Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1980)
DC jsports THE BATTALION Page 15 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1980 A&M makes big haul in high school signing it United Press International 1 Texas A&M University made a Iguickhaul Wednesday in the rush to sign Texas’ top high school football players, but the Aggies failed to land l one of their top targets — Tyler line- an Keith Guthrie. Baylor, meanwhile, signed up uarterback Alfred Anderson — ght by many to be the top high :hool signal caller in the state. Coaches from the nine Southwest Conference schools fanned out t/fcoss the Southwest and beyond to flock their clubs with another round • grandchild, talented schoolboy seniors. 'olved in the i* Wednesday was the first day on magazinebutslilwhich a high school player could sign toseethatthel |a scholarship agreement with a i part ofheriiii|Southwest Conference school and w to movethrotAhe early returns showed few defec- d,"Tattilo,wk;pions from the commitments made , said throughiiffluring the hectic recruiting season, t-e with thestrarjl The agreements, however, are i believe in me finding only within the SWC. A >she has beenlik*/. fhroughout Ifr L, ^ # £«f)opmg ,o„e a* ^Investigated oman and (hasp V outside WOrh-B United Press International nily and sociehm SAN ANTONIO — Army investi- |gators are looking into allegations by es her magaziJfeveral pentathletes trying out for o Italian sociehBe U.S. Olympic team that some of ow can speahiiiMeir fellow athletes were being ;x. That is imptnffVl'iped” to improve performances, ■i allegation that has been denied by Itheir superiors at Fort Sam Houston. B Although Col. Jim Moore, head of ge U.S. Modem Pentathlon Team, emphatically denied the doping ■targe, investigators from the Army ■specter General’s office and the Bjriminal Investigation Division in lAtlanta, Ga., have begun an inquiry, n came afteroparfe The allegations of widespread ort for 'Arahw“doping'’ prior to national and inter- 1 days ago. Thi national competitions came from involved undrolsome team members who went to iingasrepreseniathe news media with their com- eik, implieatettfplaints on Tuesday. Congress iniUB OrbGreenwald, the 1975 U.S. na- igation. Itional pentathlon champion, said the re trying to do Ase of drugs had been condoned by 1 who betraytliiifthe U.S. Modern Pentathlon Asso- :an people, byllciation, because drug use was wide- » enhance thetu; spread among foreign athletes, giv- vhite collar as| ing them an unfair advantage in the aized crime elf5p®lympic Games. He said testing for ,’’ Webstersaieldrugs after Olympic events was Departmentw^|lt>osely and randomly enforced, ip the publicikm “That’s a false statement,” Moore and even hadllsaid. “Use of drugs is very tightly •etly watching'Tcontrolled. After last year’s world took or discefthampionships in Hungary, which | we won, our athletes were tested af ter every event except the riding. HThe fencing lasted from 8a.m. until 1 a m. the next morning, and Bob Nie- flinfll'B lan an< ^ J°^ n Fitzgerald, our top 1 LlllCli-athletes, were detained another hour and a half for drug testing, l “According to Olympic rules, the / testing for drugs is a random selec- / tion because it would be impossible to take the time to test every athlete, s,” he added, but the top athletes in all events al- oposal — whifl|;Avays are checked, along with a ran- the nation’sli|»'dom sampling of other athletes.” would require I)® However, a number of athletes e customers dei®rying out for the team at the Fort es instead ofijit®am Houston headquarters contra- es for the enhifsi dieted Moore, alleging the tests I made were not sufficient to detect o would stop it'i the types of drugs being used, ng that embaltfi “Some of the guys will use them — something*'^ Adrugs) and some won t, said Bitz- nany areas. Ini/lgerald, a member of