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THE BATTALION Page 15 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1977 Paul Arnett Baylor quarterback out for year The Baylor Bears received some bad news yesterday. Number one quarterback Sammy Bickham, who was injured last Saturday against the SMU Mustangs, is lost for the sea son. "They have a very talented squad,” coach Emory Bellard said. "But they haven’t reached their po tential' because of injuries. Losing Bickham will hurt them, no question about it. They have some great players, though, who can help the team’s cause.” But, without Bickham, the Bears’ chances against the Aggies are bleak. Replacing an injured center is one thing, yet replacing a quarterback is an entirely a different matter. There have been five quarterbacks injured in the Southwest Conference this year. Some members of the press say that the opposition is to blame. "To say that an opposing team goes out there on the field to try and in jure the quarterback is wrong,” Bel lard said. I know that Ron Meyer did not have a plan to hurt Sammy Bickham. It was just one of those things. I have a bag of mail saying that that was our plan against Tech. The press helps this kind of talk along. Allison was injured on a good clean hit. He was trying to scramble out of the pocket and our man wouldn’t let him go.” "It is wrong to imply this kind of thing. A quarterback can easily be injured in option football. He is more likely to be hit than a straight drop- back passer.” Greg Wood will replace Bickham at quarterback. He has a fine offen sive unit to work with, and should have no problem operating the Bears’ attack. Baylor has three fine wide re ceivers,” Bellard said. “If the ball is in their direction, you can bet one of them will catch it.” Toinmy Davidson and Ronnie Lee have caught 10 passes so far this sea son. Lee, a big strong tight end, caught an 80-yard touchdown pass against the Ags two years ago. Bo Taylor, the other outside threat for the Bears, has caught nine passes this season. The Bears’ leading ground gainer is Greg Hawthorne. He has rushed for 300 yards in four games. “Baylor has four fine running backs who can take it in from any where on the field,” Bellard said. “Our defense will have to play ag gressively in order to keep the score down. ” ‘Til say one thing about Baylor, they have a darn aggressive kicking game. They are excellent on punt and kick-off coverages. It was that Houston s special offense works well it >rge Allei with loti •hronicled lading wot icker CIe I lack Mil Fischer an: utz. ds sorry In (ter hearit: rren’t in robably Fitzgerali ameandrt s nursing t the rest ie health Cc Five lid II d the Bins Brats Bodies uare # 1 nth nirez) hers* ent Students JV uglers n y* it laws United Press International HOUSTON — The Houston Oil ers think so much of the Pittsburgh "Steel Curtain” defense that they devised a special offense just to block it. In the “Pitt offense,” as Houston coach Bum Phillips described it, ex cellent blocking fullback Tim Wilson lined up two steps behind the line erf scrimmage and centered between the right guard and tackle. The alignment had some success as Houston gained 98 yards on the ground and gave quarterback Dan Pastorini excellent pass protection in a 27-10 win over the Steelers Sun day. Wilson, sometimes taking a handoff from the unusual position, carried II times for a 5.6-yard aver age. The offense, which Phillips de scribed as “not new but very rarely seen,” was so specialized that the Oilers only installed it to operate on the right side. The coach said his team likely will never use it again. Houston overcame a 10-7 halftime deficit with 10 third-quarter points. Then, with quarterbacks out of both sides in the fourth quarter, Houston added 10 more points because of the mistakes of safety-turned- quarterback Tony Dungy. The Oilers (3-1) lead the AFC Central Division by one game over Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Cleve land. The Oilers host Cleveland Sunday and then travel to Pittsburgh. style of play that won it for them last weekend. I don’t think their squad is weak anyplace.” Defense has been the Bears’ strong suit in conference play. They held the Mustangs to just three points. Texas Tech only managed 17. “Defensively Baylor is a fine foot ball team,” Belard said. “They have missed Johnson at nose guard, but his replacement has done a good job. Few men on defense are better than Johnson.” “They have one of the best secon daries in the country. You better have a passer who is accurate, or you can bet they will wind up with the football.” The Bears lead the conference in pass defense, but against the rush’ they have had their problems. The secondary was fantastic against the Mustangs last Saturday. “They completly shut down one of the best passers in the conference,” Bellard said. “We have some new* wrinkles in our offense that we hope will, keep them off balance. ’ 11Hi»11 Part of yesterday’s Aggie football practice em phasized the talents of back-up quarterback Mike Mosley. During the first half of the sea son, four SWC teams have lost their starting quarterbacks. Battalion photo by Jim Crawley. Yanks win opening game ime iy Ducks 3 a le acky. rs United Press International NEW YORK — Willie Randolph, a low wattage in his club’s power- packed lineup, homered in the sixth inning then doubled and scored the winning run on Paul Blair’s 12th- inning single Tuesday night to give the New York Yankees a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first game of the World Series. The Yankess mounted their win ning rally against reliever Rick Rho den, the fifth Dodgers’ pitcher, when Randolph led off the 12th with a double into the right field corner. Rhoden then issued an intentional walk to Thurman Munson and Blair, a late-inning replacement for Reggie Jackson in right field, drilled a 2-2 pitch for a single to left after failing to sacrifice twice. Sparky Lyle, the Yankees’ answer to the Red Cross, saved the victory with 3 2-3 scoreless innings to gain credit for his third straight post season triumph. Lyle also won the last two American League payoff games against Kansas City and now has a string of 10 1-3 scoreless in nings in post-season competition. The Yankees, an underdog, now need three more victories in the best-of-seven series to win their first championship since 1962. The sec ond game of the series will be played at Yankee Stadium Wednesday night with the teams then switching to Los Angeles for the next three games be ginning Friday night. Burt Hooton will pitch for the Dodgers Wednes day against Jim “Catfish” Hunter, who will be making his first appear ance or the Yankees since Sept. 10. The Dodgers, who had fallen be hind 3-2 on Munson’s runscoring double in the eighth inning, bounced back to tie the score in the ninth when southpaw Don Gullett finally ran out of gas after a strong effort. M M H pH MORE OF A GOOD THING ...PIZZA — Our ingredients are made daily to insure quality and freshness. You won’t have to search around for what you bought either, because we pile it on. ... FREE DELIVERY — We II deliver to your door a piping hot Pizza — within 30 minutes! ...SAVINGS — and for trying us, we’ll give you a Dollar off. Call us . . . 744-1472. 846-77S5 Off any Large Pizza (except Cheese) Name Phone Expires: Wed., Oct. 19 Vi m i n i m m i inr $100 Urn Narr ® /'M t? ORDER YOUR “AGGIE” WATCH Believe it or dont A&M safety John Baber shows his belief in the words of Giant Teaff, Baylor’s head coach. 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