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■ : WiWmmmm ^sports oodbye to Arkansas University? [Word has filtered down from the salfiijhills of Arkansas that there is a □oup of people, size unknown, that would like to see the University of ffarn Bkansas withdraw from the South- jflkei west Athletic Conference. f «Spearheaded by Orville Henry, jrts editor of the Arkansas zette, who wrote a column last mth suggesting the withdrawal, ; movement is apparently popular “"twith members of the Razorback ath letic staff as well as an untold Timber of Arkansas fans. ■The idea also appeals to at least one person outside the SWC. Barry Switzer, head football coach at Oklahoma University, reportedly David Boggan would like to see Arkansas leave the conference. He figures this would pave the way for his Sooners, mem bers of the Big Eight Conference, to enter the SWC. Switzer said that OU’s admission to the SWC would improve his recruiting program in the state of Texas. Last year, only about one- third of OU’s football team came from Texas. Hmmmm? Frank Broyles, athletic director at Arkansas, has a long list of com plaints against the SWC. Officiating problems, radio network problems and low gate recipt problems head the list. And what it all adds up to is that Arkansas feels like the black sheep of the SWC family. Recent occurances indicate that Arkansas’ secession from the SWC is more than just a suggestion by a Lit tle Rock sports editor. Arkansas has added an amendment to its con tracts with two SWC schools stating that the Hogs are not liable for any breach-of-contract damages should they leave the conference. There has also been speculation that the Razorbacks would like to join the Big Eight Conference if penalty-stricken Kansas State drops out of that conference. And Broyles has said that nine out of 10 people who offer him an opin- rs, s» augh remembers the old days s a pro football quarterback f in United Press International v/IHaBILENE — Sammy Baugh isn t touched a football in 12 years. It doesn’t bother him a bit be cause he figures he has thrown Enough of them to last him a ffetime. ISlingin’ Sammy Baugh, they , \ [lied him, and every time his name 11 Wi as mentioned it was instantly as- ser ™l (dated with only one thing — the , , illet pass. Nobody in the world uld whip that football like Slingin’ f' m , a ' f Baugh’s first coach in the profes- s ' l 'f mal ranks was Ray Flaherty. He xaijis is handling the Washington Red- !t T B ns an d on the very first day Flah erty saw his prize prospect fresh rTeB * m Texas Christian at practice in ‘ti™ 1937, he decided to find out about Mrinv-hi,,, | They tell me you’re quite a sser,” Flaherty said for openers. I reckon I can throw a little,” ugh answered in that soft Texas of his. fShow me,” Flaherty com- ded. “See that receiver over tlipre. Let’s see you hit him in the h augh looked at the receiver 30 ds downfield. fJB’Which eye?” he inquired casu al!). Tfvlost such stories are apocryphal, j Jiey’re manufactured somewhere along the line to make the personal- ationi ity involved appear bigger than he Eqdlfuatly is. This particular stqry coi'about Sammy Baugh happens to be gh scompletely true, though. Nobody otlier efer had to bother building up his issiireputation. For the greater part of t araopis 16 years with the Redskins from tes. |937 through 1952, few players net fpywhere could do the kind of luded tilings with a football Baugh did. whelfeKRecalling that exchange with jaherty, Baugh says, “I thought if was silly enough to say that, I’d silly enough to give him the an- er I did.” Toothpick-thin as a player, ugh, a six-footer, hasn’t put on a iund since he quit. He played at other 175 and is 172 now. Those crow’s- R-Hi#t around his eyes are a little deeper and his face is somewhat more leathery than it was during the days he wore No. 33 on the back of his uniform, but otherwise oT Sam hasn’t changed that much. He still does a lot more listening than talking and when he does have something to say, he usually punctuates his remarks with a well- aimed stream of tobacco juice every three or four minutes. At 64, Baugh spends most of his time running his ranch at Rotan, 70 miles up the fine, and any time he finds a chance, he drives to Abilene or nearby Sweet water, where he was raised, to play a round of golf. Twice named an All-America at TCU, Baugh is enshrined in both the College and Professional Foot ball Halls of Fame. He led the NFL in passing six different times, throw ing the ball for 21,886 yards and 186 touchdowns during his career. He not only could pass, but could also kick and his 45.1 yard punting aver age still is an NFL record. In 1943, he