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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1978
Aggies defeat SWT
The Texas A&M basketball
team pleased a hometown crowd
as the Aggies won their home
opener of the 1978-79 season, de
feating Southwest Texas State
University 82-78.
Winning the game was no easy
task for the Aggies, who had to
come back from a 46-44 halftime
deficit.
"Southwest Texas is a good
basketball team, Texas A&M
coach Shelby Metcalf said after
the game. "They play a good
pressure defense. If we hadn t
gone to Alaska we would have
been in trouble tonight.
“The big thing that made it so
close is that we missed our free
throws when we were in our
four-corner offense — our delay
game. The Aggies went into a
delay game with about four min
utes left on the clock. In that
time, they missed six of seven
free throw attempts.
Vernon Smith led the Aggies
with 21 points. Rudy Woods
scored 17 and Rynn Wright and
David Britton each scored 15.
Wright led Texas A&M with eight
rebounds.
Metcalf said the play of Albert
Culton was "the highlight of the
game, no doubt about it, com
plimenting the sophomore on his
defensive work. The Aggie coach
was less than pleased, however,
with the fact that Texas A&M had
25 turnovers to SWT’s 17.
Tonight Texas A&M hosts Oral
Roberts University in G. Rollie
White beginning at 7:30. Last
year the Aggies defeated ORU
79-73 but Metcalf warned, "They
are much more talented than they
were last year. If we put the ball
game on the floor that we did
against Indiana (in the Alaska
tournament) then I think we can
pla> with Oral Roberts.
Battalion photo by Pat O’Malley
Vernon Smith goes up for a rebound in Saturday’s game.
Texas dominates contest
By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Staff
Forget about the losses to Okla
homa, Houston and Baylor. If the
University of Maryland faces the
same team that rolled over the Ag
gies Friday night it will be facing one
of the best teams in the country in
the Sun Bowl.
The University ofTexs looked un
beatable Friday night as it defeated
Texas A&M 22-7 in the season finale
for both teams. But the score did not
truly show how one-sided the game
was.
The Longhorns dominated every
ph ase of the contest. The Texas of
fense rolled up 243 yards total of
fense on the night, 155 yards rush
ing.
Defensively, the Longhorns held
the previously potent Aggie attack to
212 yards total offense on the eve
ning, allowing an average of 2.6
yards per play. The Aggies were held
to 42 yards total rushing on the eve-
ning.
But the big story for the Long
horns in their relatively easy victory
over the Aggies was the play of
placekicker-punter Russell Erxle-
ben. The senior from Seguin had his
best game as a Longhorn as he kicked
two field goals, from 59 and 42 yards,
and punted the ball eight times for a
48-yard average. His seventh punt of
the night traveled 74 yards and nar
rowly missed being downed on the
Aggies 1-yard line.
“What a night Russell had for us,
his coach Fred Akers said of the
punter. "The field position he gave
us on his punts was tremendous. To
night the people saw why the kicking
game is so important to the outcome
of the football game.
Erxleben may have been the dif
ference in the game, but he almost
didn’t have the chance to show his
talents to the television audience.
Erxleben injured his big toe on a
kickoff against Baylor last weekend
and had not practiced all week. His
status for the Texas A&M game was
questionable up to game time, when
be^bold his coach he wanted to
kick against the Aggies.
“I told Coach Akers that my toe
was hurting me in warm-ups, but
that I wanted to kick against the Ag
gies,” Erxleben said after the game.
"It was stinging a little bit, but I told
Coach that I probably wouldn’t feel it
by game time. I wasn t going to sit
out my last A&M game.
"I’m the only person who knew if I
could kick or not. The first time I
went out to punt I wasn’t sure if I
could do it. I kicked it pretty well (47
yards and downed at the Aggies
7-yard line) and it didn’t bother me
the rest of the night.
It was as if Erxleben wanted to
show the viewers that he is a legiti
mate all-America kicker with his per
formance. It may have changed the
minds of the few doubters watching
Friday, but it just reaffirmed the be
liefs of the Texas fans who have
watched him kick during his four
years at Texas. The performance was
a fitting way to end his illustrious
career as a Longhorn.
“I couldn't have drawn up the end
ing any better, ” Erxleben said. "This
is the way I wanted to go out of here.
I wanted to go out a winner. Now I
So can the other 16 seniors on the
Texas team. It was a team effort that
defeated the Aggies Friday night.
The game was especially important
for one senior. It marked the return
to the lineup for Johnny “Ham”
Jones, hurt since the SMU game ear
lier in the season. Ha m stepped back
into the lineup and carried the ball
19 times for 77 yards and one
touchdown in his last regular season
game as a Longhorn.
“I don t know if you could say I m
really back, I ni just happy that I
could contribute to the win," the
Hamlin native said. "The win is more
important to me than my personal
performance. This win will make the
trip to the Sun Bowl more enjoy
able.
Dwight Jefferson, another of the
departing 16, also enjoyed the win in
his last appearance before the
hometown fans.
"It sure feels good to go out a win
ner, especially after what happened
against Baylor last week, the defen
sive right end said in the noisy locker
room after the game. "This game and
this whole season makes me so glad I
came to Texas.
"Going into the game we were de
termined not to let them get outside
of us. We thought they would attack
our flanks, so we looked to the out
side every play anti forced them to
run inside. The ends just got width
and staved outside.
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One of the most inleietl
match-ups in the game wasllj
Jefferson going against Tens (
all-conference tackle CodyRisi
was a match-up Jefferson was la
forward to all season and hem*
most of the opportunity.
