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With the loss of David Walker, the gs are hard pressed at quarterback, of now, David Shipman and Keith iker will alternate at quarterback for the Maroon team, with John Baber, a freshman from Hobbs, New Mexico, quarterbacking the Whites. 1 The Aggies have suffered a rash of injuries this spring, so it is doubtful that we will see the football team at fiillstrengh. Fullback Eddie Hardin broke his collar bone, and Chet handler has a bruised kidney, bach Bellard said that because of bese injuries, the Maroons will run ie wishbone, and the Whites a split ackfield. Injuries on the defense have also en plentiful. Edgar Fields has een hampered by a knee injury and ay not see action. Lester Hayes is eportedly not at a hundred per cent Either. Centers Matt Freeman and Kenny Kirk, and offensive tackles Xirtis Jennings and Cody Risien will ;ee action on each squad. All four are [excellent in their positions, and Bel lard says he wants to get a good look at each one. Small back akes pro Associated Press All of a sudden Greg Pruitt isn’t so |mall anymore. The personable former Oklahoma Ul-American running back has aade his mark on professional foot ball with the Cleveland Browns, Overcoming the “too small tag that bas plagued him since his junior high [school days in Houston. Last year the 5-foot-1, 190-pound fruitt lived up to the expectations of Irowns owner Art Modell by rush ing for 1,067 yards to join Jim Brown and Leroy Kelly as the only Browns to ever reach that milestone. Modell, Pruitt and several other Cleveland players and officials were |in Oklahoma City Wednesday to an nounce the Browns would play At- Slanta in an exhibition game Aug. 7 at iLewis Stadium in Stillwater, home |of the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Modell said the drafting of Pruitt linthe second round came after much Sdebate among the Cleveland staff, iwith Modell finally making the deci- |sion. “Cleveland has had a history of [great running backs and I guess they saw something in me,” Pruitt said. “They must know something about [developing backs, too.” Pruitt said he knows he is in illus trious company, being mentioned with the likes of Brown and Kelley. [“When I was young I really didn’t follow football that much, but I knew of Jimmy Brown. When I was picked by Cleveland, I related back to that, I being on a team where I might at least be compared to someone like that.” With the Greg Pruitts and the | Terry metcalfs doing such great things, more pro teams are begin ning to utilize the speed and superior quickness of the smaller backs. Halfback Joe Washington, a 185- pound former Oklahoma teammate of Pruitt who tore up the Big Eight the past two years, was the fourth player plucked in the pro draft this year, going to the San Diego Char gers. Pruitt had no doubts Washington will make the grade in the pros. Transfers to La. Tech Walker quits team THE BATTALION FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1976 Page 5A By PAT EDMONDSON David Walker, one of the most gifted quarterbacks from Louisiana since the Terry Bradshaw-Joe Fer guson era, has quit the Texas A&M football team. He will transfer to Louisiana Tech following the current semester and will continue his athle tic career on a two-year scholarship. A red-shirt last fall. Walker made the decision Wednesday morning when he asked A&M Head Coach Emory Bellard for a release. “It was a decision he made,” said Bellard. “He feels like his future would be stronger someplace else. I wish him all the luck in the world. ” A 6-0, 185-pounder out of Suupher, La., Walker ended his A&M career fighting for the signal calling duties with teammates David Shipman and Keith Baker. Bellard termed it “the best spring he’s ever had.” He has not seen spring action since April 10 though, when he hyperextended his right knee during workouts. Once referred to as “Baby Face” and “The Kid,” Walker took the starting berth away from ex-Marine Mike Jay as a I7-year-old midway through the 1973 season. In his first appearance in the unfamiliar backfield, the freshman sensation led the Aggies on four of five touchdown drives and rushed for 81 yards on 19 carries. He netted 395 yards and six touchdowns and hit on 