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Battalion photos by ht| The chase scene It cannot be much fun looking up and seeing Texas A&M University’s 242-pound defensive end Jacob Green breathing down your neck. Just ask Memphis State quarterback Lloyd Patterson. He had to contend with Green and the rest of the Aggie defense all after noon last Saturday. This week the nation’s No. 1 de- Packers, Bears meet in divisional contest United Press International The accepted wisdom is that it takes at least three years to evaluate each National Football League draft. In the case of the Green Bay Packers, however, less than two years is enough to say the 1977 draft has produced a rich harvest of tal ent. The Packers, who host Chicago Sunday in an important NFC Cen tral Division game, can credit much of their surprising early season suc cess to the development of the second-year players they drafted last year. The two first-round choices, Mike Butler and Ezra Johnson, have given stability to the defensive line. Led by Johnson’s 10 quarterback sacks, Green Bay shares the league lead with San Diego in that category with 23. Quarterback David Whitehurst, an eighth-round pick from Furman, ranks third in the NFC pass ratings with six touchdown passes and only four interceptions. Fifth-round choice Aundra Thompson from East Texas State caught two TD passes from Whitehurst in the Packers’ 35-14 victory over Detroit last week. Terdell Middleton, a third round selection, had his second 100-yard game of the year against Detroit and ranks third in the conference with 452 yards. Two other offensive starters, left guard Derrel Gofourth and right tackle Greg Koch, were seventh- and second-round choices, respec tively, in 1977. Before the season. Green Bay Coach Bart Starr figured his young team would spend another year mostly losing and learning. He didn’t imagine after five weeks the Packers would be 4-1 and alone atop the Central Division. “We are obviously pleased to be there, but we are trying to keep ev erything in perspective,’ Starr says. “We realize you are only as good as you were that particular week.’’ Chicago, meanwhile, hopes to rebound from two straight losses that have dropped the Bears’ record to 3-2. The defeats were narrow de cisions to Minnesota and Oakland (in overtime) and Coach Neill Armstrong isn’t the least bit dis couraged. “For the last couple of weeks I’ve been wondering how good the Bears were, but after the Oakland game I think I know,’’ he said. “We stayed right with one of the best teams in the league and played them even. I don’t think there will be a letdown against Green Bay. There’s too much pride and too much at stake.” The usual defensive struggle be tween these two old rivals may give way this year to an offensive battle. Chicago features a strong running attack behind Walter Payton and Roland Harper while Green Bay ef fectively mixes the passing of Whitehurst with the running of Middleton. Elsewhere Sunday, Atlanta (2-3) visits Pittsburgh (5-0), San Fran cisco (1-4) is at Los Angeles (5-0), Washington (5-0) at Detroit (1-4), Houston (3-2) at Oakland (3-2), Philadelphia (3-2) at New England (3-2), Cleveland (3-2) at New Or leans (2-3), New York Giants (3-2) at Dallas (3-2), Minnesota (3-2) at Seat tle (2-3), Denver (4-1) at San Diego (1-4), Buffalo (2-3) at New York Jets (2-3), Tampa Bay (2-3) at Kansas City (1-4) and Baltimore (1-4) at St. Louis (0-5). Cincinnati (0-5) seeks its first win at Miami (3-2) Monday night. Rockets win •y;TACOS AL CARBON / •*;.STEAKS MEXICAN STYLE -;- '-.;: 11:00 A.M.- 10:00 P.M. CLOSED MONDAYS r-rr-Highway 30 (Huntsville Hwy.Jrzi; CoDege Station, Texas 693-5169 October Monday Night Special We’ll Be Open Every Monday In October 5 p.m.-9 p.m. O OFF ALL PORTRAITS .. \ . ■ ; -- EXCELLENT FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING! SATURDAY, OCT. 7 tP AGGIE RELIEF 5:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. NO COVER OR DRESS CODE 1 /2 PRICE DRINKS (TIL 8:30) United Press International HOUSTON — Center Moses Malone scored 25 points and grab bed 17 rebounds to help the Hous ton Rockets hand the San Antonio Spurs their first pre-season loss with a 117-111 victory Thursday night. Rockets forward Rudy Tomjamovich was the high scorer in the game with 30 points, and guard James Silas scored 21 points for the Spurs, who had beaten Houston twice this week Malone’s 6-for-6 field goal shoot ing in the third quarter helped the Rockets increase a two-point halftime lead to 12 points entering the third quarter. The closest the Spurs came after that was four points in the final minute. Houston’s only two losses have been to San Antonio. The Spurs are 6-1. tearaway outlawed United Press International CHICAGO — The National Football League is taking a neut ral position on cheerleaders, but Commissioner Pete Rozelle says no women will lx* allowed to pose in the nude for photographers. League owners also outlawed tearaway jerseys, effective with games next weekend, and defer red a vote whether to impose sanctions on majority owners vio lating the league rule against even minority ownership in another team sport. The discussion on cheerlead ers, which became controversial when the San Diego Chargers fired their “Chaigettes” because one posed in the nude for a men’s magazine, occupied most of the eight-hour debating session. One immediate change will re quire cheerleaders to sign a con tract that they will not pose in the nude. “We outlined the problems and those with cheerleaders would like to continue with them,” Roselle said. 'Bnt going to have to pay more tion to cheerleaders. Memb the staff of the clubs are have to get deeply invoh checking on them.” Rozelle said tearaway were outlawed for tworeas "the manufacturers say pads are designed to be coni and when the jersey is rip| there’s no protection, when a player has to go sideline to get a new j| there’s delay of the game, The vote whether to sanctions on owners who terests in other team S] delayed because the American S<xcer League hi suit for a preliminary injm to prevent the NFL fromw to enforce its rule. “The judge said he coul act on the suit for 60 or 90 Rozelle said, “so the leap ‘Fine, we won’t vote on i week. ’’’ The vote will come the court rules, he said A true-blooded Texan? United Press International OKLAHOMA CITY — It was another example of the heated ri valry between Oklahoma and Texas. 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