the sports THE BATTALION Page 13 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1978 Cowboys ride Colts United Press International IRVING — th e rubble of yias’ almost enibarrasing 38-0 [ismembernient of the Balti- nor e Colts Monday night there ■! great deal of talk about Llnt'a different game it might Le been if Bert Jones had Bayed. , I “You just don t lose a quarter- jack like that and regroup over- Lht ” is the diplomatic way yias coach Tom I^ndry put it. “Baltimore surely wasn t the am it would have been if Bert lad been in there, " added safety ftarlie Waters. "Their passing game would ,e been a whole lot better if aes had played,” chimed in de rive tackle Jethro Pugh. But over in his particular Imier linebacker Thomas Hen- ion, who is well known for rhing to his own music, was I no mood to dish out sympathy. “What can you say? We have a /nasty,” Henderson began. T , q not ashamed to say it and I’m it scared to say it. We do have a eat defensive team and we are ing to heat a lot of people. “And since this game was on Monday night football a lot of jams cir •ound the league got a Jiance to see what a world pion looks like.’ [Without question Baltimore [as in an almost intolerable posi tion without Jones, the free spi rited quarterback who had to sit out the season opener with a slightly sprained shoulder. That left things to Mike Kirkland, a third-year player with little ex perience who was in over his head. But Jones does not play de fense and on Monday night not many others played defense for the Colts, who the Cowboys made their 14th straight opening game victim. It was also the 150th victory for Landry, moving him into a fifth place tie with one-time New York Giants coach Steve Owen on the all-time win ning list. Among the highlights: — Dallas rolled up 583 yards total offense, second best per formance in its history. — Staubach threw four touchdown passes, including a 91-yarder to Dorsett — second longest in the Cowboys 19 years. Staubach completed 16 of 22 for 280 yards and had a streak of 11 straight completions (equaling his own club record) when he left the game late in the third quar ter. — Dorsett not only caught the 91 yarder for a score but broke off runs of 46 and 78 yards. He gained 147 yards on the ground (the best performance in the NFL’s opening weekend) and caught 107 yards worth of passes. SWC membership No. 1 goal Improving NTSU wants in By MARK PATTERSON Battalion Staff Just what does it take to become a member of the Southwest Confer ence? Don’t pose that question to North Texas State University' Athle tic Director and head football coach Hayden Fry if you hope to get an answer. He’s been trying to find what it takes for the past six years. And he still doesn’t have a solution. “Becoming a member of the Southwest Conference is our number one goal at North Texas, it’s what we live for,” said Fry after his team’s 49-0 victory over UTEP Saturday night. “But the main prob lem we have to overcome is the image this school holds. Most people, especially those in positions important to our gaining admission into the conference, don’t think we merit conference membership. “And that’s what I can’t under stand. Since I’ve come to North Texas (in 1973 after an 11-year head coaching job at SMU) this athletic program has developed into one of national caliber. Our recruiting has been upgraded along with our athle tic budget and facilities. I just don’t know what we need to do to get rec ognized.’’ gie notes ducational television [Vho taught Tony Franklin to 6c? “no one,” says Franklin. “I picked it up from watching Jan Stenerud (Kansas City) on TV. ” De rive end Eddie Heath says Texas the best offensive line he faced i® year. “They executed their Bocks better than anyone, although Kansas afso was very tough. ’ Adds KktW. “Out defense this year will pla\ much smarter football. ;yeari®arly last spring, safety Carl ity. AjiCllich was preparing for spring i C: trai .ing and contemplating his x)unti« given a scholarship last spring. ieens® arc J sa ys: "Whitwell came to us ivestol■ sa 'd I can run a 4.5 and run it | Er y time. I’m tough and can play’, i bim and he ran a 4.5. jj*n he did it again. He is tough nany litions neiMfl* feedinj leint ir? and he can play, so we put him on scholarship.” Defensive end James Zachery is the lone scholarship football player in the Corps of Cadets at A&M. Says Zachery, “Football, classes and Corps duty leaves me no idle time.” A&M fullback David Brothers and Texas punter-kicker Russell Erxleben were high school teammates at Se- guin. Brothers a running back and Erxleben a quarterback. Nothing odd about that? Only that Brothers was the team’s punter. Craig Glendenning, 1976 co winner (with Tank Marshall) of the Aggie Heart Award, is in land- development business just outside Dallas with former Aggies Jimmy Dean (Houston Oilers) and Dennis Swilley (Minnesota Vikings) and former Rice Owl Tommy Kramer (Minnesota Vikings). Guess who’s