Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1978)
THE BATTALION Page 13 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1978 « be reidi - ^IcEachi J se Texas not sayinj day. 1 nutter *| ^ , we be ' all of the® for most 'e game” ing the i®[ game bull biggest of: \t that time toingtoal* xirtant thil eas a ven l I'l'SIXHldfj Friday ie most imp! ies turned the list. Making the second team for the Aggies were Doug Holms and Carl Grulich. Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley ie Aggies tickets sent le Longhe public tit* ident tick cted to atti ing on : oogs bring new look to courts United Press International „ BTiis is the second in a series of xeited, saB c / es profiling Texas A i? M s 1979 IT tictf*Bf/imesf Conference basketball ow wha ^fonents. last week' Id happet 1 ild win. will finds d splash it HOUSTON — There will be lite a new look around the South- £ Conference once basketball begins this year and one of the lewest looks of all will be at bine brii is all said udience Hofheinz Pavilion. Tluch of the muscle and power jich carried the Houston Cougars |the SWC tournament title last Irch will not be back. And that caused Coach Guy V. Lewis, jjoisin his third decade of guiding Cougars, to alter his way of ing things. li ve met all our players,” Lewis H in reference to the large Hnber of newcomers on his squad. Hit I’m not really acquainted with jotball, ’ s as Hoffii We have got a year and a half of d xe for the Bi 1 been compel five ofse* ing 24-71 laved in urn, the experienced playing time coming back in the starting lineup. We have lost 8Vfe years of playing time. “We have lost our entire front line and I honestly don’t know who will be starting for us.” Cecile Rose, Mike Schultz and Charles Thompson all have com pleted their eligibility, and return ing from last year’s starting group will be Kenneth Williams and Ken Cioli. The tallest freshman or transfer student coming in to the Houston team this year is 6-7. “This is the shortest team we’ve had here at any time since 1965, said Lewis. “We’ve been a power- oriented team for as long as I can remember. We are quicker than we usually are, but we are not as good a passing team. “We will still be a good shooting team, but we are going to have to change our style of play.” And what kind of style will Lewis use? “A delay game,” he joked. One of the players who should help Houston this year will not even be available until January. That would be Leonard Mitchell — a 6-7 intimidator who is currently taking up place in the defensive line of the Houston football team. Lewis is obviously anxious to have Mitchell rejoin the team. When asked how long it would take Mitch ell to rejoin the team and become a factor, the Cougars coach said: “About 30 minutes after the final gun.” The players who will have to step forward this year do not have famil iar names to most SWC fans. Lewis is expecting help from 6-4 transfer Marshall Sauls, 6-6 transfer Darnell Roper, 6-6 transfer Victor Ewing and freshman Kent Davis. “But we re not conceding any thing to anybody,” said Lewis, -ned dated so! jme/’Afo bey are ie.” d that W 1 HousW Batt Pix Week 13 GAME Texas A&M-Texas David Boggan Mark • Patterson .Texas by 3 Texas by 6 Texas by 9 •Texas Tech-Arkansas Arkansas by 10 Texas Tech by 6 Texas Tech by 7 ice-Houston Houston by 20 Houston by 27 Houston by 16 labama-Auburn Alabama by 12 Alabama by 13 Alabama by 10 rmy-Navy Navy by 8 Navy by 17 Navy by 8 }4ew England-Dallas Dallas by 13 Dallas by 13 Dallas by 7 ittsburgh-Houston Houston by 4 Houston by 4 Houston by 4 Philidelphia-Minnesota Philidelphia by 4 ... . Philidelphia by 6 Minnesota by 2 iami-Washington Miami by 6 Miami by 9 . . Miami by 6 Denver-Oakland Oakland by 7 Oakland by 9 . . Oakland by 7 ast week’s record 8-2 Season’s percentage 708 whose team posted a 258 record last year and lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to Notre Dame. “But we have to be realistic and realize everybody else will be com petitive. We aren t as strong as we were last year and other teams will be. I think we will be a little bit better come tournament time, but everybody else can make that statement.” To spice up the early portion of the season Lewis will take his team to Alaska for a pair of games — one of them on Christmas Day. “I’ve never been to Alaska and I thought it would be a good idea. I don t guess it will make any differ ence that we play on Christmas. We can’t play them in July.” Lewis is not expecting his team to reach its potential by Christmas. But he certainly hopes they do it be fore July.” The Cougars currently hold an 0-1 season record, losing to Nevada-Reno Monday 77-73. Hous ton will host Texas A&M on Jan. 10. SELL YOUR BOOKS at UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE NORTHGATE CULPEPPER PLAZA Battalion Classified Call 845-2611 reived aP c from inguez' iega'7* twas bound happen. . . United Press International SAN ANTONIO — The local C television affiliate has touched quite a furor among Dallas Cow- fans by opting to broadcast the luston Oilers-Pittsburgh Steelers e next Sunday instead of the illas-New England game. KMOL-TV found itself faced with fact that NBC is televising the es involving both Texas teams at same time. When the station, which ordinar- carries the Houston games, se to present the Oilers contest, vas deluged with telephone calls became the object of talk show ipes and newspaper articles. We re between the rock and the d place,” said KMOL sportscas- 4 Jerry Desmond. “NBC gave us a Joice. We opted for the Oilers, f’ve been the Oilers’ station all se years. Now that they have a t of going into the playoffs, we’ve [tided to go with them. We could have put them out in cold. Then all the Oiler fans uldhave called to complain. It’s a -win situation.” Desmond said his station tried to ange for both games to be shown San Antonio to no avail. CBS normally televises Cowboy l^es on KENS-TV, but once a ar NBC is awarded a Cowboy nie and this year the starting es of the Dallas and Houston ir >ies conflicted. 