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THE BATTALION Page 11
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1977
United Press International
DALLAS — During the summer
eston Pearsou did a good imita
rn of the invisible man. After all.
he was supposedly on his way out as ings are anything like last Sunday’s,
Dallas Cowboys tailback and Tony local fans will be saying:
Dorsett was on his way in. “Tony who? ’
But if the next few Cowboys out- The Heisman Trophy winner did
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David Walker, handing off to George Woodard rushed for 82 yards, in leading the
Woodard, appears to be saying, “Woo.” Ags to a 27-6 victory over Virginia Tech.
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If a Hollywood producer came to Aggressiveness has become a
:xas A&M looking for someone to trademark at Aggieland and accord-
ay the role of a tough, rugged foot- mg to Bennett, there’s no other way
11 player, he’d undoubtedly sign — especially when playing under
lil Bennett to a contract. Melvin Robertson, A&M’s defensive
Not only does the 6-2, 235-pound coordinator.
fensive end look the part, but
hen he’s on stage in front of
Wands of cheering football fans,
usually puts on a command per-
mance as well.
Phil’s one tough son-of-a-gun,
ithisii ys defensive end coach R. C.
“Coach Robertson is a perfec
tionist from the word go . You either
play tough and aggressive or you
don’t play at all. It’s that simple.”
One of the strong points of this
year’s A&M defensive corps is
depth , so Robertson will be sub-
seas# ocum. “He comes out ready to play stituting more freely this year,
jportuijery time he steps on a football
Id.”
[Bennett, a senior physical educa-
n major, is one of the players who
d to step in after the Aggies lost
[ht starters from last year. He was
, itarter in last January s 37-14 Sun
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win over Florida.
As a three-time all-District
ebacker at Marshall High School,
nnett was recruited to play that
d. I’i«l
mdlli Isition at A&M, but was switched
11 cat to defensive end his sophomore
toj |ar. That year he played behind
“We’ve got the players who can
come in and play well behind us,
says Bennett. “Obviously a player
who is rested can do a better job
usually than someone who’s been
out there a long time.”
This week, the Aggie defense will
have its hands full in trying to stop
the explosive Texas Tech off ense, led
by quarterback Rodney Allison.
“We’ve been waiting all year to get
at Tech,” says Bennett. It’s our
main objective right now. We can’t
, - afford to make many mistakes with
mil L 01 , Schwartz, who made all-SWC Al ] ison back there. We have to keep
»r the Aggies.
Irowpj F'Blake was the best technique
uartoj Iyer I ever coached, ” says Slocum.
irslli' 1 Phi] watched h im and copied some
is technique so they’re a lot alike
[that respect.”
ennett is well aware of the pres-
eon the A&M defense to live up
he reputation it has established in
entyears. They got their first test
the Aggies’ 28-14 opening game
i over Kansas.
I think we did a good job,” Ben-
ettrecalls. “We had a too many
ntal errors but I think our aggres-
eness made up for most of them. ”
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him boxed in so it’ll take some of the
pressure off our defensive backs. ”
Bennett assures that there is no
chance of anyone looking past Tech
toward playing Michigan the week
after.
“Tech s the one we need to win to
get us on line to the Cotton Bowl.
Beating Michigan would be like hav
ing dessert, but right now it’s Texas
Tech we re concerned with — no one
else.”
Being a senior, Bennett realizes
that he has the added responsibility
of helping the younger players, a job
Slocum says he does well.
“First of all, Phil is a heckuya per
son. Also, anyone who’s been around
as long as he has gained quite a bit of
knowledge about the game. He’s not
only tough, quick and aggressive,
but he’s also the smartest defensiv e
end we’ve got as far as knowing in
stinctively what to do when he’s out
there.”
Phil Bennett won’t win an Oscar
for his performance at defensive end
because there’s no acting involved.
What he does is for real.
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make his NFL debut Sunday in the
Cowboys’ thrilling 16-10 overtime
win over Minnesota, but his most
memorable moment came when he
fumbled near the Vikings goal line
in the second quarter.
Pearson, on the other hand, made
an excellent catch in the end zone
for Dallas’ fourthquarter, go-ahead
touchdown and was generally Mr.
Clutch all day long.
And when the afternoon was
over. Pearson hoped he had made a
point with the fans.
T just want people to realize that
Preston Pearson is the starting tail
back. Pearson said.
"All I want is some respect from
the opposition. And I think I got
some respect from Minnesota.
“We worked hard for the win
against the Vikings and we deserved
it. The defense kept us in the game
and we wanted to show them we
appreciated it.
Softball team
finishes first
The combined efforts of Texas
A&M women’s softball pitcher Kim
Bellamy and pinch hitter Liz
Zemanek helped the Aggies to the
championship seat of their fourth
annual Women’s Invitational
Softball tournament this past
weekend.
The win was a first for the Aggies
in their four years of hosting the
tournament.
Bellamy was credited for four wins
and one loss to second place Stephen
F. Austin. Zemanek knocked in the
w inning run in two of the games that
went into extra innings.
In Friday’s play the Aggies beat
Texas Weslayan 4-1 with Shirley
Brown and Vicki Markowski each
getting two hits. They then lost to
Stephen F. Austin 3-2.
Saturday, the Aggies squeezed out
a 1-0 win over Sam Houston State
University when Zemanek hit a tri
ple in the ninth inning and drove in
the winning run.
Zemanek went on to pull out
another win for the Aggies in the
eighth inning with a triple against
the University of Texas at Arlington.
The Aggies beat UTA 3-2. Cindy
Gough was credited with two hits.
In their final game, the Aggies de
feated Stephen F. Austin 5-2. The
win brings the Aggies to 4-1 for the
season.
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Both defenses played superlative
games Sunday, with Minnesota
keeping the Cowboys out of the end
zone until late in the game despite
Dallas owning excellent field posi
tion the entire second half.
“Hey, this is a team game, said
Cowboys defensive end Harvey
Martin, who was one of those who
bothered Minnesota quarterback
Fran Tarkenton into three intercep
tions and two intentional grounding
calls.
“It’s not our offense vs. our de
fense. If our guys can’t get it in the
end zone the first time, we just tiy
to get it back for them so they can
try the next time.
"When they marked this win in
the book they marked it for the Dal
las Cowboys. They marked it for the
team, not just for one group of the
team.
Vikings defensive end Carl Filer,
however, was not so kind.
He was quoted in a Dallas news
paper as saying:
“I honestly don t think we can ex
pect the defense to keep playing like
that. Everyone is going to have to
start playing better.
"Sometimes we ll have to do it.
Sometimes the offense will have to
do it. We may as well get that set
tled now.
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