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THE BATTALION Paae 15 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1978 9 Teague is dependable eceiver for Aggies By SEAN PETTY Battalion Staff I There are two kinds of split ends fS w ide receivers in football. One | Ll has blinding speed to get be- i lid a defensive back and catch a M r>g P ass for a score - The other 1<ind I L great hands and the ability to 'i lin pass patterns with precision. ■ llexas A&M’s Doug Teague is the I ther kind” of receiver. Teague M Ly not win many foot-races but he 'can and will catch the ball if thrown n his general area. ■league, a junior from Houston, led all Aggie receivers Saturday |Kinst Kansas catching four passes f or a total of 52 yards and two touchdowns. Teague’s second t ichdown reception was so close to > sideline that an outraged Kansas decided to take the situation into own hands by swinging away at ibr referee who made the Hichdown call. ,Vhat did Teague think about the f ‘Well, from all the films we have cn you just can’t tell,” the re iver said. “All the cameras were (the opposite side of the field and angle was bad so you can’t tell the game films. The referee was Inding right there when I caught ball and he made the call Sickly, so I think it was good be- lise he was so sure. [eague did not come to A&M kifically to play football. In fact. In order to play, Teague had to |>ve to the coaches that he was 1 enough to play college football and that he could start. So Teague walked on his freshman year. Teague had to battle the high school all-staters and the blue chip players to earn his scholarship. “I came to A&M to go to school Spectator charged United Pres* Inter nalioimi LAWRENCE, Kan. — A Wichita man charged with two counts of battery stemming from an incident at Saturday’s pleaded innocent to the charges Tuesday and was released on $1,500 bond. David C. Dwyer, 30, was charged in Douglas County Dis trict Court for battery of a police officer and a referee. An Oct. 5 trial date was scheduled. Authorities alleged Dwyer jumped from the stands following a controversial call by the referee, Thomas Fincken of Arvado, Colo., in which Texas A&M scored a third quarter touchdown from Doug Teague. The fan was charged with push ing the officer aside and attacking the football official, 'there were no serious injuries. Authorities said Dwyer told them, T just hated to see the referee get off scott free.” here. I wanted to play football be cause I liked to play the game and so I tried out. But my main intention was to get a degree in Petroleum Engineering,” Teague said. “I played on the scout team my freshman year at split end. I wanted to play defensive back but ended up there (split end) instead. So in the spring Maroon and White game our scout team went against the first team defense and we did pretty well considering who the defense was. ” The first team defense Teague’s scout team played against went on to be one of the top defenses in the nation with Ed Simonini, Garth Ten Napel, Tank Marshall, Edgar Fields and Co. That spring game his freshman year was the first time the coaches really thought that Doug Teague could fit into the Aggie’s plans in the future. In his first two years of playing for the Aggies, Teague did not get many opportunities to handle the ball because of the run-oriented wishbone formation. With the addi tion of the I-formation this year, Teague and his fellow split end, Gerald Carter, should get their hands on the ball quite often. “I like the I-formation better than the wishbone because you have more options out of it than the wishbone,” Teague said. “With die wishbone you have only one or two quick receivers and with the I you have two split ends, a tight end and the backs to throw to or run the ball. “But catching the ball is not the *r DuPree appreciates neiv chucking rule United Press International DALLAS — The change in NFL rules forbidding the bumping of re ceivers more than five yards past the line of scrimmage was designed to produce more offense. And Billy Joe DuPree thinks it has done just that. At least with the Dal las Cowboys. DuPree has caught two of the six touchdown passes already thrown by quarterback Roger Staubach and he relishes the action. “The rules change has made the passing game more versatile,” said DuPree, the 6-4 tight end who is an imposing if sometimes neglected target. “It has created advantages for the backs and tight ends. The de fenses seem to be using more man- for-man now and that’s difficult with the people we have.” Staubach threw four touchdown passes in the Cowboys’ season opener against Baltimore and two more last Sunday against the New York Giants. In each of those games DuPree and fellow tight end Jay Saldi has caught a touchdown throw. “Some teams prefer to cover backs and tight ends with linebackers and we take advantage of that more than any other team,” DuPree said. “Last year Preston Pearson caught 34 pas ses playing part time. The year be fore he caught 28 playing full time. “I think we will really concentrate on the backs and tight ends from now on. At least that’s the way I see it. Coach (Tom) Landry and Roger might see it some other way. “Teams are still double covering Drew Pearson, but they are going to have to start paying attention to Tony Hill more and more and when they do Drew is going to be even tougher to deal with.” The Cowboys have chosen to throw passes near the opposition’s goal line a little more frequently this year. “We’ve had problems trying to run