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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APR. 8, 1976 Page 7 oilege Football Draft Selmon expected to go first 'ewillal drunlft Associated Press v >olalo [ational Football League scouts 'ysofltltell you this is the Year of the xtsarejner — but the first choice in tlities irsday’s college draft is almost B|p to be a player whose job it is top those runners — defensive j Leroy Selmon. he expansionist Tampa Bay Buc- eers own the opening selection in a y> V draft lottery and unless there is a y sudden, very unexpected nge of plans, Selmon, an All- lean at Oklahoma, will be their and I ibleattii 1.50 foil twelve “I think we ll go for him,” said Ron Wolfe, Tampa Bay’s vice president of operations. “I’ve felt pretty much that way all along and I haven’t seen anything to change my mind.” Selmon, winner of the Outland Trophy as college football’s outstand ing lineman, said the Buccaneers had been in touch with him. “They’ve told me there’s a lot of interest in me,” the 6-foot-2, 256- pound lineman said. Playing for a brand new team won’t bother Selmon. “It’s all right. It’s a chance to play in the NFL. With an expansion team, you have a chance to grow with it. It might be neat.” It could be even neater for the family if Leroy’s brother, All- American nose guard Dewey Sel mon, winds up drafted by Tampa, too. “I hope to go in the first two rounds,” said Dewey. Tampa’s expansion partners, the Seattle Seahawks, will draft second and are expected to select running o season opens with Astros facing champ Reds back Chuck Muncie of California. Seahawks’ Coach Jack Patera be lieves football games are won on de fense, but that won’t prevent the Seahawks from going for an offensive player like Muncie with the first of their 25 draft choices. “If the 25 best players available are offensive guards,” said Patera, “then we ll take 25 offensive guards and sort them out later.” Muncie heads the rushing class that includes Ohio State’s Archie Griffin, a two-time Heisman Trophy winner and college football’s first 5,000-yard man, Joe Washington of Oklahoma, Tony Galbreath of Mis souri and Lawrence Gaines of Wyoming. Besides the Selmons, linemen who figure to go early include Charles Philyaw of Texas Southern, Arizona’s Mike Dawson and Ken Novak of Purdue. The top tight ends include Bennie Cunningham of Clemson and Mike Barber of Louisiana Tech with Larry Dorsey of Tennessee State and Bill Brooks of Oklahoma among the best wide receivers. The quarterback class seems slim with the best of the crop Craig Pen rose of San Diego State, Gene Swick of Toledo, Scott Gardner of Virginia and Richard Todd of Alabama. The New England Patriots own the most first-round selections with three, two of them acquired from San Francisco in the Jim Plunkett trade this week. Five teams, Hous ton, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington and Oakland, will sit out the first round, having swapped their choices away earlier. NOW COMES MILLER TIME For your party needs . . . Miller Kegs, Lite Kegs, Half-Barrels, and Ponies. Also Muchner (dark). See your college rep. or call 822-3623. Reserve yours now. We appreciate it. BRAZOS BEVERAGES 505 HWY. 2818 - Industrial Park 822-3623 Irving B»i 'inner id DM' 3om, FiJ alias Paso Associated Press here are problems galore, on the »nd off. But, ready or not, Ij'd eball begins its 1976 season ■old RorEi? 1 (■day. resscorJincinnati hosts the traditional aUas-Ftional League opener. It will be a ia Delwticularly gala event with the Reds ;ing the 1975 World Cham- nship flag in Riverfront Stadium. , 1( , dlout crowd of more than 52,000 e Ter 1 be on hand for the celebration of ciationticinnati’s memorable seven-game rlcl Series victory over Boston, -eptiot Manager Sparky Anderson will 1 Pm®the baseball to righthander fy Nolan for openers — but re s almost no chance the Reds’ lOidsp Sing pitcher will be around at the jnnial ish. Anderson owns one of 3250 Hall’s best ballpens and says be n t risk tender arms early in the ilton K stiom stale l» year. Houston will use lanky J. R. Richard against the Big Red Machine. In the American League opener, Milwaukee