"Cody is the best tackle Ivf— n _
up against all season, JeflersosW^ ^
"But I like to think that I maitj
good end as well. Itwasjusta
of two equal forces goingagainsiJ
otbci And I really enjoyedM
ning.”
Another Texan who enjoyeij
game was junior quarterback]!
McBath. McBath was given the J
mg nod by Akers early in tits
and he took advantage of ikerj
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enjoyable for the team.
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The Game Of The Week
Despite the cold and rain. Shelly Scherer
and Lucy Shelton still came out and watched
their team play at Kyle Field last week. If
you see the lights on this week, drop on by
for the All-University football playoffs. The
championship game is Wednesday night.
Ref’s
Corner
Basketball clinic, Room 267
G.R.W., 7:00 p.m.
Monday, December 4
Tuesday, December 5
Wednesday, December 6
Basketball officials are still
needed for the spring semes
ter. Pay starts at $2.50 an hour
with opportunity for advance
ment. No experience neces
sary. Will train. Hours are
worked around your schedule
and desire to work. See James
Welford at the IM Office, De-
Ware Fieldhouse as soon as
possible.
The Extra Act
Bob s BH s led all the way to
win their bowling match over
Cheryl’s Sugars 1592-1320, total
points. In Class A Women's Inde
pendent Division, Bob s BH s won
all three of their games against the
Sugars by fair margins.
In the first game, Cheryl’s
Sugars scored only two strikes,
one made by Chery l Boord in the
first frame of the game as her
team s first bowler, and the other
bowled by Valerie Starr in the
sixth frame. A total of eight spares
were marked for the Sugars.
Bob s BH s saw seven strikes,
four of them by Ginny Adams who
marked every frame except three.
Two were made by' Dana
Hakemack and the last was picked
up by Tammany Williams. A total
of sixteen strikes were bowled by'
the BH’s in the first game. The
score totaled at 556 BH s to the
Sugars' 404.
During the second game the
Sugars gained momentum as Val
erie scored three strikes, and
Cheryl and Cindy Shoemaker each
picked up one. Eleven spares
helped their second game to score
456 points, totaling to a 860 match
score.
The BH s marked seven strikes
again as Cary George came up
with three as did Dana, and Tam
many bowled one strike in the
seventh frame. Spares totaled to
fourteen, several of them made
from splits. Game score was 525
for the BH s and match score
added up to 1081.
The third game was the closest
as the Sugars made six strikes,
three by 7 Cindy, and one apiece by
Cheryl, Valerie, and Julie
Striekert. Eleven spares were
scored to give the Sugars a 460
game total and a 1320 match score.
The BH’s scored lower than in
either of their previous games.
Their 511 game score included two
strikes by Ginny, two by Dana,
and fifteen spares. They won the
match with a total of 1592,
Individual pin scores for
Cheryl s Sugars were 326 for
Cheryl Boord, 352 for Cindy
Shoemaker, 359 for high scorer
Valerie Starr, and 293 for Julie
Striekert. High scorer of the
match was Dana Hakemack, with
451 for the BH’s, followed by
Ginny Adams’ score of 434. Tam
many Williams bowled .a 378 and
Cary George ended with a 329.
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Men s Bowling
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Fencing
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Judo Club
Polo Club
Racquetball
Women's Soccer
Weightlifting
Destination
University of Texas
Rice
Bice
Arlington
Bridge City
Bellaire
Waco
Port Arthur
San Antonio
Houston
Midland
Houston
Austin
Texas A&I University
Metroplex Tournament
Date
Dec. 9 & 10
Dec. 2
Dec. 2
Jan. 15
Dec. 2 & 3
Dec. 9 & 16
Dec. 15
Dec. 16
Dec. 3
Dec. 10
Jan. 4-8
December
Dec. 2
Dec. 3
Jan. 9
These dates and tournaments are subject to changes and correc
tions. Contact the IM Office or officers of the clubs for more informa
tion.
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SPORT
SHOPTS
Sports
Shorts
Basketball entries close
Tuesday, December 5.
Bowling playoffs — All-
University
Women's Dec 5 4:10 p.m. MSC Lanes 5 & 6
Men’s A Dec 6 4:10 p.m. MSC Lanes 1 & 2
Men’s B Dec 6 4:10 p.m. MSC Lanes 3 & 4
Men's C Dec 4 4 : 10 p.m. MSC Lanes 5 & 6
Table tennis playoffs —
All-University, December 5,
8:00 p.m. G.R.W.
Racquetball playoffs —
All-University, December 7.
Flag football and flickerball
playoffs will be during dead
week, weather permitting, and
are tentatively scheduled to
finish up December 6 and 7.
and
All divisional champs (Corps,
Fish, Dorms, Independents,
etc. . . .) in racquetball will re
ceive Super Z racquetball balls,
courtesy of the IM department
All All-University Class A, B
& C champs and winners of
special events are reminded to
come by the IM Office to pick
up your T-shirts.
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I-Spy ’ Participant Of The Week
Rick Fiske goes up to spike the ball during an A&M Volley
ball Club practice. Les Templeton, foreground, and Bot
Bradsby, background, are rushing in to help. The team
played in San Marcos last weekend in their last bigtourna
ment. Our club has the best record in the southwest. After
four tournaments involving every team in the Southwest
Conference, they have won two, and placed 2nd and 3rdir
the others. Bob should come by the I.M. office to pick up
his “Be Our Guest” card, redeemable for free food at
McDonalds.
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