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sei Tough loss for Mustangs S' Gail H« er THE BATTALION Page 7, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1977 By MARK PATTERSON Battalion Staff What a difference a halftime ikes. When SMU and A&M went to licks »ir locker rooms after the first half 11 nod, M,, Saturday’s game, the Mustangs 1 ' JonKnc Id a commanding 21-7 lead over i e Aggies. And SMU felt pretty 1 , lln ’ ls k mfortable. n sll; ul. Cii( But seemingly two different juns returned to the field to play esecond half of the game. And the Iv. Jose\l iv. 1 ' ; ‘y, Micks MaiyKij ' ;|| i Neivin Prihfidl f l 5 Robinso ell Stanlkl •mson^, Min I hoin^k comfort that SMU had felt going into halftime turned into a feeling of frustration in the second half. A&M totally dominated play and sent the Mustangs home with a 38-21 loss. Though the Mustangs tasted de feat, they retained their honor here Saturday. They compiled 287-yards passing against the Aggie secondary and were in the game until the final minute of play. But losing a game in this fashion still hurts a team. ety ,000 Vo one can keep up with the Joneses The need has finally developed to fferentiate between all those Jones lopleat the University of Texas. And that comes as good news to onghorns coach Fred Akers, who lows as well as anybody that it is of Alpll aid to win the national cham- nal IreshiB ionship with just an iron-legged r 10 gradual cker and a steel-framed fullback. 2.000eacli! The kicker, Russell Erxleben, did ic year, ai mtribute field goals of 60 and 35 liversityAU nds, and the fullback, Earl ampbell, did bounce off people for society ii| : 16 yards, lativeaveiaj But it was the Joneses — those the ALDii so named Johnny — who ensured apply, App! ie Longhorns of another week as from Swilajo- 1 h> scoring all three Texas CA Buildi pichdowns Saturday in a 26-0 blit/, the 13th-rated Texas Tech Red aiders. In three of the last four games xas played teams ranked third, ighth and 13th — Oklahoma, Ar- sas and Texas Tech — and did allow any of them to cross the line. And the people crossing the goal Jne lor Texas Saturday were all jimed Jones. So let s go through it ie more time for those who came late. Johnny “Ham Jones — Ham for shome town of Hamlin, Tex. — is | lie junior running back who does so I inch blocking for Earl Campbell, lie Southwest Conference s all-time jireer rushing leader. And Johnny “Lam Jones — Lam f ~rhishome town of Lampasas, Tex. _ is the sophomore who currently the fastest football player in the wld. This is the Jones who ran the i :cond leg on the United States old medal winning 400-meter relay |am at the Montreal Olympics and m sixth in the 100-meter dash. Lam Jones caught a 57-yard inefidown pass from quarterback ndy McEachern in the first quar- r against Tech and Ham Jones ired twice in the second half on 1ms of 3 and 11 yards. Ham Jones even showed he had a CASUAL FASHIONS for GUVS & GALS TOP DRAWER little ham in him by taunting a Tech defender before scoring on bis short touchdown run. That drew a 15- yard penalty and a dressing down from Akers. "It was finally Johnny Ham s day," said Campbell. “I'm happy for him. Every week I ve been getting the touchdowns and the credit when it has been his blocking that has opened the way a lot of times. “Both Ham and Earl were great, said Akers. “They were really going after Earl, but he still got a lot of yardage. Some of it was by himself. "My moral is really hurt, espe cially losing the game like we did," said SMU tailback Arthur Whit tington. “We thought we had them. We were up at halftime, but they just came out and took the game away from us in the second half. Whittington was held to 38-yards rushing in the game, but added 118-yards in five catches in the re ceiving department. “I thought in order for us to win we would have to score two more touchdowns in the second half, said Whittington. “But the offense just didn t produce. We didn’t have the time to throw the ball in the second half like we did in the first half. They (A&M) just put more people on us in their pass rush and it shut us down.” The view wasn’t much brighter from the other side of the SMU squad after the game. “A&M just ground out a victory , that’s all there is to it," said Putt Cheat, SMU linebacker. “They just kept people coming at us the whole game. We ran out of people to stop them. Cheat suffered a hyper-extention of his knee during the game but re turned to action in the second half. “We had three defensive starters out at halftime, said Choat, “I really shouldn’t have gone back into the game but I was the healthiest one left on the bench. They (A&M) really were physical. John Simmons made his first start for SMU Saturday at right corner- back. Simmons spent the afternoon trying to shut down the Aggie wishbone attack. But he added to SMU’s scoring in the first half by intercepting a David Walker pass and returning it 34- yards for the first SMU touchdown. “Since this was my first start I just wanted to impress the coaches with my play. When he (Darrell Smith) went out for the pass, I just looked up and saw the ball. I just reacted and went for it. When I caught the ball I just headed for the goal-line. “And that was my first college touchdown," added Simmons. SMU head coach Ron Meyer felt the key to Saturday's game was the injuries sustained by his ball club. “A&M is a very physical football team. Our injuries really showed up in the second half. That was the key to the game. When you lose your main guys on defense, your two co captains (Choat and Champ Dicker- son), and you replace them with freshmen, it takes the guts out of your ball club. Our freshman played well but A&M was just too physical. “I know that Emory (Bellard) didn't run up the score on us. On that final drive that Mosley scored on, we had four cheap penalties. Our freshmen were taking cheap shots out there and you can’t win and shouldn't win with plays like that. I apologize to A&M for their actions." The Baptist Student Union has many Mission Opportunities for this Christmas break. The trips include Mexico — along the Rio Grande River Valley, St. Kitts, in the Caribbean, and Brazil. If interested, there will be a slide presentation at the center on November 2 at 12:00, with lunch included free. 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