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in tlic em that J n from for tar ovenues many laving a •fishing I ques ts Rail, over his theUI ivers on ward A. was ap- ntist. )it 'S United Press IntemaHonal \11 the things that coaches, lavers and fans say are unpleasant bout the recruiting of high school jotball players surfaced VVednes- iy in Texas. jhe NCAA opened an investiga- ,n into the 1979 automobile now u ing driven by the state’s No. 1 otball prospect, a family in Hous- was emotionally torn by recruit- blasts about the school their son lad chosen, and in Amarillo the rincipal of a high school was upset cause a recruiter came into the bool Tuesday and took a student it of class without permission. Wednesday was the first day high our nisi lean an agricull ownenlt n prices pay as u now pay Departiif iring an ling ' ’ oloradofe found ne install chasing h gh “dm y (foreign ey into friendly ic said. :he true« ■ dummy d to ide juirecorp: and more thi stock, ased pnci irovei he law lients hi or planm idence i .v: hoi: ration hoi olation of e subscept ie land. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1979 ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ > Thursday Night Jf {TEXAS HALL OF FAME? presents Recruiting unpleasantries surface ? " The Countr y Edition"? £S.ies sign If) schoolboys school seniors could sign scholarship agreements binding within the Southwest Conference. Such agreements are not binding na tionally until a “national letter” is signed next Wednesday. The usual number of good players went to the usual number of top schools. But the activities in Sealy and Houston Wednesday could create turmoil in the conference ranks for weeks to come. The highlights of the eluded: day —Eric Dickerson, the Sealy run ning back recruited by more than 80 schools this year, backed off a previ ous promise to sign with Texas A&M, saying he would wait until next Wednesday to choose a school. At the same time, SWC officials con firmed the NCAA is investigating the purchase of a 1979 Pontiac Trans-Am which Dickerson has been driving this month. —Running back Craig James, the leading Class AAAA rusher in his tory, hedged on his commitment to SMU because of indecision within his family brought on by the intense effort of recruiters. James said he would almost certainly sign with SMU later in the week. —James E. Garrett, principal at Amarillo Palo Duro high school, said he was displeased that a recrui- hggies down Horned Frogs From staff and wire reports FORT WORTH — Vernon Smith cored 21 points and Texas A&M ight off a TCU comeback Wed- icsday night to help the Aggies reak a three-game losing streak ith a 61-56 victory over the lorned Frogs. We didn’t play well,” Texas &M coach Shelby Metcalf said. But we’ve played well and lost. I’d ither play bad and win. •’ We just needed a win. I’m tick- dto death to get out of here alive.” Texas A&M opened a 19-4 lead, ut TCU trimmed that to seven at half on the shooting of Steve cales. The 18th-ranked Aggies jumped ack in front by 14 early in the sec- nd half, but the lowly Horned fogs again came hack to make a me of it in the final eight minutes. A&M slowed the pace of the ime, however, and TCU could get odoser than five points. We do need rest,” Metcalf said. We ve played 15 straight games without a bye and we’re very, very tired.” The Aggies will be off until Tuesday, when they host Rice in their final SWC regular season game. The Aggies, trying for a third- place finish in the Southwest Con ference that would win them a bye in the first round of the SWC post season tournament, boosted their league record to 10-5 and their overall record to 21-7. Those 21 wins equal a school record. TCU has won only one confer ence game in 14 tries and is 6-18 for the season. Rynn (Wright) is our most solid performer,” Metcalf said. “Night after night you can count on Rynn Wright.” Wright added 15 points for the Aggies and David Britton scored 11 while TCU was led by Seales with 17 points. BOX SCORE TEXAS A&M (61) Wright 7 1-2 15, Smith 10 1-2 21, Woods 5 0-0 10, Sylestine 2 0-14, Britton 3 5-6 11, Robin son 0 0-1 0, Jones 0 0-0 0, Ladson 0 0-10, Pederson 0 0-0 0, Goff 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 7-13 61. TCU (56) Wineinger 1 2-3 4, Mansbury 2 2-2 6, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Blackwell 3 0-0 6, Hand 0 0-0 0, Tibbs 5 0-0 10, Scales 5 7-9 17, Nickens 4 3-4 11, Vincent 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 14-18 56. Halftime — Texas A&M 35, TCU 28. Fouled Out — Scales. Total Fouls — Texas A&M 15, TCU 15. Technical Fouls — Smith, TCU bench. A — 3,105. ter from TCU had taken linebacker Scott Loftis out of class on Tuesday. Loftis, previously committed to Texas Tech, signed with TCU Wed nesday. The situation involving Dickerson had already attracted NCAA inves tigators before signing day arrived. Texas A&M officials said as soon as they discovered Dickerson was driv ing a new automobile, they notified the NCAA. Dickerson said his grandmother, who lives in Houston, made a $4,500 down payment on the car and would continue to make payments. In Houston, meanwhile, James said recruiters had used everything they could to persuade him not to go to SMU. James said his parents were so upset by some of the re cruiters’ comments that he had de layed his signing with the Mustangs. “They (recruiters from other schools) are all trying to say some thing bad about SMU. That’s why I want to go so bad. One of these days I want to be able to look ‘em in eye and say “I told you you were wrong.’ I want to stand my ground. “They persuaded my mother into thinking that SMU wasn’t going to do this or that. They say everything they can think of — that I’ll never run the ball or that the coach will leave. Coach Ron Meyer said the attacks on his program mentioned by James were bothersome, but that they would be overcome. “Yeah, it’s upsetting,” said Meyer. “It’s got to be aggravating. But we certainly want to work with the family any way they desire. If there is a seed of doubt we want it to be cleared up. Anytime there is a delay like this the phone starts ring- ing. “Recruiting is a long, hard, tedi ous job, but it really doesn’t seem so bad to me. You get all of these (rumors) second or third hand. It just doesn’t bother us. We know what we’re going to do. 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