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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1979 ^ ^ ^
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United Press International
NEW YORK — Tom Cousineau
appears set for Buffalo and Mike Bell
for Kansas City but then the mystery
begins today when the National
Football League stages its annual
college player draft.
The Bills were expected to make
Cousineau, the outstanding
linebacker from Ohio State, the first
selection when the draft began at 10
a. m. EDT today and Kansas City is
expected to follow by selecting Bell,
a defensive tackle from Colorado
State.
But how the draft will go from
there on is anyone’s guess. This
year’s crop of talent is one of the most
well-balanced in recent years and
there are as many as a dozen running
backs who have been classifed as first
round material.
There are no Earl Campbells
around to overshadow the competi
tion this year and clubs with high
picks will be extra careful to avoid
making errors.
Buffalo earned the right to choose
first when the Bills traded star run
ning back O.J. Simpson to San Fran
cisco in 1978 for several draft
choices, including the 49ers’ top pick
this year, and the 49ers finished with
the NFL’s worst record (2-14) to earn
the No. 1 spot.
Kansas City will be followed by
Cincinnati and Chicago, which owns
Tampa Bay’s first pick. Buffalo is
fifth, followed by Baltimore, the
New York Giants, St. Louis,
Chicago, Detroit and New Orleans.
Cincinnati, using Washington’s
pick, is 12th, followed by Cleveland,
the New York Jets, Green Bay, Min
nesota, Atlanta and Seattle. Los
Angeles, with Oakland’s pick, is
19th, followed by San Diego,
Philadelphia, Denver, Houston,
Miami, New England and Los
Angeles.
Dallas and Pittsburgh, the Super
Bowl clubs, complete the first round
in the 27th and 28th positions.
Four clubs — Buffalo, Chicago,
Cincinnati and Los Angeles — each
have two picks in the first round. San
Francisco, Tampa Bay, Washington
and Oakland do not have first round
choices.
The draft will consist of 12 rounds
and 330 players will be selected.
Four teams — Minnesota,
Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and New
England — forfeited choices because
of competitive violations while two
others — Houston and San Francisco
— used choices in the 1978 supple
mental draft.
Minnesota and Pittsburgh will be
without third round choices, Los
Angeles has lost its fifth round pick
and New England its seventh round
choice.
The Jets lead all teams with 17
picks and Miami has 16. Buffalo, Dal
las and Pittsburgh have 15 each.
Washington has the fewest choices
— five.
There is a 15-minute time limit for
each selection in the first two rounds
and a five-minute limit for the re
maining 10 rounds. The draft is ex
pected to end early Friday night.
There are a number of top running
backs but none in the class of
Campbell or Terry Miller, high picks
last year. They include Charles Ale
xander of Louisiana State, Ted
Brown of North Carolina State,
Eddie Lee Ivery of Georgia Tech,
Ottis Anderson of Miami (Fla.),
Steve Atkins of Maryland, Theotis
Brown of UCLA, Kenny King of
Oklahoma and Tony Nathan of
Alabama.
Only two quarterbacks — Jack
Thompson of Washington State and
Steve Fuller of Clemson — are con
sidered possible NFL starters next
season but several others should go
early. They are Steve Dils of Stan
ford, Joe Montana of Notre Dame
and Jeff Rutledge of Alabama.
The top wide receivers are Jerry
Butler of Clemson, Gordon Jones of
Pittsburgh, Robert “Spider’’ Gaines
of Washington and Ernest Gray of
Memphis State. The leading tight
ends are Kellen Winslow of
Missouri, Mark E. Bell of Colorado
State and Ronnie Lee of Baylor.
The leading offensive linemen are
tackles Kelvin Clark of Nebraska,
Keith Dorney of Penn State, Bill
Dufek of Michigan and Matt Miller
of Colorado, guards Pat Howell of
Southern California and Greg
Roberts of Oklahoma and center
Dave Huffman of Notre Dame.