it,” DuPree said. “In the latter part of preseason and in the early part of the regular season we have been trying to spread out the defense with the passing attack close to the goal line. “That ought to help our running game as the season goes along.” Doug Teague most important thing to me. I would rather win 11 games than catch any passes. As long as we move the ball down the field and win games I am happy. And we can move the ball with both formations.” Teague’s talent does not stop with his pass catching ability. He is also an aggresive downfield blocker, which is vitally important to the wishbone. And although he is only 5-foot-10, 170 pounds he is not in timidated by any defensive back. Conference notes nexO Longhorns redshirt Ansley Teague also has noticed some thing different about the 1978 Ag gies that he said he has not seen the four years he has played here. “There is such a good feeling of togetherness with this team,” he commented. “We (the offense) have so much respect for the defense and they have great respect for us and it’s really great. We all feel good about our chances this year. ” Teague enjoys football but does not see it in his future out of college. “I think pro football is for the speed burners and realistically I don’t think I will play,” he said. "I plan to graduate and be a Petroleum Engineer. After all, that is what I came here for in the first place.” ‘White Shoes’ returns United Press International HOUSTON — If the Houston Oilers’ next opponent, San Fran cisco, is gearing its defense to stop runaway rookie Earl Campbell, coach Bum Phillips has some poten tially bad news for the 49ers. Wide receiver Billy “White Shoes” Johnson, a spectacular per former in four previous seasons, is recovered from a sprained knee and will play for the first time in three regular season games. “He’s gonna be all right this week,” Phillips said. “It’ll be good to have him back. He’s 20 percent of our offense.” The 5-9 Johnson will return to ac tion for the first time since the third exhibition game. He has been among the league leaders in kickoff and punt returns the past four years, and last season accounted for 1,683 yards by rushing, receiving and returning the football on kicks. The Oilers appeared healthy after their 20-17 victory over Kansas City Sunday. The only thin spot was in the offensive backfield where Ronnie Coleman bruised a shoulder and An thony Davis hurt his leg. Phillips said he did not think either of the injuries was serious. Such injury reports carry less sig nificance this season because of Campbell, who has carried on more than 60 percent of Houston’s run ning plays and who has literally shelved Houston’s four other run ning backs. United Press International AUSTIN — Texas Coach Fred Ql^ers has decided to redshirt CliPphomore quarterback Sam Ansley. BAkers, who has a surplus of heal- | in gtp r |hy quarterbacks, Monday an- ls Bunced his decision. The Texas Rack said he would take four quar- iiB r fodts to Houston Saturday for the S am e — senior Randy McEach- jy- eru, junior Mark McBath, freshman I spoBoBonuic Little and senior Ted Con- Clut lenBiiif* Sam is young, and we have some M artBpedence ahead of him,” Akers | m g .tsaid He’s got three years left, and | a rd, \B lsw asagood time to redshirt him.” HiniM^ ns fey. who started the TCU risP; j<8 anie last season when McEachern iipiouB 35 * n jured, said he was disap- ill-sta# nted but said the move would be- wiW hhinr. “It depends on how you look at it, I guess,” he said. “Anybody who is redshirted is disappointed for sure. Everybody wants to play. Still, I be lieve it will help me in the long run. Ansley, a 6-2, 164-pounder from Cypress-Fairbanks, was listed be hind McEachern and McBath before Akers announced the redshirting de cision . Akers also said junior offensive tackle Gary Sayre had dropped out of school and Dan Hunter would re place him in the No. 1 offensive unit. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkan sas’s opening game with Vanderbilt is Saturday, and Razorback coach Lou Holtz thinks the Tennessee team’s speed and unusual defense may be problems for the beginning Porkers. “In looking at some of last year’s films of Vanderbilt,” Holtz said Monday, “they have good speed at skill positions. The 4-3 defense they will use will probably be the only one we will see all season. This will pre sent a problem for us.” But Holtz said he was pleased with the progress his team showed at Monday’s workout, saying the Razorbacks’ concentration is improv ing. LUBBOCK — Texas Tech coach Rex Dockery is pleased with the weekend performance of several members of his team, but noted the Red Raiders didn’t want just a moral victory in their game with Southern Cal. “Everybody has been talking of a moral victory, but we wanted to win the ball game,” Dockery said of Tech’s 17-9 loss Saturday. “We went in there thinking we could, and thought we might when we went in at halftime only if we could play the second half like we did the first half. Dockery Monday praised spilt end Godfrey Turner, punter Maury Buford, quarterback Tres Adami, de fensive tackle Curtis Reed and safeties Johnny Quinney and Larry Flowers for their performances.- TEXARKANA — The Houston Cougars defeated the upstart Baylor Bears, 8-1, to capture the South west Conference match-play golf championship Tuesday. It was Houston’s fourth win in the six-year history of the championship and it was the Cougars 310th all-time team championship. 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