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THE BATTALION Page 9 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1978 rove it, state ori 'It willii 'StS tO Ifj gas. than it’s d States, imerican of those the sports Mark Patterson to as mutL u bic feed es at a rate the fed (t te fuel p # States, jji 1 federal n, T * 9 'stilt was a circus >n ofelectr,; ' N S under the Dome ^-Texas, a bad Pjett T i, e Fighting Texas Aggie Band (whoop) just added to the merri- was thru* en t Saturday night in the Astrodome. On their run-up, from the ^ ^^ck of the end zone to the goal line before they take the field at ilftime, three members on the front row of the band slipped and fell ■Bown on the Astroturf. The Houston fans roared. And in the middle of their halftime performance the Cadets broke to that old familiar tune, “Bamum and Bailey’s Favorites.” It added i the circus-like atmosphere of the evening. The Aggie Band must have had a premonition of how things were to 3 for the football team when it made its selection of music for the ouston halftime. Nothing fit the Aggies better than circus music on iis particular Saturday. Texas A&M coach Emory Bellard said after the game that it was istacase of one team outplaying another. But those who were at the me know the real reason for the loss suffered by the Aggies. It was clearly a matter of being out-coached, out-manned, under bred and unprepared for Coach Bill Yeoman's Houston Cougars, be Aggies seemed to enter the game with the thought that going rough the motions, they would be handed a victory, as in their first ar games of the year. But the Cougars aren’t cut from the same flimsy cloth as Kansas, |emphis State, Boston College or Texas Tech. The Cougars know 'to play good, aggressive football. If Saturday is any indication, f ,, nut Aggies don’t. And not in any one area are the boys in Maroon iirting. They ache all over. obert A. ce of the ?d in the ggs from require ;redient$ Cooking l y lured the sM y. I have circus, 25, who dio. , crew a! women icconv nmands Eight but most liywoodi :e to seve: and rls geneii rom one your n't. I stay, bti 1 Sparte g eyeli r you get' Going into Saturday’s game all the press clippings the Aggies had n reading told them they were the second best rushing team in e nation. They were unstoppable, awesome, punishing. They read too much. The offense was nonexistent in Saturday’s contest, being held to [87yards, far below the 400-plus average it had compiled through the 1st four games. Curtis Dickey , the phenomenon w ho had struck Irrorin the hearts of the first four opponents, struck out against the lougars with 25 yards on 14 carries. Dickey suffered a strained knee Id left the game late in the third quarter. Who could blame him. [A touch of irony surrounded the play of Aggie quarterback Mike losley against Houston Saturday. In a highly publicized act last pon, Mosley came off the bench to relieve then-Aggie quarterback Cavid Walker and lead Texas A&M to an emotional 27-7 victory over i ■Mosley started this Houston game against a team similar to the one llded and defeated last year. But now Mosley must know how [alker felt last year against the Cougars, bearing the brunt of the ticism and the blame. Mosley was mercifully pulled in favor of David Beal late in the rth quarter. The leader of the “potent” offense retired for the ening with one interception, four fumbles, and a rushing total of inus 16 yards to his credit. j The defense for the Aggies must have read the same newspaper clip- Ings that the offense did last week. Going into the Houston game bxasA&M ranked third in the nation defensively and had gone 14 jiarters without giving up a touchdown. Houston broke that string Iriy, on their second possession in the game, and proceeded to show |at past reputations wouldn’t mean a thing in this game. |0n the bright side, the Aggie defense did stop two extra point tries r Houston. And the Texas A&M defense did hold Houston scoreless [the second half. But I think I saw Bill Yeoman’s mom trotting onto |e field to lead the last few Houston drives in the ballgame. Son Bill jew he had little to risk with her in there against the Aggies this jening. Everyone got to enjoy the victory Saturday. Coach Yeoman seemed to sum up the attitude of the Houston ayers going into the game against the Aggies this season. Last year we didn’t really shower ourselves with glory against r» em ’a Ye0man sai ^‘ this year the team had something that they nHanted to prove, not only to the fans but to themselves. told them that no one embarrasses you but yourself. They just t ready to play and went out and did what they wanted to do | n 'ght. ,^ es ’ C° ac f) Yeoman, your players did go out and do what they [anted when they wanted to against the Aggies Saturday. And most 11 ( )p e who saw the game are still laughing. Or crying, as the case ®ay be. Top 20 poll ■ Oklahoma (31) (6-0) ■ Penn St. (10) (6-0) ■ Arkansas (4-0) • Alabama (5-1) United Press International 11. Houston (4-1) 12. Ariz. St. (5-1) 13. LSU (4-1) Texas A&M (4-1) Pittsburgh (4-1) Georgia (4-1) Missouri (4-2) Notre Dame (3-2) Purdue (4-1) Navy (5-0) BRAZOS V BOTTOM 319 UNIVERSITY IN NORTHGATE D) RESTAURANT & PUB (CM —^ DRIVE IN OR TAKE OUT Call Ahead & We’ll ^ Have It Read, Lgx REGULAR HOURS MON-SAT. ll:00-9:00 \Lj) SUNDAY 12-8 „ CHICKEN FRIED STEAKS b URGERS • BEER • SANDWICHES rnu This Coupon A Small Tea or Soft Drink <Vffer Through Oct. 27 With Purchase of Dinner, Burger \ °r Sandwich.) World Series play continues United Press International LOS ANGELES — If the Los Angeles Dodgers were psyched out by the boisterous Yankee Stadium fans, they surely can’t be too happy either about needing to win the re maining two World Series games — including a possible seventh against Ron Guidry. The Dodgers, who left Los Angeles Thursday with a comforta ble 2-0 Series lead in games, took a bite of the “Big Apple” over the weekend and choked on it. Sunday’s 12-2 laugher was the biggest gag of them all. The New York Yankees, suddenly steamrolling toward their second straight World Cham pionship, raked over three Dodger pitchers for 18 hits and, in the pro cess, were aided by three Los Angeles errors, two passed balls and a wild pitch — most of which led to “I didn’t believe the Yankees could sweep three games in New York,” said Dodger Manager Tommy Lasorda, “but I do now. At least we can go home now and play on our own field where we know our fans and how the ball will bounce.” The ball most certainly did not bounce well for the Dodgers in New York — especially in Sunday’s Game 5, which put the Yankees ahead 3-2 in the Series. Dodger shortstop Bill Russell, who comitted one of those errors, muffed another one that could have been an error. That was in the fourth inning when Bucky Dent hit a hard shot to short that should have been a double play, but Russell couldn’t handle it and the ball wound up in the out field, paving the way for a three-run Yankee rally that opened up a 7-2 lead. Kramer out of hospital United Press International MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings backup quarterback Tommy Kramer, sacked and knocked un conscious late in the game with the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, was re leased Monday from Hennepin County Medical Center. “He is doing very well,” Dr. Ben jamin Graves said of the former Rice University All-America who suf fered a concussion, “and there should be no permanent damage.” The Vikings were more con cerned about Kramer than their 34-17 loss to the Rams as they went to the locker room after the game. “Bob Miller led us in a prayer for Tommy,” linebacker Matt Blair said. “He told us our life is our own and in comparison, football is no thing. It was very sober in the locker room.” Jim Youngblood, the Ram who sacked Kramer, swung him around and tossed him to the ground, also was concerned. He said he didn’t know Kramer was injured until he reached the sideline. The second-year quarterback, a native of San Antonio, Texas, re gained consciousness en route to the hospital, about 10 minutes after he was tackled. “He’s very satisfactory,” Dr. Graves said. “It will he up to him and the trainers to decide when he can play again, but we anticipate he should do quite well. We ll have to wait and see. His attitude is 100 percent.” JflHIEAlR CILAJfJf FOR A CLASSY CUT. CALL 846-4771 Want To Learn To Play? Terms Layaway it is easy with our Alvarez guitars and special easy- play speed music. Come in for demo today!! KeyboARd Center Baldwin Pianos, Organs, Fun Machines, Player Pianos. Manor East MaU Bryan • 779-7080 Randy Stuart, Owner Your Favorite Songs in Easy Play Speed Music.l OptN 6 DAys Til 6 PM “I’m not gonna make excuses,” said Russell. “I missed the first one (an error in the first inning that didn’t hurt the Dodgers), but the others were tough plays. I’m no Golden (Gold) Glover by any means. We had all the confidence in the world when we came here, but they tore everything down.” Earlier Russell blasted the New York fans, who didn’t exactly im prove their image by rampaging onto the field after the game and tearing it apart. “You’ve got to be half-crazy to live in this town,” Russell said. “The in field here isn’t the problem, it’s the fans. They throw things at you and the screaming is like no place else we go to. I can’t wait to get out of this town. At least in Los Angeles, our fans are civilized.” “Today was a total disaster,” Dodger third baseman Ron Gey said after Sunday’s game. “I wouldn’t say everyone is doing something wrong, but it’s enough to make a differ ence.” “That was one of the worst games we ever played,” added first base- man Stev^^G^rvew^^iose wild DISCOUNT TROPHY staked the Yankees to four runs in the third inning and wiped out a 2-0 Dodger lead. 1978 World Series throw to the plate in the fourth in ning allowed Dent to score the sixth Yankee run. “We re going to have to do the job in Los Angeles. It won’t be the same there with our own fans. ” If the Yankees had an offensive star amid all the Dodger mistakes, it was Thurman Munson, who drove in five runs with two singles and a double. 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