No surprise:
Earl picked first
United Press International
I NEW YORK — Earl Campbell,
the No. 1 pick in Tuesday’s NFL
draft, said in his typically quiet
Bianner that he has set no goals for
his first year in professional football
ft: I other than working hard to fit in as a
ember of the Houston Oilers.
Tin going to be Earl and not try
to be anything more or less,” said
e Heisman Trophy winning
llback from the University of
exas. “I’ll try to get my job done
d go out of my way to mix in with
y teammates so they’ll accept me
as a person as well as a player. I like
eople. I don’t like to be alone.”
Houston officially made Campbell
le top selection when the draft
egan at 9 a. m. CDT. The Oilers
lad acquired the right to choose
rst last week in a trade with the
flampa Bay Buccaneers for tight end
:up lijimmy Giles, a No. 1 and No. 2 pick
efeil lis year and a No. 3 and No. 5
litcl* Section next year,
edits Campbell, the nation’s leading
tliiij usher and scorer last season, was
inAij second straight running back
picked first in the NFL draft, but
e. b only the third in the last 10 years,
will Southern Cal’s Ricky Bell was cho-
>m Ik m by Tampa Bay last year, the first
inning back picked No. 1 since
uother Trojan back, O.J. Simpson,
was chosen in 1969 by Buffalo.
Campbell, after posing for pic
tures with a pale blue No. 34 Hous
ton jersey enscribed with his name,
held a brief news conference before
catching a plane to Houston with his
agent, Mike Trope, to formally sign
a $1.4-million long-term contract.
Campbell was to be flown by
helicopter from the Houston airport
to the Oilers’ practice field for the
signing.
Campbell, 6-0 and 225 pounds,
said he would enjoy playing in the
same backfield with Anthony Davis,
who was acquired by Houston from
Tampa Bay Monday.
“I think Anthony can really help
me out,” he said. “The biggest ad
justment for me is that the pace of
pro football will be a lot faster. I’ve
got to learn that everyone who plays
pro ball is on the same level or bet
ter than you. But I don’t think I’ll
have any problems.”
Asked whether he has modeled
his style after a particular player,
Campbell, who was a linebacker
until his senior year in high school,
mentioned Simpson, Jimmy Brown
and Franco Harris.
“Why? Because they can run,
block and catch the football. They’re
well-rounded and that’s the kind of
back I’d like to be. ”
okes pick Bethea
United Press International
DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys
ade a move Tuesday to fill out
: will Heir already ominous defensive
cent a ue, using their No. 1 choice in the
iting FL lottery to draft a large, fast,
mviiK ithusiastic lineman from Michigan
late — Larry Bethea.
Bethea seemed to be the most
nprised person around.
“1 still don’t believe it,” Bethea
rs, I iid when he was summoned to the
;ere ttlephone for a chat with the Dallas
hey a iedia. “Someone is going to have to
sonali invince me this is Dallas that
reci'.flrafted me.
“The Cowboys were the team I
anted to play for most and the
irtslk ‘am I least expected to get me.
“Are you sure this is Dallas?”
Bethea, a 6-5, 258-pounder who
A« layed six positions in high school
pd was a tight end during his
/e spe:
freshman year at Michigan State,
will probably be given a shot at the
tackle position to go alongside tackle
Randy White and ends Harvey Mar
tin and Ed Jones.
“He is not a gamble,” said Cow
boys personnel director Gil Brandt.
“He is a solid pick.”
But because Dallas, as a result of
its Super Bowl victory, had to wait
until the 28th spot to pick, coach
Tom Landry was not ready to put a
“can’t miss” tag on the team’s No. 1
pick.
“He’s not a cinch,” said Landry.
“If he was he would obviously have
gone in the first seven or eight picks
because that’s where your cinches
go. But he has a good chance be
cause he is a good athlete.
“We won’t really know his mental
traits until he gets to camp.“
ampbell 1st, Little 15th
United Press International
, We J NEW YORK — The first round of
ms riffle 1978 National Football League
draft today:
wassi Houston — Heisman Trophy
[tiree(winner Earl Campbell of Texas.
rouM . Kansas City — Art Still, the 6-7,
enti !45-pound defensive tackle from
aid Ik Kentucky.
he N! New Orleans — Wide receiver
Nes Chandler from the University
oi Florida.
I New York Jets — Tackle Chris
Ward of Ohio State.
Buffalo — Terry Miller of Okla-
4-jot' homa State.
I Green Bay — Stanford wide re-
kirer James Lofton.
j San Fransisco — Tight end Ken
lacAfee of Notre Dame.
Cincinnati — On a choice ob-
m J(j lined from Philadelphia, Notre
'(j a lg 'ame’s Ross Browner.
r New York Giants — Gordon
,,, ling, a tackle from Stanford.
^ wl Detroit — Notre Dame defensive
! re 8[® ick Luther Bradley.
son ^ Seattle — Keith Simpson, a cor-
l uesl * erback from Memphis State,
mree Cleveland — Linebacker Clay
n j s ■ latthews of Southern California,
itioiw Atlanta — Offensive tackle Mike
enn of Michigan.
ins San Diego — John Jefferson, a
„ i>eedy wide receiver from Arizona
; the State.
J ' ncl St. Louis — Kicker Steve Little of
rhn.': l r (- ansas>
0
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the f
Michigan State.
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Cinicnnati — Its second pick of
the first round, selected Blair Bush,
a 6-3, 245-pound center from Wash
ington.
Tampa Bay — Grambling’s Doug
las Williams the first quarterback
selection of the draft.
New England — 6-5, 275-pound
guard Bob Cryder of Alabama.
St. Louis — On its second pick of
the first round, drafted defensive
back Ken Greene of Washington
State.
Los Angeles — Cleveland’s pick
by way Chicago, running back Elvis
Peacock of Oklahoma.
Minnesota — Defensive end
Randy Holloway from the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh — Defensive back Ron
Johnson of Eastern Michigan.
Cleveland — On a choice from
Los Angeles, took wide receiver
Ozzie Newsome of Alabama.
San Francisco — On a choice
from Miami, 6-3, 235-pound
lineabacker Dan Bunz of Long
Beach State.
Baltimore — Tight end Reese
McCall of Auburn.
Green Bay — Michigan
linebacker John Anderson.
The AFC champion Denver
Broncos — Defensive tackle Don
Latimer of Miami, Fla.
World Champion Dallas Cowboys
Defensive tackle Larry Bethea of
Aggie
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1978
Page 15
The Texas A&M men’s golf team
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weekend. A&M had 898 while
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Freshman Richard Cromwell led
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had 224, Dave Ogrin 226, Biff Ale
xander 227 and Jay Kent 236.
Texas A&M finished second in its
annual women’s softball tournament
last weekend. The Aggies lost to
TWU 2-0 in the championship
game.
Sami Evans pitched a 3-hitter to
lead A&M past Texas Wesleyan 4-0
in the semifinals. In Friday’s pool
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Headed for Houston
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