led the league in passing, punt ing and pass interceptions and if you ask him which one achievement he’s proudest of, he singles out those in tercepted passes. “When I first started in the pros, you had to play both ways,” says Baugh, who was used as a tailback and later quarterback on offense for the Redskins and a safety on de fense. “If you couldn’t play both ways, you didn’t play.. A fellow could be good on offense and poor on de fense, or vice versa, and he’d be cut from the team. “They didn’t pay a helluva lot when I came in the league, either. I got $8,000 my first year with the Redskins and that was considered good money. Best I ever made was $19,000. The year I came up three of our players. Cliff Battles, Turk Edwards and Wayne Milner, were making $2,700. That was for the whole season. Battles was one of the best runners I ever saw. He led the league in ground gaining and wanted $3,000 but they wouldn’t give it to him. So he quit to go into coaching. ” ore. Ford’s coming United Press International IOWA CITY, Iowa — Playing in w the Amana VIP pro-am tournament '? Monday, former President Gerald Iprd did it again, slicing his third shot on the second hole into the n°wd. The ball struck Neal Lundell, 43, [Bartnibridge, Ill, nicking Lundell’s j^taose and hitting his chest. Lundell £ a >d he was not hurt and shook §nds with Ford, who apologized. 'ents ;ed! r mf iwin f- e«TB :e OWNING a townhome VS# RENTING an apartment . Owning a townhome is a clever investment rather than an expense. Besides the obvious convenience of a maintenance free lifestyle, you have the tax advantages of home ownership. Townhomes by Building Crafts, Inc. also offer energy saving heat pumps, built- ins, cable TV, and much, much more. Located on Carter Creek Parkway, these townhomes are only one mile from the campus. 2 bedroom townhomes from $29,500. 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After he was through playing, Baugh served as head coach, first at Hardin-Simmons University and later with the old New York Titans in the original AFL. He also was backfield coach for a while at Okla homa State and Tulsa and with the Houston Oilers and Detroit Lions. Baseball actually was his first love and he went to spring training with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1938 as a third baseman. They converted him to a shortstop and sent him to Rochester of the International League. “Marty Marion was ahead of me there, and as long as he was^ I knew I’d never make it with the Cardi nals,” says Baugh, who also played for Columbus of the American As sociation . “With Columbus, the fellow I remember best was Ted Williams. He was a rookie with Minneapolis and our players always would get on him because he’d go out there to the outfield, stick his glove in his poc ket, turn his back to the plate and do exercises while the game was going on. Our players called him ‘Show- boat’ and ‘Bush Leaguer.’ But when he got up there to bat, man, oh man, I never saw a hitter like him. He’d hit the ball so hard, it would knock a board off the fence. “Me? I just couldn’t hit the curve ball and changeup.” ion on the issue are in favor of Ar kansas leaving the SWC. What would Arkansas’ departure from the SWC mean to the confer ence, if such a move comes to pass? I believe there would be both posi tive and negative side effects. After sliding through the icy Ozarks during basketball season, I can quickly point out one advantage of an Arkansas-less SWC. Less traveling. However, this works both ways. Arkansas is closer to five of the Big; Eight schools than it is to SMU, the Hogs’ closest conference competor. But can the SWC afford to lose Arkansas? In a conference where three of the nine member schools have a terminal case of weak teams, the loss of the highly competitive Razorback teams would be a big blow to the balance of the SWC, not to mention its reputation. I think the disadvantages of losing Arkansas from the SWC far out weigh any advantages, as far as the conference is concerned. Of course, I can appreciate Arkansas’ situation and I fiilly sympathize with its com plaints. The conference fathers should do everything in their power to reach an agreement with the Razorbacks before the black sheep af the conference moves on to greener pastures. Paper Partywafe for Last-Mir\ute Entertaining! Relax. Enjoy your party. Hallmark paper partyware keeps you prepared for those spur-of-the-moment get-togethers. Your guests will love the coordinated settings of plates, cups, matching napkins and table covers. Turn a panic into a party . . . tonight! YARBROUGH’S ‘Downtown Bryan” 205 N. 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