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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1979)
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1979 | the sports || Spring drills continue I MSC CRfiFTS & RFfTS dMMITT€€ FOUNTMN WBDl and THUR - ARFflL 1B and 19 - 95RTVI AND MmSTS rnd CfMFTSMEH F VOU UUflNT TO DSPLAV AND SFllVOUR UUORH5 IN TH6 SHOW, SIGN-UP IN TH<E ITISC CRAFT SHOP FOR INFORITIATION CALL 845- I63I. By SEAN PETTY Battalion Sports Staff We’ve all heard the phrase, “Ap ril showers bring May flowers.” Well, Texas A&M head football coach Tom Wilson is hoping these rainy spring football drills will help the Texas Aggies blossom into a Southwest Conference cham pionship contender by the fall. Wilson has spent the entire spring cultivating his crops, making sure everything is in its proper place for the fall football harvest. And it is during the spring drills when Wilson has the chance to ex periment and weed out all the er rors and weak spots because he knows there will be no time for mis takes come September. The Wednesday afternoon prac tice was spent concentrating mostly on the younger players to see what kind of depth the Aggies will have next year. “I felt like we needed to give some of the younger players more playing time today because some of them haven’t been able to play that much in our Saturday scrimmages,” Wilson said. “This also gave us a chance to rest some of our first team players so that they will be able to go full speed on Saturday.” Wilson has made a lot of changes this spring, switching linemen from defense to offense at will. The most recent change was moving freshman Kevin Kennedy from offensive to defensive line and sophomore Tim Ward from defensive to offensive line. “We just have to make sure we’ve got the right people in the right places,” Wilson said. “We’ve got to have the best 22 men on the field by September. “We’re just not blessed with the depth that some of the other schools in the conference have. I feel very good about the first teams, both of fensively and defensively. But be yond that, we’re in trouble.” Changes and experimentation seem to be the key terms for the Aggies this spring. Besides moving players from position to position, Wilson has also installed a new numbering system on offense along with some new formations. And Wilson said the new system has caused some problems. “The younger players made the same mistakes today that the first team made at the beginning of spring training,” he said. “I think today helped the young players a lot and they are going to be ready on Saturday. ” Wilson had more than one reason to play the younger men on the team Wednesday. It seems the spring practices have taken their toll on some of the players and Wilson must work around the walking wounded. “We’ve had so much contact this spring,” Wilson said. “We have to get things down and you can’t do it by going half speed. We’ve had comparable talent going against comparable talent all spring and when you do that, you get some people hurt.” In other words, Wil son has run the number one offense against the number one defense. Wilson commended halfback Temple Aday and fullback Roger Wiley for continuing to practice al though both have been hampered by injuries. Quarterback Mike Mosley is in the hospital with the flu but, according to Wilson, will play in the scrimmage on Satur4 “We’re bunged up,” WiljJ “I think wefl just haveoj [glam against defense this Satwi I runn stead of two full teams hjj prof we’re hurting so much, f Leag “We have very fewshypm I Jt ' ■ft • J 0< the field this spring ad ev( with just keeps giving 100 perctj teani hitting like crazy. The phjjj I breal titudes are great and theyVj playi aggressive all spring.” N.J-, Wilson has lost one more5 fcj Th’ player but not to injury. HI Pep> ( Curtis Dickey will spendtlitij g re > this spring running trackfmj , wild Charles Thomas. Dickey tH kees even play in the annual Manj PepO White game April 27th, serio “I don’t really think the#; ^ practices would help Cuifi i *nk much,” Wilson said. Tdfe didn hamper his running in anysta ffteam sides, I know what Curtis®*; kn° v ' the football field and diat'sj gone spring training is all about." The Aggies will scrimmagei 1 a.m. Saturday at Kyle Fiel | finish spring training next wed the Maroon and White j Bryan’s Viking stadium. /upfnamita U Eddie Dominguez 66 Joe Arciniega ’74 The Best Pixza in Town (Honest) AllS' ioa^pizza^I ^Prayer •l lio . viiswii' —« j der d ftlm land Wedi iOVdl'i II | Aft leai ; LIVE MUSIC — Fri., Sat., Sun. playingyoui songs by request. Our Place in University Square College Station 646-4609 If you want the real thing, not frozen or canned . . . We call It "Mexican Food Supreme." HAPPY HOUR - BEER & WINE 2-4-1 Mon.-Fri. 4:30-6:00 p.m. Our new place 2401 Texas Ave. Bryan 779-2431 Hey Kids! Have your birthday party at Mr. Gatti’s ... free cokes! 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