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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1978 Page 7 iports gs begin spring training By DAVID BOGGAN Battalion Staff |exas A&M head football coach lory Bellard sat back in his chair, fed on his pipe and spoke. *We’re going to run the wishbone lease, he said in answer to a lotion concerning the offensive |Htegy the Aggies would employ in ■1978 season. A rumor had eircu- jjd saying that the death of the Tibone in Aggieland was at hand. But coach Bellard quickly dispelled the hearsay. I he wishbone offense is going to be our basic offense,” the Aggie coach reiterated. There will be times when we break from the wishbone and go with two wide re ceivers. In these cases we will move the other halfback over behind the fullback. That is a matter of 18 inches right or left, depending on the situation. Now, you can call that an I-formation, it all depends on terminology.” Bellard said that this afternoon will have its advantages and disad vantages, as every formation does. Everything in football is a give- and-take situation,” Bellard said. The two wide receivers will place additional stress on the defensive perimeters. Of course, in this for mation we will lose some of the strengths of our running game. This will not be used as strictly a third down play. It can be played at any time.” Bellard, who masterminded the wishbone offense while he was still an assistant coach at the University of Texas, is confident that the wishbone will do the job for the Ag- gies. “Our attack will be built on the principles and philosophies of the wishbone offense. And the wishbone was drawn up to be used with two wide receivers as well as a fullhouse baekfield, he said, and he Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley Rice Owl second baseman appears to tag out A&M infielder with Rice this weekend, tieing them for second place with Sandy Woodruff — but he missed the tag, and Woodruff Arkansas. A&M travels to Waco this weekend to play the vas called safe. The Aggies swept the three game series conference-leading Baylor Bears. should know. Perhaps one of the reasons that the rumors of the scrapping of the wishbone got started is the fact that A&M failed to acquire the highly recruited high school fullback, Mil- ton Collins of Blooming Grove. “I don’t see what that has to do with it,” Bellard said. “We have the finest fullback in the country right here, George Woodard. Wbat are you going to do, just kick him out?” No, indeed, Woodard cannot be overlooked. But the big man from Van Vleck will be in his final season i for the Aggies this year, as will his backup, Eddie Hardin. Finding a i fullback is a problem of the future which Bellard said will be “taken up at an appropriate time.” Meanwhile, Woodard is still plagued with the weight problem that bothered him last season. “George is still a little heavy, but his weight is coming down,” the Aggie coach said. “From all the ad vice that I can get from doctors, I think that George is supposed to weigh somewhere in the 250-255 pound range. Hopefully he will be down to that by the Maroon and White game.” The Maroon and White game will be the finale of Bellard’s seventh spring training program at A&M, which begins today at 4:30 p.m. Bel lard promised a very tough spring program. “It will be a very competitive spring training at all positions,” he said. “The whole idea of this spring training will be to get to the point where we can play with great inten sity at all times. Intensity always de termines how much you can achieve, game by game, day by day, play by play and all the time.” Last year, A&M had big problems defensively. Spring training is de signed to remedy those problems. The Battalion will look at some of the changes Bellard will experiment with during the four weeks of spring training in tomorrow’s report of the first day of training. HAVE LUNCH ON US! Everyone who leases an apt. through A&M Apt. Place ment Service will be given a FREE Lunch at T.J.’s. Our way of saying, “Thanks Ags." LEASING NOW FOR FALL ’78 Call for appointment A&M APT. N||l§fc PLACEMENT SERVICE itflF A Free Service 693-3777 ^ PACK’S PLASTER AND CERAMICS One of the largest selections of plaster in Texas. Art supplies, ornamental concrete and candles. Tues., Wed., Thurs. 1 p.m.-9 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m.-5 p.m. passes Aggies By KEVIN PYLE fi ta l rinity Univ ersity, the No. 2 id in the nation, displayed its e- .wesome power against A&M ~ 0fl( ky at Onh Village Racquet |) in Bryan as they beat the Ag in a dual tennis match 9-0. Hnity was so dominating that the les were only able to win one set fthe nine matches, that being a I set victory by junior Mike k Moss won the first 7-6 but it on to lose the last two 6-1, 6-2 rinity s Tony Giammalva. 1 pthe number one singles match, jhinan Reid Freeman, the top led 18-year old in the state, was Led by Ben McKown of Trinity I 6-1. The match was closer than score indicated however as }nt0l jeman made MeKown work for jry point running him from side lide with deep baseline shots. n other singles matches, all won fTrinity, it was Erick Iskersky ?r May King 6-3, 6-2, Tony immalva over Mike Moss 6-7, [> 6-2 and Larry Gottfried, Unger brother of tennis star hn, downing Trey Schutz 6-3, matches it was John Benson beating Robin Baker 6,-2, 6-2 and brother Dave Benson downing Jim Grubert by identical scores. In, doubles action the Aggies of coach Richard Barker, did not fare any better. The number one team of Freeman and King were put away in short order 6-0, 6-1. The team ol Moss and Schutz were beaten by John Benson and Giammalva by scores of 6-2, 6-0. Closing the Trin ity victory in the number three doubles slot were Dave Benson and Iskersky over Baker and Grubert 6-2, 6-4. MIDNIGHT MADNESS All The Buttermilk Pancakes You Can Eat $149 5 for 99c WED. ONLY 10 P.M.-2 A.M. LS I, AM (2.09 Aston Formal April 1 Krueger Ball April 22 So it's time to get ready for those spring formals by order- jng-your corsage or bouton- fiiefe now! Fozoler-Keathley Ball April 8 Senior Ring Dance April 29 Aggieland Flower Shop 209 University 846-5825 fn the fifth and 11 \C W pV ceA Culpepper Plaza OHer good only ~>»le Lunch time in the patio of our La Rojeha distillery. When our workers sit down to lunch they sit down to a tradition. When they make Cuervo Gold it’s the same. Every day at just about eleven the wives from Tequila arrive at the Cuervo distillery bearing their husbands’ lunches. Lunches that have been lovingly prepared in the same proud, manner since men first began working here in 1795. It is this same pride in a job well-done that makes Cuervo Gold truly special. Any way you drink it, Cuervo Gold ivill bring you back to a time when quality ruled the world. 11- 1 Cuervo.The Gold standard since1795. CUERVO ESPECIAL® TEQUILA. 80 PROOF. 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