expects a crowd of 50,000 for the Brewers’ game against the New York Yankees. Jim Slaton goes for Milwaukee against Catfish Hunter, ace of the Yankee staff. There are eight games scheduled for Friday, four in each league. In the National League, Montreal sends Steve Rogers against Tom Seaver of the New York Mets. Sea- ver staged a bitter spring-long hold out that ended earlier this week. But the ace pitcher’s contract agreement with the club will need approval from NL President Chub Feeney because it contains certain incentive clauses that may not be permitted under baseball law. ^sonka returns to NFL; mt it s Giants this time Associated Press Ptai fullback Larry Csonka re- yCG imd to the National Football •ms a g" e Wednesday, signing with lend j 2 New York Giants for a reunion tende tllCoach Bill Arnsparger. cts it •sparger had been an assistant rregatl* 1 with Miami when the star ,,, °f r ,Ming back helped the Dolphins to ^iftsecutive Super Bowl cham- , ts a( j mships in 1973 and 1974. Since n, both had left Miami — nsparger for New York and ™ka for the ill-fated World Foot- eague. [e announcement by the Giants iperstars get tance to shine ttvl Acli elevii i A&M contest Headline for entering the second xas A&M Superstars Contest is " l pril 20. The competition, spon • >red by the Intramurals Office. | April 26-May 7 daily. The eight events will be bowling, nnis, weightlifting, 100-yard jm, 100-yard dash, freethrow ooting, a run on the obstacle i and softball throw. Ahneeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. il 20 in room 267 of G. Rollie ite for the contestants. Com- ifors must have sponsors. All-University t-shirts will be ded winners and certificates to ;rs-up. Points will be awarded a|l0-7-5-3-l basis unless there are r than 20 entrants in each divi- in which case special scoring lods will be used. Wednesday night ended a bidding war for the one-time Dolphin’s star and returned to the NFL the biggest name the WFL ever had. The terms of Csonka’s contract with the Giants were not im mediately known, but it was known that he — or his agent, Ed Keating —- had been demanding a multiyear contract worth in the neighborhood of $250,000 a year plus a variety of cash bonuses and fringe benefits. In his seven years with Miami, Csonka rushed 1,286 times for 5,900 yards — a 4.6-yard average — and scored 44 touchdowns, all but three of them on the ground. He rushed for 1,000 yards or more three straight years ending in 1973. In his best season, 1972, he had 1,117 yards. In his NFL career, he rushed for 100 yards or more in 15 games. In 1974, his last year with Miami and one in which he was in jured part of the time, he rushed 197 times for 749 yards and nine touchdowns. King Carl XVI makes 3 day tour Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden concludes a three-day tour of the Philadelphia area today before leaving for Min neapolis. The 29-year-old king, the first Swedish monarch to visit this coun try, trooped through Philadelphia’s 18th century historical sites and ran his finger over the crack in the Lib erty Bell on Wednesday. During his holdout, Seaver had been rumored headed for Los Angeles in a trade. The man the Dodgers were offering was repor tedly Don Sutton — their opening- day pitcher in San Francisco against { ohn Montefusco. But that game has >een threatened by a strike of city workers that has picket lines set up in fr ont of Candlestick Park. Atlanta’s Phil Niekro goes at San Diego with Randy Jones starting for the Padres, and the Chicago Cubs will use Ray Burris at St. Louis against Lynn McGlothen. The final NL opener is scheduled for Saturday with Pittsburgh using Jerry Reuss against Philadelphia’s Steve Carlton. In Friday’s top American League opener, Boston goes with Ferguson Jenkins against Baltimore’s Jim Palmer. The Orioles hope to have con vinced slugger Reggie Jackson to play for them in time for that game. Jackson was acquired in a blockbus ter trade with Oakland last week but has balked at joining Baltimore. In other AL games Friday, Kansas City will use Paul Splittorff to face the Chicago White Sox’ Wilbur Wood. 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