Dallas By PAUL McGRATH Battalion Sports Editor Orange and white were the colors of the day as the University of Ten nessee and the University of Texas track teams made a dual meet out of the Dallas Invitational. The Volunteers and Longhorns, both having uniforms cast in similar hues, between them won 13 of the 18 events, while finishing one-two in the meet. The talented Tennessee team amassed 139 points to Texas’ 102. Kansas followed with 96, Baylor with 72, Oklahoma with 61, Texas A&M with 57, Oklahoma State with 19 and SMU with 8. The Vols won both relays and dominated the sprints. NCAA finalist Reggie Jones won the 100- meter dash in 10.0, one-tenth of a second off the world mark. Jones also anchored the Tennessee sprint relay team which set a meet record with a 40.0 clocking. In all, Tennessee won eight events including a 46.6 victory in the 400- meter dash by Lamar Preyor. Texas’ Jim McGoldrick and Dana LeDuc gathered 32 points in the dis cus and shot put while teammates David Shepherd and Frank Estes finished first and second in the pole vault at 17-1 and 16-6 feet respec tively. This quartet scored almost half of the Horns’ total points. The Longhorns won five events, finishing second in both relays. This marked the first time this year that the defending Southwest Confer ence champs had finished ahead of Baylor. The Aggies placed 15 men in 17 events — they did not enter the tri ple jump — but could finish no higher than sixth. Yet, assistant A&M track coach Ted Nelson was pleased. “Even though we finished sixth in the meet we felt that we had some real good performances,” he said. Bill Newton had his best javelin throw of the year with a 233-3 foot toss. High jumper Don Riggs equalled his personal best ever with a leap of 6-10 feet. Ronnie Keyes barely missed clearing the height, hitting the bar with his heels. Brad Blair placed third in the pole vault with a season’s best vault of 16-6 feet. Sprinter Ray Brooks ran a 21.0 in the 200-meter dash for third place, defeating one of the nation’s top dash men in Tennessee’s Ronnie Harris. Harris ran a 45.7 quarter last year and was often under 21 seconds in the furlong. Shifton Baker had his best time of the season in the 400-meter inter mediate hurdles, placing fourth at 51.6. Teammate Curtis Collier had a 52.2 in the same event. Distance specialist Manfred Kohrs ran a 3:48.1 in the 1,500-meter run, equivalent to a 4:06 mile time. 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