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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1978
sports
Bellard evaluates spring trainin
r
By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Staff
With the end of spring football
drills five days old, the football
players have gone back to their
tutors, classes and whatever else
they’ve missed in the past three
weeks.
And in the past five days head
coach Emory Bellard has had a
chance to evaluate what he s seen in
this year’s spring workouts.
“I couldn’t help but be impressed
with what 1 saw,” said Bellard. “This
group of guys started with
enthusiasm and aggressiveness and
retained the tempo throughout the
spring.
“And with this tempo some
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players surfaced and showed that
they wanted to play on this team.’
But Bellard saw some things that
he didn’t expect to see. Most nota
bly at the defensive tackle position.
“The defensive tackle position is
the only position on this team that
needs immediate attention right
now,” said Bellard. “And the only
reason that we re in bad shape at the
position is because the people that
we’ve been counting on to step in
there and play have been hurt this
spring. The injuries to those players
haven’t allowed us to see just what
we have at that spot.
“And the defensive tackle posi
tion is a vital spot on our defensive
line. What happens at the line of
scrimmage really determines what
will happen everywhere else on de
fense.
“So once we re set on tackle, the
other areas on defense will begin to
solidify for us.
One of the areas that Bellard
needs to improve on is the defensive
secondary. On numerous occasions
last year the defensive backfield was
burned by big plays. In an attempt
to improve play, Bellard shifted
split end Darrell Smith to corner
back this spring and the shift has
been successful.
“Darrell has made the shift with
relative ease and has been impress
ive at the corner back position, ” said
Bellard. “And going into next fall,
Darrell will remain with the defen
sive secondary. Of course, he’s still
got a lot to learn, but he’s really
made progress for us.
So Bellard seems content with the
defensive team that finished spring
drills. But when asked about his of
fense for next year, Bellard is like a
new father showing off his baby boy.
“We re going to have tremendous
speed in our offensive backfield next
year with the addition of Mike
(Mosley) and David (Beal) at the
quarterback position,” said Bellard.
“And with their speed we re going
to do some different things on of
fense.
“We will be running from the
pro-I formation, a two wide receiver
attack, using a sprintout attack. We
won’t go to it except as a change of
pace or only on passing downs but it
will be a regular part of our offense.
“But a two wide receiver offense
is not a new concept. There are
some advantages and definite disad
vantages to it, as there are with the
wishbone. We will utilize what we
can from both and judge the results
next year.”
But the big question that remains
on offense is who will run the team.
Bellard said both quarterbacks had
good spring trainings and have
shown the necessary ingredients for
leading a team. But the final deci
sion hasn’t been made.
“We’ve been blessed with a very
fortunate problem. We have to
choose between a quarterback who
possesses good speed and one who
has great speed. And that’s the main
difference between the two boys.
“But if we had a football game
tomorrow and I had to choose my
quarterback right now, Mike would
be starting. But only because David
missed so milch work this spring
(neck injury).
“I will say this, both David and
Mike will be playing football for
Texas A&M in the fall. All the two
really need is some actual game ex
perience which they both will get
next year.”
One other player who will log
some game time next year is
fullback Raymond Belcher
senior-to-be hasn’t lettered at]
A&M in his four years but nest
may he a different story.
“I’d have to say that Ray®
Belcher had the best springtri
of any of our fullbacks,”
lard. “He was the most consi
every practice and continual
performed the other fullback
if he continues to out-perfora
others, he will be our st»
fullback next fall.”
So Emory Bellard is goit
next fall with a good feeling
his team. He says that the teas
the attitude to become a coli
group, the type that might been
championship-level club.
And it may. But the quei
won’t he answered until neil
cemher.
Aggie notes and quotei
Texas A6cM golf coach Bob Ellis
has announced the signing of Steve
Bowman, a transfer from McLennan
Community College, to a golf schol
arship.
Bowman, who played his high
school golf in Tyler, won the Texas
State Junior in 1976 and the Bill
Bass Intercollegiate in 1977. He also
has won the McLennan Invitational,
the Southwest Texas State In
vitational and the Longhorn In
vitational. Last summer he went to
the third round in the Trans-
Mississippi Amateur Tournament.
The Texas A&M men’s golf team
will compete in the Southern Inter
collegiate in Athens, Ga., beginning
Thursday, playing for A&M will be
Dave Ogrin, Tim Carlton, Biff Ale-
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The Aggies finished third in the
Southwest Conference Tournament
last weekend in Tyler. Ogrin shot
3-under par 213 to finish second in
the individual standings. Carlton
had 225, Alexander 226, Cromwell
227 and Kent 239.
Texas A&M will host its annual
women’s spring softball tournament
Friday and Saturday with all games
to be played at Travis Park in Bryan.
Eight teams are entered. In addi
tion to A&M, they are TWU, Sam
Houston State, Texas Wesleyan,
Texas Tech, UT-Arlington, Stephen
F. Austin and Angelo State. Pool
play will begin at 10 a. m. Friday
with a single elimination bracket
starting at 9:30 a. m. Saturday with
the top two teams from each pool.
In pool play, A&M meets SFA at
noon Friday, Angelo State at 4 p.m.
and UT-Arlington at 8 p.m.
Brenda Goldsmith, the first
woman to attend Texas A&M on an
athetic scholarship, has been named
to the eight-member Curtis Cup
women’s golf team.
The team represents the top
women amateurs in the United
States and will compete in interna
tional competition against Great
Britain and Ireland.
Texas A&M swimming coach De
nnis Fosdick has announced the
signing of junior college transfer
Terry Meek to a swimming schol
arship.
Meek, the younger brother of
A&M swimmer Greg Meek, is a
breaststroker from Pasadena City
College and his time of 2:08.5 in the
200 breaststroke is oneoftheii
times in the nation this year
Some 60 swimmers fromTi
Oklahoma and Louisiana, ind esday.
two who swam the EnglishC
nel, will be competing in
annual Masters Swim Meel!
day and Sunday at Texas A&il
versity
The AAU sanctioned meelli le Sov
at
2 p.m., Saturday and 9
Sunday in Downs Natatorin
Tom Hetzel from CorpusQ
who swam the English Cl
eight times, and Jamee Sli
from Houston, the only 1 itions,
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ing in the meet. 1
Texas A&M University i|ions Ti
shooters have swept the
Intercollegiate Championship!
won the right to tryout fourol
men for the United States
Skeet Shooting Team.
Steve Hopper, a junior rant
ence major from Falfurriai
Simmons, a sophomore petn
engineering major, Dick Cost!
graduate student in account^ ^
Les Meineke, a senior in m; ,
ment, all of Houston,
awarded the opportunity
Olympic tryout.
The Aggies were namel
legiate champions for havit
highest overall average in lb
events of the American Coll
Union International (ACUI)O
Skeet and Trap Championsl
Peoria, Ill.
Simmons was high individu
Hopper placed second.
“I was really proud of the
said Dr. E.E. Burns, teamspi
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