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WEDNESDAY, APR. 21, 1976
Duck
• Pitcher aims for batters
Associated Press
New York batters hit the St. Louis
pitchers hard last night — almost as
hard as Cardinals pitcher Lynn
McGlothen hit two Mets batters and
Steelers, Cowboys
to play in August
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh
Steelers 1976 National Football
League preseason schedule includes
an Aug. 28 road game with their
Super Bowl foes, the Dallas Cow
boys.
nearly sparked a brawl.
The hitting by the hitters took
place in the first two innings, when
Felix Millan, Del Unser and John
Milner each slugged two-run hom
ers to help New York carry a 6-0 lead
into the third inning. That’s when
McGlothen started hitting the bat
ters.
“I’m a big league pitcher and I
want to be around a while,” said
McGlothen, who hit Unser and op
posing pitcher Jon Matlack in the
third, causing a charge from the
Mets dugout, led by Dave Kingman.
McGlothen, who was ejected for
his tactics, continued to defend his
action.
“I just think a pitcher has a right to
try to contain the hitters. If a pitcher
feels like he’s been intimidated, he
has to do something. I hit them as a
certain measure that had to be
done,” he said.
Cardinals Manager Red Schoen-
dienst, who along with New York
shortstop Bud Harrelson was ejected
from the game in the third inning,
managed a light comment.
“Mac McGlothen was wild all
night. I’m surprised he hit anybody
if he was trying,” Schoendienst said.
But New York emotions were
militant against the action.
“I think it’s bush,” said Matlack,
who pitched a six-hitter for the 8-0
victory. “I really think I have no re
spect for the man McGlothen, even
though I did before. When a guy hits
a batter U user after a home run, it’s
one thing. But not when the score is
6-0. Everybody s got to pitch inside,
that’s part of the game. But not a
foot-and-a-half inside. ”
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Aggie tennis players
fall to league leaders
By PAUL ARNETT
Battalion Sports Editor
The Aggie tennis team was de
feated by league leader Houston,
yesterday by a score of 8-1.
The Aggies’ only victory of the
match was in the number one seeded
doubles match. The A&M team of
Charles Emley - Tom Courson came
from behind to defeat Houston’s
team of Ross Walker - Dan Valentin-
cic 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. This was a major
upset since the Houston team is the
number one seed in the conference.
In the number one seeded singles
match, Houston’s Ross Walker,
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Champions use diverse offense
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Wishbone is limit® J
By PAUL ARNETT
Battalion Sports Editor
Arkansas 31—Texas A&M 6
The cries of that score and the
sounds of “sooey pig are just now
subsiding in the hills of Arkansas. It
marked the end of The Aggie quest
for an outright Southwest Confer
ence championship and a trip to Dal
las and the Cotton Bowl.
Saturdays will come such as that sad
day in Arkansas where a strong team
will have a good defense and shut
down the rather limited wishbone.
Bellard has one more week of
practice and the spring training sea
son will be over. The hard work and
the hours of grueling practice will be
placed on the field for all Aggies to
using a hard serve and excellent
ground strokes, defeated Charles
Emley 6-2, 6-3. Walker is currently
the number one seeded player in the
conference, and the defending sing
les champion.
The meet victory gave Houston a
record of 63-9, while seventh place
A&M’s record dropped to 21-51.
The Aggies next stop is at Waco
this weekend for the Southwestern
Conference tournament to be held at
Sul Ross Courts. Play will begin
Thursday, with the finals being
completed on Saturday. All points in
the tournament count toward the
league championship.
All that agony is four months past,
and the pain of those three hours is
still etched in the minds of many
Aggies. Well, footballs are back in
the air, the cracking of helmets and
shoulder pads is back on the field and
sports writers are back at their desks,
and all are awaiting autumn and the
first Aggie kick-off.
Have the Aggies any new wrinkles
in their offense? Nope. A formation
called the floating hone, which was a
variation of the wishbone, was
scratched as quickly as it was con
ceived. The emphasis on offense was
then turned to none other than the
famous wishbone.
So how can the Aggies avoid the
dilemma they met in Arkansas, and
three weeks later against U.S.C. in
the Liberty Bowl? How can a team
that has lost such greats as Bubba
Bean, Ed Simonini and Pat Thomas
obtain another great season like the
one just past? HOW? Scratch the
wishbone offense and counter with a
more wide open attack such as the
Houston Veer, or the standard pro
set.
The wishbone formation by itself
is obsolete. A coach who has a big
and aggressive defense will be able
to put up a nine-man line and stop
any ground game you can run at it.
If it is spiced up a bit by throwing
on first down, or kicking in a new
formation when it is not obvious,
then the wishbone can work more
effectively.
they work well within th? |
the formation? I
It is never too late form
fresh ideas. The answer tottB
ond question is not as easy.
offensive formation is g< t th e ”°'
basic concept, and varying iff*’ a 9“
degree makes it lose its origBpP 0 * 1
fectiveness.
The separation of those twM too * < .
tions into a plausible ideaistl|A8§* e P 1
the coach and his staff. HoJBv ) vai
Bellard and his staff will Jap s
with a new variation if the" )n>
becomes bogged down duriii[| c * 1- f C ;
next fall. IjS a a ‘
If it is not done, thenanut|
or 10-2 season may be thee
New Year’s Day woyld beasi
a team such as Ohio State o
homa were the number oneJ
the nation, while the AggiesJ
be thinking: “For ofallsatb
tongue or pen, the saddest j
ese.. .it might have been.!
Blasphemy, you say? No, not re
ally. It does not take the most astute
football fan to know that the
wishbone works well against a
weaker team. The offense is at times
devastating, leaving teams who had
to face it wondering why they
showed their face upon the field. But
Texas A&M will not always face a
weaker team such as Rice or T.C.U.
As of now the Aggies have not
done this. The coaches seem quite
content to try and grind it out for the
score. Drives of 50 yards or more
with this type offense only increases
the chances of turning the ball over
to the opponent. To be a cham
pionship team, such as an Ohio
State, or a Notre Dame, a football
team can not afford these mental er
rors.
The last questions to be asked are:
is it too late to install some variations
on this stagnant formation, and will
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Associated Press
HOUSTON — The delJ
World Hockey Association J
pion Houston Aeros, whok
idle in the first round oftk|
playoffs, open defense ofthi
tonight against San Diegoa
die Howe says it’s about I
“We re all getting prethj
said Howe, who came out oil
ment for a second time topi
season. "When roommatel
fighting, then you knowifil)
play.”
Hie Aeros and Mariners*
the first two games of theirsi
playoff series WednesdayanJl
nights in the Aeros homekt|
Summit.
San Diego had to go.
games before defeating Phoej
best-of-five first-round
“We couldn’t schedule al
mage today because inourlR
practices we’ve had four
Aeros Coach Bill Bineensai:| HOUS"
The Aeros have been sittHciplin;
days awaiting an opponentfiouston
playoffs. "Fifteen days?”Ponlon, the t
said. “That’s about 12daystapneral r
for me.” geiitlemei
After the two games heuBThe o
best-of-seven series movermat if I \
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day. Hi stay c
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hear some of the youngerM|pgan,
the same thing. At least I b ended th
not the only one. Tm In into the
excitement gets me going time evei
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Army names head o
WEST POINT, N Y
John Randolph, whose to
cross-country teams at
Mary dominated the Souther
ference for the past eight yer
been named Army’s lieadfe
cross-country coach, succeed
late Carleton Crowell.
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