Page 12 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1978
sports
A spring training party has begun
By DAVID BOGGAN
Hiittalion Staff
The verbal invitation was ad
dressed to the 70-plns residents of
the north wing of Cain Hall. Re
quested dress was lull pads and the
occasion was the opening day of
spring training for the i978 edition of
the Texas A&M football team.
Yes, it was a party, of sorts. There
were familiar faces there from days
past: Robert Jackson,, Edgar Fields,
Phil Bennett and Mike Williams.
There were some 25 guests in Kyle
Field’s bleachers. But the focus of
the festivities was on the turf. And
for the host, coach Emory Bellard,
this party was strictly business.
“This is going to be a very aggres
sive and very tough spring training, ”
Bellard said of his four-week practice
session. “We have a lot of work to do
and I am very optimistic about it. I
have lots of confidence in this group
of fellows.
It will be very aggressive and very
tough spring training, but it will also
be a very experimental spring train
ing. Changes are in store for the Ag
gies, changes that will be designed to
alleviate some of the problems the
team had last year. Defensive prob
lems come to mind immediately.
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“We gave up some big plays last
year defensively,” Bellard said. “We
will make a concentrated effort dur
ing the spring to find the right player
for the right position.”
The defensive secondary gave up
an average of 158 passing yards last
season. Bellard hopes to find the so
lution to this problem, even to the
point of going to the offense to find a
defensive back.
“We are going to try Darrell Smith
in the defensive secondary,” the
Aggie coach said. Smith, the much-
traveled football player who saw ac
tion at wide receiver last year and at
running back the year before, will be
tested in the secondary for two
weeks.
“Darrell is a good athlete with fine
speed,” Bellard said. “I know what
he can do as a split end. At the end of
two weeks if we think he can’t
emerge as a starter in the secondary,
then we ll move him back to split
end.
"By the end of spring training, we
hope to have a solid defensive secon
dary. We have Darrell, Jimmy
Hamilton, Elroy Stten,. Carl
Grulich, Ken Taylor, Greg Clark and
others to choose from. Hopefully
from that group we can get four who
can play and four who can play be
hind them. It's a wait-and-see pro
position. It depends on who evolves
this spring.”
Free safety Grulich was the Ag
gies’ leading tackier last season. Bel-
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lard would like to see one of his line
men or linebackers lead the Aggies
in this department in the upcoming
year. He is experimenting with some
line changes this spring.
Eugene Sanders will move from
defensive end to defensive tackle
and James Zachery will switch from
the defensive tackle position to de
fensive end.
Bellard must also find someone to
replace strong-side linebacker Kevin
Monk. Among the candidates for the
three linebacker slots are Frankie
Lemons, Floyd Randle, Ken Rollins,
Dick Frazee, Tony Meyer, Mark
Tullous, Randy Harvey, Mike Little
and Doug Carr.
“We are in a good position to have
a very sound defensive football team
next season,” Bellard said. “There
will be a lot more experience out
there.”
A major position change on offense
is planned, as well. Returning start
ing guard Ed Pustejovsky will be
moved from guard to center.
“For the first two weeks there will
be no first team and no second
team,” Bellard said. “We will be
shuffling the lineups freely. We are
exploring every possibility.
“I will say that fellows who have
proven themselves, like Cody Risien
are going to be tough to beat. Some
body is going to have to beat him out
in order to get a starting position.”
So, the four-week long party
called spring training is on. It takes
place every Tuesday through Friday
at 4:30 p.m., with Saturday scrim
mages, and everyone is invited.
Coming through
Last fall the Texas A&M defense lacked a con- linemen who can pressure the opposingqs
sistant pass rush. This spring training coach terbaek
Emory Bellard and crew will be searching for Battalion photo by Palo»
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Led by Biff Alexander, the Texas
A&M golf team placed fifth in the
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The 54-hold tournament, played
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Individual honors wenttol
Harrison of Oklahoma St. asbei
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Richard Cromewell with233aaB“Co;
Kent with 236. team tl
Coach Bob Ellis seemed
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play better.” Si te;
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In tournaments over the i
Break, the Ags finished fourths]
Border Olympics in Laredo l
Houston, Texas and Pan Amerl
Individually, the Aggies werejf
by Richard Cromwell and!
Taylor with 227 totals.
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