the four-man not force a bait' 1 -American team that captured the r a cremationtttfpWorld Modern Pentathlon cham s it. school must re-sign a player to a “na tional” agreement next Wednesday to secure his services. Texas A&M had a list of 25 players who the coaches hoped to sign today and most of them made good with their promise. Guthrie, however, told A&M offi cials he wanted to wait until next week and make up his mind on the national signing date. Guthrie is one of the top line prospects in the state. The Aggies managed to sign up such talented hopefuls as running back Bubba Hill of LaPorte, and linemen Tommy Robison of Greg- ory-Portland and Scott Polk of Dallas White. Texas A&M also secured the sign ature of the high school player gener ally regarded to be the top place kicker in Texas — Allen Smith of Texas City. Only three schools — Texas A&M, TCU and Baylor—were announcing their signings Wednesday, but it was known that Texas had received com mitments from such standouts as running backs Terry Orr of Abilene Cooper and Mike Luck of Spring Branch. And SMU, the winner in last year’s recruiting derby, planned to sign quarterback Lance Mclhlenny of Highland Park and defensive end David Randle of Dallas White — both highlights among the 1980 crop. Arkansas was doing most of its work in-state and was thought to have secured most of the leading players in its own area. In Waco, Baylor coach Grant Teaff personally signed up Anderson, a quarterback who had been consider ing Houston before casting his lot with the Bears. “He has as much pure, raw talent as any quarterback I’ve seen in 20 years of coaching, ” said Teaff. Anderson passed for 17 touch downs and ran for 14 last season with Waco Richfield. Against eventual state champion Temple, Anderson passed for 353 yards and three touch downs in a 34-22 loss. The 22 points were the most scored against Temple all season. TCU coach F.A. Dry was excited about the signing of defensive tackle “Steve Little of Peoria, 111., a 6-4, 265 prospect who was recruited by most major colleges in the nation. Dry said, however, that TCU will have to fight off Missouri and Iowa State on national signing date. “We aren’t holding any celebra tions yet, ” Dry said. “But if we get him he will be the plum of the crop. ” Here is a list of high school recruits signed Wednesday: TEXAS A&M: Tommy Robison, L, 6-5, 260, Gregory- Portland; Scott Polk, L, 6-4, 240, Dallas White; Bruce Lawson, L, 6-4, 250, Dallas White; Ker- mit Foster, L, 6-3, 230, Beaumont Hebert; 6, Ricky Richardson, L, 6-2, 225, Corpus Christi Moody; Ken Choyce, L, 6-4, 230, Houston Strake Jesuit; Nathan Steadman, L, 6-1, 240, Houston Scarbrough; Jeff Sciba, L, 6-2, 225, Pasdadena Dobie; Ken Reeves, L, 6-5, 240, Pittsburg. John Kellen, WR, 6-2, 215, Conroe; Robbie Beavers, WR, 6-2, 225, Beaumont Charlton- Pollard; Ricky Kyle, WR, 6-3, 230, Diboll; Jim my Williams, WR, 6-0, 175, Marshall; Bubba Hill, B, 5-11, 190,, LaPorte; Thomas Sanders, B, 5-11, 190, Giddinns; Greg Williams, B, 60, 180, Bay City; Steve Box, B, 6-2, 190, Dallas White; John Elkins, B, 6-1, 190, Baytown Lee; Greg Berry, LB, 6-1, 197, Abilene Cooper; Thomas Graham, LB, 6-3, 215, Hughes Springs; Allen Smith, K, 6-2, 230, Texas City; Kyle Stuard, K, 6-4, 175, Abilene Cooper. BAYLOR: Alfred Anderson, QB, 6-2, 205, Waco Rich field; Allen Rice, QB, Houston Klein, 5-11, 190; Gerald McNeil, WR, 5-10, 160, Killeen; Joel Barrett, TE, 6-6, 240, Corpus Christi Mil ler; Pat Coryatt, LB, 6-2, 271, Baytown Lee; Greg Platt, LB, 6-2, 226, Grapeland; Tommy McClintock, 6-3 227, Pasadena Rayburn; Paul Mergenhagen, DT, 6-3, 230, Abilene Cooper. Gregg Bomkamp, DT, 6-2, 250, Spring; Mark Barker, DT, 6-3, 250, Pasadena Rayburn; Daniel Benditz, OL, 6-3, 240, Klein; Vincent Grayhouse, OL, 6-2, 240, Gonzales; Neal Donavan, OL, 6-2, 250, Bryan; Byron Lewis, DB, 6-0, 165, Baytown