5% INTEREST REBATES ON NEW CAR LOANS (NO LATE MONTHLY PAYMENTS - DEPOSIT CUSTOMERS ONLY) CALL US TODAY - TOLL FREE 693-1414 ■CiRsC state Bank. HEARNE, TEXAS (College Station tBank-pending) SWC teams announced United Press International DALLAS — Mike Ford, the dead-eye passer from Southern Methodist who fueled Mustang Mania and moved the ball for more yards than any other player in the country this season, edged Hous ton’s Danny Davis to win the first- team quarterback spot on the UPI all-Southwest Conference team re leased Wednesday. Ford was joined in the first team backfleld by SWC leading rusher James Hadnot of Texas Tech, Curtis Dickey of Texas A&M and Ben Cowins of Arkansas. And Ford’s top receiver — Emanuel Tolbert — was the only unanimous selection to all conference, a team voted by sports writers and broadcasters throughout the southwest. The writers and broadcasters opted for Ford, who helped turn SMU into a threat every week al though the Mustangs won only four games, over Davis, who with a fine cast of supporting characters boosted the Cougars to as high as No. 5 in the nation before a setback against Tech. Ford threw for 3,007 yards this year and his total yardage figure of 2,957 (which took into account quar terback traps) made him the na tional champion in that department. Ford was also named the SWC’s offensive player of the year while defensive tackle Jimmy Walker of Arkansas was tabbed defensive player of the year. Newcomer of the year was Ron Reeves, the freshman quarterback who came in early in the season to help make the Texas Tech Red Raiders the surprise team in the league. And coach of the year went to Rex Dockery, whose masterful gathering of forces at Tech brought the Raid ers into conference contention dur ing a year in which they had been forecast to finish next-to-Iast. Tolbert and Cowins were the only two repeaters from the 1977 all conference team. Other members of this year’s offensive group included Olympic sprinter Johnny “Lam” Jones at wide receiver, Greg Kolenda of Arkansas and Cody Ri- sien of Texas A&M at tackles, David Sledge of Baylor and Jim Yar borough of Texas at guards and Chuck Brown of Houston at center. Barefoot kicker Tony Franklin of Texas A&M was named place kicker and Maury Buford of Texas Tech, among the national leaders, was the all-conference punter. On defense there were four players named who made the 1977 team — Walker at tackle, SMU’s Putt Choate at linebacker and de fensive backs Johnnie Johnson of Texas and Vaughn Lusby of Arkan sas. Joining them on the defensive squad were ends Dwight Jefferson of Texas and Jacob Green of Texas A&M, tackle Steve McMichael of Texas, linebackers Lance Taylor of Texas and David Hodge of Houston and defensive backs D.K. Perry and David Hill, both of SMU. For the Aggies, Doug Holmes (of fensive guard) and Carl Grulich (de fensive back) were voted members of the second team all-SWC. First Team Offense Emanuel Tolbert, SMU WR Lam Jones.Tex WR Greg Kolenda, Ark T Cody Risien, A&M T David Sledge, Bay G Jim Yarborough, Tex G Chuck Brown, Hou C Mike Ford, SMU QB Curtis Dickey, A&M RB James Hadnot, Tech RB Ben Cowins, Ark RB Tony Franklin, A&M PK First Team Defense Dwight Jefferson, Tex E Jacob Green, A&M E Steve McMichael, Tex T Jimmy Walker, Ark T Putt Choate, SMU LB Lance Taylor, Tex LB David Hodge, Hou LB Johnnie Johnson, Tex DB Vaughn Lusby, Ark DB D.K. Perry, SMU DB David Hill, SMU DB Maury Buford, Tech P Second Team Offense David Houser, Rice WR Doug Cunningham, Rice WR Mike Jusko, SMU T Melvin Jones, Hou T Joe Bays, SMU G Doug Holmes, A&M G Wes Hubert, Tex C Danny Davis, Hou QB Emmett King, Hou RB Randy Love, Hou RB Jerry Eckwood, Ark RB Bill Adams, Tech PK Second Team Defense Ron Bones, Tex E Jim Howard, Ark E Dan Hampton, Ark T Hosea Taylor, Hou T Michael Singletary, Bay LB Larry Jackson, Ark LB William Hampton, Ark LB Carl Grulich, A&M DB Ricky Churchman, Tex DB Elvis Bradley, Hou DB Glenn Blackwood, Tex DB Russell Erxleben, Tex P II •t iHR.1 £»YT~t /vtirtiWt- ©Ptn v ^HhcV/inCj Up tc? »r fo© ©ClFDuWLirjr invijrtOJ -a r-N |GEr |l fcrnT tP- “2-920 £r % 2_9-pin F^cri riR4£>iaA»--f«*Esj" Make This an Aggie Christmas . . . BOSKS • Twelfth Man Aggies • Aggie Joke Books Vol. 1 thru 5. FOR THE MEN • Ties • Cuff Links • Tie Bar • Tie Tac • Pewter Mugs FOR THE LADIES • Bikini Panties • Aggie Garters • Aggie Earrings • Charms • Necklace • Pins FOR THE WEE AGGIE • Aggie Diaper • Aggie Bib • Aggie Plastic Diapers • Aggie Booties • Aggie Mittens Open Daily 'till 8:00 UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE "AT THE NORTH GATE" m WVEMtTT 0WVE — COUHI STATION. TEXAS Member FDIC TEXTBOOKS CALCULATORS SCHOOL SUPPLIES AGGIE orrs A SOUVENIRS