Page 8 THE BATTALION
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1977
Curtis Dickey wants 1,500-yard seasoi
By DAVID BOGGAN
The second fastest football player
in the nation rests his 6-foot-2,
202-poiind body in his room after a
hard afternoon workout. He concen
trates on a heavyweight fight on
television.
The young athlete is Curtis
Dickey, sophomore halfback for
Texas A6cM. He is very quiet and
answers questions as briefly as pos
sible.
Eight miles away, in Bryan, Mrs.
Thelma Dickey sits in the home
where she raised Curtis and his two
older and two younger brothers.
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playing college football,” she says,
“especially Curtis because of his
being shy.
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Dickey, the all-district, all-state,
all-America footballer from Bryan
High School, decided to attend
A&M for two reasons.
“I like living close to my mother.
If she needs anything, Tm right
here to help out,” Dickey says.
“Also, I knew I had a good chance of
becoming first team.”
He wasted no time doing that. By
the third game of last season he was
an Aggie starter. He gained 726
yards on 142 carries and scored
eight touchdowns. He caught 13
passes for 146 yards and threw two
halfback passes for touchdowns. He
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Mrs. Dickey likes having Curtis
close to home, too.
“I can get to see him play in per
son. If he went away from home I
might only get to see him on televi
sion,” she says, “but I told him it
was up to him where he wanted to
go.
“I used to not care anything for
football,” Mrs. Dickey says. “I
never saw a football game until they
were telling me how good Curtis
was and how I ought to go watch
him at Bryan High. I went to the
first one and I’ve been going ever
since.
“I guess that I just enjoy seeing
him play so much that I never worry
about him,” she adds. “I just pray
that nothing happens to him.”
Dickey, who gained 136 yards
and one touchdown in last week’s
opener against Kansas, wants to
rush for 1,500 yards this season,
which is more than double his rec
ord last season.
“He’s going to get those 1,500
yards, too, says his roommate,
Jimmy Hamilton, sophomore eor-
nerback.
Dickey feels it is too early in his
career to speculate on his future in
football, and he contends that he
prepares for this year’s games one at
a time. When Michigan’s number
one rating is mentioned, however,
he does voice an opinion.
“That is going to have to change, ”
he says, and he believes it will
change on October 1 when A6tM
meets Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Mention track to Dickey and he
starts laughing. “Are you going to
ask me about Lam Jones?” he asks.
He is accustomed to questions about
the fastest football player in the na
tion from t.u.
I believe I could have beat him
(in the conference meet last May) if
I would have started training two
weeks earlier,” says Dickey, who
runs a 9.4 hundred. “I had a fantas
tic start, but my finish wasn’t all that
strong and he had a strong finish.
“I just run. I don’t think about
anything really, ” Dickey says of his
speed. “I just give it all I’ve got and
if I win, Twin. It just comes
natural.
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Quarterback David Walker (No. 8) was one
of the few bright spots for the Texas Aggies
against Virginia Tech. The senior from Louisi-
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ana hit 8 out of 11 passes for 97 yards. The An
defeated the Gobblers 27-6.
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INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS
BREAKFAST EVERY
MORNING
Football Officials’ Clinic
There will be 102 officials sport
ing the stylish zebra-strip e uni
form this flag football season.
From the latest total of 430 football
teams, it would probably be safe to
say that they will be earning their
pay. Five clinics, three in class and
two on the field, have been held
by assistant director James Wel-
ford. The purpose of these clinics
is of course to help unexperienced
and experienced officials to do
their job better. All rules were
discussed and role-play situations
were presented to the referees and
umpires. All participants seemed
enthusiastic and conscientious
about their future responsibilities.
All officials will be given bi
weekly take-home quizzes to keep
them on top of the rules. W e lford
also stated that officials will take a
firm and consistent approach to
flagrant offenders of the rules (so,
play nice). The officials themselves
have done the bulk of the studying
on their own time and have called
practice games without pay. They
have also received instruction on
proper positioning for good call
ing, so, they are trying to do a
good job for you.
The major change in flag football
this year are smaller penalties
(from 15 to 10 yards) because of
the 80 yard field situation.
Duffers get ready
September 20 marks the dead
line for golf singles entries. The
competition for this tournament
precluded by an 18-hole qualifying
round on Sept. 25th. The top 16
individuals will then go into single
elimination 9-hole playoffs.
Winter rules will be in effect and
play will start from the white tees.
Scores will be recorded on a
medalist basis (purely on the
number of strokes it takes to com
plete the course). A green fee of
$2.00 for students, faculty-staff,
$2.50 wk. days, $3.50 wk. ends
will be paid for each round played.
The tournament will be held on
the Texas A&M University golf
course.
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SPORT
SHORTS
Intramural Badminton
Refs
Corner
Mandatory Officials’
meeting 8:00 p.m., room
267 G. Rollie White.
Badminton Intramurals will in
clude men’s and womens’ singles,
doubles and mixed doubles.
Competition will begin October
3 with the entries opening Sep
tember 19 and closing September
27. The games will be played
Monday thru Thursday beginning
at 5 p.m. and ending at 10 p.m.
The eligibility requirements are
stated in the Intramural Hand
book. The categories for competi
tion will be the standard A, B, or
C. Class A is considered highly
skilled and competitive. It is also
the only category that the All-
University honors are bestowed
upon. Class B is considered
moderately skilled and competi
tive. Class C is for the casual skilled
and mildly competitive. Winners
of all classes of competition will
receive Intramural Championship
T-shirts.
Matches will be the best two out
of three games, a game consisting
of 21 points. Competition will be
single elimination. Schedules for
games to be played will be posted
September 29 in the Intramural
Office. Participants are asked to
provide their own racquets; how
ever, a limited number may be|
checked out from the IM Office.
Any questions concerning the
tournament can he answered atf
the Intramural Office.
Sport Shorts
DATES
Entries Closing:
Entries Opening;
Bowling
Golf Singles
Home Run Hitting
Handball Singles
Badminton
September 20
September 19
Fish Day Results
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2. F-2
3. D-l
4. Scj. 7, B-Co Band
5. Sq. 3
6. Sq. 10
7. W-l (M)
8. Sq. 2
9. A-l
10. Sq. 4,
LI. C-l
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26. K-l
27. M-l
28. 1-1
29. Q-2
30. Sq. 9
31. B-2
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13. L-l, Sq. 11, 4 Batt.
Band, M-2
14. Sq. 12
15. E-Z
16. H-2
17. S-2
18. B-l
19. Sq. 8
20. A-GO., Band
21. K-2
22. Sq. 15
23. N-l
24. Sq. 6
25. W-l (W). B-Batt.
Band
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will have logged five classroom hours and 4‘/2 field h<> l,,s
officiating clinics.
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