doing all the work? Doug Holmes, a 5-10, 227-pound offensive guard for A&M and Belfard says: “When people start looking for an all conference guard they look for people 6-3 or 6-4, but I think Doug Holmes is ploying as well as most anyone. He’s exceptionally quick and strong and should be consid ered for honors.” A&M sophomore quarterbacks Mike Mosley and David Beal we ren’t serious about becoming Aggies until they visited the campus. Then they were sold on A&M. Both say football wasn’t their favorite sport in high school. Mosley leaned toward basketball and Beal favored baseball SWC Press Tour member John Hollis of the Houston Post: "Everywhere we went, they said it was the hottest fall weather ever and their team was in the best physical shape ever. All of the squads have a lot of real big, strong players. All of which means we should have one helluva race in the Southwest Conference this season.” With the Southwest Conference Fall Tournament the first crack out of the barrel, Texas A&M golf coach Bob Ellis is busy qualifying 11 players for the six open spots. The tourney will be held Monday and Tuesday at Texarkana Country Club in Texarkana. The SWC coaches voted for a new format which will feature team and individual match play. The Aggies will meet Baylor in a first round match Monday morning. The sec ond match will be Monday after noon with the championship match Tuesday. The Aggies are presently playing qualifying rounds at three different courses. The low six scores will qual ify for the tournament. ( cA(XAj-i. [fUtSOYl with hit: "We Just Disagree ' and 7 Want to Kiss You All Over" with top single: MSC TOWN HALL SPECIAL ATTRACTION Friday, September 8, 8 p.m. G. Rollie White Coliseum Reserved Seating - $4/$3.50 General Public - $3 General admission A&M Student/Date - $2.50 General admission Tickets & Info: MSC Box Office 845-2916 SHALA'S SHOES Your fashion shoe store COME IN AND REGISTER FOR FIVE $50 GIFT CERTIFICATES TO BE GIVEN AWAY ON SEPT. 30 .. . Be sure to look over our new fall arrivals. SHALA'S SHOES 707 TEXAS 846-1148 Recognition is inevitable if the Mean Green continues to improve as they have the past four years. .After a disappointing 2-7-2 season in 1974 NTSU bounced back to sea sons of 7-4 in 1975 and again in 1976. But 1977 was the year for the Eagles as the team progressed to 10-1 record. Included in last sea son’s performance was a victory over Fry’s old employers, SMU, the first time a North Texas State team has defeated a SMU team since 1933. Even though the Eagles received national recognition, finishing 16th in the final UPI poll, still the SWC teams fail to give NTSU the recogni tion it deserves. “I know we can make a solid con tribution to the conference,” said Fry. “We can play with any of the teams any clay if they just give us a chance to prove it. “That’s one of the problems we face. We just can’t get the confer ence teams to put us ou their schedules. But 1 hope that will change pretty quickly. This season we re traveling down to Austin to play Texas and I’m hoping other schools will follow UT’s lead. “You can’t blame Texas for giving us three more games on their schedule. The last time we played them (a 17-14 Texas victory in 1976) we took the largest out-of-town crowd down there that season, about 11,000 people. After that game Darrell (Royal) gave us three more games. “We also have a contract with SMU, and Texas Tech has given us games starting in 1985, ” Fry added. “The trouble with scheduling the other conference schools is that we re given promises that never come through. I’m hoping that will change and the other six conference schools will let us on their schedules. “Texas A&M is the hardest one we’ve come up against in trying to schedule. I’ve tried for the past six years to get a game with them and Emory (Bellard) won’t even give me an answer one way or the other. They’re the hardest school to com municate with.” letic program on the upswing ami be patient. If they merit conference membership it will come. “I know it will take a while to be asked to join the conference but we ll wait,” said Fry. “We’re just hoping it takes us a shorter time than it took Houston (20 years) or Texas Tech (10 years). And if Arkan sas drops out like they’ve been talk ing about I’d say we stand an excel lent chance of gaining membership. “But we don’t want that to hap pen. We don t want to come into the conference with our hat in our hand. We can make the Southwest Con ference a better, stronger confer ence with our membership. All All Fry and the Mean Green can we re asking for is our shot to prove do in their quest is to keep their ath- it. ” OFF CAMPUS STUDENT ASSOCIATION Positions Available • Vice President, university relations • Vice President, community relations • Secretary • Representatives Applications available in the OCSA cubicle, Room 216 MSC. 1st meeting September 4, MSC conference room. 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