Defensive linemen exacted to be
drafted quickly include Bell, V\ ilhe
Jones of Florida State, Marty Lyons
of Alabama, Al Harris of Arizona
State, Rich Dimler o( Southern
California and Don Smith of Miami
(Fla.). The leading linebackers be
hind Cousineau are Jerry Robinson
of UCLA, Barry Krauss of Alabama
and Bob Colic of Notre Dame.
Among the top defensive backs are
Lawrence Johnson 0 f|
Don Bessillieu of GeJ
Henry Williams of San [
and Ricky Sanford of So U |
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leben of Texas, Tony 6 P a 9 es
Texas A&M, Matt BakF
State, Dave Jacobs of Syr-I
von Schamann of Oklay
Shea of St. Mary’s (Calif!
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Ags battle Wolverines to the end
BY KURT ABRAHAM
Battalion Sports Staff
Outmanned and outgunned once
again, the Texas A&M tennis team
refused to surrender Wednesday, as
it lost its final season match at home
to the University of Michigan Wol
verines, 5-4.
Facing a nationally ranked team
for the 12th time in 22 matches this
season, the Aggies fell behind early,
losing four of the first six sets in sing
les action and it looked like No. 14
Michigan would add another deci
sive loss to Texas A&M’s record.
However, the Aggies tightened up
in the next sets, and by the time
singles play ended, A&M found itself
tied with Michigan at three matches
apiece.
The outstanding Aggie singles win
came in the No. 1 match where Reid
Freeman came from behind to defeat
Jeff Etterbeck, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Freeman’s win snapped a six-match
personal losing streak in dual match
competition and was his first since
March 27.
“The way Reid came back really
impressed me,” said Texas A&M
Coach David Kent. ‘‘He beat one of
the top ranked collegiate players in
the country in Etterbeck. Watching
the way he played today, I think this
was easily the biggest win of Reid’s
career.”
Other Aggie singles wins came in
the No. 4 match where Max King
beat Jud Shaufler, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4, and
in the No. 5 match as Trey Schutz
defeated Pete Osier, 7-5, 6-4.
Texas A&M managed to follow up
its surprising play in the singles with
an equally unexpected win in the
No. 1 doubles match, as Freeman
and Alberto Jimenez teamed up to
defeat Michigan’s Etterbeck and
Matt Horwitch, 6-3, 6-3.
The team of Etterbeck and Hor
witch had ranked as the runnerup for
top honors in No. 1 NCAA doubles
competition. The win was the second
upset of nationally ranked doubles
team for Freeman and Jimenez who
had earlier beaten Southern Illinois’
Juan Farrow and Arjun Fernando.
Before losing to Texas A&M, Farrow
and Fernando had been the No. 1
doubles team in the country.
That win caused considerable ex
citement in the stands as the Aggies
pulled ahead of Michigan for the first
time with the score standing at 4-3.
However, the fans’ enthusiasm
proved premature as Wolverines
Shaufler and Mike Leach disposed of
Schutz and Mike Moss in two sets,
6-4, 6-4.
That left the outcome of the day’s
action to be decided by the No. 3
doubles match between Aggies King
and Jim Grubert and Michigan’s
Osier and Neinken. After dropping
the first set, 6-4, King and Grubert
fought back to win the next set, 7-5,
but they weren’t able to keep up the
pace and lost the final set and match,
6-0.
‘‘I think Max just ran out of gas in
that last set,” said Kent. “It hasn’t
been that long since he came back
from being ill and he really isn’t at
top form yet. After playing that long
singles match. Max just didn’t have
enough energy left to go a full three
sets in the doubles.”
In finishing its season, Texas A&M
chalked up a final 6-5 record at
home, while going 57-42 in total
home matches. On the road, the Ag
gies were not quite as successful, as
they compiled a 5-6 record and won
only 45 of 98 matches.
Kent said he can see the Aggie
tennis program turning the corner
towards becoming a winner. “The
way we played today was very
encouraging, and the players we
have returning next year along with
the nationally ranked junior people
we’ve signed should make for a much
better team next year.”
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