31 of 69 pass attempts for 426 yards during the final four games. He was named “Freshmen of the Year” in the Southwest Conference by the UPI. Walker remained number one in 1974, guiding the Ags to an 8-3 mark under the now defunct T-bone for mation. Toward season’s end though, a lack of offensive punch be came evident and Walker was highly criticized as the center of the ineffec tiveness. He was red-shirted last season and by early spring this year he had be come disgruntled with the Wishbone offense. “That kind of sealed my decision, ” said Walker. “The triple option made me look like a poor quarter back.” “I’d go into games knowing I was gonna fumble two or three times.” “I’m not sure he had the confi dence he could effectively run it,” commented Bellard. At Tech, Walker will be con fronted with a more wide open of fense. “They run a split-back formation, with variations of the T,’ he said. “The offense also features a lot of drop back passing. In their (Tech) final game of last season they put the ball in the air 52 times. “I feel I can run any offense except the Wishbone, and I think I owe it to myself at this time to make a change.” VALUABLE COUPON 301 PATRICIA NORTHGATE 846-7401 Good through April 30 THE VARSITY SHOP COUPON SPECIAL $2.00 OFF On a wash, cut, & style with this coupon. Professional Personalized Hair Service for Men and Women Going Back Home David Walker (Number 8) decided that A&M was no longer his home. The disgruntled quarterback is heading back to Louisiana to play ball for Louisiana Tech. The offense there is more open and should fit Walker’s style of play better than the wishbone of A&M. Loss of player hurts team Associated Press Nets Coach Kevin Loughery says holding out forward Rich Jones hurt his team’s play in their 106-105 loss to San Antonio in an American Bas ketball Association playoff match Wednesday. Loughery announced before the game that Jones stayed in New York because of comments made about him by Spurs General Manager John Begzos and Coach Bob Bass after the Nets forward participated in a brawl in Sunday’s fourth game of the series. Begzos called Jones “garbage” and Bass referred to him as a “cheap shot artist.” And a local sportscaster, noting Jones has legal problems in the city, aired that sheriffs deputies would meet him if he returned. “It’s my decision. I made it on my own,” said Loughery. “He (Jones) wants to play, but I don’t think he’s in any frame of mind to play.” The New York Coach added that Jones would be unsafe in San An tonio although Loughery later told local newsmen there probably would have been no danger. “It was their judgment,” said Spurs Coach Bob Bass, when asked about Jones’ absence. “I know that we miss James Silas more than they miss Jones.” Spurs star guard James Silas broke his ankle in the final regular season game against New York and has mis sed the series. San Antonio traded Jones and two other players to New York last year in exchange for center Billy Paultz. “This town made the worst re marks I’ve ever seen directed toward one individual,’’ said Loughery. “Jones played here, loved this town. It’s still his off-season home. To have a guy treated like this is unfair. It’s a complete disgrace to basketball.” APPLICATIONS FOR 1976-1977 PUBLIC RE LATIONS CHAIRMAN AND TREASURER OF THE RESIDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION ARE BEING ACCEPTED IN THE RHA OFFICE, MSC 216, UNTIL APRIL 29 5:00 P.M. For Battalion Classified Call 845-2611 UNIVERSITY APARTMENT COUNCIL fleamarket APRIL 24th 9 am to 4 pm .In Front Apts Offices Everyone Welcome To SELL PLEASE CALI 846-3933 University Drive Of Married Student SENIOR SUNDAY APRIL 25 8-12 BAR DRINK .50 Lg. BEER .45 Admission only — with Senior Ring 75/76 6th Annual Texas A&M KARATE Championships Saturday, April 24, 1976 Eliminations 11:00 a.m. - Finals 7:30 p.m. General Admission $2.50 A&M Students w/I.D. $1.50 Children under 10 75c Held at G. Rollie White Coliseum Tickets Available at the T.S.P.F. Karate Academy 693-4856 1800 Ponderosa College Station, Texas ° NLY 7 * e ^ \ EXPIRES ™ ifnrninitSM OFFER EXPIRES^^I^^i^ ” \ ^ june 20, 1076 june 20, 1076 ^ / / —— — — — —— — — — — \ TACO x 7 A Thurs. thru Sun. 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