Page 16 THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1979
Ladyjacks defeat Aggies
Texas A&M women’s basket
ball head coach Cherri Rapp’s
philosophy is you don’t get better
unless you play the best.
Wednesday night the Aggie
Ladies played Stephen F. Austin,
one of the top women’s teams in
the nation, and lost to the Lady-
jacks 74-49.
SFA, ranked No. 3 in the na
tion, jumped on the Aggies early,
building a 42-18 lead at the half
before coasting to its fifth victory
in as many tries. Ladyjack scorers
were led by Bonnie Buchanan’s
18 points.
Peggy Pope was the high scor-
er for A&M with 16 points. Lola
Baker added 10 points for the
Aggies.
The loss dropped the Aggies to
2-1 on the year.
The Aggie Ladies’ next oppo
nent is Lamar University, in
Beaumont Saturday night. Tipoff
is scheduled for 8 o’clock.
Wilkinson fired by Cardinal
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United Press International
ST. LOUIS — Bud Wilkinson, a
football legend at Oklahoma who had
a 9-20 record in the pros, was fired
Wednesday in what team owner Bill
Bidwill said was a dispute over play
ing backup quarterback Steve Pisar-
kiewicz.
Larry Wilson, former All-Pro safe
ty with St. Louis and now director of
personnel for the team, was named
interim coach for the final three
games.
Bidwill said he told Wilkinson
Monday that Pisarkiewicz, the
team’s No. 1 draft pick in 1977,
should start Sunday against San
Francisco in place of Jim Hart, who
will be a free agent in February. Bid-
will said Wilkinson disagreed with
the suggestion.
“I called Bud into the office this
morning, we chatted very briefly
and I told him now was the time to
relieve him of his duties,” Bidwill
said. ‘T was not going to absolutely
order him to obey me.”
Bidwill said Wilkinson gave no
reason for refusing to start Pisar
kiewicz.
“He probably had a reason, but I
never heard it,” Bidwill said.
Bidwill said he was not certain
whether Wilkinson would have been
retained as coach after the end of the
season if he had agreed to replace
Hart.
Wilkinson, 63, still has two years
remaining on the four-year contract
he was given when hired in March
1978. He will be paid for those two
years, and his dismissal has no con
tingencies such as not accepting
another coaching position.
Wilkinson, who was not present at
the news conference at which Bid-
will made the announcement, was
unavailable for comment.
Bidwill said the refusal to play
Pisarkiewicz was not the sole reason
for firing Wilkinson but added it was
“the catalyst.”
“I felt very strongly that we had to
give Steve Pisarkiewicz a chance to
show what he could do,” the owner
said. “Steve is the backup and heir
apparent and we must find out be
fore next year’s draft whether he de
serves that position.”
Wilkinson lost his first eight
games after he agreed to take the St.
Louis job, ending a 15-year absence
from active coaching. His team re
bounded with six wins in the last
eight contests to finish 6-10 in his
rookie pro season.
The turnaround resulted in optim
ism this year, but that quickly faded
as the Cardinals lost close games to
Dallas and Pittsburgh and now have
a 3-10 record, third worst in the
NFL.
When the Cardinals dropped from
playoff contention, there was press
ure to play Pisarkiewicz, who has
seen little action in his first three
years at St. Louis. Hart, 35, becomes
a free agent in February, although
Bidwill said the club planned to
make him a contract offer before
then.
“I talked to the squad today and
told them there’s only one player on
the team who has a no-trade clause
and that’s Jim Hart, ” Bidwill said. “I
met with Jim this morning and told
him he could have the same clause in
his next one.
“Let me emphasize in no uncer
tain terms the intention to start
Pisarkiewicz is not in any way a re
flection upon the ability and status of
Jim Hart. For 12 years Hart has
been, and still is, our No. 1 quarter
back. ”
Bidwill said Wilson was not a can
didate for the coaching job next year,
although he said there were several
possibilities on the Cardinal staff.
Tom Bettis, the team’s defensive
coordinator, has been mentioned as
a replacement for Wilkinson.
“There has been no consideration
given to the selection of a head coach
for 1980,” Bidwill said. “In all likeli
hood there will be no decision or
announcement forthcoming until af
ter the season. ’
Cornerback Roger Wehrli, defen
sive captain and spokesman for the
players, said team members were
upset by the abrupt dismiss! J
coach.
“It’s a shock and a i
ment, Wehrli said. “Everyn
very strongly toward I
is very adamant that theon-
cisions be left up to then
staff.
“I guess that’s where I
conflict came.’’
Wilkinson became a I
Oklahoma in the 1940s andj;.]
his teams won 14 confer!
and three national champi
during his 17-year career j
coach. His composite colli
was 145-29-4.
During his absence
coaching ranks, Wilkinson*
commentator for nationals
football broadcasts andspen!J
various business ventures 1
was active in Republican [
losing a race for the U.S. Sena
Oklahoma in 1964.
Arkansas’ Duckwort
pleads innocent
Little to see very little action
United Press International
AUSTIN — Donnie Little, in
jured University of Texas quarter
back, is not expected to play Satur
day against Texas A&M, coach Fred
Akers reported Wednesday. Little is
suffering from a foot injury.
“We’re not planning on him for
this game,” said Akers after a IVz-
hour workout. “But if it turns out
that he can play on Saturday; then he
will.”
Freshman Rick Mclvor, who set a
school passing and total offense re
cord against Baylor, has been run
ning the No. I offensive unit.
United Press International
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Bobby
Duckworth, a wide receiver on the
Arkansas Razorback football team,
pleaded innocent Wednesday to a
charge of shoplifting.
His trial date was set for Jan. 28 by
municipal court Judge Charles Wil
liams.
Duckworth, 21, was arrested
shortly after midnight Monday by
off-duty Fayetteville policeman Jim
Acker at a grocery store where he
was working as a security guard.
He is accused of going through the
checkout counter at the store with
out paying for a hairbrush.
Head football coach Lou Holtz
said Wednesday' he would not com
ment because of the pending legal
action. Shoplifting is a misdemeanor
with a maximum penalty of
fine and court costs.
Duckworth did not main
the Fiesta Bowl last Christi
the rest of the Razorbad
Holtz said at the time that
worth stayed home because
sonal problems.
That announcement came
before Duckworth was gives
plinary warning by the
He and a coed apparently
plined because of a rule pi
women from being in the
dormitory between 1 a.i
a.m.
The coed was involved
dent that led to rape chargi
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members of the football
charges still are pending.
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