Lee; Preston Davis, DB, 6-0, 170, Lubbock Estacado; Richard Mil ler, RB, 6-0, 200, Cuero. Daniel Hunter, RB, 6-1, 210, Blinn JC; Bruce Davis, RB, 5-10, 160, Dallas Roosevelt; Steve Stinson, DE, 6-2, 200, Houston West chester; Steve Malpass, DE, 6-2, 195, Abilene Cooper; Johnny Stone, DE, 6-6, 220, Kilgore. TCU: Joel McVea, OT, 6-4, 285, Fort Worth East ern Hills; Steve Little, DT, 6-4, 265, Peoria, Ill.; Paul Jones, RB, 6-3, 215, Fort Worth East ern Hills; Reginald Cottingham, DB, 6-1, 185, Dallas South Oak Cliff; John Preston, DB, 6-1, 190, Dallas South Oak Cliff; Joe Young, DE, 6-3, 218, Dallas South Oak Cliff; 1L.C. Hub bard, RB, 6-1, 190, Dallas White; L.B. Washington, DE-LB, 6-3, 210, Dallas Hill- crest; Leonard “John” Thomas, QB, 6-2, 180, Paris; Mike Johnson, TE, 6-4, 220, Paris. TEXAS TECH: Freddie Wells, RB, 5-10, 205, Lewisville; Donald Moore, 5-11, 190, Splendora; Perry Moore, QB, 6-0, 200, Childress; Donnie Green, LB, 6-2, 225, Caldwell; William Wagoner, WR, 6-2, 175, El Paso Burges. USED GOLD WANTED! Cash paid or will swan W a Diamonds 8gie Ri ng v diamond brokers internationa, iM , 693-1647 m Tech women basketball coach’s firing rescinded United Press International LUBBOCK— Gay Benson, Texas Tech women’s basketball coach, who was told in December her contract would not be renewed, has been reinstated. Benson, whose squad is 19-9 this season, including a win over peren nial women’s power Wayland Baptist of Plainview, was reoffered her job and she accepted. Texas Tech officials made the terse announcement Tuesday. Dr. Robert Ewalt, the Tech admi nistrator responsible for women’s athletics, declined comment on any aspect of the decision to rehire the 39-year-old head coach. Benson said Tuesday she was pleased with the decision, “but I’m just sorry it had to hapijpeh this Way. Other people have been hurt. I’ve been hurt.” The coach was notified in early December that she had been fired, but would be allowed to complete the season with the Red Raiders. According to university policy, a fired employee has the right of appeal. If an appeals committee up holds the firing, the employee still has the right to appeal to the school’s president. In Benson’s case, which drew wide publicity locally, the appeals committee apparently overturned the decision to fire her. WINTER PARK, Colorado SPRING BREAK □ 6 days/5 nights in a deluxe condominium with kitchen / and fireplace □ 3 days lifts and ski rental □ Discounted additional ski days □ Free Ski Party □ Free Shuttle Service Call ONLY $159 Party Bus Option $79 Scon Moore „ 9 6888 Aggie guard David Goff passes to Claude Riley in Texas A&M’s game against Rice last Saturday in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Aggies defeated Rice 55-53, and will face the University of Texas Saturday in the coliseum at 1:40 p.m. Staff photo by Lynn Blanco lljglj ^BROOKS ^nike QconVERSE Men's & women's tennis apparel T-Shirts & custom-design transfers Complete selection of athletic clothing "Th, Lotkrr Room 822 VILLA MARIA RD "SPORTSHOES UNLIMITED" ACROSS FROM MANOR EAST MALL 779 9484 T-J.’s V ALENTINE’S Day Dinner On that special day T.J.’s is serving a special dinner for you. Valentine Dinner includes: Two top sirloins Baked potato Salad bar and A RED ROSE for your sweetheart 16 00 per couple RESERVATIONS PREFERRED ESTABLISHED IN 1974 Inn-Credible Offer FREE PIZZA With this coupon: Buy one giant, large, or medium pizza at regular menu price — get a second pizza FREE — next smallest size — up to three ingredients — same type crust Coupon Expires .Wed., Feb. 20, 1980 (§> AMERICA’S FAVORITE PIZZA 1803 Greenfield Plaza B 413 S. Texas Ave. 846-1784 846-6164 707 Texas Ave. v/$a: PISCOUMT CEHTER COORS 12 pac 3.55 LONE STAR LONGNECKS 1420 TEXAS AVE. COLLEGE STA. SALE ENDS SAT. ERLANGER <*■» Mail. 6 pac 1.89 5.49 a case plus deposit PEPSI 1.39 32 oz. 